1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 Watch Movies, Series & LiveTV www.flixify.app 2 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:33,600 Thank you. Thank you. 3 00:01:38,900 --> 00:01:42,900 - Mmm. Hey. - [Sighs, Laughs] 4 00:01:43,100 --> 00:01:47,700 Okay. Where did you learn how to do that? 5 00:01:47,700 --> 00:01:51,000 - Which part? - Doesn't matter. 6 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:54,000 - How are you? - I'm good. 7 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:55,900 You're not perfectly happy, are you? 8 00:01:55,900 --> 00:01:59,900 - 'Cause I got my wooden stake right here. - [Groans] 9 00:01:59,900 --> 00:02:03,000 That's not a stake. I know I brought it. 10 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:05,100 - [Rifling] - You're safe. 11 00:02:05,100 --> 00:02:10,500 [Inhales] Okay. And you? Good? 12 00:02:10,500 --> 00:02:14,500 You... weren't thinking about your little Roman friend or... 13 00:02:14,700 --> 00:02:18,400 Nina, for the last... 14 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:20,700 - Whoa. - Wow. Hey. 15 00:02:20,700 --> 00:02:24,600 For the last... very long moment, I haven't had a single coherent thought. 16 00:02:24,900 --> 00:02:28,400 - I'm gonna take that as a compliment. - You really should. 17 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:30,700 But now the brow is back. 18 00:02:30,700 --> 00:02:33,900 If she's not on your mind, then... 19 00:02:33,900 --> 00:02:39,000 [Inhales] There's... There's a lot... more than usual goin' on. 20 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:42,000 - Work? - Always. 21 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:46,000 You should get away. Vacation? You know that word? 22 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:51,500 Go to Cabo, drink margaritas, midnight skinny-dipping, making love on the beach... 23 00:02:51,500 --> 00:02:55,400 Did you catch how I subtly included myself in your vacation package? 24 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:57,400 Nina... 25 00:02:57,400 --> 00:02:59,700 Too pushy, too needy. I never even said it. 26 00:02:59,700 --> 00:03:02,200 You should make love on the beach all by yourself. 27 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:06,700 - It would be wonderful. I mean it. - But? 28 00:03:08,100 --> 00:03:10,400 [Sighs] That there... 29 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:15,600 There are things that-that I have to do. 30 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:18,400 Things I've already set in motion that, uh... 31 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:20,300 [Sighs, Groans] 32 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:26,300 I know I spent years fighting to get somewhere... 33 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:30,900 to accomplish something... 34 00:03:30,900 --> 00:03:32,900 and now that I'm close to it... 35 00:03:34,900 --> 00:03:38,300 I don't like what I see... who I am. 36 00:03:38,300 --> 00:03:41,600 - You're a hero. - Not that word. 37 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:44,800 Well, you're my hero. 38 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:46,800 I may not always be. 39 00:03:52,700 --> 00:03:54,900 [Spike] Like you're not even there. 40 00:03:54,900 --> 00:03:58,400 World trembled before your feet once. 41 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:02,000 Now, paddin' around a place you don't wanna be in... 42 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:05,100 and the rabble don't even give you so much as a polite yawn. 43 00:04:05,100 --> 00:04:08,200 Do not presume I require any creature's attention. 44 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:10,600 Wouldn't dream of it, Blue. 45 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:14,400 Still, you can't enjoy haunting this place. 46 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:17,800 Less than what you were, not knowing what to do with yourself. 47 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:21,800 - Believe me, I've been there. - And what do you know of it? 48 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:25,800 Long and fascinating tale. Ghost story, in fact. 49 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:28,200 Short of it is, take my advice. 50 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:31,400 Get out once in a while before you go bats. 51 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:34,300 - Out? - Out. 52 00:04:34,300 --> 00:04:38,600 Outside? That place just on the other side of the window? 53 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:43,200 I've grown wary of this world since my powers were depleted. 54 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:46,300 Strange. Though I've been made more human... 55 00:04:46,300 --> 00:04:48,600 this place remains disconcerting. 56 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:51,300 Yeah. Well, I'm afraid that never goes away. 57 00:04:51,300 --> 00:04:54,100 Anyhow, I though Wesley was giving you a primer on all things human. 58 00:04:54,100 --> 00:04:56,100 He and I are no longer having intercourse. 59 00:04:56,100 --> 00:04:58,000 Yeah. L... You what? What? 60 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:00,400 He has ceased communication with me. 61 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:02,800 Oh. Oh. Communi... 62 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:06,700 My recent reversion to the Burkle persona disturbed him... 63 00:05:06,700 --> 00:05:08,700 and he will not tell me why. 64 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:11,800 You don't know? 65 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:15,800 You may not think you're as powerful as you were, Highness... 66 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:20,700 but looking like Fred, for some of us... 67 00:05:20,700 --> 00:05:22,900 is the most devastating power you have. 68 00:05:25,700 --> 00:05:28,200 [Chattering] 69 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:30,600 Ah. And there's the man himself. 70 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:33,000 Angel, I'd like you to meet Senator Brucker. 71 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,400 Senator. Welcome to Wolfram and Hart. 72 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:38,500 I go way back with this firm. Back when Holland Manners was in charge. 73 00:05:38,500 --> 00:05:40,600 You'll find things have changed a bit since then. 74 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:43,400 - Charles Gunn. - Head of our Legal Department. 75 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:46,300 - Oh. And this is Ernesto, my personal... - Vampire. 76 00:05:46,300 --> 00:05:49,600 Aide. I always forget your kind can sense each other. 77 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:52,000 Well, I believe in diversity on my staff. 78 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:55,000 - It was a big part of my campaign. - How commendable. 79 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:58,400 - Harmony, you mind gettin' us some coffee? - Coming up. 80 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:00,700 Oh. Thank you, no. No coffee. 81 00:06:00,700 --> 00:06:03,500 But if it isn't any trouble, I think Ernesto might like some blood. 