ANGEL: This may come out a little pretentious, but... one of you will betray me.

(Spike raises his hands eagerly)

ANEGEL: Wes.

SPIKE: Oh.

(puts his hand down dejectedly, then perks up)

SPIKE: (hopefully) Can I deny you 3 times?

ANGEL: (to Wes) Vail is the sorcerer of the bunch. You know that game. You've seen his place. He believes you'd make a play for my spot.

WESLEY: That's not very flattering.

ANGEL: It'll get you in the door. Illyria... Izzerial the Devil and 3 other members of the circle dine together almost every night.

ILLYRIA: I'll make trophies of their spines.

ANGEL: Good to have you on the team. Gunn.

GUNN: Yo.

ANGEL: Your friend Senator Brucker has a campaign office in west L.A. You already know she's pure hellspawn, and she tends to surround herself with vampires.

GUNN: I was hoping it'd be vamps. I haven't dusted nearly enough this year. (to Spike) No offense.

SPIKE: That's all right.

ANGEL: Spike.

SPIKE: Right. First off, I'm not wearing any amulets. No bracelets, broaches, beads, pendants, pins, or rings.

ANGEL: Fine. All you need is a rattle.

SPIKE: Ah, the baby.

ANGEL: And a legion of the Fell Brethren. I want the kid returned to his mother and the foster family dismembered.

SPIKE: Done and done.

ANGEL: Archduke Sebassis has over 40,000 demons at his command. The other members of the council fear him. He's the key player, so he's mine. Lorne...

LORNE: Uh, I'm not a fighter, Angelwings. I never had the stomach for it. Looks like I'm your weak link.

ANGEL: I just need you to back up Lindsey.

WESLEY: I still can't believe you brought him in.

ANGEL: He's part of this. It'll be just as dangerous for him as it will be for everyone else on our team.

(cut to Harmony, in bed with Hamilton)

HARMONY: Mmm. This just gets better and better every day. Anyway-

HAMILTON: Hmm?

HARMONY: About Angel's secret plan...

(...)

GUNN: So I guess we're not going back to the office after this.

ANGEL: The alley just north of the Hyperion. Everyone who makes it meets there. If we do any damage at all, the senior partners are gonna rain hell on us. So be ready.

LORNE: Hey, Angel, uh, I'll do this last thing for you, for us... but then I'm out, and you won't find me in the alley afterwards. Hell, you won't find me at all. Do me a favor. Don't try. (walks out)

(Wesley grabs his coat and walks toward the door with Gunn and Illyria.)

GUNN: The day went by fast, huh?

ILLYRIA: Try not to die. You are not unpleasant to my eyes.

GUNN: Uh, thanks. You... try not to die, too.

(he shakes hands with Wesley)

GUNN: Later, then. (walks out)

(Wesley looks at Angel for a long moment before he walks out. Illyria follows. Spike and Angel are the only ones left in the apartment now.)

SPIKE: What do you think all this means for that Shanshu bugaboo? If we make it through this, does one of us get to be a real boy?

ANGEL: Who you kidding? We're not gonna make it through.

SPIKE: Well, long as it's not you.

• Angel & Spike

written by: Jeffrey Bell & Joss Whedon; Original transcript by CariCranberry. Edited & formatted by me.. Full transcript at:
http://www.buffyworld.com/angel/season5/transcripts/5x22_tran.php