Buffy / Angel

A teenage girl battles evil, and a vampire becomes a detective in these two seminal genre series.
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Current Season: 2004 - Total Episodes: 91
Highest Rated: Ep 7-9, Season 1997

“Power Play”/“Not Fade Away”

by Noel Murray May 25, 2012 -

And so Angel ends, not with a whimper, but with one hell of a bang.

“Time Bomb”/“The Girl In Question”

by Noel Murray May 18, 2012 -

Angel skips around in time and has a wacky caper in Italy, in preparation for the big finale.

Want some real torture? Read my Twitter feed.

“Underneath”/“Origin”

by Noel Murray May 11, 2012 -

The stakes are raised in two excellent Angel episodes.

“A Hole In The World”/“Shells”

by Noel Murray April 27, 2012 -

Two classic, cruel Angel episodes reveal the hole in Joss Whedon's world.

Ep. 21-22, Season 5
“Power Play”/“Not Fade Away”
Ep. 19-20, Season 5
“Time Bomb”/“The Girl In Question”
Ep. 17-18, Season 5
“Underneath”/“Origin”
Ep. 15-16, Season 5
“A Hole In The World”/“Shells”

Features Reviews

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newest oldest

"Ted," etc.
Episode 11-14

"Ted" I have one major qualm with "Ted," a generally entertaining MotW episode with some solid...
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"Nightmares," etc.
Episode 10-12

"Nightmares" Last week, I noted that the problem with "I Robot, You Jane" was that the episode had about a...
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B+
"Angel," etc.
Episode 7-9

"Angel" In my first Buffy blog, I mistakenly referred to Angel's past (as an ancient bad-to-the-bone...
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A
"Lie To Me," etc.
Episode 7-10

"Lie To Me" "Lie To Me" has one of Buffy's best cold opens to date, beginning with a young...
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"Teacher's Pet," etc.
Episode 4-6

"Teacher's Pet" This week's trio of episodes is fairly Xander-iffic, starting with Episode 4, in which...
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B
"Inca Mummy Girl," etc.
Episode 4-6

"Inca Mummy Girl" / "Reptile Boy" I want to start this week by returning to something I wrote last...
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"Welcome To The Hellmouth," etc.
Episode 1-3

When Buffy The Vampire Slayer debuted in March of 1997, my wife and I were living in an apartment that didn't have...
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B+
"When She Was Bad," etc.
Episode 1-3

"When She Was Bad" You guys warned me last week that the Season Two opener was a rough one, and man you...
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"Becoming"
Episode 21-22

"I want it over with." -Buffy Summers Ever been in trouble? I mean, like, really in trouble?...
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"Killed By Death," etc.
Episode 18-20

Welcome back, Buffyphiles! Sorry again for the week off, though I confess I appreciated the brief respite from feverishly...
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"Phases," etc.
Episode 15-17

"Phases" Next to vampires, there's probably no monster more ripe for use as metaphor than the werewolf....
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"Amends," etc.
Episode 10-12

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"Revelations," etc.
Episode 7-9

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“Beauty And The Beasts,” etc.
Episode 4-6

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"Anne," etc.
Episode 1-3

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“Choices” etc.
Episode 19-22

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“Doppelgangland” etc.
Episode 16-18

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“The Zeppo” etc.
Episode 13-15

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“Hush,” etc.
Episode 10-12

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“The Initiative,” etc.
Episode 7-9

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“Fear Itself,” etc.
Episode 4-6

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"The Freshman," etc.
Episode 1-3

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“The Yoko Factor” etc.
Episode 20-22

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“Superstar” etc.
Episode 17-19

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"The I In Team," etc.
Episode 13-16

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“Listening To Fear/Into The Woods/The Trial/Reunion”
Episode 9 & 10

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“Fool For Love” / “Darla” / “The Shroud Of Rahmon” / “Shadow”
Episode 7 & 8

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“No Place Like Home” / “Family” / “Dear Boy” / “Guise Will Be Guise”
Episode 5 & 6

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“The Replacement” / “Out Of My Mind” / “First Impressions” / “Untouched”
Episode 3 & 4

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“Buffy Vs. Dracula” / “Real Me” / “Judgment” / “Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been”
Episode 1 & 2

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“Through The Looking Glass/There’s No Place Like Plrtz Glrb/The Weight Of The World/The Gift”
Episode 21 & 22

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“Tough Love/Spiral/Belonging/Over The Rainbow”
Episode 19 & 20

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“Forever/Intervention/Disharmony/Dead End”
Episode 17 & 18

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“Reprise/Epiphany/I Was Made To Love You/The Body”
Episode 15 & 16

