Angel - S1E11

Somnambulist
First Aired: Tuesday January 18, 2000

Angel has been having dreams of killing people, which seem to have been coming true. As he, Cordelia, and Wesley investigate, they find that the actually perpetrator of the crimes is a former sire of Angelus.

Another fine episode that I do not remember seeing. I really enjoyed the mystery surrounding Angelus' sire and the anguish that Angel now feels for having created him in the first place.

The past couple of nights of sleep, Angel has been having very lucid dreams of killing. Wesley shows up to compare information about the goings on in the city, but leaves abruptly when he sees a newspaper article about a series of murders. Angel goes to see Kate for some help with a case, but ends up seeing crime scene photos from the murders. When he returns to his office, Cordelia and Wesley are waiting with accusations, which he doesn't deny. They chain him up for the night and, after another murder happens, they figure out that the real killer is a former sire of Angelus'. Angel then goes and tells Kate the identity of the killer without giving away his secret. That evening during a pursuit, Angel fights Ben in front of Kate, revealing his vamp face. After Ben escapes and taunts Angel the next morning, Kate researches who both of them are and warns Angel to stay away. As Kate briefs her officers about Ben, it turns out that Ben is right in the room and takes Kate to the sewers. Here, Angel and Ben fight again. This comes to a climax when Kate takes a small beam of wood and stabs through Angel to kill Ben. The episode ends with Angel on the roof being consoled by Cordelia that he is now Angel and not Angelus, which the PTB are able to distinguish.

Like I said this was a really good episode and an inevitable one where Kate finds out Angel's true nature. I think it is good that he tells her, because once she comes to terms with this revelation, she may be able to help Angel more be sending him the "weird" cases. As always, David Boreanz's acting is top notch, as well as the guest star who plays Ben.

Score: 8.5 / 10