Yes, it was his plan to split Davis and Doomsday, and I still think it was a good one, because Davis (the human) should not have been summarily executed without a trial. It might have been naive of Clark to think Davis once separated from Doomsday would be totally innocent, but he was correct that Davis was not a threat to humanity as a whole, so there was no justification for killing him.
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I thought the biggest failure of the finale was bringing Chimmy back when it felt so out of the blue. Last few episodes haven't even hinted at Chloe pinning for Jimmy, she actually got a lot of raised eyebrows for having dinner with Davis in Eternal right after Jimmy dumped her, and then Beast phone call set up Chloe being torn between protecting Clark and saving Davis. Introducing Chimmy back into it just to get the maximum angst from his death was short-sighted IMO, they could have easily had Chloe mourn over his dying to protect her without having to insert the moment of her kissing him. And for Chloe to now have no feelings for Davis was also a disappointing decision for me as it doesn't tie in with recent episodes at all, and makes it really confusing to connect with her characters decisions. I never believed that an attraction to Davis was her primary reason for wanting to save the man/believing there was still good in him, but for Davis to kill while free of Doomsday and for Chloe to not even have any moment of reflection after all of the build-up in episodes like Prey and Eternal????
Really I'm most annoyed that the Chloom connection was build up all year, and there was zero emotional pay-off. I had been anticipating Sam getting a moment to tug at the audiences heartstrings, and for Chloe to cry over her failure to save Davis. It felt incredibly anticlimactic to bring it back to Chloe loving Jimmy, and the whole Davis storyline meaning very little to her
I realize that Jimmy's little brother is supposed to now be Jimmy 2.0, who will be the right age, blah blah blah, but it's not the same, and I really feel kind of betrayed.
I think that was their mistake. If they were going to kill Jimmy Olsen, they should have had the guts to actually kill Jimmy Olsen y'know? It felt really contrived and insulting to suddenly claim his real name was Henry just in order to preserve the mythos.
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I thought the biggest failure of the finale was bringing Chimmy back when it felt so out of the blue. Last few episodes haven't even hinted at Chloe pinning for Jimmy, she actually got a lot of raised eyebrows for having dinner with Davis in Eternal right after Jimmy dumped her, and then Beast phone call set up Chloe being torn between protecting Clark and saving Davis. Introducing Chimmy back into it just to get the maximum angst from his death was short-sighted IMO, they could have easily had Chloe mourn over his dying to protect her without having to insert the moment of her kissing him. And for Chloe to now have no feelings for Davis was also a disappointing decision for me as it doesn't tie in with recent episodes at all, and makes it really confusing to connect with her characters decisions. I never believed that an attraction to Davis was her primary reason for wanting to save the man/believing there was still good in him, but for Davis to kill while free of Doomsday and for Chloe to not even have any moment of reflection after all of the build-up in episodes like Prey and Eternal????
Really I'm most annoyed that the Chloom connection was build up all year, and there was zero emotional pay-off. I had been anticipating Sam getting a moment to tug at the audiences heartstrings, and for Chloe to cry over her failure to save Davis. It felt incredibly anticlimactic to bring it back to Chloe loving Jimmy, and the whole Davis storyline meaning very little to her
I realize that Jimmy's little brother is supposed to now be Jimmy 2.0, who will be the right age, blah blah blah, but it's not the same, and I really feel kind of betrayed.
I think that was their mistake. If they were going to kill Jimmy Olsen, they should have had the guts to actually kill Jimmy Olsen y'know? It felt really contrived and insulting to suddenly claim his real name was Henry just in order to preserve the mythos.