In the end, Clark says to Lana and Chloe that none of them have ever dated one another.

Well, I seem to remember Clark taking Chloe to the spring formal in "Tempest." And I'm pretty sure he took Lana to a bar in "Red." I think those kinda qualify as dates.

Maybe he meant Lana and Chloe haven't dated each other?

Brian Lombard: I have been with a few ladies in my time (and I do mean a few, I'm quite happy with my current one) and I can tell you that it takes a lot for them to consider it dating. Most guys I know say that if you go out on a date, then you're dating. Women have this whole mixed up version that involves how long, where you've been and how serious you are. blah blah blah. My guide is, if you refer to this significant other as your girl/boyfriend in casual conversation, then you're probably dating. And I've also taken some girls to dances in high school and I would never say that I dated them.

The Male Demographic, 18 to Dead: Hmmm, you never know. It is sweeps month!! Hehe!!

MAYBE HE CAN'T INTIMATELY PERFORM AS WELL AS HIS NAME SUGGESTS!
Why doesn't Clark just screw the secrecy krap and tell one of them about who he is so that he can get some action? Things seem to be working out well between him and Pete so people can handle it. He's got two choices: 1. He can keep his secret and remain celebate all his life. 2. He can tell someone about his secret and get a girlfriend. Now he's in his teens (And the show would have us believe a sophomore in high school! HA! Yeah right) and he has the superhot Lana Lang who would love to get with him and he shuts her down. What is this guy thinking?

NO WONDER HE'S SO CRANKY ALL THE TIME
Near the middle, Ian goes into his secret lair (and it's disturbing how many of the freaks on this show have one) and strips down so that he can split in two. This makes sense. If he splits while clothed, the clothes will rip apart. Yet as they show him stripping, only his pants fall to the ground. The guy doesn't wear any underwear. And lest you think he's still wearing them, the camera shoots him as though he's naked (concealing his mid-region). Not a nit, but I would think that this would be very uncomfortable.

I'VE HAD SOME SADISTIC TEACHERS, BUT NONE LIKE THIS GUY
The second episode of this season dealt with everyone going back to school to start the next year. Now it seems to me that the students in this shop class are finishing up a project. It can't be the end of the 1st semester already! So how can getting a C on one project mean that this kid is going to get a C for the class? Something's not adding up right. Maybe it's only a 1/2 semester course??

GOTTA BE POLITICALLY CORRECT
Since it's a man, why is this guy still referred to as Meter "Maid". If I have to refer to a female businessman as a businesswoman, then why can't they call this guy a Meter Butler or something?

CONVENIENT AMNESIA MAYBE?
Both Ians saw Clark's abilities at the dam. One Ian is thrown off the dam, but the other is just thrown against a wall. I would assume that this wouldn't be fatal, so why isn't Clark worried that he's going to spill the beans about his secret?

THEY WERE ALL TOO BUSY NITPICKING ENTERPRISE
How is it that no one noticed that this kid was taking classes in two different places at the same time? I once got all kinds of guff from the high school office because the "N" in my name looked like an "M". And what about this kid's parents? Maybe he killed them like every other freak does.

A FEW OTHER COMMENTS:

>> Is there anyone out there who hasn't been tempted to do exactly what Lex did to that Meter Butler's car?

>> Jonathan is the most stubborn person I've ever seen. His wife wants to go get a better job and he's upset because HE isn't the number one priority anymore.

>> Watching Lex's decent into evil is always the most fun of this show.

>> Clark's project is a gold "S". ROFL!

>> Lana and Chloe deserve each other. They're so unforgiving. If they weren't both drop dead gorgeous, they'd never have a chance with a guy.

>> Very nice episode though.

See ya later
TUE

In the 1st season episode "Obscura," Clark asks Chloe to go with him to the spring formal. The scene plays like this:

Clark: Do you have plans for the spring formal?
Chloe: Not at the moment.
Clark: I was wondering if you'd go with me. As my DATE.
Chloe: I would love to Clark.

The word "date" is proffered by Clark, and accepted by Chloe.

Clark's line in Dichotic is "since none of us have actually dated before...."

It is obvious that Clark and Chloe are not "dating," but you cannot say that they have never dated, which he said in this episode. Hence, it's a nit.

You don't understand. "To date" someone and to be "a date" are two different things.

I took a different girl two each of my high school's four dances. Each one was my date for the night. I only "dated" two them. (not simultaneously of course)

To be someone's date for a dance, it just means that you go with them, maybe dance with them, and (hopefully) leave with them at the end of the night. End of story.

To date someone means to go out several times when you have a clear attraction to each other.

It's possible to go from one to the other, but they are not the same. Nowhere did I get the impression that Clark and Chloe ever had any kind of continuing relationship.

See ya later
TUE

We will agree to disagree on this. I know what the difference is between "having a date" and "dating." But from the way in which Clark is using the term in "Dichotic," I think it's a nit.

Well, there's seeing a nit, and nitting....

Nits:
Why was Clark able to fall from the dam at a faster rate than Chloe? Was he using his flight powers on a limited basis?

When he caught Chloe, the impact should have been the same as her hitting the ground from that height i.e. she should have been killed.

