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The curse. If Angel achieved
true happiness, even just a moment,

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- he would lose his soul.
- <i>Previously on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer":</i>

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This is it. The curse.

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- What?
- I may be able to work this.

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Willow cured him
and somehow he came back.

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You must have known
it was wrong to see Angel.

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I wanted to wait.

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For Angel to go psycho again
the next time you give him a happy?

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Why, Daniel, wherever are you goin'?

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- You... you're not human.
- Not of late, no.

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- What do you want?
- I'm hungry, Daniel.

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- And seeing as you're in my debt...
- Please, I can't.

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A man playing at cards should have a
natural intelligence or a great deal of money.

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And you're sadly lacking in both.

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So I'll take my winnings my own way.

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The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures...

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Daniel, be of good cheer.

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It's Christmas.

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<i>It's going to be warm, with temperatures
continuing in the high 70s</i>

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<i>throughout the holiday weekend.</i>

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- Hi.
- Angel.

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So, are you shopping?

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You're probably not shopping.

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I couldn't sleep.

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Vampires are probably not big
on Christmas, now I think about it.

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Not as a rule.

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But you're good?

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- I'm all right. You?
- Yeah.

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Yeah, I'm good. I was just getting
some Christmas gifts for the gang.

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I'd better go before the magic store closes.

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Angel?

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What is it?

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And then he just bailed. He didn't say
anything, he just took off. It was so weird.

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Angel? Weird? What are the odds?

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Do you think something's wrong?
Maybe you should tell Giles.

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No. I don't wanna bug Giles.

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He's still kinda twitchy
on the subject of Angel.

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Must be that Angel-killed-his
girlfriend-and-tortured-him thing.

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Giles is pretty petty with stuff like that.

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Xander, enough. OK?

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Maybe Angel just has the holiday blues.

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Everybody gets 'em,
especially when they're alone.

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It's just so frustrating.

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I'm trying to do the right thing
and stay away from him and get over it.

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And then boom, there he is.

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I just want a nice, quiet Christmas vacation.

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So, you doing anything special?

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Tree. Nog. Roast beast.

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Just me and mom
and hopefully an excess of gifts.

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- What are you doing for Christmas?
- Being Jewish. Remember?

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Not everybody worships Santa.

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- I just meant for vacation.
- Oh, nothing fun.

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Oz and I had planned...

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But I guess that's off.

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Well, I'll be enjoying
my annual Christmas Eve camp-out.

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I take my sleeping bag outside
and sleep on the grass.

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- Sounds fun.
- Yeah. I look at the stars, feel the nature vibe.

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I thought you slept outside to avoid
your family's drunken Christmas fights.

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Yes, and that was a confidence
I was hoping you'd share with everyone.

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Well, I'll be in Aspen. Skiing.

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- With actual snow.
- I hear that helps.

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It must be a drag to be stuck here
in Sweatydale, but I'm thinking of you.

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OK, I'm done.

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- She certainly has reverted to form.
- It's not her fault.

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After what happened,
we gotta cut her some slack.

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- That's the Christmas spirit.
- Hello? Still Jewish.

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Chanukah spirit, I believe that was.

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Anyway, forgiveness is pretty much a big
theme with me this year because of the...

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Hey.

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OK.

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The thing is...

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Seeing you with Xander, it was...

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Well, I never felt that way before -

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when there wasn't a full moon.

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But I know you guys have a history.

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But it's a history that's in the past.

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Well, I guess most history is in the past.

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But it's over.

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Well, I don't know. I don't know
that it ever will be between you two.

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Oz, please believe me.

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This is what I do know.

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I miss you.

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Like, every second.

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It's like I lost an arm.

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Or worse, a torso.

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So...

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I think I'd be willing to give it a shot.

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Really?

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Yeah.

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Do you want us to...

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to hug now?

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Yeah, I'm good for that.

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D'you wanna get one with snow on it?

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Be very Christmassy.

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- I think those are just for display.
- Oh.

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You know, honey, I was thinking.

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Maybe we should invite Faith
to spend Christmas Eve with us.

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I don't know.

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Faith and I don't really hang out,

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or talk, or make eye contact lately.

