RECAP
ANGEL (V.O.) 
Previously on Angel:
1 INT. SECRET CHAMBER - NIGHT 
Angel walks through a dark hallway into a chamber.
LINDSEY (V.O.) 
To be a Black Thorn is to the senior partner's instrument on Earth. 

Cut to:
2 INT. INTERROGATION ROOM - NIGHT 
Lindsey is sitting at the table, surrounded by Spike, Gunn, Lorne and Wesley.
LINDSEY 
Wouldn't make it on the circle's radar until he killed one of his 
lieutenants. 
Cut to:
3 INT. SECRET CHAMBER - NIGHT 
Angel steps back and twists Drogyn's head until his neck breaks. Angel pushes 
Drogyn's body to the floor. A robed, masked demon offers his hand to Angel.
DEMON 
Welcome to the fold.
(Angel shakes hands)
Cut to:
4 INT. ANGEL'S OFFICE - DAY 
The gang is surrounding Angel now, each armed: Gunn with a sword, Spike 
with his fists, Wesley with a shotgun, and Lorne with a crossbow.
GUNN 
We know what you've been doing.
Angel grabs Wes's shotgun barrel and pushes it away from him while 
kicking Wesley to the ground. Spike charges Angel, but Angel punches him 
first. Gunn raises his sword, but Angel blocks his swing and hits him 
in the head with the barrel of the shotgun. Lorne points his crossbow 
at Angel and fires a shot, hitting Angel in the shoulder. Angel drops 
the shotgun. Angel grabs Lorne around the neck and holds him as a hostage.
ANGEL 
(pulls a crystal out of his pocket, holds it out in front of him) 
Involvere.
(the crystal glows and sends a force throughout the entire room) 
(lets go of Lorne) 
All right, we have 6 minutes. 
SPIKE 
'Til what? 
ANGEL 
The glamour collapses. 
Cut to:
 
4a EXT. ANGEL'S OFFICE - DAY 
Zoom out past the glamour, to show what those on the outside looking 
in would see. Continue zooming out to show that Marcus Hamilton 
is standing outside Angel's office, watching them through the window. 
ANGEL (V.O.) 
As far as anyone outside this room is concerned, we're still 
at each other's throats. 
Cut to:
4b INT. SECRET CHAMBER - NIGHT 
The lights go up in the room, and the robed demons remove their 
masks. Many of the demons Angel has encountered this season are 
there, including Archduke Sebassis, Cyvus Vail, Senator Brucker, 
and others.
ANGEL (V.O.) 
I'm talking about killing every single member of the Black 
Thorn. 

Cut to:
ANGEL 
You need to decide for yourselves if that's worth dying for.
Everyone's got a serious look on their faces.
SPIKE 
(raises his hand) 
I'm in. 
WESLEY 
(looks at Angel) 
I'm in.
As the camera zooms out slowly, show Gunn and finally Lorne raise 
their hands. 

Fade to black.
END 
OF RECAP.
THE START OF THE EPISODE
PROLOGUE:
5 INT. ANGEL'S OFFICE - DAY 
Resume. Angel has just asked everyone to vote on taking on the members of 
the Circle of the Black Thorn.
ANGEL 
Then we're all agreed. 
SPIKE 
Yeah, we're all one big happy Manson family. 
GUNN 
We taking 'em all at once? 
ANGEL 
Can't. Circle of the Black Thorn is the most powerful group in this 
plane of existence. Together, they'd vaporize us, but separated, they're 
just demons. 
WESLEY 
(having retrieved his shotgun, slings it over his shoulder and walks 
toward Angel) 
When do we make our move?
(Angel hands his pistol back to Wesley)
ANGEL 
Soon. In the meantime, we have to keep up the infighting. The circle 
needs to believe we're coming apart at the seams. 
GUNN 
What about Illyria? 
ANGEL 
(crosses his arms) 
What about her? 
GUNN 
Move like this, wouldn't hate having Blue Thunder in our corner. 
ANGEL 
Can't trust she'll come down on our side. 
LORNE 
Trust me, she's housebroken. She was babysitting Drogyn— 
ANGEL 
She was with Drogyn? 
SPIKE 
Relax. The two of them were getting on well enough. 
ANGEL 
You have to get over there now. 
WESLEY 
Why? What is it? 
ANGEL 
Drogyn's dead. 
SPIKE 
(angrily, walks up to Angel) 
And how do you know that, Kreskin? 
ANGEL 
Because I killed him. 
SPIKE 
What?
(Angel punches Spike in the face) 
Ow! You son of a—
(swings at Angel, misses)
Angel grabs Spike around the throat as Hamilton walks in through the 
office door.
HAMILTON 
Sorry. Didn't know you were... in conference. 
ANGEL 
I was just making a closing statement...
(lets go of Spike, pushes him toward the door) 
...unless somebody didn't hear me.
(Gunn, Spike, and Lorne file out the door; Angel stops Wes on his 
way out) 
Goes for you, too, Wes. Illyria's your responsibility. Make sure she 
doesn't get twitchy.
(closes the door behind the others)
HAMILTON 
Well, you've got yourself a problem. 
ANGEL 
Nothing you have to worry about. 
HAMILTON 
Oh, not me. Your new friends. The Black Thorn. They're very concerned. 

ANGEL 
Tell them to send me a memo. I'm busy trying to run a business.
(sits at his desk)
HAMILTON 
You can tell them yourself. They want to see you right now.
(grins, turns toward the door) 
No rest for the wicked.
Fade to black.
Opening credits.

ACT I:
6 INT. SPIKE'S BASEMENT APARTMENT - DAY 
Spike, Gunn, Lorne and Wesley come back to Spike's apartment to find it 
trashed. Illyria is lying face-down, unconscious on the floor.
WESLEY 
(rushes to her side) 
Illyria.
(turns her to face him)
SPIKE 
(he and Gunn crouch around Illyria) 
Bloody hell. 
WESLEY 
Illyria, can you hear me?
(she opens her eyes and nods faintly; Wes pulls her into his arms, 
holding her to his chest)
SPIKE 
Who did this to you? 
ILLYRIA 
It was Hamilton. Took Drogyn. 
LORNE 
Straight to his buddy Angel. I'm telling you, our fearless leader 
has fearlessly lost it. There's no part of this that makes any sense. 
We could be next. 
GUNN 
I don't think we're being monitored here. 
LORNE 
I'm not playing to the crowd, Gunn. I tell you, I still don't trust 
the man. 
GUNN 
(stands) 
We don't have to trust him. We just gotta pray the Black Circle does. 