82 00:06:03,500 --> 00:06:05,500 Virgin, if you have it. Room temperature's fine. 83 00:06:05,500 --> 00:06:08,400 Sorry. We have a "no human blood"policy. 84 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:12,800 I can offer you something in a rodent. We have some fruity, unassuming vole... 85 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:16,800 I think we could make an exception to our policy this time for the senator. 86 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:19,200 Couldn't we, Angel? 87 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:21,400 Harmony, the lab might have something in the blood bank. 88 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:24,600 - Why don't you go check it out? - Okay. You're the boss, boss. 89 00:06:26,300 --> 00:06:28,500 Could I maybe just have a teeny-weeny... 90 00:06:28,500 --> 00:06:31,100 - No. - Just thought I'd ask. 91 00:06:31,100 --> 00:06:35,000 Well, Senator, if there's anything you need, please call on me. 92 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:37,200 Rest assured, you're in good hands. 93 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:39,300 Shall we? 94 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:45,500 - Angel. There's been another fatality in Funville. - What? 95 00:06:45,500 --> 00:06:49,200 That abandoned amusement park downtown. Third victim in as many nights. 96 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:51,400 Teeth marks strongly indicate a Boretz demon. 97 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:56,100 Ah, bloody Boretz. Nasty buggers. Stink to high heaven. 98 00:06:56,100 --> 00:06:58,800 Dress as transients to prey on the homeless, poor sods. 99 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:02,300 [Wesley] This last victim was a teenage girl. A runaway. 100 00:07:02,300 --> 00:07:05,200 - She was ripped apart. - There's not much we can do about it now, huh? 101 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:08,000 Angel, we need to find this demon and destroy it before... 102 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:12,300 Somebody else dies? Yeah, I know, Wes. 103 00:07:12,300 --> 00:07:14,200 People are dying every day all over. 104 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:17,000 - This girl's just one more statistic... - Stacey. 105 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:19,300 The statistic's name was Stacey Bluth. 106 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:25,500 Well, you know we can't save everybody, and we can't sweat the small stuff. 107 00:07:25,500 --> 00:07:27,500 Small? 108 00:07:27,500 --> 00:07:29,400 Wes, I got a United States senator waitin' for me... 109 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:33,800 so just find out whatever you can about this Boretz thing, and we'll talk later, okay? 110 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:40,200 - "Small stuff." - Listen... 111 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:42,500 you need some Boretz killing done, I'll have a go. 112 00:07:42,500 --> 00:07:45,600 I haven't had a decent tussle since the blue meanie and I stopped sparring. 113 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:48,300 Yes. All right. Call me if you find anything. 114 00:07:48,300 --> 00:07:50,500 I'll be in my office, learning what I can. 115 00:07:51,700 --> 00:07:53,800 He showed no regard for my presence. 116 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:57,500 Not that you require any creature's attention. 117 00:07:58,700 --> 00:08:00,600 Hey, you wanna go find somethin' to hit? 118 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:05,100 [Man Narrating] A Gulf War veteran and Bronze Star recipient... 119 00:08:05,100 --> 00:08:07,800 Mike Conley believes ethics and integrity matter. 120 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:13,100 Finding solutions to problems in our educational system, health, and child care services. 121 00:08:13,100 --> 00:08:16,300 And Mike Conley believes in work and in home. 122 00:08:16,300 --> 00:08:18,200 Your home is his work. 123 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:21,200 He's looking out for your children's interests. 124 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:24,500 There. So you can see my concern. 125 00:08:24,500 --> 00:08:26,600 This Conley campaign's a juggernaut. 126 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:29,300 Guy came out of nowhere with his "Your home is his work" crap. 127 00:08:29,300 --> 00:08:31,900 - Women voters are eating it up. - And they were mine. 128 00:08:31,900 --> 00:08:35,300 I had a lock on the chick vote, and now my numbers are slipping. 129 00:08:35,300 --> 00:08:38,300 I didn't claw my way up from hell and get installed in a human body... 130 00:08:38,300 --> 00:08:40,700 just to have some pedophile steal my Senate seat. 131 00:08:40,700 --> 00:08:43,200 - Wait. He's a pedophile? - Not yet. 132 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:45,900 But the public better think he is when you guys get through. 133 00:08:45,900 --> 00:08:48,100 - Pardon me? - Help convince Conley he is. 134 00:08:48,100 --> 00:08:51,600 You've got some sort of brainwashing capabilities here, don't you? 135 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:53,700 - What's that doctor's name? - Sparrow. 136 00:08:53,700 --> 00:08:55,800 That's the one. This sounds right up his alley. 137 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:59,200 Yeah, well, it's not up ours. Look, I don't care what kind of services... 138 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:02,700 you were used to getting with this firm, but Holland Manners doesn't live here anymore. 139 00:09:02,700 --> 00:09:05,600 We're not about to ruin a man's life and reputation just so you can... 140 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:08,600 - We can do it. - What? 141 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:10,600 Not sure how long a reconditioning like that would take. 142 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:12,900 - The election's in November. - You're not seriously considering... 143 00:09:12,900 --> 00:09:16,500 Angel, you just made yourself a very loyal ally in Washington. 144 00:09:16,500 --> 00:09:19,300 - Angel, we need to talk. - I'm with the senator now, Gunn. 145 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:28,000 Boretz demons. Classifications and case histories. 146 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:41,800 What am I looking... 147 00:09:44,300 --> 00:09:46,600 We got a serious problem. 148 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:48,700 - It's Angel. He's... - Hold on. 149 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:53,100 Wes? 150 00:09:53,100 --> 00:09:55,200 [Grunting] 151 00:09:59,900 --> 00:10:03,100 Aw, hell. 152 00:10:03,100 --> 00:10:05,000 Nice one. 153 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:07,900 - Did I tell ya? Ran into Ed the other day. - Ed? 154 00:10:07,900 --> 00:10:10,600 The grand potentate whatcha-whosit of the Fell Brethren? 155 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:13,600 Right. How is Ed? 156 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:16,100 You know the Fells. All they can talk about is the baby. 157 00:10:16,100 --> 00:10:18,700 "The baby's doin' this now." "The baby's doin' that." 158 00:10:18,700 --> 00:10:21,500 "What a wonderful ritual sacrifiiice he'll make." Yak, yak, yak. 159 00:10:21,500 --> 00:10:23,800 Anyway, he couldn't say enough nice things about you. 160 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:26,500 - Oh, great. - Hey, you're really comin' through, big guy. 161 00:10:26,500 --> 00:10:30,500 - There's a real buzz about you. - So, how much longer do I have to wait for an answer? 