Angel (1999–2004): Season 4, Episode 9 - Long Day's Journey - full transcript

ROOM SERVICE. HEY.

I GOT YOU SOME
NICE O-POSITIVE HERE.

FRESHLY NUKED, FOR THAT
RIGHT-OUT-OF-THE-JUGULAR TASTE.

JUST PUT IT ON THE TABLE.

HMM. GOOD LIKENESS.

UH, YOU WOULDN'T MIND IF I RAN
SCREAMING FROM THE ROOM, WOULD YA?

SHUT THE DOOR ON YOUR WAY OUT.

OH. ALL RIGHT.

YOU WANT TO PLAY IT THIS
WAY, WE'LL PLAY IT THIS WAY.

- PLAY WHAT?
- ANGEL, SWEETIE, WHY SO DOWN?

"DON'T INTERRUPT
ME. I'M BROODING."



I'M NOT BROODING.

I'M RESEARCHING.

THE APOCALYPTIC BEAST WHO'S TURNED
OUR CITY INTO HIS PERSONAL ABATTOIR?

YEAH, SO'S EVERYBODY
ELSE. WESLEY INCLUDED.

- DOWNSTAIRS, TOGETHER.
- I WORK BETTER ALONE.

OH.

THAT'S IT. I SEE.
IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU.

SILLY OLD LORNE, THINKING IT WAS
ABOUT SAVING THE WORLD FROM ENDING.

WELCOME TO THE BIG LEAGUES,
ANGEL. YOU'RE A CHAMPION.

YOU DON'T GET PERSONAL DAYS.

THERE'S NOTHING
ON THIS BEAST, LORNE.

I FOUGHT IT ONCE. IT NEARLY
DECAPITATED ME WITH MY OWN STAKE.

IT'S KILLED HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE THAT I COULDN'T SAVE.

AND IT KEEPS SHOWING
UP AROUND MY KID.



MY KID WHO'S...

NOT ENTIRELY UNMAKING WITH THE
MOVES ON THE GIRL WHO MIGHT HAVE BEEN.

YOU WANT TO SHOVE
THAT INTO ENGLISH FOR ME?

I KNOW ABOUT
CONNOR AND CORDELIA.

IT'S, UH... IT'S A
VIBE. IT'S A THING.

I KNOW. WHAT CAN I SAY? YOU
CAN SAY GOOD-BYE. TAKE A HIKE.

CONNOR'S STILL GONNA
BE YOUR SON, YOU KNOW,

WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE.

AND YOU MAY NOT FIND PERFECT
HAPPINESS WITH CORDELIA.

BUT, ANGEL-FOOD,
YOU GOTTA REMEMBER...

THERE'S OTHER FISH IN THE SEA.

MISS RAIDEN.

MR. ASHET. IT'S AN HONOR
TO FINALLY MEET YOU.

YES. I SUPPOSE IT WOULD BE.

I APOLOGIZE FOR YOUR LONG JOURNEY
WHEN I CAN'T OFFER BETTER NEWS.

YOU HAVEN'T CHANGED YOUR MIND?

MR. ASHET, I UNDERSTAND THE AMULETS
YOU WANT ACQUIRED ARE VERY VALUABLE.

YES, THAT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE
EXTREMELY RARE AND POWERFUL.

PROTECTIVE AMULETS. YEAH.

AND CONSIDERING THE HOLY ROLLER REVELATIONS
PARTY THAT SEEMS TO BE GOING ON LATELY,

I CAN SEE WHY YOU
MIGHT WANT THEM.

BUT AS JUICY AS
THE COMMISSION IS,

I'VE GOT THIS
PROBLEM, WHEREIN...

I'M VERY RESPECTFULLY...

GOING ON VACATION
TO TAHITI, SIR.

YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHO I
AM, DO YOU, MISS RAIDEN?

OR OF THE DIRE IMPORTANCE
OF RECENT EVENTS.

I KNOW ENOUGH TO GO TO TAHITI.

WELL SAID.

PERHAPS, THEN, I WON'T
KILL YOU FOR YOUR...

CLOSE ONE?

FOUR BLOCKS OVER.

THEY'RE GETTING MORE FREQUENT.

A COUPLE TIMES LAST NIGHT, I
EVEN DREAMED I HEARD... SCREAMING.

IT WASN'T A DREAM.

THINGS ARE FALLING
APART OUT THERE.

IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT, YOU KNOW.

WE SHOULD GO OVER
TO THE HOTEL TODAY,

TALK TO MY DAD,

SEE IF THEY FOUND OUT
ANYTHING NEW ABOUT THE BEAST.

THEY WOULD HAVE TOLD US IF THEY
HAD. PROBABLY JUST SAFER IF WE STAY PUT.

OOH. WISH I'D KNOWN YOU WEREN'T
GONNA TAKE YOUR TURN ON THE BED.

MAYBE I WOULDN'T HAVE
THIS ACHY FLOOR NECK.

OH. I DIDN'T WANNA
SLEEP THERE WITHOUT YOU.

OH, BOY.

I HEARD THAT. I'M SURE YOU DID.

IT'S THE SUPER-HEARING.

WHATEVER YOU SAY.

KIND OF MAKES YOU
WONDER WHERE I GOT IT FROM.

I'M GONNA GO WASH UP.

HAVE YOU SEEN MY...

TOWEL.

SUPERSPEED. AND
SUPERSTRENGTH TOO.

CONNOR, WE'VE BEEN COOPED UP
HERE TOGETHER FOR TWO DAYS STRAIGHT.

BECAUSE YOU WON'T TAKE
ME BACK TO THE HOTEL.

THEY DON'T WANT
ME THERE, DO THEY?

ANGEL DOESN'T WANT ME THERE.

IT'S BECAUSE THEY THINK
I'M CONNECTED TO THE BEAST.

IT'S WHY YOU DON'T
WANT ME EITHER.

ANGEL KNOWS WE SLEPT TOGETHER.

