- Fred calls Willow to re-en soul Angel. She encounters unexpected resistance from a mysterious source. Faith's strategy to capture Angelus has an unexpected side effect. She enters Angel's mind and witnesses some of his past.
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Angelus (David Boreanaz) bites Faith (Eliza Dushku). He falls back, in a panic and asks her what she did.
In a flashback to last episode, while fighting with Angelus, Faith is shoved back. While Wesley (Alexis Denisof) distracts Angelus by shooting at him, it is now revealed to the audience that Faith shot herself full of the orpheus drug.
Angelus passes out. Wesley stumbles in. Faith passes out.
ACT ONE
Gunn (J. August Richards) enters the hotel with Angelus all tied up. Wesley enters carrying the unconscious Faith. Lorne (Andy Hallett) and Fred (Amy Acker) go with Wesley to help Faith while Connor (Vincent Kartheiser) helps Gunn with securing the still unconscious Angelus.
Gunn and Connor chain up Angelus and lock him in a cage.
Wesley lays Faith in a bed. Lorne finds the needle mark. Fred pulls off the bandage on Faith's neck to reveal the deep and still bleeding bite marks. Fred cleans Faith's wounds.
Angelus starts to talk in his sleep.
Faith also begins to talk in her sleep. Lorne lectures Wesley over letting Faith shoot up and letting Angelus feed on her, saying Faith couldn't understand what she was agreeing to, especially when she super-sized the dose.
Connor fills in Cordelia (Charisma Carpenter), who isn't impressed with Faith's coma. She asks if Angelus is guarded. Connor talks about Faith again, which pisses off Cordelia, who pushes Connor and challenges his commitment to their family. Cordelia blames her hormones for her reaction and tells Connor to check on Faith.
Connor enters to ask how Faith is. Fred asks Wesley what it was Faith shot herself up with, and Lorne informs them that it was orpheus which is a mystical opium. Humans inject themselves and then let vampires feed on them. He tells them that orpheus is an enchanted drug which affects the mind. Wesley says it takes you down to hell and leaves you there.
Inside the mind of Faith and Angel/Angelus, it is New York, 1902. Faith and Angelus cannot be seen by anyone except each other. Angelus tries to fight her, but just passes through her. Angelus asks why Faith is in his flashback, and she says it must be the drug. Angelus is infuriated because they are watching Angel's (David Boreanaz) life, which ticked him off the first time. Angelus asks why she's there, and Faith replies that she's dying, there to baby-sit him until his soul is returned.
Angel's past, early 20s. Angel saves a puppy to the rage of Angelus and the amusement of Faith. Angel is tempted to feed on the dog's owner, but instead ticks her off and makes her leave, rather than feeding on her. Faith observes that Angelus is reliving Angel's good deeds so he is in hell, to her endless amusement.
Fred wonders how they can help Faith and Wesley replies they need to finish what she started and put Angel's soul back. Connor says it's impossible because they don't have the jar with his soul and encourages them to kill Angelus. Willow arrives, saying they need a witch.
ACT TWO
Wesley asks if the call of magic drew Willow to the hotel, but Willow replies that it was Fred, since Willow is the only one to have previously re-souled Angel.
Willow visits with Cordelia and they catch up. She talks about putting Angel's soul back and Cordelia reaches under her sheets for a knife. Cordelia says they can't get the soul out if they can't get the jar back. Willow says she couldn't locate the jar, and Cordelia eases her grip on the knife. Willow then stands up, and says they just need to break the jar. Cordelia's grip on the knife increases, but Willow isn't near her. Willow leaves, excited and Cordelia throws the knife at the door.
Lorne sits with Faith. He sings to her.
Angel's past, in a diner. Angelus is bothered by a buzzing, but waves it off. A robber enters and shoots the clerk. The buzzing continues around Angelus' head.
Cordelia tries to contact Angelus, but he doesn't wake up.
Willow works on her spell to break the jar. Willow tries to make Wesley laugh, but Wesley is too serious now; he's been through too much and he observes that he's changed, having seen the darkness in himself. Willow reveals that she flayed a guy alive and tired to destroy the world, so she understand the darkness thing. Wesley says that Willow seems the same to him though. Willow asks about Fred.
