Original Air Date: October 12, 1999
Writer: David Fury
At the end of the previous episode, Cordelia convinced Angel and Doyle to set up an agency, Angel Investigations. As this episode opens, Doyle is trying to convince Angel to get out and have fun--as well as put in a good word for him with Cordelia--when Cordelia enters with Angel Investigations' new business cards. Doyle has a vision showing a woman in trouble at a bar.
A New Mission
Angel, Doyle, and Cordelia visit the bar and try to spot someone in trouble. Angel hits it off (as well as Angel can) with a woman named Kate. Cordelia attempts to find the person in trouble by handing out business cards, but this only leads a few troublemakers to believe she's a prostitute. Doyle defends her, and a fight breaks out. Angel's performance in the fight catches another woman's attention, causing Kate to leave.
The next morning, a blonde woman wakes up in bed next to someone she met at the bar, who is now dead. When Angel does some research the following night to see if anything happened around the bar, he discovers that the man was eviscerated.
Search for a Killer
Angel returns to the bar to try and find the killer. He runs into Kate outside and apologizes for running out on her. She gets suspicious and angry, however, when he asks her to stay away from the bar. Inside, Angel overhears a conversation about a man, Kevin, who was at the bar the previous night but disappeared. He learns that he left with a woman, Sharon, and tracks her down, believing her to be the killer.
When he reaches her apartment, however, the demon has already killed her and jumped into a new man's body. It explains that it must jump from body to body until it finds the perfect host. Angel attempts to fight the demon, but it escapes. Kate arrives, revealing herself as a police officer. She believes that Angel killed the woman and attempts to arrest him, but he escapes out the window.
Tracking a Demon
Cordelia and Doyle identify the demon as a Talamere, with a weakness to fire. Angel arranges to meet Kate at the bar, hoping to prove that he's not the killer. Meanwhile, the Talamere demon continues moving through new hosts.
At the bar, Kate asks the bartender to tell her when Angel arrives. He tells her that Angel is waiting out back, but then jumps her; he's the demon's new host. Angel fights and injures the bartender, saving Kate, but the demon locks them both in the basement and desperately tries to find a new host. Angel and Kate kill the demon with the help of a burning barrel.
Kate confesses to illegally searching Angel's apartment. He gives her his card, promising to be around. Doyle and Cordelia try to get Angel to go out again, but he prefers to sit in the dark alone.
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