162 00:10:30,500 --> 00:10:33,900 Hey, these things take time. Trust me. It won't be long now. 163 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:43,100 See? This isn't so bad now. 164 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:48,000 Little field trip out in the... 165 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:50,400 well, what passes in this city for fresh air. 166 00:10:51,700 --> 00:10:54,700 All we need now is to bag ourselves a Boretz demon... 167 00:10:54,700 --> 00:10:57,200 we got ourselves a perfect date. 168 00:10:57,200 --> 00:10:59,200 [Illyria] Angel does not think... 169 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:02,600 the casualties of this creature are important enough to avenge. 170 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:06,500 I think corporate living's made him lose his love for the hunt. 171 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:09,600 No worries. More for me then. 172 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:13,700 [Illyria] It does not serve his interest. 173 00:11:14,900 --> 00:11:17,200 What are you on about? 174 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:20,200 I've seen this before with many rulers. 175 00:11:21,700 --> 00:11:24,300 - Your leader has been corrupted. - Hey. Hang on. 176 00:11:24,300 --> 00:11:26,600 In the first place, Angel's not my leader. 177 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:29,200 And in the second, what the bloody hell do you mean, "corrupted"? 178 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:32,100 It always begins the same. 179 00:11:32,100 --> 00:11:35,600 A ruler turns a blind eye to the dealings or battles from which he cannot gain... 180 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:38,800 and a deaf ear to the counsel of those closest to him. 181 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:42,400 As his strength increases, so does the separation between him and his follow... 182 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:44,700 Shh. 183 00:11:44,700 --> 00:11:47,900 - You smell that? - The odors of everything in this world of men... 184 00:11:47,900 --> 00:11:50,200 are equally repugnant to me. 185 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:52,200 Bloody helpful. 186 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:59,800 You're wrong about Angel. [Sighs] 187 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:02,900 Not that I don't think the sod could end up being a megalomaniacal bastard... 188 00:12:02,900 --> 00:12:05,500 it's just if he did, I'd know it. 189 00:12:06,500 --> 00:12:08,500 I'd feel it. 190 00:12:08,500 --> 00:12:10,700 [Illyria] You'll have proof soon enough. 191 00:12:10,700 --> 00:12:13,100 A corrupted ruler on such a path... 192 00:12:13,100 --> 00:12:16,000 sees treachery and betrayal all around him. 193 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:19,800 He cannot suffer intimates. He will eventually turn against them. 194 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:22,100 [Chuckles] Guess I don't have to worry about that... 195 00:12:22,100 --> 00:12:24,600 'cause Angel and me have never been intimate. 196 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:27,300 - Except that one... - Mark me. 197 00:12:27,300 --> 00:12:29,300 He will murder one of you. 198 00:12:29,300 --> 00:12:31,500 Actually... 199 00:12:31,500 --> 00:12:33,900 he already has. 200 00:12:33,900 --> 00:12:36,200 Drogyn. 201 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:40,000 - Who is this? - The guardian of the Deeper Well. 202 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:42,300 - [Gasping] - Greenskeeper of your graveyard, so to speak. 203 00:12:42,300 --> 00:12:44,300 My jailer. 204 00:12:44,300 --> 00:12:46,200 - Illyria. - Boretz. 205 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:48,400 [Growling] 206 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:50,500 [Grunts] 207 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:58,800 Stay away from its mouth. Its bite is poisonous. 208 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:00,800 Go for its knees.! 209 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:02,900 I think there's a weak spot... 210 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:07,200 Okay. Yeah. That might do it. 211 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:12,900 Drogyn. What the hell are you doing here? 212 00:13:12,900 --> 00:13:16,400 Don't give me your "Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies"bugaboo. 213 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:19,100 - I came to find you. - Oh, so you tacked up a sign on your tree... 214 00:13:19,100 --> 00:13:21,100 waved bye to the Keeblers, hopped the puddle... 215 00:13:21,100 --> 00:13:23,500 and managed to sniff me out in a city of ten million. 216 00:13:23,500 --> 00:13:26,500 I can find anyone who's visited the well... 217 00:13:26,500 --> 00:13:28,700 be they in this world or any other. 218 00:13:28,700 --> 00:13:32,700 - [Gasps] I came to... to warn you. - Warn me? 219 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:36,600 - He's bleeding. - You're all torn up, mate. 220 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:38,900 - [Gasping] - What did this to you? The Boretz, was it? 221 00:13:38,900 --> 00:13:42,400 No. It was Angel. 222 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:06,900 That'd look good on a calf. 223 00:14:06,900 --> 00:14:09,700 - Pardon? - Thinking of getting a tattoo, right? 224 00:14:09,700 --> 00:14:14,200 Put a little more bad in your bad-boy bank. It should go on your calf. 225 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:20,900 Angel, something unusual came across one of my... 226 00:14:20,900 --> 00:14:24,200 Oh, I... didn't realize you were occupied. 227 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:26,200 If you don't mind, Hamilton... 228 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:28,500 Actually, Wes, we're... kind of in the middle of something. 229 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:32,600 Why don't you try me later? 230 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:37,100 - Yes. Later then. - Hey, Wes? 231 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:41,900 Shut the door on your way out. 232 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:45,500 Hey. Is Angel in there? 233 00:14:45,500 --> 00:14:48,700 - He is. - What's the weather report? 234 00:14:48,700 --> 00:14:52,100 Cold. Icy, actually. 235 00:14:52,100 --> 00:14:55,000 Well, he cut six of my clients loose. Didn't even tell me. 236 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:58,200 I spent all day talking them off ledges and off of pill bottles. 237 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:01,900 I sense that suicidal celebrities are beneath Angel's concern. 238 00:15:01,900 --> 00:15:04,500 These are very pretty people I'm talking about here, Wes. 239 00:15:04,500 --> 00:15:06,600 Four of'em getting in shape for Young Guns III. 240 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:08,700 - What'd he say? - Nothing. 