History Characters / BuffyverseWolframAndHart

-->''"Can we really change the world? At Wolfram & Hart, We're Counting On It.''™"

* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: When he returns in season five, he has longer hair.
* FatalFlaw: Lindsey's lack of moral conviction, his resentment of Angel, and his ambition collectively screw him over and ultimately bring him to his ruin. In the first two seasons, he knows that Wolfram & Hart is evil and is very uncomfortable with that, even occasionally helping Angel to sabotage the firm's efforts, but he lacks the strength of character to resist being seduced by the money and power that the firm offers. Even when he finally does leave, his jealousy towards Angel ends up drawing Lindsey back, with his attempts to destroy Angel earning him the wrath of the Senior Partners. [[spoiler:Despite joining Angel's attack on the Circle of the Black Thorn and realizing that GoodFeelsGood, Lindsey has ultimately flip-flopped between good and evil too many times for Angel to trust him, and so he has Lorne assassinate Lindsey. If Lorne's final remarks to Lindsey are any indication, these flaws are something that Lindsey would never have been able to overcome, and he would never have been "part of the solution".]]

* BackForTheFinale: After having been absent since Season 2 of ''Angel'', Lindsey returns near the midway point of the Season 5 and is a recurring element throughout the final episodes.

-->'''Appears In''': ''Shakedown'' (novel)

-->'''Appears In''': ''Dark Mirror'' (novel)

-->'''Appears In''': ''Heat'' (novel)

->'''Played By:''' Creator/LelandCrooke

->'''Played By:''' Creator/DennisChristopher

* HeroKiller: He kills [[spoiler:Wesley]] in the final episode.

->'''Played By:''' Creator/StaceyTravis

->'''Played By:''' Creator/MarkColson

->'''Played By:''' Creator/JeffYagher

->'''Played By:''' Creator/KayPanabaker & Creator/JAugustRichards

->'''Played By:''' Creator/AdamBaldwin

-->''"Let me say this as clearly as I can. You cannot beat me. I am a part of them. The Wolf, Ram, and Hart. Their strength flows through my veins. My blood is filled with their ancient power."''

->'''Played By:''' Creator/StephanieRomanov

-->''"Funny thing about [[BlackAndWhiteMorality black and white]], you mix it together and you get grey. And it doesn't matter how much'' white ''you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but grey."''

->'''Played By:''' Creator/DanielDaeKim

->'''Played By:''' Creator/SamAnderson

-->''"See, for us, there is no fight. Which is why winning doesn't enter into it. We go on, no matter what. Our firm has always been here on Earth... in one form or another. The Inquisition. The Khmer Rouge. We were there when the very first cave man clubbed his neighbor on the head with a rock for stealing his dinner. See, we're in the hearts and minds of every single living being. And that, friend, is what's making things so difficult for you. You see, the world doesn't work in spite of evil, Angel. It works with us. It works because of us."''

->'''Played By:''' Creator/JohnRubinstein

-->''"This is outrageous! Are you actually telling me that you went over my head?"''

->'''Played By:''' Creator/GerryBecker

->'''Played By:''' Creator/ThomasBurr

-->''"It's my ass on the line here. I don't want you to make me look bad."''

-> '''Played By:''' Creator/DominiqueJennings
->'''Appears In''': "[[Recap/AngelS01E10PartingGifts Parting Gifts]]"

-> '''Played By:''' Creator/CaroelRaphaelleDavis
->'''Appears In'': "[[Recap/AngelS05E20TheGirlInQuestion The Girl in Question]]"

->'''Played By:''' Creator/JonathanMWoodward

->'''Played By:''' Creator/DannyMora & Creator/JeffreyBell

->'''Played By:''' Creator/StephanieCourtney
->'''Appears In''': "[[Recap/AngelS03E10Dad Dad]]"

* {{Catchphrase}}: ''"I'm Files and Records. It's my job."''

->'''Played By:''' Creator/MattCaspar
->'''Appears In''': "[[Recap/AngelS03E08Quickening Quickening]]"

->'''Played By:''' Creator/DaneNorthcutt
->'''Appears In''': "[[Recap/AngelS05E01Conviction Conviction]]"

->'''Played By:''' Creator/JohnBillingsley
->'''Appears In''': "[[Recap/AngelS05E04Unleashed Unleashed]]"

--> '''Played By:''' Creator/ChristopherLeps
-->'''Appears In''': "[[Recap/AngelS03E08Quickening Quickening]]"

!! Lilah's translator

-> '''Played By:''' Creator/JimOrtleib
->'''Appears In''': "[[Recap/AngelS03E09Lullaby Lullaby]]"

--> '''Played By:''' Creator/KalPenn
-->'''Appears In''': "[[Recap/AngelS03E02ThatVisionThing That Vision Thing]]"

--> '''Played By:''' Creator/ChristopherGehrmane

--> '''Played By:''' Creator/JenniferHarworth and Creator/StacyReed

-->'''Played By:''' Creator/DanielleNicolet

--> '''Played By:''' Creator/DavidGangler

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: he’s only seen in one mid season episode and mentioned in one other despite his job working for Lorne.

--> '''Played By:''' Creator/BrendanHines

->'''Played By:''' Creator/JustinShilton

-->''"I have never hurt a woman in my life...I just like to watch."''

->'''Played By:''' Creator/VytoRuginis
->'''Appears In''': "[[Recap/AngelS01E01CityOf City of...]]"

->'''Played By:''' Creator/AndyUmberger
->'''Appears In''': "[[Recap/AngelS01E04IFallToPieces I Fall to Pieces]]"

->'''Played By:''' Creator/JohnCapodice
->'''Appears In''': "[[Recap/AngelS01E06SenseAndSensitivity Sense and Sensitivity]]"

->'''Played By:''' Creator/DouglasRoberts & Creator/ScottWilliamWinters
->'''Appear In''': "[[Recap/AngelS01E16TheRing The Ring]]"

->'''Played By:''' Creator/JenniferBadger
->'''Appears In''': "[[Recap/AngelS01E21BlindDate Blind Date]]"

->'''Played By:''' Creator/RodRowland
->'''Appears In''': "[[Recap/AngelS05E01Conviction Conviction]]"

->'''Played By:''' Creator/VictorRaiderWexler
->'''Appears In''': "[[Recap/AngelS05E02JustRewards Just Rewards]]"

->'''Played By:'''

->'''Played By:''' Creator/MarcVann

->'''Played By:''' Creator/SimonTempleman
->'''Appears In''': "[[Recap/AngelS05E04HellBound Hell Bound]]"

->'''Played By:''' Creator/ChristianKane

->'''Played By:''' Creator/SarahThompson

->'''Played By:''' Creator/MichaelHalsey

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Lindsey is wooed by Darla, to the point of confessing he wouldn't "mind" if she were the one to kill him.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He's highly disturbed by the idea of Wolfram & Hart having three young children killed by PsychoForHire Vanessa Brewer, which is why he helps Angel stop her. Things come to a head when he discovers the true source of his new hand, and he leaves Wolfram & Hart for good.

