At the end of the third season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer the character Angel (David Boreanaz) leaves Sunnydale to get away from Buffy. He winds up in Los Angeles and since he still has a soul, Angel begins helping and protecting people from the vampires and demons who prey on humans. When I had first heard there was a spin-off series from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and that it was centered on Angel, I wasn t interested. Throughout the first three seasons of Buffy , I was never a big fan of the character of Angel and did not think much of his chances of actually being the lead for his own series. I did agree with Angel leaving Sunnydale because I thought that everything that could be done with that character in connection with Buffy had already been done. Neither Buffy nor Angel could grow as character if they were still together. After a while (mostly because I was unable to purchase the fifth season of Buffy ), I decided to give the first season of Angel a chance.
Season One of Angel runs concurrently with Season Four of Buffy the Vampire Slayer . This would be Buffy s first year at U.C. Sunnydale, and while the characters of Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Willow had gone off to college, Cordelia Chase (Charisma Carpenter) also left Sunnydale for L.A., but with the hopes of being a famous actress. Things do not always happen as people might expect, and Angel and Cordelia meet up and together with a half demon named Doyle (Glenn Quinn) form Angel Investigations, a private investigations firm with the purpose of helping people.
Like Buffy the Vampire Slayer , many episodes of Angel feature a Monster of the Week, but it also builds the relationships between the characters and reveals the nature of L.A. and it is significantly different than that of Sunnydale. There is no true Big Bad this season, but Season One reveals that the scope of the evil is much larger than we had come to see in Buffy . There is a law firm, Wolfram and Hart, which represents the evil elements of society (including demons) in court and has built up a huge power structure. But, while Wolfram and Hart is a big deal, the true heart of the first season of Angel is the build up. We are reintroduced to the fallen Watcher Wesley Wyndam-Price (Alexis Denisof) as he joins Angel Investigations and the most interesting character on the show (besides Cordelia) was a detective with the LAPD, Kake Lockley (Elisabeth Rohm).
This is a show that I really did not know what to expect from. I wasn t excited to watch it, but when I started I was sucked in (no pun intended) from the first episode. The strength of Angel comes not from the lead, though David Boreanaz does a good job, but from the supporting characters. Cordelia, Doyle, and Wesley add so much to the show that without them, I don t think Angel would work quite so well. There were also several crossover episodes where Buffy, Oz (Seth Green), Spike (James Marsters) and Faith (Eliza Dushku) make guest appearances. These guest appearances serve to tie Angel into the world of Buffy , but it also shows how characters like Wesley and Cordelia have grown beyond who they were in years past. I look forward to watching Season Two of Angel .
Season One of Angel runs concurrently with Season Four of Buffy the Vampire Slayer . This would be Buffy s first year at U.C. Sunnydale, and while the characters of Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Willow had gone off to college, Cordelia Chase (Charisma Carpenter) also left Sunnydale for L.A., but with the hopes of being a famous actress. Things do not always happen as people might expect, and Angel and Cordelia meet up and together with a half demon named Doyle (Glenn Quinn) form Angel Investigations, a private investigations firm with the purpose of helping people.
Like Buffy the Vampire Slayer , many episodes of Angel feature a Monster of the Week, but it also builds the relationships between the characters and reveals the nature of L.A. and it is significantly different than that of Sunnydale. There is no true Big Bad this season, but Season One reveals that the scope of the evil is much larger than we had come to see in Buffy . There is a law firm, Wolfram and Hart, which represents the evil elements of society (including demons) in court and has built up a huge power structure. But, while Wolfram and Hart is a big deal, the true heart of the first season of Angel is the build up. We are reintroduced to the fallen Watcher Wesley Wyndam-Price (Alexis Denisof) as he joins Angel Investigations and the most interesting character on the show (besides Cordelia) was a detective with the LAPD, Kake Lockley (Elisabeth Rohm).
This is a show that I really did not know what to expect from. I wasn t excited to watch it, but when I started I was sucked in (no pun intended) from the first episode. The strength of Angel comes not from the lead, though David Boreanaz does a good job, but from the supporting characters. Cordelia, Doyle, and Wesley add so much to the show that without them, I don t think Angel would work quite so well. There were also several crossover episodes where Buffy, Oz (Seth Green), Spike (James Marsters) and Faith (Eliza Dushku) make guest appearances. These guest appearances serve to tie Angel into the world of Buffy , but it also shows how characters like Wesley and Cordelia have grown beyond who they were in years past. I look forward to watching Season Two of Angel .
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