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Previously on Angel.
A Black Thorn is the senior
partners'instrument on Earth.
He wouldn't make it on the circle's radar
till he killed one of his lieutenants.
Welcome to the fold.
We know what
you been doin'.
- [Gasps]
- Involvare.
- All right. We have six minutes.
- Till what?
The glamour collapses.
As far as anyone outside is concerned,
we're at each other's throats.
I'm talking about killing every
single member of the Black Thorn.
You need to decide
if that's worth dying for.
- I'm in.
- I'm in.
Then we're all agreed.
Yeah. We're all one big
happy Manson family.
- We taking 'em all at once?
- Can't.
The Circle of the Black Thorn is the most
powerful group in this plane of existence.
Together, they'd vaporize us.
But separated,
they're just demons.
- When do we make our move?
- Soon.
In the meantime,
we keep up the infighting.
The circle needs to believe
we're comin' apart.
- What about Illyria?
- What about her?
Move like this, wouldn't hate
having Blue Thunder in our corner.
Can't trust she'll
come down on our side.
Oh, trust me. She's housebroken.
She was babysittin' Drogyn
- She was with Drogyn?
- Relax. The two of'em were gettin'on well.
- You have to get over there now.
- Why? What is it?
Drogyn's dead.
And, uh, how do
you know that, Kreskin?
- Because I killed him.
- What?
Ow! You son of a
Sorry. Didn't know
you were in conference.
I was just making
a closing statement.
Unless somebody
didn't hear me.
Up to you too, Wes. Illyria's your responsibility.
Make sure she doesn't get twitchy.
- [Slams]
- Well, you've got yourself a problem.
Nothing you have
to worry about.
Oh, not me.
Your new friends, the Black Thorn.
They're very concerned.
Tell 'em to send me a memo.
I'm busy. Trying to run a business.
You can tell them yourself.
They want to see you right now.
No rest for the wicked.
[Wesley]
Illyria.
[Spike]
Bloody hell.
Illyria, can you hear me?
Who did this to you?
It was Hamilton.
Took Drogyn.
[Lorne]
Straight to his buddy, Angel.
I'm telling you.
Our fearless leader has fearlessly lost it.
There's no part of this that makes
any sense. I mean, we could be next.
I don't think we're
being monitored here.
I'm not playing
to the crowd, Gunn.
I still don't trust the man.
We don't have to trust him.
We just gotta pray the Black Circle does.
[All]
the world's woe, now convene.
All is bound by the circle
and its thorns
invisible, inviolate.
We, the seeds of the storm at the center
of the world's woe, now convene.
The circle does not abide secrets.
Which is interesting
for a secret society.
Remember your place, vampire.
[Angel]
My place is in the circle.
This morning's insurrection
did not go unnoticed.
- You mean my people.
- They tried to kill you.
An embarrassing affront,
to say the least.
And a stepping stone
to disaster.
You have ascended, Angel. You should
not be burdened with this kind of
[Gasps]
Sebassis, your manservant has become
tangled in my bodily fluids again!
- [Yelps]
- My people are the problem?
Some of them, yes.
Some?
Who missed the cut?
We're interested in Mr. Wyndam-Pryce.
He seems intriguingly unstable.
Mr. Gunn, on
the other hand, does not.
Which is a pity.
He had so much potential.
He is not, however,
our greatest concern.
If the next words out of your mouth are
"Kill Spike," we just might have to kiss.
Spike is not the threat.
You are.
You've proven your loyalty
to the circle.
Regrettably, there's
something stronger than loyalty.
Hope.
- [Angel] This is the Shanshu prophecy.
- The original.
"The vampire with a soul will play
a pivotal role in the apocalypse."
[Vail]
"And as a reward will become human."
[Sebassis] Aparanoid person might
think you're trying to manipulate us
in an attempt
to fulfill this prophecy.
I have no desire
to become human.
Oh, good.
Then you won't mind signing
that pesky future away.
Through that document,
the prophecy can be undone.
Your signature there will
remove any opportunity
that you will ever earn your
once-precious humanity.
