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[MUSIC PLAYING]
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LORNE: I promise you, it'll be fabulous,
believe me, Jerry.
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Yes. It's Grapes of Wrath
in outer space. It's got heart.
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Yes, it's got laser battles. It's got a
timely message of interstellar poverty.
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Have your assistant call my assistant.
We'll set something up. Good enough.
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J.C., listen, just got off the Nextel
with Big B. Yeah, intrigued...
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...but wants to know
who's playing Tom Joad.
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Well, I'm pretty sure that
Henry Fonda's dead, sweetie.
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Yeah. Bring him back to life?
Let me talk to my science people.
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Okay, no promises. Directors.
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- Harmonica!
- Lorney-tunes!
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The eyes, the hair, the dress.
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No wonder the fourth floor has a crush
on you. Tell me, priceless...
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...where do I find Angel?
- Just called.
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He's on his way back in from
a field mission. Though I wouldn't.
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- Sounds like he's in a mood.
- Don't worry.
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I've pulled the big boy out of many
a broodfest. It shouldn't be that...
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Eww...
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How did the new neural
intercept grenade work?
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It didn't.
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I'll take it down to Fred
and have her look at it.
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Hey, Angel-heart.
Hey, Wes, if you see Fred...
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...have her pencil me in?
I got to talk to her...
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...about Henry Fonda's comeback.
WESLEY: All right.
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Angel, Angel, we got to... We gotta have
a confab. Es muy importante.
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ANGEL:
Lorne.
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It's about the party. I've done
all I can do for the big to-do...
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...but we still got a few bugs
to comb out of the cootie garage.
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A bridge too far?
Let me try it again. l...
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I've been out all night.
I'm beat up. I'm exhausted.
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I'm covered in Thraxis blood,
which kind of burns...
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...so this will have to wait
until I shower.
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- You killed a Thraxis?
- Shower.
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Hey, Van, look, why don't we scratch
the Thraxis off the invite list.
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You got a copy of that printout
we're gonna run this week?
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Yeah. Right. What is this?
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"Wolfram & Hart
wants to be up your alley?"
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Looks like a bus station pickup line.
Change it. No, burn it.
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Grab yourself a bagel or something too.
You look a little waxy.
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[MUSIC STOPS]
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[SIGHING]
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Ooh, ouch.
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That's an adult-size bang-a-roo.
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Hello?
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Oh, Mr. Smiles. Come on,
you can't ignore me forever.
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Well, fine. Looks like you're going to
have to slap a Band-Aid on that melon...
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...draw a grin on that bewitching
green mug, and go back out there.
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On the count of nine, sunshine.
One. Two. Three.
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The show stops for no demon, Lorne.
Four. Five. They're all waiting for you.
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Six. Seven. They're counting on you.
Eight. Coming up on nine.
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They're going to eat you up with a spoon
because you're so scrumptious!
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Shut up!
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[REFLECTION SINGING
"DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY"]
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[SINGS "DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY"]
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Life of the Party
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[WATER RUNNING]
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[WATER STOPS RUNNING]
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WOMAN:
Hi.
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The door was open.
Well, unlocked.
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Well, I had a key.
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So, wow.
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You take a long shower for a guy.
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Were we having
some gentleman's time?
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- Gentleman's?
- I mean, I understand.
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You're running the whole circus now.
A lot of pressure.
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Especially with your hands-on policy.
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No pun intended.
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- I'm sure you could use a release.
- No releasing, just bathing.
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That's what one does
after bashing open a demonic pinata...
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...full of rancid Tabasco.
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- What do you want, Eve?
- You stood me up.
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We had a 7:30, Angel. A meeting.
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Oh, right. I'll get my pants.
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So how's it going, Angel?
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ANGEL: I don't know how
to answer that question.
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l... I don't know. Good. Bad.
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I spent years doing everything I could
to bring this company down.
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Now I'm the CEO, and I have to
question every move I make...
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...because any of them could be
what the senior partners want.
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- So no, I have no idea how it's going.
- Hey.
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At least you can still get your
nocturnal jollies saving...
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...the downtrodden from things
that go bump in the night.
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You said it yourself,
everyone needs a release.
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No, I said you need a release.
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Not everyone bottles
all this stuff up.
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- I don't bottle.
- You bottle.
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I don't bottle.
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[GROANING]
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Why does it look like
we're having a party?
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Because we're having a party in here.
The Wolfram & Hart Halloween bash?
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Ring a bell? Biggest event
on the company calendar.
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I sent you a small forest's
worth of memos on it.
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- We're having it here?
- You see what I'm up against?
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That's what our 7:30
was about, Angel. The party.
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- My party?
LORNE: Here's the snafu in a nutshell.
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Nobody's coming.
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Some people are coming,
but the right people, the A-list people...
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...are giving it a miss. And if they don't
show up, this shindig is gonna be a bust.
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- Good.
- Good?
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I wasn't too crazy
about this to begin with.
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We are talking about our clients.
Our evil clients.
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Why show them a good time?
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I'd be happy if the whole thing
just fell through.
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- Then we could get back to...
- Okay! Okay, you're killing me!
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Can't you just feel up
the big picture, Mr. Magoo?
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It's not about good and evil,
it's about party. Party!
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Capital P. Rhymes with "me."
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I'm about to have a stroke here
because you're killing me!
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Listen, I can see that
you're in a state, a mood...
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...a snit even.
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So, what say we talk about this
once you've calmed down a bit?
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- Yeah, sure. That's fine with...
- Great. Your office, 25 minutes.
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FRED: Was Angel mad?
- Shouldn't he be?
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We sent him out
with a defective piece of weaponry.
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Which "we" are we talking about?
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Fred, these techno-mystical hybrids
are a complicated affair.
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I don't know.
Seemed kind of simple to me.
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It's just a little hand-held,
spell-casting robot, right?
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So it's either the robot or the spell
that we have a problem with.
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Well, the grenade's core enchantment
looks operational...
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...so we're talking about
a faulty trigger mechanism.
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Wait a minute. I designed
that mechanism myself.
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That's right. And I machined it.
It's beautiful work on both counts...
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...if I may say.
- You may.
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I agree, as a sculptural piece.
