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Angel Season 5

Angel

Season 5

October 1, 2003 22 episodes

The Angel Investigations team is stunned when the Senior Partners of Wolfram and Hart give them control of the L.A. office. The gang quickly moves in, and although everyone is delighted at the amazing resources they now have at their command, they can’t stop wondering what the catch is.

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Conviction
E1
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E1. Conviction

43m Oct 1, 2003

Some old acquaintances come back into Angel's life as he and his friends begin running Wolfram and Hart and try to figure out why they've been selected to do so.

Just Rewards
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E2. Just Rewards

42m Oct 8, 2003

Angel and Spike challenge a necromancer who is unhappy with Wolfram and Hart's new leadership.

Unleashed
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E3. Unleashed

41m Oct 15, 2003

Angel tries to help a young woman who has been turned into a werewolf and is being pursued by a group of truly rarified gourmets.

Hell Bound
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E4. Hell Bound

43m Oct 22, 2003

After being menaced by a series of gruesome ghosts no one else can see, Spike finally comes face to face with the spectral being who's been trying to drag him into hell.

Life of the Party
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E5. Life of the Party

42m Oct 29, 2003

Strange things happen when Lorne has his sleep removed right before Wolfram and Hart's big Halloween party.

The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco
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E6. The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco

42m Nov 5, 2003

While losing heart for his own career as a hero, Angel befriends a disheartened, elderly hero, and battles an Aztec warrior who literally eats the hearts of heroes.

Lineage
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E7. Lineage

41m Nov 12, 2003

When Wesley's father visits Wolfram and Hart, the firm is attacked by a troop of spooky Ninja cyborgs.

Destiny
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E8. Destiny

41m Nov 19, 2003

After Spike receives a strange package, Wolfram and Hart employees are possessed by evil... while Angel and Spike are set against each other in a quest that brings their 100-year-old rivalry to a head.

Harm's Way
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E9. Harm's Way

42m Jan 14, 2004

When Harmony wakes up next to a dead man with vampire bites in his neck, she's afraid she lost her head and killed him... but she can't remember doing it.

Soul Purpose
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E10. Soul Purpose

41m Jan 21, 2004

When Spike is talked into taking up the good-deeds business, Eve lets loose a soul sucking parasite on Angel, who then suffers disturbing feverish hallucinations as he sleeps.

Damage
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E11. Damage

42m Jan 28, 2004

A deranged vampire slayer is convinced that Spike is the man who kidnapped and tortured her when she was a child.

You're Welcome
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E12. You're Welcome

42m Feb 4, 2004

When Lindsey returns and tries to defeat Angel using a secret "failsafe" entity created by the Powers That Be, Cordelia emerges from her coma to help save Angel.

Why We Fight
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E13. Why We Fight

41m Feb 11, 2004

A World War II submarine sailor - the only man Angel ever turned into a vampire since regaining his soul - returns to seek his revenge.

Smile Time
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E14. Smile Time

41m Feb 18, 2004

While Nina the werewolf show romantic interest in Angel, he investigates a demon-infested children's television program and gets turned into a puppet; Gunn makes a deal to keep his newly implanted mental powers; and Wes and Fred's relationship heats up.

A Hole in the World
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E15. A Hole in the World

42m Feb 25, 2004

After being breathed on by an ancient sarcophagus, Fred contracts a mystery illness and lies near death while Angel and his friends try to figure out what's wrong with her.

Shells
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E16. Shells

42m Mar 3, 2004

Mourning Fred's death, Angel and his friends vow to find a way to bring her back, which leads to a confrontation with the ancient god Illyria, who now occupies Fred's body.

Underneath
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E17. Underneath

43m Apr 14, 2004

Angel, Gunn and Spike rescue Lindsey from a suburban hell dimension; Lorne and Eve are pursued by a representative of the senior partners; and Wesley consoles Illyria, who hates her new world.

Origin
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E18. Origin

43m Apr 21, 2004

When a warlock brings Connor back into Angel's life, Wesley finds out that Angel has tinkered with the memories of his friends.

Time Bomb
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E19. Time Bomb

43m Apr 28, 2004

As Angel and Hamilton urge Wesley to get rid of Illyria, she suffers a cataclysmic physical breakdown; and Gunn clashes with Angel over the enforcement of an evil demon contract.

The Girl in Question
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E20. The Girl in Question

43m May 5, 2004

While Angel and Spike to go Italy to retrieve the head of a demon mobster (and save Buffy from a new suitor), Fred's parents arrive at Wolfram and Hart, looking for their daughter.

Power Play
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E21. Power Play

42m May 12, 2004

As Angel's behaviour grows increasingly hostile, his friends learn he's associating with members of an evil secret society, and may have deliberately engineered Fred's death.

Not Fade Away
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E22. Not Fade Away

42m May 19, 2004

Angel and his friends prepare for their suicide attack on the Circle of the Black Thorn.

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