OFFICER: Crazy homeless guy got on at Central Street Station. Went nuts. Started tearing up the car, threatened some passengers. It was one of them that pulled the emergency brake. They’re all still pretty shook up.

KATE: What about the suspect?

Officer: Gone.

KATE: The call said it was a hostage situation.

Officer: It was.

KATE: The suspect escaped?

Officer: Well, we’re still trying to get the story, but it’s a little unclear.

KATE: Unclear? You have two dozen witnesses!

Officer: I know, and they're all saying the same thing.

KATE: Which is?

Officer: That the suspect went out through the top vent while the train was still moving.

KATE: He climbed out of a moving train.

Officer: They’re saying he was pulled out.

KATE: Pulled out by what? (Officer just looks at her) Get statements.

(Angel fights the demon, drops him just as Kate arrives)

KATE: Well, I guess I can forget about reading him his rights.

(...)

KATE: It’s uhm... not a person, is it?

ANGEL: No. Demon.

KATE: Is it...

ANGEL: Dead? Yeah, Kate, it’s dead.

KATE: So they –- so they die, then.

ANGEL: Yeah.

KATE: Sorry, I guess I’m still having a little trouble with this otherworldly stuff.

ANGEL: Right. Although demons aren’t technically otherworldly. I mean, in fact they were here... first.

KATE: So, do I call the coroner or hazardous materials?

ANGEL: My advice? Don’t call anyone. I’ll see it gets taken care of.

KATE: And what am I supposed to put in my report?

ANGEL: Just do what you would normally do in a case like this.

KATE: There is no normal in a case like this.

ANGEL: Los Angeles, Kate, you’ve seen this kind of thing before, probably a lot. You just didn’t have a name for it, that’s all.

KATE: No, I think I’d remember.

ANGEL: Yeah, well, people have a way of seeing what they need to.

DELIVERY GUY: (making statement to an officer) No, nothing about him really stood out, except maybe the smell. Just your average Joe stink homeless guy.

OFFICER: (handing her notes) It’s what we got.

KATE: (reading) Average height, average weight, average build. (To witness) Is this the best you can do? You’re the one that pulled the emergency brake?

DELIVERY GUY: Yeah. The guy came right at me.

KATE: Why?

DELIVERY GUY: He didn’t say.

KATE: No. Why did you pull the emergency brake?

DELIVERY GUY: It was an emergency?

KATE: Well, let's get this description circulated. We wanna find this guy, right?

OFFICER: Right. We’ll do our best.

DELIVERY GUY: Can I go?

KATE: Yeah, you can go.

ANGEL: What’s your father doing here?

(Kate sees her father talking to an officer. )

OFFICER: Nah, not much to go on. I'll see if they came up with anything down here.

KATE: Daddy, what are you doing down here?

LOCKLEY: In the neighborhood.

KATE: You’ve been sitting in your apartment listening to that police scanner again, haven’t you.

LOCKLEY: Nothing on cable anyway. I heard you had a hostage situation. Looks like I missed all the action.

KATE: 35 years on the force, don’t you think you’ve seen enough action? Did you also happen to hear I was the lead officer on scene?

LOCKLEY: You look like you’re doing okay. Let you get back to it.

(As Trevor walks off Angel steps up next to Kate.)

ANGEL: What’s he up to?

KATE: I think he’s actually checking up on me.

ANGEL: You sound surprised.

KATE: No, you don’t get to do that.

ANGEL: What?

KATE: Kill a demon in front of me and then act like we’re gonna have a cappuccino together. It doesn’t work that way.

ANGEL: How’s it work?

KATE: I’m not convinced it does. Look, no offence. I think you’re probably a pretty decent guy for a... you know, what you are, but let's keep this strictly business, all right? We don’t get personal. I’m not your girlfriend.

• Angel & Kate
• Kate's Many Issues

written by: Tim Minear; original transcript by anonymous. Edited, formatted for this site, and checked against source by me.. Full transcript at:
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