Cut to:
7 INT. SECRET CHAMBER - DAY 
In the secret meeting chamber of the Circle of the Black Thorn, the members 
gather to begin a meeting.
CIRCLE MEMBERS 
(chanting in unison) 
Of the world's woe, now convene. All is bound by the circle and its 
thorns. Invisible, inviolate, we, the seeds of the storm, at the center 
of the world's woe, now convene. 
SEBASSIS 
(drinking a blue liquid from a champagne flute) 
(to Angel) The circle does not abide secrets. 
ANGEL 
Which is interesting for a secret society. 
SEBASSIS 
Remember your place, vampire.
(claps quickly)
ANGEL 
My place is in the circle. 
SEBASSIS 
This morning's insurrection did not go unnoticed. 
ANGEL 
You mean my people. 
SEBASSIS 
They tried to kill you. An embarrassing affront, to say the least. 

VAIL 
And the stepping stone to disaster. You have ascended, Angel. You 
should not be burdened with this kind of—
(gasps, checks his tubes)
Aah!
(notices the scrawny, pale slave wearing a blindfold and tripping 
over Vail's tubes) 
Sebassis! Your manservant has become tangled in my bodily fluids again! 
Angel leans forward and pushes the slave away from Vail.
SEBASSIS'S SLAVE 
Eeeep! 
ANGEL 
My people are the problem? 
SEBASSIS 
Some of them, yes. 
ANGEL 
Some? Who missed the cut? 
VAIL 
We're interested in Mr. Wyndam-Price. He seems intriguingly unstable. 

SENATOR 
Mr. Gunn, on the other hand, does not, which is a pity. He had so 
much potential. 
SEBASSIS 
He is not, however, our greatest concern. 
ANGEL 
If the next words out of your mouth are "Kill Spike", we 
just might have to kiss.
(smirks)
SEBASSIS 
Spike is not the threat. You are.
(signals Izzy) 
You've proven your loyalty to the circle. Regrettably, there's something 
stronger than loyalty... hope.
Izzy produces a cylindrical document holder, pulls a document out 
of it, and unrolls it on the table in front of Angel.
ANGEL 
This is the Shanshu Prophecy. 
SEBASSIS 
The original. 
SENATOR 
The vampire with a soul will play a pivotal role in the apocalypse. 

VAIL 
And as a reward, will become human. 
SEBASSIS 
A paranoid person might think you're trying to manipulate us in an 
attempt to fulfill this prophecy. 
ANGEL 
I have no desire to become human. 
SEBASSIS 
Oh, good. Then you won't mind signing that pesky future away. Through 
that document, the prophecy can be undone. Your signature there will 
remove any opportunity that you will ever earn your once-precious 
humanity. Will you sign it? 
ANGEL 
Of course.
(Izzy takes out a pen; Angel leans forward, begins to sign it)
IZZY 
(grabs the pen from Angel, stabs him in the left hand with it) 
It's gotta be signed in blood.
Angel grunts as he pulls the pen out of the back of his hand. He signs 
his name on the top of the document with his right hand.

Cut to:
8 INT. ANGEL'S OFFICE - DAY 
Angel is standing in his office alone, staring out the window, when Harmony 
walks in.
HARMONY 
Um...Angel? Just wondering where everybody is. 
ANGEL 
You ever miss it? You were turned, what... 5 years ago? 
HARMONY 
Oh, that. Yeah. Graduation night. I don't know. It's weird. Part of 
me always knew life would end after high school. I was very popular, 
you know. The whole "golden years" thing. 
ANGEL 
I don't remember what it was like... being human. It was too long 
ago. 
HARMONY 
(shrugs) 
Not so great. Zits. Dandruff. Mortality. Although I do remember... 
my heart.
(smiles) 
And the way it would thump when I kissed a really hot boy for the 
first time.
(nods) 
That was cool. Angel? Something's going down, isn't it? And everybody's 
in on it except me. 
ANGEL 
You're not a part of this. 
HARMONY 
I could be. I'm your assistant, after all. I could, I don't know... 
assist you or something. 
ANGEL 
Hamilton. 
HARMONY 
Hamilton? 
ANGEL 
(walks over to his desk) 
Need to get some things done, pay a quiet visit to Archduke Sebassis. 
I'd like to keep our liaison out of the loop. 
HARMONY 
Out of the loop? That's where I live. 
ANGEL 
Distract him. I don't care how. Throw some punches at him, some files. 
Just keep him busy for as long as you can.
(walks toward the door)
HARMONY 
What are you going to do now? 
ANGEL 
One more thing I don't want to. 
Cut to:
9 INT. CONFERENCE ROOM - DAY 
Angel is meeting with Lindsey. Angel's pacing. Lindsey is sitting at the 
conference table.
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 
(stands) 
You're not talking about the kind of strength human beings have.
(sits on the edge of the table) 
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.
(turns away)
Cut to:
10 INT. SPIKE'S BASEMENT APARTMENT - DAY 
Wesley, Spike and Gunn are standing in a circle, talking, while Lorne sits 
in a chair in the corner, watching Illyria.
GUNN 
How's she doing? 
WESLEY 
She needs more care than I can provide here. I have to get some supplies 
from home. Watch over her for me.
(grabs his coat)
SPIKE 
Fat lotta good that's gonna do if Hamilton decides to make another 
house call. 
ANGEL 
Hamilton did this? 
LORNE 
You didn't know? 
ANGEL 
He brought Drogyn. 
WESLEY 
To the circle... so you could kill him to prove you'd gone over. 
LORNE 
Yeah. Say, any other tips on how to be a hero we could share with 
the boys and girls at home? 
ANGEL 
I didn't have a choice. They would have killed us both— 
GUNN 
We get it. We'd just like to know if they're gonna need any of the 
rest of us as proof. 
SPIKE 
Pick us off one by one, you know. 
ANGEL 
No, they won't. We're killing them all tonight.
Fade to black.

