Smallville S5, E7 - Jake's Take
Arghh… Rob beat me to the punch again, which means I get to comment on things that he already commented on.
I’ll beat you next week Shaw. I’ll beat you next week. Even if I have to go as far as finding somebody who gets to watch the WB feed instead of downloading the show. Not that I do that...
Since Rob already tackled all the plot summary points, I won’t bother. Here are just a few of the things that I noticed. Primarily, why does Lana close her lap top in the first scene, when she’s looking at planets, and get all secretive on Clark. What’s the big deal? Does she think it’s going to tip his hat onto some astrological discovery that she won’t get to make? I’ve got news for you Lana, you’re not smart.
Do they actually have bells in college? Marsters in full Brainiac mode is awesome, as is Clark being one paranoid goofball. The whole tone of the episode seems rushed; to compliment Clark’s feeling uneasy. That’s a nice touch.
“I know how to kill you” – Clark is just starting to lose it. Marsters is nailing this role, making Clark believe that Lex is out to get him. Muhahah. What a brilliantly sublime episode that is making Clark push Lex away and not the other way around. Great writing.
Welling is huge, he towers over Marsters.
I don’t understand why Lana always goes to Lex? She knows that Lex has a crush on her, yet she always goes and gets herself into uncomfortable situations. Is she so stupid that she doesn’t see that Lex has a thing for her? He hides spaceships from her and then tells her, after pretending he never found a ship.
Lionel backing Jonathan is great little twist. Lex won’t win because of this and Jonathan is going to die after he wins. Bloody great writing these days (let’s forget about that vampire thing). I wonder if Lionel is really saying these things about Clark? You just don’t know what’s going on in this episode, much like Clark. Again, that’s just some really great writing and Welling really plays this up well.
I don’t get, though, how they’re going to write Lex out of knowing everything that he knows. He knows everything about the strange things in Smallville, the meteor rocks. He really should be able to put two and two together the first time that Superman shows up, looking exactly like the man he’s been friends with for 5 years.
Welling is making this episode great. Nevermind the stellar writing, it’s Welling’s acting that is carrying the surprise twists and the revelations. They’re going all out this season. Every episode makes it clear that they are taking a step towards the end.
A flippin’ intense episode that they can’t go back from. Nobody is forgetting anything. That is what makes this episode so special. Now who’s keeping secrets? Seems Lana isn’t going to tell Clark about the spaceship.
The best part of this episode is the final exchange between Brainiac and Clark. It’s going to be mighty interesting how they play Brainiac. To Clark, he’s just another Kryptonian now, who might not be evil. The final dialogue bits brought goose bumps, especially with Welling’s delivery (he’s gotten really good this season)
“You don’t know anything about this race. Yeah, they can be petty and dishonest and betray each other over nothing. But they can also be honest and loyal and they would give up everything to protect somebody they love, even if they were from a different planet” - Clark Kent, responding to Milton Fine aka Brainiac.
I might be a dork, but I'm a passionate one.
I’ll beat you next week Shaw. I’ll beat you next week. Even if I have to go as far as finding somebody who gets to watch the WB feed instead of downloading the show. Not that I do that...
Since Rob already tackled all the plot summary points, I won’t bother. Here are just a few of the things that I noticed. Primarily, why does Lana close her lap top in the first scene, when she’s looking at planets, and get all secretive on Clark. What’s the big deal? Does she think it’s going to tip his hat onto some astrological discovery that she won’t get to make? I’ve got news for you Lana, you’re not smart.
Do they actually have bells in college? Marsters in full Brainiac mode is awesome, as is Clark being one paranoid goofball. The whole tone of the episode seems rushed; to compliment Clark’s feeling uneasy. That’s a nice touch.
“I know how to kill you” – Clark is just starting to lose it. Marsters is nailing this role, making Clark believe that Lex is out to get him. Muhahah. What a brilliantly sublime episode that is making Clark push Lex away and not the other way around. Great writing.
Welling is huge, he towers over Marsters.
I don’t understand why Lana always goes to Lex? She knows that Lex has a crush on her, yet she always goes and gets herself into uncomfortable situations. Is she so stupid that she doesn’t see that Lex has a thing for her? He hides spaceships from her and then tells her, after pretending he never found a ship.
Lionel backing Jonathan is great little twist. Lex won’t win because of this and Jonathan is going to die after he wins. Bloody great writing these days (let’s forget about that vampire thing). I wonder if Lionel is really saying these things about Clark? You just don’t know what’s going on in this episode, much like Clark. Again, that’s just some really great writing and Welling really plays this up well.
I don’t get, though, how they’re going to write Lex out of knowing everything that he knows. He knows everything about the strange things in Smallville, the meteor rocks. He really should be able to put two and two together the first time that Superman shows up, looking exactly like the man he’s been friends with for 5 years.
Welling is making this episode great. Nevermind the stellar writing, it’s Welling’s acting that is carrying the surprise twists and the revelations. They’re going all out this season. Every episode makes it clear that they are taking a step towards the end.
A flippin’ intense episode that they can’t go back from. Nobody is forgetting anything. That is what makes this episode so special. Now who’s keeping secrets? Seems Lana isn’t going to tell Clark about the spaceship.
The best part of this episode is the final exchange between Brainiac and Clark. It’s going to be mighty interesting how they play Brainiac. To Clark, he’s just another Kryptonian now, who might not be evil. The final dialogue bits brought goose bumps, especially with Welling’s delivery (