Angel third season

Angel season 3

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Heartthrob / season 3 - episode 1
Written by: David Greenwalt
Directed by: David Greenwalt
After a summer spent coping with the news of Buffy's (Sarah Michelle Gellar) death, Angel (David Boreanaz) returns to L.A. in the third-season opener only to run into a couple of nasty blasts from his tarnished past. After a painful vision from Cordy, Angel, Gunn and Wesley (Alexis Denisof) are sent out on a vampire hunt. When they get to the vamps all are killed but one who runs away. When Angle kills a female ones he grabs a necklace that she wore. He recognises it. It belonged to one of his 1700 friends, Elizabeth. In Marseille Darla, Angelus, James and Elizabeth were having the time of their undead lives.

That Vision Thing / season 3 - episode 2
Written by: Jeffrey Bell
Directed by: Bill Norton
Cordelia's (Charisma Carpenter) already painful visions start to have more serious physical side effects. While Angel (David Boreanaz) , Gunn and Wesley (Alexis Denisof) take care of Cordelia's vision nasties Fred takes Cordelia home. Angel, Gunn and Wesley head to China town to deal with the slashers, and to retrieve a coin which was in Cordelia's vision. Meanwhile in Cordelia's apartment Fred's being ushered out of the door by Cordy, when she has another vision.

That Old Gang of Mine / season 3 - episode 3
Written by: Tim Minear
Directed by: Fred Kelle
Angel (David Boreanaz) and the gang are at Caritas and Angel is trying to apologize to Merl for taking advantage of him in his darker days. Merl doesn't accept and throws down in Caritas forgetting about the spell there and gets thrown backwards. Gunn is still being haunted by his memories of Elana, her sister and how she was a vampire and he had to kill her. Later that night Merl is killed and Wesley (Alexis Denisof) and Angel investigate followed by a reluctant Gunn. Gunn decides to stop by his old crew, where he meets Gio for the first time.

Carpe Noctem / season 3 - episode 4
Written by: Scott Murphy
Directed by: James A. Contner
Angel's (David Boreanaz) body is taken over by a man who, in an effort to stay young, possesses younger guys, and ends up killing them in the process. Things get a little fishy and Marcus begins to start an incantation of some kind, which switches Angel's soul and essence with that of Marcus'. So they're switched bodies. Marcus head butts the old Angel and walks out. There Angel's met by Cordelia (Charisma Carpenter) and they drive back to the hotel, unbeknownst to Cordy that, that's not actually Angel sitting next to her in the car.

Fredless / season 3 - episode 5
Written by: Mere Smith
Directed by: Marita Grabiak
Fred's parents make a surprise visit to Angel (David Boreanaz) Investigations. They talk to Gunn, Wesley (Alexis Denisof) and Cordelia (Charisma Carpenter) about her. As Fred arrives back at the hotel she sees her parents and goes into a state of panic, runs upstairs to her room and packs some things and leaves. At Caritas Lorne does give Fred some advice, tells her to get further away from what she's running from, so she heads to the bus station.At the bus station Fred is found by Angel, the gang and her parents.

Billy / season 3 - episode 6
Written by: Jeffrey Bell & Tim Minear
Directed by: David Grossman
Angel's (David Boreanaz) loyalty to his friends comes back to haunt them in this chilling episode, an unsettling blend of the series' usual horrors with the more realistic issue of violence against women. Angel and Cordelia (Charisma Carpenter) both knew there would be consequences when he freed the partially demonic (but totally evil) Billy from a fiery prison in hell in order to save her. Those fears are realized when a wave of violence against women is traced back to Billy, whose mere touch has the power to bring out the worst in otherwise good men.

Offspring / season 3 - episode 7
Written by: David Greenwalt
Directed by: Turi Meyer
Rome 1771 Angelus is being chased through the sewers by some of Holtz's men, he gets chained up and torture soon begins, but Darla soon arrives with crossbows and vampires, Angelus is retrieved and both Darla and Angelus return to their home. Flash back to the present day in LA, where Darla gets off a bus where she's drunk from the rest of the passengers leaving a scared driver. At Angel (David Boreanaz) Investigations Cordy's training sessions with Angel continues. While Wesley (Alexis Denisof) and Gunn go out to find a scroll which has a prophecy which will bring about something bad.

