Too many of the connecting threads -- why is Chloe even taking Lionel's calls? How did Lana even meet her flatlining compadres? how did Clark know exactly where in Honduras to look to pick up Fine's trail? why did we need the Homeland Security shout-out when Chloe simply hacking into the school's systems would have been sufficient since they were tracking Lana's electronic student I.D.?, etc. -- were just, as I said, dumber than a sack of hair
Of these, I think the Honduras bit was the biggest WTF for me. (And I also thought, how the hell does Clark avoid mowing people down when he runs so fast, but yeah: does the space ship have GPS too? That was pretty unbelievable).
The Chloe getting tips from Lionel, though, they've been setting up for a while. At least as far back as Splinter, when Clark saw his emails to her--and didn't Lionel bring her flowers even before that? I mean, this still leaves the great mystery as to why the hell she'd trust Lionel, who tried to have her killed, and not Lex, who saved her life--but if you simply ignore that little problem, which goes back to seasn 4, then this has been amply set up this season.
You're so right about the Homeland security thing, though. That was just weirdly random. All the colleges I know have keycards these days--why bring Homeland security into it? Unless they're setting something up for a future episode? (Fine does seem to be posing as a government agent). Ok, that seems unlikely, given SV's shaky foreshadowing.
Re: part I (this part on your criticisms of the ep)
Of these, I think the Honduras bit was the biggest WTF for me. (And I also thought, how the hell does Clark avoid mowing people down when he runs so fast, but yeah: does the space ship have GPS too? That was pretty unbelievable).
The Chloe getting tips from Lionel, though, they've been setting up for a while. At least as far back as Splinter, when Clark saw his emails to her--and didn't Lionel bring her flowers even before that? I mean, this still leaves the great mystery as to why the hell she'd trust Lionel, who tried to have her killed, and not Lex, who saved her life--but if you simply ignore that little problem, which goes back to seasn 4, then this has been amply set up this season.
You're so right about the Homeland security thing, though. That was just weirdly random. All the colleges I know have keycards these days--why bring Homeland security into it? Unless they're setting something up for a future episode? (Fine does seem to be posing as a government agent). Ok, that seems unlikely, given SV's shaky foreshadowing.