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NARRATOR:
<i>Previously:</i>

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CORDELIA: The fire,
blotting out the sun...

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...those were the first steps
to something bigger.

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Connor, we're having a baby.

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- Gwen.
- Hi, there.

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- What are you?
- I'm a freak.

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Move! There we go.

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Angelus.

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- I'm telling you, I don't know this Beast.
- But Angelus might. We need Angelus.

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Angelus.

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There's something bigger.
The Beast has a boss.

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[ANGELUS WHISTLING]

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LILAH: He's gonna kill us.
- I know.

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Why do you think I let him out?

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Killing Angelus is the only way
to guarantee our family's safety.

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Connor, it's over. It's me.

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- We're back.
- It would seem.

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ANGEL: I know things...
CORDELIA: Sorry...

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...but if this is the speech
about how the worst is behind us...

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...you may want to save it for later.

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CORDELIA:
I know it's a bit of a shock.

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I mean, nobody's more shocked than me.
Okay, maybe him.

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Um, sorry to be so...

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But I'm, like you said,
kind of shocked.

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Yeah, because hasn't it only been like...?
Definitely shocked.

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I haven't been hiding
or ashamed or anything.

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It's just with the Beast
and his psycho master...

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...and then Faith and Willow
and all that dramarama.

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- Not to mention...
- Angelus?

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Everything's just been
so <i>Clash of the Titans</i> around here.

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I didn't want to be a distraction.

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Well!

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Put me on the short bus
and send me off to clueless school.

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A mystical pregnancy right under
my beak and not even a tingle.

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Huh.

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How long have you known?

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Some time after we
brought forth Angelus.

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That's a couple weeks.
Looks more like eight months.

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The last time Cordelia was impregnated,
she came to term overnight.

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That was a crawly, evil demon thing.

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This is different.

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Still, shouldn't we try
and find out what's in there?

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We already know.

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Our baby.

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Well, congratulations.

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You're gonna have a grand-spawn.

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You don't know what it's like.

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How scary it is.

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I'm gonna have a child, and all you
can do is joke because you don't like me.

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We shouldn't have told them.

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- Cordelia.
- I know it's hard to understand.

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None of you have ever had a living being
growing inside of you.

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And this...

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...my sweet baby...

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We're connected.

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I feel what it feels, and I can't explain it,
but I sense its goodness...

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...its love.

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You'll see.

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My baby will be here soon,
and then you'll all see.

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Players

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How'd you do that?

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I'm a thief. Got my stuff?

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Would you stop it?

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- Stop what?
- Acting shifty.

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You've never done this before,
have you?

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Let me give you a tip, sugar bear.

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There are over 8 million
people in this city...

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...as far as anyone can tell,
we're two of them, just a normal couple.

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Nobody's gonna give us a
second look if you stop acting shifty.

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Look, these are very powerful people
that you're going up against.

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- lf they catch you, they'll kill...
- I know the risk.

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But I'm going in there
with or without your help.

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And I'm not coming out without Lisa.

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So are we gonna dance, or what?

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That's everything.
Security, blueprints, background.

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There, wasn't so bad, was it?

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So is it that obvious?

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- That I've never done...?
- Trench coat, definite rookie mistake.

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So I should dress more like you?

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You know, maybe when this is all over,
you and I could...

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[THUNDER ROLLS]

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Holy!

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Really, I'm fine.

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Thanks for asking.

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Were we too harsh?
I was just asking.

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No. They were bound to skulk off
to neutral corners.

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Two vampires hook up...

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...and for the only time in vamp history,
have a kid, our boy Connor.

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Connor grows up, knocks it out with
Cordelia, part-demon, former high being.

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Quick as you can say Easy-Bake Oven,
there's a gigantic bun in hers.

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I don't think we were too harsh.

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The first time Connor tried to attack
Angelus, Lorne's sanctuary spell...

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...knocked him to Abilene.
- Which means Connor is part-demon.

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Yeah, well that was before my
spell went all flop-a-palooza.

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Having two part-demon parents
might explain the "whoosh" factor.

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Not gonna be long until
"whoosh" turns into "pop."

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Speaking of pop, don't you think our
leader should be part of this confab?

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Easy-Bake, flop-a-palooza,
whoosh, pop. I don't skulk.

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I've been thinking
about the past few weeks and Angelus.

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Angel, you can't feel guilty
for anything Angelus did.

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I don't. I knew the risks.

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We all did.

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Some of us paid
a higher price than others.

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Angelus didn't kill Lilah.

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She was already dead,
killed by the Beast.

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Well, that's less terrible.

