Angel (1999–2004): Season 4, Episode 10 - Awakening - full transcript

OFFICIALS FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE REMAIN BAFFLED...

AS TO THE CAUSE OF THIS
STRANGE PHENOMENON.

ALL THAT'S BEING REPORTED
AT THIS MIDAFTERNOON HOUR...

IS WHAT METEOROLOGISTS ARE CALLING,
QUOTE, "A LOCALIZED ABNORMALITY,"

CONFIRMING EARLIER REPORTS THAT
OUTLYING AREAS REMAIN UNAFFECTED,

WHILE THE SUN OVER LOS ANGELES
HAS, FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES,

BEEN BLOTTED OUT FROM THE SKY.

THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS SCHEDULED A
NEWS CONFERENCE FOR 6:00 THIS EVENING...

REGARDING THIS
BIZARRE DEVELOPMENT...

AND WHAT IT MAY
MEAN FOR THE CITY.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT IT MEANS.



AS SOON AS VAMPS EVERYWHERE REALIZE
THIS TOWN'S OPEN FOR BUSINESS 24-7,

THERE'S GONNA BE A HUGE
RISE IN UNDEAD TOURISM.

WE'VE JUST GOTTA FIND A
WAY TO BRING BACK THE SUN.

WORKING ON IT. FAILING
MISERABLY, BUT WORKING ON IT.

I COULD REALLY USE SOME HELP
DECIPHERING SOME OF THESE SYMBOLS.

OR ALL OF THEM, REALLY.

I NEED WESLEY.

HIS EXPERTISE.

YEAH, WELL, ROGUE WARRIOR
TOOK OFF WITHOUT A WORD.

RIGHT AFTER ELECTRO-GWEN DECIDED TO
SKIP TOWN WHEN THE GOIN' GOT TOUGHER.

NOT BIG ON THE TEAMWORK,
EITHER ONE OF 'EM.

YOU'RE WASTING YOUR TIME.
"THE ANSWER IS AMONG US."

HE KNOWS. HE'S PART OF THE PLAN.

- HE DOESN'T REMEMBER.
- SO HE SAYS.



YOU SAW HIM YOURSELF
MAKING A PACT WITH THE BEAST.

- IT WASN'T ANGEL IN MY VISION. IT WAS ANGELUS.
- HE IS ANGELUS.

BELIEVE ME...

YOU'VE NEVER MET ANGELUS.

ME NEITHER.

BUT I'M STARTIN' TO
THINK IT'S TIME WE DID.

MAYBE WES IS RIGHT. BIG BEASTY HAS GOT
TO BE STOPPED, AND I'M FRESH OUT OF IDEAS.

IF THERE'S EVEN A CHANCE ANGELUS
COULD HAVE INSIDE INFO WE COULD USE...

- AND YOU THINK HE'S WILLINGLY
GOING TO TURN IT OVER?
- I THINK IT'S WORTH A TRY.

NOT GONNA HAPPEN.

THE GYPSIES CURSED HIM WITH A
SOUL SO HE COULD FEEL REMORSE...

TO MAKE HIM SUFFER FOR ALL
THE PEOPLE HE SLAUGHTERED.

REMOVING THAT SOUL IS THE
ONLY WAY TO CHANGE ANGEL...

BACK INTO ANGELUS.

A LOT EASIER SAID THAN DONE.

THE GYPSY CURSE WAS SPECIFIC.
FOR ANGEL TO LOSE HIS SOUL,

HE WOULD HAVE TO EXPERIENCE A
MOMENT OF PERFECT, PURE HAPPINESS.

AND RIGHT NOW,
HAPPINESS OF ANY KIND IS IN...

KIND OF SHORT SUPPLY.

- YOU'RE SURE?
- SORRY, BUCKO. I GOT NOTHIN'.

ALTHOUGH YOUR CHOICE OF "THE NIGHT THE LIGHTS
WENT OUT IN GEORGIA" MIGHT'VE THROWN ME.

I'M PERSONALLY NOT HUGE
WITH THE VICKI LAWRENCE LOVE.

DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. I REMEMBER
EVERYTHING ANGELUS DID... I DID.

EVERY FAMILY BUTCHERED, EVERY CHILD
SLAUGHTERED, EVERY THROAT RIPPED OUT.

