Harms Way

 

A Psychiatric Hospital
A doctor comes in and speaks to the nurse on duty. Another nurse comes along to call him for a patient who has collapsed. The patient has been given the wrong medication, which means another patient hasn't had her sedative.

The doctor rushes to the other patient's room just as she knocks the door off its hinges. The doctor tries to calm the patient, Dana, down and manages to get behind the wire gates, but she pulls them off their hinges and attacks the nurses, then grabs a medical saw and kills them with it.

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Wolfram & Hart
Gunn is talking on the telephone. He tells Fred he thinks they did the right thing moving to Wolfram & Hart.

Angel's Office
Angel doesn't think they did the right thing moving to Wolfram & Hart. He is talking to the others about Eve who has disappeared. Gunn and Fred walk in and Wesley fills them in on what the others were talking about. Gunn tells them that the parasite Eve allegedly put on Angel wasn't meant to kill him. Fred says she just meant to put him in an hallucinogenic coma. Gunn points out that to be the go between for the senior partners she must have some serious power so they have to be careful. Angel agrees and Gunn says they should just watch out for her at the moment.

Harmony comes in to tell Angel that a girl broke out of the hospital and that it seems to be a case of possession. Angel says he'll go as he's dealt with possessions before and it needs to be dealt with with finesse.

The Hospital
Angel steps out of one lift at the hospital just as Spike steps out of the next one. They go to the doctor who tells them about Dana. Spike immediately says it's demon possession and the doctor says that’s stupid. Spike leaves to catch the demon leaving Angel to apologise for him saying, "Is pathological idiot an actual condition?"
The doctor tells Angel to stop him or he'll be killed, but Angel just says Spike will just come back anyway. The doctor tells Angel that Dana is a special case, her parents were murdered and she was kidnapped and tortured as a child. She was found naked and covered in blood a long time later wandering the streets. Whatever happened to her is what drove her mad.

The doctor leaves and Angel asks the nurse what he's not being told. She takes Angel to a room where the doctor has tapes of every interview he did with Dana.

A Shop
Dana is taking food off the shelf and eating it. One of the assistants comes over to her and tells her that she has to take the items to the checkout and pay for them. She turns and breaks his arm before picking up the saw and walking away. She goes to the clothes section and picks up some of the clothes. As she does she has a flashback to when she was a child. A security guard comes along with his gun drawn and tells her not to move or he'll have to shoot her.

A Shop
Dana is now dressed in ordinary clothes and walks out of the shop.

The Hospital
Angel is watching the tapes of Dana's interviews. He asks the nurse if all the tapes here are of Dana. She says they are and that they are all the same. Dana is screaming and talking in different languages. Angel asks the nurse if she's the one who tipped them off about Dana. She says she is, she has a cousin working at Wolfram & Hart who's told her about the changes going on there and she was hoping that she might get a foot in the door if she helped them. As she's talking, Angel is distracted by something Dana says on the tape. He recognises what she's saying.

The Shop
Spike is lurking outside the shop as sirens and police lights flash all round him. He follows the scent of blood.

Angel's Car
Angel telephones Wesley and tells him that they're not dealing with a possession.

A Warehouse
Spike has found Dana and he wants to talk to her about mistreating little girls, demon to demon, then he vamps out.

Angel's Car
Dana was speaking in Rumanian and Angel knew what she was saying. She's a Vampire Slayer.

A Warehouse
Spike asks Dana what she's grinning about, but she attacks him. She gets a piece of wood and tries to stake him. She's shouting at him in Chinese, but he doesn't understand. He manages to break away and the fight continues until she throws Spike out of the window.

As Spike lies on the ground, Angel drives up. He tells Spike that tactical is on the way but Spike just says he can manage. It's some sort of Chinese demon or water spirit. When Angel just looks at him and walks away he asks, "What?"

Wolfram & Hart
Spike can't believe that Dana is a psychotic slayer. Angel tells Spike that Wes contacted Rupert Giles who is sending his top man to deal with things. They walk into Angel's office to find Andrew sitting there. He is thrilled to see Spike and hugs him. "You're like Gandalph the White resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, but more beautiful than ever."

Angel asks if they know each other. Andrew says they saved the world together, although Buffy helped. Wesley says they were just about to fill everyone in on the legend of the slayer. Andrew says it's best to let an expert do it and tells them about the origins of the slayer, much to everyone's amusement. Angel tells him they actually know everything he tells them. Lorne asks why Dana is a slayer if there's only one slayer in every generation. Andrew tells them about the Sunnydale surprise when Willow released the power of the slayer to all the potential slayers of the world. Wesley thinks it's a great strategy, but who will train the slayers with the Watchers Council destroyed. Andrew says Giles and a few key Sunnydale alumni are training the slayers. But Dana is an anomaly that nobody could have foreseen, after being mistreated, tortured etc. Angel realises that the slayer dreams Dana has been having seem real to her because of her instability. Spike decides he's going to find her but Angel tries to stop him saying that they are the last people who should be looking for her. Spike says what are they supposed to do, go boohoo because she was driven out of her gourd; it's not like they haven't done worse in the day.

