The second season of the television series ''

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'', the spin-off of '' Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', premiered on September 26, 2000 on

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and concluded its 22-episode season on May 22, 2001. It maintained its previous timeslot, airing Tuesdays at 9:00 pm ET, following ''Buffy''.

Cast and characters

Main cast

David Boreanaz David Paul Boreanaz ( born May 16, 1969) is an American actor, television producer, and director known for playing the roles of vampire-turned-private investigator Angel on The WB/ UPN ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' Supernatural fiction, supernat ...

* Charisma Carpenter as Cordelia Chase * Alexis Denisof as Wesley Wyndam-Pryce *

J. August Richards Jaime Augusto Richards III (born August 28, 1973), commonly known as J. August Richards, is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Charles Gunn on The WB television series ''Angel'' and Mike Peterson on '' Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D ...

as Charles Gunn

Recurring cast

Guest cast

Eliza Dushku Eliza Patricia Dushku (; born December 30, 1980) is an American actress. She is best known for starring as Faith in the supernatural drama Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Pl ...

Faith Faith, derived from Latin ''fides'' and Old French ''feid'', is confidence or trust in a person, thing, or In the context of religion, one can define faith as "belief in God or in the doctrines or teachings of religion". Religious people often ...

Daniel Dae Kim Daniel Dae Kim (born Kim Dae-hyun ( ko, 김대현); August 4, 1968) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Jin-Soo Kwon in '' Lost'', Chin Ho Kelly in '' Hawaii Five-0'', Gavin Park in ''Angel'', and Johnny Gat in the '' Saints ...

as Gavin Park * James Marsters as Spike * Mercedes McNab as Harmony Kendall * Mark Metcalf as The Master *

Alyson Hannigan Alyson Lee Hannigan (born March 24, 1974) is an American actress. After starting her career at age four with appearances in commercials, she moved to Hollywood at age 11 and soon got an agent. Hannigan began her film career with supporting r ...

Willow Rosenberg Willow Rosenberg is a fictional character created for the fantasy television series '' Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' (1997–2003). She was developed by Joss Whedon and portrayed throughout the TV series by Alyson Hannigan. Willow plays an integr ...

Crew

Series creators Joss Whedon and

David Greenwalt David Greenwalt (born October 16, 1949) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. He was the co-executive producer of the TV series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' and co-creator of its spinoff, ''Angel''. He is also co-creator of the sh ...

served as executive producers, while Greenwalt would serve as the series' showrunner as Whedon was running ''Buffy''. Whedon didn't write a script for the season, although he did write the stories to " Judgment" and " Happy Anniversary", directed the fourth episode " Untouched" and even acted in the season's penultimate episode as Lorne's dancing cousin Numfar. ''Buffy'' writer/producer

Marti Noxon Martha Mills Noxon (born August 25, 1964) is an American television and film writer, director, and producer. She is best known for her work as a screenwriter and executive producer on the supernatural drama series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' (1 ...

served as consulting producer, with other ''Buffy'' writers

Jane Espenson Jane Espenson (born July 14, 1964) is an American television writer and producer. Espenson has worked on both situation comedies and serial dramas. She had a five-year stint as a writer and producer on ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' and shared ...

, Douglas Petrie and David Fury were asked to write freelance scripts. Tim Minear (supervising producer, promoted to co-executive producer midseason) and Jim Kouf (consulting producer) were the only writers kept on the staff. Minear ended up writing the most episodes of the season, including important episodes during the Angel/Darla story arc including " Darla", " The Trial", " Reunion", " Reprise" and " Epiphany". "Darla" also counted as Minear's directorial debut.

Mere Smith Meredyth (Mere) Smith is an American television script-writer who wrote a number of episodes of the series '' Angel''. She was also the executive story editor and script coordinator for 66 episodes from 1999 to 2003. More recently, she wrote th ...

, who was a script coordinator during the first season was promoted to a staff writer, and began writing episodes.

Shawn Ryan Shawn Ryan (born October 11, 1966 in Rockford, Illinois) is an American screenwriter and television producer. He created and co-created a number of TV drama series, including ''The Shield'' (2002–2008), ''The Chicago Code'' (2011), '' Last Re ...

was hired for the season and also served as a producer. James A. Contner (also co-producer) directed the highest number of episodes in the second season, directing three episodes. David Greenwalt directed two, including the season finale.

Episodes

Reception

The second season won the International Horror Guild Award for Best Television. It was nominated for five

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s – Best Network Television Series, Best Actor on Television (

), Best Actress on Television ( Charisma Carpenter), Best Supporting Actor on Television ( Alexis Denisof) and Best Supporting Actress on Television ( Juliet Landau). The Futon Critic named " Reunion" the 20th best episode of 2000. Slayage cited the episode " Are You Now or Have You Ever Been" as the greatest episode of the series. The second season averaged 4.1 million viewers, slightly lower than the fifth season of ''Buffy''.

DVD release

''Angel'': The Complete Second Season was released on DVD in region 1 on September 2, 2003 and in region 2 on April 15, 2002. The DVD includes all 22 episodes on 6 discs presented in anamorphic widescreen 1.78:1 aspect ratio. Special features on the DVD include two commentary tracks—"Are You Now or Have You Ever Been" by writer Tim Minear and "Over the Rainbow" by director Fred Keller. Scripts for "Darla" and "Disharmony" are included. Featurettes include, "Making up the Monsters", which details the make-up design; "Inside the Agency" is a set tour of various sets; "Stunts" details the choreography of the stunts; and "Season 2 Overview" is a summary of the season featuring interviews with cast and crew members. A photo stills gallery is also included.

References

External links

* {{Angel episodes Angel (1999 TV series) 2000 American television seasons 2001 American television seasons