1 00:00:02,985 --> 00:00:08,264 [MAN GROANING] 2 00:00:31,025 --> 00:00:32,822 MAN: Thank you. 3 00:00:32,985 --> 00:00:34,657 Thank you. 4 00:00:40,105 --> 00:00:41,504 Power Play 5 00:01:39,265 --> 00:01:40,414 Hey. 6 00:01:40,585 --> 00:01:42,621 [NINA SIGHS] 7 00:01:42,785 --> 00:01:44,059 NINA: Okay. 8 00:01:45,705 --> 00:01:48,742 - Where did you learn how to do that? - Which part? 9 00:01:48,945 --> 00:01:50,697 Doesn't matter. 10 00:01:50,865 --> 00:01:53,174 - How are you? - I'm good. 11 00:01:54,025 --> 00:01:58,496 You're not perfectly happy, are you? I've got my wooden stake right here. 12 00:01:59,505 --> 00:02:01,461 That's not a stake. 13 00:02:01,625 --> 00:02:04,617 - Well, I know I brought it. - You're safe. 14 00:02:04,945 --> 00:02:06,503 Okay. 15 00:02:07,585 --> 00:02:09,143 And you? 16 00:02:09,305 --> 00:02:10,579 Good? 17 00:02:10,825 --> 00:02:14,454 You weren't thinking about your little Roman friend or... 18 00:02:14,625 --> 00:02:17,537 Nina, for the last... 19 00:02:17,985 --> 00:02:20,704 - Whoa. - Wow, hey. 20 00:02:20,865 --> 00:02:24,494 For the last very long moment, I haven't had a single coherent thought. 21 00:02:24,745 --> 00:02:27,862 - I'm gonna take that as a compliment. - You really should. 22 00:02:28,305 --> 00:02:30,216 But now the brow is back. 23 00:02:30,625 --> 00:02:32,741 If she's not on your mind, then... 24 00:02:33,505 --> 00:02:35,382 There's a lot... 25 00:02:35,665 --> 00:02:38,054 ...more than usual going on. 26 00:02:38,545 --> 00:02:40,137 Work? 27 00:02:40,305 --> 00:02:41,624 Always. 28 00:02:41,785 --> 00:02:43,537 You should get away. 29 00:02:43,705 --> 00:02:45,855 Vacation. You know that word? 30 00:02:46,065 --> 00:02:48,135 Go to Cabo, drink margaritas... 31 00:02:48,305 --> 00:02:52,014 ...midnight skinny-dipping, making love on the beach. 32 00:02:52,425 --> 00:02:56,259 Did you catch how I subtly included myself in your vacation package? 33 00:02:56,425 --> 00:02:59,542 - Nina... - Too pushy, too needy? I never said it. 34 00:02:59,945 --> 00:03:02,743 You should make love on the beach all by yourself. 35 00:03:02,905 --> 00:03:05,055 It would be wonderful. I mean it. 36 00:03:05,905 --> 00:03:07,304 But? 37 00:03:08,425 --> 00:03:09,983 There... 38 00:03:10,145 --> 00:03:11,783 There are things. 39 00:03:12,065 --> 00:03:14,625 Th... That I have to do. 40 00:03:15,025 --> 00:03:18,222 Things I've already set in motion. 41 00:03:22,225 --> 00:03:23,738 I've spent years... 42 00:03:24,225 --> 00:03:26,341 ...fighting to get somewhere. 43 00:03:26,505 --> 00:03:28,575 To accomplish... 44 00:03:28,745 --> 00:03:30,224 ...something. 45 00:03:30,425 --> 00:03:32,734 And now that I'm close to it... 46 00:03:34,385 --> 00:03:36,262 ...I don't like what I see. 47 00:03:36,625 --> 00:03:37,944 Who I am. 48 00:03:38,305 --> 00:03:41,024 - You're a hero. - Not that word. 49 00:03:41,745 --> 00:03:44,179 You're my hero. 50 00:03:44,745 --> 00:03:47,464 I may not always be. 51 00:03:52,345 --> 00:03:54,540 SPIKE: Like you're not even there. 52 00:03:55,625 --> 00:03:58,059 The world trembled before your feet once. 53 00:03:58,505 --> 00:04:01,815 Now, padding around a place you don't wanna be in... 54 00:04:01,985 --> 00:04:04,738 ...and the rabble don't give you so much as a polite yawn. 55 00:04:05,145 --> 00:04:07,864 Do not presume I require any creature's attention. 56 00:04:08,065 --> 00:04:09,783 Wouldn't dream of it, Blue. 57 00:04:10,305 --> 00:04:13,695 Still, you can't enjoy haunting this place. 58 00:04:14,025 --> 00:04:17,495 Less than what you were, not knowing what to do with yourself... 59 00:04:17,985 --> 00:04:19,862 Believe me, I've been there. 60 00:04:20,145 --> 00:04:23,774 - And what do you know of it? - A long and fascinating tale. 61 00:04:23,985 --> 00:04:25,543 A ghost story, in fact. 62 00:04:25,705 --> 00:04:31,143 Short of it is, take my advice: Get out once in a while before you go bats. 63 00:04:31,705 --> 00:04:33,900 - Out? - Out. 64 00:04:34,145 --> 00:04:38,218 Outside. That place just on the other side of the window. 65 00:04:38,465 --> 00:04:42,014 I've grown wary of this world since my powers were depleted. 66 00:04:42,905 --> 00:04:44,497 Strange. 67 00:04:44,665 --> 00:04:48,180 Though I've been made more human, this place remains disconcerting. 68 00:04:48,345 --> 00:04:50,654 Yeah, well, I'm afraid that never goes away. 69 00:04:50,905 --> 00:04:53,817 I thought Wesley was giving you a primer on all things human. 70 00:04:53,985 --> 00:04:56,135 He and I are no longer having intercourse. 71 00:04:56,305 --> 00:04:57,704 Yeah... What? What? 72 00:04:57,905 --> 00:05:00,021 He has ceased communication with me. 73 00:05:00,625 --> 00:05:02,741 Oh, communi... 74 00:05:02,905 --> 00:05:06,580 My recent reversion to the Burkle persona disturbed him... 75 00:05:06,905 --> 00:05:09,021 ...and he will not tell me why. 76 00:05:09,585 --> 00:05:11,177 You don't know? 77 00:05:12,345 --> 00:05:15,417 You may not think you're as powerful as you were, Highness. 78 00:05:15,985 --> 00:05:17,737 But looking like Fred... 79 00:05:17,905 --> 00:05:19,224 ...for some of us... 80 00:05:20,385 --> 00:05:22,580 ...is the most devastating power you have. 81 00:05:28,025 --> 00:05:30,300 And there's the man himself. 82 00:05:30,865 --> 00:05:33,220 Angel, I'd like you to meet Senator Brucker. 83 00:05:33,385 --> 00:05:34,898 Welcome to Wolfram & Hart. 84 00:05:35,065 --> 00:05:38,057 I go way back with this firm, when Holland Manners was in charge. 85 00:05:38,345 --> 00:05:40,256 Things have changed a bit since then. 86 00:05:40,465 --> 00:05:42,660 - Charles Gunn. - Head of our legal department. 87 00:05:42,865 --> 00:05:45,060 - Oh. This is Ernesto, my personal... - Vampire. 88 00:05:46,545 --> 00:05:49,218 Aide. I always forget your kind can sense each other. 89 00:05:50,265 --> 00:05:52,221 I believe in diversity on my staff. 90 00:05:52,385 --> 00:05:54,615 - Was a big part of my campaign. - How commendable. 91 00:05:55,425 --> 00:05:57,461 Harmony, you mind getting us some coffee? 92 00:05:57,625 --> 00:06:00,139 - Coming up. - Thank you, no. No coffee. 93 00:06:00,425 --> 00:06:03,178 But if it isn't any trouble, Ernesto might like some blood. 