Angel (1999–2004): Season 2, Episode 15 - Reprise - full transcript

[Bleating]

[Bleating Continues]

[Bleating]

[Man] WHAT'S NEXT?

"BE SURE ALL TROUGHS
ARE SECURELY FASTENED

"AND SACRIFICES TILTED,
AS SHOWN IN DIAGRAM F-12,

TO ENSURE FULL DRAINAGE
INTO SACRED OFFERING BOWL."

YES. YES. AND?

"USING A CLEAN DIAGONAL MOTION,

"SLIT THROAT OF SACRIFICE

WITH THE PRE-BLESSED
CEREMONIAL DAGGER PROVIDED."



I DIDN'T SEE THAT IN THE BOX.

LOOK UNDER THE
PACKING. HURRY UP.

IT'S NOT IN HERE.

JUST... JUST GIVE ME
THE INSTRUCTIONS.

YOU KNOW...

[Bleating]

[Chuckles]

I'VE... WELL, REALLY COULDN'T
HELP BUT NOTICE THE GOATS.

YEAH, A LOT OF GOATS.

GOATS... MANY.

THOSE ARE SOME GOATS, GUYS.

HEY, THAT'S OUR PRE-BLESSED...
CEREMONIAL DAGGER.

SO SUE ME, OR BETTER YET,
HAVE YOUR BOSSES DO IT.

THIS BUILDING'S OWNED BY
WOLFRAM AND HART, RIGHT?



WHAT... WHAT DO YOU WANT?

I WANT TO KNOW WHAT
THEY'RE HAVING YOU WORSHIP.

THAT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.

WHO ARE YOU?

ME?

WELL, I'M JUST THE TYPE OF GUY

WHO HATES TO SEE
GOOD BLOOD GO TO WASTE.

LOOK, MAN, WE JUST GET PAID

TO DO THE SLAUGHTERING
AND SAY THE PRAYER.

WHAT ARE YOU PRAYING
TO? WE DON'T KNOW.

HOW CAN YOU NOT KNOW?!

THE RITUAL, IT'S...
IT'S ALL IN LATIN.

THEY SAID WE SHOULD
JUST SORT OF, YOU KNOW,

SOUND IT OUT.

THEY? LIKE YOU SAID,
WOLFRAM AND HART.

ALL WE KNOW IS THAT THE SACRIFICE
HAS GOT TO BE DONE BY MIDNIGHT,

OR SOMETHING OUT THERE'S
GONNA GET REAL PISSED OFF.

GOOD.

I DON'T SEE ANYTHING.

NOT A TRACE.

HMM. WHEN SHE
GOES BACK TO SCHOOL,

THE OTHER KIDS'LL
NEVER EVEN NOTICE

THAT THERE WAS A THIRD
EYE GROWING BACK THERE.

AND THIS SHOULD COME
BACK IN BEFORE YOU KNOW IT.

WHAT?

THE HAIR... I MEANT THE HAIR...

OH. THAT WAS IN THE BACK THERE.

NOT THE THIRD EYE, 'CAUSE
THAT WON'T COME BACK.

- RIGHT?
- NO REASON IT SHOULD.

THE CURATIVE CHARM
SEEMS TO HAVE WORKED...

LIKE A CHARM, REALLY.

WE CAN'T THANK YOU.

DON'T GIVE IT ANOTHER THOUGHT.

IT'S WHAT WE DO.
KIND OF A MISSION.

NO, I MEAN, WE CAN'T THANK YOU,

AND WE CAN'T PAY YOU, EITHER.

THIS BILL... IT'S RIDICULOUS.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN? WE DIDN'T
EVEN CHARGE YOU FOR THE MANDRAKE.

MY HUSBAND SAYS IT'S OUTRAGEOUS.

DOES HE?

AND JUST WHAT WOULD YOUR
HUSBAND CONSIDER A FAIR PRICE

FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE THIRD EYE

FROM THE BACK OF YOUR
CHILD'S HEAD, MRS. SHARP?

WELL, NOTHING.

STEVE SAYS SINCE IT'S IMPOSSIBLE

TO BE BITTEN BY A DEMON
AND TO HAVE A THIRD EYE

GROW ON THE BACK OF ONE'S HEAD,

THAT OBVIOUSLY YOU PEOPLE
ARE RUNNING SOME SORT OF SCAM,

AND YOU WON'T SQUEEZE
ONE RED CENT OUT OF US.

COME ON, STEPHANIE.

SCAM?! THE BACK OF YOUR
KID'S HEAD WAS BLINKING!

NO, LET HER GO.

[Door Slams]

CLEARLY, IT'S EASIER
FOR THE SHARPS

TO CAST US AS CON ARTISTS

RATHER THAN ACCEPT
THE GRIM REALITY

THAT SKILOSH SPAWN

NEARLY HATCHED FULL-GROWN

OUT OF THEIR CHILD'S SKULL.

GEE, WONDER WHY?

