History Heartwarming / Angel

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Oh, and You're Welcome!"'']]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"...Like a normal girl, falling asleep in the arms of her normal boyfriend. It's perfect."'']]

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[[caption-width-right:300:''"Is this morphine? ...Well, it's bloody lovely!"'']]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Check me out! I'm Mr. Dad!"'']]

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[[caption-width-right:350:'''Faith:''' ''You okay?''\\
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'''Wesley:''' ''Five by Five.'']]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Would you like me to lie to you now?"'']]

[AC:"[[Recap/AngelS02E01Judgment Judgment]]" (2x01)]]

* "[[Recap/AngelS01E03InTheDark In the Dark]]" (1x03)
** The scene where Angel finally gets the Gem of Amarra. The look on his face as he stands in the sunlight for the first time in ''over two hundred years'' is just beautiful.
* "[[Recap/AngelS01E08IWillRememberYou I Will Remember You]]" (1x08)
** Buffy and Angel's one perfect night together. It obviously couldn't last, but did they have to hit the ResetButton?
** Angel giving up his mortality because he knows Buffy--and the world--needs him as he is, as a Champion.

* "[[Recap/AngelS01E10PartingGifts Parting Gifts]]" (1x10)
** At the end, Angel is making breakfast for himself and Cordelia as Wesley is getting ready to leave. In spite of all of his posturing and his talk of working alone and being a solitary demon hunter, Wesley really doesn’t want to be by himself anymore. It’s obvious he wants to stay with them, but he’s still just a ''little'' too prideful to say so. Angel and Cordy let him beat around the bush for a little while before Angel finally smiles and says, "Breakfast?" Wesley immediately takes off his jacket and sits down beside Cordelia, and the episode ends with the three of them talking and laughing together.
* "[[Recap/AngelS01E12Expecting Expecting]]" (1x12)
** This episode is filled with moments that show just how much Angel and Wesley care about Cordelia.
*** The scene at the beginning where the two of them distract Cordy’s two friends to hide the fact that she’s having a vision. It’s played more as a [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments funny scene,]] but it’s still very thoughtful of them.
*** Wesley saying, "There’s no one more fond of Cordelia than I."
*** Wesley going with Cordelia to the doctor, and holding her hand while she’s freaking out about whatever it is that’s growing inside her.
*** The whole scene where they go back to Angel's apartment and Wesley is taking care of Cordelia. He's such a sweetheart, being so tender and gentle with Cordy while she's terrified of what's happening to her.
*** This bit at the end.
--->'''Cordelia:''' I learned something, too. I learned, um, men are evil? Oh wait, I knew that. I learned that LA is full of self-serving phonies. No, had that one down, too. Ahh...sex is bad?
--->'''Angel:''' We all knew that.
--->'''Cordelia:''' Okay. I learned that I have two people I trust absolutely with my life. And that part's new.
--->'''Wesley:''' ''(starts to tear up and wipes his eyes)'' Allergies.
*** Wesley crying in this scene is kind of PlayedForLaughs, but it becomes a little more heartwarming (and sad) when you realize that, given what we know of his background, this is quite possibly the first time in his life that anyone has ever said that about him.
* "[[Recap/AngelS01E16TheRing The Ring]]" (1x16)
** Wes bravely walking into a den of mobsters and demanding answers from their leader about Angel's whereabouts. It's part [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome awesome]], as this is the moment we first begin to realize that Wesley is not a man to be trifled with, and also part heartwarming, seeing the kind of loyalty and courage Angel inspires in his people.
*** Wesley tells the mobsters that Angel means a great deal to him. This is the first time--one of the only times, in fact--that we ever hear him say that about anyone.
* "[[Recap/AngelS01E18FiveByFive Five By Five]]" (1x18)
** When Angel and Faith crash into the street in the middle of their fight, rain begins to fall and the cynical taunts from Faith start turning into desperate screams, [[DeathSeeker begging Angel to kill her,]] countered by soft refusals by Angel, and Faith's final complete breakdown, which prompts Angel to hug her tightly and comfort her as they both collapse to the ground.
* "[[Recap/AngelS01E19Sanctuary Sanctuary]]" (1x19)
** Angel tucks Faith into his bed, putting an extra blanket over her for warmth.
*** Angel's entire relationship with Faith in these two episodes and later in Season 4 is generally very heartwarming. Is it any wonder these two got a spin-off comic series years later?
** When Wesley walks into the office and sees Cordelia, the first thing he does is examine the bruise on her face from where Faith punched her. Wesley had just spent a few hours being ''tortured'' by Faith the night before, and his injuries are much worse than Cordelia's single bruise, but as soon as he sees her, he immediately sets aside his own pain and checks to see if she's okay. The look of genuine concern on his face, and the way he tenderly touches her cheek is really sweet.
** Wesley choosing Angel over the Watcher’s Council is so incredibly important to his CharacterDevelopment. Before he takes his first of many, ''many'' [[TookALevelInBadass levels in badass]] by double-crossing the Council’s Elite, he flat-out tells them that he’s done more good in the few months he’s worked for Angel than he ever did while in the Council’s employ.
*** Keep in mind that Wesley spent his entire life training to be a Watcher. The job was ''everything'' to him, and being fired was a huge blow to his confidence. The Council offers him his job back in exchange for Faith, who he has every reason to hate after [[ColdBloodedTorture what she did to him]] in the previous episode, and he ''still'' chooses not to go through with it because it would mean betraying Angel.
*** Wes explains his actions by telling Angel, "It’s because I trust you."
** Faith choosing to confess and accept responsibility for her crimes. There might be something sad about her being locked away, but there's also hope that she'll find peace from the (metaphorical) demons that drove her to beg Angel to kill her, by doing penance and paying her debt to society.
* "[[Recap/AngelS01E22ToShanshuInLA To Shanshu in L.A.]]" (1x22)
** After Angel’s completely blasé reaction to the prophecy that he’s going to die, Wesley explains to Cordelia that desires are our strongest tether to life, and since Angel doesn’t want anything, he’s not concerned about dying. Cordy immediately starts trying to get Angel to start wanting things.
** In a moment that speaks volumes about Angel and Cordy's relationship, Angel storms into Cordelia's hospital room, and the following exchange happens:

