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SV "Vessel"
Hmmm. I'm not sure *what* I think.
Ok, to start with the THINGS THAT FILLED ME WITH MURDEROUS RAGE:
If we are really supposed to think that it is Lionel spouting platitudes about the darkness inside of Lex, both to Lex and to Clark--well, fuck. That made me mad enough to wish that Lionel was actually dead after Lex threw him against the car--and as you all know, I love me some Magnificent Bastard. But NOT self-righteous sanctimonious bastard, thank you very much. (And even though it would have been anticlimactic, how funny would it have been after all the sturm-and-drang "you will kill your father" foreshadowing, if Lionel had died after Lex threw him, so it all would have been an accident?)
However, I have a slight theory--I need to see if it's supported on rewatching--that it wasn't actually Lionel during those scenes, it was Fine-onel, since we now know that he can take other people's forms, and we know he is an expert at manipulating Clark. Given that a Fine was flying Martha's plane, and given how plan A--making Clark kill (presumably the real) Lionel last week didn't work, Fine now realizes the best way to get Clark NOT to kill Lex is try to convince him TO kill him. Which means it wasn't Lionel being all sanctimonious, it was Fine. Did anyone else have this theory?
THINGS THAT MADE ME GO WTF:
Why the hell is Chloe running around randomly in traffic, other than to deliberately put her in danger? And who the hell is going to save the day with Clark trapped in the Phantom Zone, Lana? Everybody else seems to be down for the count.
THINGS THAT MADE ME SQUEE LIKE A CRAZY FANGIRL:
Um, pretty much everything else? Starting with the cool "alien invasion" spaceship shadows/horse spooking, followed by Lana and Lex waking up together (Hooboy!!!), and then Lex getting possessed and taking off for the field, and Lana chasing after him in a wonderful reversal of that scene in "Reckoning".
And speaking of echoing pivotal series scenes, that shot of Lex trembling in the field was a *wonderful* echo of his scene in the cornfield in the Pilot. That scene where Lex got sucked into the spaceship was awesome, and Lana's reaction convinced me more than anything else so far that she really loves him. And by the way, KK was REALLY on her A game tonight. I've never seen her do a better acting job--especially this scene, and the scene where Lex returns and tells her about his powers, and her confrontation with Clark--she was fantastic in all of those scenes. Oh, and the scene with Chloe, too, where she blames herself for Lex getting involved. I'm telling you, I could get really invested in Lexana--it's giving us the most interesting Lana of the entire series. I love how Lana's reactions to the alien kidnapping and to Lex's return show *both* her extreme fear of the aliens *and* her loyalty and willing to embrace someone she loves as long as he is honest with her.
Oh, and that scene with Clark? Amazing. Just amazing. Speaking of rifts, talk about a really good reason for a Clana rift: he really did owe it to her to tell her what was happening with Lex. This wasn't just his secret now, it affected everyone. And I'm very glad that the secret that turned her away from him wasn't *his* secret but information about Lex. That whole scene was just marvellous.
What does everyone else think, concerning when exactly Zod was completely controlling Lex? Because when Lex says to Lana "How could I keep something like this from the person I care about most," it was of course the perfect Lexian thing to say to her, whether it was sincere or manipulation--but it also felt a little fake to me, and I did wonder if Zod was already influencing him then. What the hell Zod would want with Lana, I have *no* idea. But he didn't reveal that he wasn't Lex on the roof, so I guess he does want her for something.
Part of the reason I want to know what people think about when Zod was in control of Lex is that it affects how I read the Lex/Clark confrontation scene. That was wonderful, and I loved that Lex finally got to say onscreen what people have been writing in fanfic for years--I'm just not sure he was completely in the driver's seat, even before he got zapped.
And obviously I have no fears that Lex, Lois, or Martha are really dead. And I'm pretty sure Chloe won't die this particular way. But I really do wonder how the hell they're going to get out of this next season!
Oh, and I forgot to mention. Chlark kiss! Actually pretty hot! Next season really does look like it's going to be Chlark v. Lexana. That should be fun!
Wow, I can't wait to rewatch this, but first I'm going to go read what everyone else thought.
Ok, to start with the THINGS THAT FILLED ME WITH MURDEROUS RAGE:
If we are really supposed to think that it is Lionel spouting platitudes about the darkness inside of Lex, both to Lex and to Clark--well, fuck. That made me mad enough to wish that Lionel was actually dead after Lex threw him against the car--and as you all know, I love me some Magnificent Bastard. But NOT self-righteous sanctimonious bastard, thank you very much. (And even though it would have been anticlimactic, how funny would it have been after all the sturm-and-drang "you will kill your father" foreshadowing, if Lionel had died after Lex threw him, so it all would have been an accident?)
