Angel (1999–2004): Season 5, Episode 1 - Conviction - full transcript

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[WOMAN SCREAMS]

Please, you don't have to do this.
I can get you money.

You don't have to... Somebody, help!

[SCREAMING]

Doesn't sound
like the lady's interested.

Maybe you're coming off as too needy.

What just...? I don't understand.

Look, don't try.
Just get yourself home.

Stay out of dark alleys.

You'll be all right.

But who are you?



ANGEL:
Doesn't matter.

MAN 1:
Angel.

MAN 2: Area secure. Angel is unharmed.
Hostiles contained. Sweep area confirm.

- Angel, sir.
MAN 3: Angel.

We got report of your movement,
came for backup.

Agent Hauser,
I run your operations team.

Angel. Hi, glad we caught you.
Really would...

Get the forms. Really prefer
you didn't leave a rescue...

...until we control the scene.

- That's your decision, but...
- How did you guys...?

Tracking monitor in your lapel.

WOMAN: This is to confirm
that you've been rescued...

...by Angel, CEO and president
of Wolfram & Hart.

This is to indemnify
Wolfram & Hart against any...



If we can get
a couple pictures of you two.

The vampire that you terminated, he
actually did work for one of your clients.

But hey, first week,
no one will squawk, okay?

You run a law firm?

No, I mean... Sort of. Well, just lately.

I need you to initial here
concerning your immortal soul.

- You did this for publicity?
- No. I help the helpless.

Would you like me to bring
your car around, sir, or anything?

Mocha, latte, decaf?

Conviction

- Hey, Matt, wait up.
- Did you get to the store?

They didn't have a lot.
I got Punisher.

- My dad won't let me read that.
- Oh, man, it's so good.

He kills everyone.
You can borrow mine.

- Okay, do you have X- Men?
- Which one?

WOMAN:
Matthew.

[BELL RINGS]

It's pretty good.
We can talk about it after class.

Okay, let's settle down, everyone.

- Fred?
- Wesley.

I'm always getting turned around.

- Can I help you with any of that?
- It's so big.

It does take some getting used to.

Have you seen my lab?
It's giant, and I'm in charge.

- You'll have no trouble...
- I don't understand half...

...of what they're doing.
There's this machine...

...that makes this noise...
Whoompa, whoompa, pbbth.

- Not a clue.
- Well, I'm still stuck back at...

...why on earth are we here?
- We're crusaders against evil...

...and now the law firm that
represents evil...

...has given us its L.A. branch
to run how we want...

...probably in attempt to corrupt
or destroy us...

...and we all said yes
in, like, three minutes?

Your run-on sentences
have got a lot less pointless.

That's so sweet
and a tad condescending.

- You sure I can't help you?
MAN: Ms. Burkle.

Hi. Wesley, this is Knox,
and I told you to call me Fred.

Any minute now I'm gonna start.
It's a promise from me to you.

- Can I help you with that?
- Thank you.

So, Knox, how long have you been evil?

Oh, I just mix the potions, you know?

Now that I'm taking orders from el jefe
here, I'll be saving...

...the world on a weekly basis.

- Good for you.
- Know how to get to your office?

Why, did somebody
eat my bread crumbs?

It's not that hard. I'll show you.

Thanks, Knoxy.

- See you.
- It was nice to meet you.

GUNN:
Think fast!

Gotta be faster than that
in this place.

- Cricket's more my game.
- I've made up my mind.

- How's Fred doing?
- I'm sure Knoxy'll take care of her.

Think it's unseemly to add
Y's to the ends of names?

I have to call you "Wesle"?

- Made up your mind about what?
- Oh.

I want the one on the left.

This one makes me feel
less out of place.

I'd say 17 percent less.

Plus, a view of the mountains.
Lived my whole life in L. A...

...now I find out there are mountains.
A brother should be told.

- Very nice.
- So is yours, if it works for you.

We could switch if you don't like
the, kung pow or whatever.

- Feng shui.
- Right, what's that mean?

