1 00:00:15,931 --> 00:00:18,834 Please. You don't have to do this. 2 00:00:18,834 --> 00:00:23,071 I-- I can get you money. You don't have to-- Somebody, help! 3 00:00:39,521 --> 00:00:41,523 Doesn't sound like the lady's interested. 4 00:00:41,523 --> 00:00:43,626 Maybe you're coming off as too needy. 5 00:01:15,591 --> 00:01:18,661 What ju-- I don't understand. 6 00:01:18,661 --> 00:01:20,663 Look, don't try. 7 00:01:20,663 --> 00:01:24,833 Just get yourself home. Stay out of dark alleys. 8 00:01:24,833 --> 00:01:26,769 You'll be all right. 9 00:01:29,905 --> 00:01:32,307 But... who are you? 10 00:01:32,307 --> 00:01:35,143 Doesn't matter. 11 00:01:35,143 --> 00:01:37,212 Angel. 12 00:01:38,847 --> 00:01:40,849 Area is secure. Angel is unharmed. 13 00:01:40,849 --> 00:01:43,285 Hostile's contained. Sweep area and confirm. 14 00:01:45,187 --> 00:01:47,289 - Angel, sir. - Angel. 15 00:01:47,289 --> 00:01:49,692 We got a report of your movement. Came for backup. 16 00:01:49,692 --> 00:01:53,061 - I'm Agent Hauser. I run your operations team. 17 00:01:53,061 --> 00:01:54,429 Angel. 18 00:01:54,429 --> 00:01:57,465 Hi. Glad we caught you. Really would-- 19 00:01:57,465 --> 00:02:00,803 Get the forms from her. Really would prefer you didn't leave a rescue scenario... 20 00:02:00,803 --> 00:02:02,871 until we had a chance to control the scene. 21 00:02:02,871 --> 00:02:05,540 Of course, that is your decision, sir, but-- How did you guys-- 22 00:02:05,540 --> 00:02:08,576 Tracking monitor in your lapel. And what a time-saver too, huh? 23 00:02:08,576 --> 00:02:11,179 This is to confirm that you have been rescued by Angel, 24 00:02:11,179 --> 00:02:13,481 C.E.O. and president of Wolfram and Hart. 25 00:02:13,481 --> 00:02:16,118 And this is to indemnify Wolfram and Hart against any-- 26 00:02:16,118 --> 00:02:19,321 If we can just get a couple pictures of you two, that would be great. 27 00:02:19,321 --> 00:02:21,389 Now, uh, the vampire that you terminated, 28 00:02:21,389 --> 00:02:24,392 he actually did work for one of your clients, so-- 29 00:02:24,392 --> 00:02:26,629 But, hey, first week, no one will squawk, okay? 30 00:02:28,396 --> 00:02:30,298 You run a law firm? 31 00:02:30,298 --> 00:02:32,901 No. I mean-- 32 00:02:32,901 --> 00:02:35,437 Sort of. Well, just lately. 33 00:02:35,437 --> 00:02:39,007 I need you to initial here concerning your immortal soul. 34 00:02:39,007 --> 00:02:42,811 You did this for publicity? No! I help... the helpless. 35 00:02:42,811 --> 00:02:45,914 Would you like me to bring your car around, sir? Or anything? Anything at all? 36 00:02:45,914 --> 00:02:47,916 Mocha? Latte, decaf. 37 00:03:44,673 --> 00:03:47,075 Hey, Matt. Wait up. 38 00:03:47,075 --> 00:03:50,245 Did you get to the store? They didn't have a lot. I got Punisher. 39 00:03:50,245 --> 00:03:52,247 My dad won't let me read that. 40 00:03:52,247 --> 00:03:54,282 Oh, man, it's so good. 41 00:03:54,282 --> 00:03:56,284 He kills everyone. 42 00:03:56,284 --> 00:03:58,320 You can borrow mine. Okay. 43 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:00,355 Do you have X-Men? Which one? 44 00:04:00,355 --> 00:04:02,725 Matthew. It's pretty good. 45 00:04:02,725 --> 00:04:04,760 We can talk about it after class. 46 00:04:04,760 --> 00:04:06,895 Okay, let's settle down, everyone. 47 00:04:13,902 --> 00:04:15,938 Fred? Wesley! 48 00:04:17,873 --> 00:04:19,875 I'm always getting turned around. 49 00:04:19,875 --> 00:04:22,678 Can I help you with any of that? It's so big. 50 00:04:22,678 --> 00:04:24,747 It does take some getting used to. 51 00:04:24,747 --> 00:04:27,315 Have you seen my lab? It's giganamous, and I'm in charge. 52 00:04:27,315 --> 00:04:29,184 I'm sure you'll have no trouble-- 53 00:04:29,184 --> 00:04:31,587 I don't even understand half of what they're doing. 54 00:04:31,587 --> 00:04:34,156 There's this machine, six feet tall. It makes this noise: 55 00:04:34,156 --> 00:04:36,124 Whoompa, whoompa. 56 00:04:36,124 --> 00:04:39,728 Not a clue. Well, I'm still stuck back at-- Why on earth are we here? 57 00:04:39,728 --> 00:04:41,830 What? Because we're crusaders against evil, 58 00:04:41,830 --> 00:04:44,733 and now the law firm that represents most of the evil in the world... 59 00:04:44,733 --> 00:04:47,202 has given us its L.A. branch to run however we want, 60 00:04:47,202 --> 00:04:49,738 probably in an attempt to corrupt, divide or destroy us, 61 00:04:49,738 --> 00:04:52,474 and we all said yes in, like, three minutes? 62 00:04:53,942 --> 00:04:56,679 Your run-on sentences have got a lot less pointless. 63 00:04:56,679 --> 00:05:00,749 That's so sweet-- and a tad condescending. 64 00:05:00,749 --> 00:05:03,518 You sure I can't help you? Ms. Burkle. 65 00:05:03,518 --> 00:05:06,354 Hi! Oh, um, Wesley, this is Knox. 66 00:05:06,354 --> 00:05:08,423 And I told you to call me Fred. 67 00:05:08,423 --> 00:05:10,425 A-Any minute now I'm gonna start. 68 00:05:10,425 --> 00:05:12,460 It's a promise from me to you. 69 00:05:12,460 --> 00:05:15,497 Can I help you with that? Oh, thank you. 70 00:05:15,497 --> 00:05:18,967 So, Knox, how long have you been, um, evil? 71 00:05:18,967 --> 00:05:21,770 Oh. I just mix the potions, you know? 72 00:05:21,770 --> 00:05:24,072 And now that I'm taking orders from el jefe here, 73 00:05:24,072 --> 00:05:26,408 I'll probably be saving the world on a weekly basis. 74 00:05:26,408 --> 00:05:28,310 Good for you. 75 00:05:28,310 --> 00:05:30,746 Do you know how to get to your office from here? Why? 76 00:05:30,746 --> 00:05:32,748 Did somebody eat my bread crumbs? 77 00:05:32,748 --> 00:05:35,317 It-- It's not that hard. Uh, I'll-- I'll show you. 78 00:05:35,317 --> 00:05:37,419 Thanks, Knoxy. 79 00:05:37,419 --> 00:05:40,088 Oh. See ya. Oh, it was nice to meet you. 80 00:05:43,692 --> 00:05:45,961 Think fast! 81 00:05:45,961 --> 00:05:48,163 Gotta be faster than that in this place. 82 00:05:48,163 --> 00:05:50,966 Cricket's more my game. I've made up my mind. 83 00:05:50,966 --> 00:05:54,136 How's Fred doing? I'm sure Knoxy'll take wonderful care of her. 84 00:05:54,136 --> 00:05:57,539 Don't you think it's a bit unseemly adding Y's to the ends of people's names? 85 00:05:57,539 --> 00:05:59,507 Does that mean I have to call you "Wesle"? 86 00:05:59,507 --> 00:06:01,509 Made up your mind about what? Oh. 87 00:06:01,509 --> 00:06:03,712 I want the one on the left. 88 00:06:03,712 --> 00:06:07,783 This one makes me feel a little bit less completely out of place. I'd say 17% less. 89 00:06:07,783 --> 00:06:11,386 Plus-- Little bit of a view of the mountains. 