The big thing for me is Mitchell chasing after Lorne when he gets up and excuses himself--initially he sort of demands an explanation for Lorne daring to say no.
It was my impression he seemed to take Lorne's agreement as a foregone conclusion despite how vague the message he and Sheppard were sending actually was. (It was clear they were revealing themselves as a couple, of course, but what exactly they expected from Lorne wasn't spelled out at first.) The two of them calling the shots when socializing together with that end in mind had the feel of being an extension of Lorne's subordinate position to them both at work, in a way that it wouldn't have if the couple being the aggressors weren't also kinda-sorta his bosses.
It becomes apparent as Mitchell goes on that he (via Sheppard) is aware Lorne's been throwing appreciative looks toward the latter a long time, but unaware of how muddled the invitation they gave actually was. He seems to have forgotten that Lorne wasn't actually in on the conversation wherein he and Sheppard decided they wanted to do this.
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It was my impression he seemed to take Lorne's agreement as a foregone conclusion despite how vague the message he and Sheppard were sending actually was. (It was clear they were revealing themselves as a couple, of course, but what exactly they expected from Lorne wasn't spelled out at first.) The two of them calling the shots when socializing together with that end in mind had the feel of being an extension of Lorne's subordinate position to them both at work, in a way that it wouldn't have if the couple being the aggressors weren't also kinda-sorta his bosses.
It becomes apparent as Mitchell goes on that he (via Sheppard) is aware Lorne's been throwing appreciative looks toward the latter a long time, but unaware of how muddled the invitation they gave actually was. He seems to have forgotten that Lorne wasn't actually in on the conversation wherein he and Sheppard decided they wanted to do this.