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But the device's trigger
may not have been refined enough...
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...to actually trigger the effect.
- Happy Halloween, kids.
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How do you know your spell-casters
didn't screw up?
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Because I went over their work,
and I got that knowing feeling you get.
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- Trick or treat?
- Hi, Lorne.
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Hi. What do you say we put away
your sci-fi toys for a little bit?
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And let's talk about
something more important...
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...like my monster mash.
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Oh, yeah, your party.
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Our party, Tweety Bird.
Which is dying on the vine.
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I could really, really use some help
from you guys. Some backup.
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I wasn't really planning on going.
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Wes, do you hear this crazy talk?
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Well, I really hadn't given
much thought to going myself.
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Et tu, Brutuses?
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Why is it so hard to get anyone
to have any fun around here?
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You should go. It's the Halloween
blowout to end all blowouts.
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Last year...
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[CHUCKLING]
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...they took a bunch of cows...
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...and put them in this giant
wicker effigy of Krishna...
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...doused it with sambuca, and...
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Well, anyway,
it's a hell of a good time.
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I really want to get this operational
before Angel goes out again.
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WESLEY: Yes, I'll stay too.
- What?
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- I'm sure we can work it out together.
- No, no, no!
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Wes, Fred, you're coming.
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Look at yourselves. You're wound
tighter than Martha Stewart's watch.
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Isn't there anyone else who could fix
the little boo-boos on this thing?
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KNOX:
I can do that.
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It's probably
the trigger mechanism anyway.
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Great. Problem solved.
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I'll see you two
in Angel's office, 15 minutes.
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[KNOCKING]
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GUNN: Hey, Lorne.
- Hey, hey. Sorry to interrupt.
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Not to be a pest, but I just wanted
to go over a little stratego, amigo.
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- Sorry?
- Um...
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You're my big gun, Gunn.
Ace in hole. Ball in pocket.
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- You're the key on my kite string.
- Okay.
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We got to turn Angel around
on this whole party idea.
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- We do?
- Look, I know he's the boss...
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...but you're up and coming here.
It's time for you to spread your wings.
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From now on, I want you
to stake out your territory...
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...and I want you to keep it staked.
- Stake. Territory. Sure.
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Look, I'm a little busy right now.
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Got a deposition.
But I will definitely get to that.
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Great. Just what I wanted to hear.
Angel's office, 10 minutes.
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In my day, no self-respecting
creature of the night went out...
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...on All Hallow's Eve.
We left that to the poseurs.
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The blighters who had to dress up
and try to be scary.
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Magic windows.
Will the perks never end?
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[SPEAKING IN ITALIAN]
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- What'd I miss?
- Us waiting.
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Right. Sorry.
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Angel, we just wanted to take
a moment and emphasize...
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...how important this party
really is to us.
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I got to say Lorne is right.
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We gotta show the big-bads
this regime is here to stay.
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Which, for the most part,
boils down to image.
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And if this party doesn't
kick ass, we lose face.
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Believe me, Milk Dud, speaking
as the head of the PR department...
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...we need all the face we can get.
- Milk Dud?
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Said with affection.
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I understand the whole
keeping-up-appearances concept.
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But everyone coming is unrepentant,
dyed-in-the-wool evil.
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A good host doesn't
make these sort of judgments.
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We don't know who's holding
a grudge against us or each other.
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It's a perfect recipe
for an out-of-control bloodbath.
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He's describing every good party
I've ever been to.
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Listen, Angel,
don't worry about a thing.
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This is my forte.
I ran Caritas for years.
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A nightclub with an open-door policy.
The good, the bad, the hideously ugly.
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They all bellied up to my demon bar.
But they played nicely together there.
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This is exactly the kind of ethical
tightrope you've got to walk.
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Which brings up another point.
Your employees.
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- Not so evil.
- Here's your blood, bossy.
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[CLEARS THROAT]
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- Boss.
EVE: Some of them, yes.
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But all of them
work hard for this firm.
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And Halloween, well,
around here it's like Christmas.
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Simply put, this is a morale thing.
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Good luck. Morale around here stinks.
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- What?
- Uh-huh. Everybody thinks you suck.
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Come on, boss, they're all out there
sweating through their Matsudas...
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...worried if you're gonna axe them
or, you know, axe them.
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Hey, look... I haven't...
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Okay, I may have killed
a couple of them.
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And several clients.
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And maybe some potential clients.
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Why do you think my RSVP list
is only a fifth of the size of last year's?
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- It's you, babe.
- What do they think...
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...I'm throwing this thing
so I can slaughter them?
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Fine. I surrender. Go ahead, Lorne,
put on your best dog-and-pony.
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I won't get in the way.
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I don't want you to sit back and just let
it happen. I need you to make it happen.
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What does that mean?
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LORNE:
Archduke Sebassis...
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...bona fide nobility for
the fiery down under...
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...commands over 40 legions.
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He's the living end of a pure bloodline
of demonic royalty.
226
00:13:58,665 --> 00:14:00,656
- Great. Just great.
- Yeah, well, also...
227
00:14:00,825 --> 00:14:02,895
...the very peak
of the A-list mountain.
228
00:14:03,065 --> 00:14:05,784
He's the crown jewel
of the underworld jet set.
229
00:14:05,945 --> 00:14:10,416
If we convince him to come, all the
other glitterati will just domino in...
230
00:14:10,585 --> 00:14:14,214
...right behind him. And then...
Then we'll be in business.
231
00:14:16,225 --> 00:14:18,102
This really matters to you,
doesn't it?
232
00:14:18,265 --> 00:14:20,495
Of course. The new
Wolfram & Hart, we have to...
233
00:14:20,665 --> 00:14:24,135
No. I mean this
really matters to you...
234
00:14:24,305 --> 00:14:25,784
...personally.
235
00:14:29,025 --> 00:14:31,858
Yeah. You know, Angel, l...
236
00:14:32,025 --> 00:14:35,301
I don't have superhuman strength...
237
00:14:35,465 --> 00:14:38,263
...and I'm not a fighter.
Quantum physics makes me nauseous.
238
00:14:38,425 --> 00:14:41,735
I barely made a passing grade
in mystical studies.
