Lives were upended--and some co-opted--in the fifth and final season of Angel, as the denizens of Angel Investigations found themselves taking on one of their scariest endeavors ever: corporate life. After making a literal deal with the devil (or something distinctly devil-like), Angel (David Boreanaz) moved his team from their crumbling hotel to the high-rise digs of law-firm-from-hell Wolfram & Hart, his reasoning being they could better fight the forces of evil from the inside, and with more resources to boot. Clever maneuvering or easy rationalization? Not a few members of Angel's team accused him of selling out (as did a number of viewers), but as with most of the show's previous four seasons, Angel somehow took a dubious premise and mined it for gold. And with one core cast member gone (Charisma Carpenter, whose Cordelia was immersed in a deep coma), it seemed as if the show, from within and without, would suddenly fall apart--that is, until Angel's longtime nemesis Spike (James Marsters) showed up, fresh from his sacrificial roasting at the series finale of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Let the vampire games begin!

season 5 huge let down

now dont get me wrong i am a huge angel fan i loved seasons 1-4 but the fith season sucked every week i watched hopeing it would get better angel and his team took over the evil lawfirm that tried to killed him for the past four years then spike joined the cast that season i dont know why the writers should have left him down in the hellmouth because he served no purpose to the show what so ever i was really upset that cordelia left she was the best cast member an fred turned into a demond that season what the f**k that was just stupit no wonder the show did not have a season six because of the horrible season 5

Angel is one of a kind

Angel is truly an amazing, one of a kind show. I've never seen any TV series (besides Buffy) like it. Personally, I think Season 5 is the best season of the show. Having Angel and Spike together is always very entertaining. Harmony and Illyria also help bring whole new levels to the show.

episode 1 Conviction: B- (Angel and Inc. move into Wolfram & Hart and find more than they bargained for)

episode 2 Just Rewards: A (Spike returns as a ghost and goes with Angel to defeat a necromancer)

episode 3 Unleashed: A- (Angel tries to help a woman named Nina who has been bitten by a werewolf)

episode 4 Hell Bound: A- (Spike finds out that he's being dragged into Hell by a ghost called "The Reaper")

episode 5 Life of the Party: A+ (Everyone is magically forced to do whatever Lorne says at the Halloween party)

episode 6 The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco: C (Angel helps a mail clerk who was once a hero defeat a demon)

episode 7 Lineage: A+ (Wesley's father's visit is interrupted by an attack of Ninja-like cyborgs)

episode 8 Destiny: A+ (Spike becomes corporeal again and he and Angel race to drink from the Cup of Perpetual Torment)

episode 9 Harm's Way: A- (Harmony finds a dead man with vampire bites next to her when she wakes up)

episode 10 Soul Porpose: A+ (Angel suffers horrific dreams when Eve places a demon on him)

episode 11 Damage: A+ (An insane Slayer escapes and tries to kill Spike)

episode 12 Your Welcome: A+++ (Cordelia returns for the last time to help Angel defeat Lindsey)

episode 13 Why We Fight: A+ (A vampire Angel turned during World War 2 returns to make Angel pay for his years of pain)

episode 14 Smile Time: A+++ (Angel gets turned into a felt-covered puppet by some evil puppets who steal children's souls)

episode 15 A Hole in the World: A+++ ( Fred falls deathly ill and dies after breating air from an ancient sarcophagus)

episode 16 Shells: A+++ (Illyria, an ancient demon now occupying Fred's body, tries to raise her demonic army)

episode 17 Underneath: A+ (Angel, Gunn, and Spike rescue Lindsey from a hell dimension)

episode 18 Origin: A (Connor returns and Wesley uncovers how Angel had everyone's memory altered)

episode 19 Time Bomb: A (Illyria's body begins breaking down, and the only way to stop it is to strip her powers)

episode 20 The Girl in Question: A+ (Angel & Spike fly to Rome to save Buffy from the Immortal)

episode 21 Power Play: A (Angel joins the evil Circle of the Black Thorn to find out their plans)

episode 22 Not Fade Away: A+++ (The gang prepares to attack the Circle of the Black Thorn, and none of them expect to survive)

finale review

in my opinion Angel was a lot more interesting than the buffy series, i watched angel religiously and enjoyed every episode. It was sad to see it end, i wished the finale would have had a bit more closure but all in all, very entertaining.