LINDSEY: You gotta be joking. Why on God's green and verdant Earth would I trust you, huh? Or you, me?

ANGEL: 'Cause it's not about us, Lindsey. It's about them. The wolf. The ram. The hart. The ones we've been fighting against forever.

LINDSEY: You can't beat 'em.

ANGEL: Maybe they're not there to be beat. Maybe they're there to be fought. Maybe fighting them is what makes human beings so remarkably strong.

LINDSEY: You're not talking about the kind of strength human beings have. This is not about coveting your neighbor's ass, your buddy's job, the last Mallomar in the box. You're talking about fighting flesh and something that passes for blood demons with enormous power, and they will mow you down.

ANGEL: Maybe... but I keep thinking that once this world was theirs and now it's not.

LINDSEY: Isn't it?

ANGEL: Give me the hell on Earth speech, Lindsey. I know how bad things are, how much sway the demons hold. I happen to be the greatest mass murderer you've ever met.

LINDSEY: Never given you props for that, have I?

ANGEL: There's always going to be power, and there's always going to be corruption.

LINDSEY: So again I ask you-

ANGEL: 'Cause it's not what I'm expected to do. 'Cause you're good in a fight. And let's say we come up rolling 7s and this does go our way. We tear up this firm, someone's going to have to step in. I know that's what you want. Now, I'm a lot more comfortable with the thought of you in that position than anyone else.

LINDSEY: The devil you know.

ANGEL: That'd be you.

LINDSEY: And what if you roll snake eyes?

ANGEL: You'll talk your way out of it. You'll tell them I forced you to help me. Tell them I made my scary face.

LINDSEY: Believe it or not, I was actually talking about you. You don't care about being squashed like a bug?

ANGEL: You haven't heard a word I've said. For, like, years back.

LINDSEY: Well, you get a little speechy, all right? And I breeze out. I got the Cliff Notes--honor and humanity. Absolute good. I heard it. So here's the plot twist... I'm in.

ANGEL: Why?

LINDSEY: Everybody goes on about your soul. Vampire with a soul. Nobody ever mentions the fact that you're really a vampire with big brass testes. This is gonna be a circus. I mean, win or lose, you're about to pick the nastiest fight since mankind drop-kicked the last demon out of this dimension. And that you don't do without me. If you want me, I'm on your team.

ANGEL: I want you, Lindsey. (beat) I'm thinking about rephrasing that.

LINDSEY: Yeah, I think I'd be more comfortable if you did.

• Angel & Lindsey

written by: Jeffrey Bell & Joss Whedon; Original transcript by CariCranberry. Edited & formatted by me.. Full transcript at:
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