Part of this may be my interpretation of my gut reaction to the scene, which was that Jonathan's accusation was sudden, if explainable by mistrust and adrenaline.
Yes, LuthorCorp has enemies-- about a million of them. There are always enemies mor e currently irritated than others. (And if he had done that, why not turn that man over to the police? And even if he *had* tracked down the man who hired the intruders, why would that man give him the cell phone number? It doesn't make any sense.) Now we're totally off in theory land, about a what if of a what if. Just for giggles though, the enemy he found could have been the man in the building himself, not a hiree. And how would Jonathan know what Lex has and has not told the police? The pol ice aren't talking to Jonathan. Only to Lex.
We have to look at what Jonathan knows. He knows that Lionel recently bugged Lex's office. Does he? I need to rewatch this episode, but I think Jonathan cut Clark off when he was trying to tell him abo ut it.
1) Lex has the intruders' cell number. I don't think Jonathan saw Lex dial the cellphone or pick it up, Lex is probably savvy enough to do that out of sight of Jonathan. And there was way too much noise to prove or disprove that the phone ra ng. (2) There's really no likely way for Lex to have that number unless he if he had it before the incident occurred. If the intruders had wanted to negotiate with Lex instead of the police, why wouldn't they have just demanded that the police put * Lex on the phone?* They didn't want whatever they said to Lex to be recorded by the police. Calling him on his cell allows them a possible escape from the police, and money. Had they survived, they could have gotten 2 million dollars out of that p ho ne call. (3) Lex *has no* explanation. Don't tell me "Oh, Jonathan wouldn't have listened." If Lex had said "They called me, jackass," that would have been a perfectly good explanation. But he offers nothing. No defense. He has no defense.
Le x * can't* tell Jonathan the truth. For a lot of reasons.
Did Jonathan judge Lex's behavior accurately? I think not. I don't know what Jonathan thought Lex's connection to the kidnappers was, but I sure don't think he thought it was a bug planting missio n gone bad. What really bothers me about J is that even had he known, he wouldn't have cared. He can see shades of gray when asking his son to break into medical labs, but not when trying to save the jobs and mortgages of Smallville. If he he knew the tru th, h e would still be pissed at Lex for endangering his wife, as if breaking into medical facilities and damaging test equipment couldn't have had pretty serious repurcussions. What if someone's cancer tests had been damaged or something? What if Clark h ad had to knock out someone and had knocked them a little too hard?
The Kents and the Luthors are both constantly lying to one another, not to mention breaking the law.
Clark does understand and accept Lex's actions, but Jonathan doesn't try. Jonathan's distrust is pulling Lex and Clark apart, which irritates me. -Silverkyst
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Yes, LuthorCorp has enemies-- about a million of them.
There are always enemies mor e currently irritated than others.
(And if he had done that, why not turn that man over to the police? And even if he *had* tracked down the man who hired the intruders, why would that man give him the cell phone number? It doesn't make any sense.)
Now we're totally off in theory land, about a what if of a what if. Just for giggles though, the enemy he found could have been the man in the building himself, not a hiree. And how would Jonathan know what Lex has and has not told the police? The pol ice aren't talking to Jonathan. Only to Lex.
We have to look at what Jonathan knows. He knows that Lionel recently bugged Lex's office.
Does he? I need to rewatch this episode, but I think Jonathan cut Clark off when he was trying to tell him abo ut it.
1) Lex has the intruders' cell number.
I don't think Jonathan saw Lex dial the cellphone or pick it up, Lex is probably savvy enough to do that out of sight of Jonathan. And there was way too much noise to prove or disprove that the phone ra ng.
(2) There's really no likely way for Lex to have that number unless he if he had it before the incident occurred. If the intruders had wanted to negotiate with Lex instead of the police, why wouldn't they have just demanded that the police put * Lex on the phone?*
They didn't want whatever they said to Lex to be recorded by the police. Calling him on his cell allows them a possible escape from the police, and money. Had they survived, they could have gotten 2 million dollars out of that p ho ne call.
(3) Lex *has no* explanation. Don't tell me "Oh, Jonathan wouldn't have listened." If Lex had said "They called me, jackass," that would have been a perfectly good explanation. But he offers nothing. No defense. He has no defense.
Le x * can't* tell Jonathan the truth. For a lot of reasons.
Did Jonathan judge Lex's behavior accurately? I think not. I don't know what Jonathan thought Lex's connection to the kidnappers was, but I sure don't think he thought it was a bug planting missio n gone bad. What really bothers me about J is that even had he known, he wouldn't have cared. He can see shades of gray when asking his son to break into medical labs, but not when trying to save the jobs and mortgages of Smallville. If he he knew the tru th, h e would still be pissed at Lex for endangering his wife, as if breaking into medical facilities and damaging test equipment couldn't have had pretty serious repurcussions. What if someone's cancer tests had been damaged or something? What if Clark h ad had to knock out someone and had knocked them a little too hard?
The Kents and the Luthors are both constantly lying to one another, not to mention breaking the law.
Clark does understand and accept Lex's actions, but Jonathan doesn't try. Jonathan's distrust is pulling Lex and Clark apart, which irritates me.
-Silverkyst