THAT'S WHY YOU CAN'T
GO BACK TO THE HOTEL.

HE...

HE KNOWS, CONNOR, ALL RIGHT?

WITH HIS SUPER-SMELLING
AND SUPER-TOM-PEEPING AND...

I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT ELSE, BUT...

HE KNOWS,

AND HE'S EXTREMELY UPSET
WITH BOTH OF US RIGHT NOW.

WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG.

WE HURT HIM.

THAT'S ENOUGH.

WHAT IS IT, A VISION?

WHAT DO YOU SEE? NOTHING.

I... I HAVE TO SEE ANGEL.

HOW DO YOU KNOW I'LL BE
HERE WHEN YOU GET BACK?

AREN'T YOU AFRAID I'M GONNA
RUN OFF AND JOIN THE DEMON?

I TRUST YOU, CONNOR.

I DON'T TRUST HIM.

YOU CAN'T SAY THAT. CONNOR
HASN'T DONE ANYTHING WRONG.

LATELY. YOU FORGETTIN' ANGEL'S
VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA?

CHARLES, THE LITTLE GIRL IN THAT
WHITE ROOM WAS EVIL. I FELT IT.

WHEN SHE SAID... "THE
ANSWER IS AMONG YOU."

COME ON. WHO ELSE COULD
CREEPYLOCKS HAVE BEEN TALKIN' ABOUT?

IT WAS PROBABLY JUST SOME MIND GAME TO GET
THE BEAST TO COME AFTER US INSTEAD OF HER.

THAT'S ANOTHER THING... CONNOR'S
GONE TOE-TO-TOE WITH THIS GUY TWICE...

AND BARELY NEEDED A
BOO-BOO KISS AFTERWARD.

- THAT'S NOT SUSPICIOUS?
- MOST OF US HAVE ENCOUNTERED THE
DEMON TWICE. WE'RE STILL HERE.

BUT WE WEREN'T CONVENIENTLY BORN
IN THE EXACT SPOT THAT THING HATCHED.

"THE ANSWER IS AMONG YOU."

HAVE I MENTIONED I
HATE CRYPTIC MESSAGES?

WELL, THERE'S ONE
THING I CAN DECRYPT.

MY SOURCES HAVE ALREADY
CONFIRMED THAT WITHOUT THE LITTLE GIRL,

THE EARTHLY CONTINGENT
OF WOLFRAM AND HART...

IS CUT OFF FROM THE SENIOR
PARTNERS... EFFECTIVELY NEUTRALIZED.

HOWEVER, IT APPEARS THAT
WAS NOT HER ONLY FUNCTION.

I'VE JUST FOUND AN ENTRY IN RHINEHARDT'S
COMPENDIUM FOR THAT SAME LITTLE GIRL.

OR RATHER, THE ENTITY
PRESENTING ITSELF AS ONE.

HER NAME IS MESEKTET.

HMM. I FIGURED
TIFFANY OR BRANDY.

SO YOU MEAN WOLFRAM
AND HART WAS JUST A DAY JOB.

SORT OF. YOU SEE,

MESEKTET WAS ONE OF FIVE
ENORMOUSLY POWERFUL BEINGS...

WHICH ARE LINKED TO AN
EMBODIMENT OF THE ANCIENT GOD RA.

WHICH MAKES THEM TOTEMS, RIGHT?

SYMBOLIC MANIFESTATIONS. YES.

TOTEMS WHICH, TOGETHER,
FORM AN ORDER CALLED THE RA-TET.

MUST BE BIG. NEVER HEARD OF 'EM.

THAT'S BECAUSE THEIR ORIGINS HAVE BEEN
SHROUDED IN MYSTERY SINCE THE DAWN OF TIME.

ONLY THE TOTEMS THEMSELVES
KNOW THEIR TRUE PURPOSE.

SO MAYBE HE KILLED THIS
MESEKTET FOR ANOTHER REASON.

I'LL HIT THE NET. CHARLES,
YOU WANNA UPDATE ANGEL?

MR. DO NOT DISTURB? DOUBT IT.

DON'T KNOW WHY WE'RE BOTHERING
WITH THE RAH-RAHS ANYWAY.

"THE ANSWER IS AMONG
YOU." REMEMBER?

BAD NEWS, MUNCHKINS.

RUMOR MILL HAS DR. FEELBAD ATTACHED
TO ANOTHER SLICE-AND-DICE YESTERDAY.

WHO WAS IT? LOVELY WOMAN.

HIGH-AND-MIGHTY WHITE
MAGIC SHAMAN TYPE.

THAT DIDN'T EVEN FAZE THE BEAST.

TORE HER POOR HEART
RIGHT OUT OF HER CHEST.

THE M.O. DOESN'T MATCH.

MESEKTET HAD SOME SORT OF ENERGY
SUCKED FROM HER. HE DIDN'T TOUCH HER HEART.

LORNE, YOU DIDN'T HAPPEN
TO CATCH A NAME, DID YOU?

LIKE MA'AT?

YEAH, THAT... THAT'S THE LADY.

ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE RA-TET.
HE'S TAKIN' 'EM OUT ONE BY ONE.

WE CAN'T ASSUME THAT YET.

THIS BEAST HAS KILLED HUNDREDS
OF PEOPLE WITH HIS BARE HANDS.

YOU THROW IN THE STORMS AND EARTHQUAKES
THAT ACCOMPANIED THE RAIN OF FIRE,

YOU COULD PUT THE DEATH
TOLL IN THE THOUSANDS.

WES IS RIGHT. STATISTICALLY,
IT'S STILL A COINCIDENCE.

TWO POINTS... MAKE A
LINE, NOT A PATTERN.

HI, GUYS.

HEY, CORDY. WHAT'S UP, CORDY?

OKAY, UH, I GOTTA GO SEE ANGEL.

YOU SEE? I TOLD YOU CONNOR CAN'T BE
TRUSTED. LOOK HOW WEIRD HE'S MADE HER.

WHAT IS IT?