GREAT. SO WHILE THEY'RE
INDULGING THEIR DENIAL,

WE HAVE BILLS TO PAY.

YOU KNOW, SHE'S RIGHT.

PERHAPS, GIVEN TIME,

THE SHARPS WILL COME 'ROUND.

THEY COME 'ROUND.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

I THINK I'LL SEE WHAT'S
HAPPENING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

GOT A FEELING I'LL
DO MORE GOOD THERE

THAN SITTING AROUND
HERE WITH YOU TWO.

THINGS'LL PICK UP.
THEY'RE BOUND TO.

YEAH, IT'S L.A.

THE EVIL'S PROBABLY JUST TIED
UP IN TRAFFIC OR SOMETHING.

WELL, YOU'LL LET ME
KNOW WHEN IT GETS HERE.

RIGHT?

LINDSEY, I HAVE BEEN
LOOKING EVERYWHERE FOR YOU.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING? LUNCH.

LUNCH? YOU REALLY THINK
NOW IS THE TIME FOR LUNCH?

YOU MEAN LUNCHTIME?

THE REVIEW'S IN 2 DAYS.

I'M AWARE OF THAT.

SO IS EVERYONE
ELSE. LOOK AT THEM.

IT'S LIKE THEY'VE
HAD THE FEAR OF...

WELL, "GOD" WOULD
PROBABLY BE THE WRONG WORD.

THEY'RE JUST RUNNING SCARED.

THEY SHOULD BE.

I DUG UP EVERYTHING I COULD FIND

ON THE LAST 75-YEAR REVIEW.

IT'S ALL IN THERE.

MAKES THE CHRISTMAS PURGE OF '68

LOOK LIKE FUN OLD TIMES.

NEARLY HALF OF
MID-MANAGEMENT WAS SACKED.

AND, LINDSEY, THEY
USED ACTUAL SACKS.

I'LL READ IT, LILAH.

YOU BETTER BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST

YOUR ASS ON THE
LINE. IT'S MINE, TOO.

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE RUNNING
THIS DIVISION TOGETHER, REMEMBER?

RIGHT.

I'VE INCLUDED SOME
SUGGESTIONS ON HOW WE COULD

PLUMP UP OUR
PORTFOLIOS BEFORE FRIDAY.

WELL, EITHER WE PASS
THE REVIEW, OR WE WON'T.

YOU REALLY THINK A FEW
LAST-MINUTE DARK RITES AND RITUALS

ARE GONNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE NOW?

EVERYBODY ELSE
SEEMS TO THINK SO.

I HEARD HENDERSON ACTUALLY
PULLED HER FIRSTBORN

OUT OF COMPANY DAY
CARE TO OFFER IT UP TO...

BROWN-NOSER.

MY MOTHER WAS RIGHT. I
SHOULD HAVE HAD CHILDREN.

WE'LL STAND ON OUR RECORD.

IT'S THE ONLY THING WE'VE GOT.

THEN WE'RE DEAD.

DO I HAVE TO REMIND YOU OF
OUR COLLECTIVE SCREW-UPS?!

TWO OF WHICH ARE STILL
OUT THERE SOMEWHERE.

YOU HAVEN'T HEARD
ANYTHING, HAVE YOU?

YOU WOULD TELL ME IF
THEY CONTACTED YOU.

HE SET THEM ON FIRE, LILAH.

EVEN VAMPIRES AS STRONG
AS DARLA AND DRUSILLA

NEED TIME TO RECOVER
FROM SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

WELL, IT'D BE JUST LIKE
THEM TO POP UP NOW.

I WOULDN'T WORRY.

WELL, SOMEONE'S GOT TO.

WE DON'T GET A SECOND
SHOT AT THIS, LINDSEY.

NOTHING CAN HAPPEN BETWEEN
NOW AND FRIDAY TO SCREW THIS UP.

[Angel] BLOOD SACRIFICES,
BLACK MASSES, TOTEMS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS,
BUT IT'S HAPPENING ALL OVER TOWN.

I MEAN, IT COULD BE A RAISING,

BUT, YOU KNOW,
I... I... I DON'T KNOW.

I MEAN, THE PRAYERS,
THE RITUALS...

THEY'RE TOO GENERIC
FOR THAT. BOILERPLATE.

THEY COULD BE PREPARING
THE WAY FOR SOMETHING.

MAYBE THEY'RE JUST
TRYING TO MAKE IT RAIN.

WHY IS THIS SO IMPORTANT TO YOU?

BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM.

OH, RIGHT, AND THEREFORE,
IT MUST BE STOPPED.

LISTEN, KATE, LOOK.
I NEED YOUR HELP.

I DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES...

MY HELP? YOU NEED MY HELP?

YEAH.

AT THE VERY LEAST, THEY'RE
BUTCHERING ANIMALS WITH A PERMIT.

YOU CAN GET THEM ON THAT.

NO, I CAN'T. I CAN'T GET
THEM ON ANYTHING, ANGEL.