* AmoralAttorney: They believe entirely in the cause of evil. And they represent it in court.

* AncientConspiracy[=/=]BeenThereShapedHistory[=/=]HistoricalRapSheet: Holland boasts the firm has been present ever since the first caveman murdered his neighbor. Institutions like the Spanish Inquisition and the Khmer Rouge have either been influenced by W&H or ''been'' W&H, indicating they have been influencing humanity towards violence and abuse of power forever.

* ExtranormalInstitute
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Back in Illyria's time, they were weaklings who were barely superior to vampires. Now, they're extradimensional beings who practically control the world.

* IHaveManyNames: "[[UsefulNotes/TheSpanishInquisition The Inquisition]]" and "the Khmer Rouge" being among them. It's not even certain if Wolf, Ram & Hart are just pseudonyms. Lilah reports on having met with a "Mr. Suvarta" right before she [[spoiler:decapitates Linwood]]. Though given that Illyria knew them as the Wolf, Ram & Hart during her time, it's likely those are their original names.

* CosmopolitanCouncil: They're a varied group, incorporating demon royalty, vampires (once Angel joins), sorcerors, and even a few humans.

* ChekhovsGunman: He initially appears alongside many demons at the Wolfram & Hart party, and his importance is not revealed until later.

* ObfuscatingDisability: [[spoiler:He's always seen with his IV and has trouble without it, but when it comes to his fight with Wesley, he discards it rather easily.]]

* CorruptPolitician: She's naturally this, given that she's actually a demon who's taken over a human body (quite probably, Magnus Hainsley was responsible).

%%* DealWithTheDevil

* TheConsigliere: To Angel who is pretending to have become corrupted by the firm.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: He spends an entire episode hunting down Eve, slaughtering anyone in his way... just to offer her a pen to sign away her duties and privileges to him.

* ActionSurvivor: [[spoiler:Sometimes skirting this and ActionGirl. The Beast slaughters every employee at Wolfram & Hart -- ''except'' Lilah. She escapes the building with Wesley's help, then later turns up in the sewers, sans stylish clothes and shampoo. She's also pretty handy with a gun, and manages to fight off and escape Angelus. Had Cordy not been possessed, Lilah likely would have survived.]]

* TheDogBitesBack: Linwood treats her and Gavin as walking scapegoats during Season 3, shifting blame for his own humiliating defeats to the pair of them without a hint of shame. In Season 4, Lilah goes to a Senior Partner who agrees with her about Linwood's incompetence and cowardice...resulting in Lilah cutting off his head with some office furniture.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Her point-blank execution of Billy Blim, one of her own clients. Of course, this might be because she was personally hurt by Billy.]]
* {{Expy}}: She's very similar to ComicBook/EmmaFrost. They both seem to be seemingly businesswomen with irreproachable functions but which show themselves sinister and calculators. Because of their social and professional status, their enemies cannot stop them by the strength, at the risk of showing themselves too in the eyes of the majority of people. Also, Lilah's involvement with Bethany Chaulks is similar to Frost with The Hellions, her class of young mutants.
%%zce* {{Foil}}: To Angel.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: She blackmails Angel into breaking AxCrazy StrawMisogynist Billy Blim out of a PrisonDimension... only for Billy to touch her rival Gavin Park and provoke him into brutally beating her, which results in her helping Angel Investigations take him down.

* TragicVillain: she is perhaps the most evil character to ever verge on redemption, doing what she does in order to provide for her dementia stricken mother (in fanfiction often turning to the good guys after her death), developing her relationship with Wesley until she genuinely cares for him, killing Billy as he had crossed the line in terms of abusing women, eventually reluctantly siding with Team Angel before being arbitrary being killed off. In the Angel season 4 finale she expresses appreciation for Wes trying to save her soul but resigns herself to damnation due to her life choices.
* TheVamp

* InadequateInheritor: Gavin believed himself to be the next Lindsey [=McDonald=], a Magnificent Bastard who could arguably be called Angel's archenemy (well, ''Lindsey'' would argue that he could), but he just wasn't the man, lawyer or villain that he'd replaced. Lilah also finds him to be an inferior [[TheRival Rival]] compared to Lindsey. He spends Season 3 trying to undermine her and jockeying for favor with their boss, Linwood Murrow, but once Lilah [[KlingonPromotion unseats Linwood]] in the Season 4 premiere, Gavin finds himself as her ButtMonkey for the rest of the season until the Beast kills him.

* AboveGoodAndEvil

* AmoralAttorney:

* PrettyLittleHeadshots: TWhen he gets shot through the center of the head and the Senior Partners use his contract to resurrect him as an undead servant, the only result is a noticeable hole in his head.

* TakeThat: Along with ties to fictional corporations like [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Weyland-Yutani]] and [[Film/TheAdventuresOfBuckarooBanzaiAcrossThe8thDimension Yoyodyne]], Wolfram & Hart also works with [[Creator/FoxNewsChannel Newscorp]].

* LiteralMinded: In one instance, several employees were reported to have been sacked with actual sacks, and Knox mentioned that on at least one occasion they literally [[ManOnFire fired]] an employee. As mentioned by Harmony, there are also non-Human resources.

* ButNotTooBlack: She appears to be mixed race.

[[folder:Rome]]
-->'''Appears In''': ''Shakedown'' (novel)
A lawyer who clashes with Angel while trying to acquire a piece of valuable property by forcing out the legal owners.
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* IShallTauntYou: He mocks Angel about how several of the people he has been trying to help throughout the book are guilty of heinous crimes. Then he sets up a JustBetweenYouAndMe speech, only to pretend that he ran out of time and can’t reveal his plan after all, as he is savvy enough not to give Angel that information.
* YouHaveFailedMe: The ending of the book has characters speculate that his bosses will execute him for being manipulated into buying land for more than it is worth.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Grady]]
!!Grady Small
-->'''Appears In''': ''Dark Mirror'' (novel)

A new investigator for the firm. Several scenes of ''Dark Mirror'' are told from his point of view.

* DirtyCop: He spent almost twenty years as an L.A. cop before being forced to resign and his career was marked with corruption. He beat confessions out of suspects, regularly stole confiscated drugs and money, and planted guns on people he shot in cold blood.
* FirstDayFromHell: He is clueless about the supernatural when he hires on with Wolfram & Hart. His first assignment sees him get attacked by a demon doppelgänger, harshly quarantined due to his exposure to dark magic, and then shot and killed. However, working for demons allows him to come BackFromTheDead immediately after his death, and the Conduit tells him that he may even get a promotion.
* IronicName: In his first scene, the narration lampshades that his surname is Small but he is six feet tall and weighs 250 pounds of muscle.
* PrettyLittleHeadshots: TWhen he gets shot through the center of the head and the Senior Partners use his contract to resurrect him as an undead servant, the only result is a noticeable hole in his head.

[[folder:Janet]]
!!Janet Ming
-->'''Appears In''': ''Heat'' (novel)
A secretary who works for Lilah Morgan.