A Dock
Dana is having flashbacks to when she was tortured. A man comes up to her and asks if she needs help.

Angel's Office
Angel asks the others if they think Spike was right, but Fred wants to know what they are going to do when they catch her. She says they can't kill Dana because her condition isn't her fault. Angel suggests they bring Andrew in to see if he knows 'anything', but Fred says he's not there. Angel asks where he is.

The Docks
Spike is walking along. He knows he's being followed. He grabs Andrew and drags him from the shadows. Andrew is telling Spike about his training when he trips over the body of the man who spoke to Dana and screams.

Dana's Childhood Home
Lorne has brought in a mystic to read the house where Dana was kidnapped and her parents were killed. He 'sees' what happened to her there and he knows that she was kept in a basement that smells of molasses.

A Warehouse
Dana has found her way to the warehouse were she was kept and tortured. She pulls open a grating and takes out a box full of needles. She looks round as Spike takes one of the needles and says, "let's try the blue one now".

The Docks
Andrew is telling Spike where everyone is. Willow and Kennedy are in Brazil, Xander is in Africa and Buffy and Dawn are in Rome. Andrew realises Buffy didn't know Spike was back and asks if Spike wants him to tell Buffy he's alive.

A Rooftop
Dana watches as Spike and Andrew walk along, talking.

Wolfram & Hart
Gunn asks Angel and Lorne how things went. Angel says he wants to find the guy who took Dana, that they are to raise the dead if they have to to find out. Lorne goes to see if he can find out where she was kept.

The Docks
Dana attacks Spike and Andrew. Andrew is knocked out and Spike follows her to the warehouse where she was tortured. Spike tells her he can follow her and she says, "no escaping". Dana keeps repeating "heart and head. Cut off the head and stab the heart". Then she begs Spike to let her get home to her son. Spike realises she's talking about Nicky Woods, the slayer he killed in New York. Dana lunges at him and stabs him in the neck with one of the needles. This weakens Spike and she drags him to a pillar where she chains him up. Dana gives him another injection that knocks him out and says he can't hurt her any more.

Angel's Office
Angel and co are trying to work out where Dana was kept. They know that she has attacked people in one area so they are trying to find somewhere that smells of molasses in that area. Wesley is about to suggest a molasses factory when Fred suggests whiskey. Lorne is all for this as he was about to suggest it himself, but Fred says that when you cook up whiskey the whole place smells of molasses. Angel tells them to look for a distillery. Just then Andrew bursts in to say they were attacked and he thinks Dana got Spike.

The Warehouse
Spike comes round to find Dana standing over him. She says he can't touch her any more and goes on about losing yourself piece by piece. He asks her what she's done and holds his hands up, but he only has stumps. She's cut both his hands off.

Spike starts to lose consciousness again, but she hits him to keep him awake. She tells him he can't hurt her any more, but he says he never hurt her, he hurt others but not her. She's mixing up the man who tortured her with the slayers Spike killed. Dana tells him he killed the others so it doesn't matter. She then starts repeating heart and head again. Just as she's about to kill Spike, Angel knocks her away from him. He tells her that the man who hurt her was shot by police five years before robbing a liquor store. She says he can't hurt her any more and attacks Angel. They fight and Angel grabs her and holds her while Wesley shoots her with a tranquilliser dart.

The Docks
Angel tells the team to load her up and chain her in the van. Just then Andrew steps out from behind the van and says he'll take it from there. Angel says he's not handing her over to him, but then 12 girls step out behind Andrew. Andrew says he has 12 slayers, none of whom have dated Angel and he's taking Dana. Angel says he's not letting them take her and he'll just clear it with Buffy, but Andrew asks him where he thinks the orders came from. He tells Angel that none of them trust him and they're not on the same side any more, Angel works for Wolfram & Hart. Angel lets Andrew take Dana and Wesley asks if he's done the right thing. Angel says they can handle her and as Andrew said, they have enough problems of their own.

A Hospital Room
Spike is sitting up in his hospital bed with his hands reattached when Angel comes to see how he's doing. Angel asks if he's in a lot of pain, and Spike says more than he'd like but not as much as he deserves. He says Dana thought he killed her family, so is he supposed to complain because hers wasn't one of the hundreds he did kill. He says he isn't saying that Angel's right, "because I'm physically incapable of saying that".

