Who was your favorite character in "Angel" (and why)

[KaosDevice]

I'm down for Wes as well. The season when he was on the outs with the Angel crew was some of the best stuff in the series.

 

[Asmo]

My vote is for Darla, who is suprisingly missing from the poll (according to the Intenet Movie Database she was appeared in 21 episodes).

Why - great scenes not only with Angel but all of the cast and huge amounts of character development.

Another vote for Darla,she was great.
Drusilla wasn´t bad either!

Asmo

 

[Rackhir]

Fred.

I was also extremely impressed with Amy Ackerman during the epsiode where Ilyria was pretending to be Fred. Plus, she had one of my favorite lines from the series in the last episode at the end where they are all gathered just before the forces of evil make their final assault and she says "I am feeling grief for him. I can't seem to control it. I wish to do more violence."

Wesley, just never quite seemed to ring true to me for some reason. I can't really put my finger on it, but there was always an off note for me regarding the character. Though the last scene between him and Ilyria was very powerful. "Do you wish me to lie to you now?"

 

[WayneLigon]

Gotta go with the current front-runner Wesley, for all the reasons Billy mentioned.

I do have a soft spot for Lindsey.

 

[Ambrus]

Fred/Ilyria; I love her like pancakes!!!

Wesley certaintly became the badass in the last few seasons. Personal favorite moments was watching him have hate sex with Lyla, telling her to "keep the glasses on", and watching him switch back to the young bumbling Wesley in the episode where all the characters regress to their childhoods.

 

[Nifft]

Wesley was awesome. I mean, he kept a cultist locked in his closet while screwed a lawyer!

But my vote has to go to Spike. He breathed life into the final seasons of both shows. Great character, in no small part for how he helps everyone else shine.

-- N

 

[David Howery]

I voted for Cordelia, just because Carpenter is hot.. yeah, so sue me...

 

[frandelgearslip]

I also have to go with the majority and Wesley. The third and 4th seasons were the best seasons of the show because of him. Though I was tempted to stick up for lindsay my second favorite character. Lindsay was the opposite of Angel (ie. a badguy with a bit of good in him as opposed to a goodguy with a bit of evil in him). Plus its always nice to see a villian with a conscience (the best 1st season episode IMHO is the one with the little prophet blind kids).

 

[Cthulhudrew]

I voted for Spike, but in retrospect, Wesley may have been a better choice. As Nifft said, Spike really breathed life into the final season of Angel, and I loved him on Buffy. In fact, the fifth season of Angel is really the only one that I liked on Angel- the only one I'm buying on DVD, certainly- and all because, IMO of Spike and the chemistry he brought to the show.

That being said, I have to agree that Wesley is probably the best choice, if only because he was there all the way through on Angel- all five seasons- and he showed the most growth of any character on the show. His character arc, in fact, is probably one of the most growth and change that I've seen on any show- with the possible exception of Spike, of course, who underwent the vast majority of his on Buffy. Everyone else was rather stale, including (sadly) Angel, though he had some really good moments.

I did like Amy Acker as Illyria, though I absolutely hated her as Fred. Gunn was just... bleah. Cordelia was a far more interesting and deep character on Buffy than she was on Angel, and Connor was just... ugh... though I did kind of like him on the last episode.

 

[Red Spire Press]

Wesley, without a doubt. Character development like that just doesn't exist elsewhere. From uber geek to sexy nihilistic bad ass. Doesn't get much better than that. The series finale was a tough one for me, let me tell ya...