A couple of good "they almost said..." moments


"...not only as a man, but as a.....symbol." I was waiting for "Superman."

"...good night.....Clark." I was sure he'd say "Kal-El."


I liked the very last scene. They've come to terms with the breakup in a mature way. I also liked that it ended in silence. No cheesey music. Much more dramatic that way.


Clark's running to Central America was also cool.

Yeah, I also liked the ending.

And is it just me or has anyone else ever wondered why Clark wears red and blue tee shirts and jackets so much? I really, truly, honestly don't have the slightest, smallest, vaguest or least bit of an idea why. I really didn't. I just don't get it.

Something else that I didn't get, though, is why was the needle able to pierce Clark's skin? Sure, the syringe had green K in it, and probably some inside of the needle itself, but that still wouldn't (or shouldn't) allow it to pierce the skin, shouldn't it?

Then you've got the deserving ending of the rogue doctor (as he's called on the WB's site), only I wish it showed a ton more detail! Give us more gore! It's fake so what's the big dealio, right? Ya can't take it don't watch it!

Something else that I didn't get, though, is why was the needle able to pierce Clark's skin? Sure, the syringe had green K in it, and probably some inside of the needle itself, but that still wouldn't (or shouldn't) allow it to pierce the skin, shouldn't it?

Previous episodes have established that when Clark is in a Kryptonite-weakened state, his skin can be pierced. Presumably, in such a state, the tissue beneath Clark's skin can be weakened enough to allow for puncture wounds. Clark was clearly feeling the weakening effects of the Kryptonite in the syringe before the needle of the syringe made contact with his skin.

So Lana can just break into Lex's home? Just what kind of keystone kops does he have as security there? Doesn't he have an alarm system? It's one thing for Clark to keep showing up there, since he can zip past guards and cameras and what not, but Lana? And in state akin to being on drugs?

The idea behind this ep's use of meteor rock liquid, in addition to yet another use for it, is silly. It indicates that there is something inherently biological not merely to memories, but specifically to memories of parents, and that every person being injected with the drug will experience the exact same thing--parents, as if there's some specific area of the brain where a type of memory that specific is located.

And of course, that portion of the brain is the exact same one or in the same location in the Kryptonian brain as in the human brain.

I was expecting Clark to see his REAL father, Jor-El, not Pa Kent.
But I guess Terrance Stamp (the voice of Jor-El) wasn't availible. not that I'm complaining I just felt that since Johnathan Kent was his adoptive parent and not his Kryptonian parent he'd see Jor-El AND/maybe Johnathan too?
I agree with MARKN as far as the rogue doctor getting sliced up, I've seen more blood watching CSI.

Thanks, Ryan. I usually just watch episodes once and I don't easily retain much, if anything from them, in part cuz of my selective memory and also that I often watch TV while online so my attention's constantly shifting between them. That's why it's always fascinating to me when people can remember every little tiny itty bitty piece of minutiae from episodes, even those from years ago. I'm like, "I think I remember that..." or "No, I can't remember that, even though it was just one a week or two ago!" Pretty bad, I know. However, I do remember things best with Star Trek (TOS) cuz I've been watching it so much since childhood.

Uno-man, Terrance Stamp reprised his General Zod role from Superman II for Smallville, only pretending to be Jor-El to fool Clark. I remember that much at least, but again since I'd only seen that once (I know it aired once but I didn't tape it, rewatch it numerous time and memorize every thing about it) I'm lucky to remember anything of it at all. He was never shown, either, just heard. I don't quite recall how his ruse was discovered though and he was prevented from coming to Earth.

Oh.
Sorry, I must have assumed that since it was mentioned in the credits "Terrance Stamp as the voice of Jor-El" I thought he WAS Kal-Els father.
I must have missed that episode where it was reveiled to be a hoax.
Thanks for the info.

The voice of Jor-El has never been revealed to be General Zod. Professor Fine tricked Clark into thinking that Jor-El was evil in order to convince Clark to destroy the Fortress of Solitude so that General Zod (who is still trapped in the phantom zone) could make his return. As far as this show is concerned, the voice of Jor-El is the real deal.

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Are the creators TRYING to make the show completely ridiculous? Liquid kryptonite causes a person to have a near death experience now? Not that this is any worse than any other moronic side effect of kryptonite that the creators have conjured up, but the trend just never seems to stop. I can remember a time when freaks of the week and meteor rock references were atypical. The creators took great pains to make Clark's problems internal rather than external. Now, we have a seemingly endless string of second-rate freaks or some new ability of kryptonite that screws Clark over.

