TITLE RATING PLOT/MINI-REVIEW
Heartthrob
W: David Greenwalt
D: David Greenwalt
 		8.0 Angel returns from a three-month retreat to help him resolve his feelings about Buffy's death. In a battle with a group of vampires, Angel stakes a blonde vampire who used to run with he and Darla, causing her boyfriend to swear vengeance against Angel.
That Vision Thing
W: Jeffrey Bell
D:  Bill Norton
 		9.0 As Cordelia's visions continue to intensify and begin leaving physical effects, Angel becomes determined to track down the source of the visions and put a stop to them.
That Old Gang Of Mine
W: Tim Minear
D: Fred Keller
 		9.0 Attempting to heal the rift between himself and Meryl, the demon informant, Angel finds Meryl murdered and launches an investigation, turning up a systematic pattern of offing demons all across L.A.--both good and bad demons. Meanwhile, Gunn meets up with his vampire slaying crew, who are under the influence of Gio from Miami, who considers that Gunn has betrayed the cause by working with a vampire. Meanwhile, Cordy tries to help Fred re-assimilate into the real world.
Carpe Noctum
W: Scott Murphy
D: James A. Contner
 		7.0 Fred's crush on Angel is flamed with the vampire takes her to a Charlton Heston double feature, leading to Cordelia confronting Angel about Fred's feelings toward Angel. In order to avoid an awkward talk, Angel seizes upon a case of dead young men, whose bodies are cropping up in hotel rooms, with little more left than a gelataneous mass. The investigation leads Angel to an elderly gentleman who has the power to switch bodies and trades out bodies with the vampire..
Fredless
W: Mere Smith
D: Marita Grabiak
 		9.5 Fred's parents pay a surprise visit to Angel Investigations, claiming to have recieved a letter from their daughter. Their appearance causes Fred to run away and the gang must locate her in the City of Angels. Meanwhile, a giant bug is after Angel...
Billy
W: Tim Minear & Jeffrey Bell
D: David Grossman
 		9.0 Billy, who Angel freed from a hell dimension to save Cordelia, returns and displays why he was sentenced to the cage of fire. His touch brings out the animal side of men, who lash out at women around them. As Angel and Cordelia race each other to find and destroy Billy, Fred is trapped alone in the hotel with Wesley and Gunn, both of whom come under the influence of Billy..
Offspring
W: David Greenwalt
D: Turi Meyer
 		7.0 As the group at Angel Investigations obtains and tries to decipher a prophecy, Darla shows up in L.A. to confront Angel about the consequences of their night together and to try and make some sense of how she could be expecting. The prophecy leads the gang to believe that the child Darla carries could be a force of good or evil and Angel must weight whether or not to destroy his former lover and his unborn child...
Quickening
W: Jeffrey Bell
D: Skip Schoolnik
 		8.5 As Angel and company attempt to discover the exact nature of the baby Darla is carrying, Wesley and Fred unlock a few more secrets of the prophecy concerning Angel's child. Meanwhile, Holtz continues to adjust to life in the 21st Century and yearns to hunt down and destroy his prey, Wolfram and Hart catch wind of the fact that Darla's pregnant and send their plans into overdrive to get hold of and study the baby and a vampire cult that sees the child as a vampire Chosen One closes in on Darla...
Lullaby
W: Tim Minear
D: Tim Minear
 		7.0 As Darla goes into labor, Angel is confronted and captured by the newly returned Holtz. Meanwhile, Wolfram and Hart decipher another piece of the prophecy concerning Angel and Darla's son. And Darla fears giving birth because the feelings of love she has for the baby will leave her and she is afraid she'll inflict harm on her newborn son...
Dad
W: David H. Goodman
D: Fred Keller
 		5.5 Angel becomes obsessive about his promise to Darla to care for his newborn son--a promise which is hard to keep as the new father discover some of the joys of new parenthood and the fact that several demon groups are preparing to descend on the hotel in order to either take the baby or do some harm to him. Meanwhile, Holtz starts to assemble a group of fellow justice seekers to battle his old nemesis and Wolfram and Hart scramble to find any information they can on the 200-year old vampire hunter.
Birthday
W: Mere Smith
D: Michael Grossman
 		8.0 On her birthday, Cordelia is hit by a vision so powerful that it knocks her out of her body and onto the astral plane. Once there, Skip the demon provides her with a quick peek into what her life might have been like had she not run into Angel in L.A.