That people will believe anything.

In this place, feng shui will probably
have enormous significance.

I'll align my furniture wrong and
catch fire or turn into pudding.

You having second thoughts?

- You're not?
- Do I look like I belong here?

You got the mystical creds
at least. I just hit stuff.

Even if this works and we can turn this
place around, use it to do some good...

...it's gonna be a long while
before any of us gets comfortable here.

Sweetie, it's perfect.
It's the project you've been waiting for.

It's Joanie Loves Chachi meets
The Sorrow and the Pity.

It's Joanie Loves Pity, and you're...

That carpet's great because I want
our clients to become dizzy and vomit.

Keep flipping.
You're a shoo-in. The part's yours.

I got a whole freezer full of
horses' heads downstairs.

No, just kidding. But the producer's
a client, so read it, and we'll talk.

Okay, later.

GUNN:
You lost, boss?

On a lot of levels. Hear what
happened to me last night?

- You got lucky?
- They put a tracer on me.

I was working helping the helpless,
which I like to do...

...and all of a sudden
the entire firm shows up.

- It won't happen again.
- We're turning this place inside out.

They wanna see how I run Wolfram
and Hart, they're gonna find out.

Everything must go.

Starting with that.

Hi, it's really
neat to see you guys.

I'm pretty sure this
is supposed to be my office.

Never happen again.
Just wanted to see your face.

You like to make an entrance.

Always open both doors when
you enter a room?

I don't need to make an entrance.
I need to make an impression.

I'm gonna be your liaison
to the firm.

I'll help you find your way.
My name is Eve.

And just so we get the whole
irony thing out of the way...

Who do you answer to?

The senior partners. And if you're
thinking, which by the way, you are...

...that you can use me to get to them,
let go of the dream.

I answer to them,
I don't lunch with them.

Still, pretty powerful position
for a young woman.

How can you be sure I'm
either of those things?

Okay, let me tell you how this works.

ANGEL: I thought I was in charge.
- Of the Los Angeles offices...

...of a multidimensional corporation.

I'm stressing that last word
because that's what we are.

We're a business.
We have a bottom line.

You could take your new client list and
start hacking away from the top down.

A lot of our clients are demons,
and almost all of them are evil.

Almost.

Things are always more complicated
than they seem, champ.

You could shut this place down.

But then you wouldn't have it anymore.

The place closes down, the
connections dry up, evil goes next door.

This is the catch. I'm explaining
so you don't have to wonder what it is.

In order to keep this
business running...

...you have to
keep this business running.

That means keeping your clients,
most of them anyway, happy.

- Means letting them get away with stuff.
- They were getting away with it...

...while you were sitting around
waiting for the phone to jangle.

You're on the ins now,
and you can stop the worst of it.

Maybe find some new solutions
to some old problems.

Come on, isn't anybody excited?

This is a crazy time of fun.

The most powerful evil around has
given a pivotal position...

...over to its sworn enemies.

You're not scared, are you?

Your client files are all in there.

Might want to start going through them.

This is unbelievable.

FRED:
I think I've lost my appetite.

Which is kind of a first.

Hmm. Well, this is interesting.

Apparently old Joe Kennedy tried
to get out of his deal with the firm.

That explains a lot.

But George, Senior,
he read the fine print.

There's no one these guys
don't have a piece of.

How are we even supposed to start
making things right?

Here's a winner, Corbin Fries.
On trial for smuggling Asian girls...

...in for cheap labor and prostitution.

In charge of drugs, gun running.
Nothing stuck.

And that's one of our human clients.

The trial's not going too well.

First good news all day.

- I can't remember which pile is which.
- I'll get my secretary to go through it.

Do I have a secretary?

They'll find someone who can stomach
the idea of working for the righteous.

My impression is these guys are
opportunistic. They'll go with the flow.

We're gonna have to check the staff.

Make sure we don't have any die-hard
evildoers plotting against us.

And here I was worrying
about the clients.

