The gang prepares to attack the true powers of evil by attempting to take down the Circle of the Black Thorn -- a battle none of them expect to survive.
Angel's strange behavior convinces the gang that he's joined an elite group of evildoers called the Circle of the Black Thorn -- a group he could have only joined by killing one of his own.
As Fred's parents arrive to visit their daughter, Angel and Spike fly to Rome to save Buffy from her new evil lover who they're convinced has her under his equally evil spell.
Although Illyria rescues Gunn, Angel realizes she must be killed after her body begins a deadly physical breakdown, which could unleash enough power to destroy the world.
When Connor and his new parents show up at Wolfram & Hart asking for help, Angel refuses, leading Wesley to uncover how Angel had everyone's memory altered.
Angel takes Gunn and Spike with him on a mission to rescue Lindsey from the hell dimension created by the Senior Partners, totally unaware that Gunn has his own hidden agenda.
As Illyria, the ancient god now occupying Fred's body, gets used to her new world, Wesley uncovers Gunn's part in approving the customs document for the sarcophagus.
While Wesley and Fred's relationship heats up, Gunn makes a deal to ensure his mental powers are made permanent, and Angel gets turned into a little felt-covered puppet.
A World War II sailor -- who Angel turned into a vampire in order to save the crew of a German submarine -- returns to make Angel pay for all his years of pain.
Cordelia returns to help her friends one last time after an old nemesis shows up determined to defeat Angel by overriding a secret failsafe created by the Powers That Be.
When Angel and Spike try to help a young woman who escaped from an asylum, they discover she's actually a potential slayer empowered by the spell Willow cast back at the Hellmouth in Sunnydale.
Angel finds himself up against a woman with superhuman electrical powers as they both attempt to steal the Axis of Pythia, a mystical artifact that will reveal Cordelia's location.
Spike opens a package that makes him corporeal again, turns the firm's employees into bloody-eyed monsters, and pits him against Angel in a race to drink out of the Cup of Perpetual Torment.
As Fred's parents arrive to visit their daughter, Angel and Spike fly to Rome to save Buffy from her new evil lover who they're convinced has her under his equally evil spell.
Angel turns to Gunn for help when Cordelia and Wesley are attacked by a demon -- although that is just the first creature Wolfram & Hart plans to send against Angel.
As Fred ponders her relationship with Gunn, the Beast that Cordelia saw in a vision returns -- setting in motion events that ultimately affect her relationship with Connor.
Cordelia gives birth to Jasmine, a beautiful woman who has the mysterious power to make everyone who looks upon her happy and eager to worship her -- everyone except Fred.
Fred has a frightening encounter with Wesley and Gunn after they're infected with the blood of Billy Blim, the man Angel helped Wolfram & Hart free from the Powers That Be.
Although Illyria rescues Gunn, Angel realizes she must be killed after her body begins a deadly physical breakdown, which could unleash enough power to destroy the world.
Lilah returns from Hell to offer Angel Investigations full ownership of Wolfram & Hart, an offer Angel considers taking, but only under one condition...
Angel takes Gunn and Spike with him on a mission to rescue Lindsey from the hell dimension created by the Senior Partners, totally unaware that Gunn has his own hidden agenda.