What is Angel?
Q: What is Angel?
A: Angel is a spin-off from the American television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It was created by Buffy's creator Joss Whedon along with David Greenwalt and first aired in October of 1999. The series tells the story of the vampire Angel who had his soul returned to him as punishment for killing a gypsy girl.
Q: What was the purpose of returning Angel's soul?
A: Returning Angel's soul was meant to be a punishment for killing a gypsy girl, and it made him tormented by all the bad things he had done.
Q: What did Angel do during the first four seasons of the show?
A: During the first four seasons of the show, Angel worked as a private detective in a fiction version of Los Angeles, California. There, he and a variety of others worked to "help the helpless" and "save souls" that had lost their way, usually by fighting evil demons or humans that worked with demons (the law firm Wolfram and Hart). He also had to fight his own violent nature.
Q: How did Angel try to fight evil in Season 5?
A: In Season 5, Angel took over as person in charge of Wolfram & Hart - an evil law firm - in order to try to fight evil from within.
Q: Are all "demons" in this universe necessarily evil beings?
A: No, not all "demons" are necessarily evil beings in this universe; some may have good intentions or be neutral forces.
