REGULAR CAST

• David Boreanaz as Angel
• Charisma Carpenter as Cordelia Chase
• Alexis Denisof as Wesley Wyndam-Pryce
• J. August Richards as Charles Gunn

GUEST CAST

• Christian Kane as Lindsey McDonald
• Stephanie Romanov as Lilah Morgan
• Andy Hallett as Lorne
• Brigid Brannagh as Virginia Bryce
• Nicolas Surovy as Hunt Acrey
• Julie Benz as Darla
• Juliet Landau as Drusilla

CO-STARRING

• Matthew James as Merl
• Joel Stoffer as Vampire #1
• Brad Kalas as EMT
• Jamie McShane as Demon
• David Wolfson as Bartender

SYNOPSIS

Boxes of their possessions in hand and still reeling from being fired, Cordelia, Wesley and Gunn walk down the street, questioning their future and the reasons for Angel’s actions. They agree to leave Angel alone for now, and all head to their respective homes. At the hotel, Angel burns drawing of Darla in the furnace. Intent on building himself into a one-man killing machine, Angel works on his strength and fighting skills until he is at the level of Wolfram and Hart. At Holland’s cellar, dead bodies litter the floor, and from beneath them all, Lindsey wakes up, a survivor of the mess. As the paramedics check him and bodies out, Lindsey is far from pleased to find out that Lilah also survived.

Virginia can’t understand why Angel fired Wesley and the others. Wesley tries to explain, and then the two discuss Wesley’s possible future. Lindsey and Lilah worry about their jobs at Wolfram and Hart and whether they will be blamed for the massacre that killed many of their co-workers. Darla and Drusilla are waiting for Lindsey and Lilah in Lindsey’s office. Darla explains that they lived so they could be connections on the inside of Wolfram and Hart for the vampires.

Several vampires enter the sewers and are met with a very angry and violent Angel who disposes of them all. At the karaoke bar, Wesley, Cordelia and Gunn all find themselves in search of the truth of their futures–so desperate that they’re all willing to sing. Angel holds Merl by his ankles over water in the sewers and repetitively dunks the demon until he gets answers about Darla and Dru’s whereabouts. Darla and Drusilla arrive at a demon club intending to recruit demons and vampires for their new gang. Angel is hidden in the crowd, and after hearing the plans, he leaves, alerting Drusilla to his appearance. Outside the building, Angel concludes that he’s still too attached to Darla to defeat her.

Lilah talks to Lindsey about possibly leaving the firm, but Lindsey figures out her secret plans and pulls the microphone from her blouse. Wesley, Cordelia and Gunn all get very drunk and yell at each other before ending up on stage singing “We Are the Champions.” The Host lets the PTB do the guiding, but offers protection for Cordelia’s head as she gets vision about a very dangerous demon and a young woman in trouble. The three head to the location the vision sent them, but without weapons or Angel, they have to make do with what little they have.

Darla is frustrated with all the focus others are putting on Angel and is eager to get to the factory and select members of her new army. Drusilla rants about fire and pain, but Darla brushes it off as they head for their factory. Armed with a bag full of weapons, Angel enters the factory where a large group of demons have gathered. Wesley and Gunn fight the demon while Cordelia rescues the girl and after disposing. Darla and Drusilla find all of their prospective minions dead and Angel at the back of the building smoking a cigarette.

Darla calls out to him, but he doesn’t answer to either of his names and drops the cigarette into gasoline that ignites both Darla and Drusilla. The vampires burn, but Darla breaks open a fire hydrant and puts out the flames before it destroys them. Lilah and Lindsey find themselves sharing the job of Executive Vice-President of Special Projects until one of them can prove they’re the most qualified. Angel throws knives at a target downstairs at the hotel and hitting the middle every time. Wesley enters and informs Angel that he and the others will continue to fight the good fight, even if Angel won’t. Slightly phases by the news, Angel regains his control and reasons to himself that he’ll be fighting the war.

CONTINUITY

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