90 00:06:11,386 --> 00:06:14,456 Lived my whole life in L.A., now I find out there are mountains. 91 00:06:14,456 --> 00:06:16,458 A brother should be told. It's very nice. 92 00:06:16,458 --> 00:06:18,694 So's yours. I mean, if it works for you. 93 00:06:18,694 --> 00:06:22,564 We could switch if you don't like the-- you know, the kung pao or whatever. 94 00:06:22,564 --> 00:06:24,700 Feng shui. Right. What's that mean again? 95 00:06:24,700 --> 00:06:27,670 That people will believe anything. 96 00:06:27,670 --> 00:06:30,873 Actually, in this place, feng shui will probably have enormous significance. 97 00:06:30,873 --> 00:06:32,908 I'll align my furniture the wrong way... 98 00:06:32,908 --> 00:06:35,143 and suddenly catch fire or turn into a pudding. 99 00:06:35,143 --> 00:06:37,012 You having second thoughts? 100 00:06:37,012 --> 00:06:40,082 You're not? Man, do I look like I belong here? 101 00:06:40,082 --> 00:06:42,851 You got the mystical creds at least. I just hit stuff. 102 00:06:42,851 --> 00:06:47,255 I mean, even if this works and we can turn this place around, use it to do some good, 103 00:06:47,255 --> 00:06:50,859 it's gonna be a long, long while before any of us gets anywhere near comfortable here. 104 00:06:50,859 --> 00:06:52,995 Oh, sweetie, it's perfect. 105 00:06:52,995 --> 00:06:55,463 Yes, it's perfect. It's the project you've been waiting for. 106 00:06:55,463 --> 00:06:58,400 Yeah, it's Joanie Loves Chachi meets The Sorrow and the Pity. 107 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:00,535 It's Joanie Loves Pity. And you're-- 108 00:07:00,535 --> 00:07:04,206 Yeah, that carpet's great, because I want our clients to become dizzy and vomit. 109 00:07:04,206 --> 00:07:07,275 Keep flipping, huh? Yeah, you're a shoo-in. The part's yours. 110 00:07:07,275 --> 00:07:11,279 Yeah, I got a whole freezer full of horses' heads downstairs. No, I'm just kidding. 111 00:07:11,279 --> 00:07:14,216 But, listen, the producer's a client, so read it and we'll talk. 112 00:07:14,216 --> 00:07:17,853 Okay. Better. Horrible and pathetic, but better. 113 00:07:22,224 --> 00:07:24,326 Lost, boss? 114 00:07:24,326 --> 00:07:27,696 On a lot of levels. Did you hear what happened to me last night? You got lucky? 115 00:07:27,696 --> 00:07:29,698 They put a tracer on me. 116 00:07:29,698 --> 00:07:32,868 I was workin' the town, helpin' the helpless-- the thing I like to do-- 117 00:07:32,868 --> 00:07:35,871 and the entire firm shows up in the alley. We'll make sure... 118 00:07:35,871 --> 00:07:38,273 it doesn't happen again. We're turning this place inside out. 119 00:07:38,273 --> 00:07:41,644 They want to see how I handle running Wolfram and Hart, they're gonna find out. 120 00:07:41,644 --> 00:07:43,812 Everything must go. 121 00:07:46,348 --> 00:07:48,684 Starting with that. 122 00:07:48,684 --> 00:07:52,120 Hi. It's really neat to see you guys. 123 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:54,657 I'm pretty sure this is supposed to be my office. 124 00:07:54,657 --> 00:07:56,659 Never happen again. 125 00:07:56,659 --> 00:07:59,662 I just wanted to, you know, see your face. 126 00:07:59,662 --> 00:08:01,296 You like to make an entrance. 127 00:08:01,296 --> 00:08:03,766 You always open both doors when you enter a room? 128 00:08:06,068 --> 00:08:10,005 I don't need to make an entrance. I need to make an impression. 129 00:08:10,005 --> 00:08:12,140 I'm gonna be your liaison to the firm. 130 00:08:12,140 --> 00:08:15,143 I'll help you find your way. My name is Eve. 131 00:08:15,143 --> 00:08:19,314 And just so we get the whole irony thing out of the way-- 132 00:08:25,087 --> 00:08:27,923 - Who do you answer to? - The senior partners. 133 00:08:27,923 --> 00:08:31,193 And if you're thinking-- which by the way, you are-- 134 00:08:31,193 --> 00:08:34,129 that you can use me to get to them, let go of the dream. 135 00:08:34,129 --> 00:08:36,331 I answer to them. I don't lunch with them. 136 00:08:36,331 --> 00:08:40,068 Still, a pretty powerful position for a young woman. 137 00:08:40,068 --> 00:08:43,271 How exactly can you be sure I'm either of those things? 138 00:08:45,173 --> 00:08:47,275 Okay, let me tell you how this works. 139 00:08:47,275 --> 00:08:49,211 I thought I was in charge. 140 00:08:49,211 --> 00:08:53,048 Of the Los Angeles offices of a multidimensional corporation. 141 00:08:53,048 --> 00:08:55,784 Now, I'm stressing that last word because that's what we are. 142 00:08:55,784 --> 00:08:58,621 We're a business, and we have a bottom line. 143 00:08:58,621 --> 00:09:02,625 Now, you could take your new client list and start hacking away from the top down. 144 00:09:02,625 --> 00:09:07,062 A lot of our clients are demons, and almost all of them are evil. 145 00:09:07,062 --> 00:09:08,697 Almost? 146 00:09:10,298 --> 00:09:13,636 Things are always more complicated than they seem, champ. 147 00:09:13,636 --> 00:09:16,404 You could shut this place down, 148 00:09:16,404 --> 00:09:19,074 but then-- 149 00:09:19,074 --> 00:09:22,210 Well, then-- then you wouldn't have it anymore. 150 00:09:22,210 --> 00:09:27,249 The place closes down. The connections dry up. Evil goes next door. 151 00:09:29,818 --> 00:09:31,954 This is the catch. 152 00:09:31,954 --> 00:09:35,824 I'm explaining the catch so you don't have to stand around wondering what it is. 153 00:09:35,824 --> 00:09:37,960 See, in order to keep this business running, 154 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:40,996 you have to keep this business running. 155 00:09:40,996 --> 00:09:44,399 And that means keeping your clients-- most of them anyway-- happy. 156 00:09:44,399 --> 00:09:46,835 It means lettin' 'em get away with stuff. 157 00:09:46,835 --> 00:09:50,806 Sweetie, they were getting away with it while you were all sitting around your hotel... 158 00:09:50,806 --> 00:09:53,275 waiting for the phone to jangle. 159 00:09:53,275 --> 00:09:56,044 You're on the ins now, and you can stop the worst of it. 160 00:09:56,044 --> 00:09:59,748 Maybe find some new solutions to some old problems. 161 00:10:01,917 --> 00:10:04,286 Come on. Isn't anybody excited? 162 00:10:05,420 --> 00:10:07,723 This is a crazy time of fun. 163 00:10:07,723 --> 00:10:13,428 The most powerful evil around has given a pivotal position over to its sworn enemies. 164 00:10:15,698 --> 00:10:18,300 You're not scared, are you? 165 00:10:24,339 --> 00:10:26,742 Your client files are all in there. 166 00:10:26,742 --> 00:10:29,111 Might want to start going through 'em. 167 00:10:34,783 --> 00:10:36,752 This is unbelievable. 