** Wesley, still recovering from his own injuries, performs the spell to release Cordelia from the demon Vocah’s control. Then he and Angel sit at her bedside and hold her hands as she talks about all the pain she witnessed through the visions.
** In the last scene, Wesley is still studying the Shanshu prophecy, and he realizes that he's made a mistake. He tells Angel and Cordelia that the word he thought meant "to die" also means "to live," i.e. he's going to live, then die, as a mortal. Meaning Angel has a chance of becoming human someday. The way all of their faces light up with excitement is just beautiful.

* "[[Recap/AngelS02E01Judgment Judgment]]" (2x01)
** The last scene, when Angel visits Faith in prison and asks how she's doing, and she teases him on having to sing Barry Manilow in front of people.
** Cordelia promising Angel that she'll by his side until he becomes human.
* "[[Recap/AngelS02E03FirstImpressions First Impressions]]" (2x03)
** After the Fang Gang finishes a pretty rough fight dusting some vampires, they're all sitting on the ground, exhausted, leaning up against Angel's car, and there's a cute little moment where Wesley moves closer to Angel and lays his head on the vampire's shoulder.
* "[[Recap/AngelS02E04Untouched Untouched]]" (2x04)
** When Cordy sticks her tongue out at Angel, telling him she can't be fired because she's Vision Girl, we see Angel struggling not to smile.
** When Cordelia thinks Angel is firing Wesley, she immediately says, "You can't fire Wesley, I'll quit, too!"
* "[[Recap/AngelS02E07Darla Darla]]" (2x07)
** A small, understated moment occurs when Angel, having received a call from Darla begging for his help, immediately tries to charge off to help her. The entire Fang Gang protests, convinced he's walking into a trap, but Cordelia's response to Angel speaks volumes:

* "[[Recap/AngelS02E10Reunion Reunion]]" (2x10)
** Dru and Darla get a villainous moment when Dru pours her heart out to Darla about why she re-sired her.

* "[[Recap/AngelS02E14TheThinDeadLine The Thin Dead Line]]" (2x14)
** Everything Gunn and Cordelia do after Wesley is shot.
*** The hospital scene at the end is especially touching. Wes wakes up to find Gunn sitting by his bedside, and they share a little bonding moment, with a very sleepy Wesley talking about how good the morphine is making him feel. A few minutes later, Cordelia comes in and tenderly strokes Wesley’s hair and smiles at him warmly.
* "[[Recap/AngelS02E15Reprise Reprise]]" (2x15)
** Feeling extremely discouraged after Virginia breaks up with him, Wesley calls Cordelia to let her know he won’t be coming to work the next day. Their entire conversation is incredibly heartwarming. It starts out with Wesley seeking some words of comfort from Cordy, and then he ends up turning it around and encouraging ''her'' after she says that she’s alone and has no friends. He reminds her that ''he’s'' her friend, and she thanks him and says she’ll call him later to see how he’s doing. It’s really sweet to see them being so open and sincere and ''real'' with each other, and it’s honestly one of the best examples of the strength of their friendship. They’ve come a long way since their days of awkward flirtation back in Sunnydale.
* "[[Recap/AngelS02E16Epiphany Epiphany]]" (2x16)
** When Angel first tries to return to the team and starts acting like he knows what they've been going through without him, Wesley promptly shuts him down by calmly and quietly delivering one of the greatest [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech "The Reason You Suck" speeches]] in the entire series. It's mostly a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome, but it's also incredibly heartwarming to hear Wesley defending Cordelia, talking about her with such obvious fondness and admiration.

