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* ImGoingForACloserLook: Despite having half of LAPD on site to back her up, Kate enters an AbandonedWarehouse alone to search for a serial killer.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar
-->'''Cordelia:''' And no offense Angel, but maybe you are committing those horrible crimes just in your dreams, but even so, I don’t want to stick around for your [[{{Pun}} nocturnal commissions]].

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* BadDreams: The problem is, Angel enjoys them.
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* IHateYouVampireDad / PunctuatedPounding

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* IHateYouVampireDad / PunctuatedPoundingPunctuatedPounding: Initially averted. Penn clearly holds Angelus in high regard, even after 200 years, and is clearly pleased to see him when they reunite. This is quickly played straight once Angel's HeelFaceTurn is clear, and that he intends to kill Penn.
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* EvilSpeechOfEvil: Penn enjoys the sound of his own voice, and tends to go on a bit.
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* EvilGloating: Penn is monologuing away, saying that just because Angel has stopped being evil, doesn't mean he's going to stop as well. "It doesn't end, it just goes on and on." Cordelia does a Walk-In Chime-In. "That's not the only thing that goes on, and on."
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* SerialKiller: Although he's no different from any other vampire, really. Like Angelus.

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* SerialKiller: Although he's no different from any other vampire, really. Like Angelus.all vampires, Penn loves killings and rampages, but unlike most he has a particular pattern which he has kept for centuries, making him a truer example. As a human, he used to be a man who hated the restrictions of his puritan father. After being made a vampire by Angelus, he murdered his family and deliberately sought out victims who resembled his family, killing them in order to reenact his past murders. He then carved a cross on their faces - the police believes it was because he thought he was doing God's work, nicknaming him "The Pope", but it's actually to ''mock'' God.

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A serial killer is stalking the streets and Angel fears it might be him. The truth is no less unpleasant: A protégé Angelus sired back in Ireland is recreating the murders of his own family over and over again.

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A serial woman is running though the night, under a bridge. Splashing through a puddle reflecting the moon, and looking behind her in terror, she slides to a stop, eyes wide with terror, as someone steps in front of her, and grabs her throat. The figure uses a metal finger claw to cover her mouth in a shushing expression, then cuts her cheek with it before biting her and draining her blood.

When the figure looks up after dropping his dead victim, it is Angel in his vamp face.

Angel wakes up from this apparent dream shaken. Meanwhile, Kate is investigating the crime scene, which is real, and not just from Angel's dream. She comes across the woman and tilts her face to the side, revealing a cross has been scratched into the woman's face. She announces that this was done by the same "guy" -- this woman is his third victim -- before speculating that he's just getting started.

The next morning, Cordelia is practicing business-related lines to an empty chair, when Wesley interrupts her. He tells Cordelia he's brought the office's mail, but Cordelia remarks that the address is wrong--the mail actually belongs to the dentist's office next door. Suddenly, Wesley sees something on the front page of the paper that catches his interest. His expression turns from one of contentment to one of concern, and he leaves when he hears Angel coming up the elevator, claiming that he needs to return the mail to its proper owner.

Angel comes into the office in a bad mood, and Cordelia suggests having Kate help them run a license plate for their runaway case. Angel is so distracted he almost walks out the front door, during the day, and announces he'll take the tunnels to get to Kate.

Kate is having her own troubles, but agrees to help Angel. While there, Angel sees the victim from his dream in one of Kate's active cases. He instantly is unnerved by the revelation that his dream is more than just a figment of his imagination. Kate reveals that the tabloids are calling the
killer "The Pope", but Angel disagrees; this isn't a religious man, this is a man mocking God.

Angel leaves and Kate gives a criminal profile to a room of police officers, and her profile of the murderer known as "The Pope" resembles Angel: he sees himself as subhuman, he is a loner, and he likely doesn't remember what he has done.

Back at the Angel Investigations office, Wesley quickly runs in, asking where Angel is. Cordelia states he isn't here, noting how rude it is to bring a stake into a vampire's office. Wesley shows her the newspaper article which depicts the mutilated victim from Angel's dream. He also shows her his extensive research, specifically on Angel; the way the victim has been killed is identical to Angelus' method in the 1800's. Cordelia is extremely defensive against Wesley's accusation, and tells him that Angel isn't Angelus anymore. Angel interrupts her and admits that Wesley is right and tells them of the dreams he has been having, mentioning that he enjoys the actions during the dreams. Wesley thinks that it is possible that Angel sleepwalks before dawn, the same time the murders take place. They decide that, for the night, Angel will be tied down to his bed while Wesley makes sure that Angel doesn't escape.

As Angel sleeps, he dreams of a time in the 1800's where he
is stalking the streets a frightened girl who is trying to flee. A figure gets in front of her, cuts a cross into her cheek, then bites her, draining her blood. The next morning, Cordelia comes in and happily explains that Angel fears it might be him. The truth couldn't have killed the woman because there has been another murder. Both Wesley and Cordelia seem happy about this, but Angel interrupts their happy situation by insisting he is no less unpleasant: A protégé Angelus responsible.

