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Wesley is having an incredibly lousy damn day. First, he brings Fred along on a dangerous assignment, where they're attacked by Ninja robot assassins (Los Diablos Roboticos?) and Fred gets hurt. Then Angel chews Wes out for letting Fred get hurt, then Fred chews Wes out for worrying about her getting hurt.

Then his father shows up. And as longtime viewers know, Daddy Dearest really is....Daddy Dearest. Roger Wyndham-Pryce is his name, making Wesley feel like dirt is his game. He's there on Council business, or what's left of it - the surviving Watchers are re-forming the group, and are considering Wes for admittance back into the fold. Wesley isn't especially interested, but Roger wants him to clear the family name after his disgraceful tenure as Watcher. He also doesn't believe that his son is doing any good at Wolfram & Hart, or that any good can actually be done there at all.

The old man's presence turns Wesley into a pompous bumbler again, just like that. His discomfort nearly turns deadly when they go up to the science lab to see a dissected robot, and Wes accidentally triggers some kind of self-destruct mechanism. Naturally, Roger corrects the problem, being sure to rub Wesley's face in it.

The crew learns a little about the robots, and everyone is puzzled by the fact that their past activities include taking down demon cabals and death chambers. These things should be on the same side as our heroes, yet they're attacking instead.

Wes continues his research, taking his father up to the room with the big template books in it. Roger is appalled at their lack of security, which is illustrated nicely when the Ninjabots get into the building and start beating people up. Wesley takes Roger back into a secret storage area, assuming they'll be safe there.

He assumes wrong. Roger picks up a hard object and knocks Wesley out with it, then unlocks a vault and removes a twisted wooden-looking staff with a crystal at the top. He notifies someone through a transmitter that "Phase One" is complete.

When Wesley wakes up, he finds an "injured" Ninjabot and basically tortures it into telling him what his father's up to. He arrives just in time to find Roger on the roof of the building, where he has tricked Angel into taking him. He has used the staff to magically remove Angel's free will, and when Wes grabs it from him, he pulls a gun. Wesley is also armed, so it's something of a standoff, but Wes has the upper hand, threatening to drop the object off the roof, where it will shatter and restore Angel's will.

Roger insists that Angel is dangerous, a puppet for The Powers That Be, and now for Wolfram & Hart. It's better for the Council to control him now. Wes isn't buying it, pointing out that he knows Angel and has good reasons for working with him, and that Roger should trust that. The conversation turns into some pretty bitter father-son recriminations, as a helicopter hovers overhead, waiting to pick Roger and Angel up.

Fred has also arrived, and Roger grabs her, threatening to shoot her if Wesley doesn't give up the staff. Without hesitation, Wesley fires at his father. Many times. He unloads on the man.

It's a pretty devastating moment....until Fred and Wes hear this electrical zapping noise. They look down to see that it wasn't really Roger Wyndham-Pryce at all, but another Ninjabot, disguised by a highly effective glamour.

Later, Wesley talks to Angel, whose free will has been restored. Those robots knew everything, about Wesley, his father, the Council, the whole shebang. Nobody can figure out where they came from or what their agenda is.

Wesley has other things on his mind, of course, but Angel reassures him on two fronts. First, he reminds Wes that he has always been the person who did what had to be done for the greater good, which makes him stronger than he (or anyone else) realizes. Second, Angel really killed his father, so Wesley isn't alone on that one. He gets a similar pep talk from Spike, who points out that he killed his mother after he vamped her.

None of this makes Wes feel any better, and his mood isn't exactly heightened when Fred stops by to check on him. She thinks that a part of him knew that wasn't really his father, but Wes replies flatly, "I was sure it was him." So that's no comfort. Wes also points out that he was prepared to kill anyone who threatened Fred, which makes them both rather nervous. When Knox shows up to drive Fred home, Wesley firmly encourages her to leave.

After she's gone, Wes picks up the phone and dials England. When the real Roger Wyndham-Pryce gets on the line, he dishes out the usual coldness and criticism. Wesley takes it, and when he finally gets a chance to speak, says simply, "I just wanted to call and see how you were."

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