ACT II:
11 INT. SPIKE'S BASEMENT APARTMENT - DAY 
Resume. Angel has just told Wesley, Lorne, Spike, Gunn and Illyria that 
he plans to take out the members of the Black Circle tonight.
ANGEL 
I want you all to do something for me, for yourselves. Take the day 
off. 
SPIKE 
What? 
GUNN 
Angel, if we're planning to assassinate the power elite of the apocalypse 
tonight, shouldn't we be cowboying up? 
ANGEL 
We'll be ready, but today, I want you guys to go out. Live. Do whatever 
you want. 
Cut to:
12 INT. CARITAS KARAOKE NIGHT CLUB - DAY 
A microphone stands on stage waiting for a performer to take his place in 
front of it.
ANGEL (V.O.) 
Live the day like it's your last... 'cause it probably is. 
LORNE 
(steps up to the microphone holding a drink, sits on the stool, starts 
singing) 
If I ruled the world, 
Every day would be the first day of spring, 
Every heart would have a new song to sing, 
And we'd sing of the joy every morning would bring...
Cut to:
13 INT. COFFEE SHOP - DAY 
Angel stands in a stairwell for a moment before finally walking out into 
the main area of the coffee shop. He walks up to a table where someone is 
studying.
ANGEL 
Hi.
Connor looks up from his books 

Cut to:
14 INT. BAR - DAY 
Someone is sitting at a bar, finishing a beer. He picks up a shot of whiskey. 
Pan out to reveal it's Spike. He gestures "cheers" to the bartender 
before shooting the whiskey down. Someone bumps into Spike, pushing him 
into the large biker-type standing next to him. The man glares meanly at 
Spike.
SPIKE 
Ahh. Nice crowd. 
BARTENDER 
(refills Spike's whiskey glass) 
It can get pretty ugly in here, I gotta warn you. 
SPIKE 
(drinks the shot) 
What I'm after. Couple more shots of courage, and I may make my presence 
felt. 
BARTENDER 
(refills Spike's whiskey glass) 
Your funeral. 
SPIKE 
Well, I never had a proper one.
(grins, drinks the shot)
Cut to:
15 EXT. EAST HILLS TEEN CENTER - DAY 
Outside the East Hills Teen Center, a blonde woman coordinates packing a 
truck with boxes and furniture with the help of a couple young men.
ANNIE 
(sees Gunn walking up the street) 
Charles. 
GUNN 
Annie.
(they hug) 
How you doing? 
ANNIE 
Pretty good, I guess. We got a bunch of furniture donated. Gotta move 
this stuff to the new shelter. 
GUNN 
Still fighting the good fight, huh? 
ANNIE 
That's the drill. How are things uptown? 
GUNN 
More fight, less good.
(grabs a box) 
Seen Rondell or the guys? I hit some of the old spots. Didn't see 
anyone. 
ANNIE 
(grabs a chair) 
They should be around. They said they'd help me haul this stuff. You 
know how it is, though. Things come up.
(Gunn and Annie hand the box and chair to the men on the truck)
GUNN 
Yeah. You got much vamp trouble these days? 
ANNIE 
(chuckles)
Never goes away for good. The boys help out, though. We're pretty 
safe. It gives me time to concentrate on the little things. Crack, 
runaways, abuse victims, psychotics. The old gang.
(she and Gunn pick up another box each, carrying it to the truck)
GUNN 
Yeah, I remember. 
ANNIE 
It's not so bad. We've had some really decent donations, and it's 
helping.
(they hand off the boxes to the men on the truck) 
We actually have a part-time paid psychiatric staff. 
GUNN 
What if I told you it doesn't help? What would you do if you found 
out that none of it matters?
That it's all controlled by forces more powerful and uncaring than 
we can conceive, and they will never let it get better down here. 
What would you do? 
ANNIE 
I'd get this truck packed before the new stuff gets here.
(Gunn nods) 
Wanna give me a hand? 
GUNN 
I do.
(they each take one end of a couch) 
1, 2, 3!
(they each lift their end of the couch and bring it to the truck)
Cut to:
16 INT. SPIKE'S BASEMENT APARTMENT - DAY 
Wesley is grinding something into a paste in a mortar and pestle, mumbling 
to himself while doing so. Illyria is sitting behind him on the edge of 
the bed.
ILLYRIA 
I don't understand. 
WESLEY 
It'll help you heal faster.
(shakes the paste off the pestle, sets it aside) 
If you really plan to join us in this fight—
(grabs a strip of muslin and dredges it in the paste)
ILLYRIA 
I will fight. I've been broken and humiliated. I will return in kind 
every blow, every sting. I will shred my adversaries. Pull their eyes 
out just enough to turn them towards their mewing, mutilated faces. 

WESLEY 
(pulls the strip out of the paste and walks with it toward Illyria) 
You're a very inspirational person. Have I mentioned that?
(brushes her hair away from her neck)
ILLYRIA 
You are what I don't understand. 
WESLEY 
And that would be different because?
(presses the strip to Illyria's skin)
ILLYRIA 
Angel told you to do whatever you wanted. Today... tonight, you may 
all be dead. 
WESLEY 
Yes. Good point. 
ILLYIRA 
I am not what you want. 
WESLEY 
(stands back, turns away, walks to his preparation area) 
(his voice nearly cracking) 
No. 
ILLYIRA 
(touches her bandage) 
Then why— 
WESLEY 
(prepares another bandage) 
Don't I go off and have one last perfect day? Smell the flowers, or 
sky-dive, or have a go with Mistress Spanks-A-Lot... or whatever the 
hell one is supposed to do in this situation.
(places another bandage on Illyria's neck)
ILLYRIA 
Mistress who? 
WESLEY 
There is no perfect day for me, Illyria. There is no sunset or painting 
or finely-aged scotch that's going to sum up my life and make tonight 
any... There is nothing that I want. 
ILLYRIA 
You want to be with Fred. 
WESLEY 
(finishes bandaging Illyria, wipes his hands on a hand towel) 
Yes. Yes, that's where I'd be if I could. 
ILLYRIA 
I could assume her shape, make her come alive again this once for 
you.
(looks down) 
But you would never ask me to. 
WESLEY 
The first lesson a watcher learns is to separate truth from illusion. 
Because in the world of magics, it's the hardest thing to do. The 
truth is that Fred is gone. To pretend anything else would be a lie. 
And since I don't actually intend to die tonight, I won't accept a 
lie. Is it better? 
ILLYRIA 
(touches her neck) 
It's better. 
Cut to:
17 INT. BAR - DAY 
Spike is sitting on a stool on a stage, talking into a hand-held microphone. 
The spotlight is on him as he performs a poetry reading. Behind him is a 
sign that reads "Poetry Slam, Thursdays 4:00". Holding the mic 
in his left hand, he's got his right hand draped over the mic stand, holding 
a glass of whiskey in his fingertips. The audience is silent.
SPIKE 
"My soul is wrapped in harsh repose,
midnight descends in raven-colored clothes,
but soft...behold!
A sunlight beam
cutting a swath of glimmering gleam.
My heart expands,
'tis grown a bulge in it,
inspired by your beauty...
effulgent." 
MAN IN THE AUDIENCE 
Yeah!
The audience applauses. Spike receives a standing ovation. 
MAN IN THE AUDIENCE 
That was great, man. 
SPIKE 
(standing, smiling) 
Thank you. That was for Cecily. All right. This next one's called 
"The Wanton Folly of Me Mum."
Cut to:
18 INT. COFFEE SHOP - DAY 
Angel's sitting across the table from Connor now. They're in the middle 
of a conversation.
CONNOR 
So she's a werewolf. 
ANGEL 
And an art student. She does this great pottery. She made me a vase. 