IT'S ME. I KNOW I DON'T HAVE
TO BE INVITED IN, BUT IT IS POLITE.

GO AWAY, CORDELIA.

WELL, YOU KNOW THAT NEVER WORKS.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START. THEN SKIP TO
THE END WHERE YOU LEAVE AND WE DON'T TALK.

AREN'T YOU GONNA ASK
HOW CONNOR'S DOING?

LIKE I REALLY WANT
A PROGRESS REPORT.

THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT.

HE'S SCARED TO DEATH, ANGEL... SCARED
THAT YOU THINK HE'S CONNECTED TO THE BEAST.

WELL, YOU KNOW, IT DOES TEND TO
SHOW UP WHENEVER HE'S AROUND.

I SWEAR. LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON.

THE TWO OF YOU HAVE CORNERED
THE MARKET ON TEENAGE SNITS.

HOW ABOUT YOU STOP
BEING ANGRY AT ME?

HOW ABOUT YOU STOP PRETENDING
TO GIVE A DAMN ABOUT MY FEELINGS?

I DO GIVE A DAMN.

IN FACT, I GIVE A
WHOLE LOT OF DAMN.

THAT'S WHY I CAME OVER HERE.

TO TELL YOU,

GET OVER IT.

- WHAT?
- I HAD A VISION THIS MORNING...

"GET OVER IT"? OF THE BEAST.

HMM. YOU KNOW, I NEVER
REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.

GET OVER IT.

WHY DIDN'T I THINK ABOUT
THAT, HMM? IT'S SO SIMPLE.

ANGEL...

I'M SORRY I HURT YOU.

IT WAS THE LAST THING IN
THE WORLD I WANTED TO DO.

BUT YOU HAVE TO GET PAST IT.

AND YOU HAVE TO GET PAST IT NOW,
BECAUSE THERE ARE BIGGER THINGS AT STAKE.

I KNOW IT'S NOT FAIR,
BUT IT'S THE WAY IT IS.

PEOPLE NEED YOU.

YOUR SON... NEEDS YOU.

TELL ME ABOUT YOUR VISION.

IT WAS... DIFFERENT...

FROM ANY OTHER...

I FELT LIKE I WAS INSIDE SOMEBODY
ELSE, LISTENING TO THE DEMON TALK.

BUT I COULDN'T TELL IF IT WAS
IN THE PAST OR IN THE FUTURE...

OR EVEN WHERE WE WERE EXACTLY.

WHO WAS INSIDE YOU?

I MEAN, WHO WAS
IT YOU WERE INSIDE?

I COULDN'T TELL.

BUT I DID FEEL LIKE THERE
WAS MORE I WASN'T GETTING,

LIKE I WAS JUST SCRATCHING
AT THE SURFACE OF SOMETHING.

MAYBE IT'LL COME TO ME.

SO, WHAT DID THE DEMON SAY?

DON'T KNOW. ALL I
GOT WAS A VISUAL.

NOT MUCH TO GO ON,
CORDY. BUT IT'S SOMETHING.

AND A VISION MEANS THE
PHONE LINES BETWEEN US...

AND THE POWERS
THAT BE ARE STILL OPEN.

MAYBE THEY'LL SEND US A CLUE.

AS IF THERE'S SOMEBODY
UP THERE WATCHING.

I WAS.

BUT I'M BACK NOW. SO YOU'RE
GONNA HAVE TO SUCK IT UP AND DEAL,

BECAUSE THINGS
ARE GOING TO HELL.

AND... AND YOU'RE THE LEADER.

SO LEAD.

THE POWERS ARE SENDING US A
WAKE-UP CALL, PEOPLE. SURE, WE'VE BEEN...

I DON'T WANT TO SAY
DEMOLISHED, BEATEN.

AND SURE, IT'S
SLIGHTLY... DEMORALIZING,

BUT FROM HERE ON OUT,
WE'RE ON THE OFFENSIVE.

WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT
THIS THING'S WEAKNESSES,

WE'RE GONNA GO IN PREPARED,
AND WE'RE GONNA FIGHT SMART.

IT'S TIME TO TAKE
DOWN THE BEAST.

UM, WE'RE ALL BEHIND YOU, ANGEL,

A HUNDRED PERCENT,

BUT HOW CAN WE BE PREPARED
WHEN THERE'S NOTHING ON THIS THING?

YEAH, AND WEAKNESSES?

IT'S NOT A SURE BET
EL DESTRUCTO HAS ANY.

EVERYONE HAS AN ACHILLES'
HEEL. UNTIL WE FIND HIS,

WE'RE GONNA BE COOLIN' OURS, 'CAUSE
WE GOT NOTHIN' WITHOUT A NEW LEAD.

GWEN.

HI THERE.

LONG TIME NO HAND-TO-HAND.

I REMEMBER YOU.

THE GUY YOU KILLED?
YEAH, THAT'S HIM.

KICKED YOU IN THE FACE
TOO, DIDN'T I, CHERRY?

SORRY ABOUT THAT. I REALLY
DO TRY TO AVOID CONTACT.

MOSTLY.

CORDELIA, THIS IS...
I KNOW WHO SHE IS.

CAUGHT YOUR LITTLE SHOW ON THE
OMNISCIENT HIGHER PLANE CHANNEL. THANKS.

SO YOU'RE THE GIRL WHO
MAKES HIS HEART GO PITTER-PAT.

FIGURATIVELY, AT LEAST.

YOU MUST BE SO HAPPY.

I AM.

NOT HAVING THE BEST
WEEK, TO BE HONEST.

TELL ME ABOUT IT. I
MEAN, REALLY. TELL ME.

FREAK TO FREAK.

IS THE WORLD ABOUT
TO END, OR WHAT?

SOMETHIN' HAPPEN TO YOU?

MET WITH A CLIENT LAST
NIGHT IN THE OIL FIELDS.

WHICH IS ODD, 'CAUSE I BAGGED
FOR THIS GUY SIX YEARS...

