I know the episode just aired and it looks like I'm a crazy person to be running to these boards to post my opinion, but really it's more a matter of wanting to get my thoughts out while they are fresh.
And Big Fat SPOILER Warning on this one.
Okay, who thought Lionel was going to get shot and die? /me raises her hand and waves it around. I figured since Lionel and Lex were actually working together against Genevieve and her Eeeevil son Jason that Lionel was due to kick the bucket. I mean, finally these two had made a connection - and I have to tell you the best scenes in this episode were the ones with Lex and Lionel (no big shocker there) - Lionel would be fatally wounded and confess all of his secrets while dying in Lex's arms.
But I should have known better. I should have figured Jason, the only guy in the entire four-year run of this show to have *any* chemistry with Lana, would be the one to go. He followed the same exact path as Adam. Nice guy. Cute. But slightly off. Then more than slightly off. Then a 180 degree turn to complete bad-guy before picking up that final paycheck. Wow, how original.
Except, did you notice the blatant absence of a body after Jason fell off the cliff? Is anyone else channeling a Fatal Attraction kind of return of Jason? Remember, I predicted it here. And I also predict that Genevieve is gonna be kinda pissed when she finds out her son is gone. I'm just saying that their particular mother/son relationship was a little...hmmm...oedipal much?
The whole Creep of the Week was pretty creepy. Weird that they didn't give us any explanation as to how and why Brendan or Brennan or whatever his name was could turn people into porcelain dolls. At first I thought they'd been waxified, but the shattering kind of set me straight.
I wanted to barf when Clark saved Lana (again) and she awoke to find herself cradled in his arms (again). It's so funny but if I were a Clana shipper, it's moments like these that would normally make me go all giggly inside. Except I'm not a shipper, so they just make me nauseous.
And I'm seriously rethinking my ability to stomach a fifth season of being force-fed the Clana. Since Lana has decided to stick around Smallville and Clark has decided to stick around Smallville...well, the writing is on the wall.
Honestly, I'm thinking they'd have to pretty much guarantee me at least one Tom Welling naked-torso shot per episode with a biweekly Michael Rosenbaum with open-shirt thrown in to offset the craptasticness that next season promises to be.
Add to the Clana the fact that Chloe will be off at Metropolis U and Lois will have no reason to hang around Smallville anymore, I'm pretty much thinking things are going to suck.
Except Lex has a thang for Lana, which could turn interesting.
And Lionel didn't die.
And next week we find out some more about Clark/Krypton mythos.
And I'm predicting Jonathan will kick the bucket next season...
Lynn