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Do you really wanna let her spend Christmas
Eve all by herself in that dingy motel room?

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- You're still number one with the guilt trip.
- I try.

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- I'll ask her.
- You're a doll.

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- What about Giles? He doesn't have...
- I'm sure he's fine.

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- We could at least ask him and see.
- He doesn't wanna be with a bunch of girls.

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Let's split up.

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Bunch of 'em up and died on us.
Don't know why.

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If you want one,
I can make you a hell of a deal.

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No, thank you.

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Oh, honey, this one's perfect.

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Yeah?

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Work, dammit!

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Hey.

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What's goin' on? Scary monsters?

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Nope.

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We're having Christmas Eve dinner
at my house, and if you didn't have plans...

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Your mom sent you down, huh?

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- No.
- Well, thanks, but I got plans.

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There's this big party I've been invited to.

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It should be a blast.

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OK. Cool.

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But if you change your mind, the offer...

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It's nice of you, thanks,

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but I got... I got that big party
that I've been invited to, so...

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I like the lights.

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Yeah, well, 'tis the season.
Whatever that means.

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Just a minute!

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Hello.

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I'm...

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I'm sorry to bother you.

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Sorry. Coming from you, that phrase strikes
me as rather funny: sorry to bother me.

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- I need your help.
- And the funny keeps on coming.

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I understand I have no right to ask for it,

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but there's no one else.

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All right.

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I can't come in unless you invite me.

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I'm aware of that.

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Come in.

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I've been seeing...

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I've had dreams lately. About the past.

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It's like I'm living it again, it's so vivid.

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I need to know...

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- I need to know why I'm here.
- Here? Back on earth?

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I should be in a demon dimension
and suffering an eternity of torture.

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- I don't feel inclined to argue with that.
- But I'm not.

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I was freed. And I don't understand why.

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- Knowing would give you peace of mind?
- It might.

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Is that something you ought to have?

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Because, to be blunt, the last time you
became complacent about your existence,

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it turned out rather badly.

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What?

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Don't you see her?

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Who?

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I can't.

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I propose a toast.

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Well, it's nice to be back in London.

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Please, I should return to the party.

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- Margaret, there's no hurry.
- Mistress will be wondering...

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She'll be wondering how to get
Reverend Chalmers into bed,

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and will not notice the absence of canapés.

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- Stay with me.
- Sir, people might talk.

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I'll be put out in the streets.
My little boy would...

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I can't lose this job.

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- Then you best keep quiet.
- You're hurting me.

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Cry out, call for help. I'm sure Mistress will
believe your behaviour beyond reproach.

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- Please.
- Come.

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Make a scene, shall I?

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No.

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We'll be as quiet as mice.

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No matter what.

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Sir.

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My son!

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He'll make a fine dessert.

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Trouble sleeping?

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- You're not here.
- I'm always here.

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- Leave me alone.
- I can't.

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You won't let me.

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What do you want?

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To die in bed surrounded by grandchildren,
but I guess that's off the menu.

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- I'm sorry.
- You're sorry.

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For me? Don't bother.

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I'm dead. I'm over it.

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If you wanna feel sorry for someone,
feel sorry for yourself.

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- But I guess you've already got that covered.
- Look, I am sorry

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for what I've done.

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What else can I say to you?

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I don't wanna make you feel bad.

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I just want to show you who you are.

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- You had a dream about Angel.
- I was in Angel's dream.

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- I'm not sure that's...
- There was stuff I couldn't possibly know.

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It was Angel's past. He was dreaming it
and somehow I got sucked in.

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There's something wrong with him.

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I know. I've seen him.

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He wanted to know why he was back.

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Is there a way for us to find that out?

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- Possibly. I've been looking.
- Well, let me look, too.

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I'm not seeing him any more.
I'm trying to put all this behind me.

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And I won't be able to as long as we're doing
guest spots in each other's dreams.

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So we'll help him?

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Yes.

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Where do we start?

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I'm aware I haven't been the mostest best
friend to you when it comes to Angel, and...

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I don't know, maybe
I've finally got the Chanukah spirit.

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Well, we start, unsurprisingly, with research.