Will you sign it?
Of course.
- [Groans]
- It's gotta be signed in blood.
[Groans]
Um, Angel?
Just wondering
where everybody is.
You ever miss it?
You were turned, what,
five years ago?
Oh, that.
Yeah. Graduation night.
I don't know. It's weird.
Part of me always knew life
would end after high school.
I was very popular, you know.
The whole golden years thing.
I don't remember what
it was like, being human.
It was too long ago.
Not so great.
Zits, dandruff, mortality.
Although, I do remember
my heart.
[Sighs]
And the way it would thump when I kissed
a really hot boy for the first time.
That was cool.
Angel, something's
going down, isn't it?
And everybody's
in on it except me.
- You're not a part of this.
- I could be.
I'm your assistant, after all.
I could, I don't know,
assist you or something.
- Hamilton.
- Hamilton?
I need to get some things done,
pay a quiet visit to Archduke Sebassis.
- I'd like to keep our liaison out of the loop.
- Out of the loop?
- That's where I live.
- Distract him. I don't care how.
Throw some punches at him,
some files.
Just keep him busy
for as long as you can.
What are you gonna do now?
One more thing
I don't want to.
You gotta be joking.
Why on God's green and verdant earth
would I trust you?
Huh? Or you trust me?
'Cause it's not about us, Lindsey.
It's about them. The wolf,
the ram, the hart.
The ones we've been
fighting against forever.
You can't beat 'em.
Maybe they're not
there to be beat.
Maybe they're there
to be fought.
Maybe fighting them is what makes
human beings so remarkably strong.
You're not talking about
the kind of strength human beings have.
This is not about coveting
your neighbor's ***
your buddy's job,
last Mallomar in the box.
You're talking about fighting flesh
and something that passes for blood demons
with enormous power,
and they will mow you down.
Maybe.
But I keep thinking that once
this world was theirs, and now it's not.
Isn't it?
Give me the hell
on earth speech, Lindsey.
I know how bad things are,
how much sway the demons hold.
[Scoffs]
I happen to be the greatest
mass murderer you've ever met.
Never given you props
for that, have I?
There's always gonna be power,
and there's always gonna be corruption.
- So again, I ask
- 'Cause it's not what I'm expected to do.
'Cause you're good in a fight.
And let's say we come up rollin' sevens
and this does go our way.
We tear up this firm,
someone's gonna have to step in.
And I know that's what you want.
I'm a lot more comfortable with the thought
of you in that position than anyone else.
- The devil you know.
- That'd be you.
- And if you roll snake eyes?
- Talk your way out of it.
Tell 'em I forced you to help me.
Tell 'em I made my scary face.
Believe it or not,
I was actually talking about you.
I mean, you care about
being squashed like a bug?
You haven't heard
a word I've said.
[Scoffs]
For, like, years back.
You get a little speechy,
all right? I breeze out.
I got the Cliff Notes.
Honor and humanity,
absolute good. I heard it.
So here's the plot twist. I'm in.
Why?
Everybody goes on about your soul,
vampire with a soul.
Nobody ever mentions the fact that you're
really a vampire with big brass ***.
This is gonna be a circus!
I mean, win or lose, you're about
to pick the nastiest fight
since mankind drop-kicked
the last demon out of this dimension.
And that you don't do without me.
If you want me,
I'm on your team.
I want you, Lindsey.
Thinkin' about
rephrasing that.
- Yeah, think I'd be more comfortable if you did.
- Yeah.
- How's she doin'?
- She needs more care than I can provide here.
I have to get
some supplies from home.
Watch over her for me.
Fat lot of good that's gonna do
if Hamilton makes another house call.
[Angel]
Hamilton did this?
- You didn't know?
- He brought Drogyn.
To the circle, so you could kill him
to prove you'd gone over.
Say, any other tips on how to be a hero we
could share with the boys and girls at home?
I didn't have a choice.
They would have killed us both if
We get it. We'd just like to know
if they're gonna need the rest of us as proof.