I'M ON DESK DUTY PENDING
THE HEARING ON FRIDAY.

HEARING?

YOU REMEMBER ATKINSON,
THE CAPTAIN AT THE 2-3?

HE'S BLAMING ME FOR GRANTING
ACCESS TO SOME LUNATIC

WHO BROKE INTO HIS OFFICE

AND BEAT THE EVER-HOLY
CRAP OUT OF HIM.

HE'S FILED A FORMAL COMPLAINT.

HE WAS RAISING ZOMBIE COPS

AND SETTING THEM
LOOSE ON THE STREETS.

AND I'M SURE ONCE I EXPLAIN
THAT TO INTERNAL AFFAIRS,

THIS'LL ALL JUST GO AWAY.

AND THEY'VE JUST BEEN
LOOKING FOR AN EXCUSE...

AND YOU KNOW WHAT
THEY SAY ABOUT ME.

AND I'M A COP. THAT
IS ALL I'VE EVER...

I CAN'T TAKE A
SUSPENSION. I WOULD JUST...

I'M SORRY.

ARE YOU?

'CAUSE THEY MIGHT JUST
WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THIS, TOO.

YOU HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.

DIDN'T I?

NO.

HMM.

STILL, IT'S FUNNY HOW
THESE DEAD PEOPLE

WERE THREATENED BY AN
INTRUDER AT THEIR OFFICES.

AN INTRUDER I PICKED UP
THEN RELEASED ON THE STREET

3 HOURS BEFORE THE COMPLAINANTS
WERE FOUND MASSACRED.

YOU KNOW WHO'S
RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.

YEAH.

WHAT I CAN'T FIGURE OUT, THOUGH,

IS WHY FORENSICS
IS TELLING ME NOW

HOW IT LOOKS LIKE THE SUSPECT
OR SUSPECTS DIDN'T BREAK IN.

THEY HAD TO BREAK OUT.

THE VICTIMS WERE LOCKED IN THAT
WINE CELLAR WITH THEIR ATTACKERS,

AND I THINK I AM DONE
HELPING YOU NOW.

SORRY I'M LATE.

I WOULD HAVE COME
HOME FOR LUNCH,

BUT EVERYTHING'S
CRAZY AT THE OFFICE

WITH THE REVIEW COMING UP.

AND I WOULD HAVE CALLED,
BUT I DIDN'T WANT YOU

TO HAVE TO GET UP
TO ANSWER THE PHONE.

HOW DO YOU FEEL?

STRONGER TODAY, I GUESS.

GOOD. YOU'RE GETTING
STRONGER EVERY DAY.

ONLY BECAUSE YOU SAVED ME.

I'D STILL BE IN THAT SEWER
IF YOU HADN'T FOUND ME.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DID.

DRUSILLA. SHE CAME TO ME.

REMEMBER? I TOLD YOU.

SHE'S GONE.

SHE'LL BE BACK.

NO.

YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE
WHO HASN'T ABANDONED ME.

AND I NEVER WILL.

HERE.

IT'S COLD.

YEAH, IT'S THE ONLY
WAY TO KEEP IT FRESH.

NOT THE ONLY WAY.

MMM. AT LEAST IT'S HUMAN.

I'M GONNA TAKE A SHOWER.

YOU ALWAYS TAKE A SHOWER WHEN
YOU COME BACK FROM THAT PLACE.

DON'T KNOW WHY.

YOU'RE NEVER DIRTY.

I'M ALWAYS DIRTY.

I DON'T CARE. SUBSTITUTE
IT WITH SOMETHING,

AND BE CREATIVE. I KNOW YOU CAN.

CAN YOU BELIEVE
THIS? NOT EVEN 10:00,

AND WE'VE ALREADY
RUN OUT OF YAK'S BILE.

WE NEED TO TALK.

AND YOU SHOULD HAVE
BOOKED IN ADVANCE.

I DON'T THINK WE CAN GET
YOU ON STAGE TONIGHT.

I'M NOT HERE TO SING.

OH, IS THAT WHAT
WE'RE CALLING IT NOW?

SOMETHING'S COMING.

REALLY?

I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST
THE COMPLIMENTARY NACHOS

BRINGING IN THE MORALLY
AMBIGUOUS CROWD.

LAWYERS.

HMM.

EASY, BIG FELLA. I KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE THINKING,

AND THE THROWING-YOURSELF-
ACROSS-6-TABLES-

AND-TWISTING-THEIR-HEADS-
OFF-THEIR-NECKS PART?

NOT A GOOD IDEA.

YOU'VE READ THEM. YOU'VE
SEEN IT. YOU KNOW WHAT'S COMING.

NOW, ANGELCAKES,

YOU WOULDN'T APPRECIATE IT

IF I WERE TO BLAB
YOUR PERSONAL STUFF

TO EVERY TOM, DICK, AND VAMPIRE

THAT WALKED IN THE
DOOR, WOULD YOU?