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Xander -

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<i>Black Chronicles.</i>

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And, Buffy - <i>The Diary of Lucius Temple.</i>
An acolyte of Acathla, an expert on demons.

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You can skip the passages on his garden,
unless you're keen on growing heartier beets.

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Are you sure this is how
you wanna spend your vacation?

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It's the most exciting thing I've got planned.
Who else can claim that pathetic a social life?

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Hey, guys. What're we doin'?

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He's gonna come over on Christmas Eve
cos my parents are out of town.

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- We're gonna watch videos.
- That's good, right?

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You guys are back.

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It's good. It's perfect.

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In an awkward, uncomfortable sort of way.

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I just don't know how to make Oz trust me.

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Xander has a piece of you
that Oz just can't touch.

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I guess now it's just about
showing Oz that he comes first.

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I guess.

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Thanks.

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- Hey! He likes beets.
- I read that one already.

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We're not getting any closer.

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The thing I remember most
was thinking how artful it was.

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In the dark they looked
just like they were sleeping.

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It wasn't until I bent down and kissed them
good night that I felt how cold they were.

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You grabbed me and I thought:

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"Who would go to so much trouble
to arrange them like that?"

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But you see...

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That's what makes you
different than other beasts.

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They kill to feed.

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But you took more kinds of pleasure in it
than any creature that walks or crawls.

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- Oh, God.
- Yeah.

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Cry out. Make a scene.

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I was to be married that week,
but then, as I recall, you knew that.

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- It wasn't me.
- It wasn't you?

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A demon isn't a man. I was a man once.

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Oh, yes. And what a man you were.

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A drunken, whoring layabout

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and a terrible disappointment
to your parents.

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I was young.

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- I never had a chance to...
- To die of syphilis?

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You were a worthless being
before you were ever a monster.

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Stop it!

245
00:19:51,265 --> 00:19:55,657
I don't wanna hurt you, Angel,
but you have to understand.

246
00:19:57,225 --> 00:20:00,183
Cruelty is the only thing
you ever had a true talent for.

247
00:20:00,265 --> 00:20:02,142
It's not true.

248
00:20:02,905 --> 00:20:04,703
Rest.

249
00:20:12,425 --> 00:20:15,816
You mistake it for a curse, Angel, but it's not.

250
00:20:17,465 --> 00:20:19,456
It's your destiny.

251
00:20:22,465 --> 00:20:24,456
I'll show you.

252
00:22:14,105 --> 00:22:16,415
- You want her.
- No.

253
00:22:16,505 --> 00:22:19,418
Take her. Take what you want.

254
00:22:20,345 --> 00:22:25,499
Pour all that frustration
and all that guilt into her and you'll be free.

255
00:22:25,585 --> 00:22:27,383
No.

256
00:22:28,465 --> 00:22:31,662
You can't live for eternity with all that pain.

257
00:22:32,865 --> 00:22:36,221
This is what you are
and this is why we brought you back.

258
00:22:37,145 --> 00:22:39,136
Take her.

259
00:22:39,945 --> 00:22:41,856
And then you'll be ready

260
00:22:42,985 --> 00:22:44,976
to kill her.

261
00:22:53,145 --> 00:22:55,136
Hey, Buffy. Take a look.

262
00:22:57,225 --> 00:23:01,981
These letters contain references
to an ancient power known as the First.

263
00:23:02,065 --> 00:23:04,181
- First what?
- Evil.

264
00:23:04,265 --> 00:23:06,939
Absolute evil. Older than man, than demons.

265
00:23:07,185 --> 00:23:10,303
It could have had the power
to bring Angel back.

266
00:23:10,385 --> 00:23:12,217
These guys.

267
00:23:12,305 --> 00:23:15,343
I saw them in my dream. I fell asleep up there.

268
00:23:15,425 --> 00:23:17,814
You had another dream? With Angel?

269
00:23:18,505 --> 00:23:20,701
What happened?

270
00:23:21,385 --> 00:23:23,774
Oh, we don't need to get sidetracked.

271
00:23:23,865 --> 00:23:28,780
- Who are these guys?
- They're known as Bringers or Harbingers.

