"
Blood Money" is episode 12 of
season two in the television show
Angel, originally broadcast on the
WB network. In this episode, demon snitch
Merl reveals
Wolfram & Hart is scheming to steal money from contributions made to a shelter for runaways, prompting
Angel to investigate the shelter's owner,
Anne Steele. Meanwhile,
Cordelia,
Wesley, and
Gunn, still fighting demons on their own, decide to form their own detective/protection agency.
Plot
At Cordelia's apartment, Wesley and Gunn play the board game
Risk, until Cordelia tries to kick them out so she can sleep. They discuss plans to start their own company without Angel until Cordelia gets a vision about a large two-headed, fire-breathing demon. Angel bumps into a woman who runs a teen center. At the hotel, Angel reveals that he took her wallet and has dozens of pictures of the woman, including shots of her with Lindsey. Wesley and Gunn slowly approach the demon in the sewers and find themselves in over their heads with the 20-foot demon.
Angel confronts Merl in his apartment, demanding information about Anne, the woman running the shelter. She's connected to Wolfram & Hart but despite a couple of name changes in the past the woman herself is clean, so Angel visits the shelter and talks to her. Anne raves about Wolfram & Hart's help with the shelter and the plans for a charity fundraiser named the Highway Robbery Ball to gather money with the help of celebrities. A large demon named Boone confronts...
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