REGULAR CAST

• David Boreanaz as Angel
• James Marsters as Spike
• J. August Richards as Charles Gunn
• Amy Acker as Winifred ‘Fred’ Burkle
• Andy Hallett as Lorne
• Alexis Denisof as Wesley Wyndam-Pryce

GUEST CAST

• Eyal Podell as Sam Lawson
• Lindsey Ginter as Petrie
• Scott Klace as Fury

CO-STARRING

• Roy Werner as Heinreich
• Bradley Snedeker as Tyler
• Mikey Day as O’Shea
• Matt Goodwin as Hodge
• Camden Toy as The Prince of Lies
• Bart McCarthy as Nostroyev
• Nick Spano as Spinelli

SYNOPSIS

In 1943, deep in the Atlantic, a German U-boat filled with American soldiers is gripped by panic – something is aboard, killing the crew.

In the present day at Wolfram & Hart, the team discusses Eve, who has vanished without a trace. Gunn’s contacts confirm Lindsey is being dealt with by the Senior Partners, but Eve’s disappearance and the empty White Room trouble him. Gunn also notices his Wolfram & Hart knowledge fading. Angel adjourns the meeting. As the lobby empties, a man appears at the lift – Lawson, the same soldier from the 1943 U-boat.

Fred enters her lab and finds Lawson rifling through her books. She tries to escape but freezes at his threat.

In 1943 New York, Angel sits in his apartment when four government men burst in, restraining him. They know he’s a vampire and ask if he’d ever considered enlisting. A German U-boat carrying American soldiers has gone dark. Angel is ordered to retrieve them. He refuses, but they give him no choice.

On the U-boat, Lawson and the remaining crew huddle in fear. Their captain’s screams fill the air. Lawson prepares to investigate but is stopped. They hear noises – something outside the sub. Lawson pinpoints the sound in the torpedo room and moves in. He hears an SOS and orders the hatch opened. It’s Angel. He gives his security clearances and gets to work.

Back at Wolfram & Hart, Wesley finds Fred bound and gagged in his office – Lawson knocks him out.

In 1943, Lawson updates Angel on the dwindling crew. Angel moves to track down the mysterious assailants. He refuses Lawson’s offer of a gun and locks him inside. As Angel walks through the narrow passage, he hears something – and finds Spike.
Spike explains he was tricked into attending a fake party, boxed up, and shipped onto the sub. He has freed two other vampires – Nostroyev and the Prince of Lies.

The three vampires revel in their carnage, eager for more. Angel tries reasoning with them – it works on Spike and the Prince of Lies but not on Nostroyev, who moves to kill the remaining men. Angel stakes him.

In the present, Angel scans files in his penthouse. Lawson arrives. To his surprise, Angel remembers him. Lawson has been tracking Angel ever since that day – checking in every decade.

Back in 1943, Angel introduces Spike and the Prince of Lies to the crew, insisting everyone work together to reach the surface. He and Lawson clear bodies from the control room, withholding some details from Lawson.

In the present, tension escalates – Angel and Lawson fight, shattering Angel’s coffee table. Angel pins Lawson, stake hovering over his heart. Lawson warns him not to do it.

Lawson leads Angel to his office – Gunn, Fred, and Wesley sit restrained, nooses around their necks.

In 1943, Angel works to restore the sub. Spike annoys him, and Angel sends him to check the torpedo room. A sudden scream breaks the tension – Lawson and Angel rush in. The Prince of Lies is enraged by something the Nazi has done. Angel is knocked down, bullets fail, but he finally stakes the Prince of Lies, reducing him to dust. The crew watches in awe.

Lawson demands answers. Angel simply offers one: vampire. Lawson is unconvinced. They examine the papers the Prince of Lies rejected – Hitler was experimenting on vampires to create super soldiers. Spike burns the research.

Suddenly, the sub is attacked. Lawson races to repair the main engines but is ambushed – the Nazi stabs him with a screwdriver. Angel finds him barely alive. The only way to save him – and the mission – is to sire him. Reluctantly, Angel does. With the engines fixed, the sub surfaces, where Angel forces Spike and Lawson overboard – twenty miles from land.

In the present, Angel explains to Lawson – he was the first vampire Angel sired with a soul. That might be why he feels nothing. Though alive, he has no reason to live.
Lawson realizes he lacks a soul, even though Angel had one. A fight breaks out. Angel stakes him.

The next morning, Spike visits Angel, having heard the whole story. Spike assumes Lawson came back for revenge. Angel disagrees – he came back searching for purpose.

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