- Pick us off one by one, you know?
- No, they won't.
We're killing 'em all tonight.
I want you all to do something
for me, for yourselves.
Take the day off.
What?
If we're plannin' to assassinate the power
elite of the apocalypse tonight
shouldn't we be cowboyin' up?
We'll be ready. But, today,
I want you guys to go out.
Live.
Do whatever you want.
[Angel]
Live the day like it's your last.
'Cause it probably is.
[Humming]
[Chattering]
[Cash Register Ringing]
Hi.
[Exhales]
Mmm. Nice crowd.
It can get pretty ugly in here.
I gotta warn you.
What I'm after.
Couple more shots of courage
and I may make my presence felt.
- Your funeral.
- Well, I never had a proper one.
Charles!
Annie, how you doin'?
Oh, pretty good, I guess.
Got a bunch
of furniture donated.
Gotta move this stuff
to the new shelter.
- Still fightin' the good fight, huh?
- That's the drill.
- How are things uptown?
- Well, more fight, less good.
Seen Rondell or the guys? I hit
some of the old spots, didn't see anyone.
They should be around.
Said they'd help me haul this stuff.
You know how it is though.
Things come up.
- You got much vamp trouble these days?
- Never goes away for good.
The boys help out though.
We're pretty safe.
Gives me time to concentrate
on the little things.
Crack, runaways, abuse victims,
psychotics the old gang.
- Yeah, I remember.
- It's not so bad.
We've had some really decent donations,
and it's helping.
We actually have a part-time
paid psychiatric staff.
What if I told you
it doesn't help?
What would you do if you
found out that none of it matters?
That it's all controlled by forces more powerful
and uncaring than we can conceive
and they will never let
it get better down here?
What would you do?
I'd get this truck packed
before the new stuff gets here.
- Want to give me a hand?
- I do.
One, two, three.
I don't understand.
It'll help you heal faster.
- If you really plan to join us in this fight
- I will fight.
I've been broken
and humiliated.
I will return in kind
every blow, every sting.
I will shred my adversaries
pull their eyes out just enough to turn them
towards their mewing, mutilated faces.
You're a very inspirational person.
Have I mentioned that?
You are what
I don't understand.
And that would
be different because?
Angel told you to do whatever
you wanted today.
Tonight you may all be dead.
Yes. Good point.
I am not what you want.
No.
- Then why
- Don't I go off and have one last perfect day?
Smell the flowers, or skydive, or
have a go with Mistress Spanksalot
or whatever the hell one is supposed to do
in these situations?
- Mistress who?
- There is no perfect day for me, Illyria.
There is no sunset or painting
or finely aged scotch
that's going to sum up my life
and make tonight any
There is nothing that I want.
You want to be with Fred.
Yes. Yes, that's
where I'd be if I could.
I could assume her shape, make her
come alive again this once for you.
But you would
never ask me to.
The first lesson a Watcher learns
is to separate truth from illusion
because in the world of magics,
it's the hardest thing to do.
The truth is that
Fred is gone.
To pretend anything else
would be a lie.
And since I don't actually intend
to die tonight, I won't accept a lie.
Is it better?
It's better.
[Spike]
My soul is wrapped in harsh repose.
Midnight descends
in raven-colored clothes.
But, soft. Behold.
A sunlight beam
cutting a swath
of glimmering gleam.
My heart expands.
'Tis grown a bulge in it.
Inspired by your beauty
effulgent.
- [Man] Yeah.!
- [Cheering]
- That was great, man.
- Thank you.
That was for Cecily.
All right, this next one's called
"The Wanton Folly of Me Mum."
- So she's a werewolf.
- And an art student.
She does this great pottery.
She made me a vase.
But it's the wolf part
that joneses you.
There's some full-moon love,
am I right? Fur flying?
Huh?
So vampires really don't
understand the concept of jokes.
I understand jokes.
I was at the first taping
of the Carol Burnett Show.
Tim Conway was on fire.
It was special.
I know you're my father.
You got your memories back.
