| Angel - Season Five (Slim Set) | 
 enlarge | Director: David Boreanaz
Actor: David Boreanaz
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
List Price: $39.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  170 reviews
Sales Rank: 1166
Format: Box Set, Color, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: Unrated
Number Of Items: 6
Running Time: 990
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.5 x 1
MPN: 2233351
UPC: 024543233510
EAN: 0024543233510
ASIN: B000I0QLS2
Theatrical Release Date: October 5, 1999
Release Date: November 28, 2006
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Product Description
In the final season Angel has finally emerged from 200 years of darkness but the fine line between good and evil is harder to see than ever! System Requirements:Running Time: 990 MinutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 024543233510 Manufacturer No: 2233351
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Lives were upended--and some co-opted--in the fifth and final season of Angel, as the denizens of Angel Investigations found themselves taking on one of their scariest endeavors ever: corporate life. After making a literal deal with the devil (or something distinctly devil-like), Angel (David Boreanaz) moved his team from their crumbling hotel to the high-rise digs of law-firm-from-hell Wolfram & Hart, his reasoning being they could better fight the forces of evil from the inside, and with more resources to boot. Clever maneuvering or easy rationalization? Not a few members of Angel's team accused him of selling out (as did a number of viewers), but as with most of the show's previous four seasons, Angel somehow took a dubious premise and mined it for gold. And with one core cast member gone (Charisma Carpenter, whose Cordelia was immersed in a deep coma), it seemed as if the show, from within and without, would suddenly fall apart--that is, until Angel's longtime nemesis Spike (James Marsters) showed up, fresh from his sacrificial roasting at the series finale of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Let the vampire games begin! With Buffy off the air, fans flocked to Angel's last season to get their fix of Joss Whedon's "Buffyverse" in any form they could, and the addition of Spike was a shrewd one, albeit not enough to keep the show from getting canceled. And for the first half of the season, the creative forces behind the show seemed to be toying ruthlessly with the audience. Spike was around, but not entirely corporeal; Angel himself became sullen and withdrawn; and most horrifically, sweetheart scientist Fred (Amy Acker) and former watcher Wesley (Alexis Denisof) underwent traumas that would test even the most devoted viewer. However, just when you'd be about to throw in the towel, things started changing for the better--Spike became a permanent fixture (both in the flesh and on the show), Angel's secret motives were revealed, and the introduction of demon warrior Illyria, who proved to be the show's answer to Buffy's sardonic demon-made-human Anya, was a welcome breath of fresh air. Creatively, Angel also came up with some of its best episodes, including "Smile Time" (where Angel is turned into a puppet - really!) and "You're Welcome" (the show's 100th episode, which marked the bittersweet return of Carpenter's Cordelia). The ending of the series was deliberately ambiguous, and not everyone made it through alive, but in going out kicking, it was a proper sendoff for a show that always fought the good fight. --Mark Englehart
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 positive October 5, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This item came quickly and in good shape. It wasn't the actual "slim set" that I thought it was.
 Awesome! September 6, 2008
*SPOILERS BELOW*
And here I thought Angel had gotten as good as it can get! But no, I was gladly proven wrong. Season 5 was amazing. The addition of Spike to the cast was a brilliant move and I just wish he played a bigger role. (Also, still waiting to find out if he got Shanshu or not!) Smile Time was the best episode of the entire series, IMO, funniest, sweetest, most perfect thing ever. [Course, then we all had to get our hearts broken by the next episode...] I really need to get the comic continuation, cause I'm dying to find out what happens next!
Angel 5th season August 25, 2008
Being this season was the last one so they had to shake up the show. This season has some laughs provide by Spike. Didn't care for what they did to the Fred character though. But all in all it is Angel how could you go wrong.
Wonderful! Have you checked out the comic books? July 3, 2008
I'm a big Buffy and Angel fan, so 5 stars goes without saying, but just wanted to give you a heads up that now you can finally get the rest of the story in comic book form, if you're dying to know!
Angel Season 5 June 26, 2008
The DVD came shortly after I ordered it.. I would order from this person again. The price was great, and it is the exact one I wanted. Thank you
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