and I found myself actually wanting Chloe to shoot him.
Me too. All season I've felt sort of a disconnect with Lex's character, but in this episode he was everything I had been saying I wanted him to be - scary, effective, villainous, for once not self-pitying - and I hated it. I didn't - don't? - hate Lex quite as much as Lionel in Asylum, but it's very close.
Even if his motivation isn't entirely selfish - which this episode thankfully did nothing to contradict - I can't agree with his methods. I just can't. Smallville's textual Lex is a sociopath. I didn't like that implication in "Reunion", but now I can't help but agreeing.
It was one of the best episodes of the season, though. I mean, it was extremely effective, so it has to be. But I'm not sure I can take watching a whole season of this Lex.
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Me too. All season I've felt sort of a disconnect with Lex's character, but in this episode he was everything I had been saying I wanted him to be - scary, effective, villainous, for once not self-pitying - and I hated it. I didn't - don't? - hate Lex quite as much as Lionel in Asylum, but it's very close.
Even if his motivation isn't entirely selfish - which this episode thankfully did nothing to contradict - I can't agree with his methods. I just can't. Smallville's textual Lex is a sociopath. I didn't like that implication in "Reunion", but now I can't help but agreeing.
It was one of the best episodes of the season, though. I mean, it was extremely effective, so it has to be. But I'm not sure I can take watching a whole season of this Lex.