In the office, Angel explains that he
sired back another vampire, Penn, and taught him to kill in Ireland is recreating the exact way these victims are being slaughtered. He says he has always had a connection to those he's sired, which explains why he sees the murders through Penn's eyes.

They realize that Kate is hunting Penn and getting too close. However, this could be good, Angel decides, as they can use Kate and her resources to track down Penn. He visits Kate and gives her a drawing
of his own family what he assumes Penn will look like now. While he is there, he sees crime scene photos from "The Pope's" murders. Angel realizes Penn has been killing people in this same way over and over again.
over, re-living murdering his family; he's killing people that remind him of his mother, brother, sister, and father. He tells her the next victim will be a white male adolescent in a low-rent neighborhood, probably by a liquor store. He steals a police radio to make sure Kate's team is safe, and so Wesley can intervene if necessary.

Penn proves Angel correct by preying on a white male teen, who is begging for alcohol "for his mother". Penn lures him in by offering to buy the alcohol he needs. The police interrupt just as Penn starts to drink the teen's blood, and he flees into a nearby warehouse window.

Angel and Wesley arrive, realizing Penn must still be in the building. Angel throws the car in reverse and stops by a drainage pipe, which he climbs into. Alone, Kate creeps into the warehouse, searching for Penn, who fearlessly comes down the stairs. She orders him not to move, but he continues, so she shoots him three times. Penn falls and Kate approaches, checking for a pulse and, of course, not finding one. Penn wakes up, says "Ouch," and throws Kate across the room. As he makes his way toward her, Angel breaks in from the higher floor and confronts Penn. While Penn and Angel catch up, Kate radios in for extra help. She watches from afar as Angel changes into his vampire face, promising to kill Penn, and the two fight. Angel orders Kate to flee to safety, although she ignores his request. Penn throws Angel into Kate and escapes, and Angel realizes that this is the first time Kate has seen him as a vampire. Kate is stunned at the sight.

Later, Kate asks Angel what he is, and he says she already knows the answer. He tells Kate that she won't stop him without decapitation, a stake, or direct sunlight. She insists he is wrong, but he argues back that she is just in denial as there are some things in this world she just doesn't want to face.

Angel leaves and Kate goes back to the station. She starts researching murder cases that match "The Pope's" profile beginning at the first records they kept.

Back at Angel Investigations, Cordelia is repeating her speech and we see she is talking to Penn, whom she thinks is a potential customer. She soon realizes that he is pumping her for information and figures out who he is. Penn tells her she'll never make it to the exit, but she opens the curtains behind her just as Angel arrives, asking her for a stake. Penn and Angel argue with one another before Cordy returns and hands Angel the weapon. Wesley walks in and Penn grabs him, shoving him to Angel as a distraction before fleeing.

Kate has taken the time to study everything she can on vampires, as well as Angelus, who she has figured must be Angel. When Angel goes to her house, she remarks that he has to be invited in, but that she certainly won't be inviting him, because she knows what type of person he was in the past. She blames him for everything Penn is doing, and tells Angel she no longer needs his help, as she now knows what to do. The next time she sees Angel, she says, she'll kill him.

Cordy finds reports from murders related to "The Pope", and, with Wesley and Angel's help, figures out where Penn is hiding; he is a rather predictable vampire and kills in the same place every time he begins this reenactment. They go to Penn's hiding spot, a hotel, and search for him, coming across the newspaper clippings Penn has kept as trophies. They come across information on a school bus and its route, but Angel realizes this is just a distraction, and runs to find Kate who is being assaulted by Penn at the police station.

Penn drags Kate into the sewer and tells her he's not going to kill her, he's going to make her wish he had by making her one of them, because then Angel will kill her. Kate throws Holy Water into Penn's face and runs away from him, as Penn tells Angel that he is correct: he has spent the past 200 years sticking it to his father, although notes Angel is his real father, as he has improved him in so many ways his mortal father never could. Angel accepts the role as father and tells Penn he's grounded. The two vampires fight, and Penn gets Angel pinned so that if Kate is going to stake him, she'll have to go through Angel. Kate, however, shoves the spear through Angel's stomach and up into Penn's heart, killing him. Angel says she missed, but Kate says she didn't. The two sit in the tunnel together in silence, their relationship permanently strained. While Kate is able to see that Angel isn't evil, she still cannot forgive him for forcing her to see the supernatural underside that lurks throughout L.A. and making her realize that the world is far more unusual and deadly than she imagined.

Later, Angel sits alone watching the city from the balcony of his apartment. Cordy tells him she has had a new vision, and Angel tells her he's wondering if the world really does change. Cordy assures him the world does change, and that he has changed. She assures him that the message she got in her vision wasn't for Angelus, it was for Angel, and that the Powers That Be know the difference.

Angel asks her what she'd do if the day ever comes that he reverts back to being Angelus. Cordelia doesn't hesitate in assuring him that she'll kill him dead, and for this he is genuinely grateful.
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* AxCazy: Penn's been a serial killer for more than 200 years, and joyfully anticipates killing whatever victims he can get his hands on.

