Yes, I know it was a show of decency. Which was utterly wasted on Jonathan who immediately accuses Lex of being in collusion with the kidnappers.

You know, Jonathan has been unreasonable in the past, but overhearing Lex *giving orders to the kidnappers* and then jumping to the conclusion that Lex actually had some connection to them? That's about the most reasonable conclusion Jonathan's ever jumped to. How would Lex even have the phone number of the people inside the building if he wasn't connected with them in some way? *snort* Lex totally knew he was caught; he didn't even try to deny it. It's too bad, too; they'd really been kind of okay with each other this season, but now Lex is burning his bridges all over the place. *sniffle*