15 Best Angel Episodes
9. You're Welcome (Season 5, Episode 12)
"You just forgot who you are."
Season four was not a good season for Cordelia Chase, who found her brilliant character derailed by a cruel and clunky twist that saw her become the show's new big bad. It's a convoluted, painful development which ends with the former high school mean girl being left unconscious in a likely permanent coma.
When season five came along, then, fans were ready for Cordy to return, stronger and better than ever. But she didn't, at least not as quickly as fans would have liked.
In the final season's twelfth episode, she finally awakens from her coma and helps Angel et al take down old foe Lindsey. During the mission, Angel and Cordy finally get a chance to get some things off their chest, and it looks as though things are setting up for a happy ending. But that's not so, as the final scene reveals that Cordelia is in fact dead, and she has returned to Angel's plain of existence to set him on the path of his next big mission.
It's a funny, emotional episode filled with great fan service, and does a brilliant job of cleaning up season four's mess. That final scene is also one of the show's biggest gut-punches. Long live Queen C.