Hmm, reading some of these other comments has made me think a bit. I hope this makes sense, but I get all muddled thinking about it all!
I've often thought the whole "only Angelus can remember the Beast" thing was the result of an implanted fake memory, as opposed to a real memory that remained in Angelus's head following a dimensional mind-wipe. It would have been a lot easier to implant one bogus memory and then instruct The Beast to use Angelus' name to sort of get the ball rolling. So basically I agree with your theory...that it was all a big, elaborate scheme designed to get them to remove Angel's soul. Once the gang realized it was all a wild goose chase - too late! Soul already went bye-bye!
I wonder if the reason Jasmine was so gung-ho about releasing Angelus was because she knew he'd go after the people he loved the most FIRST. So then, naturally, he would end up taking Connor out. That would eliminate the only person on Earth who could actually kill her. Other than that, I've got nothing! :)
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I've often thought the whole "only Angelus can remember the Beast" thing was the result of an implanted fake memory, as opposed to a real memory that remained in Angelus's head following a dimensional mind-wipe. It would have been a lot easier to implant one bogus memory and then instruct The Beast to use Angelus' name to sort of get the ball rolling. So basically I agree with your theory...that it was all a big, elaborate scheme designed to get them to remove Angel's soul. Once the gang realized it was all a wild goose chase - too late! Soul already went bye-bye!
I wonder if the reason Jasmine was so gung-ho about releasing Angelus was because she knew he'd go after the people he loved the most FIRST. So then, naturally, he would end up taking Connor out. That would eliminate the only person on Earth who could actually kill her. Other than that, I've got nothing! :)