168 00:10:36,752 --> 00:10:39,321 I think I've lost my appetite. 169 00:10:39,321 --> 00:10:42,591 Which is kind of a first. 170 00:10:42,591 --> 00:10:44,760 Hmm. Well, this is interesting. 171 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:48,396 Apparently old Joe Kennedy tried to get out of his deal with the firm. 172 00:10:48,396 --> 00:10:49,965 That explains a lot. 173 00:10:49,965 --> 00:10:52,334 Yeah, but George Sr., he read the fine print. 174 00:10:52,334 --> 00:10:55,503 There's no one these guys don't have a piece of. 175 00:10:55,503 --> 00:10:58,340 How are we even supposed to start makin' things right? 176 00:10:58,340 --> 00:11:00,743 Here's a winner. Corbin Fries. 177 00:11:00,743 --> 00:11:04,512 On trial for smuggling Asian girls in for cheap labor and prostitution. 178 00:11:04,512 --> 00:11:06,882 Been charged with drugs, gunrunnin'. Nothin' stuck. 179 00:11:06,882 --> 00:11:10,719 That's one of our human clients. Looks like the trial's not goin' too well this time. 180 00:11:10,719 --> 00:11:12,755 Hmm. First good news all day. 181 00:11:14,322 --> 00:11:16,324 I can't even remember which pile is which. 182 00:11:16,324 --> 00:11:19,261 I'll get my secretary to go through it in the morning. 183 00:11:19,261 --> 00:11:23,165 - Do I have a secretary? - I imagine they'll find you someone who can... 184 00:11:23,165 --> 00:11:25,634 stomach the idea of working for the side of the righteous. 185 00:11:25,634 --> 00:11:29,404 My impression is a lot of these guys are just opportunistic. They'll go with the flow. 186 00:11:29,404 --> 00:11:32,140 You know we're gonna have to check the whole staff, 187 00:11:32,140 --> 00:11:35,010 make sure we don't have any die-hard evildoers plotting against us. 188 00:11:36,278 --> 00:11:38,647 And here I was worrying about the clients. 189 00:11:38,647 --> 00:11:41,116 We're doing the right thing. 190 00:11:41,116 --> 00:11:43,952 Right? 191 00:11:47,389 --> 00:11:50,826 Well, uh, we're doin' it tomorrow, exalted one. 192 00:11:50,826 --> 00:11:52,861 My horns are fallin' asleep. 193 00:11:52,861 --> 00:11:55,130 Yeah. You guys go get some rest. 194 00:11:55,130 --> 00:11:57,499 What about you? I'll work a while yet. Go on. 195 00:12:08,176 --> 00:12:11,847 A lot simpler fighting vamps on the street, wasn't it? 196 00:12:11,847 --> 00:12:15,217 Tricked-out pickup, loyal gang. 197 00:12:15,217 --> 00:12:17,452 Just you and the pointy wood against the living dead. 198 00:12:17,452 --> 00:12:20,022 This gonna be a thing with you-- jumping out at people? 199 00:12:20,022 --> 00:12:22,290 Or do you just not have an office of your own? 200 00:12:24,627 --> 00:12:26,762 I'm just wondering if you're ready for the next step. 201 00:12:26,762 --> 00:12:29,598 Or if maybe I'd like to go back to livin' on the street, 202 00:12:29,598 --> 00:12:32,467 eatin' garbage and watching my buddies get picked off one by one? 203 00:12:32,467 --> 00:12:34,469 Yeah, that was the life. 204 00:12:34,469 --> 00:12:36,304 So you're not backing out? 205 00:12:36,304 --> 00:12:40,575 You don't know me, or you wouldn't ask that question. 206 00:12:40,575 --> 00:12:44,246 I can see why the senior partners chose you. 207 00:12:44,246 --> 00:12:46,181 Have fun. 208 00:12:53,121 --> 00:12:55,190 You'll feel like a new man. 209 00:12:59,561 --> 00:13:01,864 What did she mean? 210 00:13:03,632 --> 00:13:07,936 Tailor. Guess I'm not dressed for success. 211 00:13:23,451 --> 00:13:25,888 Uh, 212 00:13:25,888 --> 00:13:27,990 can I get a cup of coffee or somethin'? 213 00:13:27,990 --> 00:13:30,125 You have reached Ritual Sacrifice. 214 00:13:30,125 --> 00:13:32,695 For goats, press one. Or say "goats." 215 00:13:37,365 --> 00:13:41,069 Hello? This is Angel's office. How can I help you? 216 00:13:41,069 --> 00:13:45,373 This is Angel. No, this is his new assistant. 217 00:13:45,373 --> 00:13:47,843 No, this is Angel. 218 00:13:47,843 --> 00:13:50,045 Are you sure? 219 00:13:50,045 --> 00:13:53,882 Less and less. Can I get a cup of coffee? 220 00:13:53,882 --> 00:13:56,418 Or if there's blood-- Oh. Right away. 221 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:01,556 To sacrifice a loved one or pet, press the pound key. 222 00:14:08,196 --> 00:14:10,465 Hello? It's Wesley. Can I stop in? 223 00:14:10,465 --> 00:14:13,235 We might be into a situation. Uh, sure. 224 00:14:13,235 --> 00:14:15,671 Come on by. 225 00:14:20,676 --> 00:14:24,112 - Harmony. - Hey-- boss. 226 00:14:24,112 --> 00:14:27,449 You're my secretary? Hello. 227 00:14:27,449 --> 00:14:29,084 Assistant. 228 00:14:30,518 --> 00:14:32,621 Explain why I shouldn't kill you. 229 00:14:32,621 --> 00:14:34,590 Secretary's fine. 230 00:14:34,590 --> 00:14:37,225 No, it's not fine. 231 00:14:37,225 --> 00:14:39,895 Where is it fine? You've been working here? 232 00:14:39,895 --> 00:14:42,731 - Yeah-huh. - Why? 233 00:14:42,731 --> 00:14:45,033 Well, duh. 234 00:14:45,033 --> 00:14:48,036 I'm a single undead gal tryin' to make it in the big city. 235 00:14:48,036 --> 00:14:50,105 I have to start somewhere. 236 00:14:50,105 --> 00:14:52,207 And they're evil here. They don't judge. 237 00:14:52,207 --> 00:14:54,409 They've got the necro-tempered glass. 238 00:14:54,409 --> 00:14:58,246 No burning up. A great medical plan. 239 00:14:58,246 --> 00:15:01,449 - And who needs dental more than us? - This is surreal. 240 00:15:01,449 --> 00:15:05,253 Now, before you go threatening to fire me-- 241 00:15:05,253 --> 00:15:08,356 - I threatened to kill you. - Don't let's quibble. 242 00:15:08,356 --> 00:15:10,793 Before anything, just think. 243 00:15:10,793 --> 00:15:12,828 I'm strong. I'm quick. 244 00:15:12,828 --> 00:15:15,097 I'm incredibly sycophantic. 245 00:15:15,097 --> 00:15:17,099 If that means what that guy said. 246 00:15:17,099 --> 00:15:20,035 And I type like a superhero-- 247 00:15:20,035 --> 00:15:23,305 if there was a superhero whose power was typing. 248 00:15:23,305 --> 00:15:26,174 And, hey, we keep the same hours. 249 00:15:26,174 --> 00:15:28,310 Creatures of the night... 250 00:15:28,310 --> 00:15:30,345 unite? 251 00:15:32,748 --> 00:15:35,083 How do you like your blood? 252 00:15:36,251 --> 00:15:38,386 Tell me that's not-- It's pig's blood. 253 00:15:38,386 --> 00:15:41,189 I'm totally off the human blood. That's not even a thing. 254 00:15:45,027 --> 00:15:46,962 It tastes-- Pretty good, right? 255 00:15:46,962 --> 00:15:49,698 The extra ingredient is otter. 256 00:15:52,267 --> 00:15:54,603 Angel, it's, uh, one of our cases. 