▁tell ▁Gene ▁that ▁things ▁need ▁to ▁keep ▁moving ▁on , ▁otherwise ▁it ▁wouldn ' t ▁be ▁interesting . ▁As ▁Gene ▁goes ▁to ▁get ▁some ▁be er , ▁the ▁Host ▁tells ▁Angel ▁that ▁this ▁is ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁in ▁a ▁long ▁time ▁that ▁he ▁is ▁connecting ▁with ▁someone . ▁Angel ▁reflect s ▁on ▁how ▁he ▁treated ▁his ▁team , ▁and ▁feels ▁bad ▁knowing ▁he ▁left ▁them ▁out ▁in ▁the ▁cold . ▁At ▁their ▁new ▁office , ▁Wes ley , ▁Cord elia ▁and ▁G unn ▁party ▁in ▁celebr ation ▁of ▁their ▁success ▁until ▁a ▁man ▁shows ▁up ▁in ▁need ▁of ▁their ▁services . ▁ ▁Arc ▁Sign ific ance ▁Angel ▁reve als ▁to ▁the ▁Host ▁that ▁he ▁fired ▁his ▁team ▁and ▁cut ▁off ▁all ▁t ies ▁to ▁keep ▁them ▁away ▁from ▁consequences ▁they ▁couldn ' t ▁handle ▁( like ▁forcing ▁them ▁to ▁do ▁terrible ▁things ▁to ▁destroy ▁Wol fram ▁& ▁Hart ▁with ▁them ), ▁even ▁if ▁it ▁meant ▁mist re ating ▁them ▁and ▁manip ulating ▁them ▁into ▁thinking ▁he ' d ▁kill ▁them ▁if ▁he ▁didn ' t ▁give ▁them ▁the ▁book . ▁He ▁preferred ▁they ▁hate ▁him ▁and ▁feel ▁bet rayed ▁since ▁he ▁had ▁no ▁plans ▁to ▁come ▁back ▁after ▁dying ▁to ▁stop ▁Wol fram ▁& ▁Hart . ▁When ▁he ▁later ▁sees ▁the ▁error ▁of ▁his ▁ways ▁and ▁does ▁come ▁back ▁and ▁reve als ▁his ▁true ▁mot ives ▁for ▁the ▁way ▁he ▁treated ▁them , ▁he ▁had ▁to ▁work ▁as ▁a ▁sub ordinate ▁to ▁ear n ▁their ▁trust . ▁Even ▁though ▁they ▁knew ▁he ▁was