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There's no excuse...

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...for what Angelus did to her...

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...but I'm sorry for your loss.

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We got two pressing matters:

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Figuring out Cordelia's pregnancy
and destroying the Beastmaster.

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- Lorne, you're...
- Reliable as a cheap fortune cookie?

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I was gonna say
a guy with good contacts.

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Must be rumblings
about the new player.

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Talk to your sources.
See if anyone knows anything.

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- I'm your demon.
ANGEL: Fred, Wesley.

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If there's experts on mystical births,
we're it.

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We'll pull the files on Darla and her
pregnancy, see what we can find.

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Gunn, I want you to sit tight for now.

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Never hurts to have muscle on deck.

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In the meantime, has to be a reason
why the Beastmaster wanted Angelus.

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I'll piece together what I know.

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Things he said when he was
in my head, everything.

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- Maybe something will...
GWEN: Strike you?

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Careful what you wish for.

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Well, look who's back,
now that the lights are on.

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Oh, missed you too, babe.

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Gwen, it's really not a great time
for a social call.

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We're pretty swamped. You know...

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...Apocalypse.

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The thing is, there's a girl,
she's in trouble.

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- That's what you guys do, right?
- Well, yeah.

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I'm in a jam.
Can't get out of it alone.

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I need someone suave, a guy
who can handle himself in a tight spot.

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- Gwen, I'd love to help...
- I meant him.

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I've been looking all over for you.

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Connor...

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...what they said,
you can't let it bother you.

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- I don't care what they say.
CORDELIA: Really?

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That why you retreated
to the Fortress of Solitude?

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It doesn't make sense.

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Freaking out over pregnancy is the m.o.
with the gang around here.

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Not them. You.
All that stuff you said about Angelus.

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And Willow,
she didn't open a gate to evil...

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...she put back Angel's soul.
I almost killed him.

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But you didn't. Angel's back,
everything worked out.

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Everything happens for a reason,
even if it doesn't always seem that way.

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- How can you say that?
- Think about it.

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You sinking Angel
to the bottom of the ocean...

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...being kicked out of the house, me not
knowing who I was and coming to you...

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...all of those moments
and a million others led to this miracle.

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But sending me down to the basement?

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I had the stake.
What was the reason for that?

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I thought our baby was in danger.

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All my instincts told me that killing
Angelus was the only way to protect it.

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But you were wrong.

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What's important is when I needed help,
you were there for me.

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Now I know I can trust you completely,
no matter what.

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See? Everything happens for a reason.

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Connor, before our baby comes,
I might ask you to do some things...

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...for us.

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And I want you to remember...

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...there's always a reason.

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I'll remember.

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So why me?

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I told you,
I need a suave guy in a tight spot.

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Suave.
You been collecting these for a while?

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Yeah, I get one each trip. Just brought
the dolphin back from Tahiti.

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You collect anything when you travel?

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Yeah, I got a big old scar on my thigh
from Boyle Heights...

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...piece of vamp stake I picked up
in Alhambra...

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...and a couple of burn marks
on my hip from Encino.

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Name a town,
I'll show you the souvenir.

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- I didn't mean to...
- No, I'm not complaining.

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I've seen more here than most
people seen traveling around the world.

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Someday maybe.

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What's so big and bad that Electro-Gwen
needs my super-suave assistance?

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- Something about a girl in trouble?
GWEN: Yeah.

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I did a black-bag deal
for this corp.

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Happens all the time.
Two companies vie for a contract.

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Company A hires me to make sure
Company B's thingamabob...

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...doesn't so much bob as bust.

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Company A gets a
multimillion-dollar payday.

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Right.
But this time, Company B fought back.

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They kidnapped this girl.
Her name's Lisa.

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She's the daughter of the guy
who hired me.

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- Nobody can go to the cops, because...
- Of what I did.

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So you see, it's my fault. I have
to save her and I can't do it alone.

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Don't ask.

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This is everything I could get
on the man who's holding her.

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His name is Takeshi Morimoto.
He's the head of the company I tanked.

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He'll kill her if Company A doesn't
come clean about what they did.

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This dude's a serious player.

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Chairman emeritus, honorary degrees,
all kinds of charity work:

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Cancer research, wildlife preservation,
the zoo committee.

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Bank fraud, smuggling,
money laundering.

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GWEN: And now kidnapping.
- This guy know about you?

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Nope. That's why I think we have
a shot at getting to the girl.

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They're keeping her
at his gated compound.

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Armed guards, infrared surveillance,
dogs, the works.

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If we're gonna have half a chance...