IS IT BAD?

ECH. BUT I REALLY
CAN'T DIVULGE TO YOU

WHAT I READ IN ANOTHER BEING.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU WHAT I
OVERHEARD IN THE MEN'S RESTROOM.

IT'S COMING FRIDAY,

AND IT'S GOT ALL THEIR LEGAL
BRIEFS IN A TWIST ABOUT IT.

WHAT?

WELL, ABOUT EVERY 75 YEARS,

YOUR FRIENDS OVER AT WOLFRAM
AND HART HAVE THIS REVIEW.

I THINK THE GENERAL ANGST

IS NOT SO MUCH ABOUT THE REVIEW

BUT MORE ABOUT THE REVIEWER.

AND LET'S JUST SAY
IT AIN'T REX REED.

WHAT IS IT?

IT'S EVIL.

IT'S DARK.

IT'S MERCILESS.

ACTUALLY, NOW THAT
I SAY IT OUT LOUD,

IT SOUNDS AN AWFUL
LOT LIKE REX, DOESN'T IT?

MAYBE YOU CAN JUST TELL
ME IN ONE WORD WHAT IT IS.

NOT LIKELY.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU IN 2.

SENIOR... PARTNER.

, SUGAR, THIS ONE IS IT ♪

♪ WE BOTH ARE SO EXCITED... ♪

I NEED MORE.

WE ALL NEED MORE, DARLIN'.

MORE INFORMATION.

WHAT YOU NEED MORE OF IS TETHER,

BECAUSE YOU'RE ABOUT
AT THE END OF YOURS.

LOOK, I GET HOW THIS WORKS. I'M NOT
ASKING YOU TO RAT OUT THEIR DESTINIES.

I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT,

BUT GETTING TO THESE
SENIOR PARTNERS...

THAT'S MY DESTINY. IS IT?

BECAUSE I HAVEN'T ACTUALLY FEATURED
A DESTINY WITH YOU IN IT LATELY.

IT'S ALL KIND OF MURKY.

LOOK, ALL THESE
MESSY RITES AND RITUALS

YOU'VE BEEN CRASHING
ALL OVER TOWN?

THEY DON'T MEAN
ANYTHING. NERVOUS CHILDREN

TRYING TO SCORE AS MANY
BROWNIE POINTS AS THEY CAN

BEFORE DADDY GETS HOME.

I GOT NEWS.

DADDY? NOT IMPRESSED.

ANYHOW, STOPPING
THOSE WON'T PREVENT "IT"

FROM PASSING INTO
OUR WORLD ON FRIDAY.

WHAT IS "IT," AND
HOW DO I STOP IT?

I DON'T KNOW, AND YOU DON'T.

CAN IT BE KILLED?

MOST ANYTHING THAT CAN MANIFEST

IN ORDER TO MOVE IN THIS
DIMENSION CAN BE KILLED.

KINDA THE DOWNSIDE
OF BEING HERE.

THAT AND THE SO-CALLED
"MUSICALS" OF ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER.

"THE BAND OF BLACKNIL."

DON'T ASK ME WHAT IT
MEANS. I DON'T KNOW.

I SHOULDN'T EVEN BE
GIVING YOU THAT MUCH.

THANKS. SURE.

HEY, "HOME OFFICE."

I PICKED IT UP FROM HALF
A DOZEN OF THEM TONIGHT.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

COULD BE THE SOURCE. WHO KNOWS?

NOW STOP PESTERING ME.

OH, I AM PICKING UP
ONE OTHER THING.

THEY'D REALLY LIKE
TO SEE YOU DEAD.

GOOD LORD. [Cordelia] ANGEL!

MAY WE HELP YOU?

EXCUSE ME. THAT... THAT
AREA IS FOR EMPLOYEES ONLY.

YEAH, YOU TOOK ALL THE BOOKS.

YEAH, WELL, YOU
GOT THE WAFFLE IRON.

HEY, NO!

YOU CAN'T TAKE THIS.

I-I-I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.

HERE. TAKE THIS ONE.

DON'T MAKE ME MOVE YOU.

GIVE HIM THE BOOK, CORDELIA.

JUST GIVE HIM THE DAMN THING.

LET HIM GET THE HELL OUT.

HERE!

I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT YOU ARE ANYMORE.

I'M A VAMPIRE. LOOK IT UP.

WHAT A JERK.

CORDELIA...

I MEAN, IF IT WAS ANYBODY ELSE,

I'D JUST SAY "GET
LAID," ALREADY.

CORDELIA... BUT, NO, NOT HIM.

ONE DECENT BOFF,

AND HE SWITCHES
TO EVIL PSYCHO VAMP.

WHICH, IN A WAY,

WOULD BE BETTER FOR EVERYONE.

BETTER FOR HIM,
'CAUSE HE'D GET SOME,

AND BETTER FOR US, BECAUSE THEN
WE COULD STAKE HIM AFTERWARDS.

CORDELIA, AMBULANCE.

