LILAH: We've no idea who he is. We ran everything from the surveillance tapes through face and voice recognition and came up with nada. Whoever he is, he's not in the system.

LINWOOD: A new player.

GAVIN: Or an old one.

LINWOOD: Go.

GAVIN: Well, sir, he did address Angel as Angelus. That might suggest some sort of personal history.

LINWOOD: An old friend.

LILAH: Not likely. Angelus didn't have friends.

LINWOOD: What's the status of our surveillance?

GAVIN: Still down, but we're working on it.

LINWOOD: And we've heard nothing yet from Commander Burke's team or from Dr. Fetvanovich?

GAVIN: All units were successfully deployed at Angel's hotel. But that's all we know.

LINWOOD: Actually that's all *you* know. I, on the other hand, know nothing.

GAVIN: Sir?

LINWOOD: It's clear that *I* could *never* have been involved in such an ill-conceived and in the end botched operation.

GAVIN: Because you were never here.

LINWOOD: That is correct.

GAVIN: But *we* were.

LINWOOD: You were. - I'll expect a full report at Thursday's staff meeting, and be advised, when I hear about all this for the very first time I will be both shocked and appalled. (smiling) Good night. (exit)

GAVIN: He's gonna crucify us.

LILAH: They don't crucify here. It's too Christian.

• Lilah & Gavin
• Wolfram & Hart

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