I REMEMBER EVERY DETAIL.

SO HOW COME YOU DON'T HAVE
A SMIDGE OF ANY RECOLLECTION...

OF A GIANT MAGMA DEMON
WITH RAM HORNS AND GOAT LEGS?

HEY, ALL'S I CAN TELL YOU, STUD,
IS IF IT'S IN THERE, IT'S BURIED DEEP.

- DEEP INSIDE ANGELUS.
- THEN THAT'S WHERE IT STAYS.

EVEN IF I WANTED IT, THERE'S
NO WAY TO BRING ANGELUS BACK.

AAAH!

RUMOR HAS IT YOU POSSESS
CERTAIN SKILLS I REQUIRE.

I NEED A SOUL EXTRACTED.

- DID LORNE HELP YOU REMEMBER?
- NO.

- ANYTHING AT ALL?
- NOTHING.

- SO WHAT'VE WE GOT?
- A PUZZLE WITH MISSING PIECES AND SOME CRYPTIC GIBBERISH.

ANGEL, WHATEVER POWER THIS DEVICE
HAD GOT SWALLOWED UP BY THE BEAST.

IT WON'T BRING BACK THE SUN.
WITHOUT THE ORB, IT'S AS USELESS AS...

US. FACE IT, MAN,
WE'RE LOSING GROUND.

PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY VICTORY WE
CAN CLAIM IS THAT WE'RE NOT DEAD YET.

OKAY, LOOK, I KNOW THINGS HAVEN'T BEEN
GOIN' OUR WAY LATELY, BUT THINGS CHANGE.

AND WE'RE NOT DOWN
FOR THE COUNT YET.

BUT THE BEAST IS NOT
OUR ONLY CONCERN.

UNTIL WE FIGURE OUT HOW TO END ETERNAL
DARKNESS, IT'S A DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND OUT THERE.

JUST THE WAY YOU LIKE IT, HUH?

SOMETHING TO SAY, CONNOR?

YOU GOT A PROBLEM? YOU.

- HEY, CONNOR.
- ACTING LIKE THE BIG LEADER.

- LIKE WE DON'T ALREADY KNOW
WHAT WE KNOW.
- AND WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

EVERYBODY THOUGHT IT WAS ME.

MAYBE EVEN I WAS STARTING
TO. BUT IT WAS YOU ALL ALONG.

YOU'RE THE ONE WORKING
WITH THE BEAST. I'M NOT.

WELL, THEN YOU'RE A PUPPET. EITHER WAY,
EVERYTHING'S GOING TO HELL BECAUSE OF YOU.

YOU'RE THE REASON THAT THE SUN IS GONE,
THAT I DON'T HAVE A HOME TO GO BACK TO.

YOU'RE THE REASON THAT SHE...

IT'S YOU.

YOU'RE THE REASON MY LIFE SUCKS.

GET OVER IT.

UH, NOT TO BE A BUTTINSKY, BUT COULD
WE GET BACK TO THE PEP TALKY THING?

I'M NOT ONE TO TURN
DOWN A LITTLE PEP,

BUT I'D MUCH PREFER
WE HAD A PLAN.

HERE'S ONE.

HIM.

- WHO'S HE?
- WO-PANG.

HE CAN DELIVER ANGELUS TO US.

THOUGHT YOU SAID... ME TOO.

FRED,

WOULD YOU MIND BREWING
SOME TEA FOR OUR GUEST?

OH, UH,

SURE.

RIGHT THIS WAY, MR., UH, PANG.

ANY SPECIAL TEA YOU...

HOW ABOUT ORANGE ZINGER?

OH. OKAY.

- WHAT DO YOU MEAN, DELIVER ANGELUS?
- WO-PANG'S A SHAMAN.

ORDER OF THE
KUN-SUN-DAI. DARK MYSTICS?

YOU BROUGHT A DARK MYSTIC
HERE WITHOUT TALKING TO...

HE CLAIMS HE HAS THE POWER
TO EXTRACT SOULS. CLAIMS?

MORE IMPORTANTLY,
HE CAN RESTORE THEM.

ONCE WE LEARN WHAT IT IS
ANGELUS KNOWS ABOUT THE BEAST...

