ANGEL: You know, I'm having a hard time believing that Doyle's vision meant I was supposed to come here to break up a bar fight.

DOYLE: Yeah, well, if it was, I'm in for some serious workman's comp.

ANGEL: Alright, think. Could either one of you sense that anyone here tonight need help?

CORDELIA: Yeah, everybody.

ANGEL: This socializing thing is brutal. I mean, I was young once, I used to go to bars. It wasn't anything like this.

DOYLE: I used to go to taverns. Small towns, where everybody used to know each other.

CORDELIA: Yeah, like high school. It was easy to date there. We all had so much in common. Being monster food every other week, for instance.

DOYLE: Well, you're in the big, bad city now, huh? Where everyone's a stranger--hiding behind walls, keeping secrets.

BARTENDER: Sorry folks, got to kick you out now.

CORDELIA: Sure. I guess the single life's particularly tough on you.

ANGEL: Why?

CORDELIA: Well, a couple of hundred years ago all you had to worry about was a hang over. Today, because of your curse thingy, you can't sleep with anyone, or else you might feel a moment of true happiness, lose your soul, become evil again, and kill everyone.

ANGEL: Thanks Cordelia, I always appreciate your perspective.

CORDELIA: No problem. Hey, the last thing I want is to show up at the office and find that I'm working for a homicidal monster.

(Cut to Sharon sitting on the edge of the bed. Kevin lays on the bed behind her, dead.)

• Angel, Angelus & The Curse

written by: David Fury; Originally transcribed by anonymous. Edited, formatted and checked by M'lyn.. Full transcript at:
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