257 00:15:54,603 --> 00:15:57,773 It's becoming problematic. Harmony. Hey, Wes. 258 00:15:57,773 --> 00:16:01,409 - You knew that she was-- - Wesley's the one that picked me out of the steno pool. 259 00:16:01,409 --> 00:16:04,780 But why? You-- 260 00:16:04,780 --> 00:16:06,649 I thought a familiar face... 261 00:16:06,649 --> 00:16:09,117 would be just the thing in a place like this. 262 00:16:09,117 --> 00:16:13,822 You turned evil a lot faster than I thought you would. Nonsense. 263 00:16:13,822 --> 00:16:16,491 We're gonna get along great, boss. The whole gang. 264 00:16:16,491 --> 00:16:19,494 I mean, Cordy is gonna lose it when she finds out I-- 265 00:16:22,931 --> 00:16:25,300 I mean, 266 00:16:25,300 --> 00:16:28,604 you are gonna tell her you're okay with this, right? 267 00:16:28,604 --> 00:16:31,840 I mean, I know she was mad at me for trying to kill you all, but, 268 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:35,410 uh, she wouldn't-- I mean-- I thought she knew. 269 00:16:36,612 --> 00:16:39,748 Cordy's sick. She's in a coma. 270 00:16:42,818 --> 00:16:44,820 Oh. 271 00:16:44,820 --> 00:16:47,956 God, I-- I didn't-- 272 00:16:47,956 --> 00:16:49,925 What happened? Is she gonna be okay? 273 00:16:49,925 --> 00:16:52,695 We don't know. 274 00:16:56,264 --> 00:16:58,466 Cordy was my best friend, like, 275 00:16:59,567 --> 00:17:02,104 my whole life. 276 00:17:02,104 --> 00:17:04,206 She's my role model. 277 00:17:04,206 --> 00:17:06,541 How can she-- 278 00:17:06,541 --> 00:17:10,145 So, anyway, I really think you should not fire me, and Wes does too. 279 00:17:10,145 --> 00:17:13,716 Harmony, would you ask the men in my office to join us, please? 280 00:17:13,716 --> 00:17:15,718 Righty-ho. 281 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:22,090 If there's a way to help Cordelia, we will find it. 282 00:17:22,090 --> 00:17:24,192 What's the case? 283 00:17:24,192 --> 00:17:28,731 Corbin Fries, the lowest piece of pond scum I've met in, oh, hours. 284 00:17:28,731 --> 00:17:32,234 He's about to get 20 years for kidnapping, pimping-- I saw the file. 285 00:17:32,234 --> 00:17:35,370 Yeah, well, personally, I think he deserves to be eaten by weasels, 286 00:17:35,370 --> 00:17:37,372 but he's hinting we'd best help him. 287 00:17:37,372 --> 00:17:40,442 Threatening, actually. 288 00:17:40,442 --> 00:17:43,979 Mr. Fries. Mr. Fries, this is Angel. 289 00:17:43,979 --> 00:17:48,116 I've been bringing him up to speed on your case. Terrific. Hmm. 290 00:17:48,116 --> 00:17:50,185 Desmond Keel. One of ours. 291 00:17:50,185 --> 00:17:52,420 Nice to meet you. I've heard, uh, things. 292 00:17:52,420 --> 00:17:54,823 Would anybody like coffee? 293 00:17:54,823 --> 00:17:58,894 Oh, yeah. Let's all chitchat and have tea and crumpets 'cause I got so much time. 294 00:17:58,894 --> 00:18:03,365 Here's the skinny. Tomorrow, the D.A. puts my tit in a wringer for good and all, 295 00:18:03,365 --> 00:18:05,567 and that does not stand with me. 296 00:18:05,567 --> 00:18:10,072 Butt-munch here, he got his law degree at dog training school, 297 00:18:10,072 --> 00:18:13,508 and the prosecution has everything they've ever dreamed of. 298 00:18:13,508 --> 00:18:15,878 - Because you're guilty. - Course I'm guilty. 299 00:18:15,878 --> 00:18:18,080 What the hell are you changing the subject for? 300 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:21,584 The point is when Holland Manners was runnin' things... 301 00:18:21,584 --> 00:18:24,186 this would've never got to trial. 302 00:18:24,186 --> 00:18:27,155 Now, I bring a lot of money into this firm-- more than most-- 303 00:18:27,155 --> 00:18:30,826 and I don't do that so I can be handed over to the frickin' law. 304 00:18:30,826 --> 00:18:32,895 You... 305 00:18:32,895 --> 00:18:34,930 gotta get me off. 306 00:18:36,498 --> 00:18:38,601 It's strange, my lack of incentive. 307 00:18:38,601 --> 00:18:43,706 You think I give a ferret's anus about your new regime here? 308 00:18:43,706 --> 00:18:48,410 Yeah, I know who you are, and I care to the sum of zero. 309 00:18:49,311 --> 00:18:51,246 You're my lawyers. 310 00:18:51,246 --> 00:18:54,883 And if you don't do every last thing to keep me out of jail, 311 00:18:54,883 --> 00:18:56,852 you will regret it. 312 00:18:56,852 --> 00:18:59,387 Uh, we can't dance around this one. 313 00:18:59,387 --> 00:19:01,624 We're not in a position to have anyone killed. 314 00:19:03,491 --> 00:19:06,261 Not that we would. And the jury's, uh, tamperproof. 315 00:19:06,261 --> 00:19:10,565 Literally. I think one of the D.A.'s shamans has conjured a mystical shield around them. 316 00:19:10,565 --> 00:19:14,703 So this one has to be won on the merits of the case. 317 00:19:14,703 --> 00:19:18,841 Uh, we have top men on this. Who are doing jack. 318 00:19:20,175 --> 00:19:23,245 I am not gonna be made an example of. 319 00:19:23,245 --> 00:19:25,147 Either you get me off tomorrow-- 320 00:19:25,147 --> 00:19:28,383 - I think you should calm down. - To hell with calm down. 321 00:19:28,383 --> 00:19:31,587 Either you get me off, or I drop the bomb. 322 00:19:32,621 --> 00:19:34,189 Bomb? 323 00:19:34,189 --> 00:19:36,291 Let me put it this way. 324 00:19:36,291 --> 00:19:38,861 They bring in a conviction, bye-bye, California. 325 00:19:41,263 --> 00:19:43,231 I say the magic word, 326 00:19:43,231 --> 00:19:47,169 the only people left standin' are gonna be the ones that are already dead. 327 00:19:47,169 --> 00:19:50,706 Well, that's a relief. 328 00:19:50,706 --> 00:19:52,875 I mean, hey! 329 00:19:57,279 --> 00:19:59,581 Okay, well, we all know why we're here, 330 00:19:59,581 --> 00:20:01,817 so why don't we get started. 331 00:20:01,817 --> 00:20:03,619 Uh, 332 00:20:04,552 --> 00:20:07,623 Cindy Rabinowitz. 333 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:15,430 ♪ There once was a woman who loved a man ♪ 334 00:20:15,430 --> 00:20:18,934 ♪ He was the one that she took poison for ♪ 335 00:20:18,934 --> 00:20:22,270 ♪ They say that nobody ever loved as much as she ♪ 336 00:20:22,270 --> 00:20:24,673 ♪ But me ♪ 337 00:20:24,673 --> 00:20:26,642 ♪ I love you more ♪ 338 00:20:26,642 --> 00:20:29,878 So, he can read your mind? 339 00:20:29,878 --> 00:20:35,117 Oh. While you're singing, he can sort of feel out your aura-- your future. 340 00:20:35,117 --> 00:20:38,486 Should help us weed out the, you know, most evilest, 341 00:20:38,486 --> 00:20:40,589 which I'm sure you're not. 342 00:20:40,589 --> 00:20:43,659 Hey, I'll go up there right now, warble away. 343 00:20:43,659 --> 00:20:46,595 I want you feeling 100% secure running this lab. 344 00:20:46,595 --> 00:20:49,264 Yeah. That'll never happen in this lifetime. 