WE'RE NOT BRINGING ANGELUS.

YOU DON'T HAVE A CHOICE. I DO.
THAT WAS IT. WANT TO HEAR IT AGAIN?

NOT WITH THE BRINGING. DON'T
MAKE THIS HARDER THAN IT HAS TO BE.

THERE'S NO PLAN "B," AND WE'RE RUNNING
OUT OF TIME. PEOPLE ARE IN SERIOUS DANGER.

THEN UNLEASHING ANGELUS IS
THE LAST THING THAT WE SHOULD DO.

IF HE'S HERE, I'M NOT.

I WON'T BE ABLE TO PROTECT
ANYONE FROM THE BEAST, OR FROM ME.

IT'S ONLY TEMPORARY.

WE'LL TAKE ALL THE NECESSARY
PRECAUTIONS IN THE INTERIM, CONTAIN YOU.

I'M NOT BLIND TO THE RISKS.
I KNOW WHAT ANGELUS...

YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT
ANGELUS IS, WESLEY.

ALL YOU KNOW IS WHAT
YOU'VE READ IN BOOKS.

YOU'VE NEVER HAD THE
PLEASURE OF HIS COMPANY.

AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO.

GET RID OF THE SHAMAN.

THEY'RE ALL GOING TO DIE...

THE FLOWERS,

PLANTS, TREES...

WITHOUT SUN.

JUST REALIZING.

I... I JUST CAME TO SAY...

THAT I'M ON YOUR SIDE.

ANGELUS IS THE JUMBO
FAMILY-SIZE BAD OF BAD IDEAS.

HE'D BE A DANGER TO ALL OF US.

YOU MADE THE RIGHT
CALL. WESLEY, THE OTHERS,

THEY DON'T GET IT.

BUT YOU DO.

WELL, IF I DIDN'T WHEN ANGELUS
WAS LOOSE AND KILLING IN SUNNYDALE,

THEN RELIVING HIS PAST HORRORS IN
VIRTUAL, WIDE-SCREEN SENSURROUND...

DURING MY TENURE IN FLOATY-VILLE
PRETTY MUCH MAKES ME AN EXPERT.

RIGHT.

DO YOU... DO YOU
THINK CONNOR'S RIGHT?

THAT I'M BEING USED BY THE
BEAST WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING?

NO.

ARE YOU JUST SAYING THAT?

YES.

I DON'T KNOW, ANGEL.

- IT'S POSSIBLE.
- WELL, IF I AM, THEN
I'M ALREADY A DANGER TO YOU.

- ALL OF YOU.
- WELL, NOT LIKE
ANGELUS WOULD BE.

I MEAN, HE'S...

HE'S SMART.

EXCUSE ME?

WELL...

- YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
- YOU'RE SAYING ANGELUS
IS SMARTER THAN ME.

NO. I... I MEAN...

YOU'RE SMART.

HE'S JUST...

- INGENIOUS.
- BUT IN THAT TWISTED, SADISTIC,
RUTHLESS KIND OF WAY.

- LIKE THE BEAST.
- YES, EXACTLY.

THEY THINK ALIKE.

ALWAYS A STEP OR TWO
AHEAD OF US. I MEAN,

WHAT IS IT ABOUT EVIL THAT
JACKS UP THE I.Q. POINTS?

IT'S LIKE WHENEVER...

WHAT?

ANGEL.

WE'RE GONNA NEED A CAGE. CAGE?

A STRONG ONE. ABOUT 10
BY 12, STEEL-REINFORCED.

TWO-INCH BARS, MAYBE THREE.

I'LL MAKE SOME CALLS.

WHAT, HE THINKS SOMETHING
LIKE THAT'S GONNA HOLD THE BEAST?

IT'S NOT FOR THE BEAST.

IT'S FOR HIM.

THAT'S IT THEN.

YOU GOT IT? YEAH.

THE CAGE IS SOLID,
MAN. ALL RIGHT.

TELL THE SHAMAN WE'RE READY.

HEY, UH, LISTEN, ANGEL-CAKES,
IF IT'S ALL THE SAME WITH YOU, UH,

I THINK I MIGHT SIT THIS
ONE OUT UPSTAIRS, HMM?

