POLO: (on TV) And now it's time for action math news with your action math experts, Ratio Hornblower aaaaand Groofus!

RATIO HORNBLOWER: (toot toot tooot)

GROOFUS: (on TV) Thank you, Polo. Our top story this morning... 2 plus 2 is 4! And in related news, 4 plus 4...is 8!

(Pan back to show Fred and Wesley are watching the show in the lab.)

WESLEY: It could be the lack of sleep talking, but... I'm really starting to like this show.

FRED: (giggles) I know what you mean. What time is it?

(Knox walks in with two coffees; hands one to Fred and keeps the other for himself)

KNOX: 4 A.M. And counting.

(Wesley looks at Knox's coffee)

KNOX: Oh! I'm sorry. Did you want—

(holds out the coffee to Wes)

WESLEY: That's all right.

KNOX: 'Cause I could—

WESLEY: No. Really. All right... what are we missing?

FRED: I guess we should go back and comb through the signal spread, check all the tracks again.

KNOX: Ecch. Again. What's up with you two? The tracks are clear. We ran it through every filter we've got.

WESLEY: That's not how magic works, Knox.

KNOX: Really...Merlin? Then how does magic work?

FRED: (smiling) You know what? I think we can handle it from here. You should go home, Knox. Get some rest.

KNOX: Oh, no. I don't want to abandon ship.

FRED: That's OK. Somebody's got to be awake enough to run the lab tomorrow. Seriously, go home.

KNOX: (nods) OK.

GROOFUS: (singing on TV) Just a little bit of math in everything...

FRED: (giggles) I love this one.

(offers her coffee to Wesley; he takes it. Knox watches Wesley with Fred, then walks out hanging his head.)

GROOFUS: (singing on TV)...From the number of your toes. to the arc of a swing and even in the length of a yo-yo string, there's a little bit of math in everything, one plus one is two and two plus two is four...

WESLEY: So... how's it going with you and Knox? I know you were starting to—

FRED: Started and stopped, actually.

WESLEY: Really?

FRED: (uncomfortable) Yeah. We went out a few times, but... I don't know.

WESLEY: So...you stopped it.

FRED: Yeah. He—he's nice enough, but... I think he's been working here too long. Plus, he doesn't make me laugh at all. I mean, he tries, but...

WESLEY: I see. You're looking for someone funny.

FRED: A...certain kind of funny. Yeah. But...I'm not really looking for so much as looking at—

(And just before Fred can spit it out, Wesley notices something on the TV program)

WESLEY: Hang on. Go back a second. There's something different. Maybe if we bring up... the volume.

(Fred rewinds the tape. When Wesley turns the volume back on, the image on the show changes. On mute, Polo has his hands pressed against the screen, but with volume, Polo is singing with the other puppets. Wes and Fred are seeing the same effect the boy Tommy saw at the beginning of the episode.)

GROOFUS: (singing on TV) To the arc of a swing and even in the length...

FRED: Polo isn't singing with the rest of them. It looks like he's talking to the audience.

WESLEY: Yes. When the song is playing, it acts as a sort of cloaking spell allowing Framkin to address his target without being seen by the rest of his viewers.

FRED: So that's how he's been hiding it.

WESLEY: No. That's how he *was* hiding it.

• Fred & Knox
• Wesley & Fred

written by: Joss Whedon & Ben Edlund; Original transcript by CariCranberry. Edited & formatted by me.. Full transcript at:
http://www.buffyworld.com/angel/season5/transcripts/5x14_tran.php