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Tonight Cordelia has to choose between two paths


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A powerful vision propels Cordelia in a coma on a birthday. Skip shows her a life of fame and fortune, but ultimately she chooses to help her friends, whatever will be the cost.


Another day at the Hyperion hotel, and more demon parts to clean. Connor comes to brighten their day of cleaning crap, but a very protective Angel asks Cordy to clean herself a bit before she takes Connor in her harms. In front of the bathroom mirror Cordy takes pills to relieve herself from her painful visions.

A nice surprise awaits her when she came back in the lobby, a birthday cake and presents! Out of the blue, she's knocked down by another vision and lose conscience. The gang is around her body and they don't see her, even Lorne passes through her, like a ghost. In a flash light a demon named Skip appears. He's not evil, well time will tell, and he shows Cordelia what could have been her life without Angel. She has to choose between two paths, pain and suffering, or fame and fortune.

In a Scrooge way, Skip shows Cordelia her life if she had met a producer at that party, instead of Angel. In a flash, she finds herself under the sunlights of a tv show, her own, named Cordy!

She's a star as queen Cordy always wanted when she first came to L.A. But her past caught her up when she's irresistibly attracted by a room in the Hyperion hotel. When ripping off the wallpaper in front of an horrified concierge, she uncover the address she wrote she got in her latest vision. She's quickly there, knowing on the door of a very surprised fan. Unaware of the danger, a young woman had made a ritual, and a demon soon appears in front of them.

The door's open and Wesley and Gunn shows up and save the day. Cordelia don't remember Gunn, but surely remembers Wesley from Sunnydale. She's surprised to see him with one arm, and asks about Angel. He's the one that send them here, and sadly he's almost crazy, trapped with visions.

Even if he's dangerous, Cordelia wants to see him. He's only a shadow of the Angel she knew, living like a cloistered. Deeply touched, Cordelia came closer to him and kissed him. The kiss gave Cordelia her visions back. Skip reappeared and told her there might be a solution to keep her alive : being half demon. A bit afraid but determined Cordelia accepts and returns to her body.

Cordelia finally opened her eyes to the great joy of the gang. Then she's hit by another vision, but no one noticed it as it wasn't painful at all. Cordy was floating in the air.


Director
Michael Grossman

Writer
Mere Smith

Regular cast
David Boreanaz .... Angel/Angelus
Charisma Carpenter .... Cordelia Chase
Alexis Denisof .... Wesley Wyndam-Pryce
J. August Richards .... Charles Gunn
Amy Acker .... Winifred "Fred" Burkle

Guests
Andy Hallett .... Lorne
David Denman .... Skip

Air date
14 January 2002

Did you know that?
David Greenwalt and Marti Noxon sing the Cordy theme song.

Quotes
CORDELIA:
Shh, Angel, it's okay. Everything is gonna be okay.
ANGEL: It was my fault. I was there. I couldn't do anything. There was nothing I could do.
CORDELIA: Everything is gonna be okay.
(Cordelia kisses Angel, and got her visions back.)
CORDELIA: I remember everything. The visions, they're mine.

English Birthday
French Anniversaire
German Die Qual der Wahl
Italian Buon compleanno Cordelia
Spanish Cumpleaños

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