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Smallville 5/11/05

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DarthWoo

I'm glad Grandpa porked a Chinese Muslim
Ok, it seems like the audience for Smallville here is dwindling, but I'm sure at least some of you had to have been watching. To summarize for those who didn't: Villain of the week is some freak who was also the photographer for The Torch. After having been rejected from every college he applied for, he goes insane and tries to create a perpetual high school, where he collects people from the real high school and forces them to do high school stuff, or else he uses his power - the ability to sort of "freeze" someone indefinitely by touch. Some of the people he kidnaps are Clark's friends, so obviously you know it's on. As far as side stories, it looks like Jason's mother didn't take that threat from Lionel last week very well, and she and Jason abduct both Lex and Lionel.

Spoilers just in case:

I know one of the paradigms of TV is that everything should be back to normal by the end of the episode, but did anyone find it really creepy how Chloe saw one of her classmates having been decapitated while frozen, and her head smashed onto the floor right in front of her, yet by the end of the episode, she seems to not care about it at all? Lana didn't seem to effected after having seen an entire body smashed upon the floor either. I guess it's sort of the Redshirt Syndrome.
 

AirBrian

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:lol Yeah, it was funny.

I'm more interested in the Lex/Lionel vs. Jason/Jason's Mom story at this point. They're already setting up Clark and Lana for more lovin' next season.
 

tedtropy

$50/hour, but no kissing on the lips and colors must be pre-separated
A crap episode made marginally better by a pretty enjoyable emotional ending. It helps if you've actually kept up with the show for all four seasons, I suppose. There was zero explanation behind this freak of the week, and yeah, it's ridiculous how unaffected they were by the deaths. Lois' character is uninteresting, and while I'm kind of interested to see what the hell they're trying to do with Lana and Clark, I'm worried they're just going to have them tread the same tired waters. I'll be dissipointed if Chloe doesn't go through with the move, as it'd be utterly against her character. Oh well, the finale looks like it could be good - it's been a mediocre season, all in all.
 

tedtropy

$50/hour, but no kissing on the lips and colors must be pre-separated
AirBrian said:
Heh, you absolutely right. They've just gotten lazy with the writing. :lol

Yeah, and the way Jason's character just suddenly shifts into TEH EVIL with no degree of subtly is fairly stupid...
 
tedtropy said:
Yeah, and the way Jason's character just suddenly shifts into TEH EVIL with no degree of subtly is fairly stupid...

Well, they had to get rid of him somehow. And the first hints of him being evil was in scare with his dream of being afraid of not being able to kill lana or something.

And yeah, the only thing I was really interested in this episode is the whole Teague/Luthor thing. I really didn't care at all about the fake high school thing.

I think what they are also trying to show that Lois is not afraid to break into buildings and other dangerous thing, like what she does constantly as a reporter of the daily planet.
 

tedtropy

$50/hour, but no kissing on the lips and colors must be pre-separated
jett said:
Does this POS show even have good ratings? God it really needs to get cancelled.

It's one of the WB's best-rated shows. Then again, it's on the WB.
 

TheOMan

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Well, it looks like the only saving grace for next week is the fact that it looks like Clark will be finally going to the Fortress of Solitude. That and the fact that 10 minutes of Batman Begins will be shown during the show.

Other than that, this week's show was absolute crap :/
 
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