345 00:20:49,264 --> 00:20:51,900 Uh, evil aside, 346 00:20:51,900 --> 00:20:55,871 I'm not sure that I'm much of the running things type. 347 00:20:55,871 --> 00:20:58,841 I'm more the running away from things type. 348 00:21:00,976 --> 00:21:04,312 Why do I have trouble believing that? Maybe you're not very bright. 349 00:21:06,381 --> 00:21:08,283 Hi, this is Fred. 350 00:21:08,283 --> 00:21:12,921 Uh, I mean, Practical Science Department. This is the head-- 351 00:21:12,921 --> 00:21:15,190 Fred. 352 00:21:15,190 --> 00:21:17,492 How may I help you? 353 00:21:17,492 --> 00:21:21,163 Blow everybody up? Well, he said "drop the bomb." We don't know what that means. 354 00:21:21,163 --> 00:21:24,299 We very nearly found out. What? I'm not allowed to hit people? 355 00:21:24,299 --> 00:21:26,234 Not people capable of genocide. 356 00:21:26,234 --> 00:21:29,404 Those are exactly the types of people I should be allowed to hit. 357 00:21:29,404 --> 00:21:31,874 Hey, back to the here and now, chickadees. 358 00:21:31,874 --> 00:21:34,910 - Where do we stand? - We need to find out about this bomb... 359 00:21:34,910 --> 00:21:37,946 and somehow disable it in case that jury comes in with a conviction. 360 00:21:37,946 --> 00:21:40,916 We think it may have some mystical element. 361 00:21:40,916 --> 00:21:43,385 Fries said, "I say the magic word." He could mean exactly that. 362 00:21:43,385 --> 00:21:47,923 Which is my department. We also think it probably isn't an explosive. 363 00:21:47,923 --> 00:21:51,093 This isn't the sort of man to risk his own life. 364 00:21:51,093 --> 00:21:53,829 - So, that could mean more magic-- - Or it could be a virus. 365 00:21:53,829 --> 00:21:56,131 - Ebola kind of thing. - Right. 366 00:21:56,131 --> 00:21:59,835 The main thing is any of this stuff could have come from right here. 367 00:21:59,835 --> 00:22:02,638 Keel, the lawyer, says he doesn't know anything, and I believe him. 368 00:22:02,638 --> 00:22:05,040 - Why? - He's terrified. 369 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:08,043 - It's goin' around. - Fred, go through the lab records. 370 00:22:08,043 --> 00:22:11,113 See if Wolfram and Hart deals in viruses. 371 00:22:11,113 --> 00:22:13,749 Lorne, you're on the courtroom. Monitor the case. Let us know how it's going. 372 00:22:13,749 --> 00:22:15,918 But lunch with Mary-Kate. 373 00:22:15,918 --> 00:22:18,587 She was gonna tell me about Ashley's new piercing. 374 00:22:18,587 --> 00:22:20,723 I paged Gunn three times. Still nothing. 375 00:22:20,723 --> 00:22:23,125 Why isn't he here? Why is she? 376 00:22:23,125 --> 00:22:25,594 - Long story. - Maybe not. 377 00:22:25,594 --> 00:22:27,329 And I got Spanky's address. Spanky? 378 00:22:27,329 --> 00:22:29,998 Freelance mystic. Showed up in Fries's files a few times. 379 00:22:29,998 --> 00:22:32,134 I'm gonna do some legwork. 380 00:22:32,134 --> 00:22:35,638 - Can you get there by sewer? - Not this time. 381 00:22:50,919 --> 00:22:53,121 Oh, God, they're so beautiful. 382 00:22:58,360 --> 00:23:00,462 Sir. 383 00:23:01,496 --> 00:23:03,799 Hauser, right? 384 00:23:03,799 --> 00:23:06,068 We got word there's a floater you wanted brought in. 385 00:23:07,770 --> 00:23:09,772 How exactly did you get that word? 386 00:23:09,772 --> 00:23:12,641 That's my job, sir. You want us to bring him in? 387 00:23:12,641 --> 00:23:17,079 - I'll take care of it. - Traditionally, my unit handles all of the wet work. 388 00:23:17,079 --> 00:23:19,447 I know you meant fieldwork. 389 00:23:19,447 --> 00:23:21,917 Of course. 390 00:23:23,385 --> 00:23:25,754 I'll take care of it. 391 00:23:25,754 --> 00:23:28,190 Later on you can tell me all about tradition. 392 00:23:44,472 --> 00:23:49,311 So what do you want? I'm here from Wolfram and Hart. I'm here about a job. 393 00:23:49,311 --> 00:23:52,247 Well, then, get your butt in here. 394 00:23:52,247 --> 00:23:55,884 Pardon the sweaty. I was workin' out. Uh, you want a drink? 395 00:23:55,884 --> 00:23:59,121 Got a pitcher of daiquiris. I'm good, thanks. 396 00:23:59,121 --> 00:24:01,189 So am I. 397 00:24:01,189 --> 00:24:03,125 And I'm about to be better. 398 00:24:04,492 --> 00:24:06,829 Hmm. 399 00:24:06,829 --> 00:24:10,699 So tell me, why do they call you Spanky? 400 00:24:10,699 --> 00:24:13,468 I'm a big Our Gang fan. 401 00:24:13,468 --> 00:24:15,270 That's what I figured. 402 00:24:17,873 --> 00:24:20,275 Look, buddy, I'm gonna be up front with you. 403 00:24:20,275 --> 00:24:23,111 I got nothin' against people doin' their thing. 404 00:24:23,111 --> 00:24:26,181 It's a wide and wonderful world, but... 405 00:24:26,181 --> 00:24:28,083 I don't spank men. 406 00:24:28,083 --> 00:24:30,986 It's not a judgment. Men have fine, firm asses. 407 00:24:30,986 --> 00:24:33,789 You been to the Web site, you know how much I work on mine. 408 00:24:33,789 --> 00:24:36,024 But when you said Wolfram and Hart, 409 00:24:36,024 --> 00:24:39,294 I assumed you were here about a mystical job. 410 00:24:39,294 --> 00:24:42,030 I am. 411 00:24:42,030 --> 00:24:45,901 The one you did for Corbin Fries. Yeah? 412 00:24:45,901 --> 00:24:49,571 Okay, I don't discuss my old jobs. 413 00:24:49,571 --> 00:24:53,876 - Mystic-client privilege. - You're gonna tell me what you did for Mr. Fries... 414 00:24:53,876 --> 00:24:56,278 now or very soon from now. 415 00:24:59,181 --> 00:25:02,885 I built him a container-- a mystical vessel. 416 00:25:02,885 --> 00:25:04,787 You can put anything you want in it. 417 00:25:06,388 --> 00:25:10,025 - Like a bomb. - A bomb, a curse, a golden retriever. 418 00:25:11,326 --> 00:25:15,463 Anything. I don't know what he wanted it for. 419 00:25:15,463 --> 00:25:20,002 The vessel just holds it until the magic word dissolves the vessel. 420 00:25:20,002 --> 00:25:21,937 Okay, then, where'd you place the vessel? 421 00:25:21,937 --> 00:25:24,840 You know what I'm doing now? 422 00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:27,610 I'm applying pressure to your windpipe. 423 00:25:27,610 --> 00:25:29,645 You'll pass out. 424 00:25:29,645 --> 00:25:34,883 And then I'll let Mr. Fries decide if he wants you to wake up again. 425 00:25:34,883 --> 00:25:36,852 Do you know what I'm doin' now? 426 00:25:36,852 --> 00:25:38,553 Not using my windpipe. 427 00:25:38,553 --> 00:25:41,990 Vampire. 428 00:25:41,990 --> 00:25:44,459 Capital "V." 429 00:25:44,459 --> 00:25:47,229 And there's somethin' else you should know about me. 430 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:53,902 I have no problem spanking men. 431 00:26:11,419 --> 00:26:13,722 "Charles Gunn"? 432 00:26:13,722 --> 00:26:15,758 Hold on a sec. This is deep stuff. 433 00:26:15,758 --> 00:26:18,393 Looks like Demi might be breaking up with Emilio. 434 00:26:20,228 --> 00:26:22,998 I'm afraid the magazines are a little out of date. 435 00:26:22,998 --> 00:26:25,734 Then you shouldn't keep people waitin' for five hours. 436 00:26:27,202 --> 00:26:29,738 Not nervous, are we? 437 00:26:29,738 --> 00:26:33,341 No. Definitely past nervous here. 438 00:26:35,911 --> 00:26:39,848 So, I understand you were in the White Room. 439 00:26:41,650 --> 00:26:43,786 Spoke with the Conduit himself. 440 00:26:43,786 --> 00:26:46,388 That's between me and the big cat. 441 00:26:47,489 --> 00:26:49,291 We gonna do this thing? 442 00:26:49,291 --> 00:26:53,195 By all means. Please remove your shirt. 443 00:26:58,466 --> 00:27:02,137 Oh, okay, this could be bad. Bad what? How, where? 444 00:27:02,137 --> 00:27:06,374 We did do some work with Fries on illegal pesticides, rodent killers. 445 00:27:06,374 --> 00:27:08,243 But this guy, Lopez-- 446 00:27:08,243 --> 00:27:10,979 The lab technician? Yeah, I don't know him. 447 00:27:13,448 --> 00:27:15,884 Oh, okay, he was fired. Oh, no, I'm sorry. 448 00:27:15,884 --> 00:27:18,721 - He was set on fire. - That's interesting. 449 00:27:18,721 --> 00:27:21,389 For working with Fries? Maybe under the table. 450 00:27:23,525 --> 00:27:26,161 There's a link to his name. A cult. 451 00:27:27,863 --> 00:27:31,133 The "Black Tomorrow." Oh, thrills. 452 00:27:31,133 --> 00:27:33,235 I think you were right, boss. 453 00:27:33,235 --> 00:27:35,738 These guys specialized in quick-fire disease scenarios-- 454 00:27:35,738 --> 00:27:38,373 sarin gases and viruses. 455 00:27:38,373 --> 00:27:40,375 Which you all built. 456 00:27:40,375 --> 00:27:42,110 Hey, no. 457 00:27:42,110 --> 00:27:45,313 We've contained more plagues than we've ever designed. 458 00:27:45,313 --> 00:27:47,415 We're not all about destruction here. 459 00:27:47,415 --> 00:27:50,185 We have to find out what he had access-- 460 00:27:51,353 --> 00:27:53,255 Department of-- Fred. 461 00:27:53,255 --> 00:27:56,592 Angel. Yeah, it looks like our client... 462 00:27:56,592 --> 00:27:58,460 might be playing with a virus, 463 00:27:58,460 --> 00:28:00,696 spread by touch or maybe even airborne. 464 00:28:00,696 --> 00:28:02,898 That's the bomb. Safe guess. 465 00:28:04,232 --> 00:28:06,769 So, did you find out where he put it? 466 00:28:08,570 --> 00:28:10,538 Angel? Yeah. 467 00:28:10,538 --> 00:28:13,175 I found out where he put it. 468 00:28:13,175 --> 00:28:15,510 Matthew Fries, 469 00:28:15,510 --> 00:28:18,747 do you want to spend the rest of this class in the corner? 470 00:28:37,099 --> 00:28:39,401 Uh-uh-uh. Slowly, slowly. 471 00:28:40,603 --> 00:28:43,105 You want to stop? We finished? 472 00:28:43,105 --> 00:28:46,241 Not quite yet. Then shut up and do it. 473 00:28:50,646 --> 00:28:52,781 You got anything, Fred? 474 00:28:52,781 --> 00:28:56,685 I'm not sure. We've isolated a few strains which Fries may have had access to. 475 00:28:56,685 --> 00:28:58,621 Any antidote? Nothing. 476 00:28:58,621 --> 00:29:01,389 The antidote probably died with the tech guy that made the virus. 477 00:29:01,389 --> 00:29:03,391 Fries must be immune. There has to be-- 478 00:29:03,391 --> 00:29:05,493 And we're not even sure which strain it is. 479 00:29:05,493 --> 00:29:07,596 I'm trying, Wesley. 480 00:29:07,596 --> 00:29:09,698 I'm not doing much better. 481 00:29:09,698 --> 00:29:12,467 I can't disable the trigger if I don't know the magic word. 482 00:29:12,467 --> 00:29:15,804 Short of killing Fries-- And that could trigger it too. 483 00:29:15,804 --> 00:29:18,206 I know. 484 00:29:18,206 --> 00:29:21,543 Back to our respective grindstones, I guess. 485 00:29:26,581 --> 00:29:28,450 He gonna be all right? 486 00:29:30,085 --> 00:29:32,955 He does seem to be taking it very personally. 487 00:29:34,857 --> 00:29:36,925 Probably this place. 488 00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:40,295 Gets to you. 489 00:29:53,742 --> 00:29:55,644 Rough day at work? 490 00:29:59,214 --> 00:30:01,516 His son. 491 00:30:01,516 --> 00:30:06,488 He took a lethal virus, and he stuck it inside his son. 492 00:30:08,757 --> 00:30:10,593 Hits you where you live, doesn't it? 493 00:30:13,996 --> 00:30:16,298 Of course I know. 494 00:30:17,399 --> 00:30:19,367 You lost your son. 495 00:30:19,367 --> 00:30:21,637 Well, gave him up. 496 00:30:21,637 --> 00:30:23,839 To save him. Which you did. 497 00:30:23,839 --> 00:30:28,210 He's happy and well-adjusted now that he has no memory of you. 498 00:30:28,210 --> 00:30:33,115 And the rest of the world, including your best friends, never even heard of Connor. 499 00:30:33,115 --> 00:30:35,550 That's not a name I want passing through your lips. 500 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:41,023 And what would you like passing through my lips? 501 00:30:41,023 --> 00:30:43,892 News flash. You're not cute when I'm angry. 502 00:30:43,892 --> 00:30:47,029 I'm just curious how you're gonna play it. 503 00:30:48,831 --> 00:30:51,499 Well, I'll isolate the boy, 504 00:30:51,499 --> 00:30:53,836 if it comes to that. 505 00:30:53,836 --> 00:30:56,571 Stop it from spreading. 506 00:30:57,973 --> 00:31:00,475 Here's the news from this sector. 507 00:31:00,475 --> 00:31:03,846 If every case hits you this hard, you're not gonna last a week. 508 00:31:03,846 --> 00:31:08,150 I don't want you coming into my office again unless I ask for you. 509 00:31:08,150 --> 00:31:12,287 I don't want to hear another word right now unless you decide to start helpin' out. 510 00:31:13,756 --> 00:31:15,658 How do you know I'm not? 511 00:31:24,366 --> 00:31:26,702 I've increased the solution to 30%. 512 00:31:26,702 --> 00:31:29,571 Diagnostics are negative. 513 00:31:35,711 --> 00:31:39,314 Yeah, I'd say we're lookin' at a retrovirus, 514 00:31:39,314 --> 00:31:43,351 spread by touch, some derivation of the phonaya strain. 515 00:31:43,351 --> 00:31:45,253 Are you sure? 516 00:31:45,253 --> 00:31:48,691 Couple more tests. Are you running them? 517 00:31:48,691 --> 00:31:52,728 I'll get someone on it. Don't get someone on it. Havesomeone on it. 518 00:31:52,728 --> 00:31:55,297 Did we build this thing? Do we have an antidote? 519 00:31:55,297 --> 00:31:58,066 Do-- Do we have an antidote department? 