OH, MY GOD.

IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO OFFER

IN YOUR DEFENSE,
DETECTIVE LOCKLEY,

ANYTHING AT ALL,

NOW WOULD BE THE TIME.

FOR GOD'S SAKE,
KATE, SAY SOMETHING.

WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO SAY, LOU?

THEY'VE DREDGED OUT EVERY
UGLY DETAIL OF THE LAST 8 MONTHS,

SPILL IT OUT ON A TABLE AS
IF NOTHING HAD A CONTEXT,

AND I'M SUPPOSED TO EXPLAIN?

I WAS DOING MY JOB.

ACTUALLY, WHAT IT APPEARS
YOU'VE BEEN DOING, DETECTIVE,

IS ISOLATING YOURSELF.

YOU'VE WITHDRAWN FROM
THE STABILIZING INFLUENCE

OF YOUR FELLOW OFFICERS,

DEVELOPED THIS
MORBID FASCINATION

FOR CASES OF A BIZARRE
AND MACABRE NATURE,

AND EVEN YOU CAN'T SEEM TO
GIVE AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHY.

NOW, YOUR FATHER...

HE WAS A RESPECTED
VETERAN OF THIS DEPARTMENT.

AND YOU WERE THE ONE
WHO DISCOVERED HIS BODY

AFTER HE WAS
MURDERED, IS THAT RIGHT?

YES.

AND THE CASE WAS NEVER SOLVED?

NO ARRESTS HAVE EVER BEEN MADE.

THAT MUST BE VERY
FRUSTRATING FOR YOU.

I DEALT WITH IT.

DID YOU?

YOU TOOK NO PERSONAL
TIME OFF AFTER HIS DEATH.

YOU WENT RIGHT BACK ON THE JOB.

THAT IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.

IT BECOMES OUR BUSINESS
WHEN IT AFFECTS PERFORMANCE.

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT

WHEN WE SUFFER A
LOSS OF THIS NATURE

TO TAKE THE PROPER
TIME TO GRIEVE.

SO WE UNDERSTAND.

WE WANT YOU TO KNOW
WE ARE NOT JUDGING YOU.

NO, YOU'RE JUST FIRING ME.

YOU STOPPED BEING A PART
OF THE FORCE A LONG TIME...

WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?

WE WILL, OF COURSE,
MAKE AVAILABLE TO YOU

PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING
AT THE CITY'S EXPENSE

AS PART OF YOUR SEVERANCE.

YOU PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT IS GOING ON IN THIS CITY.

IS THIS THE PART WHERE YOU
START TO TALK ABOUT MONSTERS?

WE'LL NEED YOUR
GUN AND YOUR BADGE.

I'M JUST GLAD YOUR FATHER'S
NOT AROUND TO SEE THIS.

[Laughing on TV]

YOU DENVER?

I DON'T BELIEVE IT.

YOU KNOW, YOU
CHANGED MY LIFE THAT DAY.

I MEAN, A VAMPIRE
COMES INTO MY PLACE

LOOKING TO KILL A DEMON
TO SAVE HUMAN BEINGS?

WELL, I FIGURED IF SOMETHING
LIKE THAT COULD HAPPEN,

THERE REALLY MUST
BE GOOD IN THE WORLD.

RIGHT, SO YOU NEVER HEARD OF
THIS TERM BEFORE, "HOME OFFICE"?

HEY, HOW'D THAT GO, ANYWAY?

IT WAS A THESULAC...

PARANOIA DEMON, IF I RECALL.

YEAH, I DON'T KNOW. I THINK
IT KILLED EVERYONE THERE.

OH.

WELL, THE POINT IS, YOU TRIED.

ACTUALLY, I PRETTY
MUCH WALKED OUT,

AND LET THE DEMON HAVE
THE PLACE AND EVERYONE IN IT.

SO WE CAN'T BE SURE
WHERE THIS HOME OFFICE IS,

BUT YOU THINK THE SENIOR
PARTNER IS A KLEYNACH DEMON?

RIGHT.

KLEYNACH.

A LOT OF DARK ENTITIES

USE THE FORM OF A
KLEYNACH TO MANIFEST

BECAUSE A KLEYNACH
DOESN'T HAVE TO RELY

ON BEING CONJURED
OR BROUGHT FORTH.

THEY CAN COME AND GO AS
THEY PLEASE WITH THAT RING.

TELL ME ABOUT THE RING.

HERE.

THE BAND OF BLACKNIL.
SIMPLE THING, PLAIN.

YOU WOULDN'T GIVE IT A
SECOND GLANCE IN A PAWNSHOP,

BUT IT'S THE SOURCE OF ITS POWER
TO MOVE BETWEEN THE DIMENSIONS,

AND THAT'S WHAT
IT'LL USE TO GET HERE...

AND GET BACK.

GET BACK?

WELL, SURE.

WELL, CAN ANYONE USE THIS
RING? HOW DO YOU MEAN?

