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* LastSecondWordSwap: Lindsey tells Spike that he's not the man he used to be -- Spike just saved someone's life when it didn't benefit him, as opposed to the AntiHero who only did good deeds to impress (DeathGlare from Spike) ...[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer women]].
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* LastSecondWordSwap: Lindsey tells Spike that he's not the man he used to be -- Spike just saved someone's life when it didn't benefit him, as opposed to the AntiHero who only did started doing good deeds to impress (DeathGlare from Spike) ...[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer women]].
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* DaydreamSurprise: Angel's problems, emotional personal or supernatural, turn out to be a fantasy constructed by a spell to orchestrate the removal of his soul.
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* DaydreamSurprise: Angel's problems, emotional emotional, personal or supernatural, turn out to be a fantasy constructed by a spell to orchestrate the removal couple of his soul.spelled...bug demon parasite things.
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* KillEmAll: Angel is tempted to use their corporate DeathRay to just wipe out the bad guys rather than continue with all this moral ambiguity foreshadowing ThePurge of the Circle of the Black Thorn in "[[Recap/AngelS05E22NotFadeAway Not Fade Away]]".
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* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Angel is tempted to use their corporate DeathRay to just wipe out the bad guys rather than continue with all this moral ambiguity foreshadowing ThePurge of the Circle of the Black Thorn in "[[Recap/AngelS05E22NotFadeAway Not Fade Away]]".
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* ReferenceOverdosed: Loads of cultural references (see Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_Purpose_%28Angel%29 for details]]).
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* ReferenceOverdosed: Loads of cultural references (see Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} Website/{{Wikipedia}} [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_Purpose_%28Angel%29 for details]]).
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** When dream Fred pulls out Angel's heart, she says, "What do you know? It really is a dried up little walnut.", hearkening back to the RunningGag from ''The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco''.
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* AnxietyDreams / AlwaysSecondBest: Angel's dreams play on his fear after the events of "Destiny" that Spike is better than him.
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* AnxietyDreams / AlwaysSecondBest: AnxietyDreams: Angel's dreams play on his fear after the events of "Destiny" that [[AlwaysSecondBest Spike is better than him.him]].
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* BearsAreBadNews: The episode is largely a series of nightmares experienced by Angel, who's being fed upon by a parasite]]. This includes a {{Squick}}-filled dissection scene involving, amongst other things, a completely random bear.
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* BearsAreBadNews: The episode is largely a series of Angel's nightmares experienced by Angel, who's being fed upon by a parasite]]. This includes include a {{Squick}}-filled dissection scene involving, amongst other things, a completely random bear.
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-->'''Harmony''': (rolls her eyes) It's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Matchabelli Matchabelli]], Einstein; and it doesn't come in a can.
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-->'''Harmony''': (rolls ''(rolls her eyes) eyes)'' It's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Matchabelli Matchabelli]], Einstein; and it doesn't come in a can.
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-->"Enough with the cryptic, [[HoYay butch]]. I want to know who...or what you are... what you want, and [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique how fast I can snap your forearm before you answer]]."
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-->"Enough with the cryptic, [[HoYay [[HomoeroticSubtext butch]]. I want to know who...or what you are... what you want, and [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique how fast I can snap your forearm before you answer]]."
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* FamilyFriendlyStripper: Spike celebrates being made corporeal by going to a strip club where he is approached by Lindsey posing as "Doyle". We see absolutely nothing but lingerie clad dancers. In the DVD commentary the writer comments that the way to make yourself popular with the cast and crew is to set scenes in a strip club.
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* DivideAndConquer: Gunn's plan for the demon cult -- which [[NotSoDifferent appears to reflect]] Lindsey/Eve's plan for Team Angel and the Senior Partners.
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* DivideAndConquer: Gunn's plan for the demon cult -- which [[NotSoDifferent appears to reflect]] reflect Lindsey/Eve's plan for Team Angel and the Senior Partners.
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** In the dream, [[WesternAnimation/{{Pinnochio}} Spike is made human by a blue fairy]].
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** In the dream, [[WesternAnimation/{{Pinnochio}} [[WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}} Spike is made human by a blue fairy]].
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* FamousLastWords: The first vampire Spike kills gets out "You just made the biggest mistake of your life!"
