Written by Kristina

Gunn, Cordy and Wesley have returned from killing some demons. Since Angel left about three months ago, Fred has barely come out of her room. After hearing about Buffy's death, Angel went on a monastic retreat in Sri Lanka, where he has been working through his grief. Everyone believes that the peace and quiet is exactly what he needs. Unfortunately, the monastery is full of demon monks that are bent on killing Angel, and disrupting his peace and quiet. Of course, Angel kills them all, and returns to LA. Cordelia is especially considerate about how Angel is dealing with losing Buffy, but he isn't talking.

Angel visits Fred in her room, where she has plastered her walls with writing. She is trying to make sense out of her new life outside of Pylea. Angel convinces Fred she has to take baby-steps, and try to come out of her room. It is obvious that Angel and Fred are both happy to see each other. In the middle of telling Fred she is safe in the hotel, Angel hears Cordelia scream. She is having one of her visions; a group of vampires have slaughtered students at a college party. Although the side effects from her vision are markedly worse than previous visions, Gunn, Wesley and Angel leave Cordelia, and head off to the college. They arrive too late to stop the massacre, but manage to catch up with the vampires and their hostages. After releasing the hostages, Angel, Wesley and Gunn begin to kick some vampire butt. Angel grabs a blonde female vampire, and stakes her. She turns to look at him, and recognition crosses her face. Before she turns to dust, she mutters "Angelus?" Angel is left holding her locket, looking distressed.

We learn that in 1767, in Marseilles, a young vampire named James stole the locket for the female vampire while with Angelus and Darla. Holtz, a vampire hunter, is pursuing them, so Darla and the female vampire head off to the docks, leaving James and Angelus to face Holtz. James and Angelus manage to escape, but not before Angelus reveals where they will be meeting in order to leave Marseilles. James separates from Angelus in disgust.

Back in the present, James is devastated that the love of his life is dead. He is bent on vengeance. He visits Dr. Gregory (a Snod demon) for the "cure." Wesley and Gunn meet up with Merle, from whom they learn that James has had his heart removed, rendering him invincible, but only for a certain amount of time. They try to call the hotel to warn Angel, but James is already there. Unfortunately, Fred decides to leave her room at this time, and Angel tells her to go back in. Although confused, Fred complies. Angel doesn't want anything happening to her. After staking James, then throwing him into the sunlight, Angel and Cordy take to the subway tunnels, with James in hot pursuit. Angel, Cordy and James end up in a subway car, where James confronts Angel about screwing Darla, and killing his lover. Mistakenly, James believes that Cordelia is the woman Angel loves. Reluctantly, Angel finally admits, "the woman I love… is dead." James cannot believe Angel could have ever loved someone. With his warped "Romeo and Juliet" views, James believes that he is the only one that has really "lived" - he cannot fathom how anyone could carry on with their life (or in his case un-life) after their love has died. He ridicules Angel for this, and a fight ensues. However, without his heart, James eventually turns to dust.

Cordelia finally manages to get Angel to open up about Buffy's death. Angel feels he has betrayed her by continuing on with his life, and not being there when she died to die with her. Cordelia lets him know that instead of betraying her, he is honouring her memory.

While all of this was occurring, Darla was in Nicaragua, where she met a man in a bar. He has given her some information she requested, and wishes to have a drink with her. Of course, this is the wrong thing to say to a vampire, as Darla allows her feral features to show, and drinks from the man. As she stands up, we can see that she is obviously pregnant. But who is the father?