YOU KNOW HOW DARK MAGIC UNLEASHING
UNSPEAKABLE EVIL GIVES ME THE HEEBIES.

IT'S OKAY. TELL CORDY AND FRED THEY
DON'T NEED TO BE DOWN HERE EITHER.

GOTCHA, CHIEF. BREAK A LEG.

CONNOR. WHAT?

LOOK, I KNOW YOU LIKE TO
THINK THAT I'M THE ENEMY.

BUT IF THIS WORKS,

I WILL BE.

I'M GONNA BECOME THE ONE THING
YOU WERE RAISED TO BELIEVE I WAS.

THE THING I NEVER,
NEVER WANTED YOU TO SEE.

YEAH. I THINK I CAN HANDLE IT.

UH-HUH. WELL,
JUST KEEP IN MIND...

THAT WHATEVER ANGELUS
SAYS, WHATEVER HE DOES,

REMEMBER,

HE'S NOT YOUR FATHER.

I AM.

NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS OR...

HAPPENED,

I...

I LOVE YOU.

LOOK, ONE MORE THING. SINCE I'M
GONNA BE OUT OF COMMISSION FOR A WHILE,

I WANT YOU TO, YOU KNOW,
TAKE CARE OF EVERYBODY,

KEEP 'EM SAFE.

THAT MEANS IF ANYTHING
SHOULD GO WRONG WITH ANGELUS,

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO KILL ME.

OKAY.

IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG.

RIGHT. I GOT IT.

WHAT IS THAT? IT
IS THE MUO-PING...

THE RECEPTACLE THAT
WILL HOUSE HIS SOUL.

CORDY, I DON'T WANT YOU HERE.

YEAH? TOUGH.

IT WOULD BE WISE FOR YOUR SAFETY
TO ADD THE SECOND LOCK TO THE DOOR.

DO AS HE SAYS.

ANGEL,

YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS.

NOW SHE TELLS ME.

CLOSE YOUR EYES...

AND DON'T SPEAK.

TIME TO SAY GOOD-BYE.

GUNN!

HURRY!

FOOL! WHY WOULD I HELP YOU?

- I SERVE THE AWAKENED ONE.
- LITTLE HELP HERE, PLEASE.

SO THIS WAS ALL A SETUP.

THIS WHOLE SOUL
COLONIC THING. FOR WHAT?

THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW.

WHY DOES THE BEAST
SUDDENLY WANT ME DEAD?

DID ANGELUS WELSH ON OUR PACT?

IS THAT IT?

OKAY, THEN MAYBE YOU
CAN SHED A LITTLE LIGHT...

AS TO WHAT THE BEAST'S PLAN IS.

OR MAYBE I SHOULD JUST START
TAKING YOU APART NOW, PIECE...

BY PIECE.

WELL, SO MUCH FOR THAT
FONT OF INFORMATION.

GUNN, SEE IF HE
HAS ANYTHING ON HIM.

HE'S GOT SOMETHIN'
ON HIM, ALL RIGHT.

IS THERE ANY PART OF THIS GUY THAT
DOESN'T HAVE WRITING ALL OVER IT?

SCRATCH THAT. I DON'T WANT
TO KNOW. CAN YOU TRANSLATE IT?

MOST OF IT.
DEFINITELY SCRIPTURE.

A RECORDED HISTORY
OF THE KUN-SUN-DAI.

THEY'RE ACOLYTES OF
THE BEAST, ALL RIGHT.

SO THAT'S WHY WE COULDN'T
FIND ANYTHING IN THE BOOKS.

THESE JOKERS ARE WALKIN'
AROUND WITH IT ON THEIR ASSES.

HANG ON. WHAT IS IT?

THERE'S A PASSAGE HERE.

- DIFFICULT TO... FRED, COULD YOU...
- OH. UH-HUH.

IT'S DETAILING THE ACOLYTES'
VICTORY OVER THE BOSH M'AD...

SOMETIME IN... I THINK
IN THE THIRD CENTURY.

WHAT'S A BOSH WHATEVER YOU SAID?

THE OPPOSERS OF THE AWAKENING.
THE BOSH M'AD FORGED SOMETHING...

TO DESTROY THE BEAST.