CONNOR 
But it's the wolf part that Jones's you. There's some full-moon love, 
am I right? Fur flying. 
ANGEL 
(staring at Connor, unsure how to react) 
Huh?
CONNOR 
So vampires really don't understand the concept of jokes. 
ANGEL 
I understand jokes. I was at the first taping of the Carol Burnett 
show. Tim Conway was on fire. It was special.
CONNORR 
I know you're my father. 
ANGEL 
(looks down, uncomfortably) 
You got your memories back. 
CONNOR 
Yeah, they're mixed in there with the new ones. Kind of like, uh... 
a bad dream I had, I guess, a very strange and violent, at times, 
inappropriately erotic...dream. 
ANGEL 
You probably have a lot of questions. 
CONNOR 
(shakes his head) 
No. I don't want to make a thing. I get what you did. You know... 
I'm grateful. That's as far as I want to take it...OK? 
ANGEL 
(breathes deeply, looks at the papers on the table) 
So, what are you working on? 
CONNOR 
I am applying for an internship. I'm supposed to write up a resume. 

ANGEL 
Need any help? 
CONNOR 
Have you ever written a resume before? Ever? 
ANGEL 
No... but I have very nice handwriting. 
ANGEL 
You girl. 
Cut to:
19 INT. CORPORATE APARTMENT - DAY 
Lindsey and Eve are making out on a couch.
LINDSEY 
What are you thinking about? 
EVE 
Angel. 
LINDSEY 
(stares away) 
You simply couldn't have said a worse thing than that. 
EVE 
(sits up) 
Well, you know what I mean. 
LINDSEY 
I do. It's nice to know you're one of the few things in my life he 
didn't get his mitts on, you know? 
EVE 
I don't believe Angel trusts you. 
LINDSEY 
It ain't about that, love. It's about what he needs, and right now, 
he needs every hand he can get. As long as I'm fighting on his side, 
he'll play me fair. When the smoke clears, then we'll see where we 
stand. 
EVE 
You sure you can handle the Sahrvins? 
LINDSEY 
They're sending me in with karaoke boy. How tough can they be? 
EVE 
With Lorne? 
LINDSEY 
(puts his arms around Eve) 
What's up? You worried about his reading? Said your future's gonna 
be crappy? He's probably telling you that just to mess with you. 
EVE 
Yeah, probably. 
LINDSEY 
If this thing does go down, I want you to stay the hell away from 
it. I'm not gonna let anything happen to you. Damn, girl, you gave 
up immortality for me. It's like something out of a fairy tale. 
EVE 
We don't live in a fairy tale.
Lindsey kisses Eve. 

Cut to:
20 INT. SPIKE'S BASEMENT APARTMENT - NIGHT 
The gang has reassembled in Spike's apartment. Wesley, Spike and Gunn are 
sitting down while Angel paces the floor. Illyria is standing behind Wesley. 
Lorne is sitting on the edge of a table off to the side.
ANGEL 
This may come out a little pretentious, but... one of you will betray 
me.
(Spike raises his hands eagerly) 
Wes. 
SPIKE 
Oh.
(puts his hand down, then suddenly hopeful) 
Can I deny you 3 times? 
ANGEL 
Vail is the sorcerer of the bunch. You know that game. You've seen 
his place.
Cut to:
 
20a INT. CYVUS VAIL'S MANSION - NIGHT 
Vail walks into the dining room in his mansion, dragging his rack 
of IV drips with him.
ANGEL (V.O.) 
He believes you'd make a play for my spot. 

Cut to:
WESLEY 
That's not very flattering. 
ANGEL 
It'll get you in the door. Illyria...
Cut to:
 
20b EXT. STREET IN LOS ANGELES - NIGHT 
Four people walk out of a restaurant together, heading for a car 
parked along the street.
ANGEL (V.O.) 
Izzerial the Devil and 3 other members of the circle dine 
together almost every night. 

Cut to:
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. 
Cut to:
 
20c INT. SENATOR BRUCKER'S CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS - NIGHT 
The Senator is talking on the phone in front of a large banner for 
her campaign.
ANGEL (V.O.) 
You already know she's pure hellspawn, and she tends to surround 
herself with vampires. 

Cut to:
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.
(stands) 
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. 
Cut to:
 
20d INT. LOBBY OF WOLFRAM & HART - DAY 
Flashback to three of the Fell Brethren waiting in the lobby outside 
Angel's office before signing the contract to adopt the baby.
ANGEL (V.O.) 
I want the kid returned to his mother and the foster family 
dismembered.  