94 00:06:03,385 --> 00:06:05,694 Virgin, if you have it. Room temperature's fine. 95 00:06:05,865 --> 00:06:08,060 Sorry, we have a "no human blood" policy. 96 00:06:08,265 --> 00:06:10,415 I can offer you something in a rodent. 97 00:06:10,585 --> 00:06:12,541 We have some fruity, unassuming vole. 98 00:06:12,705 --> 00:06:14,935 We could make an exception to our policy... 99 00:06:15,145 --> 00:06:16,863 ...this time for the senator. 100 00:06:17,025 --> 00:06:18,583 Couldn't we, Angel? 101 00:06:18,785 --> 00:06:21,015 The lab might have something in the blood bank. 102 00:06:21,225 --> 00:06:24,376 - Why don't you go check it out. - Okay. You're the boss, boss. 103 00:06:26,145 --> 00:06:28,978 - Could I maybe just have a teeny-weeny... - No. 104 00:06:29,185 --> 00:06:30,743 Just thought I'd ask. 105 00:06:31,105 --> 00:06:34,620 Well, senator, if there's anything you need, please call on me. 106 00:06:34,785 --> 00:06:36,821 Rest assured, you're in good hands. 107 00:06:37,105 --> 00:06:38,823 Shall we? 108 00:06:40,785 --> 00:06:44,698 Angel, there's been another fatality in Funville. 109 00:06:44,905 --> 00:06:47,499 - What? - That abandoned amusement park. 110 00:06:47,665 --> 00:06:50,975 Third victim in as many nights. Teeth marks indicate a Boretz demon. 111 00:06:51,625 --> 00:06:53,183 Bloody Boretz. 112 00:06:53,345 --> 00:06:55,779 Nasty buggers. Stink to high heaven. 113 00:06:55,945 --> 00:06:58,379 Dress as transients, prey on the homeless, poor sods. 114 00:06:58,585 --> 00:07:01,338 WESLEY: This last victim was a teenage girl. 115 00:07:01,545 --> 00:07:03,263 A runaway. She was ripped apart. 116 00:07:03,465 --> 00:07:05,342 Not much we can do about it now. 117 00:07:05,505 --> 00:07:07,621 We must find this demon and destroy it before... 118 00:07:07,825 --> 00:07:09,417 Somebody else dies? 119 00:07:09,585 --> 00:07:11,894 Yeah, I know, Wes. 120 00:07:12,065 --> 00:07:13,862 People are dying every day all over. 121 00:07:14,025 --> 00:07:16,539 - This girl's just one more statistic. - Stacey. 122 00:07:16,745 --> 00:07:19,054 The statistic's name was Stacey Bluth. 123 00:07:22,065 --> 00:07:25,137 We can't save everybody, and we can't sweat the small stuff. 124 00:07:25,345 --> 00:07:27,097 Small? 125 00:07:27,265 --> 00:07:29,825 I got a United States senator waiting for me, so just... 126 00:07:29,985 --> 00:07:33,534 ...find out whatever you can about this Boretz thing, and we'll talk later. 127 00:07:37,545 --> 00:07:39,297 Small stuff? 128 00:07:39,465 --> 00:07:42,263 Listen, you need some Boretz killing done, I'll have a go. 129 00:07:42,425 --> 00:07:45,223 Haven't had a decent tussle since she and I stopped sparring. 130 00:07:45,425 --> 00:07:50,294 All right. Call me if you find anything. I'll be in my office learning what I can. 131 00:07:51,385 --> 00:07:53,455 He showed no regard for my presence. 132 00:07:53,665 --> 00:07:56,702 Not that you require any creature's attention. 133 00:07:58,585 --> 00:08:01,338 Hey, you want to go find something to hit? 134 00:08:02,025 --> 00:08:04,380 MAN [ON TV]: A veteran and Bronze Star recipient... 135 00:08:04,545 --> 00:08:07,617 ... Mike Conley believes ethics and integrity matter. 136 00:08:07,785 --> 00:08:10,618 Finding solutions to problems in our educational system... 137 00:08:10,825 --> 00:08:12,736 ... health and child-care services. 138 00:08:12,945 --> 00:08:15,903 And Mike Conley believes in work and in home. 139 00:08:16,065 --> 00:08:17,817 Your home is his work. 140 00:08:17,985 --> 00:08:20,863 He's looking out for your children 's interests. 141 00:08:21,585 --> 00:08:23,496 There. So you can see my concern. 142 00:08:23,665 --> 00:08:25,303 This Conley campaign's a juggernaut. 143 00:08:25,465 --> 00:08:28,901 Guy came out of nowhere with his "your home is his work" crap. 144 00:08:29,105 --> 00:08:31,380 - Women voters are eating it up. - They were mine. 145 00:08:31,545 --> 00:08:34,776 I had a lock on the chick vote, and now my numbers are slipping. 146 00:08:34,945 --> 00:08:38,733 I didn't claw my way up from hell and get put in a human body to have some... 147 00:08:38,905 --> 00:08:41,817 ...pedophile steal my Senate seat. - Wait. He's a pedophile? 148 00:08:42,025 --> 00:08:45,495 Not yet. But the public better think he is when you guys get through. 149 00:08:45,705 --> 00:08:47,696 - Pardon me? BRUCKER: Convince Conley he is. 150 00:08:47,905 --> 00:08:51,261 You've got some sort of brainwashing capabilities here, don't you? 151 00:08:51,705 --> 00:08:53,377 - What's that doctor's name? - Sparrow. 152 00:08:53,585 --> 00:08:55,780 That's the one. This sounds right up his alley. 153 00:08:55,945 --> 00:08:57,822 Yeah, well, it's not up ours. 154 00:08:58,025 --> 00:09:00,744 I don't care what services you used to get with this firm... 155 00:09:00,905 --> 00:09:02,816 ...but Holland Manners isn't here anymore. 156 00:09:02,985 --> 00:09:05,260 We're not about to ruin a man's life just so you... 157 00:09:05,465 --> 00:09:06,864 We can do it. 158 00:09:07,425 --> 00:09:10,258 - What? - Not sure how long that would take. 159 00:09:10,465 --> 00:09:12,615 - Election's in November. - You're not serious... 160 00:09:12,825 --> 00:09:16,101 Angel, you just made yourself a very loyal ally in Washington. 161 00:09:16,345 --> 00:09:19,018 - Angel, we need to talk. - I'm with the senator now, Gunn. 162 00:09:24,105 --> 00:09:27,859 Boretz demons: classifications and case histories. 163 00:09:39,545 --> 00:09:41,979 What am I looking...? 164 00:09:44,465 --> 00:09:46,217 We got a serious problem. 165 00:09:46,425 --> 00:09:48,416 - It's Angel. He's... - Hold on. 166 00:09:50,265 --> 00:09:51,903 Wes? 167 00:10:00,705 --> 00:10:02,343 IZZY: Hell. 168 00:10:02,905 --> 00:10:04,179 Nice one. 169 00:10:04,865 --> 00:10:07,538 - Did I tell you I ran into Ed? - Ed? 170 00:10:07,745 --> 00:10:10,942 The Grand Potentate whatcha-whosit of the Fell Brethren. 171 00:10:11,105 --> 00:10:13,255 Right. How is Ed? 172 00:10:13,465 --> 00:10:15,854 You know the Fells. All they talk about is the baby. 173 00:10:16,025 --> 00:10:18,334 "The baby's doing this now, the baby's doing that. 174 00:10:18,545 --> 00:10:21,423 What a wonderful ritual sacrifice he'll make." 175 00:10:21,625 --> 00:10:24,583 - Anyway, he said nice things about you. - Great. 