THE TOOTH OF LIGHT.

THEY MADE A TOOTH?

TO THE BEST OF MY INTERPRETATION,
A WEAPON OF SOME KIND.

HOW'D IT WORK OUT FOR 'EM?

IT WAS NEVER USED. THE
AWAKENING WAS CENTURIES AWAY.

IN THE MEANTIME, EVERY
LAST ONE OF THE BOSH M'AD...

WAS WIPED OUT BY
THE BEAST'S ACOLYTES.

SO THIS TOOTH THING MUST
HAVE HAD THEM WORRIED.

- WHAT HAPPENED TO IT?
- NEVER FOUND.

THE OPPOSERS KEPT IT HIDDEN.

GREAT. SO NOW WE HAVE TO
FIND A TOOTH IN A HAYSTACK.

WE DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT THE WEAPON IS.

IT'S A SWORD.

THE SWORD OF BOSH M'AD.

I CAN SEE IT.

PRETTY.

I KNOW WHERE IT IS.

- WHERE?
- IT'S HERE, UNDER THE CITY.

WELL, THAT'S A BREAK.

DID YOU HEAR THAT? THERE'S A
SWORD. A SWORD TO KILL THE BEAST.

AND YOU WANTED TO TURN ME INTO ANGELUS
BY HAVING AN EVIL SHAMAN CUT OFF MY HEAD.

NOT THAT THAT WASN'T
A SWELL PLAN TOO.

SORRY.

WAS THAT AN APOLOGY?

I WAS CARELESS. MADE A MISTAKE
THAT ALMOST COST YOU YOUR LIFE.

WOULD HAVE MADE PULLING YOU OUT
OF THE OCEAN A BIG WASTE OF MY TIME.

YEAH, THAT WOULD
HAVE BEEN A DRAG.

IT'S JUST THE FIRST TIME I
EVER HEARD YOU APOLOGIZE...

ABOUT ANYTHING.

SO, WE GONNA GO GET
THE SWORD OR WHAT?

I DON'T GET THIS. WHAT?

HOW IS IT A SWORD FROM
THE THIRD CENTURY...

IS CONVENIENTLY LOCATED
HERE IN LOS ANGELES?

I DON'T THINK IT IS.

I MEAN, I GET THE
IMPRESSION THAT SOMEHOW...

IT'S ACCESSIBLE FROM, LIKE, A
HUNDRED POINTS ALL OVER THE WORLD.

HOW'S THAT WORK? I DON'T KNOW.

I JUST GET THE VISIONS,
NOT THE CLIFF NOTES.

OVER THERE.

WHAT'S THAT?

A WAY DOWN.

THAT'S A STEEP GRADE DOWN THERE.

GONNA HAVE TO
TAKE IT A LITTLE SLOW.

WATCH OUR STEPS AND STAY...

TOGETHER.

CONNOR.

FOUND SOMETHING.

EASY, EASY.

WHAT ARE THOSE?
HOLIDAY DECORATIONS...

LEFT OVER FROM SOME "S"
AND "M" BONDAGE PARTY?

WOOD. WHY DID IT
HAVE TO BE WOOD?

WE HAVE TO PASS THROUGH THE CORRIDOR
WITHOUT RINGING ANY OF THE BELLS.

OH. I KNEW YOU TWO WOULD
GET ME IN TROUBLE SOMEDAY.

CORDELIA, FREEZE!

YOUR SLEEVE.

MOVE!

OH, NO.

- IT'S A DEAD END.
- WHO BOOBY-TRAPS A DEAD END? THAT'S JUST NOT RIGHT.

THERE'S SOMETHING HERE.

- ASSYRIAN?
- HEBREW.

RASHI SCRIPT. CAN YOU READ IT?

WELL, THEY'RE JUST RANDOM
LETTERS. ONE ON EACH STONE.

UNLESS...

THIS IS IT! YOU DID...

- YOU DIDN'T.
- THERE'S A PATTERN.

HEBREW LETTERS HAVE
NUMERICAL VALUES. "ALEPH" IS ONE.

THE LETTER WITH THE NEXT HIGHEST
NUMERICAL VALUE WOULD BE "HE."

FIVE.

- AAAH!
- WHAT HAPPENED?

