Back in the mall, Skip asks whether Cordy's ever felt as if she forgot to do something like turn the oven off, or call someone back. He says, "More to the point, have you ever felt that way about your acting career?" Buh? Like she forgot about it? The teaser says no. Skip leads Cordy over to another alcove, and another collection of TV sets showing clips from past episodes. In this case, it's "City Of," and onscreen, we see Cordy at the party where she ran into Angel. Skip notes that Cordy's life changed that night. While drawing on the screen in the style of a color commentator, Skip proposes, "What if this guy, who happens to be a very powerful talent agent, flanked you and drew you off-sides? What would happen then?" "I'd score a touchdown?" Cordy wonders. Skip says, "Metaphorically speaking, heck yeah." Skip then speechifies that everyone has a connection to TPTB, and that we all know our purpose in the world. It's not really clear whether those are the same thing or not. Skip tells Cordy that she was meant to be "an incredibly famous and wealthy actress." Notice he doesn't say "talented." He says that TPTB can make her so-called destiny a reality, which leads Cordy to ask if they can turn back time. Skip says, "They don't go for that. Much." Are they trying to get me to link to every episode ever in one recap? This is bordering on continuity porn. Skip says that they'll overwrite history so that from now on, Cordy will live the life she should have had. Cordy mutters, "But no Angel?" and I sigh heavily. Skip firmly tells Cordy that she can do this, or go back into her body and wait to die. Cordy worries that if she accepts Skip's offer, Angel won't rescue the girl in her vision. Skip looks vexed, and leads Cordy through a wall and into....

...The Conduit's waiting room. Cordy's just in time to hear Angel yelling that Cordy is "a rich girl from Sunnydale who likes to play superhero! She doesn't have what it takes to do this!" The Conduit mutters, and Angel shouts, "Stop whispering and listen to me! Dammit!" Bwah ha ha! That's just a funny line. I don't know why. "Stop whispering!" Heh. Cordy, naturally, is hurt to hear Angel talking about her that way, and by "naturally" I mean...oh, who cares any more? Are TPTB manipulating her, or is it just the writers? Does it matter? Cordy quickly asks Skip if they can leave, and they vanish before Angel whines that Cordy might be in pain. He snuffles, "I'm more afraid of her dying than she is." Well, yeah, because she's unconscious. He adds, "What is that?" Is he talking to himself about what he just said? That's worse than Cordy talking to people who can't hear her.