WILL IT GET ME BACK TO THE HOME
OFFICE OR WHEREVER IT CAME FROM?

MIGHT...

IF YOU'RE INSANE!

YOU REALIZE WHAT THIS
HOME OFFICE PROBABLY IS?

I THINK I HAVE A
PRETTY GOOD IDEA.

HELL! WHY THE HECK DO
YOU WANT TO GO TO HELL?!

YOU'RE GONNA TRY
TO GO DOWN THERE

AND DESTROY THE WHOLE
LOT OF 'EM, AREN'T YOU?

WELL, THAT'D CERTAINLY MAKE
UP FOR THE TIME THAT YOU...

STILL, NOT A TERRIFIC IDEA.

SUICIDE, REALLY.

LOOK, WILL THE RING
GET ME THERE OR NOT?

WELL, I DON'T KNOW.
YOU GOT TO GET IT FIRST,

AND TO GET THE RING, YOU
GOT TO KILL THE KLEYNACH.

HOW?

YOU HAPPEN TO BE LOOKING AT
THE ONE GUY WHO CAN TELL YOU HOW.

HOW?!

TO KILL THE KLEYNACH
AND GET THE RING,

YOU NEED THE GLOVE.

OKAY, NOW YOU'RE MAKING THIS UP.

LEGEND SAYS THE KLEYNACH
ROSE UP FROM THEIR DEMON WORLD,

RAPED AND PILLAGED
THE VILLAGES OF MAN,

AND ALL WHO FOUGHT AGAINST
THEM WERE INCINERATED,

WHETHER THEY STRUCK
WITH FIST OR SWORD.

BUT ONE BRAVE AND
WORTHY KNIGHT...

HE HAD A GLOVE...

FASHIONED AND BLESSED
BY ALL THE POWERS OF LIGHT,

AND WHOEVER WORE THIS GLOVE

COULD KILL THE KLEYNACH JUST
BY GRABBING IT AT THE THROAT.

PICKED IT UP IN '75 AT
A YARD SALE IN COVINA.

BEEN USING IT AS AN OVEN MITT.

NOW I GIVE IT TO YOU.

NO CHARGE.

'CAUSE THE TRUTH IS,
YOU DID CHANGE MY LIFE,

AND I GOT A FEELING THIS TIME,

THINGS ARE GONNA GO... OOH!

BETTER.

AAH!

THAT'S RIGHT, ANGELUS.

GO TOWARDS THE BLEEDING MORTAL,

BECAUSE THAT'S SMART.

THE RING'S NOT ABOUT
VENGEANCE, ANGELUS.

IT'S ABOUT POWER.

WE'LL GET TO THE
VENGEANCE PART SOON.

AGHH... AGHH.

[Grunting]

WELL, I STOOD UP TO HIM.
THAT'S THE IMPORTANT THING.

BUT YOU COULDN'T HAVE
DONE IT METAPHORICALLY?

YOU KNOW, WITH A STERN WORD?

YOU HAD TO DO IT IN THE
I'M-ACTUALLY-STANDING-UP-NOW-

AND-POPPING-6-STITCHES WAY?

I GUESS, BEFORE ALL
OF THIS HAPPENED,

I NEVER REALLY CONSIDERED

JUST HOW DANGEROUS
YOUR WORK WAS.

OF COURSE WHAT I
DO IS DANGEROUS.

ARE YOU FORGETTING HOW WE MET?

YOU WERE STRAPPED
TO A SACRIFICIAL ALTAR

WHILE THE GODDESS
YESKA WAS CALLED FORTH

FROM THE NETHER
REGIONS TO CONSUME YOU.

BUT I GREW UP WITH
ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF.

CREEPY CRAWLIES AND
SCARY MONSTERS I CAN HANDLE.

BUT GUNS?

KINDA MAKES IT ALL A
LITTLE TOO REAL, YOU KNOW?

THE GUN WAS FIRED BY A ZOMBIE,

IF IT MAKES YOU FEEL ANY BETTER.

YOU KNOW, STRANGELY, IT DOESN'T.

OOH. AHH.

MMM.

DOES IT ALWAYS SEEM LIKE
IT'S A BATTLE WORTH FIGHTING?

SOME LESS THAN OTHERS.

COLLECTIVELY, I MEAN.

MOST PEOPLE... THEY DON'T
EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE THE EVIL,

LET ALONE TRY AND FIGHT IT.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO WRAP
THEMSELVES IN BANDAGES

TO KEEP THEIR INSIDES
FROM FALLING OUT.

THAT'S TRUE.

I DON'T SUPPOSE
YOU'D EVER CONSIDER

MAYBE GIVING IT UP

FOR SOMETHING ELSE?

COULD YOU BE THE
SOMEONE WHO WOULD?

I DON'T KNOW.

BUT SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE I
SHOULD BE WRAPPED IN BANDAGES

TO KEEP MY INSIDES
FROM FALLING OUT.

