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1.4 X-Ray Clark: "Mom, if you could see anything, what would you do?" Martha: "Learn to close my eyes." In my opinion, this was the first good episode of "Smallville." We had a truly creepy villain: Tina the shapeshifter, who murdered her mother and single white female'd Lana; Clark dealing with the unexpected manifestation of a new power, x-ray vision; and better-written dialogue that included tongue-in-cheek Superman references. There was even humor, with Clark's x-ray vision giving him an unimpeded view of Lana nude in the girls' locker room. So it turns out that Lex is obsessed with how Clark rescued him on the bridge in the pilot episode. That's interesting. And Lex has a juvenile record -- about something that happened at a place called Club Zero. A record isn't exactly a surprise for a future criminal mastermind, though. Now if Lana had a record, that would be a shock. Bits and pieces: -- Lex's car had a vanity plate: "Lex". -- We didn't get to hear all of Lana's mother's controversial commencement speech. Small favors. -- There was mention of two newspapers: The Inquisitor and the Daily Planet. -- This week's hits: Tina (as Lex) threw Clark through a shop window; a mirror broke when Tina's mother went down the stairs; Tina (as Clark) nearly ran Martha down; Tina threw Clark out of the barn and onto the Kent family truck in a hail of broken glass; Tina also tossed Clark across the cemetery and he tossed her back. I think that makes nine points. -- Lex: "I promise. I'm not a criminal mastermind." Clark: "I know. A criminal mastermind would have worn a mask." Three stars, Billie |
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