272
00:23:28,865 --> 00:23:31,459
They're high priests of the First.

273
00:23:31,545 --> 00:23:35,334
They can conjure spirit manifestation
and set them on people.

274
00:23:35,425 --> 00:23:39,100
- Influence them, haunt them.
- These guys are working the mojo on Angel.

275
00:23:39,185 --> 00:23:41,176
We gotta stop 'em.

276
00:23:41,265 --> 00:23:44,860
You can't fight the First, Buffy.
It's not a physical being.

277
00:23:44,945 --> 00:23:49,337
- Well, I can fight these priest guys.
- If we can find 'em.

278
00:23:56,905 --> 00:24:00,819
It's the Slayer.
What brings the Slayer down here?

279
00:24:03,945 --> 00:24:06,539
Hey, Willy. How you been?

280
00:24:06,625 --> 00:24:10,016
Keeping outta trouble. As God is my witness.

281
00:24:10,905 --> 00:24:13,784
So what can I do for you? Coupla drinks?

282
00:24:13,865 --> 00:24:16,061
Yeah, let me get a double shot of...

283
00:24:17,225 --> 00:24:20,934
- information, pal.
- Three priests. They call themselves...

284
00:24:21,025 --> 00:24:23,744
- The Bringers.
- Bringers. Harbingers.

285
00:24:24,265 --> 00:24:27,178
- They have a no-eyes kind of look.
- Doesn't ring a bell.

286
00:24:27,865 --> 00:24:30,095
How about I ring that bell for ya?

287
00:24:30,185 --> 00:24:33,701
- Does the threatening come now?
- Maybe you shouldn't help.

288
00:24:33,785 --> 00:24:39,383
They'd have come to town recently. They'd be
holed up somewhere, summoning the First.

289
00:24:42,145 --> 00:24:46,537
Well... I heard a few things.
You know - from the underground.

290
00:24:46,625 --> 00:24:50,664
- The underground?
- Yeah. From things living under the ground.

291
00:24:50,745 --> 00:24:54,136
There's been migration out of Sunnydale
from the lower inhabitants.

292
00:24:54,225 --> 00:24:58,219
Something's scaring them off. And these
are things that are not easily scared.

293
00:24:58,305 --> 00:25:01,104
- Could be your priest guys are underground.
- Where?

294
00:25:01,185 --> 00:25:03,381
I do not know.

295
00:25:04,385 --> 00:25:05,784
OK.

296
00:25:05,865 --> 00:25:08,141
- Thanks.
- See you around.

297
00:25:09,545 --> 00:25:12,344
You did great, by the way.
I was very intimidated.

298
00:25:12,425 --> 00:25:14,257
Really?

299
00:25:15,345 --> 00:25:17,495
- Thanks.
- Let's go.

300
00:25:17,585 --> 00:25:19,019
Hey, kid.

301
00:25:19,545 --> 00:25:21,741
Merry Christmas.

302
00:25:30,785 --> 00:25:34,221
Man, is it hot. It was so nice and cool in there.

303
00:25:34,305 --> 00:25:36,774
Yeah. A nice, cool waste of time.

304
00:25:36,865 --> 00:25:38,981
We know underground, that's a start.

305
00:25:39,065 --> 00:25:41,898
Sure! In a town with
14 million square miles of sewer.

306
00:25:41,985 --> 00:25:45,580
Plus a lot of natural cave formations
and a gateway to hell.

307
00:25:45,665 --> 00:25:50,660
- Yeah, this does resemble square one.
- I don't know what to do.

308
00:25:50,745 --> 00:25:55,740
I think right now the best plan
is to deck the halls with boughs of holly.

309
00:25:55,825 --> 00:25:58,943
Look, we'll catch the bad guys -
sooner or later.

310
00:26:05,145 --> 00:26:06,943
Willow?

311
00:26:08,825 --> 00:26:10,498
I got videos.

312
00:26:10,585 --> 00:26:12,178
Hi.

313
00:26:13,345 --> 00:26:16,337
Why don't you come sit down?