* "[[Recap/AngelS02E17Disharmony Disharmony]]" (2x17)
** Although she fails miserably at being a good guy and ultimately decides to be evil, just the fact that Harmony is willing to ''try'' to be a good person--in spite all of her vampire instincts and her soullessness--says a lot, given that most vampires immediately embrace their lack of a conscience and never even attempt to do what’s right after being turned.
*** Even more telling is the fact that, even though Cordelia is pissed off at her for betraying them, none of the team really seems to blame Harmony for it. They understand that it’s just the way she is, and they seem to recognize that she at least made some effort to fight it.
** Angel buying Cordelia new, expensive clothes to earn her forgiveness at the end. Wesley’s reaction kind of turns it into [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments funny moment]], but it’s still really adorable seeing Angel and Cordy bouncing up and down with those big grins on their faces.
*** It’s also worth noting that Cordy is the only one of the team that Angel is truly dedicated to winning over. Because he loves her.
** Willow tells Cordelia that she's a lesbian and Cordy is genuinely happy for her. Also, the fact that Willow is the one she calls to voice her concerns about Harmony. She's come a ''long'' way from the bully who made the shy girl's life miserable.
* "[[Recap/AngelS02E18DeadEnd Dead End]]" (2x18)
** Cordy telling Angel to smile more often.
** A subdued one, but Lindsey quitting Wolfram and Hart involves him talking up Lilah in the process, which is a noble gesture given that she would have been killed had he not done so. He could have just as easily walked out and left her to her fate. It's enough that she looks noticeably touched by the gesture.

* "[[Recap/AngelS03E01Heartthrob Heartthrob]]" (3x01)
** Cordelia helping Angel finally deal with Buffy's death.

* "[[Recap/AngelS03E04CarpeNoctem Carpe Noctem]]" (3x04)
** Cordelia excitedly breaks the news of Buffy's resurrection to Angel.
* "[[Recap/AngelS03E05Fredless Fredless]]" (3x05)
** Cordelia and Wesley ''really'' let Buffy and Angel have it through their demonstration of their relationship. Why does it belong here as well as deservedly SugarWiki/FunnyMoments? Because they see that Fred is scared she will lose Angel to Buffy and they do this not just to make her laugh but to show why it wouldn't work.
* "[[Recap/AngelS03E06Billy Billy]]" (3x06)
** Wesley telling Cordelia he’s proud of her at the beginning of the episode.
** The last scene, when Fred goes to see Wesley to let him know that things are okay between them and that she wants him to come back to work.
*** Though it quickly turns into a TearJerker when he breaks down crying after she leaves.
* "[[Recap/AngelS03E09Lullaby Lullaby]]" (3x09)
** The scene where Darla confesses that she truly, ''truly'' loves her baby and that she doesn't want to let him go because his soul is the only thing giving her the ability to care about him.
** Darla expressing remorse for all the horrible things she and Angelus did, and then [[HeroicSacrifice staking herself]] so Connor can be born.
** Fred staying behind in the alley instead of going to the car with the others, kneeling beside Angel and Darla as the rain pours down, and as a result being the only other person who gets to witness Connor’s birth.
* "[[Recap/AngelS03E10Dad Dad]]" (3x10)
** Angel as a father. Not letting anyone else hold Connor right at first, singing an Irish lullaby to his son, and telling Cordelia that if Connor needs to get to the hospital on the sunniest day of the year at noon, Angel will get him there.
* "[[Recap/AngelS03E11Birthday Birthday]]" (3x11)
** The rest of the gang throwing Cordy a little surprise birthday party at the beginning.
** The way Dennis the ghost looks after Cordy is incredibly heartwarming.
** Doyle's brief posthumous cameo in the video Skip shows Cordelia. The look on Cordelia's face when she sees the video and hears that Doyle never meant to give her the visions, and that they were accidentally transferred because he was in love with her is incredibly sweet.
** Cordelia becoming half-demon at the end so she can keep the visions and help Angel, even though she could’ve happily lived life as a sitcom star in the alternate universe.
* "[[Recap/AngelS03E14Couplet Couplet]]" (3x14)
** Wesley insisting that Angel is special and one-of-a-kind to try to cheer him up when Angel is feeling down about Groo and Cordy.
*** Keep in mind that Wesley is still reeling from his own heartbreak over Fred and Gunn, and he's in the process of trying to find and translate all of the prophecies surrounding the Tro-clon. Even with all of that going on, he still notices that something is bothering Angel and takes the time to try to encourage him. This is exactly the kind of thing that made Wesley such a good leader.
** The scene at the end, after Angel's gone through so much trouble to help Cordy and Groo live happily ever after, [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy even though it's killing him inside.]] He goes upstairs, picks up his infant son, and radiates pure joy. He carries the baby downstairs, where they bump into Wesley.