241 00:15:08,700 --> 00:15:10,800 He and Hamilton are in his office. 242 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:13,000 - They're discussing business strategy. - Hamilton? 243 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:15,600 Looks like Angel suddenly started channeling Leona Helmsley. 244 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:18,900 - He's not himself, at any rate. - What's happening to him? 245 00:15:18,900 --> 00:15:22,000 - [Phone Rings] - Yes? 246 00:15:23,100 --> 00:15:24,900 Spike. 247 00:15:26,100 --> 00:15:28,000 It was a Sathari... 248 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:30,300 part of a clan of demon assassins. 249 00:15:30,300 --> 00:15:32,600 They fell upon me last night. 250 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:38,100 The poison from his four blades wearing heavy on my limbs... 251 00:15:38,100 --> 00:15:41,100 Yeah. Rousing bit of rah-rah, mate. Get to the goods. 252 00:15:43,100 --> 00:15:46,900 Once I bested him, I tortured the Sathari for hours... 253 00:15:46,900 --> 00:15:49,600 until he confessed who had sent him. 254 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:53,000 It was Angel. 255 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:56,500 Tell 'em why. 256 00:15:56,500 --> 00:15:59,700 He said Angel was afraid I'd find something in the Deeper Well... 257 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:04,000 something that would uncover the truth about his involvement. 258 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:08,000 - In what? - Helping Illyria escape from her tomb. 259 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:16,000 I thought the release of her sarcophagus from the Deeper Well was predestined. 260 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:19,200 - Yeah. What about that bit? - That's what I thought at the time... 261 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:21,200 but now I believe... 262 00:16:21,200 --> 00:16:24,500 Illyria's resurrection may have been planned. 263 00:16:24,500 --> 00:16:27,600 - By Angel. - Oh, that doesn't make a lick of sense. 264 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:29,500 Why would Angel want to spring an Old One? 265 00:16:29,500 --> 00:16:32,900 - I don't think that was the point. - Then what was? 266 00:16:32,900 --> 00:16:35,500 Before he died, the assassin said something about a sacrifice. 267 00:16:37,900 --> 00:16:40,500 Someone... trusted and dear. 268 00:16:40,500 --> 00:16:42,400 Are you saying... 269 00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:45,300 that Angel was responsible for what happened to Fred? 270 00:16:45,300 --> 00:16:48,100 I mean, he may not have... chosen her specifically, but... 271 00:16:48,100 --> 00:16:51,400 Whoa.! Let's put a kibosh on that sentence before it turns into an ass-kickin' 272 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:53,800 Do you think I gain pleasure in this? 273 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:56,900 I held Angel an ally, a brother. 274 00:16:56,900 --> 00:17:00,300 And you believe... he may have murdered Fred. 275 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:07,100 I know this is difficult for you, but Angel was involved. 276 00:17:07,100 --> 00:17:09,300 The information retrieved from the assassin... 277 00:17:09,300 --> 00:17:12,800 - You ever think he was lyin'? - No one lies when they're at the mercy of my wrath. 278 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:15,400 - Then you're the liar, Aragorn. - He has to tell the truth. 279 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:18,100 - It's a curse or something. - How can we be sure? We don't know this guy. 280 00:17:18,100 --> 00:17:20,200 Gunn, this is Drogyn the Battlebrand... 281 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:23,300 given eternal youth a thousand years ago. 282 00:17:23,300 --> 00:17:25,700 Demon bane, truth-sayer... 283 00:17:25,700 --> 00:17:28,500 Watchers Council. 284 00:17:28,500 --> 00:17:30,400 Percy did a paper. Bully for him. 285 00:17:31,500 --> 00:17:35,400 Drogyn, any idea what this symbol means? 286 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:38,900 - No. - Where'd you get that? 287 00:17:38,900 --> 00:17:42,400 This afternoon, someone tapped into the template interface... 288 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:45,200 sent a message to me, and that symbol. 289 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:47,700 - Somebody's dropping clues. - Playing games is more like it. 290 00:17:47,700 --> 00:17:50,800 Put me on the short bus, but I still can't wrap my head around the notion... 291 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:53,100 that Angel had anything to do with Fred, or any of this. 292 00:17:53,100 --> 00:17:55,700 Angel's been doing a number of things out of character lately. 293 00:17:55,700 --> 00:17:59,000 - We all noticed it. - Yeah, but why is this happening now? 294 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:00,900 Why the change? 295 00:18:00,900 --> 00:18:05,300 Yes, why the sudden need to tie up loose ends like Drogyn? 296 00:18:05,300 --> 00:18:08,000 - Unless... - He's preparing to make his move. 297 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:10,400 What kind of move we talking about? 298 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:14,000 There's only one way to find out. We ask him. 299 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:19,500 - Drogyn should stay here, under guard. - I'm not missing the fireworks. 300 00:18:19,500 --> 00:18:23,200 Hey, Illyria. You don't... care about any of this nonsense, do you? 301 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:26,600 The intricacies of your fates are meaningless. 302 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:28,900 Well and good. You mind watchin' over our friend Drogyn? 303 00:18:28,900 --> 00:18:31,200 Aw, come on. New place will do you good. 304 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:34,100 It's nice and cozy. Help yourself to some beer in the fridge. 305 00:18:34,100 --> 00:18:37,300 Switch on the telly if you get bored, and, uh... 306 00:18:37,300 --> 00:18:39,300 feel free to play a little Crash Bandicoot. 307 00:18:39,300 --> 00:18:41,200 Give you lot something to pass the time. 308 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,500 - [Door Closes] - Crash Bandicoot? 309 00:18:50,500 --> 00:18:53,700 Strike these four clauses and wire it back to them. See what they make of that. 310 00:18:53,700 --> 00:18:57,300 - Yeah. See what they make of that. - Angel? 311 00:18:58,900 --> 00:19:01,900 - Long dinner? - We need to talk to you. 312 00:19:01,900 --> 00:19:04,000 - Now. - Boy's dead serious. 313 00:19:08,900 --> 00:19:10,800 Are you comin' then? 314 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:18,600 Okay, what's on your minds? 315 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:21,600 - The question is, what's on yours? - Our friend Drogyn's in town. 316 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:25,500 - Is he? - Yep. Bit marked up though. 317 00:19:25,500 --> 00:19:29,400 Somebody tried to have him killed. Know anything about that? 318 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:33,200 Of course not. Where is he? 319 00:19:33,500 --> 00:19:35,400 - He's safe. - Good. 320 00:19:35,400 --> 00:19:37,800 Now, can we get back to business? 