10 Planned Seasons Of Cancelled Sci-Fi TV Shows
6. Angel
Joss Whedon was very, very certain that he was going to get another season of Angel. He had requested early confirmation of renewal and this forced the network into a corner. The cancellation came as a complete surprise to the cast, crew and fans. It was described as 'healthy man falls dead from sudden heart attack'.
While Whedon hasn't spoken much about what he would have done if there had been a sixth season, there are a few clues, since he knew about the cancellation early on and worked many of his ideas into the fifth season. Rumours exist that the climax of the fifth season was instead intended to be the transformation of Fred into Illyria, making the scientist Knox more important to the showdown of the season.
A sixth season would have seen Fred and Illyria in contest over her body and eventually come to some kind of body-sharing situation. James Marsters also hinted at the possibility of Buffy appearing for an episode, to show some kind of resolution between the love triangle that is the Slayer and her two Vampires.