* "[[Recap/AngelS03E15Loyalty Loyalty]]" (3x15)
** Wesley relentlessly searching for a way to prevent the prophecy, to the point where he’s losing sleep, making international phone calls to obscure, hard-to-reach wizards, and even putting his own life at risk by consulting a powerful being in an attempt to get information.
** Although it’s quickly ruined, Wesley’s brief moment of reprieve near the end of the episode is also really sweet. He goes up to see Angel and Connor, and decides that he’s probably been worrying for nothing. He starts laughing and says that life is funny and [[ItMakesSenseInContext stupid people talking to hamburgers]] is funny, and things are okay.
*** Of course Whedon being, well...Whedon, he couldn’t let the scene end there, but still, it was nice while it lasted.
* "[[Recap/AngelS03E16SleepTight Sleep Tight]]" (3x16)
** The sheer amount of affection and dedication Wesley shows for Connor. Wes ''loves'' that baby, and literally gives up everything trying to keep him safe.
*** Which just makes the ending--and the next few episodes--so much more heartwrenching.
* "[[Recap/AngelS03E17Forgiving Forgiving]]" (3x17)
** When Fred and Gunn are searching through Wesley's notes, there's a brief shot of a journal entry expressing his concern for Cordelia (prior to her being made half-demon).

* "[[Recap/AngelS03E18DoubleOrNothing Double or Nothing]]" (3x18)
** Fred bringing Wesley some of his things and expressing concern for his well-being, even though she’s pissed off at him.
* "[[Recap/AngelS03E19ThePrice The Price]]" (3x19)
** Fred speaking up for Wesley when the rest of the team refuses to even say his name. Sure, she’s plenty mad at him for what he did, but she’s willing to forgive him and she still wants him to eventually be able to come back to the team.
* "[[Recap/AngelS03E22Tomorrow Tomorrow]]" (3x22)
** Even as Connor is sealing him in a metal box and preparing to drop him to the bottom of the ocean, all Angel can do is keep repeating "I love you," and saying he forgives Connor for what he’s doing. The strength and the depth of Angel’s love for his son outweighs even the worst things Connor could possibly do.

* "[[Recap/AngelS04E01DeepDown Deep Down]]" (4x01)
** During the three months that Angel has been trapped in a box at the bottom of the ocean, Wesley has been going out every night searching for him, despite the fact that Angel hates him and tried to kill him the last time they were in the same room together.
** When Wes finally does find him, Angel is suffering from hunger-induced hallucinations and thinks he sees Connor. He angrily says, "I should have killed you." Wesley thinks Angel is talking to ''him,'' and he just takes it.
** A few minutes later, Wes realizes that pig’s blood isn’t enough for the severely malnourished vampire and, without the slightest hesitation, ''cuts his own arm'' and makes Angel feed off of him.
*** The best part is that Wesley doesn’t do any of this in order to earn Angel’s forgiveness and get back on the team--he just does it because it needs to be done.
** Pay attention to Wesley's dynamic with Justine. It's pretty screwed up, to be sure--she cut his throat, he kept her chained in a closet for three months...some pretty dark stuff there. But listen to the way he talks to her, and you'll realize that ''Wesley doesn't hate Justine.'' This is the woman who slit his throat, left him for dead, and took Connor from him. He has every right to hate her, but he doesn't. If anything, he actually seems to ''care'' about what happens to her.

* "[[Recap/AngelS04E02GroundState Ground State]]" (4x02)
** Angel goes to Wesley and asks for his help finding Cordelia, and Wesley gives him a very thick folder filled with every scrap of information he's compiled over the summer. What's truly remarkable about this (and the previous episode) is Wesley's unwavering dedication to the people he cares about. Angel and Cordelia are the two people on the team he's known the longest and was the closest to. And they were the ones who seemed to hate him the most after he took Connor. But when they went missing, Wesley spent ''months'' relentlessly searching for the both of them. It didn't matter how much they hated him, he ''never'' stopped loving them.
* "[[Recap/AngelS04E07ApocalypseNowish Apocalypse, Nowish]]" (4x07)
** The team has just been thoroughly [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomped]] by the Beast. Fire is raining down from the sky. The world is coming to pieces around them. And Wesley, just as badly beaten as everyone else, gets up and pushes his way through the destruction to find the injured Gunn, pulls him to safety, and holds onto him for dear life, keeping him safe in the middle of all the chaos. Gunn, his former-friend-turned-romantic-rival. Gunn who can’t stand him anymore. Gunn who would be just as happy if Wesley had stayed away from the team for good. Even after all that, Wesley still cares enough to look out for him and make sure he's protected.
* "[[Recap/AngelS04E13Salvage Salvage]]" (4x13)
** Wesley and Faith discussing the recent release of Angelus.