239
00:14:41,905 --> 00:14:44,055
But I'm on your team.
240
00:14:45,305 --> 00:14:47,455
This is something I can do.
241
00:14:47,625 --> 00:14:52,938
I believe it has a purpose that can
help you, even if you don't.
242
00:14:54,185 --> 00:14:56,858
I'm here, aren't I? I agreed to this.
243
00:14:57,025 --> 00:15:00,859
No, you did, you did.
And I promise you won't regret it.
244
00:15:02,025 --> 00:15:04,619
But let's say that you let me
do most of the talking.
245
00:15:04,825 --> 00:15:09,216
You just kind of smile and try not
to rip anybody apart, okay?
246
00:15:10,265 --> 00:15:14,053
SEBASSIS:
So this is the mighty Angel.
247
00:15:15,225 --> 00:15:19,662
I've been told many things about you.
Bit of a restless frog, hmm?
248
00:15:20,545 --> 00:15:23,343
Making lots of waves
in your little swamp.
249
00:15:23,505 --> 00:15:26,895
Yeah. Well, I'm just trying to
keep the fly population down.
250
00:15:27,065 --> 00:15:28,783
[LORNE CHUCKLING]
251
00:15:28,945 --> 00:15:32,824
Yes. Though I do prefer the tales
of your counterpart Angelus.
252
00:15:32,985 --> 00:15:36,102
You had flair back then, child.
253
00:15:36,305 --> 00:15:39,695
Well, I guess we all
mellow in our old age.
254
00:15:41,105 --> 00:15:43,619
Your contempt is fragrant.
255
00:15:57,545 --> 00:16:01,902
So, your lordship, we were deeply
grieved when you declined...
256
00:16:02,065 --> 00:16:05,501
...our invitation. I mean,
we'd love for you to reconsider.
257
00:16:06,225 --> 00:16:11,936
Yeah. Yeah, I mean, a party just
isn't a party without the archduke.
258
00:16:13,985 --> 00:16:16,545
You sure you wouldn't like some?
259
00:16:16,745 --> 00:16:18,258
I'm fine.
260
00:16:20,225 --> 00:16:22,216
- But thanks.
- Oh, come, come.
261
00:16:22,425 --> 00:16:24,495
We're all blood-drinkers here.
262
00:16:24,665 --> 00:16:29,056
But that's right. You choose
to drink the blood of swine.
263
00:16:30,225 --> 00:16:32,898
- Filthy beasts.
- Actually, that's a misconception...
264
00:16:33,065 --> 00:16:36,740
Filthy! Yes. Honestly, I don't
know how he does it.
265
00:16:36,905 --> 00:16:38,179
[LORNE CHUCKLING]
266
00:16:39,865 --> 00:16:42,333
Wow. This is...
267
00:16:42,505 --> 00:16:44,382
You... You really...
268
00:16:44,905 --> 00:16:46,736
You taste great.
269
00:16:49,385 --> 00:16:52,934
Well, in light of this amusing chat...
270
00:16:53,105 --> 00:16:56,336
...and of my longstanding
acquaintance with you, Lorne...
271
00:16:56,505 --> 00:17:00,100
...I will come to the gala.
LORNE: That's wonderful, your lordship.
272
00:17:00,305 --> 00:17:05,254
We won't waste any more of your
valuable time. We'll show ourselves out.
273
00:17:10,065 --> 00:17:12,260
I still think it's a trap, my lordship.
274
00:17:12,465 --> 00:17:16,981
Maybe, Artode. But I am in the mood
for intrigue.
275
00:17:17,145 --> 00:17:19,898
So we'll go to their celebration.
276
00:17:20,065 --> 00:17:24,581
We'll just make sure
we're properly dressed.
277
00:17:34,865 --> 00:17:38,574
["DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY" PLAYS]
278
00:17:48,665 --> 00:17:51,418
Man, this is lame. I mean,
where's the ritual sacrifice?
279
00:17:51,585 --> 00:17:54,304
How do you get the ball rolling
without a ritual sacrifice?
280
00:17:54,465 --> 00:17:57,662
Hey, guys, come on. You're
representing our glorious firm here.
281
00:17:57,865 --> 00:18:00,584
Dude, it's our night off.
282
00:18:00,745 --> 00:18:02,178
Dude, this is your night on!
283
00:18:02,385 --> 00:18:06,139
Now, mingle.
Mingle, mingle, mingle, mingle, mingle!
284
00:18:06,545 --> 00:18:08,581
DEMON:
Lorne!
285
00:18:09,705 --> 00:18:13,380
Hey, there, Devlin. So, what...
What are you supposed to be?
286
00:18:13,585 --> 00:18:15,974
You no get? A human being.
287
00:18:16,145 --> 00:18:17,134
[CHUCKLING]
288
00:18:17,305 --> 00:18:19,899
Look, I do human being:
289
00:18:20,185 --> 00:18:22,745
"I proud my honor roll student."
290
00:18:22,905 --> 00:18:27,979
[LAUGHING]
291
00:18:29,945 --> 00:18:33,255
Look at Lorne. I mean, God,
he's just so good at this.
292
00:18:33,425 --> 00:18:34,904
He fits in with everybody.
293
00:18:35,305 --> 00:18:37,136
Right. That's...
294
00:18:37,825 --> 00:18:41,022
So, tell me, that mask,
it is rubber, right?
295
00:18:41,185 --> 00:18:43,858
My other car a Lamborghini.
296
00:18:44,025 --> 00:18:46,414
[CHUCKLING]
297
00:18:46,585 --> 00:18:49,224
Okay, so then...
298
00:18:50,305 --> 00:18:52,694
You be good and everything.
299
00:18:53,945 --> 00:18:58,575
I guess I've always hated parties.
I never know what to do with myself.
300
00:18:58,745 --> 00:19:02,579
I just end up at the hors d'oeuvres
table, trying to look occupied.
301
00:19:02,745 --> 00:19:05,339
- Hey there, wallflowers.
- Wallflowers?
302
00:19:05,505 --> 00:19:08,815
I need you to give me a hand and help
light the fuse on this powder keg.
303
00:19:08,985 --> 00:19:12,136
Look at the dance floor.
The only thing on it is Harmony.