314
00:26:36,945 --> 00:26:40,256
Ever have that dream where
you're in a play, and it's the middle,

315
00:26:40,345 --> 00:26:44,054
and you don't know your lines
and you kind of don't know the plot?

316
00:26:44,305 --> 00:26:49,095
Well, we're alone and we're together.

317
00:26:49,865 --> 00:26:52,220
I just wanted it to be special.

318
00:26:52,745 --> 00:26:54,543
How special we talkin'?

319
00:26:55,025 --> 00:26:56,982
Well, you know.

320
00:26:57,065 --> 00:27:02,663
We're alone and we're both
mature younger people,

321
00:27:02,785 --> 00:27:05,015
and so...

322
00:27:05,105 --> 00:27:06,903
we could...

323
00:27:06,985 --> 00:27:10,137
I'm ready to... with you...

324
00:27:11,345 --> 00:27:13,541
We could do that thing.

325
00:27:18,425 --> 00:27:22,737
- Where are you going?
- No, I'm not going. Just a... dramatic gesture.

326
00:27:23,465 --> 00:27:25,456
That's pretty special.

327
00:27:27,785 --> 00:27:30,425
Oz, I wanna be with you.

328
00:27:30,505 --> 00:27:32,257
First.

329
00:27:32,345 --> 00:27:34,734
I think we should sit down again.

330
00:27:38,265 --> 00:27:40,256
Oz...

331
00:27:41,625 --> 00:27:43,616
I'm ready.

332
00:27:47,265 --> 00:27:50,542
OK. Well, don't take this the wrong way...

333
00:27:52,945 --> 00:27:54,936
but I'm not.

334
00:27:56,585 --> 00:28:01,182
- Are you scared? Cos I thought you had...
- No, I have.

335
00:28:01,265 --> 00:28:03,256
But this is different.

336
00:28:04,505 --> 00:28:06,735
I mean, you look great.

337
00:28:06,825 --> 00:28:13,697
And you got the Barry working for you,
and it's all... good.

338
00:28:13,785 --> 00:28:16,345
But when it happens...

339
00:28:18,425 --> 00:28:22,419
I want it to be because
we both need it to for the same reason.

340
00:28:24,465 --> 00:28:26,854
You don't have to prove anything to me.

341
00:28:28,265 --> 00:28:30,256
I just wanted you to know.

342
00:28:30,345 --> 00:28:32,575
I know.

343
00:28:32,665 --> 00:28:34,861
I get the message.

344
00:28:47,585 --> 00:28:49,223
There we go.

345
00:28:49,305 --> 00:28:52,297
Nothing like a fire
to keep away the blistering heat.

346
00:28:52,585 --> 00:28:54,622
Oh, come on. It's lovely.

347
00:28:55,785 --> 00:28:58,538
Maybe I should turn the air conditioning on.

348
00:29:01,545 --> 00:29:04,503
- Angel's on top again?
- What?

349
00:29:04,665 --> 00:29:07,225
Angel or star?

350
00:29:08,905 --> 00:29:10,543
Star.

351
00:29:20,465 --> 00:29:22,263
Hey.

352
00:29:25,585 --> 00:29:29,374
Looks like that whole party thing
was gonna be kind of a drag.

353
00:29:31,745 --> 00:29:34,305
I didn't really have anything...

354
00:29:34,385 --> 00:29:35,978
You know.

355
00:29:37,985 --> 00:29:40,181
I'm glad you came.

356
00:29:42,865 --> 00:29:44,219
Here.

357
00:29:44,305 --> 00:29:47,696
Why don't you come in
from the entire lack of cold?

358
00:29:50,465 --> 00:29:53,537
That one is for your mom.
They're pretty crappy.

359
00:29:53,625 --> 00:29:55,536
Faith, you made it.

360
00:29:56,505 --> 00:29:59,258
- Oh, that is so thoughtful.
- They're crappy.

361
00:30:00,185 --> 00:30:02,859
I'm gonna go upstairs and get your gifts.

362
00:30:03,185 --> 00:30:04,864
Would you like some nog?

363
00:30:05,385 --> 00:30:09,344
OK, Mom, don't touch yours
cos then you're gonna know what it is.

