G-Force Defector, Zark and getting Jason into hot water

I just watched the episode G-Force Defector and was raised to outrage on Jason's behalf.

Zark certainly left him twisting in the wind - and I'm rather astonished Jason didn't go after the tin can with a shuriken!!

This was one time when the scriptwriters really completely lost the plot!

Zark knew Jason had been involved in an accident that had injured a member of the public, and yet didn't advise Anderson. Now, you think that if a member of the team was involved in an accident that Anderson should have been the first to be contacted.

But no - Zark preferred to say nothing and just let Jason get all the shit from both Anderson and Mark.

No wonder Jason's a little surly about the whole thing - apart from his own injuries (and let's not beat about the bush here - he got injuries regardless of how little we are informed about them and how little Zark thought of them) he would reasonably have expected their "guardian" robot to tell the boss what was up - and then finds out that didn't happen.

I would have snitched on the robot myself!

Zark really does seem to have it in for Jason!

OK - Condor protection rant over!

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I had always assumed, probably incorrectly that Jason had ASKED Zark not to report on him.

As for Don and the implants, it has been a while since I have watched this BOTP version, but is it possible that Spectra did not KNOW that Don was implanted? That is what I used in my AU to explain the situation.

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I think I read that fic.

'The Complainer is Always Wrong' is the trope invoked for the character of Jason. We're supposed to be good little followers, trusting the people in charge and never asking questions. (And then we see in the news just why this is not always a good idea....)

I did watch that episode, and I don't recall any hint that Jason asked Zark not to report the accident.

Since that's the only episode (as far as I know) with Don Wade, there's a lot left unsaid. Why he left G-Force, and how he came to hate the team, is never explained. Nor how he managed to disappear completely (given the way Zark watches everyone). And if he told the Spectrans everything he knew about G-Force (real names, addresses, and so forth).

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Of course as a kid I idolized Princess and wanted to be her, but in my mind she always ended up with Mark. I remember feeling sorry for Jason, as if he got handed a raw deal. Certainly I never bought what Zark was saying about his being 'wrong' so often.

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I've got to go rewatch the episode.

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