304
00:19:12,945 --> 00:19:15,982
Hey, you keep pushing
that envelope, baby!
305
00:19:16,145 --> 00:19:18,659
I'm afraid this really isn't
our element, Lorne.
306
00:19:18,825 --> 00:19:20,861
Yeah. We're wallflowers.
307
00:19:21,025 --> 00:19:25,462
No, no, sweetie. You're the young,
the beautiful, the ready to...
308
00:19:26,345 --> 00:19:29,417
Here's one problem.
You're totally sober!
309
00:19:29,585 --> 00:19:31,735
You should be three sheets
to the wind already.
310
00:19:31,905 --> 00:19:34,499
Try and get into the spirit
of things, okay?
311
00:19:40,025 --> 00:19:42,778
Angel, it is a graveyard out there.
312
00:19:42,985 --> 00:19:44,976
The guests want to meet
the new guy in charge.
313
00:19:45,225 --> 00:19:47,375
Look, Lorne, I...
314
00:19:48,865 --> 00:19:50,662
I have things.
315
00:19:51,825 --> 00:19:53,781
I'm busy.
316
00:19:54,625 --> 00:19:56,422
I'm brooding.
317
00:19:57,865 --> 00:20:00,220
Oh, you're watching hockey!
318
00:20:00,425 --> 00:20:01,778
Yeah, but my team is losing.
319
00:20:01,945 --> 00:20:03,742
Get off your keister
and get out there!
320
00:20:03,905 --> 00:20:07,818
I can't steer this ship of fools
by my lonesome. I just can't do it...!
321
00:20:07,985 --> 00:20:09,737
Ah!
322
00:20:10,545 --> 00:20:11,944
Lorne?
323
00:20:14,425 --> 00:20:16,575
Let's boogie, sweet tart.
324
00:20:24,105 --> 00:20:26,665
So over there we have
the Britzai representatives.
325
00:20:26,825 --> 00:20:30,295
We can get to them later. And there's
the elder of the Fell Brotherhood.
326
00:20:30,465 --> 00:20:32,217
Come on, let's go say hi.
327
00:20:40,905 --> 00:20:42,577
Come on, Spikey,
come dance with me.
328
00:20:42,745 --> 00:20:45,657
- You have got to be kidding.
- Oh, come on.
329
00:20:45,825 --> 00:20:48,498
Listen, chippy,
you can gyrate all you like.
330
00:20:48,665 --> 00:20:51,862
I'll go to hell before these ghost
shoes touch that dance floor.
331
00:20:52,025 --> 00:20:54,141
Blondie Bear, where is your
Halloween spirit?
332
00:20:54,345 --> 00:20:55,858
Dearly departed.
333
00:20:56,025 --> 00:20:59,301
All this claptrap over a bit of
dusty old druid nonsense.
334
00:20:59,465 --> 00:21:01,695
The whole lot of you
can get hung, if you ask me.
335
00:21:01,865 --> 00:21:04,459
What are you even doing here, then?
336
00:21:06,345 --> 00:21:08,017
What am I doing here?
337
00:21:08,185 --> 00:21:10,301
Yeah, I thought you hated
these kind of things.
338
00:21:10,465 --> 00:21:13,184
- I would've thought the same of you.
- No, he's doing great.
339
00:21:13,345 --> 00:21:15,415
He's already not killed
like a hundred guests.
340
00:21:15,585 --> 00:21:18,816
He doesn't have to.
The party's already dead.
341
00:21:18,985 --> 00:21:22,341
Oh, really, Spike. Would it kill you
to be a little more positive?
342
00:21:22,505 --> 00:21:24,814
MAN:
The Archduke Sebassis!
343
00:21:28,585 --> 00:21:30,382
DEMON: Your lordship!
LORNE: You're on.
344
00:21:30,545 --> 00:21:33,457
And please, for me,
can you try to be nice to him?
345
00:21:33,625 --> 00:21:35,536
Just this one time, huh?
346
00:21:38,385 --> 00:21:41,934
Yes, fine. Sycophants, worms.
347
00:21:42,105 --> 00:21:44,221
Don't writhe all at once.
It's sickening.
348
00:21:44,385 --> 00:21:48,856
Archduke Sebassis.
Thanks so much for coming.
349
00:21:49,025 --> 00:21:50,299
Yes, well...
350
00:21:50,465 --> 00:21:53,696
Really, really thrilled that you're here.
351
00:21:53,865 --> 00:21:56,174
Artode! Welcome, welcome.
352
00:21:56,345 --> 00:21:58,700
- Love the jacket, by the way.
- It's Pylean.
353
00:21:58,865 --> 00:22:02,062
Made in Pylea. My home dimension.
354
00:22:02,225 --> 00:22:04,739
Not made in. Made from.
355
00:22:04,905 --> 00:22:07,339
I skinned it myself.
356
00:22:08,705 --> 00:22:10,821
Anybody you know?
357
00:22:10,985 --> 00:22:12,020
[CHUCKLING]
358
00:22:12,185 --> 00:22:15,860
Well, great. Thanks for dropping by.
359
00:22:16,305 --> 00:22:18,899
You look... I don't have to tell you
how awesome you look.
360
00:22:19,065 --> 00:22:21,340
He knows how awesome he looks, right?
361
00:22:21,545 --> 00:22:23,979
Angel, we don't want to be greedy
with his eminence.
362
00:22:24,145 --> 00:22:25,783
Thank you, your lordship. Thank you.
363
00:22:25,985 --> 00:22:28,658
Absolutely. Really thrilled
to have you here.
364
00:22:28,865 --> 00:22:31,538
Okay, that'll do it, thank you.
365
00:22:34,065 --> 00:22:35,418
[WHISPERING]
366
00:22:35,585 --> 00:22:40,818
Yeah, for eight years straight, I went out
and dressed as Raggedy Ann.
367
00:22:40,985 --> 00:22:42,657
Sorry.
368
00:22:42,825 --> 00:22:44,781
Sounds like fun, I suppose.
369
00:22:44,945 --> 00:22:48,904
We never really celebrated
Halloween in England.
370
00:22:49,065 --> 00:22:50,896
That's so sad.