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* AxCazy: AxCrazy: Penn's been a serial killer for more than 200 years, and joyfully anticipates killing whatever victims he can get his hands on.

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* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain:
-->'''Cordelia''': They were just dreams, Angel. They weren’t even your dreams. They didn’t mean anything.
-->'''Angel''': But I enjoyed it.
-->'''Cordelia''': It’d probably be okay if you never mentioned that part ever again.



* StakingTheLovedOne

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* AgentScully

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* AxCazy: Penn's been a serial killer for more than 200 years, and joyfully anticipates killing whatever victims he can get his hands on.



* BusFullOfInnocents: Actually a BaitAndSwitch by Penn while he goes after Kate--Angel doesn't fall for it.

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* BusFullOfInnocents: Actually a BaitAndSwitch by Penn appears to be planning to attack one. It turns out he's taking advantage of this trope to send Angel off on a false trail while he goes after Kate--Angel doesn't fall for it.attacks Kate. Angel realises this however.



* {{Calling the Old Man Out}}: Like Liam, Penn has daddy issues of his own, even to the point of considering Angelus his "real" father after being sired. Similar to Angelus, Penn evened the score by slaughtering his entire family. Over the next two centuries, Penn deliberately sought out victims who resembled his family, killing them in order to reenact his past murders (later redirected toward Angel himself).

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* {{Calling the Old Man Out}}: CallingTheOldManOut: Like Liam, Penn has daddy issues of his own, even to the point of considering Angelus his "real" father after being sired. Similar to Angelus, Penn evened the score by slaughtering his entire family. Over the next two centuries, Penn deliberately sought out victims who resembled his family, killing them in order to reenact his past murders (later redirected toward Angel himself).



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* DoubleEntendreDoubleEntendre:



* {{Failed a Spot Check}}: Wesley enters Angel Investigations' office with their mail--a transparent pretext for Wesley to start trolling for work. He remarks on how he, Angel, and Cordelia make a great team.

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* {{Failed EvilSpeechOfEvil: Penn enjoys the sound of his own voice, and tends to go on a Spot Check}}: bit.
* ExactlyWhatIAimedAt: Kate is facing down Angel (who she's just found out was a vampire, a fact she's not at all happy about) and Penn. She arranges to stab both of them with a giant plank that impales Angel in the stomach (leaving his HealingFactor to work, eventually) and Penn in the heart (dusting him instantly).
--->'''Angel:''' You missed.\\
'''Kate:''' No, I didn't.
* FailedASpotCheck:
Wesley enters Angel Investigations' office with their mail--a transparent pretext for Wesley to start trolling for work. He remarks on how he, Angel, and Cordelia make a great team.



* MadArtist: Penn considers his killings to be his art, but Angel calls him out on his unoriginality and ego. At least he takes Angel's critique.
-->'''Angel''': I'm sorry what I turned you into.
-->'''Penn''': A first-class killer? An artist? A bold re-interpreter of the form?
-->'''Angel''': Try "cheesy hack"." You've been getting back at your father for over 200 years. It's pathetic. You've probably got a killer's shrine on your wall. News clippings, magazine articles, maybe a few candles. Oh, you are so prosaic.



* PervertedSniffing / TheNoseKnows

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* PervertedSniffing / TheNoseKnowsPervertedSniffing[=/=]TheNoseKnows



* RapeasBackstory: Inverted, in that rather than having a character who was raped as part of their backstory, we have a character who was a rapist. Angel(us)' past is brought up by Kate, who has done a little research- and is horrified by what she finds ("please. Now there’s a word I imagine you heard a lot in your time. Please, No... ''Don’t''.")

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* RapeasBackstory: RapeAsBackstory: Inverted, in that rather than having a character who was raped as part of their backstory, we have a character who was a rapist. Angel(us)' past is brought up by Kate, who has done a little research- and is horrified by what she finds ("please. Now there’s a word I imagine you heard a lot in your time. Please, No... ''Don’t''.")



* ShootTheHostage / ExactlyWhatIAimedAt: Penn is using Angel for a HumanShield, facing Kate armed with a large stake. Kate rams the stake through Angel's body to dust Penn. Angel gasps, "You missed [my heart]"; Kate yanks out the stake and says, "I didn't."

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* ShootTheHostage / ExactlyWhatIAimedAt: ShootTheHostage: Penn is using Angel for a HumanShield, facing Kate armed with a large stake. Kate rams the stake through Angel's body to dust Penn. Angel gasps, "You missed [my heart]"; Kate yanks out the stake and says, "I didn't."



* WellDoneSonGuy: Penn seeking revenge on his Puritan father by recreating his murder.
* WhoAreYou

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* WellDoneSonGuy: Penn seeking revenge on had an antagonistic relationship with his Puritan father by recreating father, who never approved of him and placed him under pressure. Even after killing him (and his murder.
* WhoAreYou
entire family) Penn never got over it and has been reliving that murder for 200 years.



* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: A notable one comes when Cordelia convinces him he's better than Angelus or Penn, while cheerfully agreeing to "kill [him] dead" if he ever does become Angelus again.



