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1.16 Stray

Jonathan: "You've always had a soft spot for strays."
Martha: "The last one turned out all right."

Yet another supernatural orphan dropped into the Kents' lives. (You certainly fell into the right family, honey.)

I liked this one. I liked how young mind reader Ryan had every intention of keeping his gift a secret, but couldn't help telling people what he knew. Of course, Ryan loved the Kents, took to Chloe, and didn't like Lex at all. He couldn't read Clark, but still picked up from others what a good guy Clark was. In a transparent comparison to Superman, Ryan saw Clark as "Warrior Angel," a "strange visitor from another planet who protects the weak."

Lionel told Lex that he was "more than adequate" and in an attempt to diffuse Lex's success in Smallville, offered him a job in Metropolis. Lex turned him down. We also got the first mention that Lex had a younger brother, Julian, who succumbed to sudden infant death syndrome.

So Clark had a temporary little brother. No little brother for Lex. I wonder what sort of big brother he would have been? Would he have treated Julian the way he treats Clark?

Bits and pieces:

-- In a nice romantic subplot, Ryan told Clark that Chloe wanted to go to the prom with him, and offered to tell Clark how Lana felt about him. Clark showed more moral character than I would have in that situation; he said no.

-- Ryan wasn't a meteor freak, was he?

-- In the end, Ryan left Smallville to go live in Edge City. Edge City is definitely from the comics. And yet one more person knows Clark's secret.

-- Martha hit Ryan with her car. Not a car wreck, but I think it counts as one point.

-- Lex: "It's a foil, Clark. Every hero should have one."

A solid three stars. I liked this one,

Billie





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