371
00:22:51,385 --> 00:22:53,615
Look, pot stickers!
372
00:22:53,785 --> 00:22:56,663
Watch your step, guys.
Somebody peed all over there.
373
00:22:56,825 --> 00:22:58,622
FRED:
Well, that's just...
374
00:22:59,705 --> 00:23:01,536
It's just wrong.
375
00:23:01,705 --> 00:23:03,423
- Revolting.
LORNE: Castiglio!
376
00:23:03,585 --> 00:23:06,053
Hey, how's the family?
There you are, Umbrigon.
377
00:23:06,225 --> 00:23:07,704
How are you?
Nice to see you.
378
00:23:07,865 --> 00:23:09,696
GUNN: Shouldn't be a problem.
- Seabreeze.
379
00:23:09,865 --> 00:23:12,902
Come on in next week.
I'm sure we can untangle that for you.
380
00:23:13,065 --> 00:23:14,896
CLIENT: Thanks.
GUNN: Lorne.
381
00:23:15,105 --> 00:23:17,778
- Looks like this thing's gonna work out.
- Fingers crossed.
382
00:23:17,945 --> 00:23:20,379
I wish I had a tenth of your energy.
How do you do it?
383
00:23:20,545 --> 00:23:23,855
I'll let you in on a little secret.
Had my sleep removed.
384
00:23:24,025 --> 00:23:26,414
A little procedure they have
here at the company.
385
00:23:26,585 --> 00:23:28,780
Yeah, I haven't slept
a wink in about a month.
386
00:23:28,945 --> 00:23:31,743
You had Wolfram & Hart
remove your sleep?
387
00:23:32,745 --> 00:23:35,213
Lorne, that's great!
388
00:23:35,425 --> 00:23:37,893
In and out, 20 minutes, no scarring.
389
00:23:38,065 --> 00:23:41,262
You ought to think about it. Go nicely
with that legal upgrade of yours.
390
00:23:41,425 --> 00:23:44,462
- I'll definitely look into that.
- All right. See you later.
391
00:23:45,865 --> 00:23:48,823
The vampire is setting his trap.
392
00:23:48,985 --> 00:23:52,216
Our anti-detection spells
worked nicely, Artode.
393
00:23:52,385 --> 00:23:54,341
They won't expect us to be armed.
394
00:23:54,505 --> 00:23:56,541
And if he tries something?
395
00:23:57,225 --> 00:23:59,102
Kill them all.
396
00:23:59,425 --> 00:24:01,256
Will you excuse me, lordship?
397
00:24:09,785 --> 00:24:11,264
Pee-pee.
398
00:24:14,865 --> 00:24:19,256
I have to say, I'm impressed.
I saw you with Sebassis.
399
00:24:19,425 --> 00:24:21,336
I honestly didn't know you
had it in you.
400
00:24:21,505 --> 00:24:23,575
Yeah, well, it was an act.
401
00:24:24,705 --> 00:24:26,104
I think.
402
00:24:26,545 --> 00:24:29,013
I picked up on that
from 100 yards away.
403
00:24:29,185 --> 00:24:31,938
Yep, you were banging
it out to the cheap seats.
404
00:24:32,105 --> 00:24:34,903
Funny, I was gonna say the
same thing about that dress.
405
00:24:35,345 --> 00:24:40,419
You two, really. The sexual tension?
With a knife you could cut it.
406
00:24:40,585 --> 00:24:42,223
Get a room.
407
00:24:48,105 --> 00:24:50,903
- This seems a little sudden.
EVE: Uh-huh.
408
00:24:51,065 --> 00:24:53,056
ANGEL: I mean, do you even
have a last name?
409
00:24:53,225 --> 00:24:54,783
EVE:
Do you?
410
00:25:12,665 --> 00:25:14,895
[BANGING]
411
00:25:15,625 --> 00:25:17,138
Excuse me.
412
00:25:20,505 --> 00:25:22,382
Occupato.
413
00:25:25,825 --> 00:25:27,497
[SCREAMING]
414
00:26:01,705 --> 00:26:06,381
[LAUGHING AND CHEERING]
415
00:26:06,545 --> 00:26:08,342
Conga!
416
00:26:12,825 --> 00:26:15,020
Find Artode.
417
00:26:18,145 --> 00:26:20,613
FRED: Hey, you want
a piece of me, buddy?
418
00:26:20,785 --> 00:26:24,141
That's right, keep walking.
You walk alone!
419
00:26:24,305 --> 00:26:27,934
- You walk alone!
WESLEY: Careful.
420
00:26:28,105 --> 00:26:30,938
- That thing's loaded.
- So am I.
421
00:26:31,105 --> 00:26:34,222
I mean, wow, Wes.
422
00:26:34,385 --> 00:26:40,301
Wesley, I am totally drunk-faced.
423
00:26:41,705 --> 00:26:44,060
Because you can't hold your...
424
00:26:44,225 --> 00:26:46,693
- What are you drinking?
- Nothing.
425
00:26:46,865 --> 00:26:49,299
You can't hold that.
426
00:26:49,465 --> 00:26:51,615
Oh, yeah, lightweight?
427
00:26:51,785 --> 00:26:54,253
How much have you had?
428
00:26:55,385 --> 00:26:57,455
Including this, I've had...
429
00:26:58,305 --> 00:27:01,775
...about a third of a half of this beer.
430
00:27:01,945 --> 00:27:03,663
That's weird, right?
431
00:27:03,825 --> 00:27:06,703
Yes, I think so. I think that's weird.
432
00:27:06,865 --> 00:27:11,620
There's Gunn. Let's go ask him
if that's weird.
433
00:27:13,745 --> 00:27:15,337
WESLEY:
Hey.
434
00:27:15,905 --> 00:27:19,580
Hey, Gunn, is something
weird going on?
435
00:27:20,905 --> 00:27:23,783
Charles, you just peed on my shoes.
436
00:27:24,585 --> 00:27:26,064
I'll be damned.
437
00:27:26,225 --> 00:27:27,817
[ZIPPER ZIPS]
438
00:27:27,985 --> 00:27:30,135
- That's weird.
SPIKE: Hey.
439
00:27:30,305 --> 00:27:33,581
Is this a great party or what?