** When Faith and Wesley jump out of a third-floor window to escape the prison, Faith uses her body to cushion Wesley as they land on a car. The last time they saw each other, she was torturing him. Now she’s protecting him.
*** There’s also the moment right after that, when they roll off the car and Wesley has to take a second to get his bearings. Faith asks him if he’s okay, and he responds with her old catchphrase, "Five by five."
** This episode and the next one both have a lot of great moments for Wesley and Faith, as they finally get to function as Watcher and Slayer for the first time, and we finally get to see what an excellent team they really make.
* "[[Recap/AngelS04E14Release Release]]" (4x14)
** Wesley bringing Faith back to his apartment and helping to clean her wounds after she gets [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomped]] by Angelus and the Beast. Whatever lingering animosity he may have toward Faith over [[ColdBloodedTorture what she did to him]] back in Season 1, it's obvious from these three episodes that the former Watcher still cares very deeply for his Slayer.
** Wesley taunts Faith about her past mistakes, making her angry enough to slam him up against a wall. As soon as she does, his expression and his tone soften, and he explains that he was only provoking her to make sure she was capable of doing whatever was necessary, because he knows that's what it will take for her to survive her fight with Angelus.
*** Wesley starts off his tirade by reminding Faith about the time she tortured him. Faith looks at him with genuine remorse on her face and asks, "You really think I'd hurt you again?"
* "[[Recap/AngelS04E15Orpheus Orpheus]]" (4x15)
** Willow expressing concern for Wesley when she sees how dark and distant he's become. She encourages him by sharing her own story of how she [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E22Grave went crazy with black magic and almost destroyed the world.]] Wesley remarks that she seems exactly the same as when he knew her back in Sunnydale, and he seems to realize for the first time that just because he's touched his inner darkness, he doesn't have to let it consume him. It's kind of subtle, but after this scene, Wesley actually seems to be doing a little better for the remainder of the season, likely inspired by Willow's comeback story.
** Lorne staying by Faith's side while she's under the influence of the Orpheus drug.
* "[[Recap/AngelS04E17InsideOut Inside Out]]" (4x17)
** A small moment when Angel comforts Wesley after Lilah's death.

* "[[Recap/AngelS04E22Home Home]]" (4x22)
** The reason Angel made the deal with Wolfram & Heart? So that Connor could have a normal life. The episode ends with Angel discretly visiting Connor at his new home having a nice dinner with his loving family talking about college plans. After all the angst and misery thrown his way, he finally has real happiness.

* "[[Recap/AngelS05E04HellBound Hell Bound]]" (5x04)
** Fred doing her best to help Spike become corporeal again, despite Angel’s (and pretty much everyone else’s) misgivings.
** When Fred’s life is threatened, Spike immediately gives up his chance to become corporeal in order to save her from Pavayne, and in the end he says he wouldn't change his decision for the world.
** At the end, when Fred says that she can look for other ways to make him corporeal, but they might be dangerous, Spike refuses because he doesn’t want to go down the same path as Pavayne.

* "[[Recap/AngelS05E05LifeOfTheParty Life of the Party]]" (5x05)
** The last scene, where Angel takes care of the ''extremely'' sleep-deprived Lorne. He's being positively... fatherly.
* "[[Recap/AngelS05E06TheCautionaryTaleOfNumeroCinco The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco]]"
** When Numero Cinco's four brothers return from the dead and instantly jump into the fight (after grabbing fence posts to pin the demon with), one of them pauses and tells a dumbstruck Angel to get involved. Despite Angel's own misgivings about his worthiness as a hero, they, heroes who [[HeroicSacrifice died a hero's death]] have absolutely no doubt whatsoever that he is one of them. A hero.
*** Neither has Cinco. While the episode never settles the question of whether the demon (who feeds on the hearts of heroes) doesn't want Angel's heart because he's no longer a hero or because he's a vampire and the demon gets no nourishment from undead, unbeating hearts, at the end of the episode Cinco has a firm opinion.

