Angel: Smile Time

Angel attempts to stop a children's television program from using hypnotic trances to snatch the lives from its young viewers, but when a spell befalls him which turns him into a puppet before he can even investigate the show's taping studio, the gang must act fast before he is trapped in that state forever. Meanwhile, Angel's vampire friend, Nina, comes back, having fallen in love with Angel, but he cannot bring himself to confront her in his current state.