440
00:27:35,345 --> 00:27:39,020
Okay, something is definitely
wrong with this picture.
441
00:27:39,545 --> 00:27:43,584
This might be the greatest song
ever written.
442
00:27:44,945 --> 00:27:48,699
Yes, we appear to be under
the effect of something. A spell.
443
00:27:48,865 --> 00:27:52,096
Spike, how long
have you been, you know...?
444
00:27:53,905 --> 00:27:56,658
- This?
- It's great, isn't it? I don't know.
445
00:27:56,825 --> 00:27:59,737
It happened a bit after I talked
with Angel and Lorne.
446
00:27:59,905 --> 00:28:03,978
- Lorne told me to think positively.
- Lorne!
447
00:28:04,185 --> 00:28:10,340
Whoo! Hey, kittens.
That dance floor is smoking!
448
00:28:13,425 --> 00:28:14,778
What?
449
00:28:16,025 --> 00:28:18,983
Come on, guys, I'm telling you,
I did not do anything.
450
00:28:19,145 --> 00:28:24,742
- Angel, you in here? Angel?
- Oh. What?
451
00:28:25,305 --> 00:28:26,579
[ALL GASPING]
452
00:28:26,785 --> 00:28:29,936
Hey, Angel's getting some.
Good on you, mate.
453
00:28:30,305 --> 00:28:32,375
- What's wrong with you?
- What's wrong with...?
454
00:28:32,545 --> 00:28:35,298
- What are you doing with that...?
- Hey, watch it, pal.
455
00:28:35,505 --> 00:28:37,780
He must be under
the effect of Lorne's...
456
00:28:38,825 --> 00:28:41,817
And Eve too, presum... Presumily.
457
00:28:41,985 --> 00:28:42,974
[FRED SNORTS]
458
00:28:43,145 --> 00:28:45,579
- "Presumily."
- Lorne's doing something to all of us.
459
00:28:45,785 --> 00:28:49,141
LORNE: I am not.
- Everything he told us to do, we're doing.
460
00:28:49,305 --> 00:28:52,615
Spike's thinking positive.
Gunn is peeing all over the office.
461
00:28:52,785 --> 00:28:54,980
And we're a little bit drunk.
462
00:28:55,145 --> 00:28:58,581
Yes, but not because we drank.
Because Lorne told us to be drunk.
463
00:28:58,745 --> 00:29:01,543
- Lorne told you to pee all over the office?
- Lord, I hope so.
464
00:29:01,705 --> 00:29:03,821
This is crazy. I am not doing this.
465
00:29:03,985 --> 00:29:06,783
I'd know if I was doing this.
I don't even know what this is.
466
00:29:06,945 --> 00:29:08,981
You know, I really love your desk.
467
00:29:09,145 --> 00:29:11,943
l... I don't get it. I thought Lorne
was just an empath demon.
468
00:29:12,105 --> 00:29:16,178
Territory! Wait, this morning Lorne
told me to stake out my territory.
469
00:29:16,345 --> 00:29:19,098
Right! Territorial marking.
Taken a little too literally.
470
00:29:19,305 --> 00:29:21,819
- Hey, guys, keep it in your pants!
LORNE: Oh...
471
00:29:22,025 --> 00:29:25,734
Hey, I did not tell Gunn to go water
the ferns. I did not do anything.
472
00:29:25,905 --> 00:29:27,702
- You had your sleep removed.
WESLEY: What?
473
00:29:27,865 --> 00:29:29,935
- He hasn't slept in a month.
WESLEY: Oh, dear.
474
00:29:30,105 --> 00:29:32,699
An empath demon
deprived of sleep for that long?
475
00:29:32,865 --> 00:29:35,174
- What's that have to do with it?
FRED: Something.
476
00:29:35,345 --> 00:29:38,781
- Why'd you let them do that to you?
- Well, I had to do something, didn't I?
477
00:29:38,985 --> 00:29:41,419
I mean, you don't know
what I've had to deal with.
478
00:29:41,585 --> 00:29:44,053
I'm the center of gravity
in a town that's full...
479
00:29:44,225 --> 00:29:47,183
...of borderline-disorder
celebrities and power-brokers.
480
00:29:47,385 --> 00:29:50,536
All the hand-holding and
the ego-stroking and the 4 a. m...
481
00:29:50,705 --> 00:29:52,104
...Jacuzzi strategy sessions.
482
00:29:52,265 --> 00:29:54,620
I couldn't keep up with it,
even without sleeping.
483
00:29:54,785 --> 00:29:57,504
Why didn't you tell me?
Why didn't you tell us? I would've...
484
00:29:57,665 --> 00:29:59,257
- Fired me?
- I would've helped you...
485
00:29:59,425 --> 00:30:02,223
...which is what I'm going to
do now, okay?
486
00:30:02,425 --> 00:30:04,620
- Well, okay.
- Wes.
487
00:30:04,825 --> 00:30:08,784
Fred. Go find Lorne's sleep and figure
out a way to put it back in his head.
488
00:30:08,985 --> 00:30:10,782
WESLEY: Yes, sir.
- Done and doner.
489
00:30:10,945 --> 00:30:14,460
Lorne, you just stay tight
and try not to, you know, talk.
490
00:30:14,625 --> 00:30:17,935
We got a party going on. I have
to make sure there's ice in the drinks.
491
00:30:18,145 --> 00:30:21,057
- Oh, right.
- Me, me! I'm your people person.
492
00:30:21,225 --> 00:30:24,262
Gunn, go out there, see if anyone
else is under the Lorne effect.
493
00:30:24,465 --> 00:30:25,944
GUNN: Check.
- And stop with the...
494
00:30:26,145 --> 00:30:28,136
- I'll do my best.
- Eve, stay here with me.
495
00:30:28,305 --> 00:30:29,863
- We'll have more sex.
- I'm on it.
496
00:30:30,025 --> 00:30:33,062
Brilliant plan. Excellent!
497
00:30:37,945 --> 00:30:39,298
SLAVE:
Icky.
498
00:30:46,545 --> 00:30:50,982
WESLEY: Lorne's sleep should be
in here somewhere.
499
00:30:51,145 --> 00:30:53,454
Lorne's sleep.