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“Blood Ties/Crush/Happy Anniversary/The Thin Dead Line”
Episode 13 & 14

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“Triangle/Checkpoint/Redefinition/Blood Money”
Episode 11 & 12

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"Wrecked"/"Dad"
Episode 10

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"Smashed"/"Lullaby"
Episode 9

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"Tabula Rasa"/"Quickening"
Episode 8

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"Offspring"/"Once More With Feeling"
Episode 7

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"Billy"/"All The Way"
Episode 6

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"Fredless"/"Life Serial"
Episode 5

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"Flooded"/"Carpe Noctem"
Episode 4 & 4

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“After Life”/“That Old Gang Of Mine”
Episode 3

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“Heartthrob/That Vision Thing”
Episode 1 & 2

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“Bargaining”
Episode 1 & 2

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"Two To Go"/"Grave"
Episode 21 & 22

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"Villains"/"Tomorrow"
Episode 20 & 22

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"Seeing Red"/"Benediction"
Episode 19 & 21

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"Double Or Nothing"/"The Price"
Episode 18-19

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"Entropy"/"A New World"
Episode 18 & 20

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"Normal Again"/"Forgiving"
Episode 17

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"Hell's Bells"/"Sleep Tight"
Episode 16

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"As You Were"/"Loyalty"
Episode 15

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"Older And Far Away"/"Couplet"
Episode 14

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"Dead Things"/"Waiting In The Wings"
Episode 13

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"Doublemeat Palace"/"Provider"
Episode 12

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"Gone"/"Birthday"
Episode 11

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"Bring On The Night"/"Showtime"
Episode 10-11

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"Him"/"Spin The Bottle"
Episode 6

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"Selfless"/"The House Always Wins"
Episode 5 & 3

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"Help"/"Ground State"
Episode 4 & 2

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"Slouching Toward Bethlehem"/"Supersymmetry"
Episode 4 & 5

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"Same Time, Same Place"/"Deep Down"
Episode 3 & 1

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"Lessons"/"Beneath You"
Episode 1 & 2

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"Conversations With Dead People"/"Apocalypse, Nowish"
Episode Buffy: S7 E4 / Angel: S4 E7

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"Sleeper"/"Never Leave Me"
Episode S7 E8 & E9

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“End Of Days”/“Chosen”
Episode 21-22

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“Empty Places”/“Peace Out”
Episode 20/18

Preparing for, bringing an end to a pair of Big Bads.
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“Touched”/“Home”
Episode 19/22

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“Dirty Girls”/“Shiny Happy People”
Episode 18/17

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“The Magic Bullet”/“Sacrifice”
Episode 18-19

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“Lies My Parents Told Me”/“Orpheus”
Episode 17/15

People conjure their own evil—and have to dispel it on their own, too.
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“Players”/“Inside Out”
Episode 16-17

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“Get It Done”/“Storyteller”
Episode 15-16

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“First Date”/“Calvary”
Episode 14, 12

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“The Killer In Me”/“Soulless”
Episode 13 & 11

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“Salvage”/“Release”
Episode 13-14

After a pair of apocalyptic episodes, the series lightens up—sort of.
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"Habeas Corpses"/"Potential"
Episode 12 & 8

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“Long Day’s Journey”/“Awakening”
Episode 9-10

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“Life Of The Party”/“The Cautionary Tale Of Numero Cinco”
Episode 5-6

A wild Halloween party and Mexican wrestler superheroes figure into this week’s two Angel episodes.
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“Unleashed”/“Hellbound”
Episode 3-4

Werewolves and spectral serial killers stalk this week's two Angel episodes
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“Conviction”/“Just Rewards”
Episode 1-2

We begin our coverage of Angel season five, where a vampire detective agency becomes a vampire law firm.
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“Power Play”/“Not Fade Away”
Episode 21-22

And so Angel ends, not with a whimper, but with one hell of a bang.
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“Time Bomb”/“The Girl In Question”
Episode 19-20

Angel skips around in time and has a wacky caper in Italy, in preparation for the big finale.
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“Underneath”/“Origin”
Episode 17-18

The stakes are raised in two excellent Angel episodes.
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“A Hole In The World”/“Shells”
Episode 15-16

Two classic, cruel Angel episodes reveal the hole in Joss Whedon's world.
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“Why We Fight”/“Smile Time”
Episode 13-14

Our hero is made of felt (and his nose comes off) in one of this week's Angel episodes.
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“Damage”/“You’re Welcome”
Episode 11-12

Two old friends return on this week’s two Angel episodes.
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“Harm’s Way”/“Soul Purpose”
Episode 9-10