* AffablyEvil: Despite working for a horrible OccultLawFirm, she is a pleasant secretary who brings Lilah coffee without being asked when she thinks her boss could use a pick-me-up.
* DemonicPossession: The firm chooses her to be the unwilling host of a demon who is lovers with a client.
* SexySecretary: She is a secretary who is "so hot, she practically set her chair on fire every time she sat down."
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Barely a page after she first appears, she is possessed and never regains control of her body.

!Clients

[[folder:Billy]]
!!Billy Blim
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->'''Played By:''' Creator/JustinShilton

-->''"I have never hurt a woman in my life...I just like to watch."''

While appearing to be a normal young man, he was actually a half-demon with contagious, vicious misogyny, and had the power to turn any man he touched or who came in contact with his bodily fluids extremely savage and brutal toward anyone female. And he had no real reason to do this, other than his personal amusement.

* AxCrazy: He takes an unhealthily sadistic enjoyment in driving men into misogynistic frenzies and setting them upon any woman in reach.
* ChildByRape: According to WordOfGod, they personally believe that Billy was conceived when a demon woman - a ''good'' demon woman - was raped by an [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters evil human male]]. This is just as screwed up as it sounds.
* TheDreaded: By his own ''family.'' They have "rules" around him, such as never leaving him alone with a woman and crucially ''never'' let him touch you.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Billy is a well-mannered young man with an unassuming voice. He's also a world-class sadist.
* FeedItWithFire: He can absorb the kinetic energy from impacts to enhance his own strength. By punching the concrete a few times, he became strong enough to crack it and overpower Angel.
* ForTheEvulz: His reason for setting men upon women. He just loves watching it to satisfy his sadistic desires.
* HatePlague: His power to bring out the "primal misogyny" of any man who touched him or came into contact with his body fluids (sweat, blood, etc.). Angel is immune, because, as he put it, he gave up on hate a long time ago; even as Angelus, he killed and tortured people ForTheEvulz, but never felt any hate or anger towards those he did it to.
* HalfHumanHybrid: The Angel Investigations team is able to confirm early on that he's not fully human; Angel can tell by [[TheNoseKnows the smell of his blood]] and the fact that he [[MustBeInvited didn't need an invitation to enter the Blim estate]].
* HeManWomanHater: Although he claims to not hate women and be a MisanthropeSupreme, the fact that he only targets women is highly suspect.
* KarmicDeath: His first act upon being broken out of a PrisonDimension by Lilah is to [[UngratefulBastard induce Gavin into beating the hell out of Lilah for kicks]]. Fittingly, Lilah is ultimately the one to finish him off, shooting him InTheBack while he's fighting Angel.
* MoreThanMindControl: According to Lilah, this is how Billy's powers work. All men are actually {{Straw Misogynist}}s deep down; Billy just removes their inhibitions.
* PlayAlongPrisoner: He purposely turns himself into the police to get out of his solitary confinement at his family estate. The arresting officers turn out to be a male-female duo, and he induces the man to start fighting with the woman and uses the ensuing chaos to slip away.
* PsychoticSmirk: His default expression, usually exaggerated when he's just done something horrible.
* {{Sadist}}: For all his claims that he just "watches", Billy clearly loves watching men brutalise women and knowing that he's the cause of it.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: He's the nephew of Senator Blim, patriarch of one of the most powerful families in the United States. Like any family, the Blims prefer to keep their 'black sheep' out of the public eye.
* TheSociopath: Among Angel's villains of the week, it's hard to top Billy Blim for clearly falling into this category. The fact that it was actually the normally very cold and amoral Lilah who took him out says volumes.
* StrawMisogynist: He hates women and enjoys using his HatePlague to make men beat them up.
* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse: There's nothing extraordinary about Billy; he's a somewhat handsome young man, of average height and build who doesn't stand out in a crowd.
* UngratefulBastard: Lilah fights tooth and nail to free him, even {{blackmail}}ing Angel into breaking him out. How does Billy repay her for it? He thanks Gavin, her [[TheRival rival]], instead and induces him into beating the mortal shit out of Lilah while he walks away with a PsychoticSmirk. [[spoiler: It comes back to bite him in the ass though]].
* VigilanteExecution: Lilah unloading her pistol at him on an airstrip.

[[folder:Winters]]
!!Russell Winters
->'''Played By:''' Creator/VytoRuginis
->'''Appears In''': "[[Recap/AngelS01E01CityOf City of...]]"
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/russell_winters.jpg]]
An old and wealthy vampire who owned the investment firm Russell Winters Enterprises. A client of Wolfram & Hart, his vast wealth made him one of the most powerful men in Los Angeles, living among humans and using his connections and power to kill with impunity.

* BigFancyHouse: As befitting his status as a CorruptCorporateExecutive.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Of Russell Winters Enterprises.
* DestinationDefenestration: Angel shoves him out the window of his high-rise. He burns up in the sun before he even hits the ground.
* FauxAffablyEvil: His polite air is nothing but a smug veneer for a true savage.
* KarmicDeath: Oh so very much.
* ManipulativeBastard: He's very good at manipulating his victims both personally and financially.
* MustBeInvited: Russell manages to bypass this little barrier by setting his victims up in apartments he owns, thus negating the need for an invitation.
* NightmareFace: His GameFace is considerably more deformed than most other vampires, to the point of possessing a faint green tinge.
* {{Sadist}}: Even for a vampire, he's a sadistic piece of work. He traps his victims into abusive relationships for months, torturing them without even disclosing he's a vampire until the last minute.
-->'''Tina:''' He likes pain. I mean, he really does. He talks about it like it's a friend of his.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Thanks to his [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney wealth]] and connections, he can stalk and kill with impunity.
* SmugSnake: Winters is extremely confident that he's able to do whatever he wants, as long as he pays his taxes and stays rich. Angel disabuses him of this notion, and he's surprised to say the least.
-->'''Winters:''' Look at me. I pay my taxes, keep my name out of the paper and I don't make waves. And in return, I can do anything I want.
-->'''Angel:''' Really? [[PreMortemOneLiner Can you fly?]]
* StarterVillain: He's the first villainous character on ''Series/{{Angel}}''.
* VampiresAreRich: Winters has amassed vast wealth over his time on the Earth (and considering that he's started to lose his human appearance, he must be very old indeed behind the Master and Kakistos).

[[folder:Meltzer]]
!!Dr. Ronald Meltzer
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"I'm more than meets the eye."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/AndyUmberger
->'''Appears In''': "[[Recap/AngelS01E04IFallToPieces I Fall to Pieces]]"

A brilliant surgeon with the power to sever and reattach his body parts, over which he had some sort of telekinetic control (he could levitate them in the air) thanks to his mastery of psychic surgery after being inspired by a book about how everyone was connected to the world around them due to them sharing molecules. He was also a deranged stalker and a client of Wolfram & Hart, fixating on Melissa Burns after he saved her sight in an operation and they shared a single drink with her, watching her in her apartment by leaving an eye in the area.

