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Despite a couple things that puzzled me, I really liked it.
Before I get to the review proper, just a general policy: I no longer talk about Chloe in my reviews, because I have no interest whatsoever in having Chloe wars go on in my journal, so I would ask you to respect that and not bring her up in your comments. Thanks.
Things I liked:
1. "Cat Grant." I thought she was absolutely charming despite her hate-on for vigilantes--and honestly many of her arguments made a lot of sense and are clearly going to drive Clark into the light, so they didn't bother me too much. Though it amuses me how strong they're making the political allegory.
I also loved how tough Cat was--she never stopped fighting. I hope we're going to see more of her. I want to find out more about her abusive ex, because I have a suspicion he is at least meteor-affected.
2. Clark made me SO happy tonight in his repeated statements that Lois made her own decision to go to Africa and he needed to respect that. I love how he treats the women in his life as adults capable of their own decisions.
3. Also Clark was really adorable in all his interactions with Cat. I loved how he kept finding ways to deflect her hero-hate without directly arguing, especially the scene where he pointed out the parallels between her situation and that of the vigilantes.
4. I like Tess being supportive of Clark, even though it felt kind of strange.
5. This new gang of supervillains is very, very intriguing.
Things that confused me:
1. Does Lois know who Hawkman is? I was confused about how they were so chatty about Clark so quickly (especially since it took me quite a while to realize that was Hawkman. Yeah, my memory of previous seasons is not the best these days).
2. Is Shayera actually working with the supervillains, or was I just confusing dark-haired women we only saw briefly?
Before I get to the review proper, just a general policy: I no longer talk about Chloe in my reviews, because I have no interest whatsoever in having Chloe wars go on in my journal, so I would ask you to respect that and not bring her up in your comments. Thanks.
Things I liked:
1. "Cat Grant." I thought she was absolutely charming despite her hate-on for vigilantes--and honestly many of her arguments made a lot of sense and are clearly going to drive Clark into the light, so they didn't bother me too much. Though it amuses me how strong they're making the political allegory.
I also loved how tough Cat was--she never stopped fighting. I hope we're going to see more of her. I want to find out more about her abusive ex, because I have a suspicion he is at least meteor-affected.
2. Clark made me SO happy tonight in his repeated statements that Lois made her own decision to go to Africa and he needed to respect that. I love how he treats the women in his life as adults capable of their own decisions.
3. Also Clark was really adorable in all his interactions with Cat. I loved how he kept finding ways to deflect her hero-hate without directly arguing, especially the scene where he pointed out the parallels between her situation and that of the vigilantes.
4. I like Tess being supportive of Clark, even though it felt kind of strange.
5. This new gang of supervillains is very, very intriguing.
Things that confused me:
1. Does Lois know who Hawkman is? I was confused about how they were so chatty about Clark so quickly (especially since it took me quite a while to realize that was Hawkman. Yeah, my memory of previous seasons is not the best these days).
2. Is Shayera actually working with the supervillains, or was I just confusing dark-haired women we only saw briefly?
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Clark made me SO happy tonight in his repeated statements that Lois made her own decision to go to Africa and he needed to respect that. I love how he treats the women in his life as adults capable of their own decisions.
Clark was all sorts of win in that episode, but that made me especially happy. I also loved that even though he's not going to go get her, he's clearly holding onto the hope that she'll be back soon.
I assumed that Lois knew who Hawkman was because she wrote the article about the JSA in "Absolute Justice".
I'd have to watch the episode again, but I think that the woman in the scarf who put the mark on Hawkman was Plastique. I could be wrong, but I think the eye makeup was the same. Was that who you meant?
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Oh, I had forgotten that Lois wrote the article on the JSA. That helps.
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Loved Clark tonight, on a shallow note the episode was goregous and had more natural light like the first seasons. It still has that dark, suspenseful look but it has been really bright also.
I liked Tess being on Clark's side and sticking up for him. I didn't think she was gonna do that but it makes sense after all they had been together recently. I am worried about one thing Oliver, Clark, and Hawkman clearly had some sort of "poison" absorbed in their skin. Clark with the bullet, Hawkmen washed his face with the water and Oliver was skin to contact, I can't remember the last one. I wonder if this gonna be a threat in the future episodes? Maybe it mean't nothing but it disturbed me.
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Yes, I too am worried about what that poison was. Though one of the villains said some sort of tracking device?
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This part of the episode could/should have been handled more clearly than it was. The woman who brought the water to Carter/Hawkman at the end of the episode that caused him to be "tagged" by the Suicide Squad was Plastique, from the S8 episode of the same name (as well as the S8 episode Injustice). Plastique appears in the scene where Deadshot is sprung from prison. I think the audience is expected to recognize her because of her amber-colored eyes, which the camera focused on after Carter got dosed, and which the camera again focuses on when she steps into the scene outside Deadshot's jail cell. I think it would have been smarter to make use of the streak of electric blue in her hair to tip the audience off that the woman with the water and the mouthy teenaged supervillain were one in the same, but that could just be me. ;-)
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//1. Does Lois know who Hawkman is? I was confused about how they were so chatty about Clark so quickly (especially since it took me quite a while to realize that was Hawkman. Yeah, my memory of previous seasons is not the best these days).//
I don't think she had any prior knowledge, no.
//2. Is Shayera actually working with the supervillains, or was I just confusing dark-haired women we only saw briefly?//
Do you mean the veiled women who brought Carter the water? That was Plastique.
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