Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode) Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode) "Angel" is the seventh episode of season 1 of the television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". It was written by co-executive producer David Greenwalt and directed by Scott Brazil. The narrative follows Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar), vampire slayer, coming to terms with her feelings for Angel (David Boreanaz), who is revealed to be a vampire cursed with a soul. However, Darla (Julie Benz) is playing a deadly game manipulating both Buffy and Angel to the Master's (Mark Metcalf) will. The Master sends a trio of armoured warrior vampires after Buffy. They ambush her,
Unaired Buffy the Vampire Slayer pilot she is "The Slayer". One vampire runs away, and Buffy is left to dispatch the blond vampire. The next morning, Giles is unimpressed by Buffy's sloppy fighting and the fact that she allowed others to find out her identity as the Slayer. Her new friends, Willow and Xander, defend her, but Buffy is unbothered. Whedon was interviewed by "IGN Film Force" in June 2003 and was asked about the unaired presentation: Unaired Buffy the Vampire Slayer pilot The non-broadcast pilot episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" was produced by 20th Century Fox in 1996 to pitch a series to networks.