%%* BaldOfEvil
* BondVillainStupidity: After injecting Angel with a paralytic intended for large animals, Meltzer walks away and leaves him in his office, not bothering to make sure the poison actually kills him. Justified; Angel ''wouldn't'' have survived it if he was human, and Meltzer doesn't know he's a vampire.
* DetachmentCombat: He can sever and reattach his body parts at will. He uses it offensively during the climax by shooting his teeth at Angel.
%%* EvilHand
* EyeSpy: He regularly detaches his eye to spy on Melissa and others.
* IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance: Meltzer is one of Angel's few enemies who never learns Angel isn't human, with the result that he tries to kill Angel with a paralytic toxin that has no serious effect on Angel because he's already biologically dead.
* LogicalWeakness: Despite his psychic surgery skills, his body parts can't stay detached for too long or they will suffer necrosis from the lack of nutrients. Angel uses this to his advantage by dividing his body parts between twelve safety deposit boxes and dumping them in the foundations of a nearby subway.
* MadDoctor: Ronald is deeply insane.
* OffWithHisHead: Angel knocks his head off, but this doesn't kill him, just incapacitates him.
* PowerPerversionPotential: He uses his DetachmentCombat to spy on Melissa getting undressed, and later to feel her up while she's asleep.
* PullingThemselvesTogether: Meltzer's hands pop right back onto his arms when he's done having them skitter around people's bedrooms.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: In the past, Meltzer's stalking led Melissa to take him to court and try to have a restraining order placed on him. Sadly, Meltzer was backed by [[AmoralAttorney Wolfram & Hart]], who got a restraining order against ''Melissa''.
* StalkerWithACrush: By the time of his debut, he's been stalking Melissa to the extent that she tried to take legal actions against him... which failed because of Wolfram & Hart's maneuvering.
* ToThePain:
-->''"I developed this injector while working with animals. (Angel pulls out the dart and looks at it. It drops from his fingers) They don’t like their limbs cut off any more than we do and they can hurt you if you get to close. (Angel is gasping, his eyes wide) You’ll feel a slight sinking sensation – that’s your heart slowing down as the paralytic takes effect. Eventually it’ll stop all together."''

[[folder:Little Tony]]
!!Anthony "Little Tony" Papazian
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/little_tony.jpg]]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/JohnCapodice
->'''Appears In''': "[[Recap/AngelS01E06SenseAndSensitivity Sense and Sensitivity]]"

A dangerous crime boss of Los Angeles, and a former client of Wolfram & Hart until he attempted to murder Kate Lockley in a room full of witnesses.

* DirtyOldMan: He leers at Kate and flirts with her.
* FatBastard: Tony is a notably overweight criminal.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He's oddly personable for a ruthless crime lord.
-->''"You guys, you're working for Little Tony now. ''[shooting a cop]'' You'll find I'm stern but fair."''
* TheMillstone: After he fails to escape and gets himself captured yet again despite the opportunities Wolfram & Hart provided, they see him as a dead weight and drop him as a client.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Despite having the opportunity to escape the city and thus avoid life imprisonment, he hangs around to kill Kate. He fails, gets arrested and Wolfram & Hart drop him as a client.
* SnarkToSnarkCombat: With Kate.
-->'''Little Tony:''' You've been running after me for a long time, haven't you, sweetheart? If I'd known how bad you wanted me, I might've had you catch me sooner.
-->'''Kate:''' If I knew how much you needed the exercise I might've let you run a little longer.
* TalkingToPlants: He tells his mooks to water his plants and talk to them while he's gone.
-->'''Little Tony:''' And don't forget to water my plants.
-->'''Mook:''' Sure thing.
-->'''Little Tony:''' And talk to them. They like that.

[[folder:The [=MacNamaras=]]]
!!Darin & Jack [=MacNamara=]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/macnamara_brothers.jpg]]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/DouglasRoberts & Creator/ScottWilliamWinters
->'''Appear In''': "[[Recap/AngelS01E16TheRing The Ring]]"

* DecoyDamsel: Darin comes to Angel as a client, when he's actually just laying a trap.
* TheDragon: Jack is one to Darin.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Averted. When Jack is taken hostage, Darin doesn't hesitate to coldly shoot his own brother.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Cribb and Trepkos use Darin's own enchanted slavery bracelet to kill him.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Darin is killed with one of the bracelets he used to keep the demons imprisoned.
* SiblingsInCrime: As brothers, they're co-owners of an illegal fighting ring.
* SharpDressedMan: Darin, due to him being the face of
* ShootTheHostage: Darin does this with his own brother.
* SmugSnake: Jack a little moreso than Darin; Jack is prone to sadistically taunting his charges.
* TheSociopath: Darin, who murders his own brother without batting an eye.

[[folder:Vanessa]]
!!Vanessa Brewer
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->'''Played By:''' Creator/JenniferBadger
->'''Appears In''': "[[Recap/AngelS01E21BlindDate Blind Date]]"

A blind assassin working for Wolfram & Hart as well as their client.

* AchillesHeel: Because she relies on her [[SuperSenses extremely sharp hearing]] to "see" her targets, Angel is invisible to her as long as he's standing still, since he neither breathes nor has a heartbeat.
%%* DarkActionGirl
* DisabilitySuperpower: Has the standard ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}-style super hearing to compensate for her blindess.
%%* EnlightenmentSuperpowers
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Killed with her own walking stick weapon.
* ProfessionalKiller: She's an assassin, working largely for Wolfram & Hart.
* ProphetEyes: Vanessa has pure white eyes. Even Holland finds her creepy.
* PsychoForHire: A child-killing psychopath who accepts commissions from Wolfram & Hart.
%%* PsychoticSmirk
* WouldHurtAChild: She has no problem whatsoever about killing three blind children.

[[folder:Fries]]
!!Corbin Fries
[[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/corbin_fries.jpg]]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/RodRowland
->'''Appears In''': "[[Recap/AngelS05E01Conviction Conviction]]"

A client of Wolfram & Hart, both a businessman and a dangerous mobster.

* DeadpanSnarker: In a very sardonic, nasty way.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He has a young son who's going to a good school and seems well-adjusted, but it's averted. He considers his child to be a tool and little more.
* {{Hypocrite}}: He doesn't let his son read ComicBook/ThePunisher presumably because it's violent, and he's a vicious criminal and unrepentant psychopath.
* {{Jerkass}}: Fries is a thoroughly vile piece of work. He's aggressive, rude, short-tempered and basically a repulsive asshole.
* KarmaHoudini: Despite being one of the most despicable characters in the series, he gets off scot-free and his intimidation tactics work.
* TakingYouWithMe: In his attempts to avoid jail, he plants a mystical virus inside his own son which will be activated once he says the magic word, killing the entire population of California. If he's found guilty, he says the magic word.
* WouldHurtAChild: He placed a deadly mystical virus within his own young son as part of his TakingYouWithMe plan. Essentially, he's turned his own child into a walking time bomb of genocide.

