aired on: April 25, 2000

written by: Jim Kouf

directed by: James A. Conter

Demons lurking under the highway chase after a guy named Marquez, but Angel and Wesley, who just happen to be in the neighborhood, cut off a few demon heads and save his life. In another part of town, Faith steps off a Greyhound bus. As she's walking away from the station, a sleazy guy approaches her, trying to pick her up. Without much effort, she takes him down, and steals his jacket, wallet and keys. Flash back to Borsa, Romania, 1898: Darla has brought Angelus a birthday gift - a young gypsy girl.

Flash forward to the office: Angel is trying to convince Marquez to testify, but he's not interested. Angel makes him interested, and drags him into court, where he testifies - against one of Wolfram & Hart's clients.

Meanwhile, Faith is dancing the night away at a club. But it's not long before she starts a fight - one that becomes an all-out brawl. When word of this new rogue slayer in town gets out, the folks at Wolfram & Hart have an idea of how to solve their Angel problem. Lilah, of Wolfram & Hart, tracks Faith down. She brings Faith back to the W&H offices, where a trio of attorneys reviews Faith's rap sheet. They tell her that if she performs a service for them, they can clear her record. When they tell her it's Angel they want killed, Faith quickly says, "No problem."

Romania flashback: Darla returns home to find Angel cowering in the corner. The gypsies have found him, and put a spell on him - they've given him a soul. Darla chases him away, out into the street. She doesn't want to see him anymore.

In the present, as Cordelia, Wesley and Angel talk in the lobby of an office building, preparing to meet a potential client for lunch, Faith arrives - with a crossbow. She shoots it at Angel, but before it hits him, he spins around and grabs it with his hand. Faith smiles, then scampers away. Clearly, she's no longer in a coma, as Angel had thought.

Back at the office, Angel has checked in with Giles, who reports that Faith left Sunnydale a week ago, in a borderline psychotic mental state. Angel tells Wesley and Cordelia to do some research into recent fights and killings, and then to get scarce - he doesn't want them out there as targets.

Later, Faith pays a visit to the office. To her, this is a game, and she's glad to play it. She fires a bullet at Angel, wounding him, then takes her leave - through the window.

Angel decides he's going to drop in for a visit of his own - at Wolfram & Hart. He pops into the office of Lindsey McDonald, W&H's lead attorney, and starts looking through files. Then Lindsey pops in himself, and when he won't tell Angel anything about Faith, a few verbal jabs are traded. But with security on its way up to take care of the disturbance, Angel leaves, peacefully.

When Wesley and Cordelia arrive at Cordelia's apartment to pack a bag, Faith is there waiting for them. She doesn't feel Angel's really in the game, but she thinks Cordelia and Wesley may be the key. Wesley tries to reason with her - he says it's not too late to let him help her. He believes in his heart that she is not a bad person. Of course, when she gives Cordelia an elbow to the face, he believes she deserves a fist to the jaw. Faith then believes Wesley is in need of a kick to the gut. When Angel arrives, Cordelia's on the floor, and Wesley - and Faith - are gone. Faith has taken Wesley to her adopted apartment, where she is torturing him, mentally and physically.

Flashback, Romania: A dirty, ragged Angelus roams the streets, hungry, and he doesn't want food, he wants blood. He attacks some humans - but he can't bring himself to feed on them.

Back in the present at Cordelia's, she and Angel review crime reports, trying to track Faith down. When Angel finds her, she's got a knife to Wesley's throat. Angel is ready to play.

A brutal battle begins, tearing apart the apartment and spilling out into the alley below, where it starts to rain. Though Faith fights viciously, Angel knows what she really wants - for him to kill her. As the fight wears on, Faith wears down. Finally, she breaks down in tears. "I'm bad," she cries. "Just kill me." Angel holds her in his arms.