(episode written by Joss Whedon & David Greenwalt, directed by Joss Whedon)

Angel is sat at a bar, drunkedly talking about 'Buffy', a bald coloured man is sat next to him. A young man comes over to the bar and stands beside Angel, he asks the bar tender to exchange something for cash, Angel comments to the man that the ladies they are with are very pretty, but Angel is ignored. The young man, his friend and the girls leave the bar. Angel becomes alert, he swings round off his stool and follows them out of the bar, his long coat gently billowing from his haste. He goes into the ally, just as the men turn into vampires and are about to make their kill. Angel acts drunk and asks if they've seen his car, 'it's all shiney'... one of the vampires moves in on him and Angel goes into action. There is a third vampire, but none are a match for Angel. He dispatches two as they charge at him from both sides, a wooden stake appearing from each of his coat sleeves. The third attacks again and Angel gets hurt, in anger and pain he shows his vampire face, throwing the third vampire onto the bonnet of a nearby car. One of the young women goes closer to thank him, she is injured, a cut on her forehead, bleeding. Angel tells her to get away from him, she backs off, he turns and snaps a piece of wood from a nearby crate and rams it into the heart of the unconsious vampire, turning him to dust. Angel vanishes into the shadows of the ally....

Angel enters an oldish building with large double doors, he heads down a stair case, balconied either side, and unlocks an office door a few yards further on. He goes through a couple of offices to a cage lift and heads down into the basement apartment. Angel takes off his coat and removes some devices stapped to his arms. He becomes aware of not being alone. An Irishman comes forward out of the shadows and comments on the cosy 'bat cave' Angel has. Angel can 'smell' that the intruder is not human, and when he sneezes, it's obvious he is not. His name is Doyle and he begins to tell the story of this vampire, who was evil, and then had his soul restored after killing a gypsy girl. Then there was the inevitable falling in love bit, with the vampire slayer of all people, and the loss of his soul. Then the vampire gets his soul back a second time, but has to leave the slayer in case things got too friendly again. Angel is not impressed and wants to know why Doyle is there. As Angel has no beer in the fridge they head out for Doyle to get a drink and Doyle explains what he can as they walk back. Doyle gets these visions, or splitting migraines with images. He doesn't know who is sending them exactly, but there must be a reason. Doyle is just the messenger, and it's Angels job to go and 'save the souls' of whoever the visions say need help. The first is a girl called Tina.

Angel is sat alone at a table in the coffee bar where Tina works, sipping a cup of coffee. He watches her, and when she comes over to clear the next table he tries to strike up conversation. He asks her if she's happy, and eventually, after an awkward start to the conversation Tina agrees to meet him after she finishes work.

Tina walks towards where Angel is waiting, she is dressed up for a party. Angel comments that he feels a little underdressed, only to have a small spray can held at his face. Tina thinks he's working for someone called Russell, but Angel manages to persuade her he is not and offers to give her a lift to wherever she is going. Angel drives her to the party, and goes in with her as chaperone. While Tina goes off to talk to the hostess to try to get some money she is owed, to get a ticket home, Angel wanders around the party. He recognises a voice, it's Cordelia Chase. He goes over and says hello, she asks if he is still 'Grrr'. They exchange some small talk and Cordelia makes some comment about her 'networking' to get her acting career off the ground, before heading off into the crowd. Angel makes the comment 'it's nice to see she's grown as a person' in a very sarcastic way as he heads off in the other direction. He is stopped by a manager who gives him his card and tells him to call.

When he finds Tina, she is being harrassed by a man. She breaks free of him and goes over to Angel. He enquires as to his identity and she tells him his name is Stacy. They leave the party. As they exit the lift into the car park two men grab Angel and push him back into the lift, while another grabs Tina. Stacy exits the other lift. They force Tina into a car and start to drive off, just as Angel gets out of the lift. He runs across the car park and jumps into the open top car and goes to switch the ignition on, but no keys? He looks across the car park, and there is another open top car of the same make... (oops wrong car!) He gets in the right car and manages to get to a point where he is heading straight towards Stacy's car. The other car swerves at the last minute and crashes into one of the parked cars. The driver gets out and points a gun at Angel, he slams the door on the driver and takes the gun off him, pointing it at Stacy. He tells Tina to get in the car. Stacy comments that Angel won't shoot.. Angel hits Stacy and agrees with him in retrospect. Angel and Tina drive off.

Back at Angel's, Tina has changed out of her party gear, and says that she could survive out of a bag for ages, due to her girl scout training. Angel asks if she takes milk or sugar with her tea, which she answers yes, because he doesn't have those things. He brings the tea through to her and she asks if this is the point at which he 'comforts' her. Angel declines and says this is the point at which she has a safe place to stay. Tina breaks down and starts to cry, Angel fetches her a towel from the kitchen area.

While Tina sleeps, Angel breaks into the local library and starts to research on a missing friend of Tina's. He finds details of a girl murdered who matches her description, with a tattoo of a rose on her shoulder. As he nears the trap door leading from the tunnels into his apartment he hears Tina distressed. Angel dashes up the ladder just as Tina wakes from a nightmare. She throws her arms around his neck for comfort, and he reluctantly hugs her. When she's calmed down Angel tells her he thinks her friend was murdered and asks about the tattoo. Her friend did have the same tattoo. Tina notices a bit of paper on the floor, with her name on it. She panics, thinking that it's all a trap and that Angel is working for Russell after all, and she grabs her bag and runs upstairs to the front door. Angel follows her trying to explain, without explaining. He grabs her as she reaches the door, but she pulls his hand into the sunlight as she tries to get away from him. Angels hand busts into flames briefly and he shows his vampire face. A startled Tina runs out into the daylight.