[[folder:Hainsley]]
!!Magnus Hainsley
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->'''Played By:''' Creator/VictorRaiderWexler
->'''Appears In''': "[[Recap/AngelS05E02JustRewards Just Rewards]]"

A rich and powerful member of the Los Angeles elite as well as a powerful Necromancer. He provided demons with dead human bodies to inhabit, using himself as a conduit to "install" them.

* BadassBoast: He gives one to Angel.
-->''"Who do you think you're talking to? I eat the dead for breakfast, son. And you're just another plate o' bacon and eggs."''
* BaldOfEvil: Hainsley is bald and has people who annoy him chopped into enough pieces that they wind up in buckets.
* FatBastard: Heavy-set and far from the nicest of individuals.
* {{Necromancer}}: His talent and his profession. It makes him an extremely dangerous for Angel to have. As he says himself, he eats the dead for breakfast and could dust Angel with zero effort; he doesn't even need a stake.
* OffWithHisHead: Angel decapitates him (or, more accurately, his dead body as controlled by Spike) with a serving platter.
* SquishyWizard: Due to his age and status as a human, Hainsley doesn't pose much of a threat without his powers. Angel rather easily kills him once his abilities are incapacitated.

!Other

[[folder:Torture Demon]]
!!The Torture Demon/Holding Dimension Demon
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->'''Played By:'''

An unidentified demon torturer at the Senior Partners' Holding Dimension. He would ritualistically and repeatedly cut out the heart of the human prisoner. Illyria took the necklace that identified the prisoner and placed it around his neck, forcing him to cut out his own heart until another prisoner took his place.

%%* AffablyEvil
%%* ChainedByFashion
* ColdBloodedTorture: Inflicts this on prisoners in the Holding Dimension. The victims we see on-screen are Lindsey, Gunn, and the torture demon himself.
%%* CreepyBasement
* LaserGuidedKarma: He ends up a victim of the very same nightmare he helped perpetuate.
* TheQuietOne: He never speaks, although his screaming as he starts torturing himself implies that it's not for a lack of ability.
* SelfHarm: Illyria manages to free Gunn from the Holding Dimension by placing the prisoner's binding necklace onto the torture demon, forcing him to continually torture himself per the rules of the dimension.
%%* TortureCellar
* TortureTechnician: He's a torture demon. Torture's kind of his thing.
* WallOfWeapons: The walls of his chamber are decked with a variety of torture devices that he puts to good use.

[[folder:Sparrow]]
!!Dr. Sparrow
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->'''Played By:''' Creator/MarcVann

A doctor and scientist that performed certain services to Wolfram & Hart and other extremely wealthy clients. The procedures that he performed included implanting knowledge into people's minds, brainwashing, and giving people x-ray vision.

* AfraidOfBlood: Oddly enough for a doctor who might as well be a butcher.
-->''"Always messy when you have to open 'em up. That's why I prefer the less invasive procedures. Never got used to the sight of blood. Ugh. Still makes me nauseous."''
* BaldOfEvil: He's evil and shiny-headed.
* ChekhovsGunman: After an appearance in the first episode of Season 5, he returns to cause major trouble later in the season.
* DealWithTheDevil: And of course, he is the devil in this case. The deal he makes is with Gunn, who wants his brain upgrade back when it starts to wear off.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Sparrow is polite and smiling, but is clearly a vile person.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: He's a glasses-wearing psychopath.
* MadDoctor: His sanity is debatable considering that he thinks resurrecting an ancient EldritchAbomination is a fun way to spend your time.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He's never seen again after Illyria's debut episode; all we know is that Spike tortured him for info and got "screams, various fluids, and a name" out of him.

[[folder:Pavayne]]
!!Matthias Pavayne
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"An eternity of suffering for your sins. But first, I get to play. Let's get started then, shall we?"'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/SimonTempleman
->'''Appears In''': "[[Recap/AngelS05E04HellBound Hell Bound]]"

A multiple murderer that managed, through a DealWithTheDevil, to delay his own journey to hell through torturing the damned. For the early parts of Season 5, he's responsible for Spike's being dragged to hell.

* AndIMustScream: Due to his FateWorseThanDeath. While there's no actual screaming, his expression is still one of vacant horror.
* AristocratsAreEvil: Pavayne was an 18th century English aristocrat.
* BadassLongcoat: His LimitedWardrobe consists of a long coat.
* BackFromTheDead: Against his will. Pavayne was happy hanging around Wolfram & Hart as a ghost, but Fred's device makes him flesh and blood again...and subsequently he's trapped in a little dark room that immobilizes him completely and left there, forever...
* BreakingSpeech: He delivers these from time to time, sometimes summoning his own collection of ghostly images to speak for him.
* BritishTeeth: Pavayne hails from the time of poor dental care, and it shows.
* CasualDangerDialogue: When Fred is about to re-corporealize Spike, he merely says, "This won't do. This won't do at all."
* ColdBloodedTorture: Torture is Pavayne's job, hobby and passion. He submits Spike and hundreds of others to vicious physical and psychological torture.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: While he's far from goofy, it appears he can't hold his own when somebody fights back... then he delivers an impressive PunchCatch and shows he can.
-->'''Spike:''' Not so much fun when we hit back, is it?
-->'''Pavayne:''' [PunchCatch] It's starting to be.
* DeadlyDoctor: In life, when he was nicknamed "The Reaper", "for performing unnecessary surgery on his patients".
* DealWithTheDevil: Pavayne should have gone to hell a long time ago, but has managed to stick around as Wolfram & Hart's resident ghost by torturing the souls of others who died and sending them down to hell instead.
-->'''Spike:''' Cute little racket you've got carved out for yourself. Prying off spirits and sucking 'em down the chute. Kept your own toasties out of the fire, didn't it?
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: His torture of Spike, specifically Spike being stripped and then tortured more, has horrible overtones of rape.
* EvilBrit: Very evil and very British.
* EvilOldFolks: He was in his older years when he first died. Of course, as a ghost he's pretty damn old.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Pavayne has a deep, soft voice, which makes him even more intimidating.
* FateWorseThanDeath: While he is already dead, he's ultimately returned to corporeality and forced to live forever in a box that keeps him paralyzed but completely aware, and just to twist the knife, containing a window with an unchanging view...
-->'''Angel:''' Congratulations. You get to live forever...unable to move...to touch...or to feel. Or to affect anything in the world around you. [[FalseReassurance But don't worry...I had 'em give you a window.]] WelcomeToHell.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Pavayne is capable of being rather polite, even when he's ripping you apart in particularly sadistic ways.
* HiddenVillain: Pavayne only appears in a single episode, but since Spike's first appearance as a ghost he's been slowly preparing him for Hell. As a ghost, he's been present throughout the entire series, torturing other poor bastards who died in the Wolfram & Hart offices before sending them off to Hell. This means Lee Mercer, Linwood Murrow and Gavin Park all had the pleasure of his company.
* HumanSacrifice: Wolfram & Hart sacrificed Pavayne to deconsecrate the holy ground they intended to build their L.A. office on. They needed a particularly evil soul, and Pavayne fit the bill.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Pavayne spent centuries cheating his fate of being sent to hell. Angel's words when leaving him to a [[FateWorseThanDeath particularly unenviable fate]]?
-->'''Angel''': WelcomeToHell.
* LimitedWardrobe: Due to being a ghost.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Although technically dead, Pavayne has mastered being a ghost. He's able to interact with the physical world at his own whims. There's no slamming doors or cheap tricks here; Pavayne can easily reach into the real world and brutally kill. You can't touch him, but he sure as hell can touch you.
* {{Sadist}}: He has devoted his entire life and death to the torture of others, which he greatly enjoys.
* SadisticChoice: Tries pulling one on Spike by threatening Fred and forcing him to choose between her continued life and him becoming corporeal again. Unfortunately for him, Spike isn't the person he used to be and he shoves her out of the way before tossing Pavayne into the re-corporealization machine himself, allowing Angel to beat him down and imprison him.
* SerialKiller: In life, he was a multiple murderer.
* ShutUpHannibal: During a rant after being re-corporealized:
-->'''Pavayne''': Defilers! [[CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon I'll...cut you into nothing! I'll feast on your brains. I'll swim in lakes of your own blood!]]
-->'''Angel''': (''[[PunchedAcrossTheRoom punches him across the room]]'') You'll shut the hell up!
* SoftSpokenSadist: Due to being played by Simon Templemen. Pavayne has a soft, gentle voice up until his VillainousBreakdown.
* VillainousBreakdown: When Spike starts fighting back, he's thrown for a loop and starts to cower. He recovers quickly, though. After being made corporeal, he's reduced to ineffectually screaming violent threats before being knocked out by Angel.