We're doing the right thing.

Right?

Well, we're doing it tomorrow,
exalted one.

- My horns are falling asleep.
- Yeah, you guys go get some rest.

FRED: What about you?
- I'll work a while yet. Go on.

Lot simpler fighting vamps
on the street, wasn't it?

Tricked-out pickup, loyal gang.

You and the pointy wood
against the living dead.

This gonna be a thing,
jumping out at people...

...or do you just not have an office
of your own?

I wonder if you're
ready for the next step.

Or if I'd like to go back
to living on the street...

...and watching my buddies
get picked off one by one?

- Yeah, that was the life.
- You're not backing out?

You don't know me,
or you wouldn't ask that question.

I can see why the senior partners
chose you.

Have fun.

You'll feel like a new man.

WESLEY:
What did she mean?

Tailor.

Guess I'm not dressed for success.

[PHONE BEEPS]

Um, can I get a cup of coffee
or something?

MAN [ON RECORDING]:
You have reached Ritual Sacrifice.

For goats, press one or say, "Goats."

- Hello?
WOMAN: This is Angel's office.

How can I help you?

- This is Angel.
- No, this is his new assistant.

- No, this is Angel.
- Are you sure?

Less and less.
Can I get a cup of coffee?

- Or if there's blood...
- Oh, right away.

MAN [ON RECORDING]: To sacrifice
a loved one or pet, press the pound key.

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

- Hello?
WESLEY: It's Wesley. Can I stop in?

- We might be into a situation.
- Sure, come on by.

- Harmony.
- Hey, boss.

You're my secretary?

Hello? Assistant.

Explain why I shouldn't kill you.

- Secretary's fine.
- No, it's not fine.

Where is it fine?
You've been working here?

- Yeah-huh.
- Why?

Well, duh. I'm a single un-dead gal
trying to make it in the big city.

I have to start somewhere.
And they're evil here. They don't judge.

They've got the necro-tempered glass.

No burning up, a great medical plan,
and who needs dental more than us?

- This is surreal.
- Now...

...before you threaten to fire me...
- I threatened to kill you.

HARMONY: Don't let's quibble.
Before anything, just think.

I'm strong, I'm quick,
I'm incredibly sycophantic...

...if that means what that guy said.
And I type like a superhero...

...if there was a superhero
whose power was typing.

And hey, we keep the same hours.

Creatures of the night, unite?

How do you like your blood?

- Tell me that's not...
- It's pigs' blood.

I'm totally off the human blood.
That's not even a thing.

- It tastes...
- Pretty good, right?

The extra ingredient is otter.

[KNOCKING]

Angel, it's one of our cases.
It's becoming problematic.

- Harmony.
- Hey, Wes.

- You knew that she was...?
- Wesley picked me out of the steno pool.

But why? You...

I thought a familiar face would be just
the thing in a place like this.

You turned evil faster
than I thought you would.

- Nonsense.
- We're gonna get along...

...the whole gang. I mean, Cordy
is gonna lose it when she finds out...

I mean, you are gonna
tell her you're okay with this, right?

I know she was mad at me
for trying to kill you all...

...but she wouldn't, I mean...
- I thought she knew.

Cordy's sick. She's in a coma.

Oh.

God, I didn't...

What happened?
Is she gonna be okay?

We don't know.

Cordy was my best friend,
like, my whole life.

She's my role model.

How can she...?

So anyway, I really think you
should not fire me, and Wes does too.

Harmony, would you ask the men
in my office to join us please?

Righty-ho.

WESLEY: If there's a way
to help Cordelia, we will find it.

What's the case?

Corbin Fries, the lowest piece
of pond scum I've met in hours.

He's about to get 20 years
for kidnapping, pimping...

- I saw the file.
- Well...

...he deserves to be eaten by weasels,
but he's hinting we'd best help him.

Threatening, actually.

- Mr. Fries.
HARMONY: Mr. Fries, this is Angel.

I've been bringing him
up to speed on your case.

