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Smallville: Apocalypse
Spoilers ahoy.
I liked this episode, don't get me wrong, but I think I had higher expectations of it going in, which might have been a mistake. I was really eager to see what everyone's life was like without Clark, but I was actually hoping for more...justification? Logic? Something. I mean, it makes sense that Jonathan would still be alive, and I suppose it makes sense that Lana would have met someone decent in Paris (and I suppose 2 kids at the age of 22 is not out of the question, especially if her parents still died in the meteor shower and she was trying to recreate the family she never had), but I wanted a little more detail on Chloe. And while I loved seeing Lois completely as her iconic self, it didn't quite make sense to me. In the real timeline, part of what sent her into reporting in the first place was Clark and that door landing by her; I'm really curious what pushed her into journalism earlier in the other timeline, early enough that she's already earned a Pulitzer.
And Lex must have been quite politically influential to get the Constitution changed so someone under 35 could be elected president. (Oh, sorry, here I go again applying real world facts to Smallville plotlines. Silly of me).
I mean, I get why they did this--moving everyone to their canonical destinies. I totally loved seeing hard-hitting reporter Lois bossing Jimmy around, and President Lex was simultaneously chilling and kick-ass, and all the Clark-Lois stuff was really, really fun. Clark was so Supermanly! I completely loved him saving Lois, and obviously showing him in the suit and glasses was total fanservice. I guess one can hand-wave the details being Jor-El just trying to convince Clark to go to Krypton to save himself.
What I actually thought was most interesting in the episode was Lex's relationship with Kara. Considering how much energy fans have put into speculating whether having Clark stand loyally by his side would have changed Lex's fate, it's very interesting to see that even with Kara's obvious loyalty, he still ends up destroying the world to save it. True, Kara was sheltered by Lionel rather than Jonathan and Martha (though she was an adolescent, so I don't know how profound his influence on her would have been); she might not have been the shining beacon of hope and morality that Clark was for him.But still, it was chilling to see how easily he jumped to the conclusion that she had betrayed him and shot her.
The other scene I thought was very interesting was Clark and Lex's scene in the barn, because I honestly couldn't decide if that scene was Lex being totally manipulative and trying to find out if Clark was the Traveller, using the most potent weapon (CLark's fears for Lana) he had available, or if he still authentically cares for Lana. That was a fantastic scene.
So: Kara's collapse: Brainiac (having somehow infiltrated Kara's brain?) or Lex (trying to find out if Kara is the Traveller)? Or does someone have an alternate theory?
I liked this episode, don't get me wrong, but I think I had higher expectations of it going in, which might have been a mistake. I was really eager to see what everyone's life was like without Clark, but I was actually hoping for more...justification? Logic? Something. I mean, it makes sense that Jonathan would still be alive, and I suppose it makes sense that Lana would have met someone decent in Paris (and I suppose 2 kids at the age of 22 is not out of the question, especially if her parents still died in the meteor shower and she was trying to recreate the family she never had), but I wanted a little more detail on Chloe. And while I loved seeing Lois completely as her iconic self, it didn't quite make sense to me. In the real timeline, part of what sent her into reporting in the first place was Clark and that door landing by her; I'm really curious what pushed her into journalism earlier in the other timeline, early enough that she's already earned a Pulitzer.
And Lex must have been quite politically influential to get the Constitution changed so someone under 35 could be elected president. (Oh, sorry, here I go again applying real world facts to Smallville plotlines. Silly of me).
I mean, I get why they did this--moving everyone to their canonical destinies. I totally loved seeing hard-hitting reporter Lois bossing Jimmy around, and President Lex was simultaneously chilling and kick-ass, and all the Clark-Lois stuff was really, really fun. Clark was so Supermanly! I completely loved him saving Lois, and obviously showing him in the suit and glasses was total fanservice. I guess one can hand-wave the details being Jor-El just trying to convince Clark to go to Krypton to save himself.
What I actually thought was most interesting in the episode was Lex's relationship with Kara. Considering how much energy fans have put into speculating whether having Clark stand loyally by his side would have changed Lex's fate, it's very interesting to see that even with Kara's obvious loyalty, he still ends up destroying the world to save it. True, Kara was sheltered by Lionel rather than Jonathan and Martha (though she was an adolescent, so I don't know how profound his influence on her would have been); she might not have been the shining beacon of hope and morality that Clark was for him.But still, it was chilling to see how easily he jumped to the conclusion that she had betrayed him and shot her.
The other scene I thought was very interesting was Clark and Lex's scene in the barn, because I honestly couldn't decide if that scene was Lex being totally manipulative and trying to find out if Clark was the Traveller, using the most potent weapon (CLark's fears for Lana) he had available, or if he still authentically cares for Lana. That was a fantastic scene.
So: Kara's collapse: Brainiac (having somehow infiltrated Kara's brain?) or Lex (trying to find out if Kara is the Traveller)? Or does someone have an alternate theory?
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