Smallville 02.25.04 (SPOILERS)
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John Crichton
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Decent stuff, overall. Okay, for a filler ep I mean. Isn't this supposed to be sweeps month?
I'm not complaining as we did get some juicy meta-plot stuff like Clark finding out Lex has a connection to the lab he visited. The Adam "reveal." Krytonite being used for a more practive and mundane purpose.
RC actually touched on my favorite stuff so there is no need to recap that.
I wasn't too keen on Clark's "friend" willing to sacrifice Pa Kent to save his brother but it didn't suck. The show's writing has proven it is better than this. I expect more from it naturally. Oh well.
Thoughts for next week:
I'm not complaining as we did get some juicy meta-plot stuff like Clark finding out Lex has a connection to the lab he visited. The Adam "reveal." Krytonite being used for a more practive and mundane purpose.
RC actually touched on my favorite stuff so there is no need to recap that.
I wasn't too keen on Clark's "friend" willing to sacrifice Pa Kent to save his brother but it didn't suck. The show's writing has proven it is better than this. I expect more from it naturally. Oh well.
Thoughts for next week:
Adam wakes up. Hmm. I'm sure it will be entertaining but I hope we see more of Lex and the brain-doc who will try and restore his memories. I'm a little tired of Lana being in trouble and needing rescuing but it's part of the show.
MEG Hal
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I agree, good episode, a little dark, which was nice, great idea for the bomb and the fact that Garrett is gone but Vince may not, interesting potential plot twist later. More reveal on Adam, he is simply not a nice boy 
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I am happy but it did not leave me with a "great" feeling.
.I am happy but it did not leave me with a "great" feeling.
Henry
Autoexreginated
The thing is that the Smallville episodes, while they started with a bang and "banged" all the way through Lex getting shock-therapy, have ceased to really grab me for the past four or five episodes now. It seems to be a LOT of filler, and Clark's lack of confidence in Lana has gone from dramatic frustration to "Sigh. Don't care."
To quote a certain red-haired witch from another show: "Bored now."
Hopefully things will pick up soon.
To quote a certain red-haired witch from another show: "Bored now."
Hopefully things will pick up soon.
Jeremy
Explorer
I thought it was a pretty decent episode. I remember liking it more than the 2 Fast 2 Furious, Oh I'm Also a Street Racer episode when it was over. But then Angel came on and afterwards the Smallville episode just seemed a little flat. I liked the way they showed the slow down and the speed of Clark as opposed to the normal way. And the stealing of the vial was nice too.
The things I did like were Lana lying to Lex and Lex seeing right through it (big look away while saying it is not the best way to be convincing). Lex lying to Lana very convincingly a few seconds later. And finally Clark lying to Lana absolutely terribly and Lana able to tell.
It was good how every question after Lana telling Clark a secret that might 'endanger' him, directly ended up having to do with Clark's secret. I was impressed by the ability of the actor's looks to convey thought and emotion without having to spell it out like some other lesser shows would have to.
But still, they need some plot. Or at least they need to make me interested in Adam plot.
The things I did like were Lana lying to Lex and Lex seeing right through it (big look away while saying it is not the best way to be convincing). Lex lying to Lana very convincingly a few seconds later. And finally Clark lying to Lana absolutely terribly and Lana able to tell.
It was good how every question after Lana telling Clark a secret that might 'endanger' him, directly ended up having to do with Clark's secret. I was impressed by the ability of the actor's looks to convey thought and emotion without having to spell it out like some other lesser shows would have to.
But still, they need some plot. Or at least they need to make me interested in Adam plot.
John Crichton
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Well said. I have felt the same way. I did like some individual moments here and there but overall, since the Lex in asylum eps, there has been a certain fire missing. The email hypno-killer ep was pretty good and I enjoyed the teleporting-chick ep but that was mostly due to the insanely hot chick (hey, give me a break!). But yeah, they have all felt like general filler one-offs until the good stuffHenry said:
like the return of Christopher Reeves
Vrylakos
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My problem with this episode was the police chief giving orders to shoot a guy holding a bomb. If Clark had not been there, the hospital would have gone up in a fiery cloud. Made no sense to me...
It's little bits like that that bug me about Smallville - the way episodes sometimes fall apart under examination.
Vrylakos
It's little bits like that that bug me about Smallville - the way episodes sometimes fall apart under examination.
Vrylakos
John Crichton
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The Lone Gunmen are from the X-Files who are friends to Mulder and Scully. They even had their own show that didn't last that long (which was a shame as I liked it). The helicoper pilot was one of the 3 members of the Lone Gunmen. They are also notorious geeks.Taelorn76 said:
John Crichton
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Yeah, that was a little wonky. Not that Smallville is all high tech but someone had to know the kid had a dead-man trigger. I thought about that as I watched it but totally forgot. I knew there was something else that bugged me about the ep. Thanks for the reminder.Vrylakos said:
