S1.E0

Unaired Pilot

Episode aired 2003
Not Rated
5m

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

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7.5/10

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David Boreanaz

Angel

Charisma Carpenter

Cordelia Chase

Glenn Quinn

Allen Doyle

Julie Benz

Darla
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Buffy Summers
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Juliet Landau

Drusilla
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Robia Scott

Jenny Calendar
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Shannon Welles

Gypsy Woman
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

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

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

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

Connections
Edited from Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)

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

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7/10

It's actually a pitch reel, not a pilot

This is not a pilot at all. Instead, it's more like a pitch reel to show to the suits at the now defunct WB network. The suits already knew the central character and the back-story, so a full pilot wasn't really necessary. The question to be answered was - How would Angel do in his own show, in L. A., away from Buffy and the Scoobies?

The first half of this five-minute pitch reel has Angel narrating as he talks about his backstory and about coming to LA. There's lots of Angel-centric footage from BTVS. The reel also introduces the two other characters in the show - Doyle, the half-demon and Cordelia Chase, who is being ported over from BTVS after high school graduation at the end of Season 3.

Aside from making the Wolfram & Hart lawyers look like Agents from The Matrix, I thought it was very well done. Some of the footage in it even made it into the genuine pilot, "City of".