- HE WAS WRONG.
- I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE...

NINE STONES. YES, THAT'S IT.

IT'S NOT THEIR NUMERICAL VALUE.

THESE ARE THE FIRST LETTERS OF THE
NINE ANTEDILUVIAN PATRIARCHS IN GENESIS.

THAT WOULD'VE
BEEN MY NEXT GUESS.

- SO WHICH ONE DO WE PRESS?
- "ALEPH" WAS ADAM.

SO IN ASCENDING
ORDER, "SHIN" FOR SETH.

THAT ONE.

NOW WHAT? "QOPH" FOR CAINAN.

- WHICH ONE'S "QOPH"?
- MAYBE THAT ONE.

MAYBE? I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
SHIRT TO BANDAGE BOTH OF YOU.

COME ON.

- CONNOR, GO.
- BOTH OF US.

NOW.

WHICH WAY NOW? DON'T LOOK
AT ME. I'M NOT A THOMAS GUIDE.

WE SHOULD SPLIT UP.
RIGHT. CONNOR, GO WITH WES.

CORDY AND I'LL TAKE THE
LEFT. I'LL GO WITH CORDY.

- CONNOR...
- WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?

WE DON'T HAVE TIME
FOR A DISCUSSION. JUST...

JUST GO WITH WESLEY.

I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT
BACK THERE... CONNOR.

HE'S STILL CONFUSED
ABOUT THINGS.

I'VE REALLY MADE A MESS OF
A MESSY SITUATION, HAVEN'T I?

SOME REALLY ROTTEN
DECISIONS I'D LOVE TO TAKE BACK.

BUT...

I DON'T KNOW IF
YOU EVER COULD...

COULD?

WHOA.

COULD WHAT? WHAT COULD I EVER...

THIS HAS GOTTA BE THE PLACE.

SO WHERE'S THE SWORD?

OKAY, GREAT.

- IT'S GONE.
- MAYBE.

WHAT MAYBE? I DON'T
SEE IT, DO YOU? NO.

BUT THE LIGHT MUST BE
COMING FROM SOMEWHERE.

ANGEL.

IT'S SOME KIND OF
DIMENSIONAL HUB.

THAT'S WHY THE SWORD
CAN BE IN A HUNDRED PLACES...

AH... AT ONCE.

AH.

I'D SAY THINGS ARE
STARTIN' TO LOOK...

UH, ANGEL.

CAN WE GET OUT OF HERE NOW?

- CORDY!
- ANGEL!

ANGEL!

HANG ON.

UH... UH...

OH, MY GOD. ARE YOU...

NO, NO. NO, NO. I'M GOOD.

I'M GOOD. SEE?

I MISSED THE POINTY END.

WHAT?

SHH. HEY.

WE COULD HAVE DIED.

BUT WE DIDN'T.

WHAT IF WE HAD?

WHAT IF WE'D BEEN DEEP-FRIED
TRYING TO SAVE THE WORLD AGAIN,

AND I...

AND I DIDN'T HAVE THE
CHANCE TO TELL YOU...

TELL ME WHAT?

I'M SORRY FOR WHAT HAPPENED...

FOR WHAT I LET
HAPPEN WITH CONNOR.

I WAS LOST AND FRIGHTENED,

AND I THOUGHT IT
WAS THE END, AND...

I WANTED TO BE WITH YOU,

BUT I COULDN'T.

OH, GOD, TO DO WHAT I DID.

IT'S GONNA BE ALL RIGHT.

NO. IT'S...

YOU NEED TO KNOW...

THAT I CAN LOOK BACK AND SEE EVERY
HORRIBLE THING YOU'VE EVER DONE AS ANGELUS,

AND IT DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE,

BECAUSE WHEN I'M WITH YOU ALL I
FEEL IS THE GOOD YOU'VE DONE AS ANGEL.

I KNOW I'VE HURT YOU.

I KNOW I DON'T DESERVE
FORGIVENESS, BUT...

CORDY,

I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU'VE
DONE IN YOUR PAST EITHER.

I DON'T KNOW IF
THIS IS RIGHT, ANGEL.

STOP TALKING. OKAY.

CONNOR.

- CONNOR. CONNOR, WAIT.
- LET ME GET HIM.