** Cinco finally getting to be at peace with his brothers.
* "[[Recap/AngelS05E07Lineage Lineage]]" (5x07)
** Wesley shoots a cyborg disguised as his father in order to protect Fred. Afterwards, when he’s feeling terrible about what he did, Fred tries to comfort him by telling him that deep down, some part of him must have known that it wasn’t really his father. Wesley says that he was certain it ''was.'' He acted purely on instinct because Fred’s life was at risk.
** In the last scene, Wesley picks up the phone and calls his father. It’s really early in the morning over in England, and Roger chastises him for not paying attention to the time difference. Wesley doesn’t even mind the criticism this time, and says that he just wanted to call and see how Roger was doing.
** The moment when Angel finally, ''truly'' forgives Wesley for taking Connor.

*** Keep in mind that, thanks to the memory alterations, Wes doesn't even ''realize'' that Angel is talking about what happened with Connor. Even so, Angel still wants to make it clear that he understands now.
* "[[Recap/AngelS05E12YoureWelcome You're Welcome]]" (5x12)
** The team finds out that Lindsey is back and has been in cahoots with Eve against Angel by using Spike (among other things). All of this is bad, but what infuriates Angel and a recently awakened Cordelia the most is that someone has the nerve to be masquerading under the name of "Doyle."
** Wesley and Cordelia doing research together, just like old times. The best part is when Wesley smiles and tells her how much he’s missed this.
** During their conversation in Wesley’s office, Cordelia tells him she’s sorry about Lilah’s death, and Wesley assures her that he knows it wasn’t really Cordelia who killed her. Cordy says she knows that, but she’s still sorry about it.
*** Keep in mind that Cordelia has more reason than anyone else to hate Lilah, considering what Lilah did to her back in season 3. Even after all that, Cordy is completely sincere when she offers her condolences to Wesley, because she recognizes that he genuinely cared for Lilah.
** At the end, Cordelia stays behind to talk to Angel. As the others are getting on the elevator, she calls out to Wesley and tells him, "You still work the best mojo in town." During her talk with Angel, we find out that Cordelia died in the hospital. She never woke up from her coma, and the PowersThatBe allowed her to take corporeal form one last time to get Angel back on track. This makes her comment to Wesley a lot more heartwarming--she knew she couldn’t say goodbye to all of them without raising their suspicions, but she just ''had'' to say one last thing to her best friend.
** She also finally shares a sincere BigDamnKiss with Angel one last time. The only time since they fell in love.
* "[[Recap/AngelS05E14SmileTime Smile Time]]" (5x14)
** Angel apologizing to Nina at the end.

** The corny 'Self Esteem' song playing as Wes and Fred kiss.
* "[[Recap/AngelS05E15AHoleInTheWorld A Hole in the World]]" (5x15)
** Everyone immediately setting aside their differences and rallying together to try to save Fred.
*** Fred's response to the sight of Team Angel crowded around her bedside as she wakes up:

** Spike’s quiet reflection in the Deeper Well is so powerful that it stops Angel from going through with the retrieval spell, which would have saved Fred’s life at the cost of hundreds of thousands of others.
** All of Fred and Wesley’s scenes are a combination of heartwarming and downright [[TearJerker tearjerkers.]]
* "[[Recap/AngelS05E21PowerPlay Power Play]]" (5x21)
** Angel explains his plan to the others and not sugarcoating the fact that he's proposing a SuicideMission to take down the Senior Partners. He asks if they're in and Spike is the first one to raise his hand. He and Angel spend most of their screentime insulting each other and metaphorically comparing sizes, but he's willing fight alongside him to the bitter end.
* "[[Recap/AngelS05E22NotFadeAway Not Fade Away]]" (5x22)
** Angel tells everyone to take the day off and go spend what might be their last day alive doing something that means a lot to them.
*** Spike goes out drinking, and it looks like he’s getting ready to start a BarBrawl. Instead he goes up on stage and reads some [[WarriorPoet poetry he wrote]]. The audience cheers his work enthusiastically, meaning William the Bloody-Awful-At-Poetry is finally getting some respect. Sure, they might all have been roaring drunk, but the stunned joy on Spike's face and in his voice as he thanks them for their applause and gets ready to recite another poem is beautiful. For extra heartwarming, compare this with the flashback in "Fool for Love," which showed William chickening out and his peers turning it into a source of humiliation. This episode has him finally putting his work out there with no regrets.
*** Angel goes to see Connor at a coffee shop and offers to help him write a resume.
*** Gunn visits Anne, who's still working her ass off trying to keep her shelter going. He asks her what she'd do if she had absolute proof that the whole world is rigged, that the bad guys will always win, and that nothing they can do matters. She looks at him as if it was the dumbest thing she ever heard and sums up the entire show in two sentences:

*** Wesley...stays behind and tends to Illyria’s wounds, even though it’s not what he wants to be doing. Goes into TearJerker territory very quickly when Illyria asks him why he stayed with her instead of going out like the others. He tells her that with Fred gone, there’s nothing left that he wants. This one actually becomes a lot more heartbreaking when you think back to his conversation with Cordelia in the first season finale, when he explained the importance of wanting things. The exact same thing Wesley saw in Angel four years earlier has now happened to ''him.'' There's nothing Wesley wants, so he's not tethered to life anymore.
** Angel and Connor's last scene together, when Connor wants to stay and help with the fight but Angel insists that he go home and get out of harm’s way.

