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Buffy and Angel in the right order

From autumn 1999 both series ran side by side and partly told one story. Here are all 198 episodes from Buffy season 4 and Angel season 1 by original US air date – with every crossover marked.

The crossovers

This is where the two shows connect directly. Watch these in the order shown.

Buffy 4x03 · Angel 1x03

Oz brings the Gem of Amarra to Angel in Los Angeles, and Spike follows.

4x03 A 1x03

Buffy 4x08 · Angel 1x08

Angel secretly watches over Buffy in Sunnydale – then Buffy comes to L.A. to confront him.

4x08 A 1x08

Buffy 4x15 · Buffy 4x16 · Angel 1x18 · Angel 1x19

Faith wakes from her coma, swaps bodies with Buffy and flees to Los Angeles, where Buffy catches up with her.

4x15 4x16 A 1x18 A 1x19

Buffy 4x20

After their fight in L.A., Angel comes to Sunnydale to apologise to Buffy.

4x20

Buffy 5x07 · Angel 2x07

Both episodes show the same night in the Boxer Rebellion of 1900 – once from Spike’s view, once from Darla’s and Angel’s.

5x07 A 2x07

Buffy 5x22 · Angel 2x22 · Angel 3x01

Buffy’s death: Willow brings Angel the news, and at the start of season 3 he returns from his time of mourning.

5x22 A 2x22 A 3x01

Buffy 7x18 · Angel 4x15

Willow comes to Los Angeles and restores Angel’s soul; afterwards Faith and Willow travel to Sunnydale together.

7x18 A 4x15

Buffy 7x21 · Buffy 7x22 · Angel 4x22

Angel is given an amulet at Wolfram & Hart and brings it to Buffy for the final battle.

7x21 7x22 A 4x22

Angel 5x01

After “Chosen”: at the end of Angel’s season premiere, Spike re-emerges from the amulet.

A 5x01

Angel 5x11

Andrew and the new Slayers from Sunnydale turn up at Angel’s.

A 5x11

Every episode by air date

88 Buffy episodes (seasons 4–7) and 110 Angel episodes (seasons 1–5). Date = original US broadcast; on shared nights Buffy aired first.

1999

Oct 5Buffy 4x01Freshman

Oct 5Angel 1x01City of ...

Oct 12Buffy 4x02Living Conditions

Oct 12Angel 1x02Lonely hearts

Oct 19Buffy 4x03The Harsh Light of Day↔ Oz brings the Gem of Amarra to Angel in Los Angeles, and Spike follows.

Oct 19Angel 1x03In the dark↔ Oz brings the Gem of Amarra to Angel in Los Angeles, and Spike follows.

Oct 26Buffy 4x04Fear, Itself

Oct 26Angel 1x04I fall to pieces

Nov 2Buffy 4x05Beer Bad

Nov 2Angel 1x05Rm w/a Vu

Nov 9Buffy 4x06Wild at Heart

Nov 9Angel 1x06Sense and Sensitivity

Nov 16Buffy 4x07The Initiative

Nov 16Angel 1x07The Bachelor Party

Nov 23Buffy 4x08Pangs↔ Angel secretly watches over Buffy in Sunnydale – then Buffy comes to L.A. to confront him.

Nov 23Angel 1x08I will remember you↔ Angel secretly watches over Buffy in Sunnydale – then Buffy comes to L.A. to confront him.

Nov 30Buffy 4x09Something Blue

Nov 30Angel 1x09Hero

Dec 14Buffy 4x10Hush

Dec 14Angel 1x10Parting Gifts

2000

Jan 18Buffy 4x11Doomed

Jan 18Angel 1x11Somnambulist

Jan 25Buffy 4x12A New Man

Jan 25Angel 1x12Expecting

Feb 8Buffy 4x13The I in Team

Feb 8Angel 1x13She

Feb 15Buffy 4x14Goodbye Iowa

Feb 15Angel 1x14I've got you under my skin

Feb 22Buffy 4x15This Year's Girl↔ Faith wakes from her coma, swaps bodies with Buffy and flees to Los Angeles, where Buffy catches up with her.

