Angel speaks to our current era better than any other Joss Whedon series

Vox

The 1999-2004 Buffy the Vampire Slayer spinoff might be the "problem son" of the Whedonverse, says Emily VanDerWerff. "What makes Angel such a good fit for this particular moment — and I mean 'this particular moment' beyond just the Covid-19 of it all — is the way in which it talks about capitalism and corporations as a corrupting force," says VanDerWerff. "Across the series’ 110 episodes, Angel and his friends go from outsiders challenging the supernatural order to insiders who’ve been literally co-opted by that system, saying they’re working to change it but also realizing at every turn how badly they’re failing at that."