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Stop grinning and share the joke
with the entire class.

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- You think this is impossible.
- No, I think it's fantastic.

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I spent most of this year trapped in
what I can only describe as a turgid...

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...supernatural soap opera.

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The fact that I have a chance
to go out and really help somebody...

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It feels good to be doing good.

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So how are we breaking
into Fort Knox?

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GWEN:
<i>We're walking in the front door.</i>

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- How are you doing?
- You tell me.

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I'm thinking James Bond
never looked this fine.

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You're right.

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I'd feel better if we were packing
some of his weapons.

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Charles, we are the secret weapons.

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- Nervous?
- No.

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I've gotten into clubs with tighter
security than this.

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Go ahead.

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Go ahead, sir.

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One down, one to go.

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How will your electro-thing do
with these metal detectors?

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Piece of cake.

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Now if we can just get out
as easily as we got in, we'll...

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[BEEPING]

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Why did I even say that?

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What seems to be the problem?

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Electronic imprint on your invitation's
been altered.

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I can explain that.
I was struck by lightning.

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Really.

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- See how my life sucks?
- Step this way, please.

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Please don't make a scene.

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A bit late for that,
with the beeping and batons.

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- Maybe it's not our night.
- Then we make it our night.

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This is my one shot, and I'm
not leaving without you know who.

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Now, if that means we do it
the hard way...

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Keep your mittens on, Sparky.
Morimoto-san.

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<i>Konbanwa.</i>

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00:16:19,425 --> 00:16:22,497
[SPEAKS JAPANESE]

238
00:16:23,305 --> 00:16:25,182
Didn't follow that last bit.

239
00:16:25,345 --> 00:16:28,143
Shot my entire Japanese vocabulary
when I said hello.

240
00:16:28,345 --> 00:16:30,734
The gesture is still appreciated.

241
00:16:31,105 --> 00:16:33,573
Mr. Morimoto, I'm Charles Gunn.

242
00:16:33,985 --> 00:16:36,453
We met at the zoo benefit last year.

243
00:16:37,145 --> 00:16:39,705
You don't remember me, do you?

244
00:16:39,985 --> 00:16:42,579
Your wife held that monkey
after my girlfriend did.

245
00:16:42,745 --> 00:16:46,420
Ugly little gray thing?
The monkey, not my girl.

246
00:16:46,625 --> 00:16:50,459
Gwen, you remember Mr. Morimoto.
We met him at the zoo benefit.

247
00:16:50,625 --> 00:16:53,344
- How could I forget?
GUNN: Mr. Morimoto...

248
00:16:53,505 --> 00:16:56,178
...in case we don't have
an opportunity to speak later...

249
00:16:56,345 --> 00:16:59,257
...do me the honor
of accepting this humble gift...

250
00:16:59,785 --> 00:17:02,857
...to thank you for inviting us
into your beautiful home.

251
00:17:03,065 --> 00:17:06,137
- You're too generous.
- Please, it's just a trinket.

252
00:17:18,745 --> 00:17:22,897
- It's beautiful.
- Well, I read somewhere you love tigers.

253
00:17:23,065 --> 00:17:27,058
Truly exquisite. Thank you.

254
00:17:29,425 --> 00:17:31,063
If you'll follow me, please.

255
00:17:31,545 --> 00:17:33,740
- Okay, we tried it your way.
- Hang on.

256
00:17:34,065 --> 00:17:37,296
This way. Please.

257
00:17:41,825 --> 00:17:44,703
GUARD:
All right, go ahead.

258
00:17:54,745 --> 00:17:56,463
That's supposed to be a kid?

259
00:17:56,865 --> 00:18:00,983
An infant Gatbar demon.
The spikes grow to full size in the womb.

260
00:18:01,345 --> 00:18:03,097
Ouch.

261
00:18:03,585 --> 00:18:07,055
Gross factor aside, these pregnancies
all seem to be...

262
00:18:07,225 --> 00:18:12,174
...run-of-the-mill demon life-cycle stuff.
Nothing mystical about them.

263
00:18:16,025 --> 00:18:17,458
They're just pictures, Fred.

264
00:18:17,825 --> 00:18:21,261
It's the pictures in my mind
that are getting me.

265
00:18:21,945 --> 00:18:24,584
I can't stop thinking about
Connor and Cordy...

266
00:18:24,745 --> 00:18:28,181
...hiding up in that room,
imagining what they do up there.

267
00:18:28,345 --> 00:18:30,575
It's like being stuck in a bad movie...

268
00:18:30,745 --> 00:18:33,543
...with those <i>Clockwork Orange</i>
clampy things on my eyeballs.