THIS IS DIFFICULT
FOR YOU, ISN'T IT?

I JUST DON'T LIKE
TO SEE YOU HURT.

NO...

I...

I MEAN BREAKING UP WITH ME.

YOU TWO STICK CLOSE.

CRAP.

I KNEW YOU GUYS WERE
A WASTE OF MONEY.

I NOTICED YOU'RE NOT PARKING

IN THE UNDERGROUND
LOT ANYMORE, LILAH.

IT'S NOT SAFE.

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

I WANT THE SAME THING FROM YOU

THAT I TOOK FROM LINDSEY.

[Computer] GOOD
EVENING, MISS MORGAN.

WHICH FLOOR PLEASE?

15. YOU KNOW, OF COURSE,

YOU'LL LEAD SECURITY
WHEREVER YOU GO

THE MOMENT YOU STEP INSIDE.

YEAH, I'M COUNTING ON IT.

[Grunts]

[Phone Rings]

[Ring]

GOOD EVENING.
ANGPHLMN INVESTIGATIONS.

WE HELP THE HELPLESS.
HOW CAN WE HELP YOU?

WHAT IN GOD'S NAME IS ANGPHLMN?

OH, THERE ARE JUST SOME NAMES
I'M NOT SAYING AT THE MOMENT.

WELL, WHAT IS IT, WESLEY?

OH, I JUST...

I'M NOT REALLY
FEELING THAT GREAT.

OH, WELL, YOUR GUTS OPENED UP.

I'M THINKING MAYBE I'D
NOT COME IN TOMORROW.

NOT A BIG DEAL.

IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE
BEATING DOWN THE DOOR.

NO, YOU SHOULD STAY HOME,

SPEND TIME WITH VIRGINIA.

YES. UH, AND YOU...

YOU SHOULD GET OUT YOURSELF.

YOU'RE YOUNG, SINGLE.

IT'S A FRIDAY NIGHT
IN THE CITY OF...

ANGPHLMNS.

THERE MUST BE
SOMEONE YOU CAN CALL.

UH, NO, BECAUSE THEN I'D ACTUALLY
HAVE TO HAVE SOME FRIENDS.

I DON'T.

THAT'S NOT TRUE.

YOU DON'T COUNT.

THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

THINGS ARE GONNA
GET BETTER, CORDELIA...

FOR ALL OF US.

YOU'LL SEE.

I'LL CALL YOU TOMORROW,
SEE HOW YOU'RE FEELING.

THAT WOULD BE NICE.

GOOD NIGHT, WESLEY.

Night. [Phone Disconnects]

[Phone Rings]

OH, JEEZ, WESLEY.

ZIPPITY-DOO-DAH, ALL RIGHT?

HELLO.

MS. CHASE?

OH, MRS. SHARP!

WE WERE HOPING YOU'D
STILL BE IN THE OFFICE.

USE IT'S NOT LIKE WE OFFER
A MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE.

BUT THEN, YOU NEVER
PAID US, DID YOU?

YOU DO? RIGHT NOW?

NO, THAT'S GREAT. UM,
YOU'RE ON MY WAY HOME...

GIVE OR TAKE 30 MILES.

PERSONAL CHECK...

UH... NORMALLY NOT, BUT FINE.

UM, WILL YOU GIVE ME
THE ADDRESS AGAIN?

UH-HUH.

OKAY. GREAT. I'LL SEE YOU SOON.

UM, ONE OF THEM

IS ON THEIR WAY HERE NOW.

[Chanting]

I DON'T SEE YOUR CO-VICE
PRESIDENT HERE, LINDSEY.

IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD.

YES, SIR.

WELL, FIND IT. DEAL WITH IT.

IS THERE A PROBLEM?

SOMEONE JUST LET A
VAMPIRE ONTO THIS FLOOR.

[Chanting]

THERE!

SECURITY.

VAMPIRE.

STAKE THE BITCH.

OKAY.

HOME OFFICE.

LET'S FINISH THIS.

[Ding]

CONGRATULATIONS.

GREAT VICTORY.

YOU'RE...

HOLLAND MANNERS.

NOT ALIVE.

OH, NO. I'M QUITE DEAD.

UNFORTUNATELY, MY CONTRACT
WITH WOLFRAM AND HART

EXTENDS WELL BEYOND THAT.

HOP ON IN. YOU
CERTAINLY EARNED IT.

NO, NOT A GHOST HERE.

IT'S JUST ME. DEAD ME.

SEE?

HOME OFFICE, WASN'T IT?

I SHOULD MENTION
THE TRIP IS ONE WAY.

WELL, IF THERE ARE NO
OBJECTIONS, I SUGGEST WE GET GOING.

IT'S RATHER A LONG RIDE.

[Elevator Music Playing]

WELL, THIS IS
EXCITING, ISN'T IT?

GOING STRAIGHT TO THE SOURCE.

SO, WHAT'S THE BIG PLAN, ANGEL?