364
00:30:12,945 --> 00:30:14,936
Angel.

365
00:30:16,625 --> 00:30:18,298
Buffy...

366
00:30:18,585 --> 00:30:20,383
What is it?

367
00:30:23,945 --> 00:30:25,902
I gotta...

368
00:30:25,985 --> 00:30:28,579
Look, I had to see you.

369
00:30:31,905 --> 00:30:34,419
I don't know. I...

370
00:30:34,505 --> 00:30:36,257
You shouldn't be...

371
00:30:36,705 --> 00:30:39,379
Just tell me what's going on.

372
00:30:40,505 --> 00:30:43,145
She wants you to touch her.

373
00:30:43,865 --> 00:30:46,061
What are you waiting for?

374
00:30:46,145 --> 00:30:48,580
Look, you have to stay away from me.

375
00:30:48,665 --> 00:30:52,340
You came to see me
to tell me that I can't see you?

376
00:30:55,505 --> 00:30:57,894
Angel, something is doing this to you.

377
00:31:00,705 --> 00:31:03,219
You just have to control it, OK?

378
00:31:03,305 --> 00:31:06,855
- I know you're confused.
- I think you're the one who's confused.

379
00:31:06,945 --> 00:31:08,618
I think you need to...

380
00:31:08,705 --> 00:31:10,901
She wants you to taste her.

381
00:31:11,945 --> 00:31:14,255
Think of the peace.

382
00:31:14,345 --> 00:31:16,814
You'll never have to see us again.

383
00:31:16,905 --> 00:31:20,102
- Angel, how can I help you?
- Leave me alone!

384
00:31:22,385 --> 00:31:24,501
Stay with Mom in case he comes back.

385
00:31:24,585 --> 00:31:27,054
I'll play watchdog. I don't get it, though.

386
00:31:27,145 --> 00:31:32,219
- I'll explain later. Everything, I promise.
- Watch your back.

387
00:31:32,305 --> 00:31:35,377
Giles, we have to do something. Soon. Now.

388
00:31:35,465 --> 00:31:37,342
I'm still not sure what.

389
00:31:37,425 --> 00:31:40,895
Find me these priest guys.
Find me something I can pummel.

390
00:31:40,985 --> 00:31:43,977
- Let's not lose our heads.
- Giles, he's slipping.

391
00:31:48,865 --> 00:31:51,254
I think we're losing him.

392
00:31:53,065 --> 00:31:56,501
You realise if he truly becomes a danger,

393
00:31:56,665 --> 00:31:58,736
you may have to kill him.

394
00:31:59,105 --> 00:32:00,857
Again.

395
00:32:02,745 --> 00:32:04,975
Can you do that?

396
00:32:05,185 --> 00:32:08,257
- I can't do it.
- You have to do it.

397
00:32:08,345 --> 00:32:10,859
- What else are you good for?
- Get away from me.

398
00:32:10,945 --> 00:32:13,334
Couldn't you just feel her?

399
00:32:14,825 --> 00:32:17,419
Couldn't you almost smell her skin?

400
00:32:19,105 --> 00:32:22,621
You never were a fighter, Angel.
Don't start tryin' now.

401
00:32:23,905 --> 00:32:26,294
Sooner or later you will drink her.

402
00:32:27,745 --> 00:32:31,181
- I'll never hurt her.
- You must. Have you learned nothing?

403
00:32:31,385 --> 00:32:34,696
- As long as you are alive...
- Then I'll die.

404
00:32:36,825 --> 00:32:41,217
- You don't have the strength to kill yourself.
- I don't need strength.

405
00:32:43,185 --> 00:32:45,176
I just need the sun to rise.

406
00:32:49,865 --> 00:32:52,857
You're not supposed to die.
This isn't the plan.

407
00:32:58,625 --> 00:33:00,298
But it'll do.

408
00:33:04,905 --> 00:33:09,103
"A child shall be born of man and goat
and have two heads,

409
00:33:09,185 --> 00:33:11,984
and the first shall speak only in riddles."

410
00:33:12,065 --> 00:33:15,183
No wonder you like this stuff.
It's like reading The <i>Sun.</i>

411
00:33:15,265 --> 00:33:16,858
Yes.

