Season: Episode 3 of Season 1
Original Air Date: 10/19/1999
Written by: Douglas Petrie
Directed by: Bruce Seth Green
<b>Notes:</b>
Spike comes to LA seeking the Gem of Amara.
<b>Plot Highlights:</b>
Spike narrates as Angel saves a girl from her boyfriend. Cordelia invoices. Oz delivers the Gem. Doyle has a hangover. Spike attacks, his hired vamp Marcus ambushes Angel. Marcus tortures Angel. Spike demands the ring from Cordy & Doyle in exchange for Angel. With Oz's van, they free Angel, but Marcus gets the ring. Spike fumes. Angel goes after Marcus, gets the ring. Angel smashes the ring.
<b>Quotes:</b>
SPIKE: (imitating Rachel) How can I thank you, you mysterious, black-clad hunk of a night thing? (imitating Angel) No need, little lady, your tears of gratitude are enough for me. You see, I was once a badass vampire, but love and a pesky curse defanged me. Now I'm just a big, fluffy puppy with bad teeth.
(Rachel steps closer to Angel, and Angel steps back, warding her off with his hands)
SPIKE: No, not the hair! Never the hair! (high voice) But there must be someway I can show my appreciation. (low voice) No, helping those in need's my job, and working up a load of sexual tension, and prancing away like a magnificent poof is truly thanks enough! (high voice) I understand. I have a nephew who is gay, so... (low voice) Say no more. Evil's still afoot! And I'm almost out of that Nancy-boy hair gel I like so much. Quickly, to the Angel-mobile, away!