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Streaks of Best and Worst Episodes

"You're Welcome" may be the best single episode of Angel, but what are the best back-to-back episodes? What is the best five-episode streak? What is the best ten-episode streak? Another page on this site ranks individual episodes from best to worst. This page looks at streaks of best and worst episodes.

The streaks below represents periods in which fans were blessed with one great episode after another and periods in which fans had to endure a long string of mediocrity. Streaks are ranked based on the average point value of the episodes. Sometimes, a weak episode can be buoyed up when surrounded by strong episodes or a strong episode can be drowned by weak episodes. Streaks with at least 50% overlap with higher ranked streaks are excluded.

Top Back-to-Back Episodes

  1. "Smile Time" (5.14) and "A Hole in the World" (5.15)
  2. "I Will Remember You" (1.08) and "Hero" (1.09)
  3. "Damage" (5.11) and "You're Welcome" (5.12)
  4. "Five by Five" (1.18) and "Sanctuary" (1.19)
  5. "Power Play" (5.21) and "Not Fade Away" (5.22)
  6. "Release" (4.14) and "Orpheus" (4.15)
  7. "Spin the Bottle" (4.06) and "Rain of Fire" (4.07)
  8. "The Trial" (2.09) and "Reunion" (2.10)
  9. "Guise Will Be Guise" (2.06) and "Darla" (2.07)
  10. "Lineage" (5.07) and "Destiny" (5.08)
  11. "Sleep Tight" (3.16) and "Forgiving" (3.17)
  12. "Reprise" (2.15) and "Epiphany" (2.16)
  13. "Soulless" (4.11) and "Calvary" (4.12)
  14. "Through the Looking Glass" (2.21) and "There's No Place Like Plrtz Glrb" (2.22)
  15. "Peace Out" (4.21) and "Home" (4.22)
  16. "Blind Date" (1.21) and "To Shanshu In L.A." (1.22)
  17. "Quickening" (3.08) and "Lullaby" (3.09)
  18. "Fredless" (3.05) and "Billy" (3.06)
  19. "Waiting in the Wings" (3.13) and "Couplet" (3.14)
  20. "Dad" (3.10) and "Birthday" (3.11)

Weak Back-to-Back Episodes

  1. "Expecting" (1.12) and "She" (1.13)
  2. "Blood Money" (2.12) and "Happy Aniversary" (2.13)
  3. "Sense and Sensitivity" (1.06) and "The Bachelor Party" (1.07)
  4. "Double or Nothing" (3.18) and "The Price" (3.19)
  5. "Life of the Party" (5.05) and "The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco" (5.06)
  6. "Just Rewards" (5.02) and "Unleashed" (5.03)
  7. "The House Always Wins" (4.03) and "Slouching Toward Bethlehem" (4.04)
  8. "War Zone" (1.20) and "Blind Date" (1.21)
  9. "Harm's Way" (5.09) and "Soul Purpose" (5.10)
  10. "First Impressions" (2.03) and "Untouched" (2.04)
  11. "Inside Out" (4.17) and "Shiny Happy People" (4.18)
  12. "That Old Gang of Mine" (3.03) and "Carpe Noctem" (3.04)
  13. "Offspring" (3.07) and "Quickening" (3.08)
  14. "The Ring" (1.16) and "Eternity" (1.17)
  15. "I Fall to Pieces" (1.04) and "RM W/A VU" (1.05)
  16. "Time Bomb" (5.19) and "The Girl in Question" (5.20)
  17. "Couplet" (3.14) and "Loyalty" (3.15)
  18. "Belonging" (2.19) and "Over the Rainbow" (2.20)
  19. "Habeas Corpses" (4.08) and "Long Day's Journey" (4.09)
  20. "A New World" (3.20) and "Benediction" (3.21)