Feb 22Angel 1x15The Prodigal

Feb 29Buffy 4x16Who Are You↔ Faith wakes from her coma, swaps bodies with Buffy and flees to Los Angeles, where Buffy catches up with her.

Feb 29Angel 1x16The Ring

Apr 4Buffy 4x17Superstar

Apr 4Angel 1x17Eternity

Apr 25Buffy 4x18Where The Wild Things Are

Apr 25Angel 1x18Five by five↔ Faith wakes from her coma, swaps bodies with Buffy and flees to Los Angeles, where Buffy catches up with her.

May 2Buffy 4x19New Moon Rising

May 2Angel 1x19Sanctuary↔ Faith wakes from her coma, swaps bodies with Buffy and flees to Los Angeles, where Buffy catches up with her.

May 9Buffy 4x20The Yoko-Faktor↔ After their fight in L.A., Angel comes to Sunnydale to apologise to Buffy.

May 9Angel 1x20War Zone

May 16Buffy 4x21Primeval

May 16Angel 1x21Blind Date

May 23Buffy 4x22Restless

May 23Angel 1x22To Shanshu in L.A.

Sep 26Buffy 5x01 Buffy vs. Dracula

Sep 26Angel 2x01Judgment

Oct 3Buffy 5x02Real Me

Oct 3Angel 2x02Are you now or have you ever been

Oct 10Buffy 5x03The Replacement

Oct 10Angel 2x03First Impression

Oct 17Buffy 5x04Out Of My Mind

Oct 17Angel 2x04Untouched

Oct 24Buffy 5x05No Place Like Home

Oct 24Angel 2x05Dear Boy

Nov 7Buffy 5x06Family

Nov 7Angel 2x06Guise will be Guise

Nov 14Buffy 5x07Fool For Love↔ Both episodes show the same night in the Boxer Rebellion of 1900 – once from Spike’s view, once from Darla’s and Angel’s.

Nov 14Angel 2x07Darla↔ Both episodes show the same night in the Boxer Rebellion of 1900 – once from Spike’s view, once from Darla’s and Angel’s.

Nov 21Buffy 5x08Shadow

Nov 21Angel 2x08The Shroud of Rahmon

Nov 28Buffy 5x09Listening to Fear

Nov 28Angel 2x09The Trial

Dec 19Buffy 5x10Into The Woods

Dec 19Angel 2x10Reunion

2001

Jan 9Buffy 5x11Triangle

Jan 16Angel 2x11Redefinition

Jan 23Buffy 5x12Checkpoint

Jan 23Angel 2x12Blood Money

Feb 6Buffy 5x13Blood Ties

Feb 6Angel 2x13Happy Anniversary

Feb 13Buffy 5x14Crush

Feb 13Angel 2x14The Thin Dead Line

Feb 20Buffy 5x15I Was Made To Love You

Feb 20Angel 2x15Reprise

Feb 27Buffy 5x16The Body

Feb 27Angel 2x16Epiphany

Apr 14Angel 2x18Dead End

Apr 17Buffy 5x17Forever

Apr 17Angel 2x17Disharmony

Apr 24Buffy 5x18Intervention

May 1Buffy 5x19Tough Love

May 1Angel 2x19Belonging

May 8Buffy 5x20Spiral

May 8Angel 2x20Over the rainbow

May 15Buffy 5x21The Weight of the World

May 15Angel 2x21Through the looking glass

May 22Buffy 5x22The Gift↔ Buffy’s death: Willow brings Angel the news, and at the start of season 3 he returns from his time of mourning.

May 22Angel 2x22There’s no Place like Plrtz Glrb↔ Buffy’s death: Willow brings Angel the news, and at the start of season 3 he returns from his time of mourning.