176 00:10:24,745 --> 00:10:27,100 You're really coming through. Real buzz about you. 177 00:10:27,945 --> 00:10:30,140 How much longer do I have to wait for an answer? 178 00:10:30,345 --> 00:10:34,782 Hey, these things take time. Trust me, it won't be long now. 179 00:10:40,065 --> 00:10:41,384 SPIKE: See? 180 00:10:41,545 --> 00:10:43,456 Isn't so bad, now. 181 00:10:44,665 --> 00:10:47,623 Just a little field trip out in the... 182 00:10:47,785 --> 00:10:50,743 ...well, what passes in this city for fresh air. 183 00:10:51,465 --> 00:10:54,343 All we need now is to bag ourselves a Boretz demon... 184 00:10:54,505 --> 00:10:56,575 ...we got ourselves a perfect date. 185 00:10:57,225 --> 00:10:59,659 Angel doesn't think the casualties of this creature... 186 00:10:59,825 --> 00:11:02,100 ...are important enough to avenge. 187 00:11:02,785 --> 00:11:06,460 SPIKE: I think corporate living's made him lose his love for the hunt. 188 00:11:06,625 --> 00:11:08,024 No worries. 189 00:11:08,185 --> 00:11:10,494 More for me, then. 190 00:11:11,145 --> 00:11:13,261 ILLYRIA: It does not serve his interest. 191 00:11:14,465 --> 00:11:16,296 SPIKE: What are you on about? 192 00:11:17,065 --> 00:11:20,421 I've seen this before with many rulers. 193 00:11:21,225 --> 00:11:23,978 - Your leader has been corrupted. - Hey, hang on. 194 00:11:24,425 --> 00:11:26,575 In the first place, Angel's not my leader. 195 00:11:26,745 --> 00:11:28,861 And what the hell do you mean, "corrupted"? 196 00:11:29,225 --> 00:11:31,102 It always begins the same. 197 00:11:31,665 --> 00:11:35,340 A ruler turns a blind eye to the dealings or battles from which he cannot gain. 198 00:11:36,065 --> 00:11:38,943 And a deaf ear to the counsel of those closest to him. 199 00:11:39,425 --> 00:11:42,303 As his strength increases, so does the separation between him and... 200 00:11:42,465 --> 00:11:43,580 Shh. 201 00:11:44,705 --> 00:11:46,024 You smell that? 202 00:11:46,225 --> 00:11:49,820 The odors of everything in this world of men are equally repugnant to me. 203 00:11:50,465 --> 00:11:51,978 Bloody helpful. 204 00:11:55,785 --> 00:11:57,423 You're wrong about Angel. 205 00:11:59,185 --> 00:12:03,815 Not that I don't think he could become a megalomaniacal bastard, but if he did... 206 00:12:03,985 --> 00:12:05,418 ...I'd know it. 207 00:12:06,185 --> 00:12:07,459 I'd feel it. 208 00:12:08,545 --> 00:12:10,376 ILLYRIA: You'll have proof soon enough. 209 00:12:10,705 --> 00:12:15,017 A corrupted ruler on such a path sees treachery and betrayal all around him. 210 00:12:15,385 --> 00:12:19,697 He cannot suffer intimates and will eventually turn against them. 211 00:12:19,865 --> 00:12:23,983 I guess I don't have to worry, because Angel and me have never been intimate. 212 00:12:24,305 --> 00:12:25,704 Except that one... 213 00:12:25,865 --> 00:12:27,184 Mark me. 214 00:12:27,785 --> 00:12:29,741 He will murder one of you. 215 00:12:29,905 --> 00:12:31,179 MAN: Actually... 216 00:12:31,385 --> 00:12:33,216 ...he already has. 217 00:12:33,825 --> 00:12:35,304 Drogyn. 218 00:12:35,465 --> 00:12:36,978 Who is this? 219 00:12:37,145 --> 00:12:39,659 The Guardian of the Deeper Well. 220 00:12:39,825 --> 00:12:42,464 Greenskeeper to your graveyard, so to speak. 221 00:12:42,985 --> 00:12:45,215 - My jailer. - Illyria... 222 00:12:45,425 --> 00:12:46,938 Boretz. 223 00:12:56,345 --> 00:12:58,620 Stay away from its mouth. Its bite is poisonous. 224 00:12:58,785 --> 00:13:02,300 Go for its knees. Think there's a weak spot... 225 00:13:04,265 --> 00:13:06,938 Okay. Yeah. That might do it. 226 00:13:09,025 --> 00:13:10,617 Drogyn. 227 00:13:11,305 --> 00:13:13,023 What the hell are you doing here? 228 00:13:13,185 --> 00:13:16,097 Don't give me that "ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies." 229 00:13:16,305 --> 00:13:17,704 I came to find you. 230 00:13:17,905 --> 00:13:20,339 So you tacked up a sign on your tree, waved bye... 231 00:13:20,505 --> 00:13:23,144 ...hopped the puddle and sniffed me out in the city? 232 00:13:23,345 --> 00:13:28,260 I can find anyone who's visited the Well, be they in this world or any other. 233 00:13:30,105 --> 00:13:32,619 - I came to warn you... SPIKE: Warn? 234 00:13:33,985 --> 00:13:36,215 - He's bleeding. - You're all torn up, mate. 235 00:13:36,825 --> 00:13:38,497 What did this to you? The Boretz? 236 00:13:38,705 --> 00:13:40,184 No. 237 00:13:40,825 --> 00:13:43,134 It was Angel. 238 00:14:04,505 --> 00:14:06,541 That would look good on a calf. 239 00:14:06,705 --> 00:14:09,344 - Pardon? - Thinking of getting a tattoo, right? 240 00:14:09,505 --> 00:14:12,178 Put a little more bad in your bad-boy bank. 241 00:14:12,345 --> 00:14:13,937 It should go on your calf. 242 00:14:18,425 --> 00:14:20,541 Something unusual came across one of my... 243 00:14:21,145 --> 00:14:24,421 I didn't realize you were occupied. 244 00:14:24,585 --> 00:14:28,214 - lf you don't mind, Hamilton... - Wes, we're in the middle of something. 245 00:14:30,185 --> 00:14:32,141 Why don't you try me later. 246 00:14:33,665 --> 00:14:35,656 Yes. Later, then. 247 00:14:36,305 --> 00:14:38,182 Hey, Wes. 248 00:14:38,785 --> 00:14:41,219 Shut the door on your way out. 249 00:14:43,505 --> 00:14:45,223 Hey, is Angel in there? 250 00:14:46,265 --> 00:14:48,335 - He is. - What's the weather report? 251 00:14:48,665 --> 00:14:51,623 Cold. Icy, actually. 252 00:14:51,785 --> 00:14:54,618 He cut six of my clients loose. Didn't even tell me. 253 00:14:54,785 --> 00:14:57,697 I spent all day talking them off ledges and off of pill bottles. 254 00:14:57,945 --> 00:15:01,654 I sense that suicidal celebrities are beneath Angel's concern. 255 00:15:01,825 --> 00:15:04,214 These are very pretty people I'm talking about here. 256 00:15:04,385 --> 00:15:06,376 They're getting in shape for Young Guns III. 257 00:15:06,545 --> 00:15:08,024 - What did he say? - Nothing. 258 00:15:08,185 --> 00:15:09,698 He and Hamilton are in his office. 259 00:15:09,865 --> 00:15:12,663 - They're discussing business strategy. GUNN: Hamilton? 260 00:15:12,825 --> 00:15:15,293 It's like Angel's suddenly channeling Leona Helmsley. 