Angel's past, in the diner. Angel watches the clerk die and then locks the door. He feeds on the dead clerk, which Angelus enjoys while it horrifies Faith. Faith holds her neck in pain and finds blood. Faith comments that Angel was going to save the clerk and Angelus wonders if he was too slow on purpose, in order to feed.
ACT THREE
Faith is distressed in her sleep. Lorne cares for her. Connor watches. Lorne informs Connor that it won't be long before she dies. Wesley enters and Connor tells him he did the right thing. Faith moans and tosses. Wesley tells them it's time and he and Connor leave.
Fred helps Willow with her spell. Gunn heads downstairs to watch Angelus. Wesley enters. Willow is blow back by magic and a deep voice tells her to stop.
Cordelia is in her room; she is the big voice.
Willow casts a spell, which destroys Cordelia's. Connor has entered. Wesley warns at the power of the voice. Willow activates the marble to destroy the jar. She's hit with a magical blow from Cordelia. Willow's eyes go black and the hotel shakes.
Lorne comforts Faith, who sits up suddenly and gasps.
Angel's past in an alley. Faith awakens in a pile of garbage. Angelus is there with her. Angelus can feel that Faith is fading. Angel stumbles in, catches and feeds on a rat. Angelus is ticked about the fact that Angelus ate rats for 20 years after feeding on the clerk. Faith says he's paying for what he's done, but Angelus says he's hiding what he is. He wonders why he has to keep watching this, and suddenly Angel starts talking to him, saying that it's not about him.
Willow and Cordelia fight magically. The hotel shakes. A big, floating head appears, but Willow tells the others to ignore it. She sends the marble after the jar.
Cordelia tries to think of something else, when the marble enters and nearly breaks the jar. Cordelia and Willow each push the marble, Willow trying to break the glass and Cordelia trying to stop it from doing so. Connor runs to check on Cordelia. He surprises her and breaks her concentration. The marble breaks the glass.
Faith is happy to see Angel who wonders why she's still there. She says to watch Angelus be stopped. Angelus punches Faith and she crashes to the ground, too weak to get back up. Angelus and Angel fight.
ACT FOUR
Angelus and Angel fight. Angel encourages Faith to get up, but she replies that she's dying. He tells her that redemption isn't easy. Angelus kicks Faith.
In the real world, Faith bares the mark from the dream.
Angelus and Angel fight. Angel continues to encourage Faith to get up and keep living.
Connor breaks into Cordelia's room and she hits him with a lamp. She tells him that she thought he was the floating head. Connor thinks that Willow's spell has opened a gateway. Connor goes to make Willow stop, but Cordelia says that he can't stop her because she's too powerful. She tells him that the way to stop it is to kill Angelus.
Willow works to channel Angel's soul back into him.
Cordelia encourages Connor to kill Angelus before anything else goes wrong.
Fred and Willow start to cast the spell.
Cordelia tells Connor that killing Angelus is the only way to protect their family.
Gunn watches over Angelus.
Lorne watches over Faith.
Angelus and Angel fight. Angel encourages Faith to get up.
Connor makes his way to kill Angelus.
Willow starts to cast the spell.
Angelus and Angel fight. Angel knocks down Angelus and moves to Faith. He holds her and tells her how low he went when he feed off the clerk. Faith says that it's her time. Angel tells her that their time is never up because they have to pay for anything. Faith is in a lot of pain and tells him that it hurts.
Willow is casting the spell.
Connor arrives in the basement and knocks out Gunn.
Angel tells Faith that she has to get up and fight. Angelus attacks Angel again, knocking him down. Faith stands. Angelus moves to attack her, but she disappears.
Faith suddenly wakes up and runs out of the room.
Willow finishes the spell.
Angelus goes back into Angel.
In the person, Connor moves to stake Angelus. Faith stops him and then beat him up. Lorne, Fred and Wesley enter. Lorne is shocked Faith is alive. Angel wakes up. Angelus is gone.
Later, Angel is on the balcony. Faith joins him. Angel comments that she's going to Sunnydale. She says it's where shes needed from what Willow told her. Angel says he owes her, but she replies that she owes him too. They step inside the hotel. Faith says good-bye to everyone. Angel thanks Willow and she replies that she got a slayer out of the deal. They hug and Willow tells Angel she will tell Buffy he says hi. She warns them to contact her first if they plan to wake up Angelus again. Willow and Faith leave. Cordelia enters, revealing her pregnancy to the others.
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