Provider
W: Scott Murphy
D: Bill Norton
 		3.0 Realizing how much it will cost to raise a child, Angel sets about bringing in increased revenues to Angel Investigations by advertising. This leads to the firm being overwhelmed by call for help and the staff being spread thing--Angel agrees to help clear out a nest of vampires for a businessman, Fred is tasked with solving a puzzle for a group of demons and Wesley and Gunn seek to protect a young woman from her ex-boyfriend, who happens to be a zombie.
Waiting in the Wings
W: Joss Whedon
D:  Joss Whedon
 		7.0 An innocent excursion to the ballet leads the gang to stumble upon members of a dance troupe who haven't aged a day since Angel last saw them in 1890. As they investigate backstage, Angel and Cordy are possessed by the spirits of tormented lovers. Meanwhile, Gunn and Wesley concentrate on putting their respective moves on Fred, unaware of each other's romantic designs.
Couplet
W: Tim Minear & Jeffrey Bell
D: Tim Minear
 		3.0 Exacerbating the tension caused by the office's two latest couplings, Cordy asks Angel to help her achieve the next level of intimacy with Groosalugg. Meanwhile, Fred and Gunn discuss the new wrinkle in their relationship and track an alleged cheating fiancé, whom they promptly lose during a brief make-out session.
Loyalty
W: Mere Smith
D: James A. Contner
 		8.0 Wesley continues to translate the prophecy concerning Conner--and becomes more and more concerned about what he finds for Connor's future. Meanwhile, a woman hires the gang to investigate a vampire nest and Gunn and Fred encounter a few stumbling blocks in their budding romance.
Sleep Tight
W: David Greenwalt
D: Terrance O'Hara 		9.0 Angel's increasingly erratic behavior and the signs from the prophecy, lead Wesley to become increasingly desperate to get Connor away from his father.
Forgiving
W: Jeffrey Bell
D: Turi Meyer 		9.5 Angel is a vampire out for vengeance in the wake of Holtz taking Connor. As Gunn and Fred try to sort out why Wesley betrayed them and find their friend, Angel takes a different route, kidnapping a senior partner at Wolfram and Hart to get information. However, to get what he wants, Angel decides to go right to the source and conjure Sajahn up--something that involved invoking the black arts and could end up being extremely dangerous for not only Angel but the entire world. Meanwhile, Wesley lies in the park, clinging to life and Justine tries to take over leadership of the group in Holtz's absence
Double or Nothing
W: David H. Goodman
D: David Grossman
 		5.0 Seven years ago, Gunn traded his soul to a demon and now the demon shows up to collect. Meanwhile, Cordelia returns and tries to help the grieving Angel. Fred tells Wesley the prophecies were false and urges him to stay away from Angel.
The Price
W: David Fury
D: Marita Grabick
 		7.5 Angel discovers the consequences of the black magic he invoked to try and find Connor--the hotel is infested by bugs that crave moisture and can inhabit a human being and drain the moisture from their body. And one of them gets inside Fred. Meanwhile, Gavin returns to be a thorn in Lillah's side at Wolfram and Hart...
A New World
W: Jeffrey Bell
D: Tim Minear
 		6.5 Connor's back--but he's grown-up now and has a vendetta against his father. As Angel pursues his son in an attempt to reconnect to him, the rest of the Angel Investigations gang tries to seal the portal he returned to our dimension with before something even nastier comes through. Meanwhile, Lillah takes Wesley a gift and offers him a job at Wolfram and Hart...
Benediction
W: Tim Minear
D: Tim Minear
 		6.5 Holtz encourages Connor to seek out his father and to spend time getting to know him, leading to the two going out on a vampire hunt together. Meanwhile, Lillah tries to sweeten the offer for Wesley to join Wolfram and Hart, Groo grows increasingly frustrated at Cordelia's devotion to Angel and Holtz contacts Justine to perform one final act for him.
Tomorrow
W: David Greenwalt
D: David Greenwalt
 		7.5 Unaware of Holtz's deception, Angel is elated to have Connor back in his life in a permanent basis, not knowing his son has sworn out vengeance against him. Meanwhile, Groo and Cordelia's relationship reaches a crossroads, Lillah ups the ante in her attempt to get Wesley to join Wolfram and Hart and Lorne makes a life-changing decision....