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Smallville: CURE
This actually may be my all-time favorite episode of Smallville.
Of the so-awesome-the-awesomeness-cannot-be- textually- rendered:
The girls and the boys have switched places!! OMG! I think I screamed out loud when it turned out that Lana is watching Lex just like he watched her (complete with a secret chamber!!! Yay for Luthorian secret chambers!) And not only has Lana become Lex, but Chloe has become Clark, really really wanting to make things all right with Jimmy but completely incapable of sharing her secret.
*Insert lots of lots of flaily noise, because I flailed for a LONG time after those two scenes*
And ahem, if Lana is Lex and Chloe is Clark, the Chlana can't be far behind. Really. And no, I'm never going to stop futilely hoping for this pairing, so just be warned.
Of the really awesome.
Dean Cain!!! Ok, I watched all three seasons of Lois and Clark completely for Dean Cain's hottitude, so I cannot help but approve that they got him on the show. And I love that he got to be an evil immortal trying, Frankenstein-like, to make himself a bride. (I did think making him Jack the Ripper was a little over the top, though). Also, his encounters with Lex were terrific.
Cain and Abel-El! I love that storyline, brother El against brother El. And I love that the two aliens Clark trusts, Kara and MM, are in opposition to each other; that's going to make his relationship with both of them interestingly complicated. And it definitely makes the search for that Kryptonian MacGuffin Kara lost more meaningful.
Jimmy/Kara. I hate to say it, because I always thought Chloe and Jimmy were cute, and their breakup scene did hurt my heart, but "James" and Kara have mega-chemistry in a way that Chloe and Jimmy never had. Even though Kara is kind of deftly exploiting him, she really does like him--and Jimmy can't help but bask in her praise and admiration. Plus the chopsticks thing and the mutual bonding over their interest in extraterrestrial life was really cute. "Everyone knows Martians use infrared." Hee!!!
Lana, who completely rocked the house. I love that she started the day all domestic, making blueberry pancakes for Clark, and ended the day in her secret lair, spying on Lex. And in the middle she had that extremely cute reaction to Jonn Jonzz (I take it he's a Kryptonian too?) and handled the Martian revelation with great aplomb. And masterminded a plot to help the victims of 33.1. Oh, and deftly handled the ten million dollar accusation from Lex: misdirecting Clark in a very effective way by pointing out Lex's motive for lying (even though he was actually being truthful) and lying herself. Damn. You are more a Luthor now than ever, Lana, and damn if that doesn't make you fun to watch.
James Olson, who really is an amazing boyfriend. That box of momentoes made me cry, dammit. He's also an adorable geek and really talented at his job, as Kara recognized. I actually think I'm sadder for him than I am for Chloe, and normally my sympathies would be for Chloe.
Clark and Lex. My god, two scenes together--that's the most since Nemesis, isn't it? And really good scenes together, too. Clark knows perfectly well Lex is covering up for 33.1; Lex knows Lana is feeding Clark information, and drops revelations about Lana and money in a way that manages to sow doubt without sounding like he's deliberately attacking her. Damn. It's so much fun to watch them really go up against each other even as they (kind of) end up working together.
The whole A plot. I really love that they're addressing the issue of mutants--how Lex is looking for a cure, but one that erases their memories of captivity. SMART, albeit pretty damn creepy. And it's really interesting to watch Chloe struggling with her own mutation. I like that she is trying to get Jimmy to stop saying "meteor freaks," but clearly she does still think of them as freaks--that's what she labels herself when she visits Dr. Knox, and her reaction to Sasha being out of Belle Reve clearly indicates she thinks the meteor-infected are dangerous. And the fact that she's willing to potentially give up her past to preserve her future clearly shows how scared she is.
I've been looking forward to Chloe's storyline because the re-evaluation of the meteor infected is something the show has toyed with since season 4, but never really explored in depth. What I didn't realize until the closing scenes of this ep, though, was how Chloe coming to grips with her own mutation would parallel Clark's coming to terms with his alienness. That makes me really excited for this season.
ETA
I forgot one other thing that was really significant about this episode: Lex deliberately killed someone. Well, he would have if Knox wasn't immortal. True, he killed someone who he found hauling a dead body around, but still. This seems like a big step to me, putting six rounds into someone's chest.
Of the WTF:
Does the entire population of extraterrestrials know that Lana knows Clark's secrets? Because otherwise, they're being very cavalier about revealing things.
Of the so-awesome-the-awesomeness-cannot-be- textually- rendered:
The girls and the boys have switched places!! OMG! I think I screamed out loud when it turned out that Lana is watching Lex just like he watched her (complete with a secret chamber!!! Yay for Luthorian secret chambers!) And not only has Lana become Lex, but Chloe has become Clark, really really wanting to make things all right with Jimmy but completely incapable of sharing her secret.
*Insert lots of lots of flaily noise, because I flailed for a LONG time after those two scenes*
And ahem, if Lana is Lex and Chloe is Clark, the Chlana can't be far behind. Really. And no, I'm never going to stop futilely hoping for this pairing, so just be warned.
Of the really awesome.
Dean Cain!!! Ok, I watched all three seasons of Lois and Clark completely for Dean Cain's hottitude, so I cannot help but approve that they got him on the show. And I love that he got to be an evil immortal trying, Frankenstein-like, to make himself a bride. (I did think making him Jack the Ripper was a little over the top, though). Also, his encounters with Lex were terrific.
Cain and Abel-El! I love that storyline, brother El against brother El. And I love that the two aliens Clark trusts, Kara and MM, are in opposition to each other; that's going to make his relationship with both of them interestingly complicated. And it definitely makes the search for that Kryptonian MacGuffin Kara lost more meaningful.