261 00:15:15,665 --> 00:15:17,098 He's not himself, at any rate. 262 00:15:17,305 --> 00:15:18,579 What's happening to him? 263 00:15:18,745 --> 00:15:20,098 [PHONE RINGS] 264 00:15:20,825 --> 00:15:23,783 Yes? Spike. 265 00:15:25,945 --> 00:15:28,095 It was a Sathari... 266 00:15:28,265 --> 00:15:31,940 ...part of a clan of demon assassins. They fell upon me last night. 267 00:15:32,825 --> 00:15:37,740 The poison from his four blades wearing heavy on my limbs... 268 00:15:37,945 --> 00:15:40,778 Yeah, rousing bit of rah-rah, mate. Get to the goods. 269 00:15:42,705 --> 00:15:44,935 Once I bested him... 270 00:15:45,105 --> 00:15:49,144 ...I tortured the Sathari for hours until he confessed who had sent him. 271 00:15:51,785 --> 00:15:53,616 It was Angel. 272 00:15:54,105 --> 00:15:55,902 Tell them why. 273 00:15:56,105 --> 00:15:59,575 He said Angel was afraid I'd find something in the Deeper Well... 274 00:16:00,385 --> 00:16:03,582 ...something that would uncover the truth about his involvement. 275 00:16:03,825 --> 00:16:05,622 In what? 276 00:16:05,785 --> 00:16:07,935 Helping Illyria escape from her tomb. 277 00:16:12,065 --> 00:16:15,660 I thought the release of her sarcophagus from the Deeper Well was predestined. 278 00:16:15,865 --> 00:16:18,698 - Yeah. What about that? - That's what I thought at the time. 279 00:16:18,865 --> 00:16:20,935 But now I believe... 280 00:16:21,145 --> 00:16:24,182 ...Illyria's resurrection may have been planned. 281 00:16:24,385 --> 00:16:27,138 - By Angel. - That doesn't make a lick of sense. 282 00:16:27,385 --> 00:16:29,296 Why would Angel want to spring an Old One? 283 00:16:29,465 --> 00:16:31,137 I don't think that was the point. 284 00:16:31,345 --> 00:16:33,700 - What was? - Before he died, the assassin said... 285 00:16:33,865 --> 00:16:35,298 ...something about a sacrifice. 286 00:16:37,665 --> 00:16:40,133 Someone trusted and dear. 287 00:16:40,345 --> 00:16:44,941 Are you saying that Angel was responsible for what happened to Fred? 288 00:16:45,145 --> 00:16:47,659 He may not have chosen her specifically, but... 289 00:16:47,825 --> 00:16:51,022 Let's put a kibosh on that sentence before it turns into an ass-kicking. 290 00:16:51,225 --> 00:16:53,022 Do you think I gain pleasure in this? 291 00:16:53,985 --> 00:16:56,579 I held Angel an ally, a brother. 292 00:16:56,825 --> 00:17:00,056 And you believe he may have murdered Fred. 293 00:17:04,665 --> 00:17:07,133 I know this is difficult, but Angel was involved. 294 00:17:07,305 --> 00:17:10,183 - Information retrieved from the assassin... - Maybe he was lying? 295 00:17:10,385 --> 00:17:14,094 - No one lies at the mercy of my wrath. - Then you're the liar, Aragorn. 296 00:17:14,305 --> 00:17:17,775 - He must tell the truth. It's a curse. - Can we be sure? We don't know him. 297 00:17:17,985 --> 00:17:20,135 Gunn, this is Drogyn the Battlebrand... 298 00:17:20,305 --> 00:17:22,978 ...given eternal youth a thousand years ago. 299 00:17:23,145 --> 00:17:25,375 Demon-bane. Truthsayer. 300 00:17:26,825 --> 00:17:28,144 Watchers' Council. 301 00:17:28,345 --> 00:17:31,018 Percy did a paper. Bully for him. 302 00:17:31,225 --> 00:17:34,979 WESLEY: Drogyn, any idea what this symbol means? 303 00:17:35,745 --> 00:17:38,179 - No. SPIKE: Where'd you get that? 304 00:17:38,505 --> 00:17:42,020 This afternoon, someone tapped into the template interface. 305 00:17:42,185 --> 00:17:44,779 Sent a message to me, and that symbol. 306 00:17:44,985 --> 00:17:47,419 - Someone's dropping clues. - Playing games, more like it. 307 00:17:47,625 --> 00:17:50,139 I still can't wrap my head around the notion... 308 00:17:50,305 --> 00:17:52,739 ...Angel had anything to do with Fred or any of this. 309 00:17:52,945 --> 00:17:55,823 Angel's been doing a number of things out of character lately. 310 00:17:56,185 --> 00:17:59,257 - We all noticed it. - Yeah, but why's this happening now? 311 00:17:59,825 --> 00:18:01,895 - Why the change? - Yes, why the sudden need... 312 00:18:02,065 --> 00:18:04,533 ...to tie up loose ends like Drogyn? 313 00:18:04,945 --> 00:18:07,618 - Unless... - He's preparing to make his move. 314 00:18:08,785 --> 00:18:12,016 - What kind of move we talking about? - There's only one way to find out. 315 00:18:12,385 --> 00:18:13,784 We ask him. 316 00:18:15,705 --> 00:18:18,094 Drogyn should stay here, under guard. 317 00:18:18,265 --> 00:18:20,142 I'm not missing the fireworks. Illyria... 318 00:18:20,345 --> 00:18:22,905 ...you don't care about any of this nonsense, do you? 319 00:18:23,185 --> 00:18:25,938 The intricacies of your fates are meaningless. 320 00:18:26,425 --> 00:18:29,144 Well and good. You mind watching over our friend Drogyn? 321 00:18:29,305 --> 00:18:30,897 Come on. New place will do you good. 322 00:18:31,105 --> 00:18:33,699 It's nice and cozy. Help yourself to beer in the fridge. 323 00:18:34,185 --> 00:18:36,062 Switch on the telly if you get bored. 324 00:18:36,225 --> 00:18:38,944 And feel free to play a little "Crash Bandicoot." 325 00:18:39,145 --> 00:18:41,784 Give you lot something to pass the time. 326 00:18:43,745 --> 00:18:45,178 "Crash Bandicoot"? 327 00:18:50,105 --> 00:18:52,460 Strike these four clauses and wire it back to them. 328 00:18:52,625 --> 00:18:55,662 - See what they make of that. - Yeah, "see what they make of that." 329 00:18:55,865 --> 00:18:57,617 Angel... 330 00:18:58,585 --> 00:18:59,574 Long dinner? 331 00:19:00,345 --> 00:19:02,540 We need to talk to you. Now. 332 00:19:02,745 --> 00:19:03,734 Boy's dead serious. 333 00:19:09,145 --> 00:19:11,500 You coming, then? 334 00:19:15,545 --> 00:19:18,184 Okay, what's on your minds? 335 00:19:18,425 --> 00:19:21,303 - The question is, what's on yours? - Our friend Drogyn's in town. 336 00:19:21,825 --> 00:19:23,816 - Is he? - Yep. 337 00:19:24,185 --> 00:19:27,257 Bit marked up, though. Somebody tried to have him killed. 338 00:19:27,465 --> 00:19:30,901 - You know anything about that? - Of course not. 339 00:19:32,265 --> 00:19:34,256 - Where is he? GUNN: He's safe. 340 00:19:34,425 --> 00:19:37,815 Good. Now can we get back to business... 341 00:19:38,465 --> 00:19:41,059 ...or was there something else? - Business. 342 00:19:41,225 --> 00:19:43,056 What business are we in, Angel? 