Cut to:
SPIKE 
Done and done. 
ANGEL 
Archduke Sebassis has over 40,000 demons at his command. 
Cut to:
 
20e INT. SEBASSIS'S MANSION - NIGHT 
Archduke Sebassis is taking a bubble bath. His slave prepares a 
glass of Sebassis's favorite blue beverage by uncorking his vein 
and allowing his blood to fill the glass.
ANGEL (V.O.) 
The other members of the council fear him. He's the key player, 
so he's mine. 

Cut to:
ANGEL 
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:
21 INT. HARMONY'S APARTMENT - NIGHT 
Harmony is lying on her bed in her light blue lacy bra and matching panties 
when someone reaches out to her, offering his thumb. She sucks on the tip 
of his thumb.
HARMONY 
Mmm.
(sighs)
This just gets better and better every day.
Harmony sits up and the camera follows her to reveal she's in bed 
with Hamilton. She reaches for her wine glass full of blood from the nightstand 
and cuddles up to Hamilton.
HARMONY 
Anyway— 
HAMILTON 
Hmm. 
HARMONY 
About Angel's secret plan...
Fade to black.

ACT III:
22 INT. SPIKE'S BASEMENT APARTMENT - NIGHT 
Angel has just handed out assignments to Wesley, Gunn, Spike, Illyria and 
Lorne.
GUNN 
So I guess we're not going back to the office after this. 
ANGEL 
(shakes his head) 
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 
(pulling Angel aside) 
Hey, Ange, 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.
(shakes hands with Wesley) 
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 
(walks up to Angel) 
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 
(crosses his arms) 
Who you kidding? We're not gonna make it through. 
SPIKE 
Well, long as it's not you. 
Cut to:
23 INT. CYVUS VAIL'S MANSION - NIGHT 
Cyvus Vail is eating a bowl of soup (that resembles chopped up internal 
organs in a broth of blood) at one end of the long formal dinner table. 
Wesley is sitting at the opposite end of the table.
VAIL 
I'm curious.
(slurps a spoonful of soup) 
Mmm. What makes you think I won't kill you where you sit? 
WESLEY 
Because you're smarter than the others.
(Vail wipes the corners of his mouth with his napkin) 
Smart enough to have your doubts about Angel, and rightly so. He's...unpredictable, 
and worse, he has a conscience. 
VAIL 
Well, you make a very persuasive argument. 
WESLEY 
Wait. It gets better.
Zoom in on Wesley's hand, hidden below the tabletop. He opens up his 
hand, and a fireball starts to form in his palm.

Cut to:
24 INT. LAIR OF THE FELL BRETHREN - NIGHT 
Three hooded figures walk down the hallway. When the baby starts crying 
nearby, one of the hooded men stops to locate the baby. It's Spike.
Cut to:
25 INT. SENATOR BRUCKER'S CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS - NIGHT 
The Senator is sitting at her desk, talking on the phone. Other workers 
in her office are keeping busy.
SENATOR 
(talking on the phone) 
I can't officially comment on that, but off the record, if Mr. Conley's 
recent confession is true, then he's a very sick man who needs professional 
help.
(turns to face away from the door) 
One of the goals of my next term in Washington is stronger federal 
guidelines.
Gunn walks in, unseen by the Senator, but noticed by others who work 
in the office. One of the workers swings at Gunn, who ducks and punches 
back.

Cut to:
26 INT. SAHRVIN LAIR - NIGHT 
The Sahrvin are scattered about the room. Some are smoking a hookah pipe 
and others are drinking and talking. Suddenly, the peaceful atmosphere of 
the room is disrupted by a loud bang. A man pushes a Sahrvin through the 
door, busting it down. It's Lindsey.
Cut to:
27 EXT. LOS ANGELES STREET - NIGHT 
Izzy and three other people walk to their car parked on the side of the 
street. They all get in the car. Izzy puts on his seatbelt, starts the engine, 
and turns on the headlights. When he looks up, he sees Illyria standing 
in front of the car. She looks at them, cocking her head with curiosity.
Cut to:
28 INT. LOBBY OF WOLFRAM & HART - NIGHT 
Angel steps off the elevator into the lobby, where Harmony is waiting at 
her desk.
ANGEL 
Harmony, where's Hamilton? 
HARMONY 
(stands) 
Records room. I've been keeping him busy like you said. 
ANGEL 
Good. I gotta stop buy the penthouse, but have my car ready, and just— 
(walks toward his office) 
...make sure Hamilton stays busy. 
HARMONY 
(smiles, writes something down in her notebook) 
No problemo, boss. 
Cut to:
29 INT. ANGEL'S PENTHOUSE - NIGHT 
Angel steps off the private elevator into his apartment. He makes a beeline 
for a fancy wooden box on the table; he opens it and takes out a knife with 
a curved blade. While examining the knife, Angel hears a door close behind 
him. Hamilton has just walked in.
HAMILTON 
Going out? 
ANGEL 
Why? You wanna order in? 
HAMILTON 
(walking slowly toward Angel) 
I hear you already have plans. Gonna take that when you visit Sebassis? 
Why don't I think that's a gift?
Hamilton punches Angel immensely hard, sending him through the penthouse 
windows, where Angel falls outside for a few stories before finally falling 
through the glass ceiling into the lobby. 

Cut to:
30 INT. LOBBY OF WOLFRAM & HART - NIGHT 
Angel finally lands on the floor in front of the elevator. Harmony turns 
to see what happened. Angel moans as he tries to get to his feet.
HARMONY 
Oh, my God! 
ANGEL 
Hamilton. 
HARMONY 
(high pitched, defensively, backing away from Angel) 
He's not my boyfriend. I mean, I certainly didn't betray you. 
ANGEL 
(pushing himself to his feet) 
Drop the act, Harm. 
HARMONY 
It's not an act. I'm really this nervous. 
ANGEL 
(stands) 
I knew you'd turn on me. I just didn't know when. 
HARMONY 
(annoyed) 
What do you mean you knew? 
ANGEL 
Loyalty really isn't high on your list. 
HARMONY 
Oh, is that right? I'll have you know I am damn loyal, dumbass.
(crosses her arms)
ANGEL 
(walks slowly, painfully toward her) 
You betrayed me. You are betraying me now, even as we are talking. 