500
00:30:54,705 --> 00:30:57,538
Looking for Lorne's sleep.
501
00:30:58,105 --> 00:31:02,018
You know, I think we have
pretty interesting lives.
502
00:31:02,225 --> 00:31:04,261
I'd say that's true, given the average.
503
00:31:04,425 --> 00:31:08,100
And I'm having
such a good time right now.
504
00:31:08,265 --> 00:31:10,733
We should do stuff like this
more often.
505
00:31:10,905 --> 00:31:16,263
You know, just hang out
like we used to. Friend stuff.
506
00:31:17,705 --> 00:31:20,936
Absolutely. Frankly, I always...
507
00:31:22,185 --> 00:31:25,575
Well, I always thought
we'd be better friends than we are.
508
00:31:25,785 --> 00:31:28,379
We should be.
509
00:31:28,545 --> 00:31:32,857
Let's be better friends
than we are right now.
510
00:31:35,785 --> 00:31:37,059
Great.
511
00:31:37,225 --> 00:31:41,138
You know, share stuff,
talk to each other...
512
00:31:41,305 --> 00:31:43,375
...and tell each other
what we're thinking.
513
00:31:43,545 --> 00:31:45,536
Yes, that would be...
I would...
514
00:31:45,705 --> 00:31:47,218
It would be nice.
515
00:31:47,385 --> 00:31:52,982
We could be confidantes,
confiding confidentially.
516
00:31:54,665 --> 00:31:57,623
I've been wanting to do that
for some time now.
517
00:31:57,785 --> 00:31:59,343
[CHUCKLING]
518
00:32:02,185 --> 00:32:05,382
What do you think of Knox?
519
00:32:13,905 --> 00:32:17,102
What a fantastic entrance.
520
00:32:17,825 --> 00:32:19,543
- Sebassis?
- The nerve.
521
00:32:19,705 --> 00:32:22,265
The raw nerve to lay a hand
on one of mine!
522
00:32:22,425 --> 00:32:24,620
What is this? Lower your weapons.
523
00:32:24,785 --> 00:32:27,094
These darts are poisoned, vampire.
524
00:32:27,265 --> 00:32:29,825
Powerful enough to put you
in a coma for a week.
525
00:32:29,985 --> 00:32:33,421
Enough to kill any one of them
before their next heartbeat.
526
00:32:33,625 --> 00:32:36,662
You murdered Artode.
I imagine we were to be next.
527
00:32:36,865 --> 00:32:39,254
- I didn't murder anyone.
- Dress yourself, Angel.
528
00:32:40,145 --> 00:32:43,421
You have a public execution
to attend.
529
00:32:43,625 --> 00:32:44,853
That's a big mistake.
530
00:32:45,025 --> 00:32:46,299
[WOMAN SCREAMING]
531
00:32:46,705 --> 00:32:47,979
Move!
532
00:32:48,225 --> 00:32:51,262
[CROWD SHOUTING]
533
00:33:04,185 --> 00:33:06,016
Oh, boy.
534
00:33:06,185 --> 00:33:09,143
Yeah. Somebody really dipped his chip.
535
00:33:09,345 --> 00:33:13,258
Sebassis, I don't know what's going
on here, but we are not behind it.
536
00:33:13,425 --> 00:33:15,620
Enough lies, vampire.
537
00:33:16,505 --> 00:33:18,223
Okay, everybody, okay.
538
00:33:18,425 --> 00:33:21,940
Yes, the party's taken
an unfortunate turn momentarily.
539
00:33:22,105 --> 00:33:23,618
So let's not...
540
00:33:23,785 --> 00:33:25,423
...fight.
541
00:33:28,665 --> 00:33:33,420
Sleep disorders. Edelmyer complex.
Eldritch causes. Empaths.
542
00:33:33,585 --> 00:33:36,145
FRED:
Hey, they don't just do sleep here.
543
00:33:36,345 --> 00:33:40,816
Madeline Chu in accounting,
she had her ennui removed.
544
00:33:42,545 --> 00:33:45,776
Here it is. Lorne's sleep.
545
00:33:45,945 --> 00:33:49,221
Now we just have to find
the delivery device.
546
00:33:50,265 --> 00:33:54,053
This isn't good. "The effects of
long-term sleeplessness...
547
00:33:54,225 --> 00:33:58,059
...on the subconscious mind
of an empath can be catastrophic."
548
00:33:58,225 --> 00:34:00,739
Catastrophic sounds not good.
549
00:34:00,905 --> 00:34:03,783
Under normal conditions,
Lorne has the ability...
550
00:34:03,945 --> 00:34:09,463
...to read people's destinies,
but now I think he's writing them.
551
00:34:09,625 --> 00:34:13,140
So, what? Instead of receiving,
he's transmitting?
552
00:34:13,305 --> 00:34:15,375
And that's just phase one.
553
00:34:15,545 --> 00:34:19,379
"If you sever the empath
from his subconscious for too long...
554
00:34:19,545 --> 00:34:24,903
...that subconscious can..."
It can manifest.
555
00:34:25,305 --> 00:34:27,773
What do you mean, manifest?
556
00:34:30,985 --> 00:34:34,614
Wait, please wait. I'm doing this.
It's me. I mean, it's not me...
557
00:34:34,785 --> 00:34:36,935
...but I haven't been
myself lately.
558
00:34:37,105 --> 00:34:40,734
Somehow, I'm making people do things,
and I'm controlling them.
559
00:34:40,945 --> 00:34:44,381
Well then, Pylean,
you're making me kill you.
560
00:34:44,625 --> 00:34:46,377
Is that consistent with your theory?
561
00:34:46,545 --> 00:34:48,581
[SNARLING AND SHOUTING]
562
00:34:57,345 --> 00:35:00,621
- Oh, my God!
- It's me.
563
00:35:06,185 --> 00:35:08,745
That's one bitchen big suit!
564
00:35:16,025 --> 00:35:17,504
- What the hell is this?
- Stop it!
565
00:35:17,705 --> 00:35:20,173
Stop killing! Listen to me, me!
566
00:35:23,505 --> 00:35:25,461
Wow, I must really hate myself.
