In 'Disharmony', the gang learns that Willow, one of the main characters of 'Buffy, the Vampire Slayer' has come out of the closet.
'Why We Fight' features several new vampires. One of them, known as 'Nostroyev', brags about how he was Rasputin's lover.
Some fans also like to include Lorne in the queer category. Lorne is an extremely campy character that runs a night-club, drinks Cosmos and calls Angel 'Angel-cakes'. But, his orientation has never been disclosed, nor even speculated upon.
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.
The crew tracks down a cult of vampires led by a former motivational speaker with a wicked pyramid scheme, Cordelia gets a surprise visit from her old high-school buddy Harmony.
Through flashbacks to World War II, it is revealed that Angel worked with the U.S. Navy to recover a captured German submarine with American sailors on board. The ship also has a secret cargo, a dangerous trio of vampires.