** When Wesley is dying, Illyria takes Fred’s form to comfort him. Illyria had previously offered to do this ''before'' the final battle, but Wesley refused because "it would be a lie." As he's dying, Illyria asks if he'd like her to lie to him, and he says yes.
** Immediately after that, the demon who killed Wesley offers Illyria one free shot (thinking her a helpless human girl)--and she pulverizes his skull with a single punch. It’s heartwarming, in a violent, [[BuffySpeak vengeance-y]] way.
*** It’s kind of a combination of Heartwarming and Awesome--Illyria, the primordial demon who considers humanity beneath her, kills Vail in retribution for what he did to Wesley.

** When Illyria joins the others in the alley for the final battle, she’s grieving for Wesley, and doesn't understand why she can't stop. Clearly the god of demons is considerably more human than she thinks she is.

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--> ‘‘'Spike’‘':"What was that? If he (ghost!Wes) wasn't see-through, you would have kissed wouldn't you? [[HoYay I got that vibe."]]

* In ‘‘Only Human’‘ when Fred's parents tell Gunn that they will love her no matter that (they still don't know about Illyria).

--> ‘‘'Angel:’‘' "I've made mistakes along the way, and I've lost people I will never stop missing. But I will spend the rest of my life, however long that is, making their sacrifices worthwhile. Tonight, I'd like to think they'd be proud of me. I know that I will always be grateful for them. Time to get back to work."

* "[[Recap/AngelS0E09Lullaby Lullaby]]" (3x09)

* "[[Recap/AngelS01E22ToSanshuInLA To Shanshu in L.A.]]" (1x22)

* Life of the Party (5x05)

* In the Dark (1x03)

* I Will Remember You (1x08)

* Parting Gifts (1x10)

* Expecting (1x12)

* The Ring (1x16)

* Five By Five (1x18)

* Sanctuary (1x19)

* To Shanshu in L.A. (1x22)

* Judgment (2x01)

* First Impressions (2x03)

* Untouched (2x04)

* Darla (2x07)

* Reunion (2x10)

* The Thin Dead Line (2x14)

* Reprise (2x15)

* Epiphany (2x16)

* Disharmony (2x17)

* Dead End (2x18)

* Heartthrob (3x01)

* Fredless (3x05)

* Billy (3x06)

* Lullaby (3x09)

* Dad (3x10)

* Birthday (3x11)

* Couplet (3x14)

* Loyalty (3x15)

* Sleep Tight (3x16)

* Forgiving (3x17)

* Double or Nothing (3x18)

* The Price (3x19)

* Tomorrow (3x22)

* Deep Down (4x01)

* Ground State (4x02)

* Apocalypse, Nowish (4x07)

* Salvage (4x13)

* Release (4x14)

* Orpheus (4x15)

* Inside Out (4x17)

* Hell Bound (5x04)

* The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco

* Lineage (5x07)

* You're Welcome (5x12)

* Smile Time (5x14)

* A Hole in the World (5x15)

* Not Fade Away (5x22)

** The scene where Angel [[spoiler: finally gets the Gem of Amarra.]] The look on his face as he stands in the sunlight for the first time in ''over two hundred years'' is just beautiful.

** The last scene, when Angel [[spoiler: visits Faith in prison]] and asks how she's doing, and she teases him on having to sing Barry Manilow in front of people.

** Doyle's brief posthumous cameo in the video Skip shows Cordelia. The look on Cordelia's face when she sees the video and hears that [[spoiler: Doyle never meant to give her the visions, and that they were accidentally transferred because he was in love with her]] is incredibly sweet.
** Cordelia [[spoiler: becoming half-demon]] at the end so she can keep the visions and help Angel, even though she could’ve happily lived life as a sitcom star in the alternate universe.

** Even as Connor is [[spoiler: sealing him in a metal box and preparing to drop him to the bottom of the ocean]], all Angel can do is keep repeating "I love you," and saying he forgives Connor for what he’s doing. The strength and the depth of Angel’s love for his son outweighs even the worst things Connor could possibly do.

** A small moment when Angel comforts Wesley after [[spoiler: Lilah's death.]]

** The team finds out that [[spoiler:Lindsey]] is back and has been in cahoots with Eve against Angel by using Spike (among other things). All of this is bad, but what infuriates Angel and [[spoiler:a recently awakened Cordelia]] the most is that someone has the nerve to be masquerading under the name of "Doyle."