343 00:19:43,265 --> 00:19:45,654 Do I really have to explain this to you people? 344 00:19:45,825 --> 00:19:48,214 We're in the business of business. 345 00:19:48,385 --> 00:19:50,660 Oil, software, worldwide wickets. 346 00:19:50,825 --> 00:19:52,543 It's the game that matters. 347 00:19:52,705 --> 00:19:54,935 Get to the top, be the best, have the most. 348 00:19:55,105 --> 00:19:56,857 - Win. - Win what? 349 00:19:57,585 --> 00:19:58,938 You're missing the point. 350 00:19:59,665 --> 00:20:02,338 That Angel talking? It sounds a lot more like Angelus. 351 00:20:02,505 --> 00:20:05,622 If I were Angelus, half of you would already be dead. 352 00:20:05,825 --> 00:20:08,783 - Just for the fun of it. - One of us already is. 353 00:20:09,225 --> 00:20:11,056 We having fun yet? 354 00:20:11,305 --> 00:20:12,784 You want to know the truth? 355 00:20:12,945 --> 00:20:17,223 The truth is, there's only one of us who ever understood how things really work. 356 00:20:18,025 --> 00:20:19,856 - Lorne. - Whoa. Hey, hey. 357 00:20:20,025 --> 00:20:22,414 Can I not be the poster child for your breakdown? 358 00:20:22,625 --> 00:20:23,944 You didn't judge. 359 00:20:24,105 --> 00:20:27,461 You didn't spend your life obsessed with good and evil. 360 00:20:27,625 --> 00:20:28,944 Do that, you get swallowed... 361 00:20:29,105 --> 00:20:31,494 ...Iost in the minutiae. Good, bad, Angel, Angelus... 362 00:20:31,665 --> 00:20:33,621 None of it makes a difference. 363 00:20:33,785 --> 00:20:36,777 I wish it did, but, you know, an ant with the best intentions... 364 00:20:36,945 --> 00:20:40,654 ...or the most diabolical schemes is just exactly an ant. 365 00:20:42,185 --> 00:20:45,257 There is one thing in this business, in this apocalypse... 366 00:20:45,425 --> 00:20:47,985 ...that we call a world that matters: 367 00:20:48,145 --> 00:20:50,579 Power. Power tips the scale, power sets the course. 368 00:20:50,745 --> 00:20:55,580 And until I have real power, global power, I have nothing. 369 00:20:55,745 --> 00:20:57,975 I accomplish nothing. 370 00:20:58,225 --> 00:21:02,821 - And how you get this power... - Isn't pretty. Isn't fun. 371 00:21:03,065 --> 00:21:05,533 You think it's Wolfram & Hart getting to me here. 372 00:21:05,825 --> 00:21:10,137 And maybe you're right because they've shown us what power is. 373 00:21:10,985 --> 00:21:15,661 From day one, they've been calling the shots. And all we've done is get shot at. 374 00:21:15,865 --> 00:21:17,298 I have a chance to change that. 375 00:21:17,625 --> 00:21:19,581 And will you? 376 00:21:19,745 --> 00:21:23,260 I mean, not to play an old saw, but power does, traditionally, corrupt. 377 00:21:23,465 --> 00:21:27,697 You get high up enough and, well, the people, they do start to look like ants. 378 00:21:27,905 --> 00:21:29,577 I can't worry about that. 379 00:21:30,865 --> 00:21:32,139 The small stuff. 380 00:21:32,505 --> 00:21:37,943 Angel, that important call from that guy about that thing, it's on line three. 381 00:21:39,225 --> 00:21:40,704 ANGEL: We're done here. 382 00:21:40,865 --> 00:21:42,776 I have to take this. 383 00:21:49,625 --> 00:21:52,014 SPIKE: Yeah, the guy about the thing. 384 00:21:53,225 --> 00:21:56,183 The small stuff that you can't worry about. 385 00:21:57,505 --> 00:21:59,461 Would that include Fred? 386 00:21:59,945 --> 00:22:01,378 I loved Fred. 387 00:22:01,865 --> 00:22:04,663 - That's not an answer. - Then I guess you don't get one. 388 00:22:08,825 --> 00:22:12,579 There's got to be something behind all this. 389 00:22:14,185 --> 00:22:16,221 A reason. 390 00:22:19,745 --> 00:22:21,144 It could be a ploy. 391 00:22:22,905 --> 00:22:26,420 - For God's sake, say something. - And what would you like me to say? 392 00:22:26,785 --> 00:22:29,458 Tell you that Angel loved Fred... 393 00:22:29,625 --> 00:22:33,504 ...and that, in an eon of eons, he would never harm her in any way. 394 00:22:34,505 --> 00:22:35,984 I wish I could, Wes. 395 00:22:36,305 --> 00:22:39,138 But if he believes what he's saying... 396 00:22:39,465 --> 00:22:42,343 ...and I believe he does... - It doesn't make any sense. 397 00:22:43,105 --> 00:22:45,665 Angel never cared about power. 398 00:22:46,185 --> 00:22:49,575 Well, he's never had any to care about, has he? 399 00:22:49,905 --> 00:22:51,418 Not real power. 400 00:22:51,945 --> 00:22:53,981 Even as Angelus. 401 00:22:54,825 --> 00:22:57,419 And then, just like that, he's king of the mountain. 402 00:22:58,545 --> 00:23:00,536 It's quite a view from up there. 403 00:23:01,505 --> 00:23:03,575 Tends to make people want things. 404 00:23:03,745 --> 00:23:06,976 Even if they start with the best intentions. 405 00:23:08,465 --> 00:23:12,981 Angel's seen real power, and he's not looking away. 406 00:23:13,505 --> 00:23:15,063 He's gonna go for it, Wes. 407 00:23:21,585 --> 00:23:23,177 [CHUCKLES] 408 00:23:23,625 --> 00:23:26,344 You boys look like you could use a hug. 409 00:23:29,745 --> 00:23:32,782 ANGEL: Nina. NINA: Angel. 410 00:23:32,985 --> 00:23:34,304 Hey. 411 00:23:37,185 --> 00:23:39,301 Well, this is a nice surprise. 412 00:23:39,745 --> 00:23:41,815 Everything okay? 413 00:23:41,985 --> 00:23:43,543 Can we sit down? 414 00:23:50,465 --> 00:23:51,898 Plane tickets? 415 00:23:52,065 --> 00:23:54,295 I don't believe it. We're getting away? 416 00:23:54,465 --> 00:23:57,218 This is... But I thought you didn't have time. 417 00:23:58,465 --> 00:23:59,500 Wait. 418 00:23:59,665 --> 00:24:01,542 There are three tickets here. 419 00:24:01,705 --> 00:24:03,741 We taking a chaperon? 420 00:24:07,745 --> 00:24:09,861 My sister and Amanda? 421 00:24:10,025 --> 00:24:11,902 I need you to be out of here. 422 00:24:12,305 --> 00:24:13,624 It's typical. 423 00:24:13,785 --> 00:24:16,504 Sleep with a guy, he sends your family out of the country. 424 00:24:16,665 --> 00:24:20,704 No, wait. That's actually not that typical at all. 425 00:24:21,105 --> 00:24:23,175 You couldn't just not call? 426 00:24:23,465 --> 00:24:25,979 - It's not safe here. - Is it ever? 427 00:24:26,265 --> 00:24:30,338 - I want to be with you if there's trouble. - No, you don't want to be near me. 428 00:24:30,505 --> 00:24:33,622 - Because I might get hurt. - Because I'm the thing that'll hurt you. 429 00:24:34,185 --> 00:24:36,380 What do you call this? 430 00:24:41,305 --> 00:24:43,819 Look, how can I convince you I want to be with you? 431 00:24:43,985 --> 00:24:46,101 Show me a fourth ticket. 