Tess's "high" opinion of Lois

[Khyla]

Tess's high opinion of Lois :lol:

Clark: Why would she give you a raise?

Lois: Because I'm Me. Hello!

This just cracked me up :lol: because that's not why Tess gave her a raise. Lois was not herself. She was somebody else. She wasn't Lois!


When Clark went into Tess' office. Tess says: "I shouldn't have underestimated Lois."

He responds with: "So you did see Lois yesterday." confirming his hunch that there was more to this raise than Lois' boastful statement.

What's even funnier, or sad, is how Tess further expands on this:
" ... Just when I thought she couldn't get an interesting bone in her body,* ..... she started going on about some Kryptonian spacecraft carrying someone called Kal-El..."

* yeh, that's a real high opinion of Lois right there! :rolleyes:

I get the impression Tess has had no respect for Lois whatsoever, until this recent discovery that she may have alien connections.:\

Any thoughts?

[DontCha]

Yeah, that was kinda obvious, I dont think us Lois fans are thinking she got it because she was Lois, its because tess wants to keep an eye on her

I'm rather glad Lois didnt get a raise from tess when she was actually 100% herself because in order for Lois to get that raise she would have to be stooping to tess' cold level somehow in order to gain that kind of "respect" from her. She saw Faora Lois kill a man, be cold and hard and supersped away, so she gained some sort of respect for "Lois" as well as her wanting to get more information from her because of the alien connections.

but I agree her line "because I'm ME, hello?" was funny lol

[baltazor]

^^ It was hilarious. And the way she went about Clark's skills with the copying machine....

[wattowatta]

It's a case of keeping your friends close, and your enemies closer.

Tess knows that Lois was not herself when she spoke with her; she knows that the crystal is extra-terrestrial; she knows that Kryptonite causes weird stuff to happen to humans and she's continuing the work that Lex started by assembling a team of meteor freaks under her command, for her own purposes; she knows that there is a Kal-El from Krypton running around on Earth thanks to Faora; and she knows that Clark is linked to Lex's dissappearance in some way. She just doesn't have a big enough viewpoint right now to put it all together, and she knows that she doesn't know that.

So, in the meantime, she's keeping them happy and close-by so she can keep an eye on them. For Lois, that means a pay raise, and for Clark, that means playing the "I want to trust you" game. When/If she finds out, all hell will break loose.

[old guy]

It's a case of keeping your friends close, and your enemies closer.

So, in the meantime, she's keeping them happy and close-by so she can keep an eye on them. For Lois, that means a pay raise, and for Clark, that means playing the "I want to trust you" game. When/If she finds out, all hell will break loose.

Besides playing the "I want to trust you" angle to keep Clark around, a page taken directly from the Lex playbook, somehow I get the impression that Tess would even resort to more "intimate" meetings with Clark if she thought it would keep Clark nearby. I wouldn't expect Clark to accept the offer (actually I'd be really disappointed in Clark if he did), but you never know when Tess may develop "another itch" when Clark is conveniently there.

[Khyla]

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I'm rather glad Lois didnt get a raise from tess when she was actually 100% herself because in order for Lois to get that raise she would have to be stooping to tess' cold level somehow in order to gain that kind of "respect" from her. She saw Faora Lois kill a man, be cold and hard and supersped away, so she gained some sort of respect for "Lois" as well as her wanting to get more information from her because of the alien connections.

hmmmm..... I haven't seen Clark or Chloe "stooping to Tess' cold level", at least not yet. Still, they have also gained her respect and curiosity. But then as you describe, it seems like she gave her that raise almost out of fear as much as respect.

And Lois, blatantly accepting this raise without question or wondering if this means Tess is gonna want something for it, concerns me.

[abbaspice1]

hmmmm..... I haven't seen Clark or Chloe "stooping to Tess' cold level", at least not yet. Still, they have also gained her respect and curiosity. But then as you describe, it seems like she gave her that raise almost out of fear as much as respect.

And Lois, blatantly accepting this raise without question or wondering if this means Tess is gonna want something for it, concerns me.

Um, most people don't question their raises. They question when they DON'T get a raise.