520 00:31:58,066 --> 00:32:02,070 Do you do anything besides pretending you're running an evil Radio Shack? 521 00:32:04,339 --> 00:32:06,341 Y'all are tired. I know. 522 00:32:06,341 --> 00:32:08,443 I just want you to understand... 523 00:32:08,443 --> 00:32:11,279 that in a few hours a virus is gonna start spreading in the city... 524 00:32:11,279 --> 00:32:13,581 that'll kill every person in it. 525 00:32:13,581 --> 00:32:18,086 And when blood starts streaming out of our noses, eye sockets and fingernails, 526 00:32:18,086 --> 00:32:20,022 I'll have the intense satisfaction of knowing... 527 00:32:20,022 --> 00:32:24,660 that I'm dying with the only people in the world that actually deserve it! 528 00:32:24,660 --> 00:32:28,664 Now, focus, people. Work the damn problem! 529 00:32:34,737 --> 00:32:36,639 You're the boss. 530 00:32:40,542 --> 00:32:44,379 Your Honor, the defense objects to this entire line of questioning. 531 00:32:44,379 --> 00:32:47,650 Yes, of course the defense objects. The defense always objects. 532 00:32:47,650 --> 00:32:51,386 I'm curious, Mr. Keel, is it just the sound of people talking that offends you? 533 00:32:51,386 --> 00:32:53,722 We still feel that this line of questioning-- 534 00:32:53,722 --> 00:32:55,891 Angeltoes, Lorne. 535 00:32:55,891 --> 00:32:59,061 Listen, I'm gonna go ahead and recommend we get that boy into isolation pronto. 536 00:32:59,061 --> 00:33:01,163 How long do we have? 537 00:33:01,163 --> 00:33:04,600 The defense is drawing it out, but the judge is making merry sport of him, 538 00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:07,870 and-- well, now the jury is lookin' at Fries like he's O.J... 539 00:33:07,870 --> 00:33:10,639 without the commanding performance in Towering Inferno. 540 00:33:10,639 --> 00:33:13,942 - Think he's gonna say the word? - Before they even deliver the verdict. 541 00:33:13,942 --> 00:33:16,378 He's dead meat, and he knows it. 542 00:33:16,378 --> 00:33:19,081 I think Fries Jr. is about to become Patient Zero. 543 00:33:19,081 --> 00:33:22,450 All right. Thanks. Uh, I'll get to the school. Stay in there. 544 00:33:22,450 --> 00:33:25,721 Okay. Let's show the new boss how a threat is contained. 545 00:33:25,721 --> 00:33:28,691 Terminate the kid? This is a level one possible contagion. 546 00:33:28,691 --> 00:33:32,194 We take out the kid, the class-- anyone within 50 yards. 547 00:33:32,194 --> 00:33:35,563 A clean sweep, people. No survivors, no witnesses. 548 00:33:47,209 --> 00:33:50,679 Fred's got the lab techs on track for an antidote, but it could be days. 549 00:33:50,679 --> 00:33:53,649 Same with removing the mystical container, I'm afraid. 550 00:33:53,649 --> 00:33:56,351 If we could get them to suspend the trial-- Not gonna happen. 551 00:33:56,351 --> 00:33:58,286 I gotta get to the school. Uh, boss-- 552 00:33:58,286 --> 00:34:00,388 It can wait. Maybe not. 553 00:34:00,388 --> 00:34:03,726 Go to the courthouse, Plan C. I'll let you know when I've isolated the boy. 554 00:34:03,726 --> 00:34:06,629 - The special ops team already left for the school. - What? 555 00:34:06,629 --> 00:34:08,997 They left, and they called for the cleaners to meet there. 556 00:34:08,997 --> 00:34:12,300 I have it from some of the girls, cleaners means a big job-- lots of bodies. 557 00:34:12,300 --> 00:34:13,869 - How long ago? - Ten minutes. 558 00:34:13,869 --> 00:34:16,038 You'll never beat them on the street. I gotta try. 559 00:34:16,038 --> 00:34:17,840 - Um, boss. What? 560 00:34:28,851 --> 00:34:32,955 Your Honor, if I may, the defense is now bordering on the absurd. 561 00:34:32,955 --> 00:34:35,991 How's it going? - They've repeatedly tried to... 562 00:34:35,991 --> 00:34:38,594 obfuscate the facts of this case, calling witness after witness-- 563 00:34:38,594 --> 00:34:41,864 Never mind. Yeah. So what's the plan? 564 00:34:44,032 --> 00:34:46,869 You've got a plan. ...more than patient while the defense manufactures... 565 00:34:46,869 --> 00:34:49,171 stalling tactic after stalling tactic. 566 00:34:49,171 --> 00:34:53,575 - And here I thought we were desperate. - I think we've all had enough. 567 00:35:16,531 --> 00:35:18,634 Go! Go! 568 00:35:23,839 --> 00:35:26,408 So it turns out, with this new deal and all, 569 00:35:26,408 --> 00:35:28,476 I own a helicopter. 570 00:35:30,278 --> 00:35:32,648 - Where's the boy? - You just missed everybody. 571 00:35:32,648 --> 00:35:36,184 Oh. I probably don't wanna be breathing that. 572 00:35:36,184 --> 00:35:39,922 Kid's still a threat, which means you have him isolated, probably nearby. 573 00:35:41,423 --> 00:35:44,760 I can see why they made you the leader. 574 00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:47,930 - Do I even have to start with how fired you all are? 575 00:35:49,297 --> 00:35:51,299 That's not how it works. 576 00:35:51,299 --> 00:35:55,003 Oh, right. Tradition. 577 00:35:55,003 --> 00:35:58,373 - Why don't you show me how that's done? - Thank you, sir. 578 00:35:58,373 --> 00:36:00,575 Take him out. 579 00:37:02,137 --> 00:37:06,041 If there are no more objections, I'll hear final summations. 580 00:37:09,277 --> 00:37:12,380 Your Honor, the defense requests one more minute to confer. 581 00:37:14,750 --> 00:37:17,385 Another defense lawyer. What a joy. 582 00:37:19,588 --> 00:37:23,692 Uh, Your Honor, at this point I'd like to cede the floor to my colleague, Charles Gunn. 583 00:37:23,692 --> 00:37:26,361 - So noted. - Thank you. 584 00:37:26,361 --> 00:37:28,396 Your Honor, the defense moves for a mistrial. 585 00:37:32,434 --> 00:37:34,069 You are, of course, joking. 586 00:37:34,069 --> 00:37:36,071 Your Honor, that's the second prejudicial remark... 587 00:37:36,071 --> 00:37:38,540 you've made against the defense since I entered the room. 588 00:37:38,540 --> 00:37:41,143 What are your grounds for requesting a mistrial? 589 00:37:41,143 --> 00:37:43,245 You are, Your Honor. 590 00:37:43,245 --> 00:37:45,714 I'm asking that you recuse yourself from this trial. 591 00:37:45,714 --> 00:37:49,785 The thin ice you are on is over very deep water. 592 00:37:49,785 --> 00:37:52,520 "No judge shall be appointed to try any case... 593 00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:55,157 concerning a business colleague or employee." 594 00:37:55,157 --> 00:37:57,059 Permission to approach the bench. 595 00:37:59,227 --> 00:38:01,363 These are? 596 00:38:03,766 --> 00:38:05,901 What are you doing with my tax records? 597 00:38:05,901 --> 00:38:08,804 The highlighted portions indicate stock in Oriental Bay Exports, 598 00:38:08,804 --> 00:38:10,706 which is owned by Loros, Incorporated, 599 00:38:10,706 --> 00:38:13,776 which in turn is owned by a consortium that includes... 