GUNN: Wiped out every asset we could find on Hainsley. Wasn't easy. Man's got his fingers in a lot of dirty pies.

ANGEL: Yeah, well, I think pies are gonna be off his menu for a while.

GUNN: Yeah, well, it's gotta hurt. I mean, damn, who doesn't love pie?

FRED: You're back.

WESLEY: Hainsley out of business?

ANGEL: Yeah, for the time being.

FRED: So he's not going away?

ANGEL: Well, I think that "this isn't over yet, vampire" may be the tipoff. Look, guys, can we get back to my, uh, spiritual crisis?

WESLEY: Yes. Spike.

ANGEL: Popped out on me at Hainsley's place. But we all know that he'll be back and back and back, and I really don't want that happening again, so explain to me how we're gonna get him out of here.

FRED: He can't get out of here.

ANGEL: Please don't tell me that.

FRED: OK. Wesley...you tell him.

WESLEY: I've had my entire department doing thorough research on the amulet. There's not much. Not in the way of releasing Spike from it, anyway. At least not in the conventional sense.

ANGEL: And what's the unconventional sense?

WESLEY: Something he asked for. Eternal rest.

(... Spike walks up to the door, overhears ...)

ANGEL: This is an unusual situation, but I think it's our only choice.

WESLEY: It's what we'd do in any case of a haunting, isn't it? An exorcism of sorts.

FRED: We're talking about killing him. I mean, I know he's already dead, but... he'd be gone-dead. Forever. It just doesn't seem right.

WESLEY: I agree, but neither is leaving him here, trapped between realms, with no control over his fate, not able to touch anything, affect anything. Unable to fight. Letting him cross over seems the most merciful thing—

ANGEL: Yeah, yeah, mercy. I'm all for it. Just, hey, tell me how we do it.

WESLEY: The amulet's protected, invulnerable to anything, but... the magic that's protecting it doesn't work on hallowed ground.

GUNN: Hallowed. Like a church?

WESLEY: Or cemetery, yes. It has to be taken there and destroyed.

FRED: Destroyed how?

WESLEY: I think a sharp blow would probably do the trick.

GUNN: Angel, what do you think?

ANGEL: I think I want to sleep on it.

• Angel & Spike
• Spike's ghosthood

written by: David Fury & Ben Edlund; Original transcript by CariCranberry. Edited & formatted by me.. Full transcript at:
http://www.buffyworld.com/angel/season5/transcripts/5x02_tran.php