* YouTalkTooMuch: Penn says that just because 'Angelus' has suddenly stopped being evil, doesn't mean he's going to stop as well. "It doesn't end, it just goes on and on." Cordelia does a WalkInChimeIn. "That's not the only thing [[EvilGloating that goes on and on]]."

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* YouTalkTooMuch: Penn says that just because 'Angelus' has suddenly stopped being evil, doesn't mean he's going to stop as well. "It doesn't end, it just goes on and on." Cordelia does a WalkInChimeIn. "That's not the only thing [[EvilGloating that goes on and on]].""
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* BadDreams: The problem is, Angel enjoys them.



* NightmareDreams: The problem is, Angel enjoys them.
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* YouTalkTooMuch: Penn says that just because 'Angelus' has suddenly stopped being evil, doesn't mean he's going to stop as well. "It doesn't end, it just goes on and on." Cordelia does a WalkInChimeIn. "That's not the only thing that goes on and on."

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* YouTalkTooMuch: Penn says that just because 'Angelus' has suddenly stopped being evil, doesn't mean he's going to stop as well. "It doesn't end, it just goes on and on." Cordelia does a WalkInChimeIn. "That's not the only thing [[EvilGloating that goes on and on.on]]."
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-->'''Angel:''' Look at you. You’ve been getting back at your father for over 200 years. It’s pathetic and clichéd. Probably got a killer shrine on your wall, huh? News clippings, magazine articles, maybe a few candles? Oh, you are so prosaic.



-->'''Wesley:''' While executing my duties as Watcher in Sunnydale, I did extensive research. Specifically on Angel, given his uncomfortable proximity to the Slayer.
-->'''Cordy:''' He looked pretty comfortable to me.

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-->'''Wesley:''' While executing my duties as Watcher in Sunnydale, I did extensive research. Specifically on Angel, given his uncomfortable proximity to the Slayer.
-->'''Cordy:'''
Slayer.\\
'''Cordy:'''
He looked pretty comfortable to me.



-->'''Wesley:''' Why should we believe a word you say?
-->''[Angel laughs, grabs Wesley’s arm and spins him around to grab him by the neck.]''
-->'''Angel:''' Because this is how fast I could take you if I wanted to.

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-->'''Wesley:''' Why should we believe a word you say?
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say?\\
''[Angel
laughs, grabs Wesley’s arm and spins him around to grab him by the neck.]''
-->'''Angel:'''
]''\\
'''Angel:'''
Because this is how fast I could take you if I wanted to.
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* RapeasBackstory: Inverted, in that rather than having a character who was raped as part of their backstory, we have a character who was a rapist. Angel(us)' past is brought up by Kate, who has done a little research- and is horrified by what she finds ("“please. Now there’s a word I imagine you heard a lot in your time. Please, No... ''Don’t''.”")

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* RapeasBackstory: Inverted, in that rather than having a character who was raped as part of their backstory, we have a character who was a rapist. Angel(us)' past is brought up by Kate, who has done a little research- and is horrified by what she finds ("“please.("please. Now there’s a word I imagine you heard a lot in your time. Please, No... ''Don’t''.”")")
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* RapeasBackstory: Inverted, in that rather than having a character who was raped as part of their backstory, we have a character who was a rapist. Angel(us)' past is brought up by Kate, who has done a little research- and is horrified by what she finds ("“please. Now there’s a word I imagine you heard a lot in your time. Please, No... ''Don’t''.”")
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-->'''Angel:''' ''[gets up, holding Penn up above his head]'' Fine! ''[slams him into the ground]'' You’re grounded.

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-->'''Angel:''' ''[gets up, holding Penn up above his head]'' Fine! ''[slams him into the ground]'' [[StealthPun You’re grounded.]]

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A serial killer is stalking the streets and Angel fears it might be him. The truth is no less unpleasant.

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A serial killer is stalking the streets and Angel fears it might be him. The truth is no less unpleasant.
unpleasant: A protégé Angelus sired back in Ireland is recreating the murders of his own family over and over again.

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-->'''Kate:''' “I don’t believe you.”\\
'''Angel:''' “I know you don’t. [[WeirdnessCensor Even after what you saw you won’t let yourself]], which is why you’ll lose.”\\
'''Kate:''' “I’ve heard enough.”\\
''Angel closes his fist around the cross dangling from her necklace and she gasps at the sound of his flesh sizzling.''\\
'''Angel:''' “No, you haven’t heard a word, and you won’t. Not now, not yet. (She looks down at the smoke rising from his fist) Because there are some things in this world you’re just not ready to face.”
* AloneWithThePsycho: Cordelia again, though she appears to have learnt some lessons from the previous episode, or from living with a vampire -- she quickly realises Penn is a vampire from his BadassLongcoat used to shield himself from the sun, and raises the blinds to block him off from her.
* TheBait: Angel plans to use Kate's police resources to locate Penn, while following close enough to avert her death. After Kate finds out who Angel really is, she organizes surveillance on Angel knowing Penn will try to contact or kill him.