Jimmy/Kara. I hate to say it, because I always thought Chloe and Jimmy were cute, and their breakup scene did hurt my heart, but "James" and Kara have mega-chemistry in a way that Chloe and Jimmy never had. Even though Kara is kind of deftly exploiting him, she really does like him--and Jimmy can't help but bask in her praise and admiration. Plus the chopsticks thing and the mutual bonding over their interest in extraterrestrial life was really cute. "Everyone knows Martians use infrared." Hee!!!
Lana, who completely rocked the house. I love that she started the day all domestic, making blueberry pancakes for Clark, and ended the day in her secret lair, spying on Lex. And in the middle she had that extremely cute reaction to Jonn Jonzz (I take it he's a Kryptonian too?) and handled the Martian revelation with great aplomb. And masterminded a plot to help the victims of 33.1. Oh, and deftly handled the ten million dollar accusation from Lex: misdirecting Clark in a very effective way by pointing out Lex's motive for lying (even though he was actually being truthful) and lying herself. Damn. You are more a Luthor now than ever, Lana, and damn if that doesn't make you fun to watch.
James Olson, who really is an amazing boyfriend. That box of momentoes made me cry, dammit. He's also an adorable geek and really talented at his job, as Kara recognized. I actually think I'm sadder for him than I am for Chloe, and normally my sympathies would be for Chloe.
Clark and Lex. My god, two scenes together--that's the most since Nemesis, isn't it? And really good scenes together, too. Clark knows perfectly well Lex is covering up for 33.1; Lex knows Lana is feeding Clark information, and drops revelations about Lana and money in a way that manages to sow doubt without sounding like he's deliberately attacking her. Damn. It's so much fun to watch them really go up against each other even as they (kind of) end up working together.
The whole A plot. I really love that they're addressing the issue of mutants--how Lex is looking for a cure, but one that erases their memories of captivity. SMART, albeit pretty damn creepy. And it's really interesting to watch Chloe struggling with her own mutation. I like that she is trying to get Jimmy to stop saying "meteor freaks," but clearly she does still think of them as freaks--that's what she labels herself when she visits Dr. Knox, and her reaction to Sasha being out of Belle Reve clearly indicates she thinks the meteor-infected are dangerous. And the fact that she's willing to potentially give up her past to preserve her future clearly shows how scared she is.
I've been looking forward to Chloe's storyline because the re-evaluation of the meteor infected is something the show has toyed with since season 4, but never really explored in depth. What I didn't realize until the closing scenes of this ep, though, was how Chloe coming to grips with her own mutation would parallel Clark's coming to terms with his alienness. That makes me really excited for this season.
ETA
I forgot one other thing that was really significant about this episode: Lex deliberately killed someone. Well, he would have if Knox wasn't immortal. True, he killed someone who he found hauling a dead body around, but still. This seems like a big step to me, putting six rounds into someone's chest.
Of the WTF:
Does the entire population of extraterrestrials know that Lana knows Clark's secrets? Because otherwise, they're being very cavalier about revealing things.
part I
Clark and Lex. My god, two scenes together--that's the most since Nemesis, isn't it? And really good scenes together, too. Clark knows perfectly well Lex is covering up for 33.1; Lex knows Lana is feeding Clark information, and drops revelations about Lana and money in a way that manages to sow doubt without sounding like he's deliberately attacking her. Damn. It's so much fun to watch them really go up against each other even as they (kind of) end up working together.
I really love how cool Lex plays things these days. From his attitude of "Mussolini failed, bitch. Step off," with Knox when Knox oh-so-subtly tried to intimidate to his attitude of "Knox is immortal, bitch. Step off," when Clark got all sanctimonious with him in the hospital*, to not even blinking as he unloaded all six bullets into Knox, he rocked my sox. His screentime is so quality these days; it feels like he's stretching his iconic muscles every time he has a scene.
The whole A plot. I really love that they're addressing the issue of mutants--how Lex is looking for a cure, but one that erases their memories of captivity. SMART, albeit pretty damn creepy.
Right. That's what I'm talking about: his motives are explained and even reasonable if one ignores the truly questionable means by which he attains his ends, and he's done trying to get the other characters to see his point of view; he'll bend the world to his will, Clark and everyone else's opinions be damned. And that's Lex Luthor, baby.
And it's really interesting to watch Chloe struggling with her own mutation. I like that she is trying to get Jimmy to stop saying "meteor freaks," but clearly she does still think of them as freaks--that's what she labels herself when she visits Dr. Knox, and her reaction to Sasha being out of Belle Reve clearly indicates she thinks the meteor-infected are dangerous. And the fact that she's willing to potentially give up her past to preserve her future clearly shows how scared she is.
*nodnodnod* I like what this storyline has done for Chloe's character. It's made her more accessible to me than she's been, gosh, probably since she learned Clark's secret. Now that she's doing more than being his Trusted & Wise Confidante, I'm interested in her for herself again, rather than her as an extension of Clark.
Re: part I
Well, even if they are going for season 8, KK isn't signed for it, right? So I assume they're actually going for the end of the Clana this season, so it would be nice to think they are actually giving thought to how to end the relationship in a permanent way. But you're right, of course, that it's never a good idea to get your hopes up about plot developments related to Lana.
I really love how cool Lex plays things these days. From his attitude of "Mussolini failed, bitch. Step off," with Knox when Knox oh-so-subtly tried to intimidate to his attitude of "Knox is immortal, bitch. Step off," when Clark got all sanctimonious with him in the hospital*, to not even blinking as he unloaded all six bullets into Knox, he rocked my sox. His screentime is so quality these days; it feels like he's stretching his iconic muscles every time he has a scene.
Yes! It's about time, too. I so completely loved his scenes with Knox, where he kept winning the exchanges not because Knox was a wimpy villain but because Lex was simply better.