aired on: January 23, 2001

written by: Mere Smith and Shawn Ryan

directed by: R.D. Price

Walking down the street, Angel bumps into a girl carrying a box of clothes to the East Hills Teen Center. After a brief exchange, he heads home - where he's got surveillance photos of her taped to the wall. Lindsey is in some of the pictures.

Angel pays a visit to Merl for information on the girl, and her connection to Wolfram & Hart. Merl says the girl is clean; W&H did some pro bono work for the shelter. Angel, knowing there must be some sort of angle, heads to the shelter, where he introduces himself to the girl, Anne, who runs the center. She explains that the center runs on donations, but thankfully, they have a guardian angel - Wolfram & Hart. They're going to be holding a charity ball to raise money for the center.

Later, a demon named Boone drops in on Merl. He explains that he and Angel have an unfinished history, and wants to know what Merl does for Angel. Merl tells Boone that Angel's pretty focused on these lawyers at Wolfram & Hart.

In the Wolfram & Hart parking lot, Angel waits for Lilah in the back seat of her car. He tells her that he now understands the rules - there are no rules. They've screwed with him, and now he gets to screw with them. When Angel leaves, Lilah rushes to Lindsey's office to tell him about Angel. As they're talking, Boone arrives. He's heard Angel's coming for them, and he wants Angel to find him instead. Lindsey wants to hire him, but Lilah is worried - the senior partners want Angel alive, and if this guy's as good as he says he is, he might kill Angel.

Meanwhile, Wesley, Gunn and Cordelia are talking about creating a new agency when Cordelia has a new vision. It sends Wesley and Gunn into battle with a two-headed demon. When they return victorious, Cordelia tells them she's found a prospective office for them, and they go to check it out.

Merl is more popular than ever these days - this time it's Lilah who stops by for information. Merl tells her that the last couple days he's been following this girl for Angel.

Angel drops by the teen center to tell Anne that Wolfram & Hart aren't what they say they are, and that her center will see very little of whatever money they raise. Then Lindsey arrives, and tells Anne that Angel is a bad man. And he's brought along a friend - Boone. A fight begins, and after Boone puts a beating on him, Angel runs away.

Anne tells Lindsey what Angel said, and that he had proof of it. Lindsey tells Lilah this, and now they're both nervous that Angel has evidence that he'll use against them.

Later, Angel goes back to see Anne, and asks her to get him into the charity ball. Even though she knows Wolfram & Hart will take most of the money, Anne says she can't help him. At the ball, things are going as planned, with money being raised by the bagful. The place is closely guarded, with a vampire watcher on alert, should Angel try to get in. But Angel's already inside - hidden in vampire watcher robes. Then Boone finds him. As Lilah makes an impassioned speech to the crowd about changing the world, Angel and Boone crash down from the balcony, wrestling. But then they stop, and Angel tells Anne to put in a tape. As she rushes to the video system to put in the tape, Lilah and Lindsey, afraid they're about to be exposed, rush over to stop her.

When the tape plays, there's no evidence - it's just Cordelia and Wesley, making fools of themselves. The whole thing was a setup, to show that Lilah and Lindsey did have something to hide. When Lindsey realizes this - and that Angel and Boone were working together - Boone has already disappeared, with all the money.

The next day at the W&H offices, senior partner Nathan Reed chews out Lilah and Lindsey for violating policy - and losing more than two million dollars. Lindsey wants to know why they can't just kill Angel. Nathan explains that Angel is a major player in the coming apocalypse - but the prophecies don't say which side he's on. If Angel is alive, and they make him angry enough to kill humans, Angel might be turned to the dark side. Lilah and Lindsey are expendable, Nathan adds, but Angel isn't.

Later, Boone arrives at the Hyperion with the bag of money. He hadn't run off - he wants a fight with Angel. Boone not only loses the $2.5 million; he loses his life. Angel takes all of the money, now covered in blood, and gives it to Anne for the shelter.