269
00:18:33,825 --> 00:18:36,703
Why imagine?
Reality's disturbing enough.

270
00:18:37,065 --> 00:18:39,340
Connor's Angel's son.

271
00:18:39,505 --> 00:18:44,579
How did he and Cordy get all couple-y?

272
00:18:44,745 --> 00:18:47,464
They were probably
as surprised as anyone.

273
00:18:50,945 --> 00:18:53,584
But they were both lost...

274
00:18:54,265 --> 00:18:55,414
...Ionely.

275
00:18:55,785 --> 00:18:58,015
No matter how lonely I was,
I would never...

276
00:18:58,185 --> 00:18:59,698
Things happen, Fred.

277
00:19:04,305 --> 00:19:07,695
When you're alienated
from the people you care about...

278
00:19:09,145 --> 00:19:11,136
...you start to look other places.

279
00:19:18,625 --> 00:19:20,104
Lilah.

280
00:19:24,865 --> 00:19:28,778
We were fighting on opposite sides,
but it was the same war.

281
00:19:29,145 --> 00:19:30,737
But you hated her.

282
00:19:35,945 --> 00:19:37,424
Didn't you?

283
00:19:40,505 --> 00:19:43,338
It's not always about holding hands.

284
00:19:52,185 --> 00:19:55,143
[PIANO PLAYING IN BACKGROUND]

285
00:20:05,505 --> 00:20:08,099
So when did you become
Mr. Japanese Ambassador?

286
00:20:08,265 --> 00:20:11,541
You watch enough samurai movies,
you learn things about the culture.

287
00:20:11,705 --> 00:20:12,979
The first is <i>reishiki...</i>

288
00:20:13,145 --> 00:20:16,057
...which is a fancy way of stressing
proper etiquette.

289
00:20:16,225 --> 00:20:19,740
The other is, never underestimate
the value of a thoughtful gift.

290
00:20:19,905 --> 00:20:22,294
- You mean, that gift you stole.
- Yeah, sorry.

291
00:20:22,465 --> 00:20:24,501
Hope it wasn't too valuable.

292
00:20:24,905 --> 00:20:27,260
I'll let you in on a little secret.

293
00:20:29,105 --> 00:20:30,424
You stole it back?

294
00:20:30,665 --> 00:20:33,577
It's not like 18th-century jade's
falling off trucks.

295
00:20:35,385 --> 00:20:36,738
What?

296
00:20:38,225 --> 00:20:41,581
Is that her? Shouldn't she be tied
to a chair or something?

297
00:20:41,825 --> 00:20:45,659
Tied up or dressed up, she's a prisoner.
Look at the muscle around her.

298
00:20:46,145 --> 00:20:51,139
I'm gonna see if I can get a better look.
No. Keep an eye on Morimoto.

299
00:21:01,345 --> 00:21:03,097
Come on in, Cordelia.

300
00:21:05,905 --> 00:21:09,944
You know, that never stops
creeping me out.

301
00:21:10,105 --> 00:21:11,823
Yeah?

302
00:21:12,585 --> 00:21:15,019
Kind of creeped out myself.

303
00:21:15,425 --> 00:21:18,064
- Can we not do this right now?
- It's okay by me.

304
00:21:18,225 --> 00:21:20,944
Kind of in the middle
of something anyway.

305
00:21:21,305 --> 00:21:23,694
- Anything coming to mind?
- Not really.

306
00:21:23,985 --> 00:21:25,703
Nothing?

307
00:21:28,025 --> 00:21:32,655
To be honest, I'm almost pining
for the halcyon days of the Beast.

308
00:21:32,825 --> 00:21:36,943
Right. It's not like he slaughtered
hundreds of people with his bare hands.

309
00:21:37,305 --> 00:21:41,139
- The Beast was just a flunky.
- Who did his master's bidding.

310
00:21:41,505 --> 00:21:46,579
Killing Manny, stealing my soul,
murdering Lilah.

311
00:21:47,265 --> 00:21:52,055
Those were surgical strikes, not
the smash-and-trash style of the Beast.

312
00:21:52,825 --> 00:21:56,101
But if Lava Boy didn't do all that,
who did?

313
00:21:56,705 --> 00:22:00,334
- His master.
- I'm his master.

314
00:22:02,025 --> 00:22:06,462
I'm his all-powerful master. And I'm
going to break into a guarded room...

315
00:22:06,825 --> 00:22:10,022
...steal your soul from a safe,
not by ripping it open...

316
00:22:10,185 --> 00:22:11,903
...but by using the combination.

