Angel, Season 2

Lindsey:
How-how do you expect us to succeed when you handcuff us with these idiotic rules protecting Angel?

[Lilah casually edges a couple of steps away from Lindsey.]

Nathan:
I'm sorry. Did you say something?

Lindsey:
Angel is an obstacle to everything that we do. Give me one good reason why we can't just kill him!

[Nathan steps up close to Lindsey.]

Nathan:
Because Angel is a major player.

Lilah:
In business?

Nathan:
In the apocalypse.

Lilah:
Oh. That.

Nathan:
The prophecies all agree that when the final battle is waged, he plays a key role.

Lindsey:
Good for him.

Nathan:
Which side he's on is the gray area, and we're gonna continue making it as gray as possible.

Lilah:
Works for me.

Nathan:
Until then, his growing obsession with the two of you, the increasing possibility that to scratch that itch, he'll go so far as to kill you... Well, that could actually play in the firm's favor.

[Lilah stares at him with a frown.]

Nathan:
It would be a sign that Angel is on the path to joining our team. And as hard as it is to lose good attorneys, well the truth is - you are both expendable.

[Smiles at them, then turns dead serious.]

Nathan:
Angel isn't.