I'm not sure about Jason. He's on Lex's payroll now, isn't he? But I don't know how it pays or if he's even been working for Lex long enough to get a paycheck. He might have just charged it. Considering his family background, Jason may well have a serious credit line.
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Calli - Feb 24, 2005 8:28:55 am PST #9875 of 10000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
§ ita § - Feb 24, 2005 8:31:18 am PST #9876 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jason may well have a serious credit line
I thought he took the job at the high school because he got cut off.
It was weird -- like he left Lana's apartment that morning, and called her from Shanghai at noon, no worries.
Calli - Feb 24, 2005 8:34:06 am PST #9877 of 10000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I thought he took the job at the high school because he got cut off.
"Cut off" is kinda vague, though. He could have had his income cut off and had the sense to get a job rather than live on his own credit cards until they were maxed out. Or it could be he lost all access to funds -- real and credit-- and this is just more of SV's famous continuity.
§ ita § - Feb 24, 2005 8:35:32 am PST #9878 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Cut off is my vagueness in statement, not theirs. What I took from the ep was that he was left to fend on his own. They didn't state losing the credit cards -- it's just part of the 'TV financial abandonment' package default in my head.
Calli - Feb 24, 2005 9:37:31 am PST #9879 of 10000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I seem to remember Jason's fiscal situation being described about as vaguely as "cut off". Although my memory is hindered by the fact that I'm attempting crochet during the show and watching with other folks, and sometimes our mocking can get in the way of catching every word.
sumi - Feb 24, 2005 10:16:45 am PST #9880 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
I think that Lex must have paid Jason's way. I have no idea how Lana and Clark got there. Boy, those Kansas farm boy allowances must be bigger than I realized.
It was a fun episode. Very amusing. I thought that the person that Swann said had the stone was the Margot Kidder character.
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§ ita § - Feb 24, 2005 11:19:11 am PST #9881 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think that Lex must have paid Jason's way
How could Jason sneak off to Shanghai with Lex paying his way?
Polter-Cow - Feb 24, 2005 11:26:43 am PST #9882 of 10000
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Jason killed a guy and stole his money.
Hey, it could happen.
Calli - Feb 24, 2005 11:27:49 am PST #9883 of 10000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Maybe Jason has had a night job as a male stripper for a while and paid for his flight via tips.
sumi - Feb 24, 2005 12:26:07 pm PST #9884 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
Maybe Jason's job as a researcher for Lex includes enough travel money that he could do that.