Written by Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain and directed by actor Sean Astin, it was originally broadcast on February 5, 2003 on the WB network.
In "Soulless", Angel’s soul has been locked away in an office safe so that his alter ego Angelus can be interrogated about the Beast.
After taunting Wesley, Gunn, and Fred about their faults and revealing damaging secrets he, as Angel, knew, Cordelia strikes a deal with Angelus so that he will share information about the Beast.
At the Hyperion Hotel, the gang carefully puts Angel's contained soul away in the safe, discussing the great risk they all face in dealing with Angelus.
Connor returns to receive strange looks in the aftermath of Angelus's news, but misinterprets the looks as everyone still thinking he's connected to the Beast.
Cordelia chases after him and she tries to talk to him, but some vampires interrupt the moment, sending the gang into battle mode.
Cordelia returns to the office only to find bad news: the container holding Angel's soul is gone.
"Soulless" was directed by actor Sean Astin, who played Samwise Gamgee in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings.