The BEST episodes of Angel season 4

Every episode of Angel season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Angel season 4!

Angel, a 240-year old vampire cursed with a conscience, haunts the dark streets of Los Angeles alone. But after he meets a half-demon with mysterious visions, Angel realizes his true purpose: to help those in danger with the hope that he may have a chance to redeem himself and save his own soul. With Cordelia and Doyle at his side, he forms Angel Investigations. He is soon joined by Wesley, Gunn, Lorne and Fred, and he will need all their expertise to fight the growing forces of evil, and the supernatural law firm of Wolfram and Hart.

Last Updated: 12/8/2024Network: The WBStatus: Ended
Orpheus
star
8.18
646 votes

#1 - Orpheus

Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/19/2003

As Faith and Angelus lay drugged and possibly dying, they flash back to key events in Angel's life... and Willow comes to help the others in the quest to restore Angel's soul.

Directors: Terrence O'Hara
Writer: Mere Smith
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Spin the Bottle
star
8.13
615 votes

#2 - Spin the Bottle

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/2002

Lorne's spell to restore Cordelia's memory backfires and convinces everyone they're high school students who have been gathered to kill a vampire: Angel.

Directors: Joss Whedon
Writer: Joss Whedon
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Home
star
8.12
581 votes

#3 - Home

Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/7/2003

Lilah returns from the dead to offer Angel and his friends full ownership of Wolfram and Hart.

Directors: Tim Minear
Writer: Tim Minear
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Awakening
star
7.99
540 votes

#4 - Awakening

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/29/2003

Angel agrees to try to bring Angelus back... but after the first attempt fails, he and his friends discover a magic sword that might do a better job of getting rid of the Big Bad beast.

Directors: James A. Contner
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Long Day's Journey
star
7.98
602 votes

#5 - Long Day's Journey

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/22/2003

After a group of totems linked to the ancient sun god Ra are killed by the Big Bad beast, Angel and his friends realize he's plotting to turn off the sun.

Directors: Terrence O'Hara
Writer: Mere Smith
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Salvage
star
7.93
665 votes

#6 - Salvage

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/5/2003

While Lorne casts a sanctuary spell on the hotel, and Wesley brings in the slayer, Faith, to help get Angelus back... the Doomsday Beast and its boss also try to woo Angelus.

Directors: Jefferson Kibbee
Writer: David Fury
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Soulless
star
7.93
582 votes

#7 - Soulless

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/5/2003

After Angelus succeeds in setting Angel's friends against each other, Cordelia makes him a deal: if he tells what he knows about the Big Bad beast, she'll give herself to him.

Directors: Sean Astin
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The House Always Wins
star
7.92
607 votes

#8 - The House Always Wins

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/20/2002

Angel and his friends discover that Lorne is being held prisoner in a corrupt Las Vegas casino.

Directors: Marita Grabiak
Writer: David Fury
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Calvary
star
7.90
667 votes

#9 - Calvary

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/12/2003

After learning the doomsday beast may be working for something bigger and badder than itself, Angel's friends cast a spell to return his soul to Angelus' body.

Directors: Bill L. Norton
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Release
star
7.88
684 votes

#10 - Release

Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/12/2003

As Faith and Angel continue their battle, the voice of the Beast's Master invades Angel's mind.

Directors: James A. Contner
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Deep Down
star
7.88
638 votes

#11 - Deep Down

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/6/2002

As Fred and Gunn search for Angel, Wesley continues his affair with Lilah and conducts his own, more fruitful, search.

Directors: Terrence O'Hara
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The Magic Bullet
star
7.87
627 votes

#12 - The Magic Bullet

Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/16/2003

As Jasmine's influence continues to spread, Fred finally tricks Angel into seeing her true nature.

Directors: Jeffrey Bell
Writer: Jeffrey Bell
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Habeas Corpses
star
7.76
544 votes

#13 - Habeas Corpses

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/15/2003

Connor gets locked inside Wolfram and Hart with the Big Bad doomsday beast, while the legal firms staff is turned into an army of zombies.

Directors: Skip Schoolnik
Writer: Jeffrey Bell
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Ground State
star
7.75
688 votes

#14 - Ground State

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/13/2002

In his quest to steal an artifact that may help him find Cordelia, Angel finds himself competing with a human thief whose body is electrically charged.

Directors: Michael Grossman
Writer: Mere Smith
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Players
star
7.68
654 votes

#15 - Players

Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/26/2003

As Angel tries to remember what Lilah's book said about the Master, Lorne plans a cleansing ritual to regain his empathetic powers, and Gunn helps Gwen with some corporate espionage.

Directors: Michael Grossman
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Sacrifice
star
7.67
650 votes

#16 - Sacrifice

Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/23/2003

While hiding in a sewer, Angel and his friends battle a nasty monster which provides some clues that might help in the larger battle against Jasmine.

Directors: David Straiton
Writer: Ben Edlund
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Peace Out
star
7.66
622 votes

#17 - Peace Out

Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/30/2003

Angel returns from the monster's dimension and finally defuses Jasmine's all-compassing powers.

Directors: Jefferson Kibbee
Writer: David Fury
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Apocalypse, Nowish
star
7.63
597 votes

#18 - Apocalypse, Nowish

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/17/2002

As plagues of various pests descend on Los Angeles, the beast Cordelia saw in her vision returns - and the apocalypse begins.

Directors: Vern Gillum
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Supersymmetry
star
7.55
605 votes

#19 - Supersymmetry

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/2002

Fred discovers her old physics professor is the one who exiled her to Pylea; Cordelia can't get comfortable with Connor and begins to wonder more about her history with Angel.

Directors: Bill L. Norton
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Inside Out
star
7.55
628 votes

#20 - Inside Out

Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/2/2003

As Cordelia prepares to give birth, Angel and his friends finally learn that she - or an evil presence controlling her - is the Beast's master.

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Shiny Happy People
star
7.47
620 votes

#21 - Shiny Happy People

Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/9/2003

While everyone else worships the beautiful woman Cordelia bore, Fred sees another side of her.

Directors: Marita Grabiak
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Slouching Toward Bethlehem
star
7.37
599 votes

#22 - Slouching Toward Bethlehem

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/27/2002

After Cordelia returns, she doesn't remember her friends and Lorne senses a major evil brewing. Scared by the world of demons and vampires, Cordelia takes refuge with Connor, who saves her from a demon attack.

Directors: Skip Schoolnik
Writer: Jeffrey Bell
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