Quickening / season 3 - episode 8
Written by: Jeffrey Bell
Directed by: Skip Schoolnik
As Angel (David Boreanaz) and the gang try to figure out what exactly is inside Darla, who's now having contractions, news of her pregnancy causes near pandemonium at Wolfram & Hart. Back at the hotel Darla is lying on a bed with Angel by her side. There's a knock on the door and Gunn, Wesley (Alexis Denisof), Cordy and Fred all walk in. It turns out that the Troklon that was spoken of on the scrolls that Wesley and Gunn stole describes a sequence of events that includes Darla, Angel, the un-born child and something else. They all come to the conclusion that maybe the child isn't so evil after all.

Lullaby / season 3 - episode 9
Written by: Tim Minear
Directed by: Tim Minear
Vampire hunter Holtz's rekindled crusade to wreak fiery vengeance upon Angel (David Boreanaz) and Darla complicates the impending birth of the expecting couple's baby. At Wolfram & Hart Linwood is continually updated on what's going on, however they can't figure out who Holtz is and what he's doing there and why the team they sent down there hasn't got back to them yet. So Lilah decides to investigate. Back at the hotel Holtz is trying to figure out whether it's the same Angel that he encountered before, as he seems to have changed. One of Holtz's lackey's comes in, saying that he's go Darla, only it's not Darla, it's Lilah.

Dad / season 3 - episode 10
Directed by: Fred Keller
Written by: David H. Goodman
After doing a little baby shopping the gang return to the newly bashed up hotel. Lorne decides to move in for a while, as Caritas is totally trashed. Suddenly a demon crashes through the back door, and soon he's met with an arrow from Wesley's (Alexis Denisof) crossbow and a sharp knife from Gunn. They make a list of all the possible suspects of who's most likely to kill Angel's (David Boreanaz) child. Angel's attitude towards the child are somewhat different and he seems more focused in trying to stop him from crying. The rest of the gang are worried about where Angel's priorities lie.

Birthday / season 3 - episode 11
Written by: Mere Smith
Directed by: Michael A. Grossman
A powerful vision knocks Cordy out of her body, leaving her physical self in a vegetative state, but a guide on the astral plane offers her a new lease on life. As Cordy's taken off the floor she leaves a bottle of pills, seltrax - a highly powerful migraine drug. Gunn and Fred head over to Cordy's apartment to see if there's anything there. They don't find anything, but it appears to be that Dennis is protecting Cordy and he reveals all the drugs which she has been taking to relive the pain of the visions.

Provider / season 3 - episode 12
Written by: Scott Murphy
Directed by: Bill Norton
Angel (David Boreanaz) decides it's time to start preparing for Conner's future, starting with the money side of things. Unprepared for the flood of business brought in by advertising, the Angel Investigations crew splits up to cover more ground — and ends up being spread too thin for its own good. Also, Fred is offered big bucks to solve a demonic puzzle; Angel goes to work for a high-paying businessman; and Gunn and Wesley (Alexis Denisof) protect a woman whose zombie ex-boyfriend is stalking her.

Waiting in the Wings / season 3 - episode 13
Written by: Joss Whedon
Directed by: Joss Whedon
The hitherto unacknowledged sexual tension brewing at Angel (David Boreanaz) Investigations is tackled in an episode written and directed by series creator Joss Whedon. Now well into its third season, Angel has clearly found its stride—and the laws of television dictate that a fully realized stable of protagonists inevitably sparks romance. As the gang looks into a bizarre ballet company, Angel and Cordelia (Charisma Carpenter) are possessed by the spirits of tormented lovers embroiled in a torrid affair.

Couplet / season 3 - episode 14
Written by: Tim Minear and Jeffrey Bell
Directed by: Tim Minear
Angel's (David Boreanaz) still reeling from Groo's reappearance in Cordy's life, he goes upstairs to tend to Conner. Meanwhile Cordy has taken Groo home to get reacquainted with him. They begin talking and then the kissing begins, but through this Cordy gets a vision of a huge demon in Groo's place. Cordy's completely shaken by seeing this thing there. The next morning Angel goes downstairs with Conner and greets Wesley (Alexis Denisof) in the hotel. He asks about Cordy as she isn't there as yet. Wesley then goes to ask Angel about Conner, though Angel thinks Wesley is talking about Groo.

Loyalty / season 3 - episode 15
Written by: Mere Smith
Directed by: James A. Contner
Wesley (Alexis Denisof) preoccupies himself with protecting Connor and foiling the prophecy about Angel (David Boreanaz) and his son. Wesley wakes at his desk when Fred and Gunn walk in, he then watches Angel form his vampire face and chow down on Conner, and then wakes to realise it was all a dream. It's that time after so many months Conner's got a check up at the doctor's and Wesley goes along with. There Angel finds out that Conner's perfectly healthy and there's nothing wrong with him whatsoever. After Angel, Wesley and the doctor leave the examining room a mother with her baby come and swipe the blood which was taken from Conner and replace it with another tube of blood.