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* ShoutOut: Fred pulls out a car's license plate from Angel's belly.
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** Fred pulls out a car's license plate from Angel's belly.
** Fred pulls out a car's license plate from Angel's belly.
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** In the dream, [[WesternAnimation/{{Pinnochio}} Spike is made human by a blue fairy]].
** When Wesley and Gunn try to recruit Spike to work for Wolfram & Hart to use their resources to fight for good, Spike calls Wesley "Mr. Vader", a reference to Darth Vader, who made a similar pitch in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''.
** When Wesley and Gunn visit Spike, he refers to them as [[Series/MiamiVice Crocket and Tubbs]].
** [[Franchise/{{Superman}} "He hasn't sewn a big red 's' on his chest yet".]]
** When Wesley and Gunn try to recruit Spike to work for Wolfram & Hart to use their resources to fight for good, Spike calls Wesley "Mr. Vader", a reference to Darth Vader, who made a similar pitch in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''.
** When Wesley and Gunn visit Spike, he refers to them as [[Series/MiamiVice Crocket and Tubbs]].
** [[Franchise/{{Superman}} "He hasn't sewn a big red 's' on his chest yet".]]
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* WaxingLyrical: In the "Honky-Tonk" dream sequence Lorne tells Angel, "Sing out, Louise." The line comes from ''Theatre/{{Gypsy}}''.
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** "There's nothing left, just a shell". Although mainly referring to Angel [[spoiler:it was likely also a reference to Fred becoming a host for Illyria several episodes later in "[[Recap/AngelS05E16Shells Shells]]".]]
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** "There's nothing left, just a shell". Although mainly referring to Angel [[spoiler:it it was likely also a reference to Fred becoming a host for Illyria several episodes later in "[[Recap/AngelS05E16Shells Shells]]".]]
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* KillEmAll: Angel is tempted to use their corporate DeathRay to just wipe out the bad guys rather than continue with all this moral ambiguity [[spoiler: foreshadowing ThePurge of the Circle of the Black Thorn in "[[Recap/AngelS05E22NotFadeAway Not Fade Away]]"]].
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* KillEmAll: Angel is tempted to use their corporate DeathRay to just wipe out the bad guys rather than continue with all this moral ambiguity [[spoiler: foreshadowing ThePurge of the Circle of the Black Thorn in "[[Recap/AngelS05E22NotFadeAway Not Fade Away]]"]].Away]]".
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* BaitAndSwitch: TheTeaser appears to feature Angel in trouble again, but it's actually a replay of the fight in "Destiny" shot from a different angle.
* BedmateReveal: Spuffy
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* BedmateReveal: Spuffy
* BookDumb
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* BaitAndSwitch: TheTeaser appears to feature Angel in trouble again, but it's actually a replay of the fight in "Destiny" "[[Recap/AngelS05E08Destiny Destiny]]" shot from a different angle.
*BedmateReveal: Spuffy
BearsAreBadNews: The episode is largely a series of nightmares experienced by Angel, who's being fed upon by a parasite]]. This includes a {{Squick}}-filled dissection scene involving, amongst other things, a completely random bear.
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* CallBack: Plenty to "City Of", plus...
** Spike adopts the CrucifiedHeroShot he had in "Chosen", only this time Angel burns up instead.
** Spike hitting on chicks while vampire-hunting resembles his NotADate with Series/{{Buffy|The Vampire Slayer}} in "Crush".
** Spike adopts the CrucifiedHeroShot he had in "Chosen", only this time Angel burns up instead.
** Spike hitting on chicks while vampire-hunting resembles his NotADate with Series/{{Buffy|The Vampire Slayer}} in "Crush".
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* CallBack: Plenty to "City Of", "[[Recap/AngelS01E01CityOf City of...]]", plus...
** Spike adopts the CrucifiedHeroShot he had in"Chosen", "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E22Chosen Chosen]]", only this time Angel burns up instead.
** Spike hitting on chicks while vampire-hunting resembles his NotADate with Series/{{Buffy|The Vampire Slayer}} in"Crush"."[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E14Crush Crush]]".
