aired on: November 16, 1999

written by: Tracey Stern

directed by: David Straiton

After Doyle saves her from a vampire, Cordelia starts to find him a bit more interesting than she had before. Just as she's about to offer him a mochaccino in appreciation for saving her life, a woman appears at the door of the office. Her name is Harry - and she's Doyle's wife.

But Harry hasn't come for a tearful reunion. She's about to marry someone else, a nerdy guy named Richard, and she needs Doyle to sign the divorce papers. Doyle, depressed by this surprise visit, explains his marital history to Angel. He and Harry weren't even 20 years old when they got married. They were madly in love with each other, but when things fell apart, they fought bitterly. She left him, Doyle says, because he wasn't the man she married. Part of it was that when he was 21, his demon self appeared. Doyle had never met his father, and his mother, waiting to see if the demon genes would appear, never told Doyle about his demon lineage, so until he was 21 and found out for himself, he never knew. He and Harry had been talking about having kids of their own, but the demon part put a bit of a damper on the discussion.

Though he understands that he and Harry are now history, he's still got a bad feeling about this Richard guy, so he asks Angel if he'll do a little reconnaissance. Angel trails him into a restaurant, where he and Harry are having some wine and discussing their honeymoon plans. And then Richard turns into a big-browed, red-faced demon. That's when Angel busts in, and gives the guy a shot to the gut. But Harry screams at him to stop. She knows Richard's a demon - he's a peaceful demon, she explains, and his family owns the restaurant. Since leaving Doyle, Harry has become an ethnodemonologist, and she met Richard while she scouting clans in North America. Back at the office, Angel tells Doyle that Harry's new beau is a full demon. "Harry didn't leave because of the demon in me," Doyle admits, "she left because of me." And then he signs the divorce papers.

As if that wasn't difficult enough for Doyle, Richard invites him to his bachelor party. And Harry invites Cordelia to her bridal shower. But while Richard and his family are discussing bachelor party plans around the dinner table, it becomes apparent that they've got more in store than just drinking and a stripper. On the schedule, right before charades, is the ritual eating of the first husband's brains. At the bachelor party, Richard asks Doyle to tell him about Harry's past, and asks for his blessing on their marriage. Angel's come along for the party, but, not surprisingly, in a room full of demons, he has his suspicions. Snooping around, he discovers one of the partygoers casting a spell. He calls Harry to see if she can translate it, but as soon as he's hung up the phone, a few other partygoers get in his face, and a fight breaks out. It's four on one, and with Angel staying human, the four toss the one out a window.

Back in the bar, Doyle agrees to give Richard his blessing. But what he doesn't realize is that giving his blessing means he's given permission for the demons to cut into his skull and have his brains for a snack. Before he realizes what's happening, Doyle's locked in a box with his head poking out, and Richard's uncle is drawing a dotted line across his forehead.

When Angel gets up from his fall, he is one unhappy camper. He goes vampire, and busts back in the party. Doyle, seeing that Angel's a bit outnumbered, finally lets out his demon side, breaks out of the box and joins the fray. It's not until Harry arrives, though, that the fighting stops. She and Cordelia have figured out what the bachelor party was up to, and she's not happy about it. She's angry with Richard for not telling her about the brain eating, and she doesn't like their barbaric, ancient customs. Richard pleads with her, saying unless he completes the ritual, his family will never consent to the marriage. Harry looks at Richard, then at Doyle, then back at Richard. When she turns to walk away, she's left her engagement ring with Richard. The wedding is off.

Back at the office, Doyle is brooding, and Cordelia takes it upon herself to cheer him up. While she's making her best effort, Doyle has a headache - and a vision. And the main character in this vision is Buffy.