Episode 24 of "Angel"
s02e02 Are You Now or Have You Ever Been
English title: Are You Now or Have You Ever Been
Original title: Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been?
Original Air Date: 10/03/2000 on WB
Director: David Semel
Writer: Tim Minear
Guest Stars: John Kapelos (Hotel Manager), J.P. Manoux (Bellman), Julie Araskog (Over the Hill Whore), Tommy Hinkley (Detective), Scott Thompson Baker (Actor), Brett Rickaby (Denver), David Kagen (Salesman), Terrence Beasor (Older Man), Tom Beyer (Blacklisted Writer), Eve Sigall (Old Judy), Tony Amendola (Hotel Demon (uncredited))
Plot Outline:
Angel directs Cordelia and Wesley to investigate a mysteriously abandoned hotel in Hollywood and as they piece together the building's dark history, they discover that his interest is that of a personal nature. In a flashback to 1952, Angel is not the atoning vampire of present day, but a recluse who is detached from the tortured humans around him, until one fateful day.