Angel: Season 1

1999 · 22 episodes · ★ 7.6

What Season 1 of Angel

Angel, the dashing demon from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, embarks on his own supernatural adventures in Los Angeles. City of Angels. City of Broken Dreams. Between pervasive evil and countless temptations lurking beneath the city's glittery facade, L.A is the ideal address for a fallen vampire looking to save a few lost souls and, in turn, perhaps redeem his own.

22episodes

Oct 5, 1999aired

May 23, 2000latest episode

15.6 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 City of
Oct 5, 1999 · 45 min · ★ 7.5
Angel moves to L.A. where he meets up with Cordelia, another Sunnydale transplant who comes to work for him, and Doyle, a half-demon who gets visions of people in trouble.
Directing: Joss Whedon · Writing: Joss Whedon, David Greenwalt · Starring: Glenn Quinn, Tracy Middendorf, Christian Kane, Josh Holloway
1x02 Lonely Heart
Oct 12, 1999 · 45 min · ★ 7.6
Angel, with the aid of a new friend, tracks a serial killer whose hunting ground is L.A.'s single bars.
Directing: James A. Contner · Writing: David Fury · Starring: Glenn Quinn, Elisabeth Röhm, Obi Ndefo, Lilli Birdsell
1x03 In the Dark
Oct 19, 1999 · 43 min · ★ 7.9
Spike follows Oz to L.A. and enlists the help of a demented vampire to regain a mystical relic from Angel.
Directing: Bruce Seth Green · Writing: Doug Petrie · Starring: James Marsters, Glenn Quinn, Seth Green, Thomas Rosales Jr.
1x04 I Fall to Pieces
Oct 26, 1999 · 43 min · ★ 7.1
A desperate young woman pleads for Angel's help, as her disembodied stalker grows more violent. Meanwhile Doyle goes to work with Melissa.
Directing: Vern Gillum · Writing: David Greenwalt · Starring: Glenn Quinn, Elisabeth Röhm, Carlos Carrasco, Andy Umberger
1x05 Rm w/a Vu
Nov 2, 1999 · 44 min · ★ 7.9
Cordelia finds a perfect apartment, but it's got just one flaw: it's haunted. Meanwhile, Doyle flees the phantoms of his past.
Directing: Scott McGinnis · Writing: Jane Espenson · Starring: Glenn Quinn, Elisabeth Röhm, Beth Grant, Markus Redmond
1x06 Sense & Sensitivity
Nov 9, 1999 · 43 min · ★ 7.6
Kate's temper buys her a trip to sensitivity training, which has a strange effect on her... and those around her.
Directing: James A. Contner · Writing: Tim Minear · Starring: Glenn Quinn, Elisabeth Röhm, Adam Donshik, John Capodice
1x07 The Bachelor Party
Nov 16, 1999 · 45 min · ★ 6.3
Doyle's past love comes to town, but her new fiancé has other plans for him. Doyle gets a vision of Buffy.
Directing: David Straiton · Writing: Tracey Stern · Starring: Glenn Quinn, Carlos Jacott, Rib Hillis, Kristin Dattilo
1x08 I Will Remember You
Nov 23, 1999 · 45 min · ★ 8.5
Old feelings are rekindled when Buffy comes to L.A. to visit Angel. Buffy and Angel are attacked by a Mohra demon, and together they slay it
Directing: David Grossman · Writing: Jeannine Renshaw, David Greenwalt · Starring: Glenn Quinn, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Randall Slavin, Carey Cannon
1x09 Hero
Nov 30, 1999 · 44 min · ★ 8.1
Doyle is presented with an opportunity for atonement when a band of frightened refugees seek his help.
Directing: Tucker Gates · Writing: Tim Minear, Howard Gordon · Starring: Glenn Quinn, Michelle Horn, Anthony Cistaro, Lee Arenberg
1x10 Parting Gifts
Dec 14, 1999 · 43 min · ★ 7.6
Angel and Cordelia, still coping with the death of their friend, are aided by an old friend in the pursuit of a demon bounty.