567
00:35:28,905 --> 00:35:31,942
Come on, come on, come on.
568
00:35:34,545 --> 00:35:36,775
Did... Did you press...?
569
00:35:42,345 --> 00:35:43,619
Yeah.
570
00:35:46,425 --> 00:35:49,019
Come on, come on, come on.
571
00:35:50,345 --> 00:35:52,461
Sebassis, run.
572
00:36:05,905 --> 00:36:07,497
Sorry about that.
573
00:36:18,825 --> 00:36:21,180
- It's here! It's manifested!
- Angel!
574
00:36:28,145 --> 00:36:30,215
Shoot it, Fred. Now!
575
00:36:30,505 --> 00:36:32,575
Oh. Ow!
576
00:36:33,505 --> 00:36:35,621
Oh, my God, they shot Lorney-tunes!
577
00:36:35,825 --> 00:36:38,293
No, I'm okay.
578
00:36:39,225 --> 00:36:42,023
Just got to rest my...
My eyes a little bit.
579
00:37:13,825 --> 00:37:17,659
Gotta hand it to them.
I think this is better than last year.
580
00:37:24,985 --> 00:37:26,543
Uh...
581
00:37:27,585 --> 00:37:29,655
We have people who do that.
582
00:37:30,025 --> 00:37:31,014
Oh.
583
00:37:33,825 --> 00:37:36,055
- I fixed our baby.
- What?
584
00:37:36,305 --> 00:37:39,502
The stun grenade. l... I figured it out.
585
00:37:39,705 --> 00:37:40,933
Oh.
586
00:37:41,745 --> 00:37:44,817
What I can't figure out is why I
said I'd do it tonight.
587
00:37:44,985 --> 00:37:48,500
Yeah. A lot of us are having
that kind of problem.
588
00:37:50,025 --> 00:37:53,654
I kind of wished you were here.
589
00:37:54,665 --> 00:37:57,054
Well, the night is still young.
590
00:37:57,225 --> 00:38:00,979
Well, no, it's over, actually.
591
00:38:01,625 --> 00:38:04,822
But, do you want to
get a cup of coffee?
592
00:38:05,145 --> 00:38:08,694
Actually, I could use a drink.
593
00:38:14,745 --> 00:38:16,258
That thing...
594
00:38:16,425 --> 00:38:19,576
...I think it was a manifestation
of Lorne's subconscious.
595
00:38:19,745 --> 00:38:22,976
It peeled away from his mind,
using Lorne's supernatural powers...
596
00:38:23,145 --> 00:38:25,420
...to punch its way into our world.
597
00:38:25,585 --> 00:38:28,224
"Punch" is right. Why was it
trying to kill everyone?
598
00:38:28,385 --> 00:38:31,821
I don't think it was. It may have
just been processing conflicts...
599
00:38:31,985 --> 00:38:34,453
...that Lorne normally
deals with in his sleep.
600
00:38:34,625 --> 00:38:37,537
Acting out on the responses
he has to the people around him.
601
00:38:37,705 --> 00:38:40,344
I guess Lorne makes
some judgments after all.
602
00:38:40,505 --> 00:38:41,779
Eve.
603
00:38:42,345 --> 00:38:46,258
So I guess we should,
I don't know, talk?
604
00:38:46,465 --> 00:38:48,501
About what?
605
00:38:48,665 --> 00:38:52,817
About what happened.
You know, back there, with us.
606
00:38:53,545 --> 00:38:56,423
Angel, it's not like this is
the first time I've had sex...
607
00:38:56,585 --> 00:39:00,134
...under a mystical influence.
I went to UC Santa Cruz.
608
00:39:06,385 --> 00:39:08,262
How you doing?
609
00:39:09,345 --> 00:39:10,983
I don't know.
610
00:39:25,065 --> 00:39:27,579
[LAUGHING]
611
00:39:32,265 --> 00:39:35,177
Hey, I spoke with Sebassis' people.
Explained what I could.
612
00:39:35,345 --> 00:39:38,337
Yeah, so what've we got?
Lawsuit? Demon war?
613
00:39:38,505 --> 00:39:41,861
No, seems like they enjoy a little
blood sport at their social functions.
614
00:39:42,025 --> 00:39:44,585
- Looks like we're okay.
- We're not okay.
615
00:39:46,305 --> 00:39:50,423
We're so focused on the dangers outside
that we didn't see the ones within.
616
00:39:51,025 --> 00:39:53,903
This place is trying
to change us, Gunn.
617
00:39:54,065 --> 00:39:56,784
We can't ever forget that.
618
00:39:57,385 --> 00:39:59,376
Pretty damn good party, though.
619
00:40:00,145 --> 00:40:03,933
I'll see you tomorrow.
Well, you know, today, but later.
620
00:40:04,145 --> 00:40:06,375
- Oh, and your chair.
- What?
621
00:40:06,585 --> 00:40:09,099
Don't sit in it.
I already called janitorial.
622
00:40:09,265 --> 00:40:11,221
ANGEL:
Why can't l...?
623
00:40:11,825 --> 00:40:15,135
You pissed in the big man's chair?
That's fantastic.
624
00:40:15,345 --> 00:40:17,142
Can you please turn off
that warm fuzzy?
625
00:40:17,345 --> 00:40:19,939
The Lorne thing? Wore off.
I just think that's fabulous.
626
00:40:20,105 --> 00:40:21,902
All right, guys, good night.
627
00:40:22,065 --> 00:40:24,659
Let Lorne get some sleep,
all right?
628
00:40:24,865 --> 00:40:26,696
Out.
629
00:40:26,865 --> 00:40:29,379
All right. Just this once.
630
00:40:31,785 --> 00:40:32,979
[LORNE GROANS]
631
00:40:33,145 --> 00:40:36,694
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
632
00:40:36,865 --> 00:40:39,220
ANGEL:
Hey, it's okay, Lorne.
633
00:40:39,385 --> 00:40:42,661
Just try to get some rest.
Get some sleep.
634
00:40:42,825 --> 00:40:48,616
Because it's hard...
It's hard being the host of the party.
635
00:40:49,625 --> 00:40:53,095
- Being...
- Stop trying to be.
636
00:41:46,025 --> 00:41:48,016
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