GUNN: Oh, good. Symbols on the floor. That's always good.

LORNE: Check your sarcasm at the door, pouty britches. This is for Cordy.

GUNN: I just don't want no portals opening up around here. I've had enough of that crap.

FRED: Sorry, Lorne. We really have had a lot of that crap.

LORNE: Yeah, well, my parade is rain-proofed, baby doll. My first reading since I got my head drilled, and I find the spell that's gonna bring our little Cordy right back to us. Lo-lath ch-owrng ne bruun.

FRED: Kaya-no-m'tek.

WESLEY: (entering) Did I miss the spell? Did English go away?

LORNE: No, it's Pylean, crumpet. I said, I may be prepared to shout a joyful chant.

FRED: And I said, May your words please the gods.

WESLEY: Are you all right? Did you...?

FRED: (nervously) It's done.

(Resume stage narration)

LORNE: OK, first of all, she didn't say, May your words please the gods, so much as May you orally please the gods, which is a slight... inflection's very crucial in our—oh, God bless her, it's always nice to hear the mother tongue—as long as it's not from my mother. Is this on? (taps mic) And secondly, I didn't know that a couple hours ago, Fred had tried to kill her evil Professor by opening a portal. Gunn didn't know that Wesley had helped her. And Wesley didn't know Gunn had killed the guy himself to save Fred from becoming a killer. And Fred didn't know that Gunn was right then figuring out that Wesley had helped her try. So, you can see, I didn't have all the facts when I started this. It's my job to read people, but nobody in this clan was exactly singing. And me? Hey, I was thinking about Cordelia.

• Gunn & Fred
• Wesley & Fred

written by: Joss Whedon; Original transcript by CariCranberry. Edited and formatted for this site by me.. Full transcript at:
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