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SV 6.15 "Freak"
A great directing debut for MR!
Spoilers for "Freak" behind the cut
Yeah, what do I know about directing? I did notice there were a lot more shots with natural light than is normal in an SV episode (like the exterior of Tobias' house the first time Clark and Chloe visited), which I liked. I also thought the night scene with Clark and Lana outside Tobias' house was beautifully lit, and they both looked gorgeous in the multicolored lights. Ditto with the final Chloe-Clark scene--they both looked gorgeous.
To turn my attention to the plot: I was a little bit spoiled for this episode, so I've been playing around with idea of Chloe the meteor freak all week. On the plus side, it will probably make Chloe re-evaluate how she thinks of meteor "freaks," which is probably a good thing. (I noticed a real terminological distinction in this episode; Chloe consistently referred to them as meteor freaks while Clark and Lana talked about people with "meteor powers," which I thought was interesting.)
Lana was surprisingly open toward the meteor infected in this episode; I'm trying to decide how much this is a consequence of deciding Clark is meteorinfected and trying to protect him, and how much this means she *was* faking out Lex in that episode earlier this season when she said she didn't have a problem with him experimenting on them in level 33.1 if in fact he was. Regardless, I loved Lana in this episode. I thought it was really cute that she went bowling with Chloe for her bachelorette party (and also VERY SLASHY--as was the fact that her fiance had her girlfriend best friend kidnapped and anal probed experimented on, as if she were Clark his rival.) I adore these cute Chlana bonding scenes.
I also liked Lana calling Chloe on her suspicions about Lex. Chloe's been doing the dance of avoidance on that score for good reason, but I'm interested that Lana is apparently starting to wake up to the reality that Lex is concealing things from her. In fact, watching her conversation with Lex and her subsequent attempts to save Tobias, I had an epiphany: Lana is to Lex as season 1 Lex was to Lionel. Well, except for the whole marriage and pregnancy thing :cough Luthorcest cough: In season 1 Lex knew that his father was shady, and thought he was smart enough to play his games and win--and yet he was still using the Luthor name and money to try to make things better for the people Luthorcorp hurt, and investigating Clark while simultanously trying to protect him from his father. Now Lex is Lionel, in terms of power, finesse, methods, and desire to protect his power base even at the expense of other people's lives; meanwhile Lana thinks she can play in his league, and she really is getting better at it, but she's really no match for him.
Still, it's fun to watch her try to play. I loved that she was using her Luthorian power to try to rescue Tobias (and rescue Clark in the process)--it almost made up for the burn that now Clark has another go-to billionaire when he needs some financial help to save people. Ouch. That hurt my Clexy heart in a way that Lana doing it did not, for some reason--maybe because I'm looking at her as Lex's good side, since she's symbolically representing him so thoroughly. Did anyone else think that the fact that she almost killed the doctor was supposed to parallel Lex shooting Roger Nixon, or am I stretching things there? (Has Lex ever found a flattened bullet? I'm blanking on this, although I'm sure that scene was echoing something else).
And meanwhile, Lex was thoroughly awesome in his bad-assness in this episode. He's no longer giving his characteristic tells when he lies to Lana; he's become incredibly smooth. And I love that he maintained his urbanity when he threatened the doctor, because *that's* the Lex Luthor I want to see: smoothly evil, powerful, and sexy as all hell. Damn, that last scene? When he's looking at the images of Chloe being tortured and orders that she be watched carefully? Rocked my SOCKS off.
Ok, I guess I should talk a little bit about Chloe, since it was a Chloe-centric episode and all. And after thinking it over for a while, I think I'm cautiously liking the Chloe-as-a-metoer-freak retcon. True, it could end up with her in Belle Reve, but that has been foreshadowed as a possibility for a while, so it's not bothersome. At least now we get a completely new option: superChloe! She can join the Justice League and fight crime! Yay! Let the betting begin on what her superpower is going to be. And if she is a walking time bomb, Clark is going to be her own personal bomb squad. Awww! I loved that scene a LOT.
I also really loved Clark in this episode. He's starting to be able to investigate stuff on his own (at least if hacking skills aren't required), and I thought he played that hospital scene where he got the laptop very well. Smart of him not to just vanish! And wow, that scene where he used his heat vision to remove the tag from Chloe was also really well-played. My favorite scene with him, though, was actually that scene with Lana, where he lies/tells the truth very convincingly ("I don't know where you got the idea I'm a meteor freak") while at the same time thanking her for protecting him. That was a very sweet scene--I loved that Lana saying he was still the same Clark Kent, meteor powers or not. Will that carry over into knowledge that he's an alien, given her negative encounters with all the Kryptonians? Hard to say, but I am liking her character growth, nonetheless.
And finally, Jimmy was wonderful in this episode! I had a feeling Chloe was going to turn up in her own bed like all the others, but I loved how worried he was and that little conversation with Clark about playing it cool and not telling her how he really feels.