Nice touch: Clark makes a silver "S" in shop class. He says it stands for "Smallville High," but it's in the EXACT design of the shield he wears on his costume as an adult. Awesome! So THAT's where he got the idea for that particular design. (Though I'd be remiss if I didn't point out that that wasn't the original design used in Action Comics #1. Yeah, yeah, that was pre-Crisis, blah, blah, blah.)

Whoa. I’ve never seen Lex cut loose like that with the parking cop. I thought at first it was something to do with Ian, but his power has nothing to do with shapeshifting. How could Lex do that and not get arrested?

Having actors in their early-to-mid twenties play seventeen or eighteen year-olds is stretching credulity enough, but after Lex’s meeting with Helen, Clark goes to Chloe, and reads her article about Ian, he reads that Ian is graduating two years earlier. Okay, so Ian, who’s played by a twenty-two year old, is supposed to be fifteen or sixteen now? Oh, c’mon.

Now TUE is using MST-style headings in his nits? Hmm…what is that, now, eight people? And my plan for world domination continues……


Brian Lombard: Well, I seem to remember Clark taking Chloe to the spring formal in "Tempest." And I'm pretty sure he took Lana to a bar in "Red." I think those kinda qualify as dates.
Luigi Novi: Technically, yes, but when you take your "date" to the prom (which the "spring formal" sounds similar to), it’s usually considered more platonic, and when Clark makes this statement to them at the end of this episode, his point is that they’ve never dated romantically.

My prom "date" and I never actually dated, and in fact, she was going with someone else at the time. (She began going out with him after she accepted my invitation, and kept the date with me because we were friends, and perhaps because she felt it the right thing to do, since it was a formal affair that both of us had invested some money in.)

Brian Lombard: It is obvious that Clark and Chloe are not "dating," but you cannot say that they have never dated, which he said in this episode. Hence, it's a nit.
Luigi Novi: Only if you focus on wording, and ignore the meaning.

TUE: Why doesn't Clark just screw the secrecy krap and tell one of them about who he is so that he can get some action? He has the superhot Lana Lang who would love to get with him and he shuts her down. What is this guy thinking?
Luigi Novi: He’s thinking, "Ah, screw it, I know I’m gonna end up marrying Lois Lane one day, so I might as well forget it."

TUE: Since it's a man, why is this guy still referred to as Meter "Maid". If I have to refer to a female businessman as a businesswoman, then why can't they call this guy a Meter Butler or something?
Luigi Novi: What if the guy giving the ticket is RuPaul or Boy George?

TUE: Is there anyone out there who hasn't been tempted to do exactly what Lex did to that Meter Butler's car?
Luigi Novi: Not a Meter Butler, but I once did something like that when I thought I was going to have to pay a lot for a muffler.

TUE: Clark's project is a gold "S". ROFL!
Luigi Novi: Actually, it was silver. Looked like he was designing the "back from the dead" black costume he wore after the "Death of Superman" storyline in 1992.

TUE: When he caught Chloe, the impact should have been the same as her hitting the ground from that height i.e. she should have been killed.
Luigi Novi: Darn straight. I never understood why some writers think falling at tens of feet per second into a person would somehow be less fatal than falling at tens of feet per second into the ground. If anything, it could be argued that being caught by Clark, as in both this episode, and when Supes catches Lois from the helicopter in Superman, would be more harmful/likely to be fatal, because Clark’s body might be more durable than the ground.

Maybe Clark is somehow able to sustain upon himself all the impact of Chloe's fall. I mean, it's not as if he doesn't defy the laws of physics in all kinds of other ways...

There has never been any indication that he has any such ability, either in the comics, the movies, or any of the other TV shows. Even if he had such an ability, it seems unlikely he could wield it at this stage of his life. Just learning how to use his X-Ray vision and heat vision took considerable time.

"Now TUE is using MST-style headings in his nits? Hmm…what is that, now, eight people? And my plan for world domination continues……" -- Luigi Novi

What can I say, Luigi? You're an inspiration to us all. Though I have to admit that I've never watched MST. I just thought it was a creative thing for you to write and me to steal.

TUE

Actually, I've barely watched it myself. But I'm familiar with its motif.

And as for stealing it, well, I stole it first from GQ Magazine's Dubious Achievements of the Year feature.

Is this the first episode in which Dr. Helen Bryce appears? I was flipping channels, and came across Charmed (The Eyes Have It(5.6), in case any Charmed fans are curious.), and Parker Posey's character and her husband are in a hospital looking for Dr. Ava Nicholi, a surgeon whose gypsy priestess mother says has abandoned her magic heritage, and needs to face it to confront the demon chasing her. Suddenly, a woman in a lab coat walks into the scene, and it's Emmanuelle Vaugier, who plays Helen! What is she, some kind of actress specializing in playing doctors in lab coats?

Luigi: I didn't know you watched Charmed! I'm so glad I'm not alone here. A few people in my life (and by I few, I mean everyone) tease me mercilessly for liking it.

As I thought I made clear from my phrasing above, I was flipping channels and came across it. But there's nothing wrong with being a fan, Brian. I mean, look who's in it: My wife, my other wife, and my other wife.

Mad Magazine did an article once called "Totally Honest Digital Cable Litings." For Charmed, its program listing read: "A fantasy starring Alyssa Milano and two other hot chicks as her sisters. If you need more information than that, you probably aren't going to like this show."