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Lionel: "You're about to face your darkest hour, my son."

Clark had sex, and he died. That's two major human life experiences, right there.

I was right about the "Buffy" parallel; have sex for the first time, experience cosmic retribution. But we don't know who will ultimately suffer for it, which is an interesting twist. Who will die, and will we have to wait until the season finale to find out? Logically, it should be Lana, since Clark did it all for her, anyway. I sure hope it isn't Chloe. My money is on Jonathan, who is the only one we know will die in the Superman mythology. I can even see Jonathan sacrificing his life for Clark.

And now, Clark can't sleep with Lana any more. I wonder why? It's implied in the Christopher Reeve movies that they're paralleling all over the place that Clark has to be human to have sex. (Is that because Superman would be outright dangerous in bed? :) The safe sex discussion brings up another question: how likely is it that Lana could get knocked up by an alien? Yes, the medical file that Lana showed Lex says that Clark was testing as totally human, but how much sense does that make?

The missile silo subplot reminded me of two things: (1) "Superman I", where Superman flew up in the air and redirected the missile into space (interesting that that was kinda what happened), and (2) the evil Lex dreams about all the missiles going into the air. Lex gets more evil-like every week. Yes, yes! Lex! Be evil!

I heart John Glover. My favorite thing about this episode was Lionel as Jor-El. Absolutely inspired. Lionel can be Jor-El again, at any moment, and that will make any future scenes between Jor-El and Clark so much more powerful. It's just perfect.

Bits and pieces:

-- Clark just returned from the dead, in ripped up clothes and covered with soot. Isn't Lana going to suspect that *something* is off? What on earth could he tell her that she would believe?

-- Chloe is more important than ever, now. Clark desperately needs a friend in whom he can confide.

-- I'm going to mention the obvious Jesus parallels of sacrifice, death, and resurrection, and move on.

-- Lex was waiting for Lana in her apartment, and going through her things. He may just want to know what she knows about the ship, but it was still creepy and stalker-like.

-- Gabriel had a Room of Weird. I miss the Wall.

-- Kristen Kreuk did really well with Clark's death scene, as did the long-suffering Kents. I trash Lana so much that I have to give credit where it's due.

-- Where's Lois? She's in the cast now. I want Lois.

-- Was Gabriel Duncan in any earlier episodes? I've seen them all, but I haven't reviewed them... which means I don't retain quite as much.

-- During the extremely cool missile take-down, Clark was wearing blue jeans and a red windbreaker. About as close as they could get to The Suit. Yes, I know he wears blue and red all the time, but still.

-- Chloe: "I just passed Lana flying outa here. What would she be doing here at six thirty in... oh."

-- Jonathan: "He didn't ask for anything in return?" Clark: "No." Clark lied to his parents! Clark never lies to his parents! I guess he feels that there is no point to telling them the truth.

-- Chloe: "When Kansas didn't merge with Oklahoma today, I kinda guessed you were involved."

-- Lex: "I think you're forgetting something, Lana. Whatever new lie he told you, however he swept it under the rug, a normal person doesn't rise from the dead." Got it in one, Lex.

Oh, my, did I love this one. Four out of four stars,

Billie





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