BUFFY: I'm guessing that expression isn't because they were all out of fresh OJ at the deli. What happened?

ANGEL: Nothing happened. I just..

BUFFY: Where have you been?

ANGEL: I went to see the Oracles. I asked them to turn me back.

BUFFY: What? Why?

ANGEL: Because more then ever I know how much I love you.

BUFFY: No. No, you didn't.

ANGEL: If I stay mortal one of us will wind up dead. Maybe both of us. You heard what Mohra said.

BUFFY: Mohra's gone. We killed him.

ANGEL: He said others would come.

BUFFY: They always come. And they always will. But that's my problem now, not yours, remember?

ANGEL: No, I won't just stand by and let you fight, maybe die, alone.

BUFFY: Then we fight together.

ANGEL: Buffy. You saw what happened last night. If anything I'm a liability to you. You take chances to protect me, and that's not just bad for you, it's bad for the people we were meant to help.

BUFFY: So what? You just took a whole 24 hours to weigh the ups and downs of being a regular Joe and decided it was more fun being a superhero?

ANGEL: You know that's not it. How can we be together if the cost is your life, or the lives of others? I know. I couldn't tell you. I wasn't sure if I could do it if I woke up with you one more morning.

BUFFY: I understand. So, what happens now?

ANGEL: The Oracles are giving us back the day, turning back time, so I can kill Mohra before his blood makes me mortal.

BUFFY: When?

ANGEL: Another minute.

BUFFY: (crying) A minute? No. No, it's not enough time!

ANGEL: We don't have a choice. It's done.

BUFFY: How am I supposed to go on with my life knowing what we had? What we could have had?

ANGEL: You won't. No one will know but me.

BUFFY: Everything we did.

ANGEL: It never happened.

BUFFY: It did. It did. I know it did! I felt your heart beat.

ANGEL: Buffy..

(looks at clock)

BUFFY: Oh God. It's not enough time.

ANGEL: Shh, please. Please. Please, please.

BUFFY: I'll never forget. I'll never forget. I'll never forget. I'll never forget.

(White flash dissolves to Angel's office the previous day.)

BUFFY: So, then let's just stick to the plan. Keep our distance until time has passed. Given enough time - we should be able to..

ANGEL: Forget.

BUFFY: Yeah. So - I'm gonna go - start forgetting.

(Demon attacks, Angel kills it)

BUFFY: That was unreal. How did you know how to kill it?

ANGEL: It's a Mohra demon. I had a lot of time to catch up on my reading.

BUFFY: Yeah. Okay. So I guess we've covered it, right?

ANGEL: I guess we did.

BUFFY: And that's all there really is to say.

ANGEL: Yeah. That's it.

• Angel's Mission
• Angsty Traumatic Confrontations
• Buffy & Angel

written by: David Greenwalt and Jeanne Renshaw; Originally transcribed by anonymous. Edited, formatted for this site and checked against source by me.. Full transcript at:
http://www.buffyworld.com/angel/season1/transcripts/08_tran.shtml