412
00:33:16,945 --> 00:33:21,655
- Priests?
- Yes, but more posturing, I'm afraid.

413
00:33:21,745 --> 00:33:25,454
"They are the harbingers of death.
Nothing shall grow above or below them."

414
00:33:25,545 --> 00:33:28,822
"No seed shall flower, neither in man nor..."

415
00:33:28,905 --> 00:33:31,579
They're rebels and they'll never be any good.

416
00:33:31,665 --> 00:33:35,181
- Nothing specific about their haunts.
- Let me see that.

417
00:33:37,625 --> 00:33:39,855
"The harbingers of death."

418
00:33:39,945 --> 00:33:43,540
"Nothing shall grow above or below..."

419
00:33:45,625 --> 00:33:47,821
What?

420
00:34:46,625 --> 00:34:50,937
All right. Ten more minutes of chanting
and then you guys have to go to bed.

421
00:34:59,265 --> 00:35:01,859
I'm impressed.

422
00:35:03,945 --> 00:35:08,143
- You won't get Angel.
- You think you can fight me?

423
00:35:09,185 --> 00:35:13,338
I'm not a demon, little girl.
I am something you can't even conceive.

424
00:35:14,225 --> 00:35:15,738
The First Evil.

425
00:35:15,825 --> 00:35:17,623
Beyond sin.

426
00:35:17,705 --> 00:35:19,696
Beyond death.

427
00:35:20,785 --> 00:35:23,777
I am the thing that darkness fears.

428
00:35:25,225 --> 00:35:27,819
You'll never see me, but I am everywhere.

429
00:35:28,665 --> 00:35:33,182
Every being, every thought,
every drop of hate.

430
00:35:33,345 --> 00:35:37,782
All right, I get it! You're evil.
Do we have to chat about it all day?

431
00:35:37,865 --> 00:35:40,254
Angel will be dead by sunrise.

432
00:35:40,865 --> 00:35:44,221
Your Christmas will be his wake.

433
00:35:44,945 --> 00:35:49,018
- No.
- You have no idea what you're dealing with.

434
00:35:49,105 --> 00:35:50,539
Let me guess.

435
00:35:50,665 --> 00:35:52,338
Is it... evil?

436
00:35:55,785 --> 00:35:57,981
Dead by sunrise!

437
00:35:58,305 --> 00:36:00,103
Angel!

438
00:36:29,945 --> 00:36:33,176
I bet half the kids down there
are already awake,

439
00:36:33,265 --> 00:36:35,302
lying in their beds,

440
00:36:35,385 --> 00:36:38,298
sneaking downstairs,

441
00:36:38,385 --> 00:36:39,784
waiting for day.

442
00:36:39,865 --> 00:36:44,814
Angel, please. I need you to get inside.
There's only a few minutes left.

443
00:36:44,905 --> 00:36:48,182
I know. I can smell the sunrise
long before it comes.

444
00:36:48,785 --> 00:36:51,857
I don't have time to explain this.
You just have to trust me.

445
00:36:51,945 --> 00:36:55,540
- That thing that was haunting you...
- It wasn't haunting me.

446
00:36:55,625 --> 00:36:58,219
- It was showing me.
- Showing you?

447
00:36:58,305 --> 00:36:59,864
- What I am.
- Were.

448
00:36:59,945 --> 00:37:01,902
And ever shall be.

449
00:37:01,985 --> 00:37:05,660
I wanted to know why I was back. Now I do.

450
00:37:06,625 --> 00:37:08,423
You don't know.

451
00:37:08,505 --> 00:37:12,942
Some great evil takes credit for bringing
you back and you buy it? You just give up?

452
00:37:13,025 --> 00:37:15,699
I can't do it again, Buffy.
I can't become a killer.

453
00:37:15,785 --> 00:37:18,903
- Then fight it.
- It's too hard.

454
00:37:18,985 --> 00:37:22,103
- You have to get inside.
- They told me to kill you.

455
00:37:22,185 --> 00:37:26,463
You were in the dream. They told me to lose
my soul in you and become a monster again.