FRIES:
Terrific.

- Desmond Keel.
WESLEY: One of ours.

Nice to meet you.
I've heard things.

- Would anybody like coffee?
- Yeah, let's all chitchat...

...and have tea and crumpets
because I got so much time.

Here's the skinny. Tomorrow, the DA
puts my tit in the ringer for good...

...and that does not stand with me.

Butt-munch here, he got his law
degree at dog-training school...

...and the prosecution
has everything they've ever dreamed of.

- Because you're guilty.
- Of course I'm guilty.

What are you changing the subject for?

When Holland Manners was running
things, this would've never got to trial.

I bring a lot of money into this firm,
more than most...

...and I don't do that so I can
be handed over to the fricking law.

You...

...gotta get me off.

It's strange, my lack of incentive.

You think I give a ferret's anus
about your new regime here?

Yeah, I know who you are,
and I care to the sum of zero.

You're my lawyers.

And if you don't do every last thing
to keep me out of jail, you'll regret it.

We can't dance around this one. We're
not in a position to have anyone killed.

Not that we would.
And the jury's tamper-proof.

I think one of the DA's shamans has
conjured a mystical shield around them.

So this one has to be won
on the merits of the case.

- We have top men on this.
- Who are doing jack.

I am not gonna be made an example of.

- Either you get me off tomorrow...
- I think you should calm down.

To hell with calm down.
Either you get me off...

...or I drop the bomb.

- Bomb?
- Let me put it this way.

They bring in a conviction,
bye-bye California.

I say the magic word...

...the only people left standing are gonna
be the ones that are already dead.

Oh, that's a relief.

I mean, hey.

Okay, well, we all know
why we're here...

...so why don't we get started.

Cindy Rabinowitz.

[SINGING]

So he can read your mind?

Oh, while you're singing, he can sort of
feel out your aura, your future.

Should help us weed out
the, you know, most evilest...

...which I'm sure you're not.
- I'll go up there right now...

...warble away.

I want you to feel
secure running this lab.

FRED: Yeah, that'll never happen
in this lifetime.

Evil aside, I'm not sure that I'm much
of the "running things" type.

I'm more
the "running away from things" type.

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

KNOX:
Why do I have trouble believing that?

Maybe you're not very bright.

Hi, this is Fred.
I mean, Practical Science Department.

This is the head...

Fred.

How may I help you?

- Blow everybody up?
- He said drop the bomb.

- We don't know what that means.
- We nearly found out.

- What, I'm not allowed to hit people?
- Not people capable of genocide.

Those are the types of people
I should be allowed to hit.

Hey, back to the here and now,
chickadees. Where do we stand?

We need to find out
about this bomb and disable it...

...in case that jury
comes in with a conviction.

It may have some mystical element.

Fries said, "I say the magic word."
He could mean exactly that.

Which is my department. We also think
it probably isn't an explosive.

This isn't the sort of man
to risk his own life.

- That could mean more magic...
- It could be a virus...

...Ebola kind of thing.
WESLEY: Right.

The main thing is, any of this stuff
could have come from right here.

Keel, the lawyer, says he doesn't know
anything. I believe him.

- Why?
- He's terrified.

- It's going around.
- Fred, go through the records.

See if Wolfram & Hart
deals in viruses.

Lorne, you're in the courtroom.
Let us know how it's going.

But lunch with Mary-Kate. Gonna tell
me about Ashley's new piercing.

I paged Gunn three times, still nothing.

FRED: Why isn't he here?
- Why is she?

- Long story.
- Maybe not.

- And I got Spanky's address.
- Spanky?

Freelance mystic in Fries' files.
I'm gonna do some legwork.

Can you get there by sewer?

Not this time.

Oh, God, they're so beautiful.

HAUSER:
Sir?

Hauser, right?

We got word there's a floater
you wanted brought in.

How exactly did you get that word?

That's my job, sir.
You want us to bring him in?

- I'll take care of it.
- My unit handles all of the wet work.