!Former Employees

[[folder:Lindsey]]
!!Lindsey [=McDonald=]
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"You're either with the one with power or you're powerless!"'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/ChristianKane

A lawyer at Wolfram & Hart and both an enemy and ally of Angel Investigations.

* AffablyEvil: Lindsey has a certain "good ol' boy" charm that downplays the amorality of his actions, and even though he hates Angel, any respect Lindsey shows towards him is completely genuine.
* AmbitionIsEvil: His driving motive is his cynicism and ambitions, as pointed out by his actor:
-->''"I still think this cat looks at the glass as being half empty. And so, damn it, I’m going to drink the rest of that water."''
* AmoralAttorney: Not to the extent of his Wolfram & Hart co-workers, but he still uses blatantly illegal means to put his murderous, inhuman clients back on the street. Not to mention the time he and Lilah tried to steal from a charity for homeless teens.
* AnArmAndALeg: After threatening Cordelia's life in front of Angel. Bad idea. The shamans at Wolfram & Hart graft a (pre-owned) hand onto his stump.
* ArchEnemy: He likes to think of himself as Angel's, but Angel sees him as more of a persistent annoyance than a true nemesis. Compared to the likes of Holtz, Lindsey just doesn't measure up.
* BackForTheFinale: After having been absent since Season 2 of ''Angel'', Lindsey returns near the midway point of the Season 5 and is a recurring element throughout the final episodes.
* BeyondRedemption: As of Season 5, Angel and his crew believe this of Lindsey [=McDonald=], considering his [[AmbitionIsEvil ambitions]] and constant trips through the HeelFaceRevolvingDoor. It's to the extent that in "[[GrandFinale Not Fade Away]]", [[spoiler:when they team up against the Circle of the Black Thorn, Lorne shoots him dead on Angel's orders; having previously heard Lindsey sing and [[{{Seers}} read his future]], Lorne states outright that Lindsey isn't part of "the solution" and never ''will'' be.]]
-->'''Lindsey''': There's always time for redemption. Isn't that ''your'' whole bit?\\
'''Angel''': You had your chance. I guess some people, they just never change.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Comes standard with the job. He ditches the suit though after he returns.
* BigBadWannabe: Lindsey puts up a good show as a would-be BigBad for Season 5, but once Team Angel works out his plans, it doesn't take long for Lindsey to be thoroughly beaten and left to the mercy of the Senior Partners.
* BloodSplatteredInnocents: In "Blind Date". He's hardly innocent, but he ''does'' look appropriately traumatized when the man next to him is shot and it ''is'' one of the rare occasions he's trying to do the right thing.
* BroughtDownToBadass: In Season 5, he has numerous mystical tattoos on his body which make him invisible to both mystical and technological surveillance, and also grant him the strength to hold his own against Angel. When the tattoos are removed, he still proves to be a MasterSwordsman in the series finale, easily slaughtering numerous demons by himself.
* BodyguardBetrayal: [[spoiler:By Lorne, on Angel's orders, in the series finale.]]
* TheCastShowOff: Christian Kane is a country/rock musician, and is seen strumming his guitar and singing in "Dead End". He also picked up some sword-fighting skills while working on ''Film/SecondhandLions'', which he shows off in "You're Welcome".
* DeadpanSnarker: Not to the extent of Lilah, but he has an understated wit.
-->'''Lilah:''' Oh, what's wrong, Lindsey? You bitter cause your girlfriend didn't slit my throat?
-->'''Lindsey:''' I think you might be overstating it. I'd say more like "bummed."