Sleep Tight / season 3 - episode 16
Written by: David Greenwalt
Directed by: Terrence O'Hara
Utterly consumed by the prophecy that predicts Connor's death at Angel's (David Boreanaz) hands, Wesley (Alexis Denisof) resorts to extreme measures to protect the vampire's son. Wesley's preoccupation with the murderous prediction doesn't seem unwarranted when Gunn and Fred witness Angel's frightening display of bloodthirsty behavior on a job. Tests reveal that Wolfram & Hart have spiked the pig's blood Angel drinks with that of his own son, making the situation all the more dangerous.

Forgiving / season 3 - episode 17
Written by: Jeffrey Bell
Directed by: Turie Meyer
Angel (David Boreanaz) returns back from his ordeal to stare at Conner's charred crib. Fred and Gunn are looking through Wesley's (Alexis Denisof) things at his apartment, not knowing of Conner's abduction to another dimension. As they leave Wesley's Fred tries his mobile again as they get into Gunn's truck, a phone is heard nearby in the park, it's Wesley, though they don't hear it. At Holtz's Justine returns to tell the trainers that Holtz has gone with Conner and that they have to finish the mission and kill Angel. Fred and Gunn return to the Hyperion where Lorne tells them that Conner was taken through a portal to another dimension.

Double or Nothing / season 3 - episode 18
Written by: David H. Goodman
Directed by: David Grossman
A Faustian deal Gunn made several years before comes back to haunt him when a demonic repo man arrives to collect his soul and threatens to use Fred as collateral. Meanwhile, Cordelia (Charisma Carpenter) returns from her vacation with Groosalugg; Angel (David Boreanaz) remains in a state of shock after losing his son; and Wesley (Alexis Denisof) faces a future bereft of his closest friends. Back at the casino Jenoff tells Gunn that it won't hurt. Suddenly Angel and the rest of the gang burst in through the door looking for Gunn.

The Price / season 3 - episode 19
Written by: David Fury
Directed by: Martika Grabiak
Angel (David Boreanaz) the the remaining gang attempt tore-model Angel's room after the fire that went on in there. After a few suggestions from Groo and Fred and Cordy Angel just wants things back to normal as they were, and then he heads off downstairs to find any customers. Downstairs a man is looking for someone in the gang, and doesn't find anyone, as he turns to the door a slug like creature makes for his mouth and goes down. As Angel tries to meet and greet this man he turns away, saying we are thirsty leaving Angel standing alone in the lobby.

A New World / season 3 - episode 20
Directed by: Tim Minear
Written by: Jeffrey Bell
Mere months after Angel's (David Boreanaz) infant son was carried off to a virtually unreachable Hell dimension, the heartbroken vampire's prayers are answered...sort of. A dark and emotionally charged episode marks Connor's return to his father's world, as a teenager. But the reunion is not a happy one. Connor (Vincent Kartheiser) attacks Angel at first sight, fully intending to kill him. When he fails, the confused teen escapes to the mean streets of L.A. Determined to set things straight, Angel searches for his son, who in the interim befriends a troubled but kind homeless girl.

Benediction / season 3 - episode 21
Written by: Tim Minear
Directed by: Tim Minear
Angel (David Boreanaz) and Connor successfully engage in some much-needed father-son bonding when they find themselves fighting side-by-side. Then foster-father Holtz stirs things up by suggesting Connor should leave him to live with Angel. Meanwhile, Lilah continues to work on recruiting Wesley (Alexis Denisof) for the bad guys; and Cordelia's (Charisma Carpenter) closeness with Angel causes a rift in her relationship with Groosalugg.

Tomorrow / season 3 - episode 22
Written by: David Greenwalt
Directed by: David Greenwalt
Cordy and Groo are the only ones at the hotel, Groo offers Cordy a stress relieving Pylean drink, which looks like muddy water. Cordy takes one sip of it and politely refuses the offer. Angel (David Boreanaz) soon arrives back, and tells Cordy he didn't kill Holtz. Meanwhile a crying Conner holds Holtz. Justine offers to help kill him, Conner says no to that but remains quiet. Back at the hotel Angel is trying out rooms for Conner with Cordy's help, though all of the rooms he's visited seem to be okay. Angel begins to get doubts on whether Conner will actually like him, and Cordy reassures him that he will like him, because he's got the biggest heart of anyone she knows.

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