HARMONY 
(raising her voice) 
Because you never have any confidence in me. 
ANGEL 
No, because you have no soul. 
HARMONY 
I would if you had confidence in me.
Hamilton is on his way down in the private elevator.
ANGEL 
Get out of the building. 
HARMONY 
Are you firing me? 
ANGEL 
Among other things, yes. 
HARMONY 
(meekly) 
Do you think I could get a recommendation? 
ANGEL 
Yeah, OK. 
HARMONY 
But see, if you don't so much live as the other thing, how— 
ANGEL 
It's already in the desk. 
HARMONY 
(excited) 
You're the best.
(goes to the desk to get her things) 
(Hamilton walks out of Angel's office, slowly heading straight for 
Angel) 
Good luck. Um... may the best man win?
(shrugs, exits)
HAMILTON 
(staring at Angel) 
So. 
ANGEL 
Yeah.
(punches Hamilton hard in the stomach, but doesn't make a dent) 
(sighs)
Did that hurt at all? 
HAMILTON 
Little bit.
(grabs Angel by the windpipe; Angel winces as he's lifted off the 
ground) 
But it's all part of the job. 
(throws Angel across the room so hard that Angel shatters a support 
post, going right through it)
Fade to black.

ACT IV:
31 INT. LOBBY OF WOLFRAM & HART - NIGHT 
Resume. Hamilton is confronting Angel in the lobby of Wolfram & Hart 
after discovering that Angel is turning on the Black Circle.
HAMILTON 
(picks Angel up off the floor; holds him by the lapels) 
The senior partners have expended an awful lot of time and resources 
on you. Personally, I would have told them not to bother.
(throws Angel across the lobby again, where he crashes into the company 
logo on the balcony) 
(walks upstairs toward Angel) 
You're gutter trash, and that's where you should have stayed, drinking 
and whoring your way through an unremarkable life. But the fates stepped 
in and made you a vampire, with a soul, no less. A champion. A hero 
of the people. And yet, you still managed to fail everyone around 
you. Doyle. Cordelia. Fred. They're all gone. Now it's time you followed. 
 
(grabs Angel up out of the debris, looks into his face) 
Did you really think you were gonna kill Archduke Sebassis? 
ANGEL 
No...I think I already did. 
Cut to:
 
31a INT. SEBASSIS'S MANSION - NIGHT 
Flashback to the scene with Archduke Sebassis in his bubble bath. 
His servant has just prepared a glass of blue blood for him, and 
the Archduke sips it. Sebassis notices that it tastes funny, and 
he turns to look at his servant, but the servant has collapsed to 
the floor, bleeding from his mouth.
Cut to:
31b INT. SECRET CHAMBER - DAY 
Flashback to the meeting of the Black Circle earlier, where Angel 
turned his ring right before pushing Sebassis's slave away from 
Vail.
ANGEL (V.O.) 
I spiked his drink.
When Angel brings his hand away from the slave, a close-up 
of his hand reveals that there was a tiny needle sticking out 
from the ring. That's what caused the slave to squeal when Angel 
pushed him away.

Cut to:
31a INT. SEBASSIS'S MANSION - NIGHT 
Sebassis starts convulsing in the bathtub and drops his glass.

Cut to:
ANGEL 
I figured you were the one I needed to be alone with. 
HAMILTON 
Why? So I could kill you? 
ANGEL 
Well, I thought the fight would be going a little better. 
HAMILTON 
Oh.
Hamilton throws Angel off the balcony. He lands on the floor of the 
lobby.

Cut to:
32 INT. LAIR OF THE FELL BRETHREN - NIGHT 
The baby is cooing in his crib as Spike approaches him, still disguised 
in the hooded robe of the Fell Brethren.
SPIKE 
Hello, Junior. The name's Spike.
(picks up the baby) 
And lucky for you, I'm on a strict diet.
When Spike turns to leave with the baby, he's faced with three of 
the Fell Brethren standing in the doorway.
FELL LEADER 
Place the holy vessel back in the bassinet.
Spike looks at the baby, who even seems to shake his head "no", 
then looks back at the Fell.
SPIKE 
(sighs)
Right.
Spike shrugs off the robe and fights off the brothers' attack while 
still holding the baby.

Cut to:
33 INT. SAHRVIN LAIR - NIGHT 
Lindsey, too, is engages in a fight with his demons, wielding a sword as 
he mows down one after another of the Sahrvins.
Cut to:
34 INT. CYVUS VAIL'S MANSION - NIGHT 
Wesley slings Cyvus's body across the dining room where he hits a wall and 
slides down into a pile on the floor. Wesley walks slowly toward him.
WESLEY 
Your influence on this world is over. The rest of the Circle will 
wither and die...
(forms another fireball in his palm) 
like you're about to. 
VAIL 
You don't know who you're dealing with, do you, boy?
(groans as he gets to his feet)
(holds out his hand, summons Wes's fireball into his hand, and extinguishes 
it) 
I mean, really. I crap better magic than this. Now then, let me show 
you what a real wizard can do.
Vail raises his hand and Wesley winces.

Cut to:
35 INT. LOBBY OF WOLFRAM & HART - NIGHT 
Hamilton is pummeling Angel in the lobby, punching him repeatedly in the 
face, but Angel manages to stay on his feet.
HAMILTON 
Why do you keep fighting? You signed away your Shanshu. There's nothing 
in it for you anymore. 
ANGEL 
(punches Hamilton in the face) 
People who don't care about anything will never understand the people 
who do. 
HAMILTON 
(punches Angel hard, sending him across the room again) 
Yeah, but we won't care.
Angel writhes on the floor, groaning as Hamilton picks up a stake 
off Harmony's desk. Hamilton walks over to Angel, kneels to pick Angel 
up by the lapel as he rears back ready to plunge the stake into Angel's 
chest. But before he can do it, someone punches him in the face, sending 
him flying across the room away from Angel. Hamilton goes through a glass 
wall, shattering it. Pan out to show it was Connor who punched him.
CONNOR 
Care about that, dress-for-less?
(offers Angel a hand to get to his feet)
ANGEL 
What the hell are you doing here? 
CONNOR 
Come on. You drop by for a cup of coffee, and the world's not ending? 
Please. 
Cut to:
36 INT. SENATOR BRUCKER'S CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS - NIGHT 
The fighting in the Senator's office can't go unnoticed at this point. Gunn 
has engaged nearly everyone else there, but the Senator remains on the phone, 
unfazed. She snaps her fingers at the one vampire who is still sitting at 
his desk computer instead of fighting off Gunn. The vampire goes for Gunn, 
but Gunn stakes him instantly.
SENATOR 
(on the phone) 
The families are protected against pedophiles and other undesirables. 
Even the United States govern—
Gunn then turns his attention to the Senator as he reaches to grab 
the axe from his back and hurls it at the Senator's head. It lands in 
the middle of her forehead, cutting off her conversation in mid-sentence. 
She collapses to the floor, still holding the phone to her ear.
GUNN 
(to the remaining vampires) 
Looks like you boys are gonna need to find a new candidate.
(the vampires encircle Gunn, growling) 
And you wonder why folks don't vote.
Gunn straightens his arms, unfurling the stakes he had hidden up his 
sleeves. He stakes the first one that attacks him, but has to fight off 
the others with more difficulty.

