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List Price: $59.98 | | Label: 20th Century Fox
Salesrank: 16321
Released: September 7, 2004 |
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
With both Angel and Cordelia still missing, Fred, Gunn and Connor try to keep Angel Investigations running while they search for their friends. Ironically, the man who everyone believes betrayed Angel is the one who finally comes to Angel's rescue. Then Cordelia mysteriously reappears with no memory of her life or her friends. Confused, she chooses to take refuge with Connor?setting into motion events that will alter their lives forever.
Description of Angel - Season Four:
As the fourth season of Angel starts, everything is still as we left it: Angel has been sunk to the bottom of the sea in an iron box by his inexplicable and vindictive son Connor and Cordelia has been summoned to higher realms to await orders. Gunn and Fred are left in the Hyperion Hotel, unsure about what has happened to their friends, and Lilah is working hard to seduce Wesley to the dark side. In the first few episodes, some of this is resolved but it's almost immediately replaced by far worse crises: prophesies of doom accumulate more rapidly even than usual in this wonderfully gloomy show and a horned rock-like beast rains fire on Los Angeles. This last year is Angel's most tightly dramatic season yet--with a story arc of surprising intensity punctuated by the show's usual wit and sexiness.
Season 4 is presented on DVD in Dolby 2.0 Surround Sound and anamorphic widescreen. It comes with insightful, and often hilarious, commentaries on seven of the 22 episodes as well as featurettes--a series overview, profiles of the characters of Jasmine and the Beast, a farewell to the Hyperion Hotel (the characters' base for three seasons), and a discussion of the apocalypse that Angel has to deal with from episode 7 onwards). --Roz Kaveney
Angel - Season Four Reviews:
Angel Season IV 
2009-09-14 - This DVD set arrived promptly and in excellent condition. This series is super for vampire fans!
UNDER RATED
2009-09-02 - I actually liked the plot of season 4. I think it would have been the perfect end (and if you're watching this series for the first time LET IT BE! Season 5 was HORRIBLE! They may have butchered my favorite Angel character (Cordy) in this season, but in season 5 they butcher them all (and the show. It's an entirely different show). Not even Spike could save that season, becasue they butchered his character too...But back to season 4. If you like really dark type shows and movies you'll like this season. It's the darkest of the 4. Angel is an entertaining character as Angelus (they get MUCH more into Angelus in this season then they ever did on Buffy) the only thing is that the Angelus worship in the vampire community is really annoying...Faith comes back and gets to step out of Buffy's shaddow and shine. Willow comes back and the interaction between her and Fred is really funny... The whole season is like the final movie in a series (like Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter for example). The only bad things I have to say is if you are a huge Angel/Cordy fan you'll be broken hearted. It's a great season in my book but I'm warning you it's a sad ending for them.
Darker, and a little soapier
2009-07-24 - In its fourth season, Angel gets a little more like a soap opera. The season only has one or two stand alone episodes. Most are about the central arc following the Connor story line. It has more of a horror movie feel with scary music leading up to things jumping out of corners. I think season four is my least favorite of Angel, but still worth it for a fan.
drama! 
2009-07-13 - the most dramatic season of all! wow. the relationships that developed actually made me feel sick. just read the summaries of the episodes and you'll see what i mean.
If you are into drama though, this season will suit you.
Intense season 
2008-12-29 - After almost five years I'm still sad the show ended. Why!? Because of a season like 4. Sure, David was not getting any younger, but two more season would have been great. Well... yep. Cordelia is back... it is a Whedon show, huh? But she do not remember anything. Angel has to deal with the fact his actual romantic interest do not remember him (I Will Remember You much???). More, she end up with someone flesh of his flesh (Angel has to be careful about his children and his woman... he should learn that). The season progress for us to see Angelus save the world... sort of. We have a reformed Faith in action again in a wonderful set of episodes, in which we can know more about the woman under the Slayer, her pain and gratitude to Angel. What is Orpheus? Angel x Angelus has to be one of the best moments in the Bangelverse. He finally has the chance to beat his demon... literally. It is also the beginning of the big mistake made in the curse of the show: the end of Cordelia as we knew. They could handle things differently, found another master for the beast, maybe had left Cordy as a Higher Power, or something, but... Overall, it is an intense season, with a sad end. Angel had again to give up something important to him for the greater good (first Buffy and now his son).
