Buy Angel - Season Five (Slim Set)

Description: The Angel Investigations team is stunned when the Senior Partners of Wolfram and Hart give them control of the L.A. office. The gang quickly moves in, and although everyone is delighted at the amazing resources they now have at their command, they can?t stop wondering what the catch is. But the biggest mystery of all revolves around a small package Angel receives containing an amulet and a handful of dust?which coalesces into a very-much-alive Spike.

Amazon.com: Lives were upended--and some co-opted--in the fifth and final season of Angel, as the denizens of Angel Investigations found themselves taking on one of their scariest endeavors ever: corporate life. After making a literal deal with the devil (or something distinctly devil-like), Angel (David Boreanaz) moved his team from their crumbling hotel to the high-rise digs of law-firm-from-hell Wolfram & Hart, his reasoning being they could better fight the forces of evil from the inside, and with more resources to boot. Clever maneuvering or easy rationalization? Not a few members of Angel's team accused him of selling out (as did a number of viewers), but as with most of the show's previous four seasons, Angel somehow took a dubious premise and mined it for gold. And with one core cast member gone (Charisma Carpenter, whose Cordelia was immersed in a deep coma), it seemed as if the show, from within and without, would suddenly fall apart--that is, until Angel's longtime nemesis Spike (James Marsters) showed up, fresh from his sacrificial roasting at the series finale of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Let the vampire games begin!

With Buffy off the air, fans flocked to Angel's last season to get their fix of Joss Whedon's "Buffyverse" in any form they could, and the addition of Spike was a shrewd one, albeit not enough to keep the show from getting canceled. And for the first half of the season, the creative forces behind the show seemed to be toying ruthlessly with the audience. Spike was around, but not entirely corporeal; Angel himself became sullen and withdrawn; and most horrifically, sweetheart scientist Fred (Amy Acker) and former watcher Wesley (Alexis Denisof) underwent traumas that would test even the most devoted viewer. However, just when you'd be about to throw in the towel, things started changing for the better--Spike became a permanent fixture (both in the flesh and on the show), Angel's secret motives were revealed, and the introduction of demon warrior Illyria, who proved to be the show's answer to Buffy's sardonic demon-made-human Anya, was a welcome breath of fresh air. Creatively, Angel also came up with some of its best episodes, including "Smile Time" (where Angel is turned into a puppet ? really!) and "You're Welcome" (the show's 100th episode, which marked the bittersweet return of Carpenter's Cordelia). The ending of the series was deliberately ambiguous, and not everyone made it through alive, but in going out kicking, it was a proper sendoff for a show that always fought the good fight. --Mark Englehart

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The last... but still the best! December 29, 2008
After almost five years I'm still sad the show ended. Why!? Because of a season like 5. Sure, David was not getting any younger, but two more season would have been great. Yep. Spike is back to torment peaches! That is the best definition to this season. Angel is confronted with the fact that he is not one of kind anymore. Also, Angel learns that perfect moments of happiness are in fact very rare (just like in the real life) and that he should give a shot in a relationship, even if with a woman he did not love. Here again he succumbs powerfully to raw human feelings, this time jealousy. It is a season driven by the fact he wants to be better than Spike. To protect his son, he... again... forgot the free will of his friends, trapping them not only in lies, since some memories were erased (I Will Remember much???), but also in the very place they did not want to be for four seasons, worst... they fought against it. Can you picture Buffy working for The First!? It had bad... bad... consequences on all of them, mainly in poor Fred. In this season, Fred found her way in the world... and in our heart, just to be removed out of it... in favor of Illyria. Back in Buffy I could never pick Oz or Tara for Willow... I still can't. Here I can't pick Fred or Illyria, both were sooooooooooo cool! Amy Acker did a wonderful job... it was nice to see her reverting back and forth between these two characters. What was Smile Time???? The funnier episode of all Bangelverse "You are a blood puppet?"). Cordelia made a guest star appearing, but I've always had doubts about it. Cordy gave a message to Angel to direct him to the war against W&H... for me... a bad move! LA went to hell!!!! For some reason, I think Cordy would never do such a thing... direct her friends to certain death! But than at February 14 2004, we knew we would not live to know that... Angel would not live to tell the tale! Overall, a great season with a great ending... at least... after the fall!

Angel not the same as other 4 seasons December 14, 2008
As always, David Boreanaz and his supporting cast do an amazing job. However, this season was not the greatest. I thought they would be able to do much better things with Spike than what they did- why couldn't they do the same amazing job they did with him in Buffy? There's something off with Angel himself- he changes too much and there's no flow of character development like there was in the other four seasons. You could also tell they tried too hard to have light in this season- literal light, like sun rays. But Angel doesn't belong in the light; they tried to take the show places it doesn't belong, and they didn't really succeed. All in all though, it's great show.

If you're a Buffy fan, don't bother (in my opinion) December 14, 2008
I am a huge fan of the Buffy series. I started watching Angel only because I knew the two shows were linked. I can't believe how they ended this show though. My entire purpose for watching was the thought that it would end with Buffy and Angel being together (or even Buffy and Spike... kill Angel off for all I care... once he got his own show, he wasn't the same Angel from the Buffy series. They ruined that too). I don't see why they even brought up the point of Angel having the possibility of getting his soul back, just to throw it away at the end. I think it's unfair to fans who stuck with the show (which for the most part, in my opinion, was really crappy compared to Buffy) till the end. To kill off everyone at the end? I mean... seriously?! I feel this entire series was a waste of my money. Angel and CORDELIA?! Her, of all people? Give me a break. The only good thing about the show was the characters that came from Buffy (Spike, Willow, Drusilla, Wes, etc.).... and Fred. But they killed her too. I don't see how any fan of Buffy could possibly enjoy this show at all.

positive October 5, 2008
This item came quickly and in good shape. It wasn't the actual "slim set" that I thought it was.

Awesome! September 6, 2008
*SPOILERS BELOW*

And here I thought Angel had gotten as good as it can get! But no, I was gladly proven wrong. Season 5 was amazing. The addition of Spike to the cast was a brilliant move and I just wish he played a bigger role. (Also, still waiting to find out if he got Shanshu or not!) Smile Time was the best episode of the entire series, IMO, funniest, sweetest, most perfect thing ever. [Course, then we all had to get our hearts broken by the next episode...] I really need to get the comic continuation, cause I'm dying to find out what happens next!

Angel - Season Five (Slim Set)

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