BIG MONEY... AND HE NEVER
WANTED TO MEET BEFORE.

FASCINATING AS THESE
DETAILS MUST SEEM TO YOU,

WE'RE DEALING WITH MUCH MORE
IMPORTANT STUFF RIGHT NOW.

APOCALYPSE. END OF THE WORLD.

ALSO, WHILE WE WERE TALKING,

HE, UM, GOT HIS CHEST PUNCHED OUT BY
A BIG DEMON WITH A HEAD MADE OF ROCK.

DEMON, OKAY? THE WHOLE NINE.

CLOVEN FEET AND
HORNS AND TEETH AND...

HE WASN'T WEARING LAMÉ THOUGH.

YEAH. THE EVIL ONES CAN'T
PULL IT OFF. IT... IT GETS CAMP.

THIS CLIENT OF YOURS,

WAS ANYTHING REMOVED
FROM THE BODY?

DIDN'T SEE.

BUT YOU ARE HANDS DOWN
THE WEIRDEST PERSON I KNOW,

SO I FIGURED I'D ASK
YOU WHAT'S GOING ON.

UM, EXCUSE ME.

NOT THAT I DON'T STILL BEAR A
GRUDGE AGAINST YOU, BECAUSE I DO,

BUT YOUR CLIENT DIDN'T HAPPEN TO
BE A SKINLESS SABERTOOTH TIGER...

OR COMPOSED ENTIRELY
OF LIGHT MAYBE?

LIGHT CAME OUT OF HIS
CHEST. HOW DID YOU KNOW?

YOU WANTED A PATTERN.
THAT MAKES THREE.

- HE'S KILLING THE RA-TET.
- WHAT'S A RA-TET?

A MYSTICAL ORDER. EACH TOTEM REPRESENTING
A STAGE IN RA'S JOURNEY ACROSS THE SKY.

HERE'S YOUR CLIENT.

TWO OTHERS... THESE...

ARE DEAD. THAT MEANS
THERE'S TWO TOTEMS LEFT.

MANJET AND SEMKHET.

THE LAST SIGHTING OF MANJET...

WAS RUMORED TWO
YEARS AGO IN BELIZE.

AND SEMKHET IS SAID TO LIVE
IN A CAVE IN DEATH VALLEY.

THEN THAT'S EASY. ALL WE HAVE TO
DO IS FIND SEMKHET AND PROTECT HIM.

WELL, WON'T THAT BE A HOOT.

LOOKS LIKE SEMKHET
IS PUDDY-TAT...

TO THE WORLD'S SCARIEST
SIX-YEAR-OLD. COULD BE DANGEROUS.

- I'LL TAKE GWEN.
- GEE, I FEEL ALL WARM INSIDE.

- SHOULDN'T WE ALL GO?
- WE CAN HANDLE IT.

SUPERPOWERS? I'LL
CATCH HER UP ON THE DRIVE.

BUT IT'S A FOUR-HOUR
TRIP. BOTH WAYS.

I'M SURE WE'LL FIND
SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT.

GEEZ. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THEY
TAUGHT STEALTH IN SUPERPOWER SCHOOL?

I DID THAT ON PURPOSE.
THAT'S PRETTY PATHETIC.

IF IT'S A LIE OR IF
IT'S THE TRUTH?

I THOUGHT WE WERE HERE TO
PROTECT THIS THING. WE ARE.

UNLESS IT'S EVIL. SO IF IT IS, WE
PREVENT THE BEAST FROM KILLING IT...

BY KILLING IT OURSELVES.

SO MUCH FOR PROTECTING IT.

LOOKS LIKE IT WAS RIPPED APART.

CHARRING AROUND THE EDGES.

THIS IS DEFINITELY OUR GUY.

THE BEAST IS SYSTEMATICALLY
EXECUTING THESE TOTEMS.

JUST DON'T KNOW WHY.

I DO.

HE'S GONNA TURN OUT THE SUN.

- WHAT ARE YOU DOIN' HERE?
- UH,

STANDIN' IN THE REMAINS
OF MY FALLEN BRETHREN,

TRYING NOT TO HAVE
AN ANXIETY ATTACK.

- WHO ARE YOU TWO?
- I'M ANGEL. THAT'S GWEN.

- YOU GOT A NAME?
- I AM MANJET,

SACRED GUARDIAN OF THE SHEN,

KEEPER OF THE ORB OF
MA'AT AND DEVOTEE OF LIGHT.

OFF-HOURS I LIKE MANNY.

- YOU'RE MANJET?
- RIGHT.

- THE LAST TOTEM OF THE RA-TET?
- RIGHT.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE IN BELIZE. WAS,
TILL I HEARD MESEKTET GOT WHACKED.

NEVER LIKED THAT CHICK. EVIL
RIGHT DOWN TO HER MARY JANES.

BUT FAMILY... WHAT
ARE YOU GONNA DO?

WHAT DID YOU MEAN BEFORE? THE
BEAST IS GONNA TURN OUT THE SUN...

- IS THAT SOME KIND OF METAPHOR?
- SORRY, I DON'T SPEAK
COLLEGE BOY.

I SAID WHAT I MEANT. THIS
BEAST YOU'RE TALKIN' ABOUT?

HE'S LOOKIN' FOR A WAY
TO PUT AN END TO DAYLIGHT.

HE WANTS TO BLOT OUT
THE SUN PERMANENTLY.

SO YOU'RE SAYING ONCE THE TOTEMS
ARE DEAD, THE SUN DISAPPEARS.

UH, NOT DISAPPEARS EXACTLY.

AND IT'S NOT JUST
KILLIN' US EITHER.

UH, THERE... THERE'S PROPS AND A
RITUAL AND A CHANT AND A THING AND A...

SUFFICE TO SAY, IT AIN'T EASY.

AND FOLKS IN THE RA-TET,
THEY GOT SOME SERIOUS JUICE,

WHICH IS WHY I NEVER
FELT WORRIED BEFORE.

