Angel - S1E21

Blind Date
First Aired: Tuesday May 16, 2000

While fighting a group of vampires, Angel encounters a blind woman with amazing powers. He eventually finds out she is a client of Wolfram and Hart. This leads down a crazy path that includes Lindsay coming to Angel for help.

This episode begins with Angel fighting some vampires and being drawn into a fight with what appears to be a blind person. She kicks his ass and gets away. The next day, Wesley and Cordelia do research, find out the womans name, and find out she is on trial for murder, being represented by Lindsay of Wolfram and Hart. Lindsay is able to get her off all charges, which thrills the Senior Partners. His mentor, Holland Manners, informs him that they will be sending her after some children and that Lindsay should prepare a defense for the possible court proceedings. Angel is enraged to find out the woman walks, but is surprised when Lindsay comes to his office asking for help to get out of Wolfram and Hart. He wants to save the children. Angel, though skeptical at first, agrees to do it by getting into the files vault at WR&H. They enlist the help of Gunn and are able make it into the building. Angel grabs the files as well as a strange scroll, but doing that sets off an alarm. Angel gets out and takes the disks to Cordelia, who tries to decrypt them with Willow's help over the phone. Lindsay, on the other hand, gets trapped in WR&H and mind readers let his mentor know what Lindsay had done. The man chastises Lindsay, but ultimately lets him go. He arrives at Angel's in time to prepare their surprise attack on the blind woman. They are able to save the children and Lindsay returns to WR&H to gloat. His mentor is moving up the corporate ladder and he still offers Lindsay a job ... his job, with more power and money. In the end, despite his conflict, he takes the office.

Now back to another episode I don't remember seeing. It was good to see this one because it showed how/why Angle got the prophecy scroll that tells of his exploits for the coming years. It was also an interesting episode in that is focused at least half of its story on Lindsay, which is a character I enjoy. While still not leading up to a big season one ending, this was a very good next to last episode and showed more of Lindsay's character, as well as the character of WR&H.

Score: 4 / 5