[individuall]

hmmmm..... I haven't seen Clark or Chloe "stooping to Tess' cold level", at least not yet. Still, they have also gained her respect and curiosity. But then as you describe, it seems like she gave her that raise almost out of fear as much as respect.

And Lois, blatantly accepting this raise without question or wondering if this means Tess is gonna want something for it, concerns me.

Well, I don't know if killing that guy had anything to do with Tess' new interest in Lois... She wants something from both Clark and Chloe...She believes Clark knows where Lex is and what happened to him so she is trying to manipulate Clark into telling her by gaining his trust...And she's interested in Chloe because of her hacking skills/brainiac power...So again she's trying to gain Chloe's trust...Not working very well though...Which is a good thing...But she's doing all this all for personal gain, obviously...Lois, well Faora/Lois gave her valuable information on Kryptonians...The second time I believe she's heard that term...And therefore she knows Lois could be useful to her...So she gave her a raise for spilling some information... There is my 2 cents on the issue... As for Lois not questioning the raise I answered that in another thread and am too lazy to do it again :p LOL.

[Billy Jor-El]

How much of Lex's info does Tess have? If all of it, then certainly she's fairly aware of aliens, Krypton, Kal-El, etc., even if she isn't sure what it all means. She's likely hoping that Lois will remember what she said about it all now that she's herself again. Agreed, keeping your enemies closer. She also said she wouldn't fire Clark; I think she's as suspicious of him as Lex was/is. As a copy boy Clark could be photocopying his butt and she would keep him on staff. I don't think she suspects Clark knows about Lex's disappearance...she's certain of it.

[DontCha]

hmmmm..... I haven't seen Clark or Chloe "stooping to Tess' cold level", at least not yet. Still, they have also gained her respect and curiosity. But then as you describe, it seems like she gave her that raise almost out of fear as much as respect.


And Lois, blatantly accepting this raise without question or wondering if this means Tess is gonna want something for it, concerns me.

you never know, Lois may question it later after its sunk in that she actually got a raise.

Clark gained tess' respect because he saved her life and she knows clark is linked in with this Kryptonian crystal business.

Chloe has become slightly colder this season and more savvy because she is harbouring brainiac. I think this coldness has come off very clearly around tess since their very first meeting.

Lois, has now been cold towards her, and has become linked with this kryptonian crystal business and so she's given her a raise.

I dont think she liked Lois from the offset because mainly she is unpredictable and more importantly uncontrolable, She is not easily manipulated as Tess learned in Identity. And so tess cannot crack her. Tess cannot crack chloe either, but Lois unlike chloe, is working for Tess, so i think it annoys her all the more that she has Lois working for her but she cannot control her.

She also showed some respect twards Lois in Toxic when she asked her to take the story and she has been printing Lois' stories.

[individuall]

ITA. Billy Jor-El Exactly..But in 'Instinct' she said she didn't believe in Aliens...She was having trouble hacking into/sorting through Lex's files because the passwords were of different constellations I believe...So she doesn't have that info yet, to my knowledge..

[Mr.Magic]

I get the impression Tess has had no respect for Lois whatsoever, until this recent discovery that she may have alien connections.:\

Any thoughts?

I disagree. I think Tess feels threatened by Lois, and that's why she talks badly about her.

[DontCha]

yes I agree Mr Magic, She is threatened by Lois, because she is so unpredictable and uncontrolable. And she's working for Tess. Lois is right under her nose but Tess cannot get under her skin nor can she manipulate her. For someone as manipulative as Tess it must be so irritating and belittling to have someone as potentially strong as Lois in your grasp and be totally unable to control her or trick her for your own purposes.

She thought she had Lois under control in Toxic, she thought she had her under control in Identity and both times Lois outdid her. Tess thinks she has her under control again in Bloodline, lets wait and see what lois actually does.

[Black Panda]

Because I'm Me. Hello![/B]

This just cracked me up :lol: because that's not why Tess gave her a raise. Lois was not herself. She was somebody else. She wasn't Lois!
Yes, it's blatantly ridiculous. I enjoyed that.



I get the impression Tess has had no respect for Lois whatsoever, until this recent discovery that she may have alien connections.:
Well, I don't think this indicates she has any high respect for her now either, she's just interested what she might learn by keeping Lois close.


you never know, Lois may question it later after its sunk in that she actually got a raise.
Don't hold your breath.