Yeah, they're mixed in there
with the new ones.
Kinda like a bad dream
I had, I guess.
A very strange and violent
at times inappropriately
*** dream.
You probably have
a lot of questions.
No. I don't want to
make a thing.
I get what you did,
you know.
And I'm grateful.
That's as far as
I want to take it, okay?
So, what are you workin' on?
I am, uh, applying for
an internship.
- I'm supposed to write up a r�sum�.
- Need any help?
Have you ever written
a r�sum� before? Ever?
No.
- But I have very nice handwriting.
- You girl.
- What are you thinkin' about?
- Angel.
You simply couldn't have said
a worse thing than that.
- No. You know what I mean.
- I do.
It's nice to know you're one of the few things
in my life he didn't get his mitts on.
- I don't believe Angel trusts you.
- It ain't about that, love.
It's about what he needs. And right now,
he needs every hand he can get.
As long as I'm fightin'on his side,
he'll play me fair.
Smoke clears, then we'll
see where we stand.
You sure you can handle
the Sahrvin?
They're sending me in with karaoke boy.
How tough can they be?
- With Lorne?
- What's up? Worried about his reading?
Said your future was
gonna be crappy?
- He was probably tellin' you that
just to mess with you.
- Yeah, probably.
If this thing does go down,
I want you to stay the hell away from it.
I'm not going to let
anything happen to you.
Damn. Girl, you gave up
immortality for me.
- It's like something out of a fairy tale.
- We don't live in a fairy tale.
[Angel]
This may come out a little pretentious
but one of you will betray me.
Wes.
Oh. Can I deny you
three times?
Vail's the sorcerer
of the bunch.
You know that game.
You've seen his place.
He believes you'd
make a play for my spot.
- That's not very flattering.
- It'll get you in the door.
Illyria,
Izzerial the devil
and three other members of the circle
dine together almost every night.
I'll make trophies of their spines.
Good to have you
on the team.
- Gunn
- Yo.
Your friend, Senator Brucker,
has a campaign offiice in West L.A.
You already know
she's pure hell spawn
and she tends to surround
herself with vampires.
I was hopin' it'd be vamps. Haven't
dusted nearly enough this year.
- No offense.
- It's all right.
- Spike
- Right. First off, I'm not wearin' any amulets.
No bracelets, brooches,
beads, pendants, pins or rings.
Fine. All you need is a rattle.
- Ah, the baby.
- And the legion of the Fell Brethren.
I want the kid returned to his mother
and the foster family dismembered.
Done and done.
Archduke Sebassis has over
Other members
of the council fear him.
He's the key player,
so he's mine.
- Lorne
- Oh, I'm not a fighter, Angelwings.
Never had the stomach for it.
Looks like I'm your weak link.
I need you to back up Lindsey.
- Still can't believe you brought him in.
- He's part of this.
It'll be just as dangerous for him as it
will be for everyone else on our team.
Mmm.
[Sighs] This just gets better
and better every day.
- Anyway
- Mmm.
About Angel's secret plan
So I guess we're not goin'
back to the office after this.
The alley just north of Hyperion.
Everyone who makes it meets there.
We do any damage at all, the senior
partners are gonna rain hell on us.
So be ready.
Hey, uh, Ange
I'll do this last thing for you,
for us, but then I'm out.
And you won't find me
in the alley afterwards.
Hell, you won't
find me at all.
Do me a favor.
Don't try.
Day went by fast, huh?
Try not to die.
You are not unpleasant to my eyes.
Uh, thanks. You
try not to die too.
Later, then.
What do you think all this means
for that Shanshu bugaboo?
We make it through this,
does one of us get to be a real boy?
Who you kidding?
We're not gonna make it through.
Well, long as it's not you.
I'm curious.
[Slurps] Mmm.
What makes you think
I won't kill you where you sit?
Because you're smarter
than the others.
Smart enough to have
your doubts about Angel
and rightly so.
He's unpredictable.
And worse,
he has a conscience.
[Groans]
You make a very persuasive argument.
Wait. It gets better.
