Angel

Finally a noteworthy episode, this episode centres on angel who ends up being a very important character not only on buffy but on his own spin off series, I love this episode the chemistry , its episodes like this that makes season 1 worth sitting through even the filler episodes just to see this

Since the first episode, there has been much mystery surrounding Angel. This is the episode where we find out just who he is. This is one of the best episodes of the entire series and is a must watch even if someone doesn't wish to watch the whole series.

We learn about the mysterious Angel in this tightly scripted episode. The extent of Buffy's feelings for him is also revealed. Comedic relief is provided by the vain Cordelia and Darla had some great lines, too. After a couple of episodes that filled out the other main characters but did not much further the plot, this episode moves along swiftly while providing the backstory to one of the most popular characters on the show.

For me, three episodes really stood out in the first season: the series premiere, which grabbed my attention with the first scene; this episode, which provided the first major twist in what would become a main character; and the season finale, which as is the norm in the story does not disappoint.

After he saves her from a gang of vampire warriors, Angel and Buffy's relationship grows. As their love blooms, Buffy learns that Angel has been hiding a dark secret. She hesitates, not sure what to believe, but when Angel's secret puts someone she loves in danger, she knows what she has to do.

The revelation episode.This is a fantastic episode and one of the best in the first series.This is where the continuing storyline of the Angel/Buffy romance starts. I really enjoyed this episode very much and this is where everything starts. If your looking for a great episode this is the one.

This is the episode in a way I'd been waiting all season for. As fun as it is watching the characters navigate the high school pecking order while fighting hammy camp witches and scheming zookeepers this is probably the darkest and most adult of season 1. It actually begins to develop a bit more of the vampire lore in this world establishing that some of these vampires go back centuries and also that classic rule that they can't enter your house uninvited.

Angel is given some proper development too in this episode we learn about his tormented and conflicted feelings, he's finally much more than the mysterious hunky guy for all the girls watching to swoon over. I feel that in the show overall the other male characters Giles the awkward bookish librarian or Xander the wisecracking dorky sidekick, Angel by comparison will of course be appealing with his confident demeanour. There's some excellent elements to this, some comedy with Cordellia triggered when another girl wears the same dress as her in, Buffy blurting out her diary entry and some of the best action and fastest pacing we've seen. The episode is just extremely tight. The bedroom scene is perfectly handled and is just what the show needed at this point, giving us something just extremely well handled and sensitively done. The dynamic between the characters in this episode feels like its got real weight to it and that these vampires know eachother going back centuries and there's real manipulation and stakes to it.

The ending is simply magnificent. It's one of those moments in TV where you just say it's a perfect scene, the music, the acting, the writing, it just comes together in the most gorgeous way and I'm not ashamed to say my eyes were wet by the time the credits rolled with that silence. It peaked perfectly and delivers definitely the finest episode of the series.