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8.15 Infamous Lois: "How could someone with x-ray vision be so blind?" Really good episode. I loved it. And I haven't said that about a Smallville episode in a long time. It was like the writers were apologizing for forcing that Clark-Lana craptasm from the past on us. I didn't even mind the inevitable "Clark tells the world so you know they'll take it back in the end" re-set button. Clark sorta kinda got to be Superman with bullets bouncing off his chest, even. He had a discussion with Chloe about his now obvious need for a secret identity and a disguise. But the best thing about this episode was that I felt like they actually gave us Lois and Clark for the first time. Their scenes together were terrific. I loved the way he told her the truth, and the way she accepted it. That moment in the barn when she told him she understood was the first time this season that I remembered why I fell in love with this show in the first place. Lois can never know? Really, Clark? That's, okay, it's consistent with the traditional Superman story, but sad. And in a parallel that worked really well, Davis came out to Chloe as Clark was coming out to Lois. I find the Davis and Chloe beauty and the beast thing to be a lot more interesting than her marriage to Jimmy Olsen. Davis' secret identity isn't going to be a secret much longer. I expect much rampaging about until the season finale. I don't have a lot to say about the appropriately named Linda Lake making another splash; she was one big water metaphor "circling the drain of obscurity". At least Tori Spelling was again convincingly vicious and evil. And Davis killed her, so she won't be back; that's a plus. Bits and pieces: -- Linda Lake originally appeared in the season six episode, "Hydro." -- Jimmy, whom we haven't seen since the wedding, is being transferred to Met General. -- The Legion time travel ring came in handy already, and now it's gone. Couldn't Clark have just waited another minute to put it on, though? -- Smallville has gotten early renewal; there will be a ninth season. I honestly don't know how they can keep Clark out of a cape for another year, though. Quotes: Clark: "Linda Lake is back." Chloe: "What? I thought that water snake slithered back into her swamp." Lois: "What'd you do? Sneeze?" Clark: "Actually..." I remember that; it was one of my favorite Smallville moments. Chloe: "You know, Clark, maybe you *can* have your cape and wear it, too." I was getting close to giving up on Smallville. This episode dragged me right back in, Billie View all comments or post a comment. |
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