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Smallville: Infamous
Just some quick reactions, because I have a bazillion things to do tonight.
I wish I had remembered that Clark had themagic reset button time travel ring, because I spent the first half of the episode terribly anxious about how they were going to fix all this, since obviously he couldn't really go public as himself.
Things I really loved
1. All the Clark-Lois stuff. Oh my god, the revelation scene was just *perfect*. I love that she didn't believe him at first (liquid lunching, hee!) and that her first reaction is that maybe she should stop calling him Smallville. (NEVER, Lois!) And Clark's "you're speechless, that's never a good thing" was great. Though I felt really really bad for her when she found out Lana and Chloe already knew (and even more heartbroken in the scene right before Clark changes history and he tells her he's not going to tell her. Ouch ouch ouch). But continuing my discussion of the revelation scene: I just thought her emotional reactions--from awe to kicking herself for not figuring it out to embarrassment that Clark can see through things--were all so Lois.
And even though Clark is clearly not quite where Lois is, emotionally speaking, I did like his acknowledgment in the revelation scene that she's the best reporter to tell the story too--and him telling her, in the barn scene, that it's *because* she's special that he's not going to tell her the truth. Oh, Clark, Clark, Clark. At least you're consistent: you have to protect your love interest from your secret, it's just now Lois is in the place Lana used to be.
I'm ok with this, though, not only because canonically she can't know yet, but also because we have a whole additional season to get through, so they need to stretch the Lois-Clark romance out for a while. And even though I kind of wanted to bop Clark over the head in that end scene (oh, Clark, you can choose to be happy, really!) and I felt heartbroken for Lois and her denial (I'm following a lead), at least that reinforced that Clark *does* have feelings for her. They better spend a lot of time on this romance next season, though, because it's one of the few things still holding me to the show.
2. Linda Lake: because much as I hated her (and I *really* hated her--I was actually cheering when Davis smothered her, which is not a moral position I like to be in) she was a fantastic villain.
3. The price of time travel: I really liked the continuity here, that in this universe time travel does have a price, and in this case the price was to push Davis further along the pathway toward total takeover by Doomsday. Though actually I thought the real cost was that Chloe is never going to hear Davis make that confession, which is truly tragic. I feel so bad for Davis, since there's obviously nothing he can do to stop this. It's sort of like Lex's whole storyline compressed into one season.
4. The price of heroism: Because although it was very compressed (poor Clark, I wish he'd gotten a little more of the hero worship before he got arrested by Homeland Security) I think the episode did an excellent job showing exactly why Clark needs a secret identity. My favorite part of this, I think, was the teenage girl who threw herself off the balcony so Clark would catch her. Because, c'mon. Who among us (if we were 15) wouldn't try something like that to land in Clark's arms? :-)
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Things I really loved
1. All the Clark-Lois stuff. Oh my god, the revelation scene was just *perfect*. I love that she didn't believe him at first (liquid lunching, hee!) and that her first reaction is that maybe she should stop calling him Smallville. (NEVER, Lois!) And Clark's "you're speechless, that's never a good thing" was great. Though I felt really really bad for her when she found out Lana and Chloe already knew (and even more heartbroken in the scene right before Clark changes history and he tells her he's not going to tell her. Ouch ouch ouch). But continuing my discussion of the revelation scene: I just thought her emotional reactions--from awe to kicking herself for not figuring it out to embarrassment that Clark can see through things--were all so Lois.
And even though Clark is clearly not quite where Lois is, emotionally speaking, I did like his acknowledgment in the revelation scene that she's the best reporter to tell the story too--and him telling her, in the barn scene, that it's *because* she's special that he's not going to tell her the truth. Oh, Clark, Clark, Clark. At least you're consistent: you have to protect your love interest from your secret, it's just now Lois is in the place Lana used to be.
I'm ok with this, though, not only because canonically she can't know yet, but also because we have a whole additional season to get through, so they need to stretch the Lois-Clark romance out for a while. And even though I kind of wanted to bop Clark over the head in that end scene (oh, Clark, you can choose to be happy, really!) and I felt heartbroken for Lois and her denial (I'm following a lead), at least that reinforced that Clark *does* have feelings for her. They better spend a lot of time on this romance next season, though, because it's one of the few things still holding me to the show.
2. Linda Lake: because much as I hated her (and I *really* hated her--I was actually cheering when Davis smothered her, which is not a moral position I like to be in) she was a fantastic villain.
3. The price of time travel: I really liked the continuity here, that in this universe time travel does have a price, and in this case the price was to push Davis further along the pathway toward total takeover by Doomsday. Though actually I thought the real cost was that Chloe is never going to hear Davis make that confession, which is truly tragic. I feel so bad for Davis, since there's obviously nothing he can do to stop this. It's sort of like Lex's whole storyline compressed into one season.
4. The price of heroism: Because although it was very compressed (poor Clark, I wish he'd gotten a little more of the hero worship before he got arrested by Homeland Security) I think the episode did an excellent job showing exactly why Clark needs a secret identity. My favorite part of this, I think, was the teenage girl who threw herself off the balcony so Clark would catch her. Because, c'mon. Who among us (if we were 15) wouldn't try something like that to land in Clark's arms? :-)
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Yeah, I'm very happy the time travel had an actual consequence.