Directing: James A. Contner · Writing: David Fury, Jeannine Renshaw · Starring: Alexis Denisof, Randall Slavin, Dominique Jennings, Maury Sterling
1x11 Somnambulist
Jan 18, 2000 · 43 min · ★ 7.9
When a killer stalks the L.A. streets using a mark that Angelus once used, Angel must face the possibility that he is committing the murders in his sleep.
Directing: Winrich Kolbe · Writing: Tim Minear · Starring: Alexis Denisof, Elisabeth Röhm, Jeremy Renner, Kimberleigh Aarn
1x12 Expecting
Jan 25, 2000 · 41 min · ★ 7.3
After a one-night stand goes bad, Cordelia wakes up to find herself extremely pregnant with something extremely unnatural.
Directing: David Semel · Writing: Howard Gordon · Starring: Alexis Denisof, Ken Marino, Daphnée Duplaix Samuel, Josh Randall
1x13 She
Feb 8, 2000 · 42 min · ★ 6.8
Angel forms tenuous truce with a warrior demon in order to save refugees from another dimension.
Directing: David Greenwalt · Writing: David Greenwalt, Marti Noxon · Starring: Alexis Denisof, Colby French, Bai Ling, Heather Stephens
1x14 I've Got You Under My Skin
Feb 15, 2000 · 42 min · ★ 7.6
A troubled family enlists Angel and Wesley to help them exorcise their resident demon.
Directing: R. D. Price, David Greenwalt · Writing: Jeannine Renshaw · Starring: Alexis Denisof, Ashley Edner, Elisabeth Röhm, Jesse James
1x15 The Prodigal
Feb 22, 2000 · 39 min · ★ 7.8
Angel's conflict with Kate and her dad stirs up memories of his own father.
Directing: Bruce Seth Green · Writing: Tim Minear · Starring: Alexis Denisof, Julie Benz, Elisabeth Röhm, Christina Hendricks
1x16 The Ring
Feb 29, 2000 · 41 min · ★ 7.6
In pursuit of a missing man, Angel becomes enslaved to an underground-fighting ring.
Directing: Nick Marck · Writing: Howard Gordon · Starring: Alexis Denisof, Scott William Winters, Anthony Guidera, Stephanie Romanov
1x17 Eternity
Apr 4, 2000 · 42 min · ★ 7.8
When an embattled celebrity enlists Angel to protect her from a stalker, her interest in Angel could cost him his soul.
Directing: Regis Kimble · Writing: Tracey Stern · Starring: Alexis Denisof, Tamara Gorski, Michael Mantell, Robin Daléa
1x18 Five by Five (1)
Apr 25, 2000 · 41 min · ★ 8.2
Rogue slayer Faith comes to town, and when she partners up with Wolfram and Hart, Angel's life is in danger.
Directing: James A. Contner · Writing: Jim Kouf · Starring: Alexis Denisof, Julie Benz, Christian Kane, Eliza Dushku
1x19 Sanctuary (2)
May 2, 2000 · 40 min · ★ 8.3
Everyone, including Buffy Summers, is out to get Faith, and Angel is the only man who can stop them.
Directing: Michael Lange · Writing: Tim Minear, Joss Whedon · Starring: Alexis Denisof, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Elisabeth Röhm, Christian Kane
1x20 War Zone
May 9, 2000 · 40 min · ★ 6.1
When Angel tracks down a millionaire's blackmailer, he gets caught in the middle of a gang war between street kids and vampires.
Directing: David Straiton · Writing: Garry Campbell · Starring: Alexis Denisof, J. August Richards, Ricky Luna, David Herman
1x21 Blind Date
May 16, 2000 · 42 min · ★ 7.6
Angel must break into Wolfram and Hart to prevent an assassin from carrying out her deadly mission.
Directing: Thomas J. Wright · Writing: Jeannine Renshaw · Starring: Alexis Denisof, J. August Richards, Christian Kane, Sam Anderson
1x22 To Shanshu in L.A. Season Finale
May 23, 2000 · 41 min · ★ 8.0
Wolfram and Hart raise a powerful new foe to strike down Angel and those close to him.
Directing: David Greenwalt · Writing: David Greenwalt · Starring: Alexis Denisof, J. August Richards, Julie Benz, Elisabeth Röhm