Last week's episode ...
It starts off with Angelus walking up to Lilah. She is lying in the hallway. Angelus says "well. That's no fun." The gang returns, Angelus is feeding off Lilah. He says it's not what it looks like. Wes is shocked. Angelus scarpers.
The gang is bandaging up Cordy. Gunn says Angelus killed Lilah. Cordy is shocked. Then she looks away, and says it's started, with a smirk on her face.
Connor is fuming, he wants to go kill Angelus. Wes says they need to stick together. Fred wants to do something. Lorne suggests the sanctuary spell. Connor says magic is junk, and that it never works. Then Fred asks why the spell that Cordy did, didn't work? Cordy says she doesn't know. Connor suggests that they destroy Lilah's body, because she could have been turned. Gunn disagrees, but Wes says he will take care of it.
Cut to Angelus in some Demon Bar. The whole bar welcomes him back. Some trampy vamp comes up to him and tries hitting on him. He dusts her. Angelus is there looking for the Beast.
Back to Wes with Lilah's body. He picks up an axe. She opens her eyes, and asks why he's so gloomy? This is what he really wanted. Wes says he didn't want this. She gets up and continues to talk. She tells him that he is free now, no more shame about their relationship. Wes snaps out of it, it was a daydream. She is still lying there. Wes yells you didn't love me, you couldn't. Day dreamy Lilah reappears, she says "We'll never know now, will we?".
Angelus is out on the streets looking for the beast. He is with a couple of vamps.
Back at the Hotel, Lorne is researching the spell. They didn't have all the right ingredients so they're making do with cloves! Connor wants to hurry up and go kill Angelus. Fred says that they need to find his soul. Connor asks how many more people will die before they do that. Cordy asks how many people will die without Angel. Connor storms off says he is going after Angelus. Cordy tries to stop him, and passes out. Lorne and Gunn are worried about keeping Connor in check.
Cut to a prison guard, he calls off a number. Faith walks out. She does some pull-ups. Some bitch walks up from behind her and tries to stab her with a curved silver knife that I know I've seen somewhere before! . Faith proceeds to beat the crap out of her. Finally the guards break it up.
Lilah says Wes couldn't save her from herself. She is talking about how Wes thought he could redeem her, but he couldn't. She wants him to get it over with. Wes chops her head off with the axe.
Angelus finds the Beast. He also finds the knife that the Beast made from his own bones as a sacrifice. The Beast says that his master requested Angelus. That this whole plan was his master's. Angelus wants to meet the master, and the Beast says in good time. Angelus starts mocking the Beast, and calling him a "lackey" and a "toadie". He goads the Beast into a fight, but the Beast is to slow, Angelus jumps out of the way. Angelus leaves and Cordy walks out. She is the master. She tells the Beast that Angelus is crucial to her plan, and that he will come around when he sees what she has to offer him. Then she kisses the Beast. And a truly disgusting kiss it was.
Back at the Hotel they do the sanctuary spell. But nothing feels any different when they've finished. Connor continues to complain about magic, and Lorne tries to whack him with a candlestick., The spell works and "smarts like the dickens". Wes walks in, and tells the gang that they are going to bring Angelus in alive. He says "We're going to save Angel, and I know who we need to help us do it."
Wes goes to the prison to talk to Faith. Faith says he's looking good. Wes tells her that they really need her, and she says she's kind of unavailable and he should come back in a few decades when her parole is up. Wes tells her that Angelus is that back, and they need her help. Faith looks stunned, and tells Wes to move away from the glass. She jumps through the glass, grabs Wes and jumps out the window. They fall a few stories. Faith asks Wes if he is ok, and Wes replies "Five by five."
In the car Wes fills her in on what's been going on, especially Connor. Faith tells Wes that she will not kill Angelus, because he is the only one who never gave up on her. Wes says he knows, that's why they need her. Wes wants to know if she is rusty, so he sets her up with some vamps. She kicks their asses right quick, and dusts them.
They return to the hotel. Wes introduces her "Everyone, this is Faith, the vampire slayer." Cordy is well pissed off. Faith tells her to chill until this is all over. Faith is all about business, she starts calling the shots. She tells them it is a salvage mission. Connor, disagrees with her, and says she isn't a part of this. Faith shuts him up quick.
A girl is running down the street, being chased by some vamps. Angelus grabs her, and is about to feed when he hears the vamps say that the slayer is in town. Angelus calls Dawn, and asks if her sister is there. She is. Angelus realises it's Faith.
Connor asks Faith why all slayers are girls, and she says it must be because they are better. A vamp jumps out, Connor dusts him right away. Faith gets pissed at him. She wants him to go back to the Hotel. They start to fight. Faith gets the better of him, and pulls a crossbow on him. She asks him "Are you a murderer? 'Cause I am. If it comes down to you or Angelus, you haven't shown me a thing to make me want to take your side". Faith goes off with Wes to look for Angelus. Wes wants to know how they are going to find Angelus without Connor. Faith replies "The old-fashioned way. The kid's not the only tracker. Something'll turn up. A trail of bodies, tell-tale clue..." She looks up at a huge sign hung from the side of a building that reads WELCOME FAITH "...maybe a carpet fibre."
Angelus tells her they have never really met. She asks, what he's waiting for and tells him to come out and give her a kiss. She continues to walk towards his voice. He says "Getting warmer. Warmer...warmer. You're smoking hot. But then again, you probably knew that." They meet, but the Beast is there too. Angelus says "Lets eat"
The Beast asks what's going on? Angelus tells him this is a slayer. Angelus tells him that she is here to mess up the Beast's plans. Big fight ensues. The Beast throws Faith across the room. She is really getting beaten up. Wes is fighting some vamps. Faith is getting tossed around like a doll. Angelus is watching gleefully and commentating "Oh! You know, somebody should break this up". Faith crawls out of the rubble. The Beast is mocking her power, says she is weak. That his master's powers are beyond limits. Angelus picks up the knife, that was shown earlier. He stabs the Beast in the back. It kills him, and the sun returns. "Aw, crap! You mean, killing the Beast really does bring back the sun? I thought that was Angel's retarded fantasy". He tells Faith he just wanted the Beast to soften her up. He advances on her but she breaks a window. Sun pours in, and Angelus beats a hasty retreat - "I guess we'll just have to take a rain check on that whole eviscerating you thing. Just you and me, now, Faithy."
Back at the Hotel they are all thrilled that the sun is back. They think Faith killed the beast. Connor now reckons that Faith is "amazing". Cordy responds - "A weakness for slayers? You're definitely his son." Cordy tells him that they are having a baby. She puts his hand on her swollen tummy. Connor is freaked out. "All I know is there's a life growing inside of me, and it's ours" She touches his face. "We're connected now." She kisses Connor gently on the lips. "You and me. Forever." She kisses him more passionately and leans him back on the bed...
Grrr... Arrrgh..