Top Streaks of Five Episodes

  1. "Damage" (5.11), "You're Welcome" (5.12), "Why We Fight" (5.13), "Smile Time" (5.14), and "A Hole in the World" (5.15)
  2. "Smile Time" (5.14), "A Hole in the World" (5.15), "Shells" (5.16), "Underneath" (5.17), and "Origin" (5.18)
  3. "Soulless" (4.11), "Calvary" (4.12), "Salvage" (4.13), "Release" (4.14), and "Orpheus" (4.15)
  4. "Destiny" (5.08), "Harm's Way" (5.09), "Soul Purpose" (5.10), "Damage" (5.11), and "You're Welcome" (5.12)
  5. "Five by Five" (1.18), "Sanctuary" (1.19), "War Zone" (1.20), "Blind Date" (1.21), and "To Shansu in L.A." (1.22)
  6. "Darla" (2.07), "The Shroud Of Rahmon" (2.08), "The Trial" (2.09), "Reunion" (2.10), and "Redefinition" (2.11)
  7. "RM W/A VU" (1.05), "Sense and Sensitivity" (1.06), "The Bachelor Party" (1.07), "I Will Remember You" (1.08), and "Hero" (1.09)
  8. "I Will Remember You" (1.08), "Hero" (1.09), "Parting Gifts" (1.10), "Somnambulist" (1.11), and "Expecting" (1.12)
  9. "Origin" (5.18), "Time Bomb" (5.19), "The Girl in Question" (5.20), "Power Play" (5.21), and "Not Fade Away" (5.22)
  10. "The Prodigal" (1.15), "The Ring" (1.16), "Eternity" (1.17), "Five by Five" (1.18), and "Sanctuary" (1.19)
  11. "Lullaby" (3.09), "Dad" (3.10), "Birthday" (3.11), "Provider" (3.12), and "Waiting in the Wings" (3.13)
  12. "Waiting in the Wings" (3.13), "Couplet" (3.14), "Loyalty" (3.15), "Sleep Tight" (3.16), and "Forgiving" (3.17)
  13. "Spin the Bottle" (4.06), "Rain of Fire" (4.07), "Habeas Corpses" (4.08), "Long Day's Journey" (4.09), and "Awakening" (4.10)
  14. "Fredless" (3.05), "Billy" (3.06), "Offspring" (3.07), "Quickening" (3.08), and "Lullaby" (3.09)
  15. "Reprise" (2.15), "Epiphany" (2.16), "Disharmony" (2.17), "Dead End" (2.18), and "Belonging" (2.19)

Weak Streaks of Five Episodes

  1. "Expecting" (1.12), "She" (1.13), "I Got U Under My Skin" (1.14), "The Prodigal" (1.15), and "The Ring" (1.16)
  2. "Just Rewards" (5.02), "Unleashed" (5.03), "Hellbound" (5.04), "Life of the Party" (5.05), and "The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco" (5.06)
  3. "Double or Nothing" (3.18), "The Price" (3.19), "A New World" (3.20), "Benediction" (3.21), and "Tomorrow" (3.22)
  4. "Players" (4.16), "Inside Out" (4.17), "Shiny Happy People" (4.18), "The Magic Bullet" (4.19), and "Sacrifice" (4.20)
  5. "Deep Down" (4.01), "Ground State" (4.02), "The House Always Wins" (4.03), "Slouching Toward Bethlehem" (4.04), and "Supersymmetry" (4.05)
  6. "Redefinition" (2.11), "Blood Money" (2.12), "Happy Aniversary" (2.13), "The Thin Dead Line" (2.14), and "Reprise" (2.15)
  7. "In the Dark" (1.03), "I Fall to Pieces" (1.04), "RM W/A VU" (1.05), "Sense and Sensitivity" (1.06), and "The Bachelor Party" (1.07)
  8. "Heartthrob" (3.01), "That Vision Thing" (3.02), "That Old Gang of Mine" (3.03), "Carpe Noctem" (3.04), "Fredless" (3.05)
  9. "Hero" (1.09), "Parting Gifts" (1.10), "Somnambulist" (1.11), "Expecting" (1.12), and "She" (1.13)
  10. "Peace Out" (4.21), "Home" (4.22), "Conviction" (5.01), "Just Rewards" (5.02), and "Unleashed" (5.03)
  11. "Life of the Party" (5.05), "The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco" (5.06), "Lineage" (5.07), "Destiny" (5.08), and "Harm's Way" (5.09)
  12. "Judgment" (2.01), "Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been" (2.02), "First Impressions" (2.03), "Untouched" (2.04), and "Dear Boy" (2.05)
  13. "Carpe Noctem" (3.04), "Fredless" (3.05), "Billy" (3.06), "Offspring" (3.07), and "Quickening" (3.08)

Top Streaks of Ten Episodes

  1. "Lineage" (5.07) through "Shells" (5.16)
  2. "Why We Fight" (5.13) through "Not Fade Away" (5.22)
  3. "Spin the Bottle" (4.06) through "Orpheus" (4.15)
  4. "Five by Five" (1.18) through "Dear Boy" (2.05)
  5. "Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been" (2.02) through "Redefinition" (2.11)
  6. "Quickening" (3.08) through "Forgiving" (3.17)
  7. "City of" (1.01) through "Parting Gifts" (1.10)
  8. "Soulless" (4.11) through "Sacrifice" (4.20)

Weak Streaks of Ten Episodes

  1. "Double or Nothing" (3.18) through "Supersymmetry" (4.05)
  2. "Players" (4.16) through "Unleashed" (5.03)
  3. "Conviction" (5.01) through "Soul Purpose" (5.10)
  4. "Redefinition" (2.11) through "Through the Looking Glass" (2.20)
  5. "Expecting" (1.12) through "Blind Date" (1.21)
  6. "I Fall to Pieces" (1.04) through "She" (1.13)
  7. "Provider" (3.12) through "Benediction" (3.21)
  8. "Dead End" (2.18) through "Fredless" (3.05)
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