Watched Angel season 5 recently. Absolutely love this.

Now in the middle of Buffy season 2. Even though there are great episodes later that exceed it, overall this is probably my favourite year for the show--the whole thing just flows really well and naturally develops in a consistently enjoyable way. I say this even though I don't really 'ship' Buffy with Angel, mainly because he is such an evil bastard at heart, held back only by the soul forced on him; as opposed to Spike who much later earns his by learning to do right, even while still soulless. The distinction between the two vampires is very interesting to say the least.