"Angel" (1999)

Oliver: You're an actor.
Angel: No.
Oliver: That wasn't a question. I'm Oliver. Ask anyone about Oliver. They'll tell you I'm a fierce animal. I'm your manager as soon as you call.
Angel: I'm not an actor.
Oliver: Funny. I like the humor. I like the whole thing. Call me. This isn't a come on. I'm in a very serious relationship with a landscape architect.

Classic! Could you imagine someone like Oliver saying that to Angelus? Like he'd last a second, this proves how far along Angel has come since his throat tearing days.

This episode needed no cross over from Buffy, it needed no "Well good luck in Los Angeles" from anyone, the only thing it needed is three things:

1. Cordy
2. Doyle
3. Lindsay

Cordy in Buffy was a fantastic character, she left soon after breaking up with Xander and that's a great thing, she goes to Los Angeles to try and become an actress, Angel and her reunite and she leaches on to him helping him fight crime.

Doyle was played by an actor that used to be Mark in Roseanne, I think he was awesome in Roseanne as the tough guy married to Becky and I think he was awesome in this series too, it's a shame that he ultimately died due to drug abuse in 1999 because I think that he could have returned to the series at some point, but he's the guy that gives Angel a purpose and a direction.

Lindsay is first seen in this episode and he's seen in the last episode, while leaving in Season 2 I missed him thoroughly and his return in Season 5 was a welcome breath of fresh air, this episode he looks so young, inexperienced but that's soon to change.

This episode started Angel off on his journey to redemption, will he get it? Who knows