Cut to:
37 EXT. LOS ANGELES STREET - NIGHT 
Illyria is walking away from Izzy's car. The car's hood is smoking, the 
roof has been smashed in violently, and there's blood stains on the ground 
near the car doors.
Cut to:
38 INT. ANGEL'S OFFICE - NIGHT 
Eve is pacing nervously in Angel's office. 
Cut to:
39 INT. SAHRVIN LAIR - NIGHT 
Lorne treads carefully as he walks around the former Sahrvin lair. The bloody 
bodies of the demons litter the floor. Lorne looks sick as he takes it all 
in. Lindsey is washing his hands at the sink.
LINDSEY 
Those guys were chumps. 
LORNE 
Now they're chunks. Demon strength or no, you're quite the master 
swordsman. 
LINDSEY 
Well, I couldn't have done it without that high note in MacArthur 
Park. 
LORNE 
Slays 'em every time. 
LINDSEY 
Any word on the rest of the team? 
LORNE 
For all I know, we are the rest of the team. I haven't heard squat. 

LINDSEY 
That's weird.
(turns off the water)
LORNE 
They'll call. 
LINDSEY 
(dries his hands) 
No, I mean me saying "team" and meaning it. I kind of like 
the feeling. 
LORNE 
Yeah, today. 
LINDSEY 
You really done with them? 
LORNE 
It isn't my kind of work anymore. It's unsavory. 
LINDSEY 
Gee, I think it's just getting interesting. 
LORNE 
Yeah, I bet you do. 
LINDSEY 
You don't trust me. You don't think a man can change? 
LORNE 
It's not about what I think. This was Angel's plan.
(sighs)
LINDSEY 
Come on.
(smiles) 
I could sing for you. 
LORNE 
I've heard you sing.
(takes out a gun with a silencer and shoots Lindsey twice in the chest)
LINDSEY 
(stumbling back, looking at his wounds, then at Lorne) 
Why—why did you... 
LORNE 
One last job. You're not part of the solution, Lindsey. You never 
will be. 
LINDSEY 
(points at Lorne) 
You kill me?
(collapses to the floor) 
A flunky?! I'm not just... Angel...kills me. You don't... Angel... 
 
(his rapid breathing comes to an end as his body goes limp)
LORNE 
(sighs, looks down)
Good night, folks.
(drops gun on floor as he walks out) 
Cut to:
40 INT. CYVUS VAIL'S MANSION - NIGHT 
Wesley is grunting quietly in pain as he's held in the air by Vail's magic.
VAIL 
(circling Wesley, scoffing) 
Did you really think you had a shot at this? I can bend the very fabric 
of reality to my will. Your parlor tricks could never kill me, boy. 
 
(standing in front of Wesley, laughs) 
WESLEY 
(straining) 
Then I'll just... have to do this... the old-fashioned way.
(takes out a switch-blade knife, pops the blade and tries to stab 
Vail)
VAIL 
(stops Wesley from stabbing him) 
Yes... I suppose we will.
(summons a large knife from the wall to him and thrusts it into Wes's 
stomach)
Wesley gasps as Vail turns the knife. Wesley conjures one more large 
fireball in his palm, and it explodes, the force of it sending Vail across 
the room into a wall, knocking him out, which releases Wesley from his 
grip. Wesley falls, but lands on his feet. He stumbles and is about to 
fall to the ground when Illyria rushes into the room. She catches him 
in her arms and kneels beside him on the floor. 
ILLYRIA 
Wesley.
(inspects his wound) 
This wound is mortal. 
WESLEY 
(he touches his wound) 
Aren't we all?
(looks at her, smiles) 
It was good... that you came. 
ILLYRIA 
I killed all mine, and I was... 
WESLEY 
Concerned? 
ILLYRIA 
I think so. But I can't help. You'll be dead within moments. 
WESLEY 
I know. 
ILLYRIA 
Would you like me to lie to you now? 
WESLEY 
(looks at her weakly) 
Yes.
(closes his eyes in a slow, pained blink) 
Thank you. Yes.
(opens his eyes to see Fred's face, her hand stroking his cheek) 
Hello there. 
FRED 
(trying to smile through her tears) 
Oh, Wesley. My Wesley. 
WESLEY 
Fred.
(whispering)
I've missed you. 
FRED 
(kisses his lips twice gently, sniffles, kisses his forehead) 
It's gonna be OK. It won't hurt much longer, and then you'll be where 
I am.
(crying)
We'll be together. 
WESLEY 
I—I love you. 
FRED 
(smiles through her tears) 
I love you. My love. Oh, my love.
Wesley only stares motionless, lifeless in her arms. She lets him 
go, gently placing his head on the floor. Illyria as Fred blinks slowly 
and sighs through gritted teeth before getting to her feet. Vail is conscious 
and on his feet again, standing behind Illyria.
VAIL 
(approaching Illyria) 
How very touching his meaningless death was, but this fight was never 
for mortals.
(groans as Illyria turns to face him angrily, in the form of Fred) 
 
Oh.
(chuckles)
Take your best shot, little girl.
Illyria swings a powerful punch at Vail's head, transforming her shape 
from Fred to blue Illyria in mid-swing, ultimately shattering Vail's head 
with the force of her swing.

