Angel pitch tape

A six-minute pitch tape produced by Joss Whedon was never intended to air, but used in 1999 to show the WB Network the potential of Angel. See also List of Angel (series) episodes.

Angel stands on a skyscraper over night-time Los Angeles. He explains key moments in his history that eventually brought him to L.A.. Angel has not been in the city long. He promises to stir the waters and challenge powerful forces that have made great business out of people's despair.

Quotes

 * Powerful forces


 * ALLEN FRANCIS DOYLE: "There's powerful forces out here. Agents of pure evil. They've made great business out of people's despair."


 * Doyle is referring to powers like Wolfram and Hart.


 * Stirring waters


 * ANGEL: "They're not going to like me stirring up the waters."


 * ALLEN FRANCIS DOYLE : "What, and you're afraid of that?"


 * ANGEL : "I'm counting on that. "


 * Whilst having good intentions all along, Angel foreshadows his obsessive challenge against the system during Angel Season 2, that will almost cost him all his links to humanity.