Angel, Cordelia and others in “Parting Gifts”

Hi. [she doesn't answer and he looks at her more closely] Everything okay? [in one smooth motion, she puts down her bag, reaches for him and kisses him] Hmm. Hmp. Mmghmm! [he puts his hands on her shoulders, gingerly pushing to get her off, trying not to offend her) Okay, uh... Cordelia, that was, uh... I, I think that you're acting out of grief, and you're confusing our... friendship... for something more...

I didn't feel anything. Did you feel anything?

No! You see, that's what I'm trying...

Urgh! That means I still have it. Damn! I can't believe he did this to me.

Who did what?

Doyle! I thought our kiss meant something. Instead, he used that moment to pass it on to me. Why couldn't it be mono or herpes?

[rubs his mouth] Cordelia...

I didn't ask for this responsibility, unlike some people, who shall remain lifeless. I don't have anything to atone for. If they know what's good for them, the PTB better just stay out of my head.

...Powers That Be... you had a vision?!

Boy, howdy! And you know how they look painful? Well, they feel a whole lot worse.

[sits as understanding washes though him] "Another door opens." You're my link to the Powers now.

I am nobody's link to anybody. I lost control of my entire central nervous system getting that stupid vision. And I'm not certain, but I might have... drooled... a little in my audition, the first one I've had in weeks.

What was it?

Oh, uh, StainBeGone. It was a national, no less. They'll probably never call me again...

[snapping fingers] The vision. What was the vision?

Oh, who cares? It was a thing.

A thing?

An ugly, grey, blobby, thing. What difference does it make?

The difference is, if you saw it in a vision, this could be an ugly, grey, blobby, dangerous thing.

I don't care! I want it out of me. And if kissing is the only way to get rid of it, I will smooch every damn frog in this kingdom. [enter their current client, demon Barney, from the rest room, drying his hands]

Sorry, I thought I heard voices...

Uh, Barney, you remember my associate, Cor... [Cordelia kisses Barney] ...delia?

[rubs her mouth] Well, maybe not every frog.

Boy, I gotta say, I like the way you people treat your clients!