321 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:39,900 Or was there something else? 322 00:19:39,900 --> 00:19:43,400 "Business." What "business" are we in, Angel? 323 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:46,100 Do I really have to explain this to you people? 324 00:19:46,100 --> 00:19:48,600 We're in the business of business. 325 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:51,500 Oil, software, Worldwide Wickets... The product doesn't matter. 326 00:19:51,500 --> 00:19:55,900 It's the game that matters. Get to the top, be the best, have the most, win. 327 00:19:55,900 --> 00:19:59,300 - Win what? - You're still missing the point. 328 00:19:59,300 --> 00:20:03,300 That Angel talkin'? 'Cause it sounds a lot more like Angelus. 329 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:07,200 Oh, if I were Angelus, half of you would already be dead, just for the fun of it. 330 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:10,600 One of us already is. We havin' fun yet? 331 00:20:11,700 --> 00:20:13,700 You wanna know the truth? 332 00:20:13,700 --> 00:20:16,700 The truth is there's only one of us who ever understood how things really work. 333 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:20,100 - Lorne. - Whoa. Hey, h-hey. 334 00:20:20,100 --> 00:20:22,800 Can I not be the poster child for your nervous breakdown here? 335 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:27,800 You didn't judge. You didn't spend your life obsessed with good and evil. 336 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:30,400 You do that, you get swallowed... lost in the minutiae. 337 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:33,200 Good, bad, Angel, Angelus... None of it makes a difference. 338 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:35,400 I wish it did, but... 339 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:39,000 You know, an ant with the best intentions or the most diabolical schemes... 340 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:41,000 is just exactly an ant. 341 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:45,300 And there is one thing in this business... 342 00:20:45,300 --> 00:20:48,900 in this apocalypse that we call a world that matters... power. 343 00:20:48,900 --> 00:20:50,900 Power tips the scale. Power sets the course. 344 00:20:50,900 --> 00:20:55,600 And until I have real power... global power... I have nothing. 345 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:57,500 I accomplish nothing. 346 00:20:57,500 --> 00:21:03,200 - And how you get this power... - Isn't pretty. Isn't fun. 347 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:05,900 You think it's Wolfram and Hart getting to me here... 348 00:21:05,900 --> 00:21:10,900 and maybe you're right, because they've shown us what power is. 349 00:21:10,900 --> 00:21:13,100 From day one, they've been callin' the shots... 350 00:21:13,100 --> 00:21:15,700 and all we've done is get shot at. 351 00:21:15,700 --> 00:21:17,700 I have a chance to change that. 352 00:21:17,700 --> 00:21:19,900 And will you? 353 00:21:19,900 --> 00:21:23,800 I mean, not to play an old saw, but power does traditionally corrupt. 354 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:25,800 I mean, you get high up enough, and... 355 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:28,000 well, the people, they do start to look like ants. 356 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:31,000 I can't worry about that. 357 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,900 - The small stuff. - Angel? 358 00:21:33,900 --> 00:21:37,200 That important phone call from... that guy about that thing... 359 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:39,400 It's on line three. 360 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:42,300 We're done here. I have to take this. 361 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:52,700 [Spike] Yeah. "The guy about the thing." 362 00:21:52,700 --> 00:21:57,700 The "small stuff' that you can't worry about? 363 00:21:57,700 --> 00:22:01,700 - Would that include Fred? - I loved Fred. 364 00:22:01,700 --> 00:22:05,000 - That's not an answer. - Then I guess you don't get one. 365 00:22:09,300 --> 00:22:12,700 There's got to be something... behind all this. 366 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:16,500 A reason. 367 00:22:19,500 --> 00:22:21,500 It could be a ploy. 368 00:22:23,100 --> 00:22:26,900 - For God's sake, say something. - What would you like me to say? 369 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:29,400 Tell you that Angel loved Fred... 370 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:32,700 and that in an eon of eons he would never harm her in any way? 371 00:22:34,300 --> 00:22:36,300 I wish I could, Wes. 372 00:22:36,300 --> 00:22:40,800 But if he believes what he's saying, and I believe he does... 373 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:43,400 Doesn't make any sense. 374 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:46,300 Angel never cared about power. 375 00:22:46,300 --> 00:22:50,300 Well, he's never had any to care about, has he? 376 00:22:50,300 --> 00:22:54,000 Not real power, even as Angelus. 377 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:57,500 And then just like that, he's king of the mountain. 378 00:22:58,700 --> 00:23:01,300 It's quite a view from up there. 379 00:23:01,300 --> 00:23:03,500 Tends to make people want things. 380 00:23:03,500 --> 00:23:07,100 Even if they start with the... best intentions. 381 00:23:08,900 --> 00:23:11,400 Angel's seen real power and... 382 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:13,400 he's not lookin' away. 383 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:15,400 He's gonna go for it, Wes. 384 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:25,700 [Laughs] You boys look like you could use a hug. 385 00:23:27,500 --> 00:23:30,900 - [Indistinct] - Nina. 386 00:23:31,900 --> 00:23:33,800 Angel. Hey. 387 00:23:36,100 --> 00:23:39,000 Mmm. This is a nice surprise. 388 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,700 - Everything okay? - Can we sit down? 389 00:23:50,700 --> 00:23:54,700 Plane tickets? I don't believe it. We're getting away? 390 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:57,700 This is... But I thought you didn't have time. 391 00:23:57,700 --> 00:24:00,900 Um... Wait. There are three tickets here. 392 00:24:00,900 --> 00:24:03,000 We taking a chaperone? 393 00:24:08,100 --> 00:24:10,200 My sister and Amanda? 394 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:13,300 - I need you to be out of here. - It's typical. 395 00:24:13,300 --> 00:24:16,700 You sleep with a guy, and he sends your entire family out of the country. 396 00:24:16,700 --> 00:24:21,100 No, wait. That's actually not that typical at all. 397 00:24:21,100 --> 00:24:23,500 You couldn't just... not call? 398 00:24:23,500 --> 00:24:26,100 - It's not safe here. - Is it ever? 399 00:24:26,100 --> 00:24:28,400 I wanna be with you if there's trouble. 400 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:30,900 You don't wanna be with me. You don't wanna be near me. 401 00:24:30,900 --> 00:24:34,600 - Because I might get hurt? - Because I'm the thing that'll hurt you. 402 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:36,900 What do you call this? 403 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:43,700 Look, how can I convince you I wanna be with you? 404 00:24:43,700 --> 00:24:46,500 Show me a fourth ticket. 