317
00:22:12,105 --> 00:22:16,018
Then I'm gonna hunt and kill Lilah
right under this very roof.

318
00:22:16,185 --> 00:22:19,257
Sure. Evil geniuses live
for that playing-with-fire stuff.

319
00:22:19,625 --> 00:22:21,775
You don't understand.
This was in my head.

320
00:22:21,945 --> 00:22:25,062
I've heard him. And he's insane
enough to pull those stunts.

321
00:22:25,225 --> 00:22:28,137
When you say "insane,"
you mean, like, diabolical?

322
00:22:28,505 --> 00:22:30,416
No, I mean, like,
deluded and demented.

323
00:22:30,585 --> 00:22:33,577
No, he spoke to me in this cheesy,
self-important voice.

324
00:22:33,745 --> 00:22:35,815
I bet he doesn't even
have a master plan.

325
00:22:36,065 --> 00:22:38,454
He's just making it up
as he goes along.

326
00:22:39,345 --> 00:22:41,176
Hey.

327
00:22:41,385 --> 00:22:43,057
Don't worry, we'll figure it out.

328
00:22:43,225 --> 00:22:47,059
Come on, anybody as daredevil-y
as this guy will slip up sooner or later.

329
00:22:47,225 --> 00:22:50,535
When he does, he's dead.

330
00:23:00,385 --> 00:23:04,060
Meteor showers, earthquakes,
that strange thing with the sun.

331
00:23:04,225 --> 00:23:07,422
I find it an exciting time
to be in Los Angeles.

332
00:23:07,625 --> 00:23:08,740
I couldn't agree more.

333
00:23:08,905 --> 00:23:11,624
I can't help but feel
something wonderful is coming.

334
00:23:11,785 --> 00:23:13,059
Don't you, Mr. Gunn?

335
00:23:13,225 --> 00:23:17,343
Something seems to be coming,
just ain't so sure I'd call it wonderful.

336
00:23:19,385 --> 00:23:22,457
Uh, If you'll excuse me.
Gwen, you're not gonna...

337
00:23:23,705 --> 00:23:26,424
- What is it?
- They're gonna kill her, tonight.

338
00:23:27,185 --> 00:23:28,504
Not gonna happen.

339
00:23:28,665 --> 00:23:31,054
We have to act fast.
You get Lisa and get out.

340
00:23:31,265 --> 00:23:33,301
- You mean, "we" need to?
- No, I mean you.

341
00:23:33,465 --> 00:23:36,502
I'm going over there to create
one hell of a distraction.

342
00:23:36,665 --> 00:23:40,260
By the time they figure it out,
you'll have her halfway to my place.

343
00:23:40,425 --> 00:23:41,744
This is our one shot.

344
00:23:42,105 --> 00:23:45,575
Like I said when I signed up,
it feels good to be doing good.

345
00:23:45,905 --> 00:23:49,693
Okay, work your way over there.
Wait for my signal.

346
00:24:23,425 --> 00:24:26,895
Oh, my God. Somebody's trying
to hurt that little girl.

347
00:24:27,065 --> 00:24:29,863
This is Bravo 9,
we have a situation in progress.

348
00:24:40,025 --> 00:24:42,255
Hang in there, we're almost out.

349
00:25:01,025 --> 00:25:02,344
Now you did it.

350
00:25:02,505 --> 00:25:06,464
I'm gonna have to get your lame-ass
blood all over my sweet, new suit.

351
00:25:41,905 --> 00:25:44,180
I spent the last couple of weeks...

352
00:25:44,345 --> 00:25:47,781
...whacking on a giant lava demon
and more vamps than I can count.

353
00:25:47,945 --> 00:25:51,540
Almost forgot how good it feels
to just let off a little steam.

354
00:26:03,345 --> 00:26:05,415
All right, let's get you out of here.

355
00:26:06,785 --> 00:26:11,222
- It's okay. I'm here to take you home.
- I am home.

356
00:26:12,385 --> 00:26:16,856
- No, you've been kidnapped.
- Get out of my house.

357
00:26:19,185 --> 00:26:20,618
Your name's not Lisa, is it?

358
00:26:20,985 --> 00:26:24,739
I'm Aiko Morimoto. And when my daddy
finds out you tried to hurt me...

359
00:26:24,905 --> 00:26:26,896
...he's going to kill you.

360
00:26:39,105 --> 00:26:41,061
- It's you.
- It was the scanners, wasn't it?

361
00:26:41,225 --> 00:26:43,261
Why you wanted me.
Angel, no heartbeat.