600 00:38:13,776 --> 00:38:16,612 the defendant, Corbin Fries. 601 00:38:16,612 --> 00:38:18,781 I have brokers who do my-- 602 00:38:18,781 --> 00:38:22,450 You submit that I could possibly have known about this connection? 603 00:38:22,450 --> 00:38:25,487 I found out, and I've been on the case six hours. 604 00:38:25,487 --> 00:38:27,723 The ice is melting, counselor. 605 00:38:27,723 --> 00:38:30,525 The defense submits it has learned how to swim. 606 00:38:31,894 --> 00:38:34,496 I withdraw that statement with apologies. 607 00:38:34,496 --> 00:38:36,865 McCracken v. the State of Maine,1954. 608 00:38:36,865 --> 00:38:40,769 "Any financial dealing shall be deemed the responsibility of the interested party... 609 00:38:40,769 --> 00:38:42,905 "regardless of number or function of employees... 610 00:38:42,905 --> 00:38:45,874 unless said party has been judged mentally incapable." 611 00:38:47,309 --> 00:38:50,478 Permission to approach. 612 00:38:50,478 --> 00:38:53,749 And furthermore, the strain on my client's several businesses... 613 00:38:53,749 --> 00:38:56,451 has forced Oriental Bay Exports to shrink its holdings of late. 614 00:38:56,451 --> 00:38:59,487 If Mr. Fries is convicted, the interest Your Honor has in it... 615 00:38:59,487 --> 00:39:03,358 would represent a controlling interest. 616 00:39:03,358 --> 00:39:07,095 I would prefer not to present the rest of our findings in front of the jury. 617 00:39:09,865 --> 00:39:13,168 I'll see counsel in my chambers-- right now. 618 00:39:41,363 --> 00:39:42,865 You know that won't kill me. 619 00:39:42,865 --> 00:39:46,168 It'll hurt. That part's fun. 620 00:39:46,168 --> 00:39:49,605 Agent Hauser, I'm honestly beginning to suspect... 621 00:39:49,605 --> 00:39:51,607 that you're not part of the solution. 622 00:39:51,607 --> 00:39:53,609 You really think you can solve the problem? 623 00:39:53,609 --> 00:39:55,878 Come into Wolfram and Hart and make everything right? 624 00:39:55,878 --> 00:39:59,281 Turn night into glorious day? You pathetic little fairy. 625 00:39:59,281 --> 00:40:01,583 I'm not little. 626 00:40:01,583 --> 00:40:04,119 That's exactly what you are. 627 00:40:04,119 --> 00:40:06,088 You're minuscule. 628 00:40:06,088 --> 00:40:08,991 A dust mote on the shelf of that great institution. 629 00:40:08,991 --> 00:40:12,060 You think I'm just a trigger-happy jerk who follows orders, 630 00:40:12,060 --> 00:40:14,529 but I am something you will never be. 631 00:40:14,529 --> 00:40:17,165 I'm pure. 632 00:40:17,165 --> 00:40:19,902 I believe in evil. 633 00:40:19,902 --> 00:40:22,871 You and your friends, you're conflicted. You're confused. 634 00:40:22,871 --> 00:40:24,873 We're not. 635 00:40:24,873 --> 00:40:27,242 That is why you're gonna lose. 636 00:40:27,242 --> 00:40:30,946 Because we possess the most powerful thing in the world. 637 00:40:30,946 --> 00:40:32,915 Conviction. 638 00:40:34,382 --> 00:40:37,019 There is one thing more powerful than conviction. 639 00:40:37,019 --> 00:40:39,521 Just one. 640 00:40:41,056 --> 00:40:42,958 Mercy. 641 00:40:51,266 --> 00:40:53,401 What happened to mercy? 642 00:40:53,401 --> 00:40:55,537 You just saw the last of it. 643 00:41:02,277 --> 00:41:04,680 It's very simple, really. Thank you. 644 00:41:04,680 --> 00:41:08,751 Charles agreed to let us enhance his mind with a comprehensive knowledge of the law. 645 00:41:08,751 --> 00:41:10,786 Without asking us? Mother, may I? 646 00:41:10,786 --> 00:41:14,089 - Without telling us? - 'Cause I knew you guys would freak. It's me here. 647 00:41:14,089 --> 00:41:16,825 They didn't evil me up. All I got stuck in my head was the law. 648 00:41:16,825 --> 00:41:19,728 And for some reason a mess-load of Gilbert and Sullivan. 649 00:41:19,728 --> 00:41:23,699 - Standard. Great for elocution. - How can you possibly know they didn't do anything else? 650 00:41:23,699 --> 00:41:25,768 'Cause I saw the man in the White Room. 651 00:41:25,768 --> 00:41:28,436 He does a lot of scary things, but lying ain't one of 'em. 652 00:41:28,436 --> 00:41:30,739 You needed a lawyer to get by here. 653 00:41:30,739 --> 00:41:32,875 Charles had the most unused potential. 654 00:41:32,875 --> 00:41:36,679 His degrees are all forged, but he's the real deal. 655 00:41:36,679 --> 00:41:40,749 You want me to sing for Lorne? I can give him a little Pirates of Penzance. 656 00:41:40,749 --> 00:41:43,151 All of it, actually. 657 00:41:43,151 --> 00:41:45,888 I would also point out that he did just save the day... 658 00:41:45,888 --> 00:41:48,123 without ever resorting to violence. 659 00:41:48,123 --> 00:41:51,026 How'd you do? 660 00:41:55,063 --> 00:41:58,233 I think you guys are gonna make it work. Yay, team. 661 00:42:00,502 --> 00:42:02,605 I'll see you around. 662 00:42:05,974 --> 00:42:08,944 Of course, saving the day meant getting the scumbag, 663 00:42:08,944 --> 00:42:12,014 who was ready to sacrifice his own son, off on a technicality, 664 00:42:12,014 --> 00:42:14,449 and then returning said son to said scumbag. 665 00:42:14,449 --> 00:42:17,185 Fred and I have enough time to disable the charm now. 666 00:42:17,185 --> 00:42:19,622 He won't be in danger. 667 00:42:19,622 --> 00:42:22,825 Fries is gonna have to dial down the criminal activities till this thing comes to trial again, 668 00:42:22,825 --> 00:42:24,893 which I can draw out for months. 669 00:42:26,094 --> 00:42:29,031 Is this gonna be our lives now? 670 00:42:29,031 --> 00:42:33,168 Fighting our own employees, our own clients? 671 00:42:35,037 --> 00:42:37,239 Are we really gonna do any good? 672 00:42:37,239 --> 00:42:39,274 Yes, we are. 673 00:42:39,274 --> 00:42:41,209 We're gonna change things. 674 00:42:41,209 --> 00:42:43,812 We came to Wolfram and Hart because it's a powerful weapon, 675 00:42:43,812 --> 00:42:45,848 and we'll figure out how to wield it. 676 00:42:45,848 --> 00:42:49,685 - Or kill ourselves with it. - Yay, team. 677 00:42:49,685 --> 00:42:52,287 Sooner or later they'll tip their hand, 678 00:42:52,287 --> 00:42:54,890 and we'll find out why they really brought us here. 679 00:42:54,890 --> 00:42:58,927 Meanwhile, we do the work our way, 680 00:42:58,927 --> 00:43:00,863 one thing at a time, and deal... 681 00:43:02,097 --> 00:43:04,667 with whatever comes next. 682 00:43:22,050 --> 00:43:24,019 Spike. 683 00:43:25,187 --> 00:43:27,222 Spike. 684 00:43:27,222 --> 00:43:29,124 Blondie Bear? 685 00:44:09,598 --> 00:44:12,067 Grr! Arrgh!