Pancho and Lefty

### Synopsis

The coterie travel to Anaheim and put their lives on the line to make a breakthrough in the diablerie case.

### Next

Exit Stage Left

**"Pancho and Lefty"** is the fourth episode of the first season of Spectre and the fourth episode of the series altogether.

## Starring

* Joseph Rose-Price
* Kamila Mansouri
* Vittoria Giovanni
* Harland MacArthur
* Bobby Brown
* Saoirse Holsten
* S. Michael Drevin
* Elisa Dujardin
* Jocelyn Eisner
* J. R. Jefferson
* Lefty Mancini

## Summary

### Teaser

We begin the episode late on October 30th, slowly turning to the early hours of the 31st. With a short narration detailing the coterie's goals for the night we slowly pan over to the episode's first act as it opens back in the office of Harland MacArthur for a rundown on the excursion behind enemy lines that's about to take place to the song *'Pancho and Lefty'* by Townes Van Zandt.

### Act I

In Harland's office, he describes to the coterie how they'll be provided with a rental car (which turns out to be a '59 Chevrolet Impala) so that their license plates aren't tracked into Anaheim by anyone working for Rodriguez or another party. Harland tells them that he's sent them over the GPS coordinates for the Stage Door Repertory Theatre as well as a bar called Uncle Ricky's where he believes that culprit might have visited after the incident at the theatre, he also gives them a cooler filled with blood bags since they "might not want to stop and talk to too many people" in Anaheim. As Joseph is a Ventrue and unable to feed on bagged blood he requests to feed at Harland's Elysium but is denied. The coterie leave the building but before getting into the car Joseph declares that he needs to feed before they head to Anaheim. Deciding on the nearby Target as a feeding location Kamila and Vittoria both grab one of the blood bags, hiding them in their bags to drink in the bathroom, as they make their way to the store. Kamila gushes about Target and the "cute displays" they have at the front of the store, asking Joseph if he's been to Target or Walmart before. Once inside Kamila and Vivi head to the bathrooms to drink their blood bags while Joseph picks out a target, a man who we would later know as Bobby Brown, and convinces him to follow him to the disabled toilet where he feeds on him. Unbeknownst to Kamila and Vivi, the blood bags they consumed had been filled with Harland MacArthur's blood, beginning the process of blood bonding them to the Toreador Baron and warping their feelings towards him. In a panic Kamila sends a text message to Benny Espinoza asking him if he knows what being blood bound feels like and tries to hurry everyone else back to the car after meeting back up. Benny replies as they're walking, in disbelief at the suggestion that some of them might have been blood bound. Using thaumaturgy, Kamila inspects the contents of the blood bags and determines that is is indeed the blood of another kindred and replies to Benny's text to tell him that she believes the blood belongs to Harland. Back in the car, Kamila raises the issue by asking Vivi if she feels any different and Joseph becomes suspicious about what's going on. Kamila confirms that there was kindred blood in the bags and that she's beginning to feel differently towards Harland, meaning it almost certainly belonged to him. Vittoria admits that she also drank a whole bag, commenting that it tasted good at least, leaving Joseph bemused. Kamila tries to explain to Vivi how blood bonding works and why it's a bad thing to be blood bound, using ghouls as an example.

## Trivia

* This episode gets its title from the 1972 song by Townes Van Zandt, and takes place in the evening of October 30th, going on into the early hours of October 31st 2022.

## Memorable Quotes

"*Can you kill yourself in front of me?*"
―Saoirse Holsten, to Vittoria Giovanni[src]