In this "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" spinoff, the titular character -- and former love of Buffy Summers -- proves just how difficult it is to deal with a conscience when you've been living without one for hundreds of years. His human soul having been restored by avenging gypsies, vampire Angel (David Boreanaz) now makes Los Angeles his home and redemption his mission -- a task thwarted by the demonic forces that thrive there.