FRED: Was Angel mad?

WESLEY: Shouldn't he be? We sent him out there with a defective piece of weaponry.

FRED: Which "we" are we talking about?

WESLEY: Fred, these techno-mystical hybrids are a complicated affair.

KNOX: Oh, I don't know. It seemed kind of simple to me. It's just a little hand-held, spell-casting robot, right? So it's either the robot or the spell that we have a problem with.

WESLEY: Well, the grenade's core enchantment looks operational, so I think we're talking about a faulty trigger mechanism.

FRED: No, wait a minute. I designed that mechanism myself.

KNOX: Yeah, that's right, and I machined it. It was beautiful work, on both counts, if I may say.

(smiles proudly, looks at Fred)

FRED: (grins at Knox) You may!

WESLEY: (irritated) I agree, as a sculptural piece, but the device's trigger may not have been fine enough to actually trigger the effect.

LORNE: (walks up, cheery) Happy Halloween, kids!

KNOX: And how do you know your spell-casters didn't screw up the payload?

WESLEY: Because I went over the work and I got that knowing feeling you get when you know something.

LORNE: Trick or treat?

FRED: Hi, Lorne.

LORNE: Hi. What do you say we put away your little sci-fi toys for a little bit, huh? And maybe we could talk about something a little more important, like my monster mash?

FRED: Oh, yeah, your party.

LORNE: Our party, tweety bird. Which, by the way, is dying on the vine. I could really, really, really use some help from you guys— some backup?

FRED: I wasn't really planning on going.

LORNE: Wes. Do you hear this crazy talk?

WESLEY: Uh, well, I really hadn't given much thought to going myself.

LORNE: Et tu, Brutuses? Why is it so hard to get anyone to have any fun around here?

KNOX: (to Fred) You should go. It's the Halloween blowout to end all blowouts. Last year, uh— (Laughs) They took a bunch of cows and put them in a giant wicker effigy of Krishna, uh, doused it with sambuca, and it— Uh, well... anyway, it—it's a hell of a good time.

FRED: I really wanna get this operational before Angel goes out again.

WESLEY: Yes. I'll stay, too. I'm sure we can work it out together.

LORNE: No. No-no-no, no, no, no, no! Wes, Fred, you're coming. Look at yourselves. You're wound tighter than Martha Stewart's swatch. Isn't there anyone else who'd, uh, fix the little boo-boos on this thing?

KNOX: I can do that. It's probably the trigger mechanism anyway.

LORNE: Great. Problem solved. I'll see you two in Angel's office, 15 minutes.

• Fred & Knox
• Wesley & Fred

written by: Ben Edlund; Original transcript by CariCranberry. Edited & formatted by me.. Full transcript at:
http://www.buffyworld.com/angel/season5/transcripts/5x05_tran.php