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-->'''Kate:''' “I I don’t believe you.”\\
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'''Angel:''' “I I know you don’t. [[WeirdnessCensor Even after what you saw you won’t let yourself]], which is why you’ll lose.”\\
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'''Kate:''' “I’ve I’ve heard enough.”\\
''Angel
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''[Angel
closes his fist around the cross dangling from her necklace and she gasps at the sound of his flesh sizzling.''\\
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'''Angel:''' “No, No, you haven’t heard a word, and you won’t. Not now, not yet. (She ''[she looks down at the smoke rising from his fist) fist]'' Because there are some things in this world you’re just not ready to face.”
face.
* AloneWithThePsycho: Cordelia again, though she appears to have learnt some lessons from the previous episode, or from living working with a vampire -- she vampire--she quickly realises Penn is a vampire from his BadassLongcoat used to shield himself from the sun, and raises the blinds to block him off from her.
* TheBait: Angel plans to use Kate's police resources to locate Penn, while following close enough to avert prevent her death. After Kate finds out who Angel really is, she organizes surveillance on Angel Angel, knowing Penn will try to contact or kill him.



* BusFullOfInnocents: [[spoiler:Actually a BaitAndSwitch by Penn while he goes after Kate -- Angel doesn't fall for it.]]

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* BusFullOfInnocents: [[spoiler:Actually Actually a BaitAndSwitch by Penn while he goes after Kate -- Angel Kate--Angel doesn't fall for it.]]



* ContinuityNod: Kate hands out pictures of Angel taken from the same precinct surveillance tape of Angel that Lee Mercer was studying in "Sense & Sensitivity".
* CreateYourOwnVillain

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* ContinuityNod: Kate hands out pictures of Angel taken from the same precinct surveillance tape of Angel that Lee Mercer was studying in [[Recap/AngelS01E06SenseAndSensitivity "Sense & Sensitivity".
Sensitivity"]].
* CreateYourOwnVillainCreateYourOwnVillain: Pretty easy to do when you're a vampire.



-->'''Wesley:''' “While executing my duties as Watcher in Sunnydale, I did extensive research. Specifically on Angel, given his uncomfortable proximity to the Slayer.”
-->'''Cordy:''' “He looked pretty comfortable to me.”
* DoYouTrustMe: Angel asks Kate if she trusts him before handing over information on a SerialKiller without revealing the source. Kate doesn't hesitate to say that she trusts Angel; subverted in that after discovering that Angel is a vampire (and digging up Angelus' history) she never fully trusts him again.
** Thus also serving as a MeaningfulEcho from the last time Angel used this trope, to Series/{{Buffy|the vampire Slayer}} in "Lie to Me", an episode about how the comforting illusions of childhood give way to the GreyAndGrayMorality of real life. Lacking Buffy's sixteen year-old schoolgirl romanticism, the Kate/Angel relationship [[ShipSinking ends before it begins]].
* {{Failed a Spot Check}}: Wesley enters Angel Investigations' office with their mail -- a transparent pretext for Wesley to start trolling for work. He remarks on how he, Angel, and Cordelia make a great team.

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-->'''Wesley:''' “While While executing my duties as Watcher in Sunnydale, I did extensive research. Specifically on Angel, given his uncomfortable proximity to the Slayer.”
Slayer.
-->'''Cordy:''' “He He looked pretty comfortable to me.”
me.
* DoYouTrustMe: Angel asks Kate if she trusts him before handing over information on a SerialKiller without revealing the source. Kate doesn't hesitate to say that she trusts Angel; subverted in that after discovering that Angel is a vampire (and digging up Angelus' Angelus's history) she never fully trusts him again.
** Thus
again.\\\
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also serving serves as a MeaningfulEcho from the last time Angel used this trope, to Series/{{Buffy|the vampire Slayer}} in [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E7LieToMe "Lie to Me", Me"]], an episode about how the comforting illusions of childhood give way to the GreyAndGrayMorality of real life. Lacking Buffy's sixteen year-old schoolgirl romanticism, the Kate/Angel relationship [[ShipSinking ends before it begins]].
* {{Failed a Spot Check}}: Wesley enters Angel Investigations' office with their mail -- a mail--a transparent pretext for Wesley to start trolling for work. He remarks on how he, Angel, and Cordelia make a great team.



-->'''Cordelia''': And no offense Angel, but maybe you are committing those horrible crimes just in your dreams, but even so, I don’t want to stick around for your [[{{Pun}} nocturnal commissions]].

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-->'''Cordelia''': -->'''Cordelia:''' And no offense Angel, but maybe you are committing those horrible crimes just in your dreams, but even so, I don’t want to stick around for your [[{{Pun}} nocturnal commissions]].



-->"You get to leave now."

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-->"You -->'''Cordy:''' You get to leave now."



* HolyBurnsEvil

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* HolyBurnsEvilHolyBurnsEvil: Angel [[MachoMasochism grabs Kate's cross necklace and holds it for several seconds]] while his hand smokes, to make a point.