I know you meant fieldwork.

Of course.

I'll take care of it.

Later on you can tell me
all about tradition.

SPANKY: So, what do you want?
- I'm here from Wolfram & Hart.

I'm here about a job.

Well, then, get your butt in here.

Pardon the sweaty.
I was working out. You want a drink?

- I got a pitcher of daiquiris.
- I'm good, thanks.

So am I, and I'm about to be better.

So tell me, why do they call you
Spanky?

- I'm a big Our Gang fan.
- That's what I figured.

I'm gonna be up front with you. I got
nothing against people doing their thing.

It's a wide and wonderful world.

But I don't spank men. It's not
a judgment. Men have fine, firm asses.

You been to the website,
you know I work on mine.

But when you said Wolfram & Hart...

...I assumed you were here
about a mystical job.

I am, the one you did for Corbin Fries.

SPANKY:
Yeah?

Okay, I don't discuss my old jobs.

Mystic-client privilege.

You're gonna tell me what you did for
Mr. Fries now or very soon from now.

I built him a container.
A mystical vessel.

You can put anything you want in it.

- Like a bomb.
- A bomb, a curse, a golden retriever.

Anything. I don't know
what he wanted it for.

The vessel just holds it until
the magic word dissolves the vessel.

ANGEL: Okay then,
where'd you place the vessel?

You know what I'm doing now? I'm
applying pressure to your windpipe.

You'll pass out.
And then I'll let Mr. Fries decide...

...if he wants you to wake up again.

Do you know what I'm doing now?
Not using my windpipe.

- Vampire.
- Capital V.

And there's something else
you should know about me.

I have no problem spanking men.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Charles Gunn?

Hold on a sec, this is deep stuff.

Looks like Demi might
be breaking up with Emilio.

Afraid the magazines are
a little out of date.

Then you shouldn't keep people waiting
for five hours.

Not nervous, are we?

No, definitely past nervous here.

So I understand you were
in the white room.

Spoke with the conduit himself.

That's between me and the big cat.

We gonna do this thing?

By all means. Please remove your shirt.

- Okay, this could be bad.
- Bad what, how, where?

We did do some work with Fries
on illegal pesticides, rodent killers.

- But this guy, Lopez...
- The lab technician?

Yeah, I don't know him.

Okay, he was fired.
Oh, no, I'm sorry, he was set on fire.

That's interesting.
For working with Fries?

KNOX:
Maybe under the table.

There's a link to his name. A cult.

The Black Tomorrow. Oh, thrills.

KNOX: You were right,
these guys specialized...

...in quick-fire disease scenarios...

...sarin gases, viruses.

Which you all built.

Hey, no. We've contained more plagues
than we've ever designed.

Not all about destruction here.

We have to find
out what he had access...

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

Department... Fred.

Angel, yeah, it looks like
our client might be...

.... playing with a virus, spread by touch
or maybe even airborne.

- That's the bomb.
- Safe guess.

So did you find out where he put it?

- Angel?
- Yeah.

I found out where he put it.

WOMAN: Matthew Fries, do you want to
spend the rest of this class in the corner?

Slowly, slowly. You wanna stop?

- We finished?
- Not quite yet.

Then shut up and do it.

[GRUNTS]

WESLEY: You got anything, Fred?
FRED: I'm not sure.

We've isolated a few strains
which Fries may have had access to.

WESLEY: Any antidote?
FRED: Nothing.

The antidote died
with the guy that made the virus.

- Fries must be immune. There has...
- We're not even sure which strain it is.

- I'm trying, Wesley.
- I'm not doing much better.

I can't disable the trigger if I don't know
the magic word. Short of killing Fries...

- That could trigger it too.
- I know.

Back to our respective grindstones,
I guess.

He gonna be all right?

He does seem to be
taking it very personally.

Probably this place.

It gets to you.

EVE:
Rough day at work?

His son.

He took a lethal virus...

...and he stuck it inside his son.

Hits you where you live, doesn't it?

