Angel
American television series (1999–2004)
Angel is an American supernatural television series, a spinoff of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The series was created by Buffy's creator, writer and director Joss Whedon, in collaboration with David Greenwalt. It aired on The WB from October 5, 1999, to May 19, 2004, consisting of five seasons and 110 episodes. Like Buffy, it was produced by Whedon's production company, Mutant Enemy.
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| Country of origin | United States
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| Original language | English
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| No. of seasons | 5
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| No. of episodes | 110 (list of episodes)
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| Running time | 41–45 minutes
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| Production company | Mutant Enemy Productions
Greenwolf Corp (season 1) David Greenwalt Productions (seasons 2-3) Kuzui Enterprises Sandollar Television 20th Century Fox Television |
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| Original release | October 5, 1999 –
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| Followed by | Angel: After the Fall (comic book) (2007–11)
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Allen Doyle: (phone rings, Doyle answers) Angel Investigations. We hope you're helpless.
- It is a widespread misconception among viewers of "Buffy" and/or "Angel" that the character of Angel can't have sex without loosing his soul. In fact, this was never stated on either show. Although he did lose his soul after having sex with Buffy for the first time (in the "Buffy" Season 2 episodes "Surprise" and "Innocence"), the curse that he has been under since being re-ensouled stated that he may lose his soul when he experience "a moment of perfect happiness," something that not every sexual encounter affords him (for example, he kept his soul after having sex with Darla in season 2 of "Angel" because the encounter did not make him feel happy).
- The character played by Julia Lee who first appeared on "Buffy" in "Lie to Me" (episode 2.7) as the self-named "Chanterelle," reappeared under several different names over the runs of both "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"(1997) and "Angel"(1999). At the start of her next appearance on "Buffy" ("Anne," episode 3.1) she had changed her name to Lily; during that episode, she joins a cult that renames her "Sister Sunshine;" and at the end of the episode, Buffy gives her both a job and her newest sobriquet, "Anne" (Buffy's real middle name). By the time the character first appears on "Angel," she has kept "Anne" as her first name and added the last name "Steele" to it. Although it is never mentioned onscreen, the original teleplay for "Lie to Me" indicated that her original name was Joan (which is also the name that Buffy chooses for herself when she can't remember any autobiographical details in "Tabula Rasa").
- In the episode where Fred's parents come to Los Angeles looking for her, Fred describes Cordelia as "the heart." Cordelia is the Latin name, meaning "heart."
- David Boreanaz (Angel) is the only actor to appear in all 110 episodes of the series. In second place is Alexis Denisof (Wesley Wyndham-Price), who appeared in 100 episodes.
- Ranked #21 on Empire magazine's 50 Greatest TV Shows Of All Time (2008).
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