#3.02 That Vision Thing

#3.02 That Vision Thing Feb 5, 2009 17:36:20 GMT 1

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Post by Cynni on Feb 5, 2009 17:36:20 GMT 1

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Episode 2, Season 3
Title: "That Vision Thing"

Written by: Jeffrey Bell
Directed by: Bill Norton
Original Air date: 1 October 2001

Teaser:

In the Hyperion lobby, Wesley and Gunn are enjoying their Chinese take out, whispering their concerns about Cordy. She passes by, clearly agitated because she has been vision free for a while, and Gunn greets her overly nice. Fred is eating as well, under a table. They are disrupted by an unwelcome visitor that Wes recognizes as Gavin Park, an attorney of Wolfram & Hart with expensive Gucci loafers that Cordy salivates over. Gavin quickly notices the extra addition of Fred and presents Angel with a list of fifty-seven city code violations among them asbestos, earthquake proofing, and termites but Angel isn�t ruffled and Gavin leaves. Angel turns to Fred glad she is �out and about.� Suddenly, Cordy�s awaited vision comes. She falls to the floor, holding her shoulder. The vision is of a coin with a hole in it and two �claw things� in a China Town herb shop. Uneasily, she walks to the bathroom, leaning on the sink for support. With reference demon book in hand, Wes asks about the number of claws of the beast in her vision. From the opposite side of the closed door, Cordy lifts her blouse to reveal five long gashes on her belly. It�s most definitely five.

ACT 1:

Wes is in his office searching through Chinese demon reference books to identify the beasts in Cordy�s vision as Fred peruses the �H� section of the yellow pages for herb shops located in China Town. Angel needs an update on the identifying part, and Wes has narrowed it down to two: A Cantonese Fook-beast or a Wan-Hang Dhole, but Gunn quickly reminds them that they�re �burning moonlight�. They agree and quickly move out but not before Angel asks Fred for a favor.

In the bathroom, Cordy checks additional wounds on her back and shoulder and takes a few pain pills. Angel knocks and insists that she open the door. She does and tries to play down the affect of the vision. Angel knows they�re getting worst and insists that Fred take her home. She resists but Angel gets his way.

China Town. On the road to the last herb shop on their list, they arrive at the Van Hoa Dong Ginseng & Herb Co. shop. Behind the counter are an elderly Asian couple tending to their shop. The elderly woman quickly refuses them service. Gunn comments, �Since when can�t a brother buy some ginseng tea?� She clarifies that it is Angel, the vampire that is not welcome but Wes points that they are in a public place and asks about the ancient coin. The elderly pair jump over the counter and land ready to fight. Their eyes turn into enlarged black pupils and their fingers become long silver claws like in Cordy�s vision. Angel takes the man, while Wes and Gunn fight the female creature. But the battle is not easy for our three heroes and they struggle. Luckily, they manage to knock the beasts out. Catching his breath Gunn says, �d**n! Grandpa and Grandma got game!� The crew quickly searches for the coin before the pair comes to and Angel finds it around the old man�s neck.

At Wolfram & Hart, Lilah fetches a document from her printer but Gavin quickly takes it from her hand. We learn that Gavin, transferred from the Real Estate Division, is now part of the Special Projects Division at the firm and that Lilah inherited Lindsey�s old office. A young man with a red turban hat peeks out of Lilah�s office, he looks anxious and pops back inside. Gavin is proud of his plan against Angel, but Lilah scoffs at his invitation to join his team and reminds him about the cost that Lindsey paid in his battle against Angel. She quickly ends their conversation as Gavin claims he�s fighting Angel his own way. Lilah does not share his optimism and returns to her office.

At Cordy�s ghost delicious apartment, our Vision Girl is ready for bed and feigns tiredness to get Fred to leave. She finds Fred sitting on the kitchen floor enjoying a jar of peanut butter. Cordy leads her out to the door insisting that she�s okay but Fred is reluctant because she must wait until Angel calls. Phantom Dennis helps by opening the door but Fred is a very obedient Angel groupie. Suddenly, Cordy pauses and drops to the floor face down with an unearthly ka-thump. Fred is stunned and turns her over. Cordy�s face reddens and becomes partially covered with pustules similar to those on the demon in her vision.

Act II

Cordelia�s apartment. Angel and Wesley have arrived and ascertain that the Visions are now taking on a physical manifestation. Cordy states that the PTB wouldn�t do this to her on purpose as they leave her to rest in her bedroom as they brainstorm in the living room. As Wes wonders why the PTB would choose to communicate this way, Fred suggests, �Maybe we could ask them.� That�s a girl! After all it�s all energy, light waves, radio waves, x-rays, brain waves � figure out the frequency and trace the call. Wesley once again takes command-mode and sends Gunn and Fred back to the Hyperion to gather a few books to research the coin. He tells Angel to find the demon in the latest vision and get the key but Angel is reluctant to leave Cordy. With two visions in one night Wes urges him on and to trust him. Wesley has an idea.

Angel arrives at the Key Shop with sword in hand. He shows the clerk behind the desk Cordy�s sketch but the clerk sounds the alarm and demons appear. Le Fight ensues!