DESTROY THE SENIOR PARTNERS,

SMASH WOLFRAM AND
HART ONCE AND FOR ALL?

SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

MM-HMM. NOW TELL ME...

JUST WHAT DO YOU IMAGINE
THAT THAT WOULD ACCOMPLISH

IN THE END, I MEAN?

IT'LL BE THE END.

WELL, THE END OF YOU, CERTAINLY.

BUT I MEANT IN THE LARGER SENSE.

IN THE LARGER SENSE,

I REALLY DON'T GIVE A CRAP.

NOW, I DON'T THINK THAT'S TRUE.

BE HONEST.

YOU'VE GOT THE TINIEST
BIT OF GIVE A CRAP LEFT.

OTHERWISE, YOU WOULDN'T BE
GOING ON THIS KAMIKAZE MISSION.

NOW, LET ME SEE, THERE WAS
SOMETHING IN A SACRED PROPHECY,

SOME OBLIQUE REFERENCE TO YOU,

SOMETHING YOU'RE
SUPPOSED TO PREVENT.

NOW, WHAT WAS THAT?

THE APOCALYPSE.

YES, THE APOCALYPSE, OF COURSE.

ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE.

WELL, IT'S TRUE, WE DO
HAVE ONE SCHEDULED.

AND I IMAGINE IF YOU
WERE TO PREVENT IT,

YOU WOULD SAVE A
GREAT MANY PEOPLE.

WELL, YOU SHOULD DO THAT, THEN.

ABSOLUTELY. I WASN'T THINKING.

OF COURSE, ALL THOSE PEOPLE
YOU SAVE FROM THAT APOCALYPSE

WILL THEN HAVE THE NEXT
ONE TO LOOK FORWARD TO,

BUT, HEY, IT'S ALWAYS
SOMETHING, ISN'T IT?

YOU'RE NOT GONNA WIN.

WELL, NO, OF COURSE WE AREN'T.

WE HAVE NO INTENTION
OF DOING ANYTHING

SO PROSAIC AS WINNING.

THEN WHY?

HMM? I'M SORRY? WHY WHAT?

WHY FIGHT?

THAT'S REALLY THE QUESTION YOU
SHOULD BE ASKING YOURSELF, ISN'T IT?

SEE, FOR US, THERE IS NO FIGHT,

WHICH IS WHY WINNING
DOESN'T ENTER INTO IT.

WE... GO ON, NO MATTER WHAT.

OUR FIRM HAS ALWAYS BEEN
HERE, IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER.

THE INQUISITION,

KHMER ROUGE.

WE WERE THERE WHEN
THE VERY FIRST CAVEMAN

CLUBBED HIS NEIGHBOR.

SEE, WE'RE IN THE HEARTS AND
MINDS OF EVERY SINGLE LIVING BEING.

AND THAT, FRIEND, IS WHAT'S
MAKING THINGS SO DIFFICULT FOR YOU.

SEE, THE WORLD DOESN'T
WORK IN SPITE OF EVIL, ANGEL.

IT WORKS WITH US.

IT WORKS BECAUSE OF US.

WELCOME TO THE HOME OFFICE.

THIS ISN'T...

WELL, YOU KNOW IT IS.

YOU KNOW THAT
BETTER THAN ANYONE.

THE THINGS YOU'VE, WELL... DONE.

YOU SEE, IF THERE WASN'T EVIL

IN EVERY SINGLE ONE
OF THEM OUT THERE...

WHY, THEY WOULDN'T BE PEOPLE.

THEY'D ALL BE ANGELS.

HAVE A NICE DAY.

[No Audible Dialogue]

[Cordelia, Answering Machine] HI. YOU'VE
REACHED ANGEL INVESTIGATIONS.

WE HELP THE HOPELESS.

LEAVE A MESSAGE, AND
WE'LL GET RIGHT BACK TO YOU.

[Kate] YOU DID IT, DIDN'T
YOU, YOU BASTARD?

YOU MADE ME TRUST YOU.

YOU MADE ME BELIEVE.

NO, IT WASN'T YOU.

IT WAS ME, RIGHT?

I COULDN'T TAKE THE HEAT.

THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GONNA SAY.

THEN YOU'RE GONNA FEEL
ALL BAD, OR YOU WON'T CARE.

BUT I WON'T CARE, EITHER.

I WON'T FEEL A THING.

[Lowers The Volume]

WHAT DO YOU WANT, DARLA?

YOU WANT THIS?

OR MAYBE WHAT YOU
REALLY WANT IS THIS.

AND MAYBE... WHAT
YOU REALLY WANT IS THIS.

UNH.

DON'T PLAY GAMES WITH ME.

I'M NOT PLAYING.

I JUST WANNA FEEL
SOMETHING BESIDES THE COLD.

[Giggles]

WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING?

DON'T YOU FEEL THE COLD?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

IT DOESN'T MATTER.

NONE OF IT MATTERS.

- [Thunderclap]
- UNH.

[Gasps For Air]