Angel

The series "Angel" a spin-off from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" featured the titular vampire with a soul who was struggling not only with his inner *ahem* demons but also with stopping an evil law firm, Wolfram & Hart, from destroying the world (or as we supposedly found out in one episode that Earth is Hell and they're just trying to keep it that way.

The final season of Angel brought many changes. Angel's nemesis Spike returned, first as a ghost and then as a "full-blooded" vampire. Fred was killed by Illyria's takeover of her body and Wesley was killed in the final episode (a shame too, because his character had grown so much). The final episode of the series left Angel, Illyria, Gunn and Spike fighting a horde of demons that had arisen and...that was it. We were left not knowing whether they lived or died.

Well, as it turns out, that was exactly the way the creator of the show, Joss Whedon, wanted it. In an interview with Whedon on www.zap2it.com, Whedon said the following about the untimely demise of "Angel": "It isn't the end of all things. It's not a final grace note after a symphony they way 'Buffy' was," Whedon says. "We're definitely still in the thick of it. But it is and was meant to be the final statement about 'Angel.' The point of the show is you're never done, and whoever survives the show to get that point will embody it." Though, Joss went on to say, that should Angel have survived to the sixth season, "[there] would have been some serious chaos."

So, while cancelled before it's time--and, sorry Joss--leaving us with a cliffhanger, those are the final words about the show. However, it doesn't mean it is the end of all things "Buffy" and "Angel" as rumors have been rampant about TV and big screen movies featuring some of the characters from the shows. For more information about Angel's demise, and the truth about WB's treatment of the show and reasons why it was cancelled, check out Popcorn and Twizzler's blogpost on Angel. Antha's got a great story, as well as more reviews about TV shows and movies!