Of course I know.

You lost your son.

Well, gave him up.

- To save him.
- Which you did.

He's happy and well-adjusted now
that he has no memory of you.

The rest of the world, including your
friends, never even heard of Connor.

That's not a name
I want passing through your lips.

And what would
you like passing through my lips?

News flash,
you're not cute when I'm angry.

I'm just curious
how you're gonna play it.

Well, I'll isolate the boy...

...if it comes to that.

Stop it from spreading.

Here's the news from this sector.

If every case hits you this hard,
you're not gonna last a week.

Now, I don't want you coming into
my office again unless I ask for you.

I don't wanna hear another word
unless you decide to start helping out.

How do you know I'm not?

MAN:
Increase the solution to 30 percent.

WOMAN:
Diagnostics are negative.

Yeah, I'd say we're looking
at a retrovirus, spread by touch...

...some derivation of the Phonaya strain.

Are you sure?

- Couple more tests.
- Are you running them?

- I'll get someone on it.
- Don't get someone...

...have someone on it. Did we build
this thing? Do we have an antidote?

Do we have an antidote department?

Do you do anything besides pretending
you're running an evil RadioShack?

Y'all are tired, I know. I just want
you to understand that in a few hours...

...a virus is gonna start spreading in
this city that'll kill every person in it.

When blood starts streaming out of
our noses, eye sockets and fingernails...

...I'll have satisfaction knowing...

...I'm dying with the only
people in the world...

...that actually deserve it.

Now, focus, people.
Work the damn problem.

You're the boss.

Your Honor, the defense objects
to this line of questioning.

Yes, of course the defense objects.
The defense always objects.

Mr. Keel, is it just the sound
of people talking that offends you?

We still feel that this line
of questioning...

Angel-toes, Lorne.

I'm gonna go ahead and recommend
we get that boy into isolation pronto.

How long do we have?

The defense is drawing it out, but the
judge is making merry sport of them...

...and the jury is looking
at Fries like he's O. J...

...without the performance
in Towering Inferno.

- Think he's gonna say the word?
- Before they deliver the verdict.

He's dead and he knows it.

I think Fries Junior is
about to become patient zero.

ANGEL: All right, thanks. I'll get
to the school. Stay in there.

Okay, let's show the new boss
how a threat is contained.

MAN: Terminate the kid?
- This is a level one, possible contagion.

We take out the kid, the class,
anyone within 50 yards.

A clean sweep, people.
No survivors, no witnesses.

[TIRES SCREECH]

Fred's got the lab on track for
an antidote, but it could be days.

Same with removing
the mystical container, I'm afraid.

- lf we get them to suspend the trial...
- Not gonna happen.

- I gotta get to the school.
- Uh, boss.

- It can wait.
- Maybe not.

ANGEL: I'll let you know
when I've isolated the boy.

- The special ops team already left.
- What?

They left and called
for cleaners to meet there.

I have it from some of the girls,
"cleaners" means a big job.

Lots of bodies.

- How long ago?
- Ten minutes.

- You'll never beat them.
- Gotta try.

- Um, boss.
WESLEY & ANGEL: What?

MAN: Your Honor, if I may, the defense
is now bordering on the absurd.

How's it going?

MAN: Calling witness after witness...
- Never mind.

Yeah, so, what's the plan?

You've got a plan.

Oh, and here I thought
we were desperate.

So it turns out, with this new deal
and all, I own a helicopter.

HAUSER: Where's the boy?
- You just missed everybody.

Oh, I probably don't
wanna be breathing that.

Kid's still a threat, which means you
have him isolated, probably nearby.

I can see why
they made you the leader.

Do I even have to start
with how fired you are?

That's not how it works.

Oh, right, tradition.

Show me how that's done.

Thank you, sir. Take him out.

[GRUNTING]

JUDGE: If there are no more objections,
I'll hear final summations.

Your Honor, the defense requests
one more minute to confer.

JUDGE:
Another defense lawyer, what a joy.