Spoilers for "Freak" behind the cut
Yeah, what do I know about directing? I did notice there were a lot more shots with natural light than is normal in an SV episode (like the exterior of Tobias' house the first time Clark and Chloe visited), which I liked. I also thought the night scene with Clark and Lana outside Tobias' house was beautifully lit, and they both looked gorgeous in the multicolored lights. Ditto with the final Chloe-Clark scene--they both looked gorgeous.
To turn my attention to the plot: I was a little bit spoiled for this episode, so I've been playing around with idea of Chloe the meteor freak all week. On the plus side, it will probably make Chloe re-evaluate how she thinks of meteor "freaks," which is probably a good thing. (I noticed a real terminological distinction in this episode; Chloe consistently referred to them as meteor freaks while Clark and Lana talked about people with "meteor powers," which I thought was interesting.)
Lana was surprisingly open toward the meteor infected in this episode; I'm trying to decide how much this is a consequence of deciding Clark is meteorinfected and trying to protect him, and how much this means she *was* faking out Lex in that episode earlier this season when she said she didn't have a problem with him experimenting on them in level 33.1 if in fact he was. Regardless, I loved Lana in this episode. I thought it was really cute that she went bowling with Chloe for her bachelorette party (and also VERY SLASHY--as was the fact that her fiance had her
I also liked Lana calling Chloe on her suspicions about Lex. Chloe's been doing the dance of avoidance on that score for good reason, but I'm interested that Lana is apparently starting to wake up to the reality that Lex is concealing things from her. In fact, watching her conversation with Lex and her subsequent attempts to save Tobias, I had an epiphany: Lana is to Lex as season 1 Lex was to Lionel. Well, except for the whole marriage and pregnancy thing :cough Luthorcest cough: In season 1 Lex knew that his father was shady, and thought he was smart enough to play his games and win--and yet he was still using the Luthor name and money to try to make things better for the people Luthorcorp hurt, and investigating Clark while simultanously trying to protect him from his father. Now Lex is Lionel, in terms of power, finesse, methods, and desire to protect his power base even at the expense of other people's lives; meanwhile Lana thinks she can play in his league, and she really is getting better at it, but she's really no match for him.
Still, it's fun to watch her try to play. I loved that she was using her Luthorian power to try to rescue Tobias (and rescue Clark in the process)--it almost made up for the burn that now Clark has another go-to billionaire when he needs some financial help to save people. Ouch. That hurt my Clexy heart in a way that Lana doing it did not, for some reason--maybe because I'm looking at her as Lex's good side, since she's symbolically representing him so thoroughly. Did anyone else think that the fact that she almost killed the doctor was supposed to parallel Lex shooting Roger Nixon, or am I stretching things there? (Has Lex ever found a flattened bullet? I'm blanking on this, although I'm sure that scene was echoing something else).
And meanwhile, Lex was thoroughly awesome in his bad-assness in this episode. He's no longer giving his characteristic tells when he lies to Lana; he's become incredibly smooth. And I love that he maintained his urbanity when he threatened the doctor, because *that's* the Lex Luthor I want to see: smoothly evil, powerful, and sexy as all hell. Damn, that last scene? When he's looking at the images of Chloe being tortured and orders that she be watched carefully? Rocked my SOCKS off.
Ok, I guess I should talk a little bit about Chloe, since it was a Chloe-centric episode and all. And after thinking it over for a while, I think I'm cautiously liking the Chloe-as-a-metoer-freak retcon. True, it could end up with her in Belle Reve, but that has been foreshadowed as a possibility for a while, so it's not bothersome. At least now we get a completely new option: superChloe! She can join the Justice League and fight crime! Yay! Let the betting begin on what her superpower is going to be. And if she is a walking time bomb, Clark is going to be her own personal bomb squad. Awww! I loved that scene a LOT.
I also really loved Clark in this episode. He's starting to be able to investigate stuff on his own (at least if hacking skills aren't required), and I thought he played that hospital scene where he got the laptop very well. Smart of him not to just vanish! And wow, that scene where he used his heat vision to remove the tag from Chloe was also really well-played. My favorite scene with him, though, was actually that scene with Lana, where he lies/tells the truth very convincingly ("I don't know where you got the idea I'm a meteor freak") while at the same time thanking her for protecting him. That was a very sweet scene--I loved that Lana saying he was still the same Clark Kent, meteor powers or not. Will that carry over into knowledge that he's an alien, given her negative encounters with all the Kryptonians? Hard to say, but I am liking her character growth, nonetheless.
And finally, Jimmy was wonderful in this episode! I had a feeling Chloe was going to turn up in her own bed like all the others, but I loved how worried he was and that little conversation with Clark about playing it cool and not telling her how he really feels.
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