[Chanting]
[Baby Fussing]
[Brucker]
I can't offiicially comment on that.
But, off the record, if Mr. Conley's
recent confession is true
then he's a very sick man
who needs professional help.
One of the goals
of my next term in Washington
is stronger federal guidelines.
[Chattering]
[Banging]
[Shouting]
[Bell Dings]
Harmony, where's Hamilton?
Records room.
Been keeping him busy, like you said.
Good. I gotta stop by the penthouse,
but have my car ready.
And just make sure
Hamilton stays busy.
No problemo, boss.
- [Door Shuts]
- Going out?
Why? You want to order in?
[Scoffs]
I hear you already have plans.
Gonna take that
when you visit Sebassis?
Now, why don't I think
that's a gift?
- [Sword Clangs]
- Aah!
Ah, oh!
- Oh, my God.
- Hamilton
He's not my boyfriend.
I mean, I certainly didn't betray you.
- Drop the act, Harm.
- It's not an act. I'm really this nervous.
- I knew you'd turn on me. I just didn't know when.
- What do you mean, you knew?
- Loyalty really isn't high on your list.
- Oh, is that right?
- I'll have you know I am damn loyal, dumb-***.
- You betrayed me.
You are betraying me now,
even as we are talking.
Because you never have
any confidence in me.
No, because you have no soul.
I would if you had
confidence in me.
- Get out of the building.
- Are you firing me?
Among other things, yes.
- Do you think I could get a recommendation?
- Yeah, okay.
- But see, if you don't so much live
is the other thing
- It's already in the desk.
- Oh, you're the best!
- [Door Rattles]
Good luck.
Um, may the best man win?
- So.
- Yeah.
[Sighs, Shakes Out Hand]
Did that hurt at all?
- Little bit.
- Ah!
- [Grunts]
- But it's all part of the job.
[Groaning]
The senior partners have expended
an awful lot of time and resources on you.
Personally, I would have
told them not to bother.
You're gutter trash.
That's where you
should have stayed
drinking and *** your way
through an unremarkable life.
But the fates stepped in and made you
a vampire with a soul, no less.
A champion, a hero of the people.
Yet, you still managed
to fail everyone around you.
Doyle, Cordelia, Fred.
They're all gone.
It's time you followed.
[Groaning]
Did you really think you were
going to kill Archduke Sebassis?
No. I think I already did.
- [Gagging]
- I spiked his drink.
[Yelps]
I figured you were
the one I needed to be alone with.
Why? So I could kill you?
Well, I thought the fight would be
going a little better.
Oh.
[Gurgles]
Hello, Junior.
Name's Spike.
And lucky for you,
I'm on a strict diet.
Place the Holy Vessel
back in the bassinet.
[Sighs]
Right.
- [Growling]
- [Grunt]
[Scream]
Your influence
on this world is over.
The rest of the circle
will wither and die
like you are about to.
You don't know who
you're dealing with, do you, boy?
[Groans]
I mean, really.
I crap better magic than this.
Now, then, let me show you
what a real wizard can do.
Now, then, let me show you
what a real wizard can do.
Why do you keep fighting?
You signed away your Shanshu.
There's nothing in it for you anymore.
People who don't care about anything
will never understand the people who do.
Oh.!
Yeah, but we won't care.
[Grunting]
Care about that,
dress-for-less?
[Grunting]
What the hell
are you doin' here?
Come on. You drop by for a cup of coffee,
and the world's not ending?
Please.
Your families are protected
against pedophiles and other undesirables
even in the United States of
Aah.!
Looks like you boys are gonna
need to find a new candidate.
And you wonder
why folks don't vote.
[Water Running]
- Those guys were chumps.
- Now they're chunks.
Demon strength or no,
you're quite the master swordsman.
Well, I couldn't have done it without that
high note in "MacArthur Park."
Slays 'em every time.
Any word on the rest of the team?
For all I know,
we are the rest of the team.
I haven't heard squat.
- That's weird.
- They'll call.
No, I mean me sayin' "team"
and meaning it.