-->'''Cordy:''' “No! I don’t care how many files you have on all the horrible things he did back in the powdered wig days! He is good now. And he’s my friend. And nothing you or anyone else can say will make me turn on a friend!”\\
'''Angel''' (doing his WalkInChimeIn thing): “Cordelia. He’s right.”\\
'''Cordy to Wesley:''' “You’ll stake him and I’ll cut his head off.”

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-->'''Cordy:''' “No! No! I don’t care how many files you have on all the horrible things he did back in the powdered wig days! He is good now. And he’s my friend. And nothing you or anyone else can say will make me turn on a friend!”\\
'''Angel''' (doing
friend!\\
'''Angel:''' ''[doing
his WalkInChimeIn thing): “Cordelia.thing]'' Cordelia. He’s right.”\\
'''Cordy to Wesley:''' “You’ll
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'''Cordy:''' ''[to Wesley]'' You
stake him and I’ll cut his head off.



-->'''Wesley:''' “Why should we believe a word you say?”
-->''Angel laughs, grabs Wesley’s arm and spins him around to grab him by the neck''
-->'''Angel:''' “Because this is how fast I could take you if I wanted to.”

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-->'''Wesley:''' “Why Why should we believe a word you say?”
-->''Angel
say?
-->''[Angel
laughs, grabs Wesley’s arm and spins him around to grab him by the neck''
neck.]''
-->'''Angel:''' “Because Because this is how fast I could take you if I wanted to.



-->'''Penn:''' “Well, you were right about one thing, Angelus. The last 200 years has been about me sticking it to my father. But I’ve come to realize something –- it’s you! (He jumps up and kicks Angel in the stomach) You made me! (Kicks him in the face, then double fists him a couple of times) You taught me! (Angel drops to the floor and Penn jumps on his back) You approved of me in ways my mortal father never did! You are my real father, Angelus.”
-->'''Angel:''' (Gets up, holding Penn up above his head) “Fine! (Slams him into the ground) You’re grounded.”

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-->'''Penn:''' “Well, Well, you were right about one thing, Angelus. The last 200 years has been about me sticking it to my father. But I’ve come to realize something –- it’s something--it’s you! (He ''[he jumps up and kicks Angel in the stomach) stomach]'' You made me! (Kicks ''[kicks him in the face, then double fists him a couple of times) times]'' You taught me! (Angel ''[Angel drops to the floor and Penn jumps on his back) back]'' You approved of me in ways my mortal father never did! You are my real father, Angelus.”
Angelus.
-->'''Angel:''' (Gets ''[gets up, holding Penn up above his head) “Fine! (Slams head]'' Fine! ''[slams him into the ground) ground]'' You’re grounded.



* IronicEcho: The serial killer is called "The Pope", which Angel joked to Kate about being in "Rm W/A View".
* IResembleThatRemark: PlayedForDrama when Kate gives a profile of the serial killer they're looking for at a police briefing, which is crosscut with a montage of Angel walking the streets -- needless to say the profile fits Angel as much as it does Penn.
-->"Our suspect will be a white male. To the observer he will not seem a monster. His victims put up little or no struggle, so it’s likely that he is charming, attractive, but at his core he is a loner. Possibly a dual personality, [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E22BecomingPart2 who once the crime has been committed, retains no memory of the act]]. He will not view his victims as subhuman, rather it’s himself that he views as something other than human, more than human, a superior species. [[StalkingIsLove Stalking his prey, getting to know them.]] It’s unlikely that he’ll be married though he may have recently come off a long-term relationship that ended badly. We look for a precipitating event in cases such as this, and a [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E20TheProm painful breakup]] is always at the top of the list. Prior to failing this relationship may have marked an inactive period in our suspects life. He would have regarded it as a lifeline, his salvation, but once ended, it resulted in his recidivism. What is not in question is his experience. He’s been doing this for a very long time, and [[{{foreshadowing}} he will do it again]]."

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* IronicEcho: The serial killer is called "The Pope", which Angel joked to Kate about being in [[Recap/AngelS01E05RmWAVu "Rm W/A View".
w/a View"]].
* IResembleThatRemark: PlayedForDrama when Kate gives a profile of the serial killer they're looking for at a police briefing, which is crosscut with a montage of Angel walking the streets -- needless streets--needless to say say, the profile fits Angel as much as it does Penn.
-->"Our -->'''Kate:''' Our suspect will be a white male. To the observer he will not seem a monster. His victims put up little or no struggle, so it’s likely that he is charming, attractive, but at his core he is a loner. Possibly a dual personality, [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E22BecomingPart2 who who, once the crime has been committed, retains no memory of the act]]. He will not view his victims as subhuman, rather it’s himself that he views as something other than human, more than human, a superior species. [[StalkingIsLove Stalking his prey, getting to know them.]] It’s unlikely that he’ll be married married, though he may have recently come off a long-term relationship that ended badly. We look for a precipitating event in cases such as this, and a [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E20TheProm painful breakup]] is always at the top of the list. Prior to failing failing, this relationship may have marked an inactive period in our suspects suspect's life. He would have regarded it as a lifeline, his salvation, but once ended, it resulted in his recidivism. What is not in question is his experience. He’s been doing this for a very long time, and [[{{foreshadowing}} he will do it again]]."