-->'''Lindsey:''' It's a secret society.
-->'''Gunn:''' Never heard of 'em.
-->'''Lindsey:''' That's 'cause it's "secret".
* DirtyBusiness: He waffles a bit, though.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: During Season 5; he's a HiddenVillain for most of it, but is defeated before he can release the Wolfram & Hart fail-safe and subsequently placed in a holding dimension by the Senior Partners.
* EasilyForgiven:
** In "Dead End", Cordelia, Wesley, and Gunn practically trip over themselves to compliment Lindsey on his singing despite the fact that he was directly responsible for several catastrophes that Wolfram & Hart had inflicted on them over the last few months, like trying to burn the scroll that would cure Cordelia from her torment in "To Shanshu in L.A." or resurrecting Darla and helping to sire her as a vampire again (leading Angel to briefly go down a path of darkness that the team had just forgiven ''him'' for in the previous two episodes).
** Averted with Angel, who was antagonistic throughout both "Blind Date" and "Dead End" when Lindsey expressed uncertainty with his moral leanings due to feeling burned by their previous encounters and mainly accepted Lindsey's help after it was clear that the greater good required putting biases aside. While the two do seem to part on fair terms at the end of Season 2, it's immediately subverted when it's revealed that Angel planted a "Cops Suck" sign on the back of Lindsey's car as a parting shot. By the time Lindsey returns in Season 5 to cause havoc and engage in another round of HeelFaceRevolvingDoor, Angel has had enough and [[spoiler:puts a stop to him [[KilledOffForReal permanently.]]]]
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Once he equips himself with some handy tattoos, he can fight toe to toe with Angel.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Lindsey is wooed by Darla, to the point of confessing he wouldn't "mind" if she were the one to kill him.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He's highly disturbed by the idea of Wolfram & Hart having three young children killed by PsychoForHire Vanessa Brewer, which is why he helps Angel stop her. Things come to a head when he discovers the true source of his new hand, and he leaves Wolfram & Hart for good.
* EvilHand: Subverted. It's not actually evil; just suicidal.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: When he returns in season five, he has longer hair.
* FatalFlaw: Lindsey's lack of moral conviction, his resentment of Angel, and his ambition collectively screw him over and ultimately bring him to his ruin. In the first two seasons, he knows that Wolfram & Hart is evil and is very uncomfortable with that, even occasionally helping Angel to sabotage the firm's efforts, but he lacks the strength of character to resist being seduced by the money and power that the firm offers. Even when he finally does leave, his jealousy towards Angel ends up drawing Lindsey back, with his attempts to destroy Angel earning him the wrath of the Senior Partners. [[spoiler:Despite joining Angel's attack on the Circle of the Black Thorn and realizing that GoodFeelsGood, Lindsey has ultimately flip-flopped between good and evil too many times for Angel to trust him, and so he has Lorne assassinate Lindsey. If Lorne's final remarks to Lindsey are any indication, these flaws are something that Lindsey would never have been able to overcome, and he would never have been "part of the solution".]]
** Lindsey's ego with regards to his place in Angel's world also ends up doing him in. [[spoiler:If his final lines are anything to go by, it's clear he expected that even if Angel did end up turning on him, it would have been in a grand one-on-one battle between the two of them as a way of putting a cap on their long feud. He doesn't realize that Angel views him as little more than a pest in the grand scheme of things and, as a result, is completely flabbergasted when Angel does the pragmatic thing and has Lorne take him out when Lindsey's guard is down.]]
* FreudianExcuse: Lindsey grew up in abject poverty, and constantly has something to prove as a result. He resolved never to end up like his father, grovelling to the repo men as he was being evicted. Angel is unsympathetic, however.
-->'''Lindsey:''' I'm talking dirt poor, no shoes, no toilet, six kids in a room. After flu season, we were down to four. I was 7 when they took the house. They just came right in, and ''took'' it. And my daddy's being nice, y'know, joking with the bastard while he signs the deed. My choice was to be stepped on or get stepping and I swore I'd never be the guy with the ''stupid grin'' on my face - while my life got dribbled out -
-->'''Angel:''' Sorry, I nodded off. Get to the part where you're evil.
* GenderBlenderName: Lindsey is usually a woman's name.
* GoodFeelsGood: Helping Angel destroy the Circle of the Black Thorn makes Lindsey feel pretty good about the fact that he's fighting the good fight for a change. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, this is too little too late, and doesn't save Lindsey from two bullets in the chest.]]
* HardWorkHardlyWorks: His motivation throughout Season 5 is that he's pissed that he started in the mailroom at Wolfram & Hart and worked his ass off to become a lawyer while the Senior Partners just ''gave'' Angel the position of CEO overnight.
* TheHeavy: One of the three recurring lawyers in the first season, and the one Angel gains the most mutual animosity for.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam:
** He gets one of these when he tries to leave Wolfram & Hart. Angel first doesn't trust him, then doesn't care, and when he finally does agree to help Lindsey bring down the company, he winds up leaving him behind to get caught. While somewhat understandable, this still probably contributed to Lindsey's decision to stay.
** [[spoiler:Later, when Lindsey tried to join the team in the series finale, Angel has Lorne kill him. Interestingly, Lindsey knew this was coming and was only upset that he was killed by "a flunky".]]
--->[[spoiler:'''Lorne''': You're not part of the solution, Lindsey. You never ''will'' be.]]
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: One minute, he's working for Wolfram & Hart. The next, he's helping Angel. [[spoiler:This eventually leads to his HeelFaceDoorSlam.]]
* HiddenDepths: Is an amazingly talented singer and guitar player, and was one of Lorne's favorite regulars at his bar.
* HijackedByGanon: Works alongside his lover, Eve, to play Angel and Spike against each other, with the hope of usurping Angel's position at the firm and (if we're aiming high) buying his way into the Circle of the Black Thorn.
* IconicItem: The fleur-de-lis bracelet that Lindsey wears throughout the show. It's a keepsake that Christian Kane wears to remind him of his mother, who is from UsefulNotes/NewOrleans.
* IgnoredEpiphany: He is truly appalled by Wolfram & Hart's plot to murder a trio of child seers, and assists Angel in thwarting them. Subverted when Holland dangles a fat paycheck over his head.
** Lindsey resigns for good in Season 2, ironically after having earned a top position and a replacement hand to boot; he leaves UsefulNotes/LosAngeles, burying the hatchet with Angel for good. Except not really. Actually, he was studying for years on how to join the elite Circle of the Black Thorn.
* ItsPersonal: Develops this for Angel, especially after Angel [[AnArmAndALeg chops off his hand]] at the end of Season 1.
* LookWhatICanDoNow: Returns from Nepal with some cool martial arts tricks, [[{{Hammerspace}} materializing swords out of thin air]], and using The Force to...well, close doors. But the point is it ''looks'' cool.
** Lorne makes an offhand reference to Lindsey's "demon-strength", though it isn't elaborated on. This would explain how he's able to keep up with Angel.
* ManipulativeBastard: Appears to have picked up a couple of Holland Manners' tricks.
* MinionShipping: Some occasional sexual tension with Lilah, including a parting ass grab when he leaves L.A.%%
* MrFanservice: A very handsome young man who doesn't hesitate to ditch the shirt, especially in Season 5.
* NervesOfSteel: His greatest attribute; enough to impress Darla and Drusilla to spare him when they massacre everyone at Holland's house.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Inverted. [[spoiler:Lindsey's kind of upset when Lorne kills him. It was ''supposed'' to be Angel!]]
* PutOnABus: And then came back.
* RagsToRiches: Born into a dirt-poor dysfunctional family in the south-central United States, he worked hard to overcome his upbringing and became a lawyer.
* TheResenter: Lindsey deeply resents Angel for stealing the affections of Darla and being handed control of Wolfram & Hart on a silver platter after years of struggle and strife failed to get Lindsey anywhere close to that level of power. His comments while presenting his FreudianExcuse to Angel imply that Lindsey also resents the relatively privileged childhood Angel had as a human.
* TheRival: Angel unwittingly provokes Lindsey's wrath at every turn, from ruining his court cases, to stealing his would-be girlfriend (Darla), to having the entire firm handed to him on a silver platter, to finally having sex with Lindsey's ''new'' girlfriend, Eve, while under the influence of spell (and oblivious to Lindsey's connection to her). When Lindsey consoles himself that Eve is one of the only things in his life that Angel "never got his mitts on", Eve wisely holds her tongue. A good thing, too, because otherwise his brain might have imploded.
* SmallNameBigEgo: While undoubtedly a legitimate threat, he fancies himself much more powerful than he actually is and is convinced he's Angel's ArchEnemy. Angel, for his part, just views him as a persistant annoyance in the grand scheme of things.
* SouthernFriedGenius: His exact origin is ambiguous, though he has an Oklahoma license plate on his pickup truck. Angel dismissively calls him a "tiny Texan" at one point; this could be an in-joke directed at Christian Kane, who hails from [[UsefulNotes/DFWMetroplex Dallas]].
* SuperStrength: Thanks to an unrevealed mystical process, he became gifted with superhuman strength, allowing him to go toe-to-toe with Angel in single combat. He could overpower Angel physically and leap great heights with his super strong legs.
* SuperToughness: Thanks to an unrevealed mystical process, he became gifted with superhuman durability. He could take on powerful hits from Angel.
* TattooedCrook: Post-Tibet Lindsey had super magic stealth tattoos that let him hide from the Senior Partners. [[spoiler:It doesn't last.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: Between Seasons 2 and 5, he apparently learned a bunch of kung-fu and got a bunch of [[PowerTattoo mystical tattoos making him invisible to the Senior Partners]].
* UndignifiedDeath: [[spoiler:For all his so-called bravado, he dies furiously complaining about how Angel should have been the one to kill him instead of Lorne.]]
* UnknownRival: He's a known and legitimate threat, but he thinks he and Angel are [[ArchEnemy each others' absolute greatest enemies]]. Angel views him as little more than a pest. [[spoiler:Lindsey's indignant reaction to getting offed by ''Lorne'', of all people, instead of Angel himself is simultaneously a little sad and deeply, hilariously pathetic.]]
* VillainRespect: He ''hates'' Angel's guts and deeply resents him, but he nonetheless genuinely respects him.
* WildCard: Nobody can depend on Lindsey for anything; he's easily swayed by events and his motivations frequently shift, leading to a HeelFaceRevolvingDoor. [[spoiler:It's ultimately what gets him killed. Angel knows he's too unpredictable and prone to betrayal to keep alive, and has Lorne kill him.]]

