What would be Jasmine's plans with Angelus if season 4 was more planned out?

[slayer730]

I think its safe to say that while The Beast, Angelus, and Jasmine all were entertaining as individual arcs, they didn't truly come together in a way that felt they were ever intentionally meant to be connected. With the gift of hindsight and knowing what Jasmine's eventual endgame is, I was wondering what you guys think a more legitimate reason would be for Jasmine to unleash Angelus and be inline with her ultimate plan. The show makes it seems like Angelus (and The Beast) are just huge distractions but there are easily less flashier ways to distract.

 

[DarkWesley]

It was designed to keep Angel Investigations off balance while Jasmine gestated inside of Cordy.

 

[AlphaFoxtrot]

Well, you see, when you have a carefully crafted plan that stretches back almost ten thousand years, sometimes success of said plan relies on distracting the gang for a few weeks chasing after nothing.

But in a more practical sense, Angelus isn't the Vampire with a soul. Depriving the apocalypse of that actor is a great blow to both sides. Besides, if you are going to go through the trouble of murdering Lord Ra, raising the most powerful extant Vampire in Angelus to raise an army of the Undead and war against humanity in the darkness never ending seems like a good second step.