Spike says he was in it for the party, he was never interested in the bodies, but Angel tells him he couldn't take his eyes off the bodies, he was in it for the evil, it was everything to him. He'd have considered Dana a masterpiece. Spike asks what happened to her and Angel tells him Andrew took her. Spike thinks she's too far-gone to help, that she's a monster. Angel says, "She's an innocent victim", but Spike says, "So were we, once upon a time".

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Comments
Wolfram & Hart
An advert for Wolfram & Hart is playing. It tells of the changes in Wolfram & Hart since Angel became the CEO.

Harmony's Apartment
The alarm clock goes off and Harmony gets ready for work. As she leaves her building she greets her neighbour who ignores her.

Wolfram & Hart
She arrives at work with Angel's dry cleaning. The other girls are talking and no matter how much Harmony tries to join in, they ignore her. Harmony takes a mug out of the microwave and puts one in with No 1 Boss on it.

Harmony tells Angel she has organised the catering for a meeting he's having, but he's not paying her any attention. Gunn arrives and Angel tells him they need to organise the catering for the meeting. Harmony tries to tell them she's already done it, but they both ignore her.

She's at her desk when a guy turns up to test her to see if she's had any human blood. She gets the all clear. A demon called Eli gets a call to see Angel, he thinks the bosses are starting to recognise his good work. Gunn calls him into the office and Eli asks her to wish him luck. Harmony takes Angel's mug of blood into the office just in time for Eli's head to land at her feet. Angel tells her to "get that cleared up".

Opening credits

Main

Wolfram & Hart
Harmony doesn't understand why they killed Eli. She says that what he did on his own time was his own business. Gunn tells her that he dismembered virgins. Harmony suggests that his religious beliefs are his own business, but Gunn tells her he did it for fun. She asks if they couldn't have given him a warning, but Angel tells her it's the zero policy.

Spike arrives making comments about the body being carried out. He says he's there to say goodbye, he has someone waiting for him. He asks Angel for money, but he says no, so he asks for a car. Angel says as long as it's not the viper, so Spike says, "the viper it is then". Then he asks if Angel has a message for Buffy. Angel says, "tell her you're a moron".

Lorne wishes him bon voyage and Spike thanks Fred for all she did to try to make him corporeal. Harmony asks if she doesn't get a goodbye because she tried to rip his throat out. He just tells her to "keep it simple. It suits you".

Angel's Office
Gunn is telling the rest of the team about two vicious demon groups who are fighting each other over a slight when someone used the wrong fork. They have agreed to call a truce in a meeting at Wolfram & Hart. Angel suggests they should probably be careful, as the demons are so sensitive. Wesley suggests they memorise rules to ensure they don't have any faux pas.

Harmony tells them she's been doing research about things that upset the demons. Wesley says it's a good job she's there, he could do with lunch. The others agree and they send her to get the lunches.

The Canteen
Lorne's assistant arrives with muffins from Lorne. The girls are sitting at a table gossiping about Fred. When Harmony tries to join in they just ignore her. Then she gets a phone call from Angel telling her to get to the lobby immediately.

The Lobby
Angel is stood in the lobby with a camel. When Harmony sees it she says she told the caterers to deliver it the next day. She has done research on the demons and she thought that as it was a tradition of theirs it would relieve tensions if, as the host, Angel cut off the camel's hump and put a red hot poker through its heart. Then the demon leaders tear it apart with their bear hands. Angel just looks at her then tells her she's there to answer phones and to get the camel out of there. Harmony starts to cry and Fred suggests she go with chips and dips. Harmony says Angel hates her, everybody hates her. Fred says he doesn't hate her, she doesn't hate Harmony, she just doesn't know her. Then Fred asks what she's doing after work.

A Bar
Fred and Harmony are talking about guys. Fred asks if she has any friends, but Harmony says she has trouble making friends ever since she was vamped at her graduation. Fred suggests there's a guy at the bar who would like her, so Harmony goes to speak to him. Fred leaves.

Harmony's Apartment
Harmony wakes up to find the guy dead next to her in bed. He's been bitten and drained.

Harmony has the guy wrapped in a blanket. She puts him down the rubbish shoot, but misses the bin so has to go to the basement and put him in the bin herself.

Wolfram & Hart
Harmony arrives at work and decides she has to act normal. Angel arrives at her desk wanting to know where his blood is. He says he can't have anything go wrong today, he has too much on.

The Canteen
Harmony is heating up Angel's blood again. She has a craving for blood herself after drinking human blood. She gets a phone call from Angel again telling her to hurry.

Harmony's Desk
Harmony gets a call from Angel. It's a policeman telling him about a body that's been found with vampire bites. It turns out the guy was the liaison between the demon groups and had Angel's card on him.

