BFFL Best Friends For Life

Holy Classic Episode Batman!!! This was a smoker. Probably the best episode for the season and possibly for the series. I watched this one on the edge of my seat!

For the first time that I can recall for this series, they presented the action for the episode out of sequence and did so to great effect. I have to admit, however, that it took me a large part of the show to figure out that they were doing that.

This episode did a lot... Among other things, it moved Lex a bit closer to just being a bad guy. He killed a man with his bare hands and then tried to hide the body. I am also intrigued about what exactly it is that Lex did to Lana. We know that there is something odd about the pregnancy. Given his obsession with the meteor rocks, I'm guessing that somehow the kid is a meteor rock experiment.

The episode also put Lionel Luther squarely back in bad guy territory. He has appeared to be on the side of the Kents for so long, that I was even starting to believe it. He has even kept Kal-El's secret from Lex which is part of why I was getting convinced. But when he threatened Lana this episode with killing Clark, there was no hint of good guy left, just sheer malevolence.

One of the great things about this episode is that we finally get to an event that has been six seasons in the making... Lana discovers the truth about Clark! Best of all, it seems that knowing the secret just brings her closer to Clark than ever before. Too bad she can't tell Clark that she knows, or that she only married Lex because of Lionel's threat.

This series has gotten really strong. I love the writing and the pacing. I am really enjoying the transformation of Lex into uber bad guy and Clark coming into his own as a hero.

Labels: Smallville, tv

It may be wrong to love corny, but if loving corny is wrong, I don't want to be right. I was expecting a little mre, but I have to say that I loved the whole premise of the superdudes getting together to foreshadow the creation of the justice league. It would be tough for them to continue Smallville forever since Clark is quickly becoming a man, so this creates a nice out for them. It is also a nice way for them to segueway Clark from local do gooder to world saver.

The writers have also set themselves up nicely for a new series based on the Justice League if they ever got the notion. The series would automatically inherit a large portion of the Smallville audience, especially if Smallville went away and Tom Welling moved over to the new show as Superboy.

It's interesting to me that they also gave a rationale for the power monger that Lex Luthor eventually becomes. We know that he will end up being a super baddie, and now we see that his initial interest in collecting what become super villains started out as an effort to protect humanity from unregulated super humans. You know what they say about power...

I expected that this episode was going to pit the new Justice League against some of Lex's other super humans. I guess that will have to wait. For now, we'll have to settle for watching Clark take out the remaining Zoners....

Labels: Smallville, tv

Now this is more like it. Smallville the way it is supposed to be.... Clark no longer fighting his destiny, Lana seeing Lex for what he really is, bad guys that are truly bad guys with serious powers and a vendetta for Kal-El, and the fortress of "knowledge" (which I guess ultimately becomes his fortress of solitude in the wake of some future event). Boo-Yah!

It's about time that Clark started his training. I understand that the writers want to stretch out Clark's time before he dons the uniform, but for crying out loud. The guy is already trying to thwart bad guys. Why not learn what abilities he might have to become really effective at it. The guy can't even fly yet, and he has known that he had the capability for some time. The writers can probably milk a whole season out of the training.

It is really too bad about Raiya. I thought they might keep her around for awhile. Perhaps use her as Clark's training instructor. But c'est la vie. It would also have been nice for Clark to learn more about Jor-El.

Either way, they've got me looking forward to the continuing saga, and perhaps have bought some time between now and the super hero tights. Fighting bad guys from teh phantom zone means that Clark doesn't have to hide his identity, which means he can continue to save the day in his conveniently blue and red colored street clothes....

Labels: Smallville, tv