362
00:26:43,425 --> 00:26:46,064
Security scan of a dead guy
might raise eyebrows.

363
00:26:46,265 --> 00:26:49,621
For about five seconds, I thought
you might care about something.

364
00:26:49,785 --> 00:26:52,015
So what if I didn't tell you
about my plan?

365
00:26:52,225 --> 00:26:56,662
So what if set you up for a fall? When's
the last time you had this much fun?

366
00:26:57,505 --> 00:26:59,575
I saw your face.
You were having a great time.

367
00:26:59,745 --> 00:27:02,578
- It's because I thought I was doing good.
- You were.

368
00:27:02,905 --> 00:27:06,215
Just not the kind that involves
saving a princess from an evil king.

369
00:27:06,505 --> 00:27:09,258
- So Lisa doesn't exist?
- Yes, she does.

370
00:27:09,425 --> 00:27:13,418
I'd have liberated her from this steel
tomb by now if you'd stop yapping.

371
00:27:15,105 --> 00:27:18,859
It's a military acronym.
Localized lonic Sensory Activator.

372
00:27:19,225 --> 00:27:22,740
- L-l-S-A.
- A weapon? Lisa's a weapon?

373
00:27:23,105 --> 00:27:25,665
Not a weapon,
a covert device worn by black-ops.

374
00:27:25,825 --> 00:27:28,385
Regulates body temp,
heartbeat, body chemistry.

375
00:27:28,705 --> 00:27:32,220
Morimoto's company designed it, and
I've been hired to steal the beta test.

376
00:27:32,385 --> 00:27:35,422
- God bless America.
- Actually, China or North Korea.

377
00:27:35,585 --> 00:27:38,861
Not really sure. Morimoto's selling it
to the highest bidder.

378
00:27:39,025 --> 00:27:41,220
And who are you stealing it for?

379
00:27:41,385 --> 00:27:43,979
Look, there are two things
that make me a good thief.

380
00:27:44,145 --> 00:27:46,943
I steal what I'm paid to,
and I don't ask many questions.

381
00:27:47,105 --> 00:27:48,504
Well, good luck with that.

382
00:27:49,745 --> 00:27:53,533
Nothing's changed. Morimoto's
still a bad guy, you're still a good one.

383
00:27:53,785 --> 00:27:57,141
I can't believe I took time
out of the Apocalypse for this.

384
00:27:57,425 --> 00:28:02,021
Even the pres takes vacations.
Besides, they need you, they'll call.

385
00:28:04,465 --> 00:28:08,663
Come on, we started this together.
Let's finish it the same way.

386
00:28:09,105 --> 00:28:11,903
- It's not the same.
- You can keep the suit.

387
00:28:26,265 --> 00:28:29,462
You know, this would be a lot easier
if you two weren't hovering.

388
00:28:31,305 --> 00:28:33,102
- No rush.
- Take your time.

389
00:28:35,905 --> 00:28:38,419
I think that's it.

390
00:28:38,625 --> 00:28:40,183
CORDELIA:
What's it?

391
00:28:40,345 --> 00:28:42,017
Passage from Lilah's beastie book.

392
00:28:42,185 --> 00:28:45,814
The one Angelus destroyed after the
big voice threatened to re-ensoul him.

393
00:28:45,985 --> 00:28:48,783
Angel's been visualizing the text,
trying to re-create it.

394
00:28:48,945 --> 00:28:51,220
Just, you know, a little thing I can do.

395
00:28:52,305 --> 00:28:54,296
You think there was
something in that book...

396
00:28:54,465 --> 00:28:56,456
...that High-and-Spitey
didn't want us to know?

397
00:28:56,665 --> 00:28:57,780
He's hiding something.

398
00:28:57,945 --> 00:29:01,460
I recognize the text.
It's early Fallorian code system.

399
00:29:01,825 --> 00:29:07,104
Let's see.
"The green cartlike vehicle...

400
00:29:07,305 --> 00:29:08,704
...eats...

401
00:29:11,465 --> 00:29:13,899
...I am not a buckethead."

402
00:29:14,945 --> 00:29:17,140
- Damn it!
- It's a tricky language.

403
00:29:17,345 --> 00:29:20,064
An inverted serif can alter
the meaning of a passage.

404
00:29:20,585 --> 00:29:23,463
- What now?
- I try again.

405
00:29:38,025 --> 00:29:41,495
- Crap.
- No, this is the easy one.

406
00:29:50,065 --> 00:29:51,339
We're out of here.

407
00:29:51,545 --> 00:29:53,775
- We should split up...
- No, we're not doing that.