Angel's Office
Angel, Gunn and Wesley are discussing the body. Gunn says they have some serious damage control to do. Gunn contacts the demons who demand vengeance. Angel tries to speak to them but he doesn't know the language very well so says the wrong thing, making the demons angrier. Gunn smoothes things over with them and ensures the meeting goes ahead.

Angel tells them that the body has been brought to the lab.

The Lab
Harmony goes to the lab to see what Fred has found out. Fred knows by the size of the bite that it was female vampire that bit the guy on the right side of the neck.

Fred wants to know all about the guy Harmony met the night before. Harmony tells Fred he was a loser who told her he was an astronaut.

Wolfram & Hart
Harmony hurries away from the lab trying to work out where she can run away to. She decides on Mexico. Just then she realises that the bite was on the right and she bites on the left. She bumps into the guy who does the random blood tests and kisses him because she's so excited, but he takes the chance to take a blood sample that comes out positive for human blood. Harmony hits him and hides him in a cupboard.

Lorne walks along on the telephone. He asks her if she knows where his assistant is. She says no, but asks where the random blood tests go. He tells her they go directly to the lab. Then he hears a noise and opens the cupboard door. Harmony hits him and pushes him into the cupboard.

The Lab
Harmony tells Fred she can explain why she tested positive for human blood, but then she can't. She says she spoke to the guy at the bar, then she remembers nothing until the next morning. Someone must have drugged her. Fred asks her how she tested positive then, and harmony suggests someone spiked her thermos. Fred decides to phone Angel and tell him, but Harmony is thinking about his zero tolerance policy.

Wolfram & Hart
Fred is now in the cupboard with Lorne and the random tester. They are all tied up with tape across their mouths. Harmony apologises to them all and thanks them for being so good about things. She tells them they are only there until she clears her name and then she owes them dinner.

Harmony walks along the corridor trying to work things out. She decides she has to get her thermos to check for fingerprints.

A Meeting Room
The meeting is not going well, The demons want a blood sacrifice if they can't find who actually killed the go between. Angel calls Harmony and tells her to find out what Fred has learnt.

The Canteen
Harmony walks in to find Lorne's assistant holding her flask. She accuses him of spiking it because he hates her. He tells her he doesn't care enough about her to hate her. She vamps out and grabs him by the throat and tells him she's going to make him confess. As she holds him, he is hit over the head with a glass. Harmony turns and asks the girl who did it why she hit him. She says to make it look like Harmony did it. Harmony realises this is the one who set her up. Harmony doesn't know who she is. It turns out the girl sat next to her in the typing pool. She's jealous that Harmony is in the in-crowd after five weeks in the pool.

Tamika set Harmony up so that she could tell Angel what had happened and then get Harmony's job. Harmony vamps out and points out that she has the advantage, but Tamika also vamps out and says she doesn't.

Harmony and Tamika fight. Harmony drags Tamika to Angel's office so that she can tell him what she did but Tamika breaks free.

A Meeting Room
The demons are demanding a sacrifice as Angel has failed. Just then Tamika and Harmony break through the glass and land on the desk and harmony stakes Tamika. The demons look at Harmony, then say to each other that it works for them. Harmony says she can explain.

Angel's Office
Fred, Lorne and the random tester are all there with ice packs on their heads. Angel tells Harmony she should have gone to him. She apologises to those she hit and locked in the closet, but she says she was scared. She tells Angel she knows he never wanted her as his assistant, but she doesn't have a soul and she has to try really hard.

Gunn comes in to tell them that all is going well in the meeting.

Fred says Harmony could have handled things better, but she didn't kill anyone. The random tester tells her she'll be clean in two days, but he'll be watching her. She says not to worry, she's leaving, but Angel just tells her to bring them coffee.

A Bar
Harmony is telling the barman how she saved the summit and just got told to bring them coffee.

Spike walks in. She asks why he isn't in Europe, slayer chasing, but he says he can't just tumble off a cruise ship in the south of France after going out in a blaze of glory saving the world. Harmony says girls don't feel like that, one look at him and she'll forget how bad he treated her in the past. He realises she's talking about the way he treated Harmony. He says Buffy would be pleased to see him, but it would make everything he did not matter. Harmony says she knows that feeling, but Spike tells her she matters to someone, the girl who framed her. Harmony realises that the girl hated her, therefore she mattered.

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Rating and Comments:
This episode is the Harmony equivalent of The Zeppo, a light relief episode, showcasing a character that doesn't generally get that much airtime. It has some very funny moments and Harmony gets herself in such a mess, just because she's too frightened to talk to the others.

It's interesting that Harmony is exactly the same with Tamika as the others are with her. She doesn't know who Tamika is, and just as Lorne's assistant says, Tamika doesn't mean enough to her for Harmony to hate her.

A fun, frothy episode, that probably means we have some dark episodes coming.
Rating 7 of 10
Written By: Staff Writer - Rusty

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