To Shanshu in L.A.

To Shanshu in L.A. is episode 22 of season 1 of the television show Angel. See also List of Angel (series) episodes.

Wesley tries to decipher the mystical Scroll of Aberjian that Angel stole from the vault of Wolfram & Hart. The crooked lawyers need the scroll for the rites of "Raising," which purportedly brings forth a great evil into the world from the vortex of hell. A demon named Vocah arrives to preside over the Raising. Vocah begins by stealing the scroll back, cursing Cordelia with relentless visions of pain and death, killing the Oracles of the Powers That Be, and fire-bombing Angel's apartment and office, nearly killing Wesley. Angel finds the rites in progress, kills Vocah, and reclaims the Scroll of Aberjian, severing Lindsey's right hand with it. But in the end, the evil lawyers get away before Angel has a chance to identify what they raised.

Quotes and trivia

 * This is the 100th episode of Buffy/Angel to be aired.
 * The title refers to the 1985 movie "To Live and Die in L.A.", Shanshu being revealed in this episode as meaning "to live and to die".