432 00:24:49,945 --> 00:24:51,264 Look, if... 433 00:24:51,785 --> 00:24:53,264 If I get... 434 00:24:53,425 --> 00:24:55,017 ...through this... 435 00:24:55,505 --> 00:24:57,302 ...intact... 436 00:24:57,465 --> 00:24:58,898 ...I'll come for you. 437 00:24:59,065 --> 00:25:00,862 We'll... 438 00:25:01,025 --> 00:25:02,697 We'll have time. 439 00:25:07,385 --> 00:25:10,422 You're the most amazing man I've ever met. 440 00:25:10,985 --> 00:25:13,180 But you're a crappy liar. 441 00:25:14,745 --> 00:25:16,098 Go. 442 00:25:16,545 --> 00:25:18,103 I'm not asking. 443 00:25:21,065 --> 00:25:22,544 I'll go. 444 00:25:24,185 --> 00:25:26,619 Why on earth would I stay? 445 00:25:34,825 --> 00:25:37,180 [VIDEO GAME BEEPING] 446 00:25:41,465 --> 00:25:43,342 It is a test... 447 00:25:44,545 --> 00:25:48,333 ...a task of some sort. You must collect those crystals. 448 00:25:49,985 --> 00:25:51,464 And fruit. 449 00:25:52,665 --> 00:25:54,735 Why? 450 00:25:55,905 --> 00:25:57,577 Old One... 451 00:25:58,305 --> 00:26:00,500 ...you have no right to walk this earth. 452 00:26:01,025 --> 00:26:04,381 Your time is past. You belong to the Well. 453 00:26:07,025 --> 00:26:08,822 Truly. 454 00:26:10,385 --> 00:26:12,694 I wish now I had never been brought out of it. 455 00:26:13,425 --> 00:26:15,302 Do you? 456 00:26:16,465 --> 00:26:18,137 I don't know. 457 00:26:19,425 --> 00:26:21,541 I play this game. 458 00:26:22,345 --> 00:26:25,781 It's pointless and annoys me. 459 00:26:26,865 --> 00:26:29,220 And yet I'm compelled to play on. 460 00:26:31,425 --> 00:26:33,097 Does that not...? 461 00:26:34,945 --> 00:26:37,664 Well, looky-looky who's making friends. 462 00:26:37,985 --> 00:26:39,623 Marcus. 463 00:26:39,785 --> 00:26:41,457 Dro. How have you been? 464 00:26:41,665 --> 00:26:43,895 You are acquainted with this creature? 465 00:26:44,065 --> 00:26:46,260 Yes. We go way back, don't we? 466 00:26:46,625 --> 00:26:49,935 - Too far. - The good old days. 467 00:26:50,225 --> 00:26:52,181 So I hear you're living in a tree now. 468 00:26:52,385 --> 00:26:55,661 The tree is the entrance to the Deeper Well. 469 00:26:55,825 --> 00:26:57,895 I live in a cave. It's... 470 00:26:58,705 --> 00:27:02,061 ...really quite pleasant. - I'm sure it's a peach. 471 00:27:02,625 --> 00:27:04,456 Afraid you won't return to it again. 472 00:27:04,905 --> 00:27:06,816 You will not harm him. 473 00:27:07,625 --> 00:27:09,104 You mean like this? 474 00:27:17,345 --> 00:27:19,905 Hang on, Dro. This'll just take a second. 475 00:27:26,985 --> 00:27:29,260 I gotta tell you, I'm a little disappointed. 476 00:27:31,545 --> 00:27:33,900 Didn't think a big scary Old One bled this easily. 477 00:27:35,305 --> 00:27:38,138 Maybe it's this skinny little body you chose to infect. 478 00:27:38,785 --> 00:27:42,141 Or maybe it's that ray gun they shot you with to keep you from exploding. 479 00:27:43,865 --> 00:27:45,742 Or maybe... 480 00:27:45,945 --> 00:27:48,095 ...you're just not... 481 00:27:48,345 --> 00:27:50,256 ...that... 482 00:27:51,865 --> 00:27:53,457 ...cool. 483 00:27:57,425 --> 00:28:00,258 Yes, that's probably it. 484 00:28:01,545 --> 00:28:02,944 LINDSEY: What are you gonna do? 485 00:28:03,105 --> 00:28:05,460 - You gonna beat it out of me? - lf you say so. 486 00:28:07,145 --> 00:28:09,101 We all know how this goes. 487 00:28:09,425 --> 00:28:13,213 Spike beats you to a pulp, you beg for mercy, and we get what we came for. 488 00:28:13,425 --> 00:28:14,778 Who needs all that rigmarole? 489 00:28:14,945 --> 00:28:18,699 I told you, I don't know why Angel gave up that kid or anything else. 490 00:28:18,945 --> 00:28:20,981 Me and him, not too close. 491 00:28:21,545 --> 00:28:23,103 Now can I get back to solitaire? 492 00:28:27,825 --> 00:28:29,781 - Where'd you get that? - Doesn't matter. 493 00:28:31,145 --> 00:28:32,703 What does it mean? 494 00:28:32,865 --> 00:28:34,344 [CHUCKLES] 495 00:28:34,505 --> 00:28:35,984 Is that what all this is about? 496 00:28:36,185 --> 00:28:38,460 All these questions about Angel? 497 00:28:40,265 --> 00:28:42,460 No. No way. 498 00:28:42,625 --> 00:28:44,661 - No way they'd take Angel. - Who, "they"? 499 00:28:46,745 --> 00:28:50,294 - Circle of the Black Thorn. - Sounds like a sewing club for pirates. 500 00:28:50,505 --> 00:28:51,779 It's a secret society. 501 00:28:52,025 --> 00:28:53,981 - Never heard of them. - They're secret. 502 00:28:54,865 --> 00:28:58,494 There's plenty of these cabals about. Usually spend a lot of time... 503 00:28:58,665 --> 00:29:01,384 ...paddling one another's bums to prove their manhood. 504 00:29:01,865 --> 00:29:03,423 These are not frat boys, Spike. 505 00:29:03,585 --> 00:29:05,541 The Circle's small, it's elite. 506 00:29:05,785 --> 00:29:08,219 They got connections you boys can't even comprehend. 507 00:29:08,385 --> 00:29:12,014 - They're evil. - Sure. Evil's not the point. 508 00:29:12,305 --> 00:29:14,261 - Power is. - Power. 509 00:29:14,625 --> 00:29:16,297 Okay, we get it. They're badass. 510 00:29:16,465 --> 00:29:18,057 What do they do? 511 00:29:18,265 --> 00:29:22,383 Jeez, you guys always this slow? Hmm? 512 00:29:23,265 --> 00:29:25,574 Starts with A, ends in "pocalypse." 513 00:29:25,905 --> 00:29:27,861 It's a well-oiled machine, the Circle. 514 00:29:28,025 --> 00:29:31,381 These people grease the wheels, keep the parts in place. 515 00:29:31,545 --> 00:29:34,901 Make sure man's inhumanity to man keeps rolling along. 516 00:29:35,105 --> 00:29:37,778 We thought the senior partners caused the Apocalypse. 517 00:29:37,985 --> 00:29:40,863 Senior partners are on a different plane. Down here... 518 00:29:41,025 --> 00:29:43,061 ...players in the Circle make things happen. 519 00:29:43,225 --> 00:29:45,261 Hell, you get tapped by one of them... 520 00:29:45,425 --> 00:29:47,700 ...like getting a key to the chocolate factory. 521 00:29:47,865 --> 00:29:50,504 That's why you came back to L. A... 522 00:29:50,665 --> 00:29:52,144 ...tried to kill Angel. 523 00:29:56,225 --> 00:29:57,704 To get into the Circle. 