Season: Episode 13 of Season 3
Original Air Date: 02/04/2002
Written by: Joss Whedon
Directed by: Joss Whedon

<b>Notes:</b>

Angel takes the gang to the Ballet.

<b>Plot Highlights:</b>

Wes day dreams about Fred. Angel brandishes ballet tickets. Fred & Cordy dress shop, Lorne confronts Angel about his Cordy leanings. Fred laughs at Gunn in his tux. The gang settles into cheap seats. Angel recognizes the dancers, he and Cordy go to investigate. They get past a security guard, and are possessed by the spirits of old lovers. Wes, Gunn & Fred come looking for them. Both groups are attacked by smiling-faced demons, they kill them and regroup in time to be attacked some more. Angel goes off, meets the Prima Ballerina and destroys the Evil Count's power source, breaking the spell. Wes witnesses Gunn & Fred's first kiss. Angel starts to explain his feelings to Cordy, but the return of the Groosalug interrupts him.

<b>Quotes:</b>

ANGEL: Well, I got to the ticket place and...

GUNN: I'm paying you back. This one's on me.

FRED: Morning.

GUNN: Mahta Hari is the tightest band in LA. You guys are gonna be trippin' out.

ANGEL: The only thing is...

GUNN: Look, I said I'm good for it, man. Don't have to worry about dippin' in the Connor college fund. The time I saw the Mahta Hari at the Troubadour they where the (reads tickets) Blinnikov World Ballet Tour. What's going on?

ANGEL: I was trying to tell you. I got to the ticket place and boom! Tonight only!

GUNN: But - you got ballet on my Mahta Hari tickets.

ANGEL: This is the Blinnikov World Ballet Corps.

CORDELIA: He's been saying that like it has meaning.

ANGEL: This is one of the premier companies in the world. And they're going Giselle! It's their signature piece.

GUNN: This is all like some horrible dream.

WESLEY: I think I've heard of them. Very ahead of their time.

ANGEL: Oh, yeah. Yeah. I saw their production of Giselle in eighteen-ninety. I cried like a baby. And I was evil!

FRED: I-I think it sounds exciting!

WESLEY: Yes.

GUNN: No. No! This is not Mahta Hari. This is tutus, and guys with their big-ass packages jumping up and down. This is just... I will never trust you again. The trust is gone.

CORDELIA: Oh, get over it. Do we get dressed up?

ANGEL: Of course.

CORDELIA: I'm in.

ANGEL: Guys, seeing real ballet live it's... it's like another world. Gunn, these guys are tight, and you're gonna be trippin' out.

GUNN: Don't be usin' my own phrases when we lost the trust.

CORDELIA: Come on, guys. Working day, cases to solve.

GUNN: Okay. But I'm not still paying, right. Because this is... this is... It's like a nightmare.