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Unaired Pilot

Episode aired 2003
Not Rated
5m

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Angel recaps the story of his life, from his mortal days as a young man in Ireland to his recent arrival in L.A. Also, he meets Doyle, who urges him to reach out to the people he saves, and ... Read allAngel recaps the story of his life, from his mortal days as a young man in Ireland to his recent arrival in L.A. Also, he meets Doyle, who urges him to reach out to the people he saves, and Cordelia tries to convince him to charge the people a fee.Angel recaps the story of his life, from his mortal days as a young man in Ireland to his recent arrival in L.A. Also, he meets Doyle, who urges him to reach out to the people he saves, and Cordelia tries to convince him to charge the people a fee.

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David Boreanaz

Angel

Charisma Carpenter

Cordelia Chase

Glenn Quinn

Allen Doyle

Julie Benz

Darla
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Buffy Summers
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Juliet Landau

Drusilla
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Robia Scott

Jenny Calendar
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Shannon Welles

Gypsy Woman
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Director
- Joss Whedon
Writers
- Joss Whedon
- David Greenwalt
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Trivia
This unaired pilot was made for The WB to pick up the show it featured footage from Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) and new footage of the three main stars David Boreanaz, Charisma Carpenter and Glenn Quinn.

Goofs
During the escape scene when Angel rescues Cordelia from Russell's home: Doyle drives in reverse out of the driveway you can see the bottom of a tripod and crew-member's legs to the upper right of the screen.

Quotes
Cordelia Chase: You don't know who he is, do you?
Cordelia Chase: Oh boy, you're about to get your assed kicked.

Connections
Edited from Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)

Soundtracks
Dirty Hole
Written and Performed by VAST
from Visual Audio Sensory Theater

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Featured review

5/10

It is what it is!

Angel is one of my favourite shows, but nobody would judge the show on this.

In fact, it is quite disingenuous to call this a 'pilot', as it is merely a mix of footage from Angel's best bits from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, mixed in with some new footage (most of which used or redone in the actual premier episode) of David Boreanaz, Charisma Carpenter and Glenn Quinn.

It was basically a 'proof of concept' to sell to the network that the show could work.

And it worked! Often over shadowed by its more high profile mother show, Angel would go onto develop its own fans, and be critically successful also.