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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cthulhudrew" data-source="post: 1562221" data-attributes="member: 4090">I'm watching Angel again right now (flipping back and forth between American Idol), and I'm more convinced than ever that Lorne initiated the Lindsey killing on his own.In the "pre-battle" scene, when they are all making plans, Angel turns to Lorne, who responds by saying he's not much for the physical stuff, and that he's the weak link. Angel seems sort of exasperated and tells him he just needs him to back up Lindsey. At which point they all go into the whole "I can't believe you brought him in" stuff. It seems odd to me that Angel would try and hide the fact that he assigned Lorne to be an assassin at that point. All the cards are on the table at this point, it doesn't seem logical to me that they wouldn't just come out with it all. Not to mention that their acting doesn't seem to indicate any subtext. Especially after the commercial, when Lorne tells Angel not to come looking for him. Angel looks bewildered, hardly the reaction I think he'd have if he knew Lorne was going to kill Lindsey.Now, I know that the actors may not be playing all the beats exactly spot on(especially if the episode was shot out of sequence like they usually do), and I know that maybe there were things said "between" scenes, but I think- am convinced- that Lorne initiated the killing because he couldn't stand to make compromises any more, and wasn't willing to let Lindsey live.</blockquote>