TEXT: [PREVIOUSLY_ON] Angel: "I'm gonna have a son." Darla stakes herself leaving the baby behind in the rain. Cordy: "I have a room mate. It's cool I never see him. He's a ghost." Fred: "When I see you and Cordelia sparring... It's only natural that you and she should be drawn to one another." Cordy clocks Angel on the nose, and he turns his head to hide the pain from her. Gunn: "Cordelia, she doesn't choose to have a vision. The Powers send them to her when they got info to share." Cordy: "I look forward to my next vision." Series of highlights of some of the worst vision pains Cordy's gotten over the years. Angel: "Easy. Are you gonna be alright?" Cordy is taking pills in the bathroom: "These visions are killing me." Cordy to Angel: "If I lose the visions, I wouldn't be able to help you anymore. You wouldn't need me." Close up on a bedraggled and shaken looking Cordy. Cordy: "I'd - just like to say thank you. (Deep breath) You believed in me when no one else would. Even in my darkest hours you were there for me (almost starts crying) and that means more to me that you'll ever know. (sniffs) I guess what I'm really trying to say is - I love you. - To all my fans: (Holds up a scrub brush in plastic gloved hand) this is for you!" Shot widens to show that Cordy is sitting on the floor of the Hyperion lobby. Fred is sitting a little ways away, wearing yellow plastic gloves and applauding wildly. Fred: "Wow! That was just - wow. 'cause... oh, and with the tears! I-I got chill bumps all up my arms." Cordy: "Yup. That's the famous speech. Not that I'll ever use it of course - unless they start handing out awards for best slime and grime. - Oh, I
SUMMARY:
It's Cordy's birthday and a particularly intense vision knocks her out of her body. As Team Angel tries to help her, Cordy is stuck in an astral plane unable to communicate. When a guide shows up and offers Cordy a deal, she has to choose between getting everything she thought she wanted and her life with Angel.