FRED: (through the apartment door) Wesley? - Wesley, it's me, Fred.

(after a while he slowly gets up, opens the door.)

FRED: Oh - does that hurt?

(She lifts a hand towards his bruised face, but Wes leans away, not looking at her.)

FRED: Sorry. - I left a bunch of messages.

WESLEY: Yes. I meant to call you back. I'm sorry. (whispers) I'm *so* sorry.

FRED: Wesley, you gotta come back to work.

WESLEY: How can I?

FRED: What do you mean? How can you not? You're the boss. We need you. - You took a few days off. That's good. We all did. - But now it's time to come back.

WESLEY: Fred, I tried to kill you.

FRED: That wasn't you.

WESLEY: How can you know that? Something inside me was forced to the surface. Something primal, something...

FRED: Do you wanna kill me?

WESLEY: Oh, God, no.

FRED: It wasn't something in you, Wesley. It was something that was done to you.

WESLEY: I don't know what kind of man I am anymore.

FRED: Well, I do. - You're a good man. - Will I see you back at the office?

WESLEY: Yeah.

FRED: Good.

(Fred slowly walks out and Wes closes the door behind her and begins to cry. Fred stops in the hallway and turns back as she hears sounds of Wesley weeping. She hesitates for a moment, takes a step back towards his door, then turns around and leaves.)

• Wesley & Fred

written by: Tim Minear & Jeffrey Bell; Original transcript anonymous. Edited and formatted for this site by me.. Full transcript at:
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