- Kinda like the feeling.
- Yeah, today.
- You really done with 'em?
- [Exhales]
It isn't my kind of work anymore.
It's unsavory.
Gee, I think it's
just getting interesting.
Yeah, I bet you do.
You don't trust me.
You don't think a man can change?
It's not about what I think.
This was Angel's plan.
Come on.
- I could sing for you.
- I've heard you sing.
[Grunts, Breathing Heavily]
Why Why'd you
One last job.
You're not part of
the solution, Lindsey.
You never will be.
You kill me?
[Gasping]
A flunky?
I'm not just
Angel kills me.
You
Angel
[Gasping]
[Sighs]
Good night, folks.
[Struggling]
Did you really think you
had a shot at this?
I can bend the very fabric
of reality to my will.
Your parlor tricks could
never kill me, boy. [Laughing]
[Struggling] Then I'll just have to do
this the old-fashioned way.
Yes, I suppose we will.
- [Knife Cutting]
- [Gasps]
- [Grunting]
- [Knife Twisting]
Oh!
[Groans]
- Wesley.
- [Grunting]
This wound is mortal.
Aren't we all?
[Gasping]
It was good
that you came.
I killed all mine. And I was
Concerned?
I think so.
But I can't help.
You'll be dead
within moments.
I know.
Would you like me
to lie to you now?
Yes. Thank you, yes.
[Slurring]
Hello, there.
Oh, Wesley.
[Sniffs]
[Sniffs]
My Wesley.
Fred.
[Whispering]
I've missed you.
It's gonna be okay.
It won't hurt
much longer
and then you'll be
where I am.
[Crying]
We'll be together.
L I love you.
I love you.
My love.
[Sobbing]
Oh, my love.
How very touching
his meaningless death was.
But this fight
was never for mortals.
Oh.!
[Laughs]
Take your best shot,
little girl.
Take your best shot,
little girl.
Oh!
What is with you people?
Connor!
Let me say this as clearly as I can.
You can not beat me.
I am a part of them,
the wolf, ram, and hart.
Their strength flows
through my veins.
My blood is filled
with their ancient power.
Can you pick out the one word there
you probably shouldn't have said?
[Groaning]
Wow! You really
are full of it.
What was that you were
saying about ancient power?
You don't really think
you're gonna win this, do you?
You don't stand a chance.
We are legion. We are forever.
[Grunts]
I guess forever
just got a hell
of a lot shorter.
[Breathing Heavily]
Ah! Is he dead?
Yeah, he's dead.
Uh that's not good, is it?
Wolfram and Hart. Looks like
they're taking the gloves off.
- What'll we do?
- You go home.
- This is my fight.
- That's some serious macho Aah!
- Go home now.
- They'll destroy you.
As long as you're okay, they can't.
Go.
What the hell
is going on?
We're gettin' kicked out
of the garden, Eve.
Where's Lindsey?
Where is he?
- He's not comin' for you.
- You
Time to go.
Go where?
[Spike]
Boo.
- Anyone else?
- Not so far. You feel the heat?
It's comin'.
- Finally got ourselves a decent brawl.
- [Gunn] Damn.!
How'd I know the fang boys
would pull through?
You're lucky we're on the same side,
dogs, 'cause I was on fire tonight.
My game was tight.
Supposed to wear that red stuff
on the inside, Charlie boy.
Any word on Wes?
Wesley's dead.
[Illyria]
I'm feeling grief for him.
I can't seem to control it.
- [Shouting In Distance]
- I wish to do more violence.
- [Shouting Grows Louder]
- Wishes just happen to be horses today.
Among other things.
[Growling, Roaring]
[Shrieking]
Okay. You take
the 30,000 on the left.
You're fading.
You'll last ten minutes at best.
[Grunting]
Then let's make 'em memorable.
- And in terms of a plan?
- We fight.
Bit more specific?
Well, personally, I kinda
want to slay the dragon.
[Yelling]
- Let's go to work.
- [Sword Clangs]
Grr! Arrgh!