Calvary

Calvary is the twelfth episode of the fourth season of Angel and the seventy-eighth episode overall. Written by Mere Smith, Steven S. DeKnight and Jeffrey Bell and directed by Bill L. Norton, it was originally broadcast on February 12, 2003 on the WB network.

Synopsis
As the gang scrambles to locate Angel's soul, which was stolen from the hotel safe, tempers and suspicions begin flaring among them as to a possible traitor among them. Meanwhile, Lilah emerges from hiding in the sewers beneath the city and tries her hand at persuading the captive Angelus to stop The Beast. Then Cordelia has a vision about restoring Angel's soul using a ritual involving the severed head of a ghostly soul-eater retrieved by Connor and Gunn from a local cemetery. With the sun still blocked out, and more and more vampires and demons decimating the city's population, Fred tries to move on with her personal life by splitting up with Gunn, while Angelus tells the group that the Beast is controlled by a higher being further up. Although the ritual appears successful at first, it is revealed to have been a fake, Cordelia deliberately releasing Angelus and stabbing Lilah Morgan in the neck.

Continuity

 * "Cordelia" kills Lilah Morgan, revealing she deliberately let Angelus free.


 * Angelus is released and now stalking Angel Investigations.


 * Fred and Gunn end their relationship.


 * Angelus chasing Lilah is reminiscent of Jenny Calendar's death. However, instead of Angelus surprising Lilah and killing her, it was Cordelia.