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In its second season, Angel tooks risks with breaking up the group, following
quarrels about Darla, and got away with it, finishing the season on a high (and
a weird!). The individual characters established their roles and relationships,
though Cordelia is still given the extremes of flakiness, shallowness, loyalty
and commitment - a lot to put on one character! The Darla thread dominated
the season, but after a slow beginning, the clash of egos worked very well, with
Drusilla injecting charm and black humor in equal measure. Drusilla has been a
great additon to the series, as she was to Buffy - kudos to Whedon for her invesntion,
and Juliet Landau for making her real. The season's disappointment was the
waste of Kate; she showed such promise in season 1, but this was largely allowed
to wither on the vine. Once it was decided to exclude a romantic connection, her
police skills and contacts should have been allowed to overshadow the emotional
side, though she did provide Angel's epiphany. Good for her ...
| 23 | Judgment | Tuesday
26 September 2000 | | Angel enlists the help
of a flashy karaoke bar owner named The Host as he tries to hunt down a pregnant
woman after mistakenly killing her guardian.
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| | 24 | Are You Now or Have
You Ever Been | Tuesday 03 October 2000 |
| Angel has his eye on an old hotel where he'd like to
set up the new offices of Angel Investigations, but first there's a bit of old
history to resolve and a demon to kick out.
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| | 25 | First Impressions |
Tuesday 10 October 2000 | | While Cordelia
experiences a vision involving Gunn fighting for his life, Angel experiences erotic
dreams involving darla.
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| | 26 | Untouched |
Tuesday 17 October 2000 | | Cordelia's vision
of a girl in danger uncovers an even greater danger after Angel discovers her
telekinetic powers have attracted the attention of Wolfram & Hart.
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| | 27 | Dear
Boy | Tuesday 24 October 2000 |
| After weeks of restless nights which have left him irritable
and haggard-looking, a shocked angel discovers why his dreams about Darla feel
so real.
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| 28 | Guise Will Be Guise |
Tuesday 07 November 2000 | | While Angel
attempts to deal with his obsession with darla, Wesley attempts to impersonate
angel when a thug shows up at the hotel and puts a gun to Cordelia's head.
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| | 29 |
Darla | Tuesday 14 November 2000 |
| As Darla struggles with her newfound soul, Lindsey struggles
with his growing attraction to her and is consequently taken off "the project"
by Holland Manners.
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| 30 | The Shroud of Rahmon |
Tuesday 21 November 2000 | | Angel and Gunn
infiltrate a gang of thieves intent on stealing the Shroud of Rahmon, unaware
of its supernatural influence over anyone who gets close to it.
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| | 31 | The
Trial | Tuesday 28 November 2000 |
| Dying from the same illness which infected her human
body four hundred years earlier, Darla begs to be turned back into a vampire even
as Angel risks his own life with a different solution.
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| | 32 | Reunion |
Tuesday 19 December 2000 | | Wolfram &
Hart get more thanthey bargained for after they bring Drusilla to Los Angeles
to save darla, and an outraged Angel fires Gunn, Wesley and Cordelia.
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| | 33 | Redefinition |
Tuesday 16 January 2001 | | As Cordelai,
wesley and Gunn take the stage in hopes The Host can tell them what to do with
their lives, Angel prepares for his final confrontation with Darla and Drusilla.
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| | 34 |
Blood Money | Tuesday 23 January 2001 |
| While Angel befriends a young woman whose charity is
supported by Wolfram & Hart, Cordelia, Wesley and Gunn decide to try running
Angel Investigations on their own.
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| | 35 | Happy Anniversary |
Tuesday 06 February 2001 | | The Host contacts
Angel after a song sung in his club by a grad student the evening before revealed
that time would be stopping for everyone at 10pm the following night.
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| | 36 | The
Thin Dead Line | Tuesday 13 February 2001 |
| When Angel Investigations looks into reports that police
officers are attacking kids, Gunn's plan to capture the beatings on tape backfires
in the worst possible way.
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| | 37 | Reprise |
Tuesday 20 February 2001 | | As the lawyers
at Wolfram & Hart sweat over their upcoming 75-year review, Angel attempts
to visit the form's home office to confront the senior partners.
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| | 38 | Epiphany |
Tuesday 27 February 2001 | | When Angel
decides he wants to reconcile with Cordelia, Wesley and Gunn, he discovers they're
not as eager as he to renew their old ties.
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| | 39 | Disharmony |
Tuesday 17 April 2001 | | Cordelai is thrilled
when Harmony, and old friend from Sunnydale, shows up in L.A. - but that's before
she learns about the change her old friend has undergone.
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| | 40 | Dead
End | Tuesday 24 April 2001 |
| Angel and Lindsey form an unlikely alliance as they search
for the medical lab which provided Lindsey with a new hand that seems to have
a mind of its own.
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| 41 | Belonging | Tuesday
01 May 2001 | | When portals to another world
start opening, The Host finds himself face-to-face with his long-lost cousin,
and Cordelia finds herself in a strange new world.
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| | 42 | Over the Rainbow |
Tuesday 08 May 2001 | | The Host reluctantly
agrees to take everyone through the portal to his home world of Pylea to rescue
Cordelia - who's not really in any hurry to go home.
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| | 43 | Through the Looking
Glass | Tuesday 15 May 2001 |
| While Cordelia meets the Groosalugg she's supposed to mate
with, Angel and The Host go in search of a book that will open a portal home and
end up rescuing a girl named Dred.
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| | 44 | There's No Place Like Plrtz Glrb |
Tuesday 22 May 2001 | | As Gunn and Wesley
join the Pylean rebels storming the castle, Cordelai tries to prevent the groosalugg
from fighting a demon she saw in a vision.
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