** Spike adopts the CrucifiedHeroShot he had in
** Spike hitting on chicks while vampire-hunting resembles his NotADate with Series/{{Buffy|The Vampire Slayer}} in
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* DaydreamSurpriseDaydreamSurprise: Angel's problems, emotional personal or supernatural, turn out to be a fantasy constructed by a spell to orchestrate the removal of his soul.
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** "There's nothing left, just a shell". Although mainly referring to Angel [[spoiler:it was likely also a reference to Fred becoming a host for Illyria several episodes later in "Shells".]]
** Gunn growls like a cat in another dream scene. In "A Hole In The World" the White Room's panther conduit takes the form of an evil Gunn {{doppelganger}}.
** Gunn growls like a cat in another dream scene. In "A Hole In The World" the White Room's panther conduit takes the form of an evil Gunn {{doppelganger}}.
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** "There's nothing left, just a shell". Although mainly referring to Angel [[spoiler:it was likely also a reference to Fred becoming a host for Illyria several episodes later in "Shells"."[[Recap/AngelS05E16Shells Shells]]".]]
** Gunn growls like a cat in another dream scene. In"A "[[Recap/AngelS05E15AHoleInTheWorld A Hole In The World" in the World]]", the White Room's panther conduit takes the form of an evil Gunn {{doppelganger}}.
** Gunn growls like a cat in another dream scene. In
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* FakeShemp: An obvious stand-in is used for Buffy, with her voice dubbed with dialogue from [=BtVS=] "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E20TheProm The Prom]]".
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* FakeShemp: An obvious Angel has a nightmare involving Spike having sex with Buffy. It was actually a blonde stand-in is used for Buffy, with her voice dubbed with dialogue face away from [=BtVS=] the camera and some of Creator/SarahMichelleGellar's lines from "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E20TheProm The Prom]]".Prom]]" looped in.
* FeverDreamEpisode: Angel spends the episode stuck in a fever dream thanks to a demonic parasite.
* HeroicSelfDeprecation:
-->'''Team Spike:''' Speech, speech, speech, speech!
-->'''Spike:''' (smiling modestly) Well, this is, uh... Thank you, everyone. Um...I don't know what to say. (laughter all around) I'm just a... working-class bloke fulfilling his destiny. [[ThinkNothingOfIt It was nothing, really.]]
-->'''Fred:''' Nothing? Spike, you single-handedly ended Armageddon and turned the world into a beautiful, happily-ever-after, candy mountain place where all our dreams come true!
* HospitalHottie: All right -- who didn't think Fred was going to do something kinky when she [[GloveSnap snapped on those latex gloves?]]
-->'''Team Spike:''' Speech, speech, speech, speech!
-->'''Spike:''' (smiling modestly) Well, this is, uh... Thank you, everyone. Um...I don't know what to say. (laughter all around) I'm just a... working-class bloke fulfilling his destiny. [[ThinkNothingOfIt It was nothing, really.]]
-->'''Fred:''' Nothing? Spike, you single-handedly ended Armageddon and turned the world into a beautiful, happily-ever-after, candy mountain place where all our dreams come true!
* HospitalHottie: All right -- who didn't think Fred was going to do something kinky when she [[GloveSnap snapped on those latex gloves?]]
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-->'''Team Spike:''' Speech, speech, speech, speech!
-->'''Spike:''' (smiling modestly) Well, this is, uh... Thank you, everyone. Um...I don't know what to say. (laughter all around) I'm just a... working-class bloke fulfilling his destiny. [[ThinkNothingOfIt It was nothing, really.]]
-->'''Fred:''' Nothing? Spike, you single-handedly ended Armageddon and turned the world into a beautiful, happily-ever-after, candy mountain place where all our dreams come true!
* HospitalHottie: All right -- who didn't think Fred was going to do something kinky when she [[GloveSnap snapped on those latex gloves?]]
* HeroicBSOD
* HeroicSelfDeprecation
-->'''Team Spike:''' Speech, speech, speech, speech!
-->'''Spike:''' (smiling modestly) Well, this is, uh... Thank you, everyone. Um...I don't know what to say. (laughter all around) I'm just a... working-class bloke fulfilling his destiny. [[ThinkNothingOfIt It was nothing, really.]]
