"Lonely Hearts" is the second episode of season 1 of the television show Angel. Written by David Fury and directed by James Contner, it was originally broadcast on October 12, 1999 on the WB network. In "Lonely Hearts", Angel Investigations looks into a series of killings linked to a trendy L.A. singles club. While there, Angel meets Kate Lockley, an LAPD detective also tracking the serial killer - who believes, because of circumstantial evidence...
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"Lonely Hearts" is the second episode of season 1 of the television show Angel. Written by David Fury and directed by James Contner, it was originally broadcast on October 12, 1999 on the WB network. In "Lonely Hearts", Angel Investigations looks into a series of killings linked to a trendy L.A. singles club. While there, Angel meets Kate Lockley, an LAPD detective also tracking the serial killer - who believes, because of circumstantial evidence, that the murderer is Angel himself. After discovering the murderer is actually a body-hopping demon, Angel seeks Kate's help in tracking down the bartender, now possessed by the demon, and killing him. Kate, believing the bartender committed the murders, accepts a provisional truce with a circumspect Angel.
Fury wrote this script to replace "Corrupt", which introduced a darker characterization of Kate Lockely.
At the office, Angel sits in the dark, alone. He blinks when the lights come on and Doyle arrives, with a Friday-night plan for the...
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