Peace Out

Plot

Connor asks the beaten Wesley, Gunn, Fred, and Lorne where Angel is. Angel is surrounded by scorpion demons, but they run off when he holds up the key. He turns and sees a building at the top of a mountain.

Connor berates the gang. He says he's going to kill them. He says they talked of saving the world and now someone has done it and they can't stand it. He says they don't belong. They argue, but he won't listen. He goes to kill Wesley, but a commando talks in Jasmine's voice and says to bring them, intact, to her. Angel is climbing the mountain. Jasmine is talking to a group of followers who she tells to join the others in the banquet room when Connor arrives with his prisoners. She says they must be in pain from being separated from her and says she doesn't have the power to take them back. She asks where Angel is. Wesley says she's omniscient, she can tell them. Connor hits him and Jasmine says not to do that. Wesley realizes she recognized the scorpion demon and knows where Angel is. She says the scorpion demon world was a trial run to work out the bugs. Wesley says she must be scared Angel would succeed or she would have killed them. She says Patience. A woman named Patience walks in, she seems to be her assistant. Jasmine says the news people have arrived and to take them to the lobby. She'll speak to them after she's eaten. Wesley realizes that she'll be broadcasting to the world, enslaving everybody. They plead with Connor to stop her. Fred says Cordelia's blood was supposed to help him see her as she truly is. He says he knows what she looks like. We see Jasmine through his eyes and she is the maggoty demon the others see. Jasmine has them taken away. Wesley says they're bargaining chips. Connor wants to ask about this, but Jasmine stops him and says her coming address will be draining for her. She says she'll be out of touch for a while and needs him to be her eyes and ears. To guard the others and deal with Angel. He asks what Angel is looking for and she says the unattainable.

Angel has made it to the temple on top of the mountain. He's confronted by the high priest, guardian of the word. He seems small and not very dangerous. He admits centuries of her absence have caused most to doubt and he's pretty much alone in the temple. Angel tries to ask for her name, but the priest knows that's why he's there. He grabs the priest by the throat. The priest says Angel's already lost everything. The gang are put in the cell Angelus was kept in. Lorne asks Connor if the reason the spell didn't work was that he always saw the true Jasmine. Connor says he was raised in a hell dimension, appearance is not important to him. Fred asks what is. She asks about Cordelia and he says she's been moved. Wesley asks what Jasmine eats. Connor says he doesn't know, but Wesley says she eats people. He implies she has eaten Cordelia.

The priest says he knows all about Angel. We learn the priest doesn't know the name, he is keeper of the keeper of the name. The keeper of the name is much bigger and meaner. The priest says only with his last breath will he divulge the name. Angel confronts him, only to see his mouth has been sewn shut. Connor enters the banquet room where a crowd is undressing. Jasmine realizes he wants to know about Cordelia, but will only tell him she is safe. She realizes he thinks she ate Cordelia and she says she didn't. She asks who gave him the idea and he won't say. She says she couldn't hurt Cordelia or him because as her parents they are her tether to this world. She says she's still on Earth moved to a secure location. Connor asks who moved her. Jasmine says it doesn't matter, that she's safe and under guard as the gang should be. Connor leaves, closing the door as ordered.

Angel is fighting the big demon. The priest says there's no point. He says Angel thinks his friends are dead, so he's not fighting for them. He says he's trying to save his world and the priest says the world doesn't want him. Angel says it needs him. The priest says that's not why he's there. Angel asks why and he says him. Connor. But he's going to lose him, too. Connor walks through the lobby where the media are preparing for the world broadcast. He finds the men who moved Cordelia and asks them where she is. They won't talk so he knocks one out and tells the other to talk or die.

The priest says Connor will never love him, that Connor should never have been born. None of it matters to Angel. The big demon kills the priest in a blow meant for Angel. Fred thinks they are done for. Gunn keeps kicking at the cell door, hoping to break it open. Lorne thinks it's hopeless. Fred thinks it strange Connor has left them unguarded. Wesley wonders why Jasmine moved Cordelia. He says there are no more people like them and they have been on the run. He thinks Cordelia might be able to hurt Jasmine. If they can wake her. Fred says they have to find her first.

Connor comes to a church with a sign extolling Jasmine out front. There are two policemen inside who tell Connor he has to leave. He knocks them both out and finds Cordelia, still comatose, lying at the altar. Jasmine completes a giant feed. Connor talks to Cordelia, saying what she wanted is happening. Then asking if that is what she wanted. He says Jasmine has stopped the world from being harsh and cruel the way Angel liked it so he had a reason to fight. He says the others only found meaning in life from fighting. He says he wants to stop fighting, to rest. He says it's not working. That Jasmine is bringing peace to everyone except him. He says he knows she's a lie and his whole life has been built on them. He says he just thought this one was better than the others.

The press conference is about to begin. The guy Connor threatened tells Jasmine what happened. Jasmine goes to air, with much applause. In the basement, the gang realize what is happening. Jasmine takes questions. The first reporter is too stunned at Jasmine knowing her name to ask anything. The second asks what they can do to show their love for her. She says nothing. Then suggests an awe inspiring temple. At this moment, a portal opens and Angel appears carrying the head of the demon. She orders him killed. He cuts open the demon's mouth and it speaks her name. She's transformed and everyone sees how ugly she is and flees. In the basement, the gang think Jasmine is eating everyone. Gunn finally breaks open the cell door.

An ugly Jasmine is wandering through the chaotic streets. She calls to Connor and he runs out of the church. Angel catches up with her. She says there is no right and wrong, only choices. She says she offered paradise and he chose this chaos instead. He says freedom of choice is their right, it's what makes them human. She asks why he hates her, he points out she eats people. She says so has he. She says she murdered thousands to save billions. He says the price was too high. He tells her she can still work to make the world better, even if she has lost her powers. She says not all of them and hits him, sending him flying.

Jasmine throws a car at Angel. Then goes to attack him. She says she loved the world and sacrificed everything to be with them. He says she wanted to rule them. She says she cared and the other powers didn't. He uses a fallen power line and the shock sends her flying. But she's unharmed. She tells him because of him she'll destroy the world. He says it's not his fault. He tells her to go to hell and she says you first and kisses him. Connor says everytime he gets a girl Angel has to make a play for her. Jasmine turns to Connor. The gang have gone through the hotel and it's empty. Lorne points out the tv stations have gone offline. Gunn finds the demon head and Wesley realizes Angel has returned. He says they have to find him and Cordelia before Jasmine does. They open the door to leave and see something which shocks them.

Jasmine tells Connor Angel has ruined everything but she still has him. She asks if he still believes in her and loves her. He says yes. She turns to Angel and Connor puts his fist through her head. Angel tries to talk to him, but he says nothing and runs away. Angel returns to the hotel, surprised to find the others alive. He tells them what happened. He describes Connor's total lack of emotion. He's worried about him. The gang appear ill at ease and from behind them appears Lilah.