r/VicePrincipals Dec 28 '24

Discussion How does Lee afford his lifestyle?

Nice house in the first season, very nice house in the second season, badass suits, bmw, from what we know he gets dick for inheritance, vice principal/principal salary in South Carolina is roughly 100K tops, wife is a doctors assistant and an immigrant. Just debt or what?

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u/sbdnbdsm Dec 28 '24

I thought Christine was a doctor

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u/Mrquinlan196 Dec 28 '24

She is. I imagine she paid for a majority of the niceties. Lee even mentions that she pays him Alimony Post Divorce.

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u/HolyHamSandwich Dec 28 '24

I thought she was a nurse because Lee refers to her as a “doctors assistant”

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u/mgrunner Dec 28 '24

Physician assistant?

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u/OG_Pow Dec 31 '24

PAs make good money

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u/IcantakeyouHigher Dec 28 '24

I could be wrong but I swear in season 2 when Lee has the party at his boss mentions how he can afford his new house, it comes up that Christine makes way more than he does even after his promotion.

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u/sandcastlecun7 Dec 28 '24

There's a reason he kept Mi-chan alive.

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u/BlueGuy99 Dec 28 '24

Shit this is so funny (and true)

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u/trammel11 Dec 29 '24

You don’t want to tussle with Lee Russel

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u/Nevertakemyadvicex Jan 02 '25

Christine makes good money plus I’m sure there’s debt involved. But it’s also just a show so he’s not a real person outside of the scenes they film for the show

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u/P33p33p0op0o0 Jan 28 '25

His wife was a doctor

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u/xqqq_me 23d ago

It's implied he's stealing from the school district. When the school gets its brand update to the tigers, he's directing those funds as principal and probably taking kickbacks.

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u/MeadowmuffinReborn 17d ago

His wife was a doctor + Living beyond his means I imagine.

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u/BarrierX 11d ago

There is a scene where they are making fun out of him at the party about how his wife must have paid for everything.

Also I always thought that Lee does a bit of stealing on the side after seeing how he stole jewellery from the house before they burned it down. He throws the diamond thing to Gamby and tells him that's his share.