(Wesley opens his door to a knock)

LILAH: I would have called, but I figured you'd only tell me to go to hell, so, I thought I'd just take a shot and drop by. - Aren't you going to invite you in?

WESLEY: No.

LILAH: Okay.

(Lilah pushed past Wes and walks into his apartment. Lilah looks around as Wes checks the hallway to see if Lilah brought anyone before turning back to watch her without closing the door.)

LILAH: Huh. Not what I expected. You know, bunch of flowers and 'get well' cards, maybe a couple of those balloons with the smiley faces on them?

(no reaction)

LILAH: Wow. I guess when she slit your throat she nicked your sense of humor.

WESLEY: Not at all. I find you being here extremely funny.

LILAH: And how is that?

WESLEY: Because you're going to offer me a job.

LILAH: It's a shame, really, what happened. You dedicate your life to a cause, and the very people you try to help turn their backs on you.

WESLEY: Yes. Tragic. Now get the hell out.

LILAH: Man of your talents, scholar, man of intellect...

WESLEY: Deep inside knowledge of Angel Investigations.

LILAH: Did I mention that Wolfram and Hart has the finest library of mystical, occult, and supernatural reference material in the world? Full medical, dental, 401(k) package.

WESLEY: Not interested.

LILAH: Hey, it was worth a shot. - Anyway, here is something to help pass the time in the unemployment line.

(Lilah pulls a gift-wrapped book out of her purse and hands it to Wesley.)

WESLEY: Dante's Divine Comedy.

LILAH: Actually it's just part one, the inferno. It's not a first edition, more like the fifteen hundreds, but it's in the original Tuscan. Have you read it?

(Wes closes the book and tosses it on a table.)

WESLEY: Several times.

LILAH: Then you know it's a guided tour of the underworld, the nine levels of hell.

WESLEY: Yes. Descending, concentric rings based on severity of the sin.

LILAH: (faking) You know, I always forget - the very bottom of hell, in the ninth circle, the devil is frozen in ice, right? He got three heads, three mouths and those mouths are reserved for the worst sinners. Now, I can't remember - who is in the center mouth? Wh-what was his name? The one person in all of human history deemed the greatest sinner? Who is it?

WESLEY: Judas Iscariot.

LILAH: Right! The worst spot in hell is reserved for those who betray.

(Lilah walks past Wes towards the door, but stops and leans in close for a moment.)

LILAH: So, don't pretend you're too good to work for us.

(later on, Wesley is using his laptop; looking up he spots the book, opens it to the woodcut of the devil eating Judas. Stares for a bit, than snaps the book shut)

• Wesley & Lilah

written by: Jeffrey Bell; Original transcript anonymous. Edited and formatted for this site by me.. Full transcript at:
http://www.buffyworld.com/angel/season3/transcripts/64_tran.shtml