** During their conversation in Wesley’s office, Cordelia tells him she’s sorry about [[spoiler:Lilah’s death]], and Wesley assures her that he knows it wasn’t really Cordelia who [[spoiler: killed her]]. Cordy says she knows that, but she’s still sorry about it.

** At the end, Cordelia stays behind to talk to Angel. As the others are getting on the elevator, she calls out to Wesley and tells him, "You still work the best mojo in town." During her talk with Angel, we find out that [[spoiler:Cordelia died in the hospital. She never woke up from her coma, and the PowersThatBe allowed her to take corporeal form one last time to get Angel back on track.]] This makes her comment to Wesley a lot more heartwarming--she knew she couldn’t say goodbye to all of them without raising their suspicions, but she just ''had'' to say one last thing to her best friend.

** Spike’s quiet reflection in the Deeper Well is so powerful that it stops Angel from [[spoiler:going through with the retrieval spell, which would have saved Fred’s life at the cost of hundreds of thousands of others.]]

** When [[spoiler:Wesley is dying, Illyria takes Fred’s form to comfort him. Illyria had previously offered to do this ''before'' the final battle, but Wesley refused because "it would be a lie." As he's dying, Illyria asks if he'd like her to lie to him, and he says yes.]]
** Immediately after that, [[spoiler:the demon who killed Wesley offers Illyria one free shot (thinking her a helpless human girl)--and she pulverizes his skull with a single punch.]] It’s heartwarming, in a violent, [[BuffySpeak vengeance-y]] way.
*** It’s kind of a combination of Heartwarming and Awesome--[[spoiler:Illyria, the primordial demon who considers humanity beneath her, kills Vail in retribution for what he did to Wesley.]]
** There's also the fact that [[spoiler: after Illyria killed her assigned targets from the Circle of the Black Thorn, rather than immediately head to the rendezvous point like everyone else, she instead journeyed to Wesley's location to see if he needed any help. When she sees him about to topple over from his stab wound, she immediately runs over to him and calls out his name in concern.]]
--->'''Wesley''': [[SoProudOfYou It was good...that you came.]]
--->'''Illyria''': I killed all mine, and I was... ''[[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove (stares off, searching for the word)]]''
--->'''Wesley''': ''(gently)'' ...Concerned?
--->'''Illlyria''': ''(looks back at him)'' I think so.
** When Illyria joins the others in the alley for the final battle, [[spoiler:she’s grieving for Wesley, and doesn't understand why she can't stop. Clearly the god of demons is considerably more human than she thinks she is.]]

* When the audience finds out what Angel named the dragon. [[spoiler: It's Cordelia]]. Though it doesn't seem so much like it when it's explained.
* One scene has Illyria getting angry about those she cares about dying[[spoiler: as Ghost!Wes disappears]]; a few panels later, a sign is shown with "Doyle" written on it.
* Connor telling [[spoiler: Human!]]Angel to go home, because he cares whether or not he gets hurt.

* A real life version comes from the special Lorne comic made in tribute to the late Andy Hallet. First [[spoiler: Lorne sacrifices himself to save the day and the gang saying goodbye afterwards]] is clearly directed at Andy. Next is a poem summarizing Lorne's role in after the fall and then a eulogy by Mark Lutz who was best friends with Andy. They then explain that they [[spoiler: got rid of Lorne in a way that they could bring him back later but so he was out of action for now so he could enjoy some peace for a little while.]]

* Inside Out (1x17)

** Wes bravely walking into a den of mobsters and demanding answers from their leader about Angel's whereabouts. It's part [[AwesomeMoments awesome]], as this is the moment we first begin to realize that Wesley is not a man to be trifled with, and also part heartwarming, seeing the kind of loyalty and courage Angel inspires in his people.

** When Angel first tries to return to the team and starts acting like he knows what they've been going through without him, Wesley promptly shuts him down by calmly and quietly delivering one of the greatest [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech "The Reason You Suck" speeches]] in the entire series. It's mostly an [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome moment]], but it's also incredibly heartwarming to hear Wesley defending Cordelia, talking about her with such obvious fondness and admiration.

As filled with angst and struggle as ''Angel'' is, it's also comprised of many wonderful moments of care and tenderness among the members of its main cast.

-->-- The show's slogan.

->''We Help the Helpless.''

->''"If nothing we do matters, then all that matters is what we do. 'Cause that's all there is. What we do. Now. Today."''
--> - '''Angel''', "Epiphany"

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[[caption-width-right:284:''"Oh, and You're Welcome!"'']]

--> - Angel, "Epiphany"

[[caption-width-right:350:''"I'm Mr. Dad!"'']]