I can't believe you bashed the x-files and now you call this shit good!??! Uhhhhhh.

there should be a law to banish even mentioning the names of this show and charmed...

This is good news for sure. Angel and Buffy the Vampire Slayer are my two favorite shows. With an amazing combination of humor, character and story development, and some of the best horror ever in television shows both Angel and Buffy show how great of a storytelling vehicle television can be. Watching most TV is like eating junk food, with Angel and Buffy you feel like you've eaten a real meal. I can come off of watching Angel or Buffy episodes feeling like I do when I've watched some of my favorite movies. Angel is the darker of the two, and while both have enough horror elements to potentially appeal to patrons of this fine web site if you want to go the darkest series watch Angel. I think you should watch both though. The fact is this though that I can point at the numerous books written praising and analyzing these series, the devoted fan base, and the critical and academic acclaim, while this all could add up to a convincing argument that these just aren't two normal shows, the thing is that it comes down to your opinions. We all like different things and some people may not find the wonder I've found in watching these shows. And that's cool. I just would like to say that personally I think these shows rock so much more then a lot of stuff, and you should watch them. But hey, whatever you dig you dig. It's all good, except, you know, when it's not. Adios all. Have a good night. God bless. -Patrick (http://www.myspace.com/journeymystery)

X-Files was great for seasons 1-5, and then fell apart for the majority of 6-9. Angel's best episode may not be as good as the best X-Files, but it was more consistent overall. Thus, its worst episode was far better than the worst episodes of X. So I personally would much rather have this than all the X-Files episodes, since about 1/3 of them weren't even worth watching once.