-->'''Kate:''' “What are you going to do?”\\
'''Penn:''' “Well, first I thought I’d stop everything and tell you my plan. Or better yet...why don’t I just show you?” (morphs into his GameFace)
* MachoMasochism: When Kate refuses to accept that vampires exist despite seeing Angel in GameFace, he seizes the cross around her neck and holds it despite the smoke rising from his palm.
* MistakenForMurderer: By Wesley and Cordelia, though actually averted with the police; by the time Kate finds out Angel is a vampire she already knows he's not the killer -- not that she's any more trusting.

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-->'''Kate:''' “What What are you going to do?”\\
do?\\
'''Penn:''' “Well, Well, first I thought I’d stop everything and tell you my plan. Or better yet... why don’t I just show you?” (morphs you? ''[morphs into his GameFace)
GameFace]''
* MachoMasochism: When Kate refuses to accept that vampires exist despite seeing Angel in GameFace, he seizes the cross around her neck and holds it despite [[HolyBurnsEvil the smoke rising from his palm.
palm]].
* MistakenForMurderer: By Wesley and Cordelia, though actually averted with the police; by the time Kate finds out Angel is a vampire she already knows he's not the killer -- not killer--not that she's any more trusting.



* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: When Angel asks Cordy who she was talking to she replies, "Nobody (the chair). And Wesley."

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* MustBeInvited: Unlike certain people in Sunnydale, Kate isn't foolish enough to invite Angel in once she knows he's a vampire. Later Angel walks into Penn's hideout and points out that as Penn is a vampire he doesn't need an invitation.
** ChekhovsGun: The fact that she doesn't invite him in will become a fairly huge deal in the s2 episode [[Recap/AngelS02E16Epiphany "Epiphany"]].
* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: When Angel asks Cordy who she was talking to she replies, "Nobody (the chair).[the chair]. And Wesley."



* RetroactiveRecognition: [[Film/TheAvengers Hawkeye]] was once Angel's protege? Who'd have guessed?



* ShootTheHostage / ExactlyWhatIAimedAt: Penn is using Angel for a HumanShield, facing Kate armed with a stake. Kate rams the stake through Angel's body to dust Penn. Angel gasps, "You missed" (my heart); Kate yanks out the stake and says, "I didn't."

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* ShootTheHostage / ExactlyWhatIAimedAt: Penn is using Angel for a HumanShield, facing Kate armed with a large stake. Kate rams the stake through Angel's body to dust Penn. Angel gasps, "You missed" (my heart); missed [my heart]"; Kate yanks out the stake and says, "I didn't."



-->'''Cordy:''' “People really ''do'' change.”\\
'''Angel:''' “Yes they do. And sometimes they change back. If the day ever comes that I--”\\
'''Cordy:''' “Oh, I’ll kill you dead!”\\
'''Angel:''' (blinks) “Thanks.”\\
'''Cordy:''' “What are friends for?”

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-->'''Cordy:''' “People People really ''do'' change.”\\
\\
'''Angel:''' “Yes Yes they do. And sometimes they change back. If the day ever comes that I--”\\
I--\\
'''Cordy:''' “Oh, Oh, I’ll kill you dead!”\\
dead!\\
'''Angel:''' (blinks) “Thanks.”\\
''[blinks]'' Thanks.\\
'''Cordy:''' “What What are friends for?” for?



* {{Sleepwalking}}: Angel fears he may be committing homicidal somnambulism -- murders committed while sleepwalking.
* VampireInvitation: Unlike certain people in Sunnydale, Kate isn't foolish enough to invite Angel in once she knows he's a vampire. Later Angel walks into Penn's hideout and points out that as Penn is a vampire he doesn't need an invitation.
** ChekhovsGun: The fact that she doesn't invite him in will become a fairly huge deal in the s2 episode "Epiphany".

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* {{Sleepwalking}}: Angel fears he may be committing homicidal somnambulism -- murders somnambulism--murders committed while sleepwalking.
* VampireInvitation: Unlike certain people in Sunnydale, Kate isn't foolish enough to invite Angel in once she knows he's a vampire. Later Angel walks into Penn's hideout and points out that as Penn is a vampire he doesn't need an invitation.
** ChekhovsGun: The fact that she doesn't invite him in will become a fairly huge deal in the s2 episode "Epiphany".
sleepwalking.
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There\'s nothing beautiful about her visions and Wes is not acting brainy..


* {{Failed a Spot Check}} / BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: Wesley enters Angel Investigations' office with their mail -- a transparent pretext for Wesley to start trolling for work. He remarks on how he, Angel, and Cordelia make a great team.

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* {{Failed a Spot Check}} / BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: Check}}: Wesley enters Angel Investigations' office with their mail -- a transparent pretext for Wesley to start trolling for work. He remarks on how he, Angel, and Cordelia make a great team.
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* YouTalkTooMuch: Penn says that just because 'Angelus' has suddenly being evil, doesn't mean he's going to stop as well. "It doesn't end, it just goes on and on." Cordelia does a WalkInChimeIn. "That's not the only thing that goes on and on."