CONNOR... LEAVE ME ALONE.

CAN'T WE JUST TALK ABOUT THIS?

DON'T... MOVE.

DON'T TELL ME WHAT
TO DO. CONNOR...

OW.

THAT HURT.

YEAH. I CAN REALLY SEE
WHY SHE WANTS YOU.

CONNOR, I KNOW YOU'RE HURT.

YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING, DAD, EXCEPT...
EXCEPT HOW TO TAKE THINGS AWAY FROM ME.

BE CAREFUL.

WHY? NOTHING IN THIS WORLD IS
THE WAY IT OUGHT TO BE, RIGHT?

IT'S HARSH AND CRUEL.

BECAUSE OF YOU!

THIS ISN'T THE PLACE FOR THIS.

IT'S YOUR FAULT.
IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT.

I NEVER SHOULD HAVE
BEEN BORN! GROW UP!

YOU THINK YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE WHO EVER FELT
LIKE THAT? WISHED HIS FATHER WERE DEAD?

YEAH, BUT MINE ALREADY IS.

IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT YOU, CONNOR.

- WHAT YOU WANT ISN'T ALWAYS
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE NEED.
- SHE WAS MINE!

- SHE WAS MINE.
- NO, SHE WASN'T.

I'M SORRY, CONNOR, BUT YOU
NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT.

CONNOR...

OH, MY GOD.

- THOUGHT YOU GUYS
MIGHT BE DEAD.
- DON'T STOP THINKIN' IT YET.

- IS THAT IT?
- THE SWORD OF THE BOSH M'AD.

SLAYER OF THE BEAST.

OOH. CAN I PLAY WITH IT?

WHERE'S CONNOR?

PATROLLING.

WE HAVE THE SWORD.
NOW ALL WE NEED...

MY BAD.

ALL WE NEED TO DO
IS LOCATE THE BEAST.

WELL, MOST OF MY
CONNECTIONS HAVE AM-SCRAYED...

TO DIMENSIONS A LITTLE LIGHTER
ON THE STOMPING YOUR ENTRAILS OUT.

ALL I COULD KOLCHAK WAS A RUMOR OF BAD MOJO
RISING, DOWN IN THE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT.

- THEN THAT'S WHERE WE'LL START.
- WAIT. WE FOUND
SOME RELEVANT PASSAGES...

IN THE PARANYCH GRIMOIRE WHICH WE WERE
ABLE TO CROSS-REFERENCE WITH WO-PANG'S,

UM, BUTT.

EITHER HE'S GOT ONE FUNKY MOLE, OR WE FIGURE
THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO KILL THE BEAST.

- HOW?
- PIERCING ITS BRAIN
WITH THE BOSH M'AD.

SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN TO ME.
AND WHAT ABOUT THE SUN?

ONE GOOD POKE IN THE COCONUT
SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THAT TOO.

WHEN THE BEAST IS DEAD, THE ENERGY
USED TO BLOCK THE SUN SHOULD BE RELEASED.

THERE'S A CATCH, ISN'T THERE?

- ONE SMALL EENSIE.
- ALWAYS WITH THE FINE PRINT.

TOOK A WHOLE LOT OF POWER
TO PULL OFF PERMANENT MIDNIGHT.

WHICH WILL ALL BE RELEASED
WHEN I KILL THE BEAST.

AS FAR AS WE CAN
FIGURE FROM THE TEXT,

NOTHING HUMAN'LL SURVIVE
AT THAT CLOSE A RANGE.

I'M NOT EVEN SURE THAT YOU CAN.

I'LL LET YOU KNOW.

- YOU'RE NOT GONNA FIGHT THIS
THING BY YOURSELF.
- THERE'S NO CHOICE.

THERE'S ALWAYS A CHOICE.

NOT FOR ME.

I HAVE TO DO THIS.

YOU'VE MADE A
DIFFERENCE... EACH OF YOU.

NOT JUST TO ME,
BUT TO THE WORLD.

WE'VE BEEN PUSHED TO
THE EDGE SO MANY TIMES,

DONE THINGS WE'RE SURE
COULD NEVER BE FORGIVEN,

BUT WE'RE ALWAYS THERE FOR
EACH OTHER WHEN IT COUNTS.

