[the phantom]

On the double-lynch business...

A Critic would be okay with supporting a double lynch, knowing that it was unlikely that the attempt would be successful. Remember, Fea and Agan were there with retractable votes to mess things up.

If Agan gets lynched and found innocent, Fea, in my mind, would still have been lynched the following day. Instead Fea got lynched, and today Agan would have been likely were it not for her role. Either way it was likely to work out the same, but it would've been much better to get Agan lynched first. And the only way for that to happen would be to support a double lynch and then have it get screwed up.

Because if we decide not to double lynch, who gets killed? Fea or Agan? Obviously Fea. The evidence was stronger.

And yet, wouldn't it also be a golden opportunity for a Critic to earn trust by supporting the killing of Fea while not supporting the slaying of Agan? If they could get on Agan's side, they would look awfully good. They could logically point out that the evidence pointed more at Fea, and no one would suspect them for it, for it was true.

So the question is, did the Critics decide to play the numbers game with the lynch, or decide to play the trust card and support Agan?

As far as Walter goes, he would not like two potential Critics to be lynched. So perhaps he opposed the double. But, he should have known that if both indeed were Critics, it was extremely unlikely that they'd allow themselves to be double lynched with their retractable votes in their hands. So he could have very safely been a huge supporter of offing two Critics, knowing that it was unlikely that it would come to pass.