405 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:52,100 Look, if... [Sighs] 406 00:24:52,100 --> 00:24:56,600 If I get... through this... intact... 407 00:24:57,600 --> 00:24:59,600 I'll come for you. 408 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:03,100 We'll... We'll have time. 409 00:25:03,100 --> 00:25:06,200 [Sighs, Chuckles] 410 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:10,300 You're the most amazing man I've ever met... 411 00:25:11,300 --> 00:25:13,400 but you're a crappy liar. 412 00:25:15,100 --> 00:25:18,600 Go. I'm not askin'. 413 00:25:21,500 --> 00:25:23,500 I'll go. 414 00:25:24,500 --> 00:25:26,600 Why on earth would I stay? 415 00:25:34,900 --> 00:25:38,100 [Game Music, Sound Effects] 416 00:25:41,700 --> 00:25:45,700 It is a test... a task of some sort. 417 00:25:45,900 --> 00:25:47,800 You must collect those crystals... 418 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:52,200 - [Ricochet, Electronic Gulping] - And fruit. 419 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:54,100 Why? 420 00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:58,500 Old One... 421 00:25:58,500 --> 00:26:00,900 you have no right to walk this earth. 422 00:26:00,900 --> 00:26:04,200 Your time has passed. You belong to the well. 423 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:08,900 Truly. 424 00:26:10,700 --> 00:26:13,100 I wish now I had never been brought out of it. 425 00:26:13,100 --> 00:26:15,700 Do you? 426 00:26:15,700 --> 00:26:18,400 - [Game Noise, Music Continue] - I don't know. 427 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:22,700 I play this game. 428 00:26:22,700 --> 00:26:26,100 It's pointless and annoys me... 429 00:26:27,300 --> 00:26:29,500 and yet I'm compelled to play on. 430 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:33,400 Does that not... 431 00:26:35,300 --> 00:26:38,000 Well, lookee lookee who's making friends. 432 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:41,800 - Marcus. - Dro? How have you been? 433 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:45,100 - You're acquainted with this creature. - Yes. 434 00:26:45,100 --> 00:26:48,000 - We go way back, don't we? - Too far. 435 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:52,600 Mmm, the good old days. So, I hear you're living in a tree now. 436 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:55,900 The tree... is the entrance to the Deeper Well. 437 00:26:55,900 --> 00:27:00,400 I live in a cave. It's... really quite pleasant. 438 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:04,800 Sure it's a peach. Afraid you won't be returning to it again. 439 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:06,500 You will not harm him. 440 00:27:06,500 --> 00:27:08,800 [Chuckles] Oh, you mean like this? 441 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:11,200 Uh! [Groans] 442 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:16,400 Uhh! 443 00:27:17,700 --> 00:27:19,600 Hang on, Dro. This'll just take a second. 444 00:27:26,100 --> 00:27:28,800 [Inhales] I gotta tell you. I'm a little disappointed. 445 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:34,200 Didn't think a big scary Old One bled this easily. 446 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:38,500 - [Groans] - Maybe it's this skinny little body you chose to infect. 447 00:27:38,500 --> 00:27:42,400 Or maybe it's that ray gun they shot you with to keep you from exploding. 448 00:27:43,900 --> 00:27:46,100 Or maybe... 449 00:27:46,100 --> 00:27:49,900 you're... just... not... that... 450 00:27:49,900 --> 00:27:52,000 [Groaning] 451 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:54,700 - Cool. - [Cries Out] 452 00:27:54,700 --> 00:27:57,600 [Breathing Heavily] 453 00:27:57,600 --> 00:28:00,200 Yes, that's probably it. 454 00:28:01,500 --> 00:28:04,500 So what are you gonna do? You gonna beat it out of me? 455 00:28:04,500 --> 00:28:06,400 If you say so. 456 00:28:07,500 --> 00:28:09,600 We all know how this goes. 457 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:13,600 Spike beats you to a bloody pulp, you beg for mercy, and we get what we came for. 458 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:15,800 - Who needs all that rigamarole? - I told you. 459 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:19,100 I don't know why Angel gave up that kid or anything else. 460 00:28:19,100 --> 00:28:21,400 Me and him, not too close. 461 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:23,400 Now can I get back to my game of solitaire? 462 00:28:28,100 --> 00:28:30,000 - Where'd you get that? - Doesn't matter. 463 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:34,300 - What does it mean? - [Laughs] 464 00:28:34,300 --> 00:28:36,400 Is that what all this is about? 465 00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:38,800 All these questions about Angel? 466 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:43,800 No. No way. No way they'd take Angel. 467 00:28:44,100 --> 00:28:48,600 - Who "they"? - Circle of the Black Thorn. 468 00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:52,200 - Sounds like a little sewing club for pirates. - It's a secret society. 469 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:55,100 - Never heard of'em. - That's 'cause they're secret. 470 00:28:55,100 --> 00:28:57,800 There's plenty of these cabals about. 471 00:28:57,800 --> 00:28:59,800 Usually spend a lot of time in basements... 472 00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:01,800 paddling one another's bums to prove their manhood. 473 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:06,200 These are not frat boys, Spike. Circle's small. It's elite. 474 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:08,700 They got connections you boys can't even comprehend. 475 00:29:08,700 --> 00:29:11,100 - They're evil. - Sure. 476 00:29:11,100 --> 00:29:13,600 But evil's not the point. Power is. 477 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:16,400 - Power. - Okay, we get it. They're badass. 478 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:18,600 - What do they do? - [Laughs] 479 00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:21,600 Geez. You guys always this slow? 480 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:25,900 Huh? Starts with "A"? Ends in "pocalypse"? 481 00:29:25,900 --> 00:29:29,200 It's a well-oiled machine, this circle. 482 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:31,700 These people grease the wheels, keep the parts in place... 483 00:29:31,700 --> 00:29:35,200 make sure man's inhumanity to man keeps rollin' along. 484 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:38,100 I thought the senior partners were responsible for the apocalypse. 485 00:29:38,100 --> 00:29:40,300 Senior partners are on a different plane. 486 00:29:40,300 --> 00:29:43,300 Down here, it's the players in the circle that make things happen. 487 00:29:43,300 --> 00:29:45,300 Hell, you... you get tapped by one of them... 488 00:29:45,300 --> 00:29:47,600 that's kinda like gettin' the keys to the chocolate factory. 489 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:52,400 That's why you came back to L.A., tried to kill Angel... 490 00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:58,000 to get into the circle. 491 00:29:59,700 --> 00:30:02,900 To be a Black Thorn is to be the senior partners' instrument on Earth. 