524 00:29:59,225 --> 00:30:00,783 To be a Black Thorn... 525 00:30:00,945 --> 00:30:04,620 ...is to be the senior partners' instrument on Earth. Doesn't get bigger than that. 526 00:30:04,785 --> 00:30:07,379 Looks like Angel succeeded where you failed. 527 00:30:07,545 --> 00:30:09,740 - He doesn't have it in him. - Doesn't have what? 528 00:30:09,945 --> 00:30:12,584 Well, for starters, he's gotta give up the champion angle. 529 00:30:12,745 --> 00:30:14,861 Quit saving girls in alleys. 530 00:30:15,705 --> 00:30:17,138 Probably wouldn't even... 531 00:30:17,305 --> 00:30:20,536 ...make it on the Circle's radar till he killed one of his lieutenants. 532 00:30:25,905 --> 00:30:30,296 The senior partners, the Circle... They're killing Angel by degrees. 533 00:30:31,545 --> 00:30:33,581 And we all watched it happen. 534 00:30:33,785 --> 00:30:35,821 Guy I knew wouldn't want this. 535 00:30:35,985 --> 00:30:37,304 Wouldn't wanna be this. 536 00:30:39,345 --> 00:30:43,099 Angel dedicated his life to helping others. 537 00:30:43,705 --> 00:30:47,175 Not because he had to, but because it was a path he'd chosen. 538 00:30:50,785 --> 00:30:53,174 If he's been swayed from that... 539 00:30:53,865 --> 00:30:55,696 Influenced. 540 00:30:56,385 --> 00:30:58,580 Then maybe there's still time. 541 00:30:58,745 --> 00:31:00,656 We can bring him back. 542 00:31:01,505 --> 00:31:04,975 He'd do the same for any of us, regardless of our actions. 543 00:31:05,705 --> 00:31:08,777 Yeah, well, what if he's skipped too far down that evil brick road? 544 00:31:28,585 --> 00:31:30,098 [MAN GROANING] 545 00:31:52,145 --> 00:31:55,262 Thank you. Thank you. 546 00:32:21,785 --> 00:32:23,616 IZZY: The Circle entwined... 547 00:32:24,065 --> 00:32:26,135 FIGURES: ...embrace this worthy son. 548 00:32:26,865 --> 00:32:29,254 IZZY: The Thorn draws blood. 549 00:32:29,425 --> 00:32:31,177 The Thorn is the Power. 550 00:32:31,345 --> 00:32:33,540 And the Power is absolute. 551 00:32:33,745 --> 00:32:36,498 IZZY: Welcome to the fold. 552 00:32:43,025 --> 00:32:46,700 - Well done, Angel. MAN: Well done. 553 00:32:47,585 --> 00:32:49,177 Didn't I tell you it would happen? 554 00:32:49,385 --> 00:32:52,377 About that lamb we got you for the slaughter. Know who that was? 555 00:32:52,825 --> 00:32:55,385 - Drogyn. The Battlebrand. IZZY: Damn straight. 556 00:32:55,585 --> 00:32:58,782 We got you some supercharged warrior juice, not some schmuck. 557 00:32:58,945 --> 00:33:01,254 You must feel great. 558 00:33:01,465 --> 00:33:02,944 [CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING] 559 00:33:03,105 --> 00:33:07,018 Let me introduce you around to a few people. Some of these folks you know... 560 00:33:07,185 --> 00:33:09,983 ...some you don't. You're acquainted with the Archduke. 561 00:33:10,185 --> 00:33:11,698 Kudos, child. 562 00:33:11,905 --> 00:33:15,181 I must say it's gratifying to see you've returned to form, Angelus. 563 00:33:15,385 --> 00:33:17,137 It's still Angel. 564 00:33:17,305 --> 00:33:20,103 Ah. Well, what's in a name, eh? 565 00:33:20,545 --> 00:33:22,183 In the spirit of our new alliance... 566 00:33:22,345 --> 00:33:24,176 ...you must allow a party in your honor. 567 00:33:24,385 --> 00:33:28,617 - You know how I love parties. - Nice to see you again so soon, Angel. 568 00:33:28,945 --> 00:33:30,537 Senator. 569 00:33:30,705 --> 00:33:33,265 I had no idea you were so well-connected. 570 00:33:33,425 --> 00:33:36,974 I'm not gonna take the White House in 2008 on just my sparkling wit... 571 00:33:37,145 --> 00:33:39,579 ...and funding from hostile governments. 572 00:33:39,745 --> 00:33:41,861 [CHUCKLING] 573 00:33:42,025 --> 00:33:43,299 I expect not. 574 00:33:43,745 --> 00:33:45,542 Excuse us, Helen. Angel. 575 00:33:45,705 --> 00:33:48,219 I've got someone here who'd like to pay his respects. 576 00:33:48,385 --> 00:33:51,104 - Vail. - You've been looking for me. 577 00:33:51,305 --> 00:33:53,944 Actually, I've been looking like I'm looking for you. 578 00:33:54,105 --> 00:33:55,254 Appearances, you know. 579 00:33:55,425 --> 00:33:56,619 [COUGHING] 580 00:33:56,785 --> 00:34:00,937 See, Cyvus, I told you it was all good. Now, why don't you two shake hands. 581 00:34:01,105 --> 00:34:03,141 - Come on. - No hard feelings, then. 582 00:34:03,625 --> 00:34:06,264 Ultimately, everything worked out for the best. 583 00:34:09,065 --> 00:34:13,058 Your son, he kills quite well. 584 00:34:13,465 --> 00:34:15,421 Thanks. 585 00:34:18,025 --> 00:34:20,744 Got a great turnout for your initiation. 586 00:34:20,905 --> 00:34:23,135 - Really? IZZY: Yeah, everybody's here. 587 00:34:23,385 --> 00:34:25,853 Here, let me freshen that up. 588 00:34:55,985 --> 00:34:58,021 - Might want to stay down. - Or what? 589 00:35:00,705 --> 00:35:02,297 Careful. 590 00:35:02,465 --> 00:35:05,184 - Don't wanna hurt yourselves. - We know what you're doing. 591 00:35:05,345 --> 00:35:08,143 Giving up the baby to the Brethren, working for the senator. 592 00:35:08,345 --> 00:35:11,735 Trying to take out Drogyn to cover up what you did to Fred. 593 00:35:12,625 --> 00:35:16,698 And for what? To get in bed with the Circle of the Black Thorn? 594 00:35:17,385 --> 00:35:20,377 - You figured it out. - Little singing from a jailbird we know... 595 00:35:20,545 --> 00:35:21,944 ...and loathe. 596 00:35:22,105 --> 00:35:23,618 Lindsey? 597 00:35:24,985 --> 00:35:27,101 - You believed him. - He has no reason to lie. 598 00:35:27,305 --> 00:35:29,296 - Doesn't need one. - Unlike you. 599 00:35:30,785 --> 00:35:33,299 What I do here is my business. 600 00:35:34,025 --> 00:35:36,141 You don't like how I conduct it, you can leave. 601 00:35:36,305 --> 00:35:38,102 - Before I kill you. - Kill us? 602 00:35:38,265 --> 00:35:40,301 Hard to believe we have trouble trusting you. 603 00:35:40,505 --> 00:35:42,575 Just telling it like it is. 604 00:35:42,745 --> 00:35:44,542 - Then we have a problem. - I guess we do. 605 00:35:57,425 --> 00:35:59,097 - We done? - Let him go. 606 00:35:59,305 --> 00:36:01,023 You don't give the orders. 607 00:36:01,265 --> 00:36:04,223 Lorne, pull this thing out of me. 608 00:36:04,785 --> 00:36:07,458 Easy. Not in a great mood. 609 00:36:07,625 --> 00:36:11,174 Good. Now, let's finish this. 610 00:36:11,905 --> 00:36:13,384 Involvare. 