Wesley in Angel was done masterfully. My brother and I pulled up the scene where angel smothers him with the pillow last week
That was a masterful wind because (and I'm going by memory, it's been 15 years) they showed where Wes thought he was doing the right thing and his struggle through every stage of it.
Then when he takes Connor, it wasn't unexpected. You knew it was coming. Just like you knew how Angel was gonna react.
That was the greatest arc of the series
Wesley got one of the best character arcs in history, any medium of fiction.
Fred.