(episode written by Howard Gordon and Tim Minear, directed by Tucker Gates)

Cordelia is narrating a promotional video for Angel Investigations. The 'Dark Avenger' rescues a girl from being attacked whilst walking home late at night. It's Cordelia's idea, not actually been produced, and Angel is not convinced. So Cordelia turns on Doyle, he should be in the video, after all, Angel is way too larger than life.

Doyle is given the script by Cordelia and, whilst she is filming, he reads it whilst sitting on Angel's desk. Some of the spelling is wrong, Cordy has put 'rats' instead of 'rates'. She says that Doyle has a 'weasle factor'....

Doyle goes downstairs to check on Angel, and Angel confesses to the day with Buffy. He says you never know your strength until you're tested.

Doyle and Cordy are talking, they are sitting on the steps outside the offices. He tells her what Angel had told him, about the day with Buffy. He starts to tell Cordy that he's a demon, but before he can tell her he gets a vision. A demon girl is running, she's scared, there is an 'army' marching...

Doyle and Angel go in search of the demons from his vision. When they find the place where they're living it appears abandoned. They find a hatch in the floor and discover the demons hiding beneath. They are hiding from the Scourge. They tell of a legend about a promised one who would protect them, save them from the Scourge. Doyle has gone quiet. He knows of the Scourge, they're Death...

Flashback - Doyle is in his rundown appartment, someone sneeks out from the shadows, a Bracken demon, like Doyle. He asks Doyle for help, a place to hide from the Scourge, but Doyle refuses.... Doyle is smoking a cigarette, then gets a major pain in his head, with pictures, his first vision. He sees the Bracken demons, dead. He can't rest, he has to know if it's real. He goes to find them, and find's what his vision showed him, all dead, male, female, young and old, all masacred.

Present day - Doyle and Angel decide to help the Lister demons to escape the Scourge. They call Cordy and get her to bring them a truck. When she arrives she freaks at the fact that they are helping demons, they're suppose to kill demons, not help them. Doyle explains that they're harmless demons, they don't hurt people or anything. He fills her in on the plan, about getting a ship to take them to an island where they'll be safe, and tells her about the Scourge, the 'pure blood' demons who will kill anything that is not Scourge...

One of the Lister boys has run off, and Doyle goes to find him. The others don't want to leave him behind. He eventually finds him and manages to persuade him to go back. Before they can get back they run into the Scourge and have to hide, but the Scourge are closing in. They're dressed like Nazi's, and destroy anything that gets in their way. Angel manages to find Doyle and the boy, and takes Doyle, in his Bracken form, to the Scourge, and asks to join them. He snaps Doyles neck and they decide to let the Vampire join them. The boy finds Doyle, apparently dead. Doyle opens his eyes, straightens his neck, clicking it back into place, and changes back into human form. Angel joining the Scourge was a decoy.

Cordy has found them a ship and they are all on board, in the hold, waiting. One of the Lister demons mentions about Doyle being half Bracken, which comes as a bit of a shock to Cordelia.

At the Scourge headquarters they are readying for battle, and the Scourge leader introduces a super weapon, the Beacon, that emitts a bright light that eliminates anything with 'human' flesh, which includes most demons who the Scourge consider as 'half breeds'. The machine is demonstrated, on one of the crew from the ship who has betrayed the Listers. During the rush to get into battle Angel manages to give them the slip.

Doyle and the Lister boy finally get to the ship. Cordelia slaps Doyle for failing to mention that he's half demon, siting a variety of other traits that she considers far worse, some of which could be attributed to Doyle. She ends the lecture with 'would you ask me out for dinner already?!'

Angel then arrives, only slightly ahead of the Scourge. Doyle and Cordy go below and warn the Listers. When the Scourge arrive the leader confronts Angel.

[Scourge] - You lied to us half breed!
[Angel] - You catch on quick football head!

Angel goes into battle mode and manages to take out a number of the Scourge. Whilst battling the Scourge leader they tumble into the hold area. The 'Beacon' is being lowered over the hold. The Listers have been locked in, they are trapped. Angel manages to kill the Scourge leader and decides he should try to disconnect the Beacon. It would mean being killed, but it's a sacrifice he has to make. Before Angel can jump across to the now powering up Beacon, Doyle hits him and knocks him into the hold. Doyle turns to Cordelia and kisses her, a blue glow exchanging between them, then changes to his Bracken form.

[Doyle] - Who knows if this is a face you could have loved?

He turns and jumps across to the Beacon. He grabs at the leads, the light beginning to burn at his flesh, and, just before it has reached full power, he manages to disconnect it. In a brief flash the Beacon goes dark, but Doyle is gone.

Angel has made his way back up to the gallery where Cordelia is stood, they hug....

Back at the office Angel and Cordelia are watching the promotional tape she had made earlier....

[Doyle] - Come on over to our offices and you'll see that there are still hero's in this world....

Narration written by Lizzie Lake. This episode narration is purley my own interpretation of the episode. I am in no way connected to the show, or it's creators or owners. Angel copyrights etc are owned by 20th Century Fox / Warner Bros / Joss Whedon etc.