The Town of Odyssey

I was listening to Malachi's Message earlier and the thought came to me, why couldn't Eugene run J&Js?

Eugene would cause all the customers never to come back, and his name starts with an 'E'

31899

Jack and Joanne don't exist anymore. Remember?

(Hopefully we'll see them again)

I meant in that show. He was looking for a job.

Because geeks don't care about things that are old, they care about things that are new.

I don't know. Plot device, perhaps? Plus, as 31899 said, he would scare all the little old ladies and gentlemen away. And that's not good. Also, he would be way way over Jack and Joanne's heads and try to "update" the shop like he did in "Connie". Remember the first part of Wrapped Around your Finger?

He would BURN all the old comic books just to be a jerk because they aren't educational enough.

Jacob Isom wrote:Jack and Joanne don't exist anymore. Remember?

(Hopefully we'll see them again)

Except Jack was in the Passages episodes... And he'll be in future Passages episodes. So he does exist...

Gandalf wrote:

Jacob Isom wrote:Jack and Joanne don't exist anymore. Remember?

(Hopefully we'll see them again)

Except Jack was in the Passages episodes... And he'll be in future Passages episodes. So he does exist...

But they haven't said that they are for sure going to make any more Passages episodes. If I remember right, Paul McCusker said on the Official Podcast (or the Unofficial maybe, I don't remember) that they might, but they might not. So Jack may not be around anymore. I certainly hope not though.

Eugene is not a people person so I don't think he could run it. Maybe Jason and Whit could run it. J&J. Whit was an archeologist and Jason could help out just to keep the J&J.

Boswell wrote:Because geeks don't care about things that are old, they care about things that are new.

I have to contest this one. There are lots of geeks who are utterly devoted to "old" things.

Granted, I don't think that Eugene is one of them. Even if he could get into it, though, the job just wouldn't be a good fit for him.

I think Eugene could have run J&J's, but why would he? I'm sure he couldn't afford to buy the shop, and if I were him I'd probably rather wait until I could find a more fitting job.

True, Eugene's father was an archeologist and Eugene has stated he knows a little about it but I don't see Eugene running an antique store.

Based on what we know about Eugene, I don't think he'd WANT to run an antique store.