Back at the Hyperion, Gunn and Fred arrive. She apologizes to Gunn for him having to baby sit her, but he�s not too put out by hanging with a cute babe. As they enter the main doors Gunn is surprised by a man in a gas mask. Surekill Exterminators are on the job, fumigating the hotel. Gunn doesn�t think so and demands work orders or he�ll be doing some exterminating of his own.

Angel arrives back at Cordy�s apartment triumphant with the key. In the bedroom, Lorne sits by her side. He complains that Cordy not complying with �the process�. To Angel�s confused looks Wesley explains his idea, The host reads people�s aura�s � he�s connected to the PTB. But Cordy tells Angel that if she loses the visions she won�t be able to help him anymore and he won�t need her. Angel assures her that she�s what�s important by capering her to a car. Cordy agrees and Lorne relaxes her to the state of Julie Andrews via the Sound of Music. �Time to reach out and touch someone.�

Over at Wolfram & Hart, Lilah and Morocco-boy are signing contracts and talking 1099 forms. Even demons have to do their taxes, but that�s not why he�s there. Lilah lowers the lights and he sits on the table cross leg and starts to levitate. He lifts his hat and exposes his undulating brain as visions of flames dance in his head.

In Cordy�s bedroom, Lorne is tossed across the room and her body is covered in severe burns. Back at Lilah�s office, she says, �Well?� �I think she got the message.� Ouch!

Act III

In her apartment, Cordelia wonders if she is a bad person. Angel assures her she is strong and brave but Cordy confesses she doesn�t want her visions anymore, she�s tried but she can�t take it. Wesley pops his head in the door and beacons Angel out.

In the living room Fred steals Lorne�s thunder by announcing that the visions are from the PTB. He admits that they are earth bound, pretty authentic and local. So, who�s transmitting false data through the celestial pipeline? �Start looking at enemies with sizable resources.

Lilah is sitting in her office, concentrating on her computer screen, working on her drive with MacGolf. Angel appears behind her and tosses the coin and key on her desk. Seems Gavin assisted him in getting past the guards. Lilah tells Angel he�ll need the relics to �complete the mission.� Seems there�s been a man wrongly accused and imprisoned in a fortressed demon dimension and W&H need an man of character, a champion of good, a warrior to get him out.

At the Hyperion, while Gunn and Fred look after Cordy, Wesley explains that he�s discovered that both artifacts are considered objects of good as well as the demons they have been fighting. The inscription on the coin and key match and will transport Angel to the demon dimension. Angel grabs a sword, dagger and cudgel from the weapon�s chest as Wes warns him that if W&H are behind this he could releases an even greater evil. Angel fits the two pieces together and tosses them on the floor. As it spins around, a cone shaped portal is formed. Angel steps into the light and vanishes as all his weapons drop to the floor.

Act IV:

Welcome to the Demon Dimension. Been to one, been to them all. As Angel appears in front of a wall of sculls the key spins to a stop at his feet. Down a dark staircase a fire glows. Angel enters a chamber and sees a man being held within a burning cage, wreathing in horror, though the room is silent. To his surprise, a monstrous demon guards the door, but it�s only Skip. After some small talk we discover that the demon�s will keeps the man locked and quiet in his horrific imprisonment. And although Skip also is on the side of good, Angel will have to defeat him to save their prisoner. During the ensuing first the man grabs Skip and pulls him towards the burning cage. He starts to burn but Angel saves him, then apologizes for having to knock him out. The flames disappear and the man looks at Angel oddly with a slight smile.

Later that night in a dry L.A. waterway, two limos wait as Lilah passes the wet pavement. Angel drives up with Wesley, Gunn and their prisoner in the car. Gunn assures Angel that if anything goes wrong, �Pop goes the weasel.� The limos empty and it�s time to make the trade, the man for Cordy�s recovery. Lilah assures Angel it won�t take long and Wes is on the cell to Fred as she watches Cordelia. Morocco-guy does the gooey brain dance again and Cordy�s wounds disappear. Wesley give Angel the high sign and they release their man who upon arriving at the limos gives Angel one last odd eye-piercing glance. Lilah assures Angel that it�s just business but he give her the skinny if she ever tries this again. As a punctuation, he sails a re-bar through the limo and into the brain of telepathic vision-boy. Angel and the gang drive off.

The next morning at the Hypernion, Cordelia is fixing Angel a �thank you� breakfast of pop-up waffles. Cordy tells Angel his act was selfless and brave but that W&H won if this guy turns out to be evil, �It�s all my fault.� He assures her that it�s not about winning but what�s at stake and he�ll deal with trouble when it comes.

The Yoro Mountains, Honduras, and a thunderstorm rages as a soppy Darla enters a Shaman�s hut. He, of course, was expecting her and knows what she wants. She verifies that the father is indeed a vampire then cuts her own hand when the Shaman hesitates, �Men are such babies,� and he places her blood in a bowl. He adds some powder and grinds it, assuring her that this method never fails. He smears the blood mixture on his hands and proceeds to rub it over her large belly. A strange power jerks him away from Darla and he falls to floor, regretfully informing her, �I cannot help you. No man can.� Darla holds her tummy, the blood-red imprint of the Shaman�s hands bright against the white of her billowing shirt. There�s only one thing to do, �Time to go visit Daddy!� Someone�s in for a BIG surprise!

Once more,with feeling & friends

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