[[folder:Eve]]
!!Eve
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"Hey, I can't be held responsible for how you dress me in your fantasies."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/SarahThompson

The first "liaison" to the Senior Partners assigned to Angel. Later revealed to be a child of the Wolf, Ram, and Hart, created to do their bidding.

* ArtificialHuman: She appears to be human, but she's not actually one.
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Angel. She flirts shamelessly with him (as she does with everyone) and he despises her. Lorne eventually tells them to get a room, which they do.
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: After finding out Lindsey is dead, Eve just stays in the collapsing Wolfram & Hart building rather than go and face the Senior Partners' hordes.
* ConsummateLiar: Eve's lying abilities are very impressive considering she purposefully comes across as untrustworthy; it's clear Angel would never trust someone working for the Senior Partners anyway.
* DespairEventHorizon: With Lindsey dead, Eve has absolutely nothing in the world: no family, no friends, no job, nothing. She succumbs entirely to despair.
* DirtyCoward: In "Underneath," she goes from angrily swearing she'll never help Angel again and blasting him for letting the Senior Partners take Lindsey to desperately begging him for help and offering him any info he wants as soon as the Partners pinpoint her location.
* DrivenToSuicide: After discovering that Angel has Lindsey assassinated, she remains behind in the collapsing W&H building, stating she has nowhere else to go.
* ExactWords: In "Underneath," she repeatedly tells Angel that she'll die if the Senior Partners' enforcer, Marcus Hamilton, catches up to her. When he eventually does, it turns out that he's come to replace her as Angel's liaison, and taking her immortality as well.
-->'''Angel''': I thought you said you were gonna die.\\
'''Eve''': And now, one day I ''will''.
* ItDoesntMeanAnything: After they have sex under Lorne's unintended magical influence, Eve makes it clear the sex didn't mean anything to her.
-->'''Eve:''' Angel, it's not like this is the first time I've had sex under a mystical influence. I went to U.C. Santa Cruz.
* KissingUnderTheInfluence: With Angel in "Life of the Party."
* MissExposition: Due to being a liaison for the Senior Partners, she's privy to knowledge that can be very helpful to Angel and co...when she chooses, of course. When it comes to knowledge of Wolfram & Hart's inner workings, she's very much holding all the keys.
* TheMole: She's secretly working for Lindsey.
* MysteriousPast: We learn very little about Eve's past and origins; she states that she is an alum of UC Santa Cruz, although she doesn't actually come from Santa Cruz.
* NeuroVault: Eve says she has information on the Senior Partners, but can only remember it when they want her to.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Hinted at. Eve also enjoys using condescending terms like "kid" and "princess" to refer to Angel and co.
-->'''Wesley:''' Still, a pretty powerful position for a young woman.
-->'''Eve:''' How exactly can you be sure I'm either of those things?
* OnlyOneName: She's only known as "Eve". Even the other child of the Senior Partners, Hamilton, got a surname.
-->'''Angel:''' Do you even have a last name?
-->'''Eve:''' Do you?
* ThePowerOfLove: Eve fell in love with Lindsey, causing her to turn against the Senior Partners and even give up her immortality for him.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: She comes across as fairly-obvious (albeit more smug) Lilah 2.0, so much so that Cordelia lampshades it. She gradually gets more of her own personality as her motivations come to life.
* StealthHiBye: Eve has an unnerving ability to do this, which Gunn calls her out on.
-->'''Gunn:''' This gonna be a thing with you, jumping out at people, or do you just not have an office of your own?
* TemptingApple: Eve's entrance (given her name, it's practically obligatory).
* UnholyMatrimony: With Lindsey. Together they try to get to the Senior Partners.

[[folder:Sirk]]
!!Rutherford Sirk
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"These are complicated times. Lines become blurry."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/MichaelHalsey

A former member of the Watchers' Council, Rutherford Sirk lacked the moral clarity of other Watchers of his generation and found himself doubting about the good fight and the Council's mission, though he was far from the only Watcher corrupted by the knowledge he obtained at the Council.

Tempted by power and ambition, Sirk joined Wolfram & Hart and took along with him several valuable tomes belonging to the Council, including the Devandiré Sybilline Codex.

* ChekhovsGunman: After his initial appearance in "Home" he subs for an absent Wesley in "Destiny".
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Sirk betrayed the Watcher's Council ''and'' Wolfram & Hart.
* DeadpanSnarker: Snark is required reading for a Watcher, and it doesn't go away.
* EvilBrit: By default, due to working for Wolfram & Hart (even before Angel Investigations took it over). And he even managed to betray them.
* EvilCounterpart: To Wesley; both are former Watchers with a first-class education in the Dark Arts, except Sirk is a self-serving backstabber.
* FaceHeelTurn: He was a member of the Watcher's Council before joining Wolfram & Hart; he stole from them when he left too.
* {{Jerkass}}: Sirk is a pompous, contemptuous bastard who barely bothers to hide his disdain for others.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When his betrayal is uncovered, Sirk rather wisely decides to make himself scarce. He isn't seen after that.
* SmugSnake: Sirk considers himself to be the smartest person in the room. In reality, he usually comes in at around fourth. Fifth if Wesley is in the room.
* WaistcoatOfStyle: He's seen wearing one when giving exposition in "Destiny".
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After he goes on the run, Sirk isn't seen again. It's unclear whether he had an off-screen comeuppance or a complete KarmaHoudini. Considering how the Senior Partners handle betrayal, it's unlikely Sirk had a happy ending.

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