611 00:36:19,225 --> 00:36:20,943 All right... 612 00:36:21,105 --> 00:36:22,777 ...we have six minutes. - Till what? 613 00:36:22,985 --> 00:36:26,864 The glamour collapses. Anyone outside thinks we're still at each other's throats. 614 00:36:27,025 --> 00:36:29,414 - Aren't we? - I'll make this short. 615 00:36:29,585 --> 00:36:31,621 Everything you think you know... 616 00:36:31,865 --> 00:36:33,742 ...is a lie. - Why should we believe you? 617 00:36:33,945 --> 00:36:36,539 Because I'm the one who told it. Read any good books lately? 618 00:36:36,705 --> 00:36:39,742 - You sent the message? - And the assassin for Drogyn. 619 00:36:39,945 --> 00:36:42,459 - That part was true. - Drogyn could handle himself. 620 00:36:42,625 --> 00:36:46,254 I told the assassin enough so Drogyn would think I helped resurrect Illyria. 621 00:36:46,425 --> 00:36:50,623 - I figured he'd come here for allies. - Why'd you make us think you killed her? 622 00:36:50,825 --> 00:36:53,259 - Because they needed to believe it. - The Black Thorn. 623 00:36:53,465 --> 00:36:56,423 They needed to believe my own people didn't trust me anymore. 624 00:36:56,585 --> 00:36:59,736 They needed to believe a person as good and as pure as Drogyn... 625 00:36:59,905 --> 00:37:01,179 ...considered me an enemy. 626 00:37:02,625 --> 00:37:04,661 It was the only way to gain their confidence. 627 00:37:06,065 --> 00:37:10,616 So this whole evil-Angel thing has been a big scam-ola. 628 00:37:10,825 --> 00:37:13,214 - I smell Oscar. - When did this all start? 629 00:37:14,425 --> 00:37:17,542 Two months ago. With a kiss. 630 00:37:19,105 --> 00:37:22,063 Though it didn 't hit me until later that night. 631 00:37:25,985 --> 00:37:29,455 - Cordelia gave you her visions. - One-shot deal. 632 00:37:30,425 --> 00:37:32,177 She put me on the path... 633 00:37:32,345 --> 00:37:34,859 ...showed me where the real powers are. 634 00:37:36,625 --> 00:37:39,093 But I couldn't see who they were. 635 00:37:39,265 --> 00:37:41,096 And then Fred died... 636 00:37:41,265 --> 00:37:44,177 ...and I wouldn't let that be another random horrible event... 637 00:37:44,345 --> 00:37:46,540 ...in another random horrible world. 638 00:37:47,065 --> 00:37:48,703 So I decided to use it... 639 00:37:48,905 --> 00:37:52,261 ...to make her death matter. 640 00:37:52,665 --> 00:37:54,576 And it worked. 641 00:37:55,225 --> 00:37:56,817 I'm in. 642 00:37:58,265 --> 00:37:59,618 I've seen the faces of evil. 643 00:37:59,785 --> 00:38:02,777 I know who the real powers in the Apocalypse are. 644 00:38:03,025 --> 00:38:05,903 So all that "power tilts the scales" crap? 645 00:38:06,105 --> 00:38:09,302 True. We're in a machine. That machine's gonna be here long after... 646 00:38:09,465 --> 00:38:10,739 ...our bodies are dust. 647 00:38:10,905 --> 00:38:14,978 The senior partners will always exist, one form or other, because mankind is weak. 648 00:38:15,185 --> 00:38:18,655 Want me to point my crossbow at him? He's gonna talk about ants again. 649 00:38:18,825 --> 00:38:21,214 We are weak. 650 00:38:21,385 --> 00:38:24,343 The powerful control everything... 651 00:38:25,905 --> 00:38:28,100 ...except our will to choose. 652 00:38:28,265 --> 00:38:30,733 Lindsey's a pathetic half-wit, but he was right. 653 00:38:30,905 --> 00:38:32,896 Heroes don't accept the way the world is. 654 00:38:33,065 --> 00:38:37,456 The senior partners may be eternal, but we can make their existence painful. 655 00:38:37,625 --> 00:38:40,344 - You want to take them on? - We're in a machine. 656 00:38:40,505 --> 00:38:41,824 The Black Thorn runs it. 657 00:38:41,985 --> 00:38:45,500 We can bring their gears to a grinding halt, even if it's just for a moment. 658 00:38:45,705 --> 00:38:47,104 About time we got our hands dirty. 659 00:38:47,305 --> 00:38:50,297 This isn't a "keep fighting the good fight" kind of a deal. 660 00:38:50,465 --> 00:38:53,582 Let's be clear. I'm talking about killing every... 661 00:38:53,745 --> 00:38:56,020 ...single member... 662 00:38:56,865 --> 00:38:58,298 ...of the Black Thorn. 663 00:39:01,585 --> 00:39:03,462 We don't walk away from that. 664 00:39:04,905 --> 00:39:07,544 - Do we crawl away, at least? - We do this... 665 00:39:07,705 --> 00:39:10,583 ...the senior partners will rain their full wrath. 666 00:39:10,745 --> 00:39:14,101 I'm talking full-on hell, not the basic fire and brimstone we're used to. 667 00:39:14,305 --> 00:39:16,535 - We know the drill. - No, you don't. 668 00:39:16,865 --> 00:39:19,015 Ten to one we're gone when the smoke clears. 669 00:39:19,225 --> 00:39:23,423 They will do everything in their power to destroy us. 670 00:39:25,345 --> 00:39:28,303 So I need you to be sure. 671 00:39:29,825 --> 00:39:32,020 Power endures. 672 00:39:32,225 --> 00:39:36,264 We can't bring down the senior partners, but for one bright, shining moment... 673 00:39:36,425 --> 00:39:39,019 ...we can show them that they don't own us. 674 00:39:39,185 --> 00:39:40,857 You need to decide... 675 00:39:41,025 --> 00:39:42,743 ...for yourselves... 676 00:39:42,905 --> 00:39:44,463 ...if that's worth dying for. 677 00:39:45,305 --> 00:39:47,865 I can't order you to do this. 678 00:39:49,185 --> 00:39:50,823 I can't do it without you. 679 00:39:56,185 --> 00:39:58,301 So we'll vote... 680 00:39:58,465 --> 00:40:00,262 ...as a team. 681 00:40:02,105 --> 00:40:04,983 Think about what I'm asking you to do. 682 00:40:05,145 --> 00:40:07,420 Think about what I'm asking you to give. 683 00:40:08,105 --> 00:40:09,777 Kill them all. 684 00:40:10,585 --> 00:40:13,258 Burn the house down while we're still in it. 685 00:40:13,425 --> 00:40:15,859 Something like that. 686 00:40:29,145 --> 00:40:30,817 I'm in. 687 00:40:38,945 --> 00:40:40,344 I'm in. 688 00:40:48,985 --> 00:40:49,974 Drop him! 689 00:40:50,145 --> 00:40:51,897 WESLEY: You don't want it to go like this. 690 00:40:52,065 --> 00:40:54,056 Drop him! You lied! 691 00:40:54,465 --> 00:40:57,059 - Let him go! - Angel, drop him! 692 00:40:57,345 --> 00:40:59,700 [LORNE GROANING AND SHOUTING] 693 00:41:50,185 --> 00:41:52,176 Subtitles by SDI Media Group 694 00:41:52,345 --> 00:41:54,301 [ENGLISH SDH]