However, I have a slight theory--I need to see if it's supported on rewatching--that it wasn't actually Lionel during those scenes, it was Fine-onel, since we now know that he can take other people's forms, and we know he is an expert at manipulating Clark. Given that a Fine was flying Martha's plane, and given how plan A--making Clark kill (presumably the real) Lionel last week didn't work, Fine now realizes the best way to get Clark NOT to kill Lex is try to convince him TO kill him. Which means it wasn't Lionel being all sanctimonious, it was Fine. Did anyone else have this theory?
THINGS THAT MADE ME GO WTF:
Why the hell is Chloe running around randomly in traffic, other than to deliberately put her in danger? And who the hell is going to save the day with Clark trapped in the Phantom Zone, Lana? Everybody else seems to be down for the count.
THINGS THAT MADE ME SQUEE LIKE A CRAZY FANGIRL:
Um, pretty much everything else? Starting with the cool "alien invasion" spaceship shadows/horse spooking, followed by Lana and Lex waking up together (Hooboy!!!), and then Lex getting possessed and taking off for the field, and Lana chasing after him in a wonderful reversal of that scene in "Reckoning".
And speaking of echoing pivotal series scenes, that shot of Lex trembling in the field was a *wonderful* echo of his scene in the cornfield in the Pilot. That scene where Lex got sucked into the spaceship was awesome, and Lana's reaction convinced me more than anything else so far that she really loves him. And by the way, KK was REALLY on her A game tonight. I've never seen her do a better acting job--especially this scene, and the scene where Lex returns and tells her about his powers, and her confrontation with Clark--she was fantastic in all of those scenes. Oh, and the scene with Chloe, too, where she blames herself for Lex getting involved. I'm telling you, I could get really invested in Lexana--it's giving us the most interesting Lana of the entire series. I love how Lana's reactions to the alien kidnapping and to Lex's return show *both* her extreme fear of the aliens *and* her loyalty and willing to embrace someone she loves as long as he is honest with her.
Oh, and that scene with Clark? Amazing. Just amazing. Speaking of rifts, talk about a really good reason for a Clana rift: he really did owe it to her to tell her what was happening with Lex. This wasn't just his secret now, it affected everyone. And I'm very glad that the secret that turned her away from him wasn't *his* secret but information about Lex. That whole scene was just marvellous.
What does everyone else think, concerning when exactly Zod was completely controlling Lex? Because when Lex says to Lana "How could I keep something like this from the person I care about most," it was of course the perfect Lexian thing to say to her, whether it was sincere or manipulation--but it also felt a little fake to me, and I did wonder if Zod was already influencing him then. What the hell Zod would want with Lana, I have *no* idea. But he didn't reveal that he wasn't Lex on the roof, so I guess he does want her for something.
Part of the reason I want to know what people think about when Zod was in control of Lex is that it affects how I read the Lex/Clark confrontation scene. That was wonderful, and I loved that Lex finally got to say onscreen what people have been writing in fanfic for years--I'm just not sure he was completely in the driver's seat, even before he got zapped.
And obviously I have no fears that Lex, Lois, or Martha are really dead. And I'm pretty sure Chloe won't die this particular way. But I really do wonder how the hell they're going to get out of this next season!
Oh, and I forgot to mention. Chlark kiss! Actually pretty hot! Next season really does look like it's going to be Chlark v. Lexana. That should be fun!
Wow, I can't wait to rewatch this, but first I'm going to go read what everyone else thought.
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I took the meeting on the roof of Luthor Corp as Lex doing his usual big, grand, romantic gesture. And it is romantic: "If you decide to be with me, then join me at the top of the tallest building in Metropolis and look out over all that we'll survey together one day" or something along those lines. Also, he knew he'd just dropped something huge on her and unlike some people, who think a marriage proposal is the way to gloss over all the pesky implications of learning news that big about one's paramour, Lex recognized that Lana needed time to process and decide what she wanted to do. Meta-textually, I took it as a screenwriters' shout-out to "An Affair to Remember", so it didn't seem weird or odd to me but rather, like I said, romantic (what was weird was that he didn't give her a specific time, but this *is* SV we're talking about).
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I can totally buy Lex making a grand gesture, it just seems *odd* the way everyone is acting like Metropolis is two blocks away from SV. And since Brainiac drove Lex into that field, somehow, I wondered if he was also driving Lex to do something beyond just confronting Clark.
Also, he knew he'd just dropped something huge on her and unlike some people, who think a marriage proposal is the way to gloss over all the pesky implications of learning news that big about one's paramour, Lex recognized that Lana needed time to process and decide what she wanted to do.
Well, to be fair, Clark *did* tell Lana not to give him an answer right at that moment. (But the conscious paralleling of those two events actually explains the top-of-Luthercorp-tower thing in a non-"Affair to Remember" way--clearly Lana has to give her answer to both men in their iconic space. And Clark's iconic space is still the Kent home, but Lex's is no longer the mansion, it's really Luthercorp.)
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*giggle* And there we have it. The neverending mysteries of the Smallville universe! Of course quite often they combine driving and cellphones. Though that usually ends badly...
And actually, yes, I found Lex's 'meet me on the rooftop' totally swoon-worthy, so I must be more of a romantic than I thought.