I posted this in a new thread, then saw that my sister, Daddy Mac, had already started this one. So here's my post. I'll be back to reply to her after I read what she said. I'm sure she's wrong on so many levels.
Well.
Just when I thought I'd broken free. Just when I'd decided that the Clana was about to smother me and really, there is no reason to spend an hour of my life every Wednesday suffering through the misery.
Those rats Millar and Gough do something to yank me right back in. Jerks!
First, I have to get a few things off my chest.
Um...didn't I say it right here? The bit about Jason pulling a Glen Close/Fatal Attraction I'm-not-really-dead-and-have-now-come-to-kill-you manuever? *knowing sigh*
/me brushes knuckles against the front of her shirt I'm telling you, I could *write* this stuff.
And...okay, just go with me here. You've just murdered the mother of your ex-boyfriend after having your body possessed by a centuries-old witch. Do you as quickly as possible run to your bathroom and scrub your hands clean of the blood that now covers them, taking the mysterious and highly-sought-after stone turned murder weaopon with you for a good rinsing? No, not if you are Lana Lang. If you are Lana Lang, you take your bloody self to the Luthor mansion, where Lex will have you wash your hands in the study/den/living room in a pewter bowl, as if he lives in the eighteenth century and running water hasn't yet been installed. Not only that, but make sure to skip the antibacterial soap because, you know, it's a pretty good bet that Genevieve Teague was germ and disease-free.
Oh, and later, when you give said murder-weapon to your boyfriend for safekeeping, don't worry about him asking questions like why in the hell it is all covered in blood because chances are, he won't.
Other than that very obnoxious lack of realism, I loved this episode.
Wow, haven't typed that sentence in ages.
I loved the tension. I really felt it, even sweating slightly (okay, I didn't really sweat, but I thought about sweating and would have if it hadn't been only 67 degrees in my house) when Clark was rushing to find the stones.
The stones which actually, very conveniently, found him. How fortuitous.
Wait, stop, I liked this episode. Who cares that if it weren't for Lana and Lionel, mankind would have been completely incinerated. Except it was Lana's fault in the first place because she used one of the stones to STAB SOMEONE. She's the one who awakened the meteor gods. Geez. And then she *still* managed to miss getting hit by a particularly large chunk and surviving a helicopter crash. I think Lana must be from Krypton.
Okay, I didn't say that.
/me sweats it out that M&G might get some crazy wild ideas if they happen this way and read that last little bit.Actually, back up. That whole fight between Lana and Genevieve cracked me up. Mostly because there even was a fight. I mean, Lana pulled out her Pink Power Ranger moves to kick the gun out of Genevieve hands, then proceeded to get her butt kicked by a woman who had to be twice her age plus half. What is that?
No. I loved this episode. I really did. So no bad stuff. Forget the bad stuff.
Loved the apples everywhere. The bowl of red apples sitting on the coffee table in Lex's study. The bowl of red and green apples in Lana's apartment. I kept thinking of Snow White and expecting Lana to pick up an apple, take a bite, fall into a swoon of death and wake-up surrounded by dwarves. Who would then proceed to eat her or at least lock her up in their diamond mine. Or maybe that was just my fantasy.
This episode reminded me why I like Tom Welling. Because he is so dang cute!
Chloe, kicking some butt and taking names. They totally got me when it turned out to be Chloe who pulled Clark out of the Kryptonite-range. I was on the edge of my seat, wondering how he was going to escape, and I'd totally forgotten that she'd headed in that direction.
Hated Jonathan's little speech to Clark about how all the raising he and Martha had done was for this one moment, and that Clark should make them proud. Uh, Pappa Duke, the guy's just been told that he alone can stop the annihalation of the entire human race and his own destruction. Don't think he needs that little extra pressure of worrying about disappointing the folks.
So...of course I'll tune in next season. What is that mysterious black ship Lana has discovered (thereby further insinuating herself into the Superman mythos in a way that defies disgust)? Will that crystal that Clark tossed land in the snow and the Fortress of Solitude will spring forth just in time to educate Clark on how to stop the world from exploding?
Will Lex kill Chloe?
Will Clark ever figure out that Chloe knows everything?
Best stuff ever - when Lois tells the Kents she had a nightmare about a guy wearing a red cape. LOL!! And then as she was telling the Kents she had to leave and Clark was so clearly happy to hear it. I love the sparks that fly between Tom Welling and Erica Durance.
Then, in the loft, when they are discussing their respective futures and Lois nails it. She'll end up partnered with the most bumbling reporter ever to have a byline. Fabulous! It's cool the way they are letting us *see* Lois and Clark in the future via Lois and Clark's interchanges since clearly Smallville can never really take us there.
Because taking us into the relationship of Lois and Clark would taint the Temple of the Clana. Gag.
BTW - do you notice that I'm intentionally not mentioning the "I love yous" exchanged between Clark and Lana? As far as I'm concerned, they never happened. Nope. I didn't hear it. Lalalalalalalalalala. Can't heaaaarrr it....
Really, though, I don't understand why M&G can't see how much better this program is when they focus on the mythos stuff and the things that push Clark towards being Superman. This episode rocked in that manner. It's only when they stagnate with the Clana that they fall flat on their faces. Why is it that 90% of the fans can see this but the show's creators can't manage it?
Lynn
