Angel: To Shanshu in L.A.

"Well, he's going to have to start wanting things from life, whether he wants to or not!"

- Cordelia Chase

"To Shanshu in L.A." is the twenty-second episode of season one of the television series Angel. It was written and directed by series co-creator David Greenwalt and first aired on the WB Network on May 23rd, 2000. In this episode, Wesley exhaustingly researches the Shanshu prophecy and determines that it may hold either the key to Angel's salvation or his eternal doom. While trying to find her boss a hobby, Cordy suffers an intense vision that is so crippling that it sends her into a psychotic state of panic. Compounding matters is the presence of a demon who finds a way into the realm of the Oracles. Meanwhile, the lawyers at Wolfram & Hart continue to conspire against Team Angel and a figure from Angel's past makes a surprising return.