-->'''Fred:''' Nothing? Spike, you single-handedly ended Armageddon and turned the world into a beautiful, happily-ever-after, candy mountain place where all our dreams come true!
* HospitalHottie: All right -- who didn't think Fred was going to do something kinky when she [[GloveSnap snapped on those latex gloves?]]
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* KillEmAll: Angel is tempted to use their corporate DeathRay to just wipe out the bad guys rather than continue with all this moral ambiguity [[spoiler: foreshadowing ThePurge of the Circle of the Black Thorn in the GrandFinale]].
* KillSat
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* KillEmAll: Angel is tempted to use their corporate DeathRay to just wipe out the bad guys rather than continue with all this moral ambiguity [[spoiler: foreshadowing ThePurge of the Circle of the Black Thorn in "[[Recap/AngelS05E22NotFadeAway Not Fade Away]]"]].
* KillSat: The heroes are surprised and disturbed to find they have such a thing at their command (in theGrandFinale]].
* KillSatform of microwave laser satellites) after taking over Wolfram and Hart. Angel considers using them to wipe out all the bad guys rather than continue to live as a corporate drone.
* KillSat: The heroes are surprised and disturbed to find they have such a thing at their command (in the
* KillSat
* LastSecondWordSwap: Lindsey tells Spike that he's not the man he used to be -- Spike just saved someone's life when it didn't benefit him, as opposed to the AntiHero who only did good deeds to impress (DeathGlare from Spike) ...[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer women]].
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* LastSecondWordSwap: Lindsey tells Spike that he's not the man he used to be -- Spike just saved someone's life when it didn't benefit him, as opposed to the AntiHero who only did good deeds to impress (DeathGlare from Spike) ...[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer women]].
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* NotWearingPantsDream: [[FemaleGaze Unfortunately]] it's only a [[FootFocus Not Wearing Shoes]] dream.
* RealDreamsAreWeirder: A bear appears in the Fred-surgery dream for no reason that Angel can comprehend.
* RealDreamsAreWeirder: A bear appears in the Fred-surgery dream for no reason that Angel can comprehend.
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* SchrodingersButterflySchrodingersButterfly: Angel is under the influence of a parasite the makes him go through his worst fears and insecurities; while under its effect each time it seems like he's finally woken up it turns out he's still under the effects of the parasite and is dreaming.
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* SickEpisode: So Boreanaz can direct
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* SickEpisode: So Angel spends the episode in bed hallucinating after being attacked by a parasitic demon, as David Boreanaz can directwas recovering from surgery at the time.
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* TwistedEchoCutThinkNothingOfIt: Angel has a dream in which Spike saves the world, and does this as Heroic Self-Deprecation. In ironic contrast, the episode shows the real Spike is more likely to give women he saves a lecture on not wearing high heels in a dark alley.
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Lindsey approaches Spike in the guise of Doyle, encouraging him to replace Angel as the champion of the PowersThatBe. Meanwhile Angel is trapped in a hallucinogenic coma.
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Angel has lost his fight against Spike, who is to drink from the Cup of Perpetual Torment. However this time, the cup isn't a fake, and radiance shines down on Spike as he achieves the Shanshu Prophecy and is restored to life. The same light then incinerates Angel. This is revealed to be Angel's dream, as he wakes up in his office shaken.
Lindsey approaches Spikein at a strip club, implying he was responsible for Spike's return from the guise of dead and his subsequent return to corporeality. Introducing himself as Doyle, encouraging Lindsey claims he has visions of people in trouble and that he had a vision of a girl who's about to get attacked in an alley. Spike tells him to replace go to Angel as instead, but "Doyle" says that Angel is "working the other side of the tracks" now. Spike saves the girl, after which Lindsey suggests that Spike may be the new champion of The Powers That Be. The next night, Spike saves a couple from vampires, telling them, "I'm the PowersThatBe. hero."
Meanwhile at Wolfram & Hart, Wesley and Gunn present Angel with possible solutions to deal with an evil warlock, but Angel — weary of the "gray area" of morality in which he constantly finds himself — announces: "Let's kill them all." He then says that he's just tired and the others tell him to go get some sleep.
