(Hyperion Hotel 1952: Angel stepping out of the elevator, angry people are clustered around Judy.)

GUY: What gives you the right to hide out up here?

JUDY: Please stop it, you're hurting me.

Actress: We're gonna do more than that if you don't start telling us everything.

ACTOR: We know about you, missy.

MANAGER: The name you registered under is a fake! We have proof!

ACTRESS: Who knows what else she's lied about, the little slut!

JUDY: I didn't mean anything, please, I'm sorry!

YOUNG GUY: Now you're sorry! I thought you didn't have anything to be sorry for!

(Angel drops the ax and the bag.)

ACTRESS: Stop lying!

MANAGER: Come on!

JUDY: It wasn't me! It wasn't me! (She sees Angel) It was him! Look in his room! Go ahead, look! He's got blood! He's a monster!

(Everyone falls silent.)

PI: What kind of maniac are you?

(The PI hits Angel with the ax. The others attack hiim and bet him unconscious. They drag him upstairs.)

MANAGER: Get him over there!

BELLHOP: Ha-ha, we got you now! Come on! String him up! String him up!

(Somebody throws a rope over a rafter and they prepare to lynch Angel.)

BELLHOP: Go on. Push him. Push him. Go on! Push him out!

(They hang Angel.)

BELLHOP: Yeah! Swing, you freak! Yeah, that's right, you had that coming, ha ha ha!

(The crowd quickly melts away leaving Angel hanging, eyes closed.)

MANAGER: Oh, my Lord. What have we done?

BELLHOP: What?

(Judy turns and walks away.)

BELLHOP: What's wrong?! I don't get it. Come on! Where's everybody going? Come on! It's just a - what do you call... (leaves).

(Alone Angel releases himself, the Thesulac materialises.)

THESULAC: Well, I don't know about you, but I'm stuffed! God I love people! Don’t you? They feed me their worst and I kind of serve it right back to them, and the fear and prejudice turns to certainty and hate, and I take another bite and mmm-mmm-mmm! What a beautiful, beautiful dance! Oh, you got your feelings hurt, didn't you? See now what happens when you stick your neck out for them? They throw a rope around it! And you thought you'd made a friend. News flash! You *had*! That's what made her the *yummiest* morsel of all. You reached her, buddy! Restored her faith in people. Without you she would have been just another appetizer. But you plumped her up good! Now, she's a meal that's gonna last me a lifetime! Hey, you know what? There's an entire hotel here just full of tortured souls who could really use your help. What do you say?

ANGEL: Take them all.

(The demon laughs and repeats Angel's 'take them all,' as Angel walks out.)

• Angel's Mission
• historical flash backs

written by: Tim Minear; Original transcript anonymous. Edited and formatted by Ann.. Full transcript at:
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