Your Honor, I'd like to cede the floor
to my colleague, Charles Gunn.

- So noted.
- Thank you.

Your Honor, the defense moves
for a mistrial.

You are, of course, joking.

That's the second prejudicial remark
against the defense since I entered.

What are your grounds
for requesting a mistrial?

You are, Your Honor.

I'm asking that you
recuse yourself from this trial.

The thin ice you are
on is over very deep water.

No judge shall try any case concerning
a business colleague or employee.

Permission to approach the bench.

JUDGE:
These are...?

What are you doing
with my tax records?

Highlighted portions are
stock in Oriental Bay Exports...

...which is owned by Loros Incorporated,
which is owned by a consortium...

...that includes the defendant,
Corbin Fries.

JUDGE:
I have brokers who do my...

You submit that I could possibly have
known about this connection?

I found out,
and I've been on the case six hours.

The ice is melting, counselor.

The defense submits it has learned
how to swim.

[CROWD CHUCKLES]

I withdraw that statement
with apologies.

McKracken v. the state of Maine,
1954.

Any financial dealing shall be deemed
the responsibility of the party...

...regardless of employees
unless said party...

...has been judged mentally incapable.

Permission to approach.

Furthermore, the strain
on my client's several businesses...

...has forced Oriental Bay Exports
to shrink its holdings.

If Fries is convicted, interest
Your Honor has in it...

...would represent
a controlling interest.

I would prefer not to present the rest
of our findings in front of the jury.

I'll see counsel in my chambers,
right now.

You know that won't kill me.

It'll hurt. That part's fun.

Agent Hauser,
I'm honestly beginning to suspect...

...you're not part of the solution.
- Think you can solve the problem?

Come in and make everything right...

...turn night into glorious day,
you pathetic little fairy.

I'm not little.

That's exactly what you are.

You're miniscule.

A dust mote on the shelf
of that great institution.

You think I'm just a jerk
who follows orders...

...but I am something
you will never be.

I'm pure.

I believe in evil.

You and your friends,
you're conflicted, you're confused.

We're not.
That is why you're gonna lose.

Because we possess
the most powerful thing in the world:

Conviction.

There is one thing more powerful
than conviction. Just one.

Mercy.

- What happened to mercy?
- You just saw the last of it.

EVE:
It's very simple, really.

Charles agreed to let us enhance
his mind with a knowledge of the law.

- Without asking us?
- Mother, may I?

- Without telling us?
GUNN: I knew you would freak.

Look, it's me. They didn't evil me up.
All I got stuck in my head was law.

For some reason, a load
of Gilbert and Sullivan.

Standard, great for elocution.

How can you know
they didn't do anything else?

I saw the man in the white room.

He does scary things,
but lying ain't one of them.

You needed a lawyer to get by here.
Charles had the most unused potential.

His degrees are all forged,
but he's the real deal.

You want me to sing for Lorne, I can
give him a little Pirates of Penzance.

All of it, actually.

I would also point out
that he did save the day...

...without ever resorting to violence.
How'd you do?

You guys are gonna make it work.

Yay, team.

I'll see you around.

Saving the day
meant getting the scumbag...

...ready to sacrifice his own son,
off on a technicality...

...and then returning
said son to said scumbag.

Fred and I have enough time to disable
the charm now. He won't be in danger.

GUNN: Fries is gonna have to
dial down activities...

...till this thing comes to trial,
which I can draw out for months.

Is this gonna be our lives now?

Fighting our own employees,
our own clients?

Are we really gonna do any good?

Yes, we are.
We're gonna change things.

We came to Wolfram & Hart
because it's a powerful weapon.

- We'll figure out how to wield it.
- Or kill ourselves with it.

Yay, team.

Sooner or later they'll tip their hand...

...and we'll find out
why they really brought us here.

Meanwhile, we do the work our way,
one thing at a time...

...and deal with whatever comes next.

[SCREAMS]

Spike.

Spike.

Blondie bear?

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