So, as I was sitting in the car, while my mom was having her test, i was thinking about Angel. Specifically, season 5 angel and my version of angel.
About how working at wolf ram & hart was one of the best things that could have ever been done. He was given everything - a second chance and a new life.
Furthermore, when Cordelia Chase came back from the powers that be during that season, it was because of what happened during the time that being from another world controlled her body / what have you, I don't remember fully.
Yet, when she came back, it was not simply because she wanted to put angel on the right path - she came back to give him a reason to keep on fighting and give closure, which he needed.
However, my Angel . . . given that all that stuff happened even though, he didn't have that epiphany before going to that other dimension thing! He would be working for the senior partners much earlier.
Now, let's say that Cordelia did come back from the powers that be to give him another chance at an epiphany. However, this time the reaction would have not been to give her a chance. Would things end up working out? Yes. However, it would only solidify the fact that the powers that be only want to use him.
Let's just say . . . Angel my version is not -decent-.