492 00:30:02,900 --> 00:30:05,000 Doesn't get bigger than that. 493 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:07,000 Looks like Angel succeeded where you failed. 494 00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:10,100 - He doesn't have it in him. - Doesn't have what in him? 495 00:30:10,100 --> 00:30:12,900 Well, for starters, he's got to give up the champion angle... 496 00:30:12,900 --> 00:30:15,500 quit savin' girls in alleys. 497 00:30:15,500 --> 00:30:18,900 Probably wouldn't even... make it on the circle's radar... 498 00:30:18,900 --> 00:30:20,800 till he killed one of his lieutenants. 499 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:27,600 The senior partners, the circle... 500 00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:29,800 They're killing Angel by degrees. 501 00:30:31,700 --> 00:30:33,900 And we all watched it happen. 502 00:30:33,900 --> 00:30:37,600 Guy I knew wouldn't want this... wouldn't wanna be this. 503 00:30:39,700 --> 00:30:44,100 Angel dedicated his life to helping others. 504 00:30:44,100 --> 00:30:47,500 Not because he had to, but because it was a path he'd chosen. 505 00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:55,200 If he's been swayed from that... influenced... 506 00:30:57,200 --> 00:30:59,200 then maybe there's still time. 507 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:01,600 We can bring him back. 508 00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:05,400 He'd do the same for any of us, regardless of our actions. 509 00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:09,000 Yeah, but what if he's skipped too far down that evil brick road? 510 00:31:23,100 --> 00:31:26,100 - [Blows Land] - [Grunting] 511 00:31:30,500 --> 00:31:34,000 [Blows, Grunting Continue] 512 00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:40,300 [Cries Out, Moaning] 513 00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:46,000 [Moaning, Raspy Breathing] 514 00:31:50,700 --> 00:31:53,700 [Sighs] Th... Th-Thank you. 515 00:31:53,700 --> 00:31:56,100 [Gasping] Thank you. 516 00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:04,900 [Gasping, Grunting] 517 00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:08,300 [Whimpers, Cries Out] 518 00:32:17,900 --> 00:32:20,500 [Sizzling] 519 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:23,900 The circle entwined. 520 00:32:23,900 --> 00:32:26,500 [All] Embrace this worthy son. 521 00:32:26,500 --> 00:32:30,500 The thorn draws blood. 522 00:32:30,500 --> 00:32:33,900 [All] The thorn is the power and the power is absolute. 523 00:32:33,900 --> 00:32:36,700 Welcome to the fold. 524 00:32:42,300 --> 00:32:44,800 Well done, Angel. 525 00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:47,000 - [Applause] - Well done. 526 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:49,500 See, didn't I tell ya it was gonna happen? 527 00:32:49,500 --> 00:32:52,700 And how about that lamb we got you for the slaughter? Any idea who that was? 528 00:32:52,700 --> 00:32:55,800 - Drogyn the Battlebrand. - Damn straight. 529 00:32:55,800 --> 00:33:00,400 We got you some supercharged warrior juice, not some schmuck. You must feel great. 530 00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:06,000 Okay. Let me introduce you around to a few people. 531 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:08,200 Some of these folks you know, some you don't. 532 00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:10,400 Of course, you're acquainted with the archduke. 533 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:12,400 Kudos, child. 534 00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:15,500 I must say, it's gratifying to see you've returned to form, Angelus. 535 00:33:15,500 --> 00:33:20,400 - It's still Angel. - Ah. Well, what's in a name, eh? 536 00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:22,600 In the spirit of our new alliance... 537 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:24,500 you must allow me to throw a dinner party in your honor. 538 00:33:24,500 --> 00:33:29,100 - You know how I love parties. - It's nice to see you again so soon, Angel. 539 00:33:29,100 --> 00:33:34,100 Senator. I had no idea you were so well-connected. 540 00:33:34,100 --> 00:33:36,200 Well, I'm not gonna take the White House in 2008... 541 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:39,900 on just my sparkling wit and funding from hostile governments. 542 00:33:39,900 --> 00:33:43,600 - [Laughs] - [Laughs] I expect not. 543 00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:47,900 Excuse us, Helen. Angel, I've got someone here who would like to pay his respects. 544 00:33:47,900 --> 00:33:51,500 - Vail. - You've been looking for me. 545 00:33:51,500 --> 00:33:54,500 Actually, I've been... Iooking like I'm looking for you. 546 00:33:54,500 --> 00:33:56,800 - Appearances, you know? - [Laughs, Coughs] 547 00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:59,800 See, Cyvus, I told you it was all good. 548 00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:03,500 - Now why don't you two shake hands? Come on. - No hard feelings then. 549 00:34:03,500 --> 00:34:06,700 Ultimately everything worked out for the best. 550 00:34:06,700 --> 00:34:09,200 [Laughs, Coughs] 551 00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:15,000 - Oh, your son, he kills quite well. - Thanks. 552 00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:16,900 [Raspy Laughing] 553 00:34:18,300 --> 00:34:21,700 - Got a great turnout for your initiation. - Really? 554 00:34:21,700 --> 00:34:25,500 Oh, yeah. Everybody's here. Here, let me freshen that up. 555 00:34:27,900 --> 00:34:29,800 [Indistinct] 556 00:34:53,500 --> 00:34:56,200 [Cries Out] 557 00:34:56,200 --> 00:34:58,200 - Might wanna stay down. - Or what? 558 00:35:00,700 --> 00:35:04,400 Careful. Don't wanna get yourselves hurt. 559 00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:06,500 We know what you been doin'. 560 00:35:06,500 --> 00:35:09,600 Giving up the baby to the Fell Brethren, workin' for Senator Bitch... 561 00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:12,600 tryin' to take out Drogyn to cover up what you did to Fred. 562 00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:16,300 And for what? To get in bed with the Circle of the Black Thorn? 563 00:35:16,300 --> 00:35:18,800 So you figured it out. 564 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:21,500 Yeah, a little singin' from a jailbird we know and loathe. 565 00:35:22,500 --> 00:35:24,500 Lindsey. 566 00:35:24,500 --> 00:35:27,400 - [Scoffs] And you believed him. - Doesn't have a reason to lie. 567 00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:30,900 - Doesn't need one. - Unlike you? 568 00:35:30,900 --> 00:35:34,700 What I do here is my business. 569 00:35:34,700 --> 00:35:37,400 You don't like how I conduct it, you can leave before I kill you. 570 00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:40,600 Kill us? Hard to believe we're having trouble trusting you. 571 00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:43,900 - Just telling it like it is. - Then we have a problem. 572 00:35:43,900 --> 00:35:45,700 I guess we do. 573 00:35:55,700 --> 00:35:57,600 [Gasps] 574 00:35:57,600 --> 00:35:59,400 - We done? - Let him go. 575 00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:01,400 You don't give the orders. 