Cut to:
41 INT. LOBBY OF WOLFRAM & HART - NIGHT 
Connor and Angel have teamed up to fight Hamilton. They fight hand-to-hand, 
kicking, punching, and so forth.
HAMILTON 
(head-butts Connor) 
What is with you people?
(throws Connor into the elevator doors, where he collapses to the 
floor)
ANGEL 
Connor!
(tries to go to Connor, but is blocked by Hamilton)
Angel tries to fight Hamilton but is instead thrown across the room 
by him again. Angel lands on the concrete steps.
HAMILTON 
(straightens his tie, walks toward Angel) 
Let me say this as clearly as I can. You cannot beat me. I am a part 
of them. The Wolf, Ram, and Hart. Their strength flows through my 
veins. My blood is filled with their ancient power. 
ANGEL 
(gets to his feet, smirks) 
Can you pick out the one word there you probably shouldn't have said? 
Angel transforms into his vampire facade as he attacks Hamilton, biting 
him painfully in the jugular. Angel drinks from him, holding on tenaciously 
as Hamilton struggles to get free. Hamilton is finally able to pull Angel's 
head away from his neck, and he throws him across the room again, but 
this time Angel controls his motion, managing to rotate in the air and 
land on his feet.
ANGEL 
Wow.
(wipes his lip) 
You really are full of it.
(Hamilton swings at Angel, but Angel ducks) 
What was that you were saying about ancient power?
Hamilton throws another punch at Angel, but Angel catches his arm 
and punches Hamilton in the ribs. Hamilton swings with his free arm, hitting 
Angel in the face, but Angel returns the favor, punching Hamilton in the 
face. 
HAMILTON 
(grabbing Angel's windpipe again, holding him in the air) 
You don't really think you're gonna win this, do you? You don't stand 
a chance. We are legion. We are forever.
Angel breaks free of Hamilton's grip and punches him repeatedly in 
the chest and stomach. Hamilton stumbles backwards, and Angel sweep-kicks 
him in the ankles, bringing Hamilton to the floor. Hamilton struggles 
to get up.
ANGEL 
(Hamilton gets to his knees, but Angel punches him in the face) 
Then I guess forever...
(punches Hamilton in the face again, and again) 
just got a hell of a lot shorter.
Finally, Angel punches Hamilton in the face so hard that it breaks 
his neck. Hamilton falls to the ground with a final grunt. Angel sighs 
as he stands over Hamilton. Connor gets to his feet.
CONNOR 
Is he dead? 
ANGEL 
Yeah, he's dead.
The building starts shaking and rumbling. Windows are cracking. The 
building is coming apart.
CONNOR 
Uh, that's not good, is it? 
ANGEL 
Wolfram & Hart. Looks like they're taking the gloves off. 
CONNOR 
What do we do? 
ANGEL 
You go home. 
CONNOR 
Huh? 
ANGEL 
This is my fight. 
CONNOR 
That's some serious macho— 
(some of the building debris falls on him) 
Aah!
The concrete support beam falls from the ceiling onto the lobby floor.
ANGEL 
Go home...now. 
CONNOR 
They'll destroy you. 
ANGEL 
As long as you're OK, they can't.
(the building rumbles as yet another concrete ceiling joist falls, 
crushing the balcony) 
Go.
Connor looks at Angel before running down the hallway to leave. Angel 
looks around as the building crumbles before his eyes. He goes into his 
office to get Eve.
EVE 
What the hell is going on?! 
ANGEL 
Looks like we're getting kicked out of the garden, Eve. 
EVE 
Where's Lindsey?
(Angel turns to go, but she grabs his arm) 
Where is he? 
ANGEL 
He's not coming for you. 
EVE 
You— 
ANGEL 
Time to go.
(walks away)
EVE 
(shakes her head helplessly, watching him leave) 
Go where? 
Cut to:
42 EXT. ALLEY BEHIND THE HYPERION - NIGHT 
Angel runs down the alley behind the Hyperion, carrying his sword, running 
through the pouring rain (in a scene reminiscent of the last image in the 
opening credits). When he gets to the chain-link fence at the end of the 
alley, he looks around for the others, but doesn't see anyone. The sky thunders 
above him as the heavy rain continues.
SPIKE (O.S.) 
Boo.
(walks out from the shadows)
ANGEL 
Anyone else? 
SPIKE 
Not so far. You feel the heat? 
ANGEL 
It's coming. 
SPIKE 
Finally got ourselves a decent brawl. 
GUNN 
(running down the street toward them, carrying his homemade battle-axe) 
Damn! How did I know the fang boys would pull through?
(his steps become progressively less sure, weaker) 
You're lucky we're on the same side, dogs, 'cause I was on fire tonight. 
 
(weakly) 
My game was tight.
(almost collapses, but Angel and Spike catch him, helping him to a 
box on which he can sit down)
SPIKE 
(looking at Gunn's wounds) 
You're supposed to wear the red stuff on the inside, Charlie boy. 

GUNN 
(looks down at his wounds) 
Any word on Wes? 
ILLYRIA 
(jumps down from the chain-link fence to stand behind Angel) 
Wesley's dead.
(Angel looks heartbroken; Gunn cries; Spike hangs his head) 
I'm feeling grief for him.
(a crowd clamors in the background) 
I can't seem to control it. I wish to do more violence. 
SPIKE 
(the noisy crowd is getting closer) 
Well, wishes just happen to be horses today. 
ANGEL 
Among other things.
Angel looks at the approaching crowd. It's hundreds, if not thousands, 
of demons of all sorts, shapes and sizes. A huge winged dragon flies angrily 
toward them overhead. 
GUNN 
OK. You take the 30,000 on the left... 
ILLYRIA 
You're fading. You'll last 10 minutes at best. 
GUNN 
(stands) 
Then let's make 'em memorable.
Angel steps forward and Spike, Gunn and Illyria follow. Spike is standing 
off to Angel's right side. Angel is flanked a step behind by Gunn on the 
right and Illyria on the left. They stare at the horde of demons approaching 
them in the alley. 

SPIKE 
In terms of a plan? 
ANGEL 
We fight. 
SPIKE 
Bit more specific. 
ANGEL 
(steps forward) 
Well, personally, I kind of want to slay the dragon.
(the demon horde attacks) 
Let's go to work.
(swings his sword)
Fade to black.