In Angel's dream, Fred says, "Let's take a look under the hood." She cuts open Angel's chest and starts pulling out his internal organs, including his "dried-up little walnut" of a heart. Fred also pulls out a strand of beads (which she puts on), some raisins (which she eats), and a license plate. She pulls out a fishbowl, calling the dead goldfish inside Angel's soul, and says that they'll have to flush it and hands it to the bear standing next to her. Fred turns back to Angel and tells him that she can't find anything wrong with him except that he's empty.
The next morning, Eve gives Wesley a fragment of a relic, saying the Senior Partners want to know what it is. Gunn arrives and announces that a vampire matching Spike's description has been out on the streets, saving people.
Meanwhile, Angel is dreaming that Spike and Buffy are having sex on his bed. He wakes up and goes downstairs, where Gunn tells him to hurry or he will "miss it." Angel joins the group of people in his office, staring out the windows at Los Angeles as it burns. Angel realizes what's going on and heads towards the windows. "You're blocking the apocalypse," Harmony tells him. Wesley assures Angel that Spike will take care of it. Lorne suggests that Angel change his clothes, since there's something on his shirt. Angel looks down to see a bloody stake sticking out of his heart. As Angel dreams in his room, a blue creature feeds off of his chest in the same spot as the stake in his dream. Fred holds out a cake with a picture of Los Angeles burning and the words "Way to go Spike!" written on it. Everyone sings, "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" and yells for Spike to give a speech. He talks about fulfilling his destiny to turn Los Angeles into utopia. A blue fairy floats in and sprinkles gold dust on Spike, making his heart beat again. As everyone cheers for Spike, Angel is suddenly a man staffing the mail cart.
In reality, Spike is at the spartan basement apartment that Lindsey provided for him, when Gunn and Wesley stop by. They tell him that if he wants to rescue people, Wolfram & Hart has resources that can help him. Spike declines the offer, saying Wolfram & Hart is the same evil law firm it has always been. At Eve's apartment, Lindsey reminds Eve if the Senior Partners find out what they're up to, they'll kill him. Eve assures him that thanks to his tattoos, they won't find him. Wesley and Gunn head back to Wolfram & Hart and tell Fred that Spike thinks they have sold out. Fred starts to go up to check on Angel, until Eve arrives, reminding her she is supposed to be testing the relic.
Angel is dreaming of Lorne dressed Old West-style, playing "My Darling Clementine" on a piano in Angel's room. As Harmony (dressed like a Copacabana waitress) serves him a drink, Angel tells Lorne that everything hurts. "That's life," Lorne says, "everything hurts, and then we die," though in Angel's case, everything hurts and he lives forever. Lorne tells Angel to sing, but Angel could not. Nearby, Fred, who was at a table with Wesley and Gunn, says, "I told you he was empty." Lorne tells Angel that the crowd is turning on him as Gunn snarls and hisses at Angel. Eve appears, noting that Angel is suffering. Lorne says that Angel still has something on his shirt, and Angel looks down to see the blue creature on his chest. He pulls it off, wakes up, and kills it. Eve tells him that he's still dreaming but it's almost over. She pulls a bigger blue creature out of the box she's holding and puts it on him. She watches while he struggles against it, then leaves. At Spike's apartment, Lindsey pretends to have a vision and tells Spike that he should take care of it.
Angel sits in a chair in the middle of a sunny field as the gang approach him. "You can stay as long as you like," Wesley says. "Stay forever." Angel says he's not done with his job, but Wesley says that he can be if he wants to. Fred says that he'll be fine — he just has to stop caring. Suddenly, the four of them throw their heads back and scream. In Angel's room, Spike grabs the blue creature and kills it. "No need to thank me," he tells Angel. "Just helping the helpless."
Later, the gang and Eve gather in Angel's room and Wesley explains that the creature was a parasite which makes the host oblivious to its presence and causes hallucinations. If Spike had not killed it, Angel might have been trapped in ahallucinogenic coma.
vegetative state. Angel says Eve put the parasite on him — after Eve put the second parasite on him, she changed her clothes so that Angel wouldn't remember her being there for real, but she didn't change her earrings. He notes that Eve is playing her own game and wonders what the Senior Partners would say if they knew. Eve says that they're all just blaming her for their problems when they should really be looking within the group. The group glares at her until she leaves.