WE'VE NEVER LET
THE DARKNESS WIN.

AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE
OF THE POWERS THAT BE...

OR THE SUPERSTRENGTH
OR THE MAGICAL WEAPONS.

IT'S BECAUSE WE
BELIEVE IN EACH OTHER.

NOT JUST AS FRIENDS OR
LOVERS, BUT AS CHAMPIONS.

ALL OF US,

TOGETHER.

ANGEL, WAIT.

YOU JUST SAID IT.

WE'RE STRONGER TOGETHER.

YOU CAN'T DO THIS ALONE.

I'M NOT. DROP THE HALLMARK CRAP.

THAT MIGHT PLACATE THE
SHINY-HAPPYS OVER THERE,

BUT I'M WORKING WITH A
LITTLE MORE INVESTMENT.

I CAN'T LOSE YOU.

NOT NOW.

NOT WHEN WE'RE JUST STARTING...

WHATEVER IT IS OR COULD BE.

WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT
WHEN I GET BACK.

WHAT IF YOU DON'T?
THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.

YOU DON'T KNOW THAT.

LOOK, I'VE NEVER BEEN
MORE SURE OF ANYTHING.

I'LL COME BACK, CORDELIA.

I PROMISE, FOR YOU.

BUT FIRST I GOTTA DO THIS. I
GOTTA FIND THE BEAST AND...

OH. THERE HE IS.

I GROW WEARY OF YOUR
COWARDICE, ANGELUS.

IF YOU WILL NOT STAND WITH ME,
THEN SUFFER THE AGONY OF MY WRATH.

IS THAT WHAT I THINK IT IS?

GO.

NO. GET OUT OF HERE!

- NO!
- ALL OF YOU!

I CAN'T DO THIS
WITH YOU HERE. GO!

NO! ANGEL!

THAT STINGS.

- NOT AS MUCH AS IT'S GONNA.
- WE COULD RULE THIS WORLD. WHY DO YOU OPPOSE ME?

RAIN OF FIRE.
BLOCKIN' OUT THE SUN.

AND YOU JUST KIND
OF PISS ME OFF.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO
BE THIS WAY, ANGELUS.

I'M THINKIN' IT DOES.

DID YOU REALLY THINK YOU'D WIN?

THE BOY JOINS THE
FATHER IN DEATH.

NO, IN KICKING YOUR STONY ASS.

SUCH ARROGANCE.

SO MUCH LIKE ANGELUS.

HIS NAME IS ANGEL.

CONSIDER YOUR ASS KICKED.

DAD...

YOU CAME BACK. LIKE I'D LET YOU TAKE
ALL THE CREDIT FOR SAVING THE WORLD?

YOU'RE RIGHT.

IT IS HARSH AND CRUEL.

SHE WAS THE ONLY THING
THAT MADE IT HURT LESS.

CONNOR... BUT IT'S NOT ME.

I COULD FEEL IT IN HER TOUCH,

IN HER EYES.

SHE LOVES YOU.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN YOU.

I'M SORRY.

SHE WAS TOO OLD FOR ME ANYWAY.

IS THIS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE?

BEING A CHAMPION?

PRETTY MUCH.

CONNOR?

OH, MY GOD.

YOU DID IT. WE DID IT.

ALL OF US.

NOW, COULD ONE OF YOU
DO ME A FAVOR AND, UH,

SWEEP THAT UP?

MUST BE HARD,

SEEING EVERYONE SO HAPPY
BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU DID.

BRINGING THE LIGHT BACK,

BUT NOT BEING ABLE
TO GO OUT INTO IT.

THERE'S NO PLACE
I'D RATHER BE...

THAN HERE WITH YOU.

CORDY. NO.

WHATEVER IT IS,

WHATEVER THE REASON OR EXCUSE...

OR LOGIC,

WE'RE HERE...

NOW, TOGETHER.

EVERYTHING IS THE WAY IT'S
SUPPOSED TO BE FOR ONCE.

ANGEL,

HAVEN'T WE WAITED LONG ENOUGH?

BUFFY? NO.

OH, GOD. NO!

ILLUSION BECOMES REALITY.

IT IS DONE.

ANGELUS.

GRR! ARRGH!