456
00:37:26,545 --> 00:37:29,981
- I know that. What does it matter?
- Because I wanted to!

457
00:37:30,145 --> 00:37:32,864
Because I want you so badly.

458
00:37:32,945 --> 00:37:39,135
I wanna take comfort in you. And I know it'll
cost me my soul and part of me doesn't care.

459
00:37:42,705 --> 00:37:45,982
I'm weak. I've never been anything else.

460
00:37:47,425 --> 00:37:51,259
It's not the demon in me
that needs killing, Buffy. It's the man.

461
00:37:52,185 --> 00:37:54,461
You're weak. Everybody is.

462
00:37:54,825 --> 00:37:56,543
Everybody fails.

463
00:37:56,625 --> 00:38:00,414
Maybe this evil did bring you back,
but if it did it's because it needs you.

464
00:38:00,505 --> 00:38:03,099
And that means that you can hurt it.

465
00:38:04,225 --> 00:38:08,184
Angel, you have the power
to do real good, to make amends.

466
00:38:08,905 --> 00:38:13,297
But if you die now,
then all that you ever were was a monster.

467
00:38:16,145 --> 00:38:18,375
- Angel, the sun is coming up.
- Just go.

468
00:38:18,465 --> 00:38:21,901
- I won't.
- Do you think this is simple?

469
00:38:21,985 --> 00:38:25,057
You can never understand
what I've done. Now, go.

470
00:38:25,145 --> 00:38:27,580
- You are not staying. I won't let you.
- Leave!

471
00:38:35,225 --> 00:38:37,580
Am I a thing worth saving, huh?

472
00:38:37,665 --> 00:38:39,622
Am I a righteous man?

473
00:38:40,825 --> 00:38:43,214
The world wants me gone.

474
00:38:45,705 --> 00:38:47,901
What about me?

475
00:38:48,705 --> 00:38:50,901
I love you so much.

476
00:38:53,105 --> 00:38:56,018
And I tried to make you go away.

477
00:38:57,105 --> 00:38:59,494
I killed you and it didn't help.

478
00:39:01,825 --> 00:39:03,816
And I hate it.

479
00:39:04,625 --> 00:39:07,014
I hate that it's so hard,

480
00:39:07,945 --> 00:39:11,381
and that you can hurt me so much.

481
00:39:13,865 --> 00:39:18,257
I know everything that you did
because you did it to me.

482
00:39:19,785 --> 00:39:21,458
God,

483
00:39:21,545 --> 00:39:24,139
I wish that I wished you dead.

484
00:39:25,705 --> 00:39:27,696
I don't.

485
00:39:28,625 --> 00:39:30,616
I can't.

486
00:39:38,185 --> 00:39:40,176
Buffy, please.

487
00:39:42,025 --> 00:39:44,221
Just this once,

488
00:39:45,745 --> 00:39:47,543
let me be strong.

489
00:39:48,425 --> 00:39:50,496
Strong is fighting.

490
00:39:50,585 --> 00:39:55,056
It's hard and it's painful and it's every day.

491
00:39:55,145 --> 00:39:58,775
It's what we have to do
and we can do it together.

492
00:40:01,105 --> 00:40:04,735
But if you're too much
of a coward for that, then burn.

493
00:40:06,025 --> 00:40:10,815
If I can't convince you that you belong
in this world, then I don't know what can.

494
00:40:10,905 --> 00:40:14,057
But do not expect me to watch,

495
00:40:14,145 --> 00:40:17,263
and don't expect me
to mourn for you, because...

496
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<i>While most of California
will have a balmy Christmas,</i>

497
00:41:53,505 --> 00:41:57,897
<i>an extreme cold front has sprung up
out of nowhere round Sunnydale,</i>

498
00:41:57,985 --> 00:42:01,535
<i>where they are reporting
heavy snowfall for the first time ever.</i>

499
00:42:01,865 --> 00:42:06,575
<i>Sunnydale residents won't see the sun at all
today. That cold from isn't going anywhere.</i>

500
00:42:06,665 --> 00:42:11,216
<i>Temperatures in the high 30s means you
better bundle up if you're going outside.</i>

501
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