“Buffy the Vampire Slayer” ran for several years, attracting young viewers left and right, until the decision was made to spin off one of its most popular characters. At the end of season 3, after Buffy graduates from high school (killing the mayor and destroying Sunnydale High School in the process, but who’s keeping track?), her on-again, off-again vampire boyfriend , Angel (David Boreanaz) ends up leaving for Los Angeles. Angeles ends up having his own undead adventure. Unlike Buffy, Angel was not a spring chicken. He lived a long life. A dark past. experience. So even though Joss Whedon introduces a character who breaks his own rules, Angel is meant to be a more mature and edgy take on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It seems like it was.
Initially, “Angel” struggled so much with self-seriousness that it wasn’t clear at times how the show could actually get past it. Doyle (Glenn Quinn), a half-demon with the gift (or curse) of visions, was a fun character, but the show didn’t really hit its stride until Wesley was established as the third member. central trio. More specifically, he shed his once strict Overseer persona and transformed into a still bookish, but far more likable version of the character.