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* YouTalkTooMuch: Penn says that just because 'Angelus' has suddenly stopped being evil, doesn't mean he's going to stop as well. "It doesn't end, it just goes on and on." Cordelia does a WalkInChimeIn. "That's not the only thing that goes on and on."
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* YouRemindMeOfX: Angel sees a young blonde girl who from the back appears to be Buffy. The episode also has numerous {{Call Back}}s and {{Ironic Echo}}s of Bangel incidents in Angel's interactions with Kate Lockley.

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* YouRemindMeOfX: Angel sees a young blonde girl who from the back appears to be Buffy. The episode also has numerous {{Call Back}}s and {{Ironic Echo}}s of Bangel incidents in Angel's interactions with Kate Lockley.Lockley.
* YouTalkTooMuch: Penn says that just because 'Angelus' has suddenly being evil, doesn't mean he's going to stop as well. "It doesn't end, it just goes on and on." Cordelia does a WalkInChimeIn. "That's not the only thing that goes on and on."
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'''Angel:''' “Yes they do. And sometimes they change back. If the day ever comes that I...”\\

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'''Angel:''' “Yes they do. And sometimes they change back. If the day ever comes that I...”\\I--”\\
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* RetroactiveRecognition: [[Film/TheAvengers Hawkeye]] was once Angel's protege? Who'dve guessed?

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* RetroactiveRecognition: [[Film/TheAvengers Hawkeye]] was once Angel's protege? Who'dve Who'd have guessed?

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-->"Our suspect will be a white male. To the observer he will not seem a monster. His victims put up little or no struggle, so it’s likely that he is charming, attractive, but at his core he is a loner. Possibly a dual personality, who once the crime has been committed, retains no memory of the act. He will not view his victims as subhuman, rather it’s himself that he views as something other than human, more than human, a superior species. Stalking his prey, getting to know them. It’s unlikely that he’ll be married though he may have recently come off a long-term relationship that ended badly. We look for a precipitating event in cases such as this, and a painful breakup is always at the top of the list. Prior to failing this relationship may have marked an inactive period in our suspects life. He would have regarded it as a lifeline, his salvation, but once ended, it resulted in his recidivism. What is not in question is his experience. He’s been doing this for a very long time, and he will do it again."

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-->"Our suspect will be a white male. To the observer he will not seem a monster. His victims put up little or no struggle, so it’s likely that he is charming, attractive, but at his core he is a loner. Possibly a dual personality, [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS2E22BecomingPart2 who once the crime has been committed, retains no memory of the act.act]]. He will not view his victims as subhuman, rather it’s himself that he views as something other than human, more than human, a superior species. [[StalkingIsLove Stalking his prey, getting to know them. them.]] It’s unlikely that he’ll be married though he may have recently come off a long-term relationship that ended badly. We look for a precipitating event in cases such as this, and a [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E20TheProm painful breakup breakup]] is always at the top of the list. Prior to failing this relationship may have marked an inactive period in our suspects life. He would have regarded it as a lifeline, his salvation, but once ended, it resulted in his recidivism. What is not in question is his experience. He’s been doing this for a very long time, and [[{{foreshadowing}} he will do it again.again]]."

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar
-->'''Cordelia''': And no offense Angel, but maybe you are committing those horrible crimes just in your dreams, but even so, I don’t want to stick around for your [[{{Pun}} nocturnal commissions]].



* {{Pun}}:
-->'''Cordelia''': And no offense Angel, but maybe you are committing those horrible crimes just in your dreams, but even so, I don’t want to stick around for your nocturnal commissions.

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* IResembleThatRemark: PlayedForDrama when Kate gives a profile of the man they're looking for at a police briefing, which is crosscut with a montage of Angel walking the streets -- needless to say the profile fits Angel perfectly.

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* IResembleThatRemark: PlayedForDrama when Kate gives a profile of the man serial killer they're looking for at a police briefing, which is crosscut with a montage of Angel walking the streets -- needless to say the profile fits Angel perfectly.as much as it does Penn.
-->"Our suspect will be a white male. To the observer he will not seem a monster. His victims put up little or no struggle, so it’s likely that he is charming, attractive, but at his core he is a loner. Possibly a dual personality, who once the crime has been committed, retains no memory of the act. He will not view his victims as subhuman, rather it’s himself that he views as something other than human, more than human, a superior species. Stalking his prey, getting to know them. It’s unlikely that he’ll be married though he may have recently come off a long-term relationship that ended badly. We look for a precipitating event in cases such as this, and a painful breakup is always at the top of the list. Prior to failing this relationship may have marked an inactive period in our suspects life. He would have regarded it as a lifeline, his salvation, but once ended, it resulted in his recidivism. What is not in question is his experience. He’s been doing this for a very long time, and he will do it again."
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* GetOut: Cordelia to Wesley after Wesley deduces that the serial killer is Angelus.
-->You get to leave now.

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* GetOut: Cordelia to Wesley after Wesley he deduces that the serial killer is Angelus.
-->You -->"You get to leave now."

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