The ending of Angel is puzzling to me. Did they walk into certain death? Did the ipakita intend for them all to die in the end, or was there a chance? And, if there was, wouldn't they have showed it? Does Angel die, or aren't we supposed to know?

It wasn't really an ending, it was the beginning of something powerful (if you consider the ats comics which are amazing). I do pag-ibig how they ended Angel though, it felt so good to see that scene and his last words, well I think it summed it up. 'Let's get to work!'. He'd just keep on fighting.

I think it was meant to be an open ending and we were meant to interpret it. Myself I couldn't decide between optimistically hoping for some miracle, and admitting it was meant to be a kill-everyone-off finale. But then the Angel:After The Fall comics say that Angel, Spike, Illyria and even Gunn survive.