She grabs a case from by her bed and starts to pack, fighting back the tears and fear. There is a gun in the top draw. Tina swings round and points the gun at a man now stood in front of her. Russell Winters. He persuades her that he only wants to help her, and asks what she wants. She says she wants to go home. Tina tells him about Angel, about how he changed. Russell then shows his true face, a vampire, and bites into her neck. When Angel arrives it's too late, she is already dead. He watches from the building opposite as the police bag up her body.

Angel returns to his apartment, with Doyle, and they start to research. Check for the damaged car, find the driver, the driver leads them to Stacy, Stacy leads them to Russell, then Angel will express how he feels about Tina being killed...

... Russell Winters is watching the video of the party that Tina and Angel went to. He comments to the young lawyer stood behind him that it was a shame to have to kill her. The lawyer recites back a timetable that gives Winters a watertight alibi, just in case. Then Winters notices a new face on the video, it's Cordelia. He decides he wants to meet her, but only because he's hungry...

... Cordelia is sitting on the opened sofa bed in her downtown apartment. It's poorly decorated, and not particularly spacious, or well kitted out. Cordelia is broke. She is meditating, trying to draw on her positive energy to make people like her and help her with her career as an actress, and to stop her thinking about food, of which she has very little. The phone rings and she darts across the room to answer it. It's Margo, the hostess from the party. She tells Cordelia that a financier, Mr Winters, wants to meet her, after seeing her in the video. A limo will collect her later...

... The window shatters to the floor at Stacy's gym. Angel pins him down and demands to know where to find Winters. Stacy warns him that he'll kill everyone Angel cares about, but Angel states that there is no-one...

... Cordelia is pleased with herself, and her positive energy, as she travels to her hosts home in his limo. The house is huge, an elaborate mansion and estate. Cordelia compliments Winters on his home, and comments on the heavy, dark curtains in his study, adding that she was raised in a nice home, though not as nice as his, but they did have a couple of rooms that they didn't know what they were for...

... Angel gathers his various weapons and a rope, and insists Doyle comes along, which Doyle isn't too happy about. When they get to the mansion Angel goes to the gatehouse saying something about being lost and asking about the game on TV, then he hits the guard and rips the wire from the security camera. He tells Doyle if he's not out in ten minutes, then he's not coming out at all, and heads off over the wall into the estate...

... Winters asks Cordelia how her career is going. She tells him, not too good. He says he wants to help her, and she asks what he wants her to do. Cordelia starts to get a bit weepy and gets up to go to a mirror to check her make-up, but there are no mirrors... no mirrors? heavy dark curtains? She comes to the conclusion he must be a vampire and confronts him, declaring 'we have our own hellmouth in Sunnydale' so she knows a vampire when she meets one... he denys the charge and Cordelia makes an excuse about being lightheaded from hunger. Winters then says he's glad she knows...

... Angel attaches a small device to the main power supply and heads into the house, via the first floor...

... Cordelia runs out of the study and heads up the flight of stairs to the first floor, with Winters close behind. She hesitates at the top, not knowing which way to go and Winters grabs her. Just as he's about to bite her neck the lights go out, and a voice from the shadows calls out Winters name. Cordelia backs away from Winters, recognising the voice as Angel's, and questioningly calls back his name. Angel steps forward from the shadows and walks towards Winters, declaring he has a message for him from Tina. Winters is unimpressed by the intruder.

'You don't know who he is do you.... oh are you about to get your arse kicked...' Cordelia grins, as she backs away a little further. Angel and Winters fight, and are fairly evenly matched. Winters henchmen come up the stairs, Angel pulls a rug from under Winters and he tumbles back. The henchmen start to shoot at Angel, and he takes a number of bullets. He scoops up Cordelia and jumps off the balcony, Cordelia letting out a small scream on the way down. They land safely and head for the door.

Doyle hears the gun shots and decides it's time to leave, he backs the car off the entrance and starts to head away. He curses to himself, turns the car around and heads at speed towards the gates. The car comes to a halt, the gates don't budge. When Angel and Cordelia get there Doyle has backed the car away from the gates, but the engine is smoking a little bit. The car still goes and they climb in and drive off down the road.

Back at Angel's, whilst Doyle is 'digging' the bullets out of him, the trio come to the conclusion that Cordelia will not be safe as long as Winters is alive. Once Angel has recovered enough from his injuries he heads into the tunnels and makes his way to the boardroom at Russell Winters headquarters. Winters, some colleagues and the young lawyer from before are all in a meeting. The lawyer mentions that they have not had much luck tracking down information on his intruder but they have private investigators working on it. Angel walks into the room, and heads towards Winters. The lawyer gets up from his chair and blocks Angels route. He hands Angel a business card and states that Mr Winters has never been accused or convicted of any crimes etc, etc, and if Angel causes any more trouble he would be brought 'into the light of day'. Angel ignores him and walks passed to were Winters is sitting. Winters declares that he pays his taxes, keeps a low public profile, etc, etc, and in return he can do whatever he likes... Angel moves forward slightly and places a foot on Winters chair, he then asks Winters if he can fly, pushing the wheeled chair with one hard shove towards the window. The momentum crashes the chair, with Winters, through the window of the highrise office block, into the light of day... a body does not reach the ground, only ashes and the chair...

Angel is not convinced that killing Winters, a vampire, had really achieved helping too many people. Doyle points out that their is a very happy young lady upstairs... they hear a scream... when they get to the offices Cordelia complains that their is a cockroach, a huge cockroach. They should call in the exterminators... and get the offices into shape if they are going to be running a business. Angel looks a little baffled. Cordelia continues on about being a private investigating company, and charging the rich people, because they will probably have to help some rich people and there are bills to pay, and she would charge a flat rate for her secretarial services... she askes Angel to pass her a box... he hesitates then picks up the box and passes it to her.