576 00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:04,900 Lorne, pull this thing out of me. 577 00:36:04,900 --> 00:36:07,800 Easy. I'm not in a great mood. [Gasps] 578 00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:11,800 Good. Now, let's finish this. 579 00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:13,600 Involvare. 580 00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:22,500 All right. We have six minutes. 581 00:36:22,500 --> 00:36:24,400 - Till what? - The glamour collapses. 582 00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:27,100 As far as anyone outside is concerned, we're still at each other's throats. 583 00:36:27,100 --> 00:36:29,800 - Aren't we? - We don't have a lot of time, so I'm gonna make this short. 584 00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:33,100 Everything you think you know, everything you've heard... is a lie. 585 00:36:33,100 --> 00:36:35,800 - Why should we believe you? - Because I'm the one who told it. 586 00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:38,500 - Read any good books lately? - You sent us the message? 587 00:36:38,500 --> 00:36:41,400 - And the assassin to kill Drogyn. - So that part was true. 588 00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:44,200 I knew Drogyn could handle himself. I told the assassin just enough... 589 00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:46,900 to lead Drogyn to think I played a part in resurrecting Illyria. 590 00:36:46,900 --> 00:36:49,100 I figured he'd come here lookin' for allies against me. 591 00:36:49,100 --> 00:36:51,000 Why would you want us to believe you killed Fred? 592 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:53,600 - Because they needed to believe it. - The Black Thorn. 593 00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:56,700 They needed to believe my own people didn't trust me anymore. 594 00:36:56,700 --> 00:37:01,500 They needed to believe a person as good and as pure as Drogyn considered me an enemy. 595 00:37:02,900 --> 00:37:06,200 It was the only way to gain their confidence. 596 00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:10,100 Oh, so this whole Evil Angel thing's been a big scamola. 597 00:37:10,100 --> 00:37:12,100 Huh. I smell Oscar. 598 00:37:12,100 --> 00:37:17,800 - When did this all start? - Two months ago, with a kiss. 599 00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:22,700 - Though it didn't hit me till later that night. - [Gasps] 600 00:37:26,300 --> 00:37:28,400 Cordelia gave you her visions. 601 00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:30,800 One-shot deal. 602 00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:36,600 She put me on the path, showed me where the real powers are. 603 00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:38,700 But I couldn't see who they were. 604 00:37:38,700 --> 00:37:44,400 And then Fred died, and I wasn't going to let that be another random, horrible event... 605 00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:47,100 in another random, horrible world. 606 00:37:47,100 --> 00:37:49,100 So I decided to use it... 607 00:37:49,100 --> 00:37:51,500 to make her death matter. 608 00:37:52,700 --> 00:37:56,100 And it worked. I'm in. 609 00:37:58,500 --> 00:38:03,200 I've seen the faces of evil. I know who the real powers in the apocalypse are. 610 00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:06,200 So all that "power tilts the scales" crap... 611 00:38:06,200 --> 00:38:08,300 It's true. We're in a machine. 612 00:38:08,300 --> 00:38:11,100 That machine's gonna be here long after our bodies are dust. 613 00:38:11,100 --> 00:38:15,100 The senior partners will always exist in one form or another because mankind is weak. 614 00:38:15,300 --> 00:38:17,100 Do you want me to point my crossbow at him... 615 00:38:17,100 --> 00:38:19,000 'cause I think he's gonna start talkin' about ants again. 616 00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:20,800 We are weak. 617 00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:24,600 The powerful control everything... 618 00:38:25,900 --> 00:38:28,400 except our will to choose. 619 00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:31,200 Look, Lindsey's a pathetic half-wit, but he was right about one thing. 620 00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:33,200 Heroes don't accept the way the world is. 621 00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:36,700 The senior partners may be eternal, but we can make their existence painful. 622 00:38:36,700 --> 00:38:39,100 You wanna take them on? 623 00:38:39,100 --> 00:38:42,300 We're in a machine. The Black Thorn runs it. 624 00:38:42,300 --> 00:38:45,800 We can bring their gears to a grinding halt, even if it's just for a moment. 625 00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:47,500 'Bout time we got our hands dirty. 626 00:38:47,500 --> 00:38:49,900 This isn't a "keep fighting the good fight" kind of a deal. 627 00:38:49,900 --> 00:38:52,500 Let's be clear. 628 00:38:52,500 --> 00:38:56,400 I'm talking about killing every... single... member... 629 00:38:56,700 --> 00:38:58,600 of the Black Thorn. 630 00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:06,700 - We don't walk away from that. - Do we crawl away at least? 631 00:39:06,700 --> 00:39:09,200 We do this, the senior partners will rain their full wrath. 632 00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:11,200 They'll make an example of us. 633 00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:14,500 I'm talkin' full-on hell, not the basic fire-and-brimstone kind we're used to. 634 00:39:14,500 --> 00:39:17,000 - We know the drill. - No, you don't. 635 00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:19,400 Ten to one, we're gone when the smoke clears. 636 00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:23,700 They will do everything in their power to destroy us. 637 00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:28,500 So... I need you to be sure. 638 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:32,400 Power endures. 639 00:39:32,400 --> 00:39:36,300 We can't bring down the senior partners, but for one bright, shiny moment... 640 00:39:36,600 --> 00:39:39,300 we can show them that they don't own us. 641 00:39:39,300 --> 00:39:42,600 You need to decide for yourselves... 642 00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:44,800 if that's worth dying for. 643 00:39:44,800 --> 00:39:46,900 I can't order you to do this. 644 00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:51,000 Can't do it without ya. 645 00:39:56,600 --> 00:39:59,600 So we'll vote... as a team. 646 00:40:02,500 --> 00:40:05,200 Think about what I'm askin' you to do. 647 00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:07,800 Think about what I'm askin' you to give. 648 00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:10,300 Kill 'em all. 649 00:40:10,300 --> 00:40:12,800 Burn the house down while we're still in it. 650 00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:15,000 Somethin' like that. 651 00:40:26,700 --> 00:40:30,100 [Exhales] I'm in. 652 00:40:38,700 --> 00:40:40,600 I'm in. 653 00:40:49,300 --> 00:40:52,200 - Drop him! - Angel, you don't want it to go like this. 654 00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:55,300 - Drop... You and l... - Wes! - Let him go! 655 00:40:55,300 --> 00:40:59,100 Angel, we've got three people here! Drop him! 656 00:41:00,305 --> 00:42:00,645 Watch Movies, Series & LiveTV www.flixify.app