408
00:29:53,945 --> 00:29:57,620
- Either we both make it out or...
- Neither of us do.

409
00:30:04,465 --> 00:30:06,057
Try this one.

410
00:30:08,065 --> 00:30:11,535
Something about strangling poultry.

411
00:30:13,985 --> 00:30:18,456
- That's it. I gotta get out of here.
- Easy does it, <i>compadre.</i>

412
00:30:18,625 --> 00:30:21,617
No huffy exits before
I spill the joyous news.

413
00:30:21,785 --> 00:30:23,503
- About the baby?
- About <i>El Jefe?</i>

414
00:30:23,865 --> 00:30:28,336
No and no. My sources got nothing
on mystical birth and/or the Big Kahuna.

415
00:30:28,905 --> 00:30:31,100
But Wanda,
that demon you recommended...

416
00:30:31,265 --> 00:30:37,215
...what a peach. She sold me a cleansing
abracadabra to clear my muddled mind.

417
00:30:37,585 --> 00:30:39,223
You're empathic again?

418
00:30:39,385 --> 00:30:43,458
Please. You think this Dungeons and
Dragons cloak is a fashion statement?

419
00:30:43,865 --> 00:30:46,743
- I gotta do this whole song and dance.
- We're getting nowhere.

420
00:30:46,905 --> 00:30:50,136
- lf you need extra hands.
- Sorry, I can only take my two.

421
00:30:50,305 --> 00:30:52,375
Ritual has to be performed solo.

422
00:30:52,545 --> 00:30:56,936
Just me and my shadow,
secluded in a dark, dusty nowhere-land.

423
00:30:57,305 --> 00:31:00,297
But the upside is,
I will be all systems go come sunrise.

424
00:31:00,505 --> 00:31:03,383
- Then you'll be able to read me?
- No worries, dumpling...

425
00:31:03,545 --> 00:31:08,539
...come morning, I will be a lean,
mean, belly-reading machine.

426
00:31:12,225 --> 00:31:14,898
Put that on the desk and step away.

427
00:31:17,145 --> 00:31:20,342
- Set it down now.
- No.

428
00:31:21,385 --> 00:31:23,853
I don't think you realize
who you're up against.

429
00:31:24,065 --> 00:31:27,102
If it's those two girls,
I already kicked their ass once.

430
00:31:28,745 --> 00:31:31,862
But when you put it like that...
Maybe we should.

431
00:31:32,025 --> 00:31:33,583
I won't give it back.

432
00:31:34,105 --> 00:31:35,823
I can't.

433
00:31:36,465 --> 00:31:38,899
- I'm not dying for this.
- I'm finishing the job!

434
00:31:39,065 --> 00:31:41,295
- We're busted.
- I'm not leaving without it.

435
00:31:41,465 --> 00:31:43,979
- Then you're not leaving. Finish it.
- Give it to him.

436
00:31:44,185 --> 00:31:46,016
- No, I need it.
- I said, finish it!

437
00:31:46,185 --> 00:31:47,584
It's mine!

438
00:32:05,025 --> 00:32:06,538
Liar.

439
00:32:07,065 --> 00:32:10,580
You're not stealing it for someone else.
It's for you.

440
00:32:10,745 --> 00:32:12,622
You think it'll fix you.

441
00:32:23,505 --> 00:32:26,065
LORNE:
Oh, fudgicle.

442
00:32:57,025 --> 00:32:59,300
Back where he belongs.

443
00:32:59,785 --> 00:33:01,935
I gotta give you credit.
You are stubborn.

444
00:33:02,305 --> 00:33:06,503
- I know what I want.
- I get that. At least I used to.

445
00:33:06,665 --> 00:33:09,702
- Things aren't so clear anymore.
- You seemed pretty clear tonight.

446
00:33:10,065 --> 00:33:13,057
Adrenaline rush,
when I was trying to save that girl.

447
00:33:13,225 --> 00:33:15,614
I meant when you were saving me.

448
00:33:16,265 --> 00:33:17,983
Hey, I'm just the muscle.

449
00:33:18,345 --> 00:33:21,815
Don't knock the muscle, buddy.
Makes the girls go knocky in the knees.

450
00:33:22,505 --> 00:33:25,417
If that's all you were, we couldn't
have gotten into that party.

451
00:33:25,705 --> 00:33:29,380
You would've gotten in. The damage
would've been significantly higher.

452
00:33:29,545 --> 00:33:31,615
Thanks to your
brains-over-brawn approach.

453
00:33:31,905 --> 00:33:34,339
Not so much brains
as too many movies.