BUT YOU'RE WORRIED NOW. WELL,
THERE'S FOUR OUT OF FIVE DOWN.

LET'S JUST SAY I'M NOT LOOKIN'
FORWARD TO MY RETIREMENT IN BOCA.

SO THE LIGHTS GO OUT. THEN WHAT?

THE CITY SINKS INTO NEVER-ENDING
DARKNESS, THAT'S WHAT.

VAMPS, CREEPIES, CRAWLIES...

THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE
NIGHT ARE SUDDENLY BUMPIN' 24-7.

THE WHOLE OF LOS
ANGELES TURNS INTO A, UH...

- DEMON PLAYGROUND.
- BINGO.

AND THAT'S BEFORE
IT STARTS TO SPREAD.

CALIFORNIA, NORTH AMERICA.
EVENTUALLY, HELLO, GLOBAL BLACKOUT.

THE WORLD IS THE DEVIL'S OYSTER.

WELL, WE GOTTA STOP HIM.

YOU SURE DO. AND
GOOD LUCK WITH THAT.

WHOA. WHERE DO YOU
THINK YOU'RE GOIN'?

LOOK, UH, IT'S PROBABLY JUST A FEW
HOURS TILL THIS GUY CATCHES UP WITH ME.

I WANT TO SPEND MY LAST MOMENTS
WITH MY OLDEST, DEAREST FRIENDS...

DOWN AT THE, UH,
PINK PONY LOUNGE.

I'LL BUY YOU A LAP
DANCE IF I CAN WATCH.

FORGET THAT. WE CAN TAKE
YOU SOMEWHERE SAFE, MANNY.

- WE CAN PROTECT YOU.
- RIGHT. SUPER HUNK
AND SPANDEXIA.

THIS THING TAKES OUT MESEKTET,
AND YOU TWO ARE GONNA PROTECT ME?

I DON'T SEE ANYBODY
ELSE LINED UP FOR THE JOB.

YOU THINK SHE'D
GIVE ME A LAP DANCE?

ANY MOVEMENT FROM THE
BEAST WHILE WE WERE GONE?

NOT A PEEP. JUST WASTIN' TIME
TRYIN' TO FIND WAYS TO KILL HIM.

WHICH, BY THE WAY,
THERE AREN'T ANY.

THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE SEMKHET.

SEMKHET'S NOT
AVAILABLE, SWEETHEART.

SLIGHT CASE OF BEIN' RIPPED
OPEN TO DEATH IN A CAVE.

DON'T SUPPOSE I COULD INTEREST
YOU IN A SHORT, STOCKY ORB-KEEPER?

GUYS, I'D LIKE YOU
TO MEET MANNY,

THE LAST TOTEM OF THE RA-TET.

THIS...

IS A BEING OF SUPREME POWER?

- YOU OUGHTA SEE ME IN MY ARMANI.
- WHAT HAPPENED TO
THE SECOND-TO-LAST ONE?

SOMEBODY ALREADY RIPPED
OUT THE TOY SURPRISE.

GOOD NEWS IS WE
DISCOVERED THE BEAST'S PLAN.

- WHICH IS?
- TO BLOT OUT THE SUN
FOR ALL OF ETERNITY.

YOU GUYS GOT A JOHN?

- RIGHT BACK THERE.
- THANKS, PAL.

WHY DID THE SMALL, YUCKY MAN
SAY THAT? HE'S JOKING, RIGHT?

APPARENTLY THERE IS A RITUAL USING MEMBERS
OF THE RA-TET TO CHANGE DAY INTO NIGHT.

FOREVER.

AS FAR AS EVIL PLANS
GO, IT DOESN'T SUCK.

HE'S KILLED FOUR
OF THE FIVE SO FAR.

I FIGURE WE KEEP MANNY SAFE,
THE LIGHTS STAY ON LONG ENOUGH,

AND WE FIND A WAY
TO DEFEAT THIS THING.

BUT WHERE ARE WE GONNA HIDE HIM?
WE NEED A SMALL, CONTROLLED SPACE.

SECURE THE PERIMETER,
GUARDS ON DUTY AT ALL TIMES.

- KITCHEN'S GOT A MEAT LOCKER.
- BRILLIANT.

LET'S STORE THE ONE THING THAT'LL
STAVE OFF PERPETUAL DARKNESS...

IN THE HOME OF THE ONLY PEOPLE WE'RE SURE THE
DEMON KNOWS. YOU GOT A BETTER IDEA, EINSTEIN?

GIVE ME TIME.

- I KNOW A PLACE.
- GREAT.

AS LONG AS IT'S NOT SOME
NONDESCRIPT TENEMENT DOWNTOWN...

WITH DISCARDED BOXES IN THE
STAIRWELLS AND PEELING PLASTER AND...

THE FAINT ODOR OF DEAD PEOPLE.

YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO COME,
CORDELIA, IF YOU DIDN'T WANT TO.

BUT WHAT IF I HAVE ANOTHER
VISION? BETTER I BE WITH YOU, RIGHT?

RATHER BE HERE THAN BACK AT THE HOTEL,
PLOWIN' THROUGH THEM ANNOYIN' BOOKS...

WITH THE SYMBOLIC
MANIFESTOS AND THE "BRILLIANT."

NEVER TRUST THE BOOKS
OR THE BOOKIES, KID.

REAL JUJU TAKES
PLACE ON THE Q.T.

THAT'S WHY YOU
CAN'T FIND THIS BEAST.

HE'S TOO POWERFUL.

I MEAN, TAKIN' OUT THE RA-TET...

YEAH, SPEAKIN' OF, AIN'T YOU TET FOLKS
SUPPOSED TO BE ALL MIGHTY AND COLOSSAL?

THE MIDDAY TOTEM IS MAN...

THE... THE NEUTRAL TOTEM...

THE POTENTIAL OF
EVERY HUMAN SOUL.

SO, YOU'RE JUST A GUY, THEN?

WELL, THERE'S MORE TO
ME THAN MEETS THE EYE.