Lindsey approaches Spike
Meanwhile at Wolfram & Hart, Wesley and Gunn present Angel with possible solutions to deal with an evil warlock, but Angel — weary of the "gray area" of morality in which he constantly finds himself — announces: "Let's kill them all." He then says that he's just tired and the others tell him to go get some sleep.
In Angel's dream, Fred says, "Let's take a look under the hood." She cuts open Angel's chest and starts pulling out his internal organs, including his "dried-up little walnut" of a heart. Fred also pulls out a strand of beads (which she puts on), some raisins (which she eats), and a license plate. She pulls out a fishbowl, calling the dead goldfish inside Angel's soul, and says that they'll have to flush it and hands it to the bear standing next to her. Fred turns back to Angel and tells him that she can't find anything wrong with him except that he's empty.
The next morning, Eve gives Wesley a fragment of a relic, saying the Senior Partners want to know what it is. Gunn arrives and announces that a vampire matching Spike's description has been out on the streets, saving people.
Meanwhile, Angel is dreaming that Spike and Buffy are having sex on his bed. He wakes up and goes downstairs, where Gunn tells him to hurry or he will "miss it." Angel joins the group of people in his office, staring out the windows at Los Angeles as it burns. Angel realizes what's going on and heads towards the windows. "You're blocking the apocalypse," Harmony tells him. Wesley assures Angel that Spike will take care of it. Lorne suggests that Angel change his clothes, since there's something on his shirt. Angel looks down to see a bloody stake sticking out of his heart. As Angel dreams in his room, a blue creature feeds off of his chest in the same spot as the stake in his dream. Fred holds out a cake with a picture of Los Angeles burning and the words "Way to go Spike!" written on it. Everyone sings, "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" and yells for Spike to give a speech. He talks about fulfilling his destiny to turn Los Angeles into utopia. A blue fairy floats in and sprinkles gold dust on Spike, making his heart beat again. As everyone cheers for Spike, Angel is suddenly a man staffing the mail cart.
In reality, Spike is at the spartan basement apartment that Lindsey provided for him, when Gunn and Wesley stop by. They tell him that if he wants to rescue people, Wolfram & Hart has resources that can help him. Spike declines the offer, saying Wolfram & Hart is the same evil law firm it has always been. At Eve's apartment, Lindsey reminds Eve if the Senior Partners find out what they're up to, they'll kill him. Eve assures him that thanks to his tattoos, they won't find him. Wesley and Gunn head back to Wolfram & Hart and tell Fred that Spike thinks they have sold out. Fred starts to go up to check on Angel, until Eve arrives, reminding her she is supposed to be testing the relic.
Angel is dreaming of Lorne dressed Old West-style, playing "My Darling Clementine" on a piano in Angel's room. As Harmony (dressed like a Copacabana waitress) serves him a drink, Angel tells Lorne that everything hurts. "That's life," Lorne says, "everything hurts, and then we die," though in Angel's case, everything hurts and he lives forever. Lorne tells Angel to sing, but Angel could not. Nearby, Fred, who was at a table with Wesley and Gunn, says, "I told you he was empty." Lorne tells Angel that the crowd is turning on him as Gunn snarls and hisses at Angel. Eve appears, noting that Angel is suffering. Lorne says that Angel still has something on his shirt, and Angel looks down to see the blue creature on his chest. He pulls it off, wakes up, and kills it. Eve tells him that he's still dreaming but it's almost over. She pulls a bigger blue creature out of the box she's holding and puts it on him. She watches while he struggles against it, then leaves. At Spike's apartment, Lindsey pretends to have a vision and tells Spike that he should take care of it.
Angel sits in a chair in the middle of a sunny field as the gang approach him. "You can stay as long as you like," Wesley says. "Stay forever." Angel says he's not done with his job, but Wesley says that he can be if he wants to. Fred says that he'll be fine — he just has to stop caring. Suddenly, the four of them throw their heads back and scream. In Angel's room, Spike grabs the blue creature and kills it. "No need to thank me," he tells Angel. "Just helping the helpless."
Later, the gang and Eve gather in Angel's room and Wesley explains that the creature was a parasite which makes the host oblivious to its presence and causes hallucinations. If Spike had not killed it, Angel might have been trapped in a
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