[voiceover] Dearest Stephen, this is a most difficult letter for me to write. You mean more to me than anything in this world or any other. But your best interests must come first, which is why by the time you receive this, I will be gone. I hope one day you will be able to forgive an old man's weakness, which compels him to say these things in a letter. But to attempt a good-bye in your presence would be impossible for me. I fear I would never let you go. And I must let you go. I know that if I didn't you would only end up hating me. And that I could not bear. Your destiny lies with Angel. I know that now. You will have a better life with him. I'm comforted by that certainty and the knowledge that with him you will discover your true purpose and come to know who it is you are meant to be. My only prayer is that I have prepared you well enough for whatever lies ahead. I trust that I have. Be brave. Lovingly, your father.
Holtz
Angel · 793 quotes
In 10 of the 793 quotes from Angel
Most scenes with: Puppet Angel (4), Sahjhan (4), Lilah Morgan (2)
Lines by Holtz 1
Scenes with Holtz 9
I'm not a man. - What I mean is...
You're not human.
But clearly masculine. You get that, right?
[Angel is still held motionless by the metal grips while Holts admires one of Angel's swords.]
You're still human. How'd you manage this?
[Holtz puts the sword back into the weapons cabinet.]
So, the question becomes, now that I have you, what's the best way to get her?
Only dark magic could have brought you this far.
She was always the trick, you know, not you. Darla was the unpredictable one.
Was it a demon? Or something else?
[Holtz points a stake at Angel's chest.]
What if I just kill you now? Would she somehow sense it? Would she then come running? [Walks away from Angel] Would that bring her bursting through those doors, I wonder?
Did something come to you, or did you seek it out?
She might show herself in the service of revenge. It can be a powerful motivator.
Yes, it can. What did you have to give up for this second chance?
Give up? [Turns to face Angel] I had nothing to give up. You saw to that.
We took a lot from you, that's true. But we didn't get everything. We couldn't take your soul.
What do you know of a soul?
I know yours will be destroyed if you allow yourself to be used in the service of evil. You're a good man, Holtz. A righteous man. And you're being used for some purpose other than justice.
Could it be you really have changed? I don't remember you ever pleading so cravenly before.
And I remember you used to work with men.
[Holtz hits Angel hard across the face.]
What are we going to do?
Whatever we have to.
[Holtz walks over to Sarah and picks her up.]
Papa, no! Please, no, papa! Papa, don't. Let me go!
[Holtz caries her over to the door and out onto the roofed porch.]
No, papa. Papa, don't!
[Sarah tries to cling to one of the porch's pillars, but Holtz pulls her away and pushes her out into the bright sunlight of the front yard. She turns back to look up at him, morphing into vamp face as she burns up in the direct sunlight. Holtz stays and watches until she's gone then walks back into the house.]
Do it! Now's your chance. Do it! Finish it while you still can! You can't just let him walk away! Not now! Not after what you swore to me!
[Holtz watches as Fred and Angel get into the car with the newborn.]
I swore that I would show no mercy. [Watches Angel's car drive away.] And I won't.
Angelus is in his nature. The beast will re-emerge, you've seen it, you know it and that is why you are here. You're afraid he is going to kill the child.. and you're right.
Your infiltration was more succesful than I'd realised.
I don't need prophecies to tell me what he's playing. So long as the child remains with the demon, it's not safe.
Well I must have misunderstood. Here I thought it was a simple blood vendetta when what you really want is to protect Angel's son.
You don't believe me?
Hmmm, not sure really. It could be the low scary voice that's giving me trouble.
[Holtz places his hand directly below baby Connor's neck.]
Come any closer and I'll snap his neck!
[Angel comes to a dead stop.]
[All around them commandos are jumping out of their vehicles, cocking their machine guns.]
Who are they?
They work for me.
Ah. The attorney.
Yes. You are gonna give us the kid, Captain Holtz.
Don't!
That's cute. You'd rather see the fanatic with the baby than us? [To Holtz] Those are automatic weapons pointed at you. They didn't have them in your time. They fire sixteen bullets per second.
And if they were going to use them they would have already. They want the baby alive.
Something we all have in common.
[The air shivers and Sahjhan appears.]
Not all of us.
Don't shoot.
Yeah. You really don't want to. Your bullets won't kill me. But mine will kill you and her first.
[Angel looks over at Holtz and Connor.]
He'll be dead before I hit the ground.
I know.
So. I'm going to leave now, right? With me, he gets to live, anyone tries to take him, he dies.
Take him.
Woah! No! What is wrong of you people?
[To Angel] I will take good care of him, as though he were my own son. He'll never even know you existed. Don't come after me. You will though, won't you? Maybe I should just..."
No. Please.
[Justine looks from Holtz' hand moving closer to Connor's neck to Angel and back.]
Take him.
(Connor enters the motel room, carrying a newspaper and junk food from the now broken vending machine.)
I found food in a big metal box outside. - Dad?
Oh, good boy. You got it. Now. Let's have a look at the date. (Stares at the paper mutely for a moment) Days. We've been gone only days.
[Holtz is sitting at the table in the motel room. He folds a piece of paper and sticks it into an envelope.]
I can't recall. Would you require an invitation for a place like this?
[Angel is standing in the open door behind Holtz.]
Public accommodation? [Steps across the threshold] No.
No. You'd think I'd remember something like that. It would have seemed important once. Details begin to escape me.
[Angel gives the door a push so it closes behind him then grabs Holtz by the throat and slams him up against the wall.]
You stole my son.
I kept your son alive. You murdered mine.
[After a beat Angel slowly backs off and withdraws his hand from Holtz' throat.]
I was different then.
Yes. So was I. You feel remorse. You feel remorse yet you can't express it.
You want me to say I'm sorry? How can I? It wouldn't mean a thing.
It would mean a little. Not much, but it would be something.
Then I'm sorry. For whatever little it might mean. It's all I've got.
[Angel stands still, looking straight ahead, not at Holtz.]
Not all. You had a son. So there it is. I thought by depriving you of that son it would allow me some measure of justice. I was wrong.
Taking Connor from me was never justice. It was vengeance.
Or maybe vengeance is what I do now. Give back what I took.
What?
I'm an old man now. I have nothing to offer the boy. You can give him what I can't: his purpose. But every time you look upon his face every time he calls you 'father' you will be reminded of that which you took and can never give back. And if that is vengeance, I find I have no taste for it. [He picks up the letter and holds it out to Angel.] All I ask is that you give him this. It's not sealed. I expect you'll examine it. You should.
Why are you doing this.
I thought I'd made that plain. I love my son. (Angel closes his eyes for a moment) And this is the only way I know to ensure that he will go on loving me.
[Angel takes a hold of the letter and turns to look at Holtz. After a moment he pulls the letter out of Holtz' hand and turns to leave.]
He won't accept this at first. He'll try to find me. He never will.
[Angel opens the door and slowly walks out.]
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