The fourth season of the television series Angel, the spin-off of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, premiered on October 6, 2002 on The WB and concluded its 22-episode season on May 7, 2003. The season aired in a new timeslot, Sundays at 9:00 pm ET, and then relocated to Wednesdays at 9:00 pm ET, beginning with "Habeas Corpses". Cast and characters Main cast David Boreanaz as Angel Charisma Carpenter as Cordelia Chase J. August Richards as Charles Gunn Amy Acker as Winifred "Fred" Burkle Vincent Kartheiser as Connor Andy Hallett as Lorne Alexis Denisof as Wesley Wyndam-Pryce Recurring cast Stephanie Romanov as Lilah Morgan Vladimir Kulich as The Beast Gina Torres as Jasmine Alexa Davalos as Gwen Raiden Eliza Dushku as Faith Daniel Dae Kim as Gavin Park Guest cast Julie Benz as Darla David Denman as Skip Alyson Hannigan as Willow Rosenberg Laurel Holloman as Justine Cooper John Rubinstein as Linwood Murrow Jonathan M. Woodward as Knox Crew Series creator Joss Whedon remained as the sole executive producer of the show after David Greenwalt left at the end of season three to produce the ABC series Miracles after his contract with 20th Century Fox was up. He stayed on as a consulting producer for the remainder of the series. At the start of the season, David Simkins was made showrunner and executive producer, but after three months, he left the show due to "creative differences" and is not credited in any episodes. Jeffrey Bell was promoted to co-executive producer and assumed the role of showrunner for the season. Tim Minear also left the series to run Whedon's new series Firefly but, like Greenwalt, stayed on as a consulting producer, and wrote and directed the season finale "Home". Whedon would write and direct only one episode of the season, "Spin the Bottle", because of his commitments to the first season of Firefly and the final season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Steven S. DeKnight, who had written for Buffy during seasons five and six, moved over to Angel where he stayed for the remainder of the show's run. He wrote or co-wrote six episodes of the season, including the season premiere and also directed his debut episode; "Inside Out". Buffy writer-producer David Fury joined as a consulting producer (taking over Marti Noxon's role) and ended up writing four episodes. Mere Smith was promoted to executive story editor and wrote or co-wrote