Be that as it may, the show still has some excellent points. This whole search for the missing ship (and the entire Brainiac plot in general) is great. I like this mystery and the super-run to Honduras.

I really REALLY like that Lionel knows Clark's secret. That final "Good night... Clark" was really ominous, and like Chris Tolado, I expected him to call him Kal-El. Smallville has turned me into a big John Glover fan, and the show always improves when Lionel Luthor shows up.

I still don't buy that Lionel and Martha Kent are friends. She knows that Lionel is a manipulative, sinister, backstabbing, murderous SOB. I just don't get it. Lionel's dirty dealings are no longer secret. The man was in FRICKIN prison for Christ's sake.

I do not buy that Lana would get involved with these people in the first place, I don't care how vulnerable she is. I can understand that she would keep going back to them once she got a taste of what they could offer, but I just can't believe that she would be willing to have herself injected with mysterious green liquid the first time. Lana is many things (most of them not very nice), but she is certainly not someone who would turn to chemical addiction to deal with her pain. What about Whitney, Jason, Adam, or the other umpteen times she's broken up with Clark? This is a girl who should know how to deal with pain. Maybe all of this has just piled up on her at the wrong time, but it just didn't seem natural to me. It didn't help that the story started en medias res.

On the plus side, the effects of the drug were portrayed very well. I particularly liked Lex's dream. The followup to the events of Lexmas was very welcome. Clark's time with Jonathan didn't have the emotional punch for me that I think it should have. The fact that Jonathan revealed Lionel's knowledge of Clark's secret raised my eyebrows, but the emotion behind the meeting just didn't feel right. I don't know if the fault was in the writing or the acting (though I'm inclined to blame the former).

And just how did Clark not die from being INJECTED with kryptonite?

Interesting that Jonathan makes reference to Clark's destiny given how uncomfortable he was in episodes past about Jor-El mentioning that Clark had a destiny. In other episodes, Jonathan stated that Clark can make his own choices and doesn't have a preordained destiny.

I can't BELIEVE that Clark let his mother go to this dinner with Lionel. After what he learned, he should have said, "Just a minute mom, I need to talk to you in the other room." You don't let your mother walk off with this man. Clark just found out that Lionel knows his secret and was involved in his father's death. For all he knows, Lionel could kill his mother while they're out.

Why was Martha holding a press conference at the Talon? Why does EVERYTHING happen at the Talon? They have government buildings in this town I'm sure. Along the same lines, why wouldn't she have to do this conference in Metropolis or some other larger city? Can senators just call press conferences wherever they want?

Given all of my complaints, I liked the tone of the last scene. It was very reasonably acted without the usual pseudo-drama. Very mature of the two of them.

I dunno. I just hope this show ends on a high note. I'm starting to get the sneaking suspicion that there's going to be a sixth season, and I'm not very pleased about that. It feels like the creators are stringing me along. I enjoy the weekly episodes because I like the characters and the premise, but the larger plot is just getting old. When will he become Superman already? How many more times can Lex turn evil and then turn good again? The creators originally stated 5 years ago that they planned to have the show last five years. I really think that the time has come for the Smallville story to end. I really like the show, but I don't want it to keep dragging out just to have it go on for more years. The story needs to end naturally, and I think this year would be the perfect time.

TUE

"Find the truth of your story and you won't need all those tricks. I don't know how things are done across the Eastern Sea, but here poets have become lazy; they rely on manipulation to move their audience. It wasn't always that way."

Thank you for clearing up the Jor-El thing for me, I thought I missed an episode where the voice was revealed to BE Zod.

To undesirable element:
Where did you get that quote, it seems familiar.?

And I agree completely about Clark, he should have taken is mom aside before she left with Lionel.

The quote is from a Star Trek: Voyager episode called "Muse." It's one of the more ironic quotes of that series given its tendency to completely disregard the wisdom of that statement.

TUE

"Don't worry. I'm not going to kiss you. I'm only adjusting the restraint."
"I'll try to contain my disappointment."

TUE: It's one of the more ironic quotes of that series given its tendency to completely disregard the wisdom of that statement.
Luigi Novi: That was deliberate on the part of episode writer Joe Menosky, for whom that episode was a swan song. He left the series with that episode, and wrote as an intentional commentary on the series.

That's pretty cool. Good for him.

I can't believe I used to like that show. Time and experience have shown me the error of my ways.

Though "Muse" was a good episode.

TUE

And just how did Clark not die from being INJECTED with kryptonite? ~TUE

He DID die! That's the whole point of the stuff, it kills you for a short period. Anyway, Chloe briefly mentions that the antidote apparently destroyed the kryptonite... I think.