[Kalista]

Nice catch Khyla. Tess is only interested in personal gain and she is manipulating the said character to obtain more information.

Clark's reaction to the news of her raise cracks me up. Alot of people describe Clark as being slow on the uptake but even he knew something wasn't right. LOL

[ginevrakent]

Nice catch Khyla. Tess is only interested in personal gain and she is manipulating the said character to obtain more information.

Clark's reaction to the news of her raise cracks me up. Alot of people describe Clark as being slow on the uptake but even he knew something wasn't right. LOL

What was so funny about Clark's reaction? Serious question. Ordinarily, I don't think he would be that shocked if Lois were to receive a raise. It was the fact that it happened just a day after he knew that she had been MIA as Faora that made him question it, and not Lois' skills as a journalist.

Nonetheless, it's interesting to see a few people patting themselves on the back for getting the joke about the "Because I'm me. Hello" line. It was written to be funny because it was supposed to show us how oblivious Lois was to what had happened her the day before when she was so clearly not herself. That's it.

[Kalista]

I'm glad that Clark didn't try to make her feel foolish for not questioning the raise. Instead of berating her, he tried to get her to think a little. Yet another example of Clark being forced to ask the obvious questions.

[Jade4813]

hmmmm..... I haven't seen Clark or Chloe "stooping to Tess' cold level", at least not yet. Still, they have also gained her respect and curiosity. But then as you describe, it seems like she gave her that raise almost out of fear as much as respect.

But do either Clark or Chloe have Tess' respect? I can see the curiosity, and I certainly see her machinations - she obviously thinks Chloe can do something for her and she wants Clark's info on Lex. I just don't know that I see "respect." The only person I've seen Tess respect thus far has been Lex.

JMHO.

----- Added 2 Minutes later -----


She saw Faora Lois kill a man, be cold and hard ...

Here's my question. I assumed that Faora had killed the archives guy, but then what happened after that? If Faora killed teh guy, who cleaned up after? Lois doesn't seem to be under investigation. Did Tess?

That would be interesting.

[DontCha]

Don't hold your breath.

oh I wont, but if this follows what happened in Toxic and Identity when it comes to Tess thinking she's successfuly manipulating Lois, i think she'll be in for a rude awakening, Lois will outdo her..again:rolleyes:

[Storm45]

What was so funny about Clark's reaction? Serious question. Ordinarily, I don't think he would be that shocked if Lois were to receive a raise. It was the fact that it happened just a day after he knew that she had been MIA as Faora that made him question it, and not Lois' skills as a journalist.

I thought he's reaction was funny. Simply because from Lois's POV (Someone not in the know) it could be perceived as Clark thinking Lois doesn't deserve the raise.

[JNottle]

I laughed after his suspicions where confirmed he put up his 20+ brick walls around his secret because he was probably expecting her to ask him questions.

Really, hallucinating? That's as bad as Chloe's bird flying through the window.

It was funny when Clark said "If you wanna fire me Miss. Mercer go ahead." because it showed her that Clark can't be manipulated by his job and you could see that she changed routes after that.

It will be funny to see how it plays out though, they both know that Clark has information on Lex so she will have to gain his trust, perhaps that's why she's helping Lana in Power?

[Sv.LoisLane]

Oh, no! Another Lois bashing thread :rolleyes:

[Carito_2p]

Mmmm I agree with you Sv.LoisLane there are so many haters of Lois in this forum. I'm sad...

And now about the "Because, I'm ME!" Line, it's was meant to be funny!! Because that's the way Lois is, and she obviously was trying to see the raise as a benefit, cause to given horse... She was aware and didn't see a reason behind her raise but way should she declined it??
She was being a smarty pants to Clark like always!

People critic Lois in every way for her job at the daily planet. But I find it more bizarre that Clark get hired with no studies or experience at all.

[WickedJenn]

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[Dobson]

Well, without the raise you would have had Lois living at the farm with Clark. The writers got her to the farm so she be there to get into the PZ, then they gave her a raise as a way to get her to move to the city.

[Iluvgreen]

Thats kinda true... but you know, she did think that she was cool enough to steel her crystal...