454
00:33:34,905 --> 00:33:39,581
Man, they have done a number on you.
You believe this "I'm the muscle" crap.

455
00:33:39,945 --> 00:33:42,743
- This your version of a pep talk?
- Could be. Need one?

456
00:33:42,945 --> 00:33:46,620
- No.
- Good. Not my area of expertise.

457
00:33:48,465 --> 00:33:51,696
So why do you stay,
if that's all they see in you?

458
00:33:52,065 --> 00:33:55,057
I'm a fighter, born and raised.

459
00:33:56,905 --> 00:33:58,736
You love being a thief?

460
00:33:59,425 --> 00:34:01,222
I'm a freak.

461
00:34:01,785 --> 00:34:04,379
Being a thief
makes me part of something...

462
00:34:04,545 --> 00:34:06,979
...and not a part at the same time.

463
00:34:07,265 --> 00:34:08,493
Tonight...

464
00:34:09,105 --> 00:34:11,016
Yeah, kind of loved it.

465
00:34:12,505 --> 00:34:14,780
You know, for someone loving life...

466
00:34:15,145 --> 00:34:17,375
...you seemed awfully willing
to die for this.

467
00:34:20,105 --> 00:34:22,665
What you saw tonight,
that's as bad as it gets.

468
00:34:22,825 --> 00:34:24,816
But even at its best...

469
00:34:26,305 --> 00:34:28,455
That thing might let me be...

470
00:34:29,225 --> 00:34:32,058
Well, not normal, but...

471
00:34:32,265 --> 00:34:34,733
Hold hands maybe.

472
00:34:35,945 --> 00:34:40,814
So, yeah, guess I was willing to die,
or even...

473
00:34:42,465 --> 00:34:45,423
- You wouldn't understand.
- Sure I do.

474
00:34:45,665 --> 00:34:47,781
Brainy, remember?

475
00:34:52,385 --> 00:34:55,104
You want to show
me how this thing works?

476
00:35:17,705 --> 00:35:19,616
How you fire it up?

477
00:35:19,905 --> 00:35:22,738
It's not an X-Box.
Just put it on.

478
00:35:24,385 --> 00:35:25,898
Careful.

479
00:35:29,985 --> 00:35:31,304
Ow.

480
00:35:32,505 --> 00:35:34,336
Like I said.

481
00:35:41,905 --> 00:35:43,543
It's chilly.

482
00:35:46,545 --> 00:35:49,059
[HUMMING]

483
00:35:51,545 --> 00:35:52,534
What's it doing?

484
00:35:52,865 --> 00:35:55,663
You ever see one of those
body-snatcher movies?

485
00:36:00,905 --> 00:36:02,975
Feel any different?

486
00:36:03,225 --> 00:36:04,897
Yeah.

487
00:36:06,345 --> 00:36:08,222
Not so much.

488
00:36:24,665 --> 00:36:26,735
I think it worked.

489
00:36:33,465 --> 00:36:35,217
It feels good.

490
00:36:38,465 --> 00:36:40,217
So...

491
00:36:40,385 --> 00:36:42,216
...if you couldn't touch...

492
00:36:43,705 --> 00:36:46,139
...guess that means you've never...
- Nope.

493
00:36:48,145 --> 00:36:49,464
Nope.

494
00:36:51,705 --> 00:36:53,457
Anyway, um...

495
00:36:53,625 --> 00:36:56,139
...thanks for turning me...

496
00:36:56,305 --> 00:36:57,863
...off.

497
00:36:58,865 --> 00:37:00,742
Anytime.

498
00:37:00,985 --> 00:37:02,782
Thank you.

499
00:37:03,425 --> 00:37:05,859
For what? The guards?

500
00:37:06,025 --> 00:37:09,176
The suit?
The almost dying?

501
00:37:11,225 --> 00:37:13,420
The most fun I've had...

502
00:37:17,025 --> 00:37:18,583
...since...

503
00:37:25,705 --> 00:37:27,616
You know, um...

504
00:37:31,545 --> 00:37:35,538
That device, it's a prototype.
It might not hold.

505
00:37:36,465 --> 00:37:39,821
Well, you've already killed me once.

506
00:37:41,425 --> 00:37:45,054
If it happens again,
you know where my battery is.

507
00:38:42,985 --> 00:38:46,660
[LORNE SINGING]

508
00:39:28,385 --> 00:39:29,818
Angel.

509
00:39:51,025 --> 00:39:54,495
Has Cordy been a bad, bad girl?

510
00:40:39,465 --> 00:40:40,454
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511
00:40:40,625 --> 00:40:41,614
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