Harmony gets a showcase and the hero has fever dreams in this week's Angel episodes.
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“Lineage”/“Destiny”
Episode 7-8

Big changes for Wesley and Spike in this week’s two Angel episodes.
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Our long journey through Joss Whedon's Angel is at its end
Noel Murray reaches the end of his voyage through the Buffyverse with the series finale of Angel. Also: Pretty much nothing is on, but you can watch every Magic City so far!
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Saturday Night Live asks if you're ready to say goodbye to these (featured players)
As the TV season comes ever closer to its close, we have season finales galore, plus the last episode ever for some Saturday Night Live mainstays. Also: Skateboarding!
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Why The Avengers is the best TV show in movie theaters
When Joss Whedon made the leap to the big screen, he took some lessons from the small one with him.
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What do we want from a TV finale?
Why do so many TV finales bring out the happy-ending machine?
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Another Fringe season ends, but at least it won't be the last
Another Fringe season comes to its end, but you can take comfort in the fact that it won't be the last. Also: PBS goes crafting, and Shark Tank checks out a cat drawing business.
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One bad apple… we can live with that: 31 rotten parts of otherwise fantastic wholes
The A.V. Club's weekly list.
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The Avengers
The Marvel universe finally comes together in a big spectacle graced with a lightness of touch.
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It might be time to check out Grimm before that one guy you know starts insisting you do in early 2013
Has Grimm gotten kind of okay, or is that just the fact that Friday TV often seems better than it is in a vacuum? Also: Playoffs galore, movies with great female ensembles, and embarrassing bodies.
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TV Club would like to invite you to be its date to the My Little Pony royal wedding
TV Club needs a date for the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic royal wedding, and it's asked you, you silly goose! Also: Fringe goes to the future, and we brake for yard sales.
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Worst heroic lead characters
This week, a reader asks us about cases where the hero is the worst aspect of a film or TV series.
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Joss Whedon on writing horror and superheroes for fanboys and casual viewers alike
The prolific writer behind Cabin In The Woods and The Avengers talks spoiler culture and fulfilling fanboy fantasies.
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Ferris Bueller’s further days off: 14-plus short-lived film-to-TV adaptations
The A.V. Club's weekly list.
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The Cabin In The Woods director Drew Goddard
Cabin In The Woods’ director talks around his twist-filled film in a spoiler-free discussion of horror, horror commentary, and the appeal of cabins.
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The Legend Of Korra arrives to make millions of parents ask, "The hell's a Korra?"
It's only taken 500 years, but The Legend Of Korra is here, and we're pretty damn excited. Also: Fringe's Walter goes to the other universe, and Gotye conquers SNL.
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The Cabin In The Woods
Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard pick apart the horror genre ingeniously, though the less you know about it, the better.
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Stan Lee, Nina Dobrev, Tom Felton confirmed for Wizard World convention
Plus: Joey Lawrence. Whoa!
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Favorite pop-culture apparel
The staff and readers examine their favorite band T-shirts, TV-related hoodies, and other pop-cultural clothing.
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Watch some of Saturday Night Live's top stars before they leave you alone with your tears
With rumors swirling around about which Saturday Night Live cast members will be returning for the next season, now's the time to check in. Also: Jesus! And Moses!
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Spartacus creator Steven DeKnight
On the eve of the Spartacus: Vengeance finale the show’s creator talks about a difficult, bloody season.
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Spartacus asks you to celebrate its season finale by saying "I'm Spartacus!" from the comfort of your living room
Spartacus ends another season filled with blood, vengeance, and general sassiness. Also: Fringe repeats itself, Grimm hits the spice shops, and the Final Four duke it out.
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Supernatural continues a troubled season, hopes to win the disgruntled back over
Supernatural continues a season that's seen its share of controversy and hopes to win the disgruntled back over. Also: Spartacus is still looking for revenge, and leprechauns are everywhere.
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Portlandia invites you to brunch to close out its second season; decorative syrups not included
The second season of Portlandia ends as you always knew it must: at brunch. Also: Lots of college basketball, HBO's TV movie of Game Change, and Werner Herzog in prison.
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Characters we most love to hate
Sometimes loathing a character can be even more satisfying than rooting for a hero. This week, we look at fiction’s most enjoyable ire-magnets.
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It's time for us to do something we never do: Talk about a Joss Whedon show
Our coverage of the final season of Angel launches, and we really love that we're getting the rare opportunity to discuss a Joss Whedon show. Also: Karen Gillan, AquaBats, and Fred.
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The unseen: 24 TV shows produced but never properly aired
The A.V. Club's weekly list
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