Really Surprised!

not as good as all the hype

Just so...so bad

An absolute waste of money

Angel was an excellent character, the acting of most characters in this show was fine but ultimately the story arc was so uninteresting that it makes it feel mostly like a waste of time. The first 2-3 seasons were barely watchable and one should continue watching for a while if they like the first two-three episodes but do not expect for a moment for this series to become much better than the beginning of it. It ends with a complete mess of a uninteresting and convoluted substories that while they do make some sense, they feel forced and very simplistic. To say it bluntly, it feels like most of the stories are made up by bored writers that couldn't be bothered to spend more than 10 minutes coming up with the main premise of each episode. Even if one wanted to claim it's mainly about the humor, it's not even that stellar at that, and it's mainly trying to be a drama anyway. In any case, the series is not terrible, it does deserve a 7, if you like the first few episodes you could continue and if you love Buffy you could watch it, but at the end of the day, this series might had been best to never been done, to be included in episodes of Buffy itself, which could use some improvements anyway.

For three seasons, it was one of the best TV shows ever. The main character is charismatic and complex, and the show realistically grapples with the question of redemption and explores the nature of evil. Not bad for a fantasy about a vampire!"Angel" was a spin-off from the iconic "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," which was a pretty good series, but mainly aimed at teens. "Angel" is for adults.There are interesting meshed episodes between the two series (Buffy and Angel) which adds depth to the characters. For those who don't know, Angel and Buffy were in love in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," in what is perhaps the great fictional TV romance of all time. A little bit Beauty and the Beast, a little bit Romeo and Juliet, but a very modern story...it's a forbidden love, but not for the usual reasons. At the end of Buffy's third season, Angel moves to Los Angeles to start a private detective agency and David Boreanaz gets a starring role in his own show. And he deserved it. He was by far the most charismatic character on Buffy, perhaps in large part because Joss Whedon overdid Buffy's stereotypical teen traits and the rest of the supporting characters were often played for laughs in an exaggerated, jokey way (which ultimately proved to be an error in my opinion). Angel is no joke. He became a vampire as a young man in the 18th century and lived as a monster, committing murder, rape and other atrocities, until 80 years before "Buffy" begins, when Angel is cursed by a victim's family who somehow gives him a "soul" (a conscience). Wracked with guilt, he desperately tries to redeem himself, and thus is drawn to Buffy, whose destiny is to save the world from monsters. This all takes place in the Buffy series, which you should watch for a couple of seasons first. The themes of guilt and redemption continue in "Angel" but the series avoids most of the clichés of Buffy. Angel's main opponent is a demonic L.A. law firm and the humor in Angel comes from the juxtaposition of the vampires and demons with ordinary people, showing them as being remarkably similar...in the most compelling episode, a character from "Buffy" who is human yet thoroughly bad, reaches her nadir and Angel tries to help her as she struggles to make real-life decisions about accountability. Another great episode riffed on the classic film "Spartacus." Each episode has its own story, but unlike Buffy there is an ongoing development of the main character. Angel's backstory is told in occasional historical flashbacks and due to reasons I won't go into, at times he is flipped back into evil, and he is genuinely terrifying.Sadly the show became quite strange at the end of the third season and the fourth season was just weird. There is no good explanation for the bizarre new characters/changed characters and I never made it to season 5. Just watch the first three seasons; you won't be sorry!

My wife and I had just finished binge watching our latest show and were looking for something different. We're huge Joss Whedon fans and watched Buffy from the first airing until the last, but never really got into Angel. It was on a different night of the week and just never picked it up. But we've been fans of Grimm since it aired and the creator of Grimm, David Greenwalt, was co-creator of Angel with Joss. So we decided to give it a try. Darker than Buffy, and not as much humor, but still plenty of great lines and funny moments. The first season is a little rough. This is 12 years old now, and it shows a little, and they obviously were still working on smaller budgets. It's still great nostalgic fun, and you get to see lots of actors who went on to do other things make guest appearances.

This show is just amazing. I had always been a huge fan of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, and to tell you the truth I only watched this show because I heard that Spike, from BTVS, was coming into in Season 5. So I quickly raced out and watched Season 5. But then of course, I had to watch the other four seasons. A little bit of criticism, why did they have to kill off Doyle? Why did you have to make Cordelia end up being evil, then in a coma, and then dead? Why did you leave the show on a cliffhanger? Why??Overall, I love this show, I think it's great, I think it's not as good as Buffy The Vampire Slayer, must most spin-offs aren't as good. I give this TV show an 8 out of 10.