FOR EXAMPLE, I'M IMMORTAL.

UNLESS I'M RITUALLY
MURDERED, OF COURSE.

OH. WELL, IT'S TOO BAD
YOU CAME HERE THEN.

'CAUSE IF YOU'RE GONNA
BE RITUALLY MURDERED,

IT'S PROBABLY GONNA
BE IN A HELLHOLE...

LIKE THIS. COME ON IN.

MY BUTLER'S ALREADY IN TAHITI,
SO WE'RE ON OUR OWN HERE.

I'LL HIT THE KITCHEN FOR SUPPLIES LATER,
IF I CAN JUST, WELL, FIND THE KITCHEN.

THE AXIS OF PYTHIA... THAT THING I
USED TO FIND YOU ON THE HIGHER PLANE?

IT'S WORTH $33 MILLION.

I GAVE IT BACK TO
GWEN WHEN I WAS DONE.

LET'S GET YOU SET
UP IN THE STUDY.

I NEVER PASS UP A GOOD CLICHÉ.

IT'S EQUIPPED AS
A PANIC ROOM TOO.

TWELVE INCHES OF SOLID STEEL,
ITS OWN VENTILATION SYSTEM.

HOMEY.

YOU SHOULD BE SAFE HERE. DON'T
WORRY. I AIN'T EXPECTIN' ANY MIRACLES.

SO, GUARD DUTY. WHAT DO YOU
THINK? YOU AND ME, FIRST SHIFT?

UH, WOULDN'T IT MAKE MORE SENSE TO
SPLIT UP? ONE SUPERPOWER PER SHIFT?

THAT WAY, IF HORN BOY SHOWS UP, WE
MERE MORTALS MIGHT STAND A CHANCE.

- MAKES SENSE TO ME.
- OKAY, THEN, I'LL TAKE DENZEL.

UH, ACTUALLY IT'S GUNN. NOT THAT I MIND
THE FREAKISHLY ACCURATE COMPARISON.

BUT YOU WILL KEEP YOUR HANDS TO
YOURSELF. FOUR HOURS ON, FOUR HOURS OFF.

BUNK DOWN OFF DUTY, GET
AS MUCH SLEEP AS WE CAN.

WE'RE ALREADY TIRED. GOT A
LONG FEW DAYS AHEAD OF US.

HEY, GWEN. DON'T SUPPOSE
THIS JOINT'S GOT SKINEMAX?

SO THEN AFTER THE
SECOND GARDENER...

AND THE FOURTH NANNY, I
GOT SENT TO THE ACADEMY.

SOMETHING TELLS ME MY ORIGIN
STORY ISN'T ENOUGH TO FASCINATE YOU.

OH, NO, IT IS.

I WAS JUST... JUST THINKIN'.

GUNN, I ALREADY APOLOGIZED FOR KILLING
YOU. WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT, A WAKE?

IT ISN'T THAT.

THEN IT'S THE
ENGLISH GUY, ISN'T IT?

I SAW THE WAY HE
LOOKED AT YOUR GIRL.

A GOOD THIEF IS A MASTER
OF BODY LANGUAGE.

HE STARTS TALKIN' WITH HIS BODY,
HE'S GONNA HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM.

I'M SURPRISED. A FEW MONTHS AGO, SHE WAS
READY TO WEAR SACKCLOTH AND ASHES FOR YOU.

WHEN DID THE LANDSCAPE CHANGE?

LONG STORY.

HOW'S MANNY? FINE.

GAVE HIM SOME MAGAZINES ABOUT A
HALF HOUR AGO TO KEEP HIM OCCUPIED.

SWIMSUIT EDITION. HE'S OCCUPIED.

COME ON. I'LL SHOW YOU
WHERE YOU CAN CRASH.

SO, ALL THIS TIME
ALONE TOGETHER.

COULD BE GOOD FOR US.

MAYBE WE SHOULD TALK.

MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T.

VALID POINT.

ANGEL, GET UP.

CORDY, COME ON. SNAP OUT OF IT.

PLEASE!

I'M AWAKE. WHAT THE HELL ARE
YOU DOIN' FALLIN' ASLEEP ON WATCH?

- I WASN'T...
- WHAT'S HAPPENING?

ASLEEP.

MANNY.

IT GOT HIM. YA THINK?

SO, WAS THAT ONE
OF MANNY'S POWERS?

EXTRA BLOOD AND GUTS?

'CAUSE, I MEAN, THAT'S... THAT'S A
LOT OF BLOOD AND GUTS IN THERE.

NO WAY ALL THAT STEPHEN
KING CAME OUT OF A NORMAL GUY.

IT WAS THE BEAST. IT WAS LOOKIN'
FOR SOMETHING MANNY HAD.

HOW DO YOU KNOW?

OH, EMPTIED OUT
HIS HEAD TO FIND IT.

WAIT.

MANNY SAID HE WAS
AN ORB-KEEPER, RIGHT?

- MAYBE HE KEPT AN ORB.
- IN HIS HEAD?

- WHERE DO YOU KEEP YOURS?
- HOLD ON.

- SHE'S RIGHT.
- OF COURSE.

SEMKHET, THE DEMON IN THE CAVE... YOU SAID
SOMEONE ALREADY PULLED OUT THE TOY SURPRISE.

DID I?

THE BEAST IS PULLING SOMETHING OUT
OF THESE TOTEMS. AND YOU KNEW THAT.

SOMETHING YOU'RE
NOT TELLING ME, GWEN?

ALL RIGHT. MY CLIENT... THE BEAST
GRABBED SOMETHING OUT OF HIM TOO.

A LITTLE METAL BOXY THING. AND
YOU NEGLECTED TO MENTION THIS FACT.

I THOUGHT THE BOX MIGHT
BE WORTH SOMETHING. LOOK,

THE APOCALYPSE WAS COMING,
THERE WAS A GIANT KILLER DEMON.

I PANICKED. AND, OH, BY
THE WAY, I'M STILL A THIEF.

- AND AS A RULE,
WE DON'T SHARE INFORMATION.
- WHAT ABOUT THIS CAVE DEMON?

YOU THINK THE BIG UGLY WENT
TREASURE HUNTIN' INSIDE OF HIM?

IT'S DEFINITELY POSSIBLE. YES.

BUT WHAT'S IMPOSSIBLE IS
THINKING THAT SOMEHOW, SOMEWAY,

THE BEAST FOUND
WHERE WE WERE HIDING,

SPIKED THE DRINKS
WE MADE OURSELVES,

SNUCK THROUGH THIS
UNREASONABLY LARGE APARTMENT...

ON THE TIPPY-TOES
OF HIS CLOVEN FEET,

RIGHT UP TO THE VAULT, AND KILLED
POOR MANNY, UNSEEN AND UNHEARD.

MAYBE WHOEVER DID IT
DIDN'T HAVE CLOVEN FEET.

"THE ANSWER IS AMONG YOU." I
CAN'T BE THE ONLY ONE THINKIN' IT.

DON'T BE RIDICULOUS. CONNOR
DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHERE WE ARE.

- YOU DIDN'T CALL HIM?
- HE DOESN'T HAVE A PHONE.

I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'D
EVEN CONSIDER...

EVEN IF SHE DIDN'T, THE LAST TIME I CHECKED,
THE BOY COULD TRACK ANYBODY ANYWHERE.

AH, BUT I'D KNOW IF HE'D BEEN
HERE. I'D BE ABLE TO SMELL HIM.

SAME WAY YOU SMELLED WHATEVER
IT WAS SPIKIN' YOUR BLOOD?

THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE.

YEAH, I THOUGHT WE WERE PRETTY
CLEAR ON THE WHOLE IMPOSSIBLE ISSUE.

UNSEEN AND UNHEARD.

THE SECURITY CAMERAS.

GOT 'EM IN EVERY ROOM. WE'VE
JUST GOTTA REWIND THE TAPES.

OKAY, IN THE MEANTIME, CALL
THE HOTEL, TELL 'EM ABOUT MANNY.

TELL 'EM ABOUT THE
TOY SURPRISES TOO.

SEE IF WE CAN FIND OUT WHAT THEY'RE FOR AND
HOW WE CAN STOP THE BEAST FROM USING 'EM.

ANGEL, ABOUT CONNOR...

CHECK IT OUT LATER, LIKE
WE DO EVERY OTHER LEAD.

GO.

WHAT'S THAT?

THAT'S NOTHING. THE TAPES JUST GO
BLANK. IT'S LIKE THE ELECTRICS GOT CUT.

LET ME CHECK THE SYSTEMS LOG.

YOU HAVE TO TALK TO HIM,
ANGEL. WHO, GUNN? I JUST DID.

CONNOR, YOU DOLT. AND YOU KNOW
WHO I MEANT, SO WHY PUSH MY BUTTONS?

MAYBE BECAUSE IT'S NICE TO
MAKE YOU CRAZY FOR A CHANGE.

YOU CAN'T SERIOUSLY
THINK HE DID IT...

WHEN THERE ARE OTHER
MORE LIAR-LIKE SUSPECTS.

YEAH, WELL, SO FAR, HE'S THE ONLY ONE
WHO'S GOT A CONNECTION TO THE BEAST.

I'VE GOT THE ORIGIN
OF THE BLACKOUT.

IT KICKED OFF IN A SMALL SUBSET
OF THE MUNICIPAL A-14 GRID.

THAT'S THE ONE UNDER THIS BLOCK.

- ABOUT 10 MINUTES
BEFORE YOUR WATCH.
- WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

IT MEANS SOMEBODY KNEW WHEN YOU
WERE GONNA TAKE OVER THAT WATCH,

AND SOMEBODY KNEW
WHOSE DRINKS TO SPIKE.

YOU ASK ME, THIS
IS AN INSIDE JOB.

FUNNY HOW YOU WERE INSIDE
AT THE TIME. LOOK, ENOUGH.

LET'S FOCUS ON THE GUY TRYING TO BLOT
OUT THE SUN. WE'LL POINT FINGERS LATER.

I'M JUST SAYING, IT NEVER WOULD
HAVE HAPPENED ON MY WATCH.

GOSH, NO. 'CAUSE
YOU'RE SUPERTRAMP.

WHAT'S THE LATEST? I CHECKED
OUT THE RITUAL, LIKE YOU ASKED.

LOOKS LIKE THERE'S
SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED.

TURNS OUT THESE THREE
PIECES WERE INSIDE THE TOTEMS.

BEAST KILLS THE TOTEMS,

YANKS OUT THE PIECES AND BUILDS
HIMSELF A BIG OLD LIGHT SWITCH.

WELL, WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER
TWO? WHAT'D HE TAKE OUT OF THEM?

WELL, I KNOW HE SUCKED THE
ENERGY OUT OF THE LITTLE GIRL,

AND HE RIPPED THE
HEART OUT OF THE SHAMAN.

BUT WHAT'S NOT CLEAR IS
HOW HE'S GONNA USE 'EM.

THESE WINGS...

THEY'RE METAL, RIGHT? GET ME
CLOSE ENOUGH AND I CAN MELT 'EM.

THAT'LL SLOW HIM DOWN.

IF WE FIND HIM IN TIME.

NEED I REMIND EVERYONE THAT
HE'S ALREADY GOT ALL THE PIECES.

PLUS WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE
HE'S GONNA PERFORM THIS RITUAL.

SUN OR NO SUN, I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT SLOWIN'
HIM DOWN. I'M WORRIED ABOUT TAKIN' HIM OUT.

WE MAY HAVE A SOLUTION FOR THAT.

WE'VE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH, AND WE THINK
WE'VE FOUND A WAY TO GET RID OF THE BEAST.

A PORTAL.

FIGURES.

WE'VE TRIED CONVENTIONAL METHODS...
FIREARMS, THE USUAL WEAPONRY...

NONE OF WHICH SEEM TO WORK.

BUT IF WE STAND AGAINST IT LONG ENOUGH TO FIND
A WAY TO CORNER IT, MANEUVER IT INTO POSITION...

MAYBE WE COULD SEND THIS THING BACK
TO THE HELL SWEET HELL IT CAME FROM.

I KNOW WHAT YOU
MUST BE THINKING.

THAT WE SHOULD'VE
LEARNED OUR LESSON?

WESLEY AND I HAVE DECIDED
THIS IS OUR ONLY OPTION. I KNOW.

BUT I DON'T GOTTA LIKE IT.

OKAY, SO WE GOT EVERYTHING
WE NEED TO STOP THE RITUAL.

LET'S CLEAR OUT OF HERE
AND TRY AND LOCATE THE BEAST.

OH, MY GOD.

ANOTHER VISION?

THE SAME ONE, ONLY
THERE WAS MORE OF IT.

A MASSACRE.

SO MANY PEOPLE ON THE GROUND,

DEAD,

DYING.

THE SCREAMING WAS SO LOUD.

COULD YOU HEAR THE DEMON?

NO.

BUT WHOEVER HE WAS
TALKING TO, THEY FELT FAMILIAR.

LIKE SOMEONE I KNOW.

CONNOR.

I THINK IT'S TIME WE
BRING HIM INTO THIS, ANGEL.

IF NOTHING ELSE,

HE'S OUR BEST CHANCE
AT FINDING THE BEAST.

HELLO, CONNOR.

- OH, MY GOD, CONNOR!
- ANGEL.

- WHAT HAPPENED?
- THE BEAST.

IT'S UPSTAIRS.

MAYBE IT NEEDS TO DO THE
RITUAL... WHERE CONNOR LIVES.

- WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT LATER. GEAR UP. WES, GOT EVERYTHING?
- READY.

GWEN, GO FOR THE ORB, THE WINGS, WHATEVER YOU
CAN GET YOUR HANDS ON. WE CAN'T LET HIM FINISH.

GUNN, YOU AND I KEEP THE BEAST BUSY LONG ENOUGH
FOR FRED AND WESLEY TO WORK THE PORTAL MOJO.

CORDY,

KEEP HIM SAFE.

- DAD...
- IT'S OKAY, CONNOR.

I'M HERE NOW.

LET'S GO.

HE'S ALREADY STARTED.

I SHOULD BE UP
THERE. I CAN FIGHT IT.

DON'T WORRY, CONNOR. I'M
SURE THEY'RE DOING OKAY.

THE ORB... DON'T LET IT...

YOU ARE A WORTHY ADVERSARY.

OH, NO.

- ANGEL...
- YEAH, I GOT IT.

EVERYBODY GET READY.

WHAT'S IT LIKE
WHEN YOU PASS OUT?

WHAT? THINGS GET DIMMER, RIGHT?

I GUESS. WH...

NOW OR NEVER.

WE DID IT. DIDN'T WE?

BUT OUR STRENGTH
IS USELESS DIVIDED.

UM, WHY IS IT STILL
GETTING DARK?

I TOLD YOU ONCE.

YOU NEED NOT BE MY ENEMY.

JOIN WITH ME...

ANGELUS.

"THE ANSWER IS AMONG YOU."

WE'LL MEET AGAIN.

SOON.

MY GOD.

THE SUN... IT'S GONE.

COMPLETELY OBLITERATED.

ANGEL, WE HAVE TO TALK.

I CAN'T BELIEVE WE LOST THE SUN.

ANGEL, I THINK I FIGURED IT OUT.

SO HAVE I. THE BEAST
KNOWS ME. NO, IT DOESN'T.

IT KNOWS ANGELUS.

AM I RIGHT?

WHILE YOU WERE
UPSTAIRS, IT CAME TO ME.

I WASN'T HAVING A VISION OF THE
DEMON... I WAS HAVING A MEMORY OF IT.

- HOW'S THAT AGAIN?
- I TOLD YOU...

WHEN I WAS A HIGHER BEING, I'D EXPERIENCED
EVERYTHING YOU'D EVER DONE AS ANGELUS.

BUT SINCE I'VE BEEN BACK,
MY MEMORY'S BEEN FADING,

UNTIL THE POWERS
DECIDED TO JOG IT, I GUESS.

ANGEL, I SAW YOU LONG AGO,

STANDING IN A FIELD OF
BODIES WITH THE BEAST.

YOU KNEW THIS THING,
AND YOU DIDN'T TELL US?

NO. I COULDN'T COME UP AGAINST
SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND NOT REMEMBER.

"THE ANSWER IS AMONG YOU."

THAT'S WHAT THE LITTLE
GIRL MEANT, ISN'T IT?

THIS WAS NEVER ABOUT
CONNOR. IT'S ABOUT... ANGELUS.

I'M... I'M... I'M TELLIN' YOU, I DON'T
KNOW THIS BEAST. I'D REMEMBER.

LIKE YOU REMEMBER FALLING
ASLEEP BEFORE MANNY GOT KILLED?

- WHAT?
- AN INSIDE JOB.

- WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?
- IT MEANS YOU'RE A SUSPECT.

IF CORDELIA'S RIGHT, WE
SHOULD ADMIT THE POSSIBILITY...

THAT THIS BEAST MAY HAVE
SOME SORT OF POWER OVER YOU...

TO MAKE YOU DO THINGS,
TO MAKE YOU FORGET.

AND HE HAS A PLAN.

THE RAIN OF FIRE, TAKING DOWN WOLFRAM
AND HART, EVEN BLOTTING OUT THE SUN...

I THINK NOW THOSE WERE ONLY THE
FIRST STEPS TO SOMETHING BIGGER.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL ANY OF YOU,
BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PLAN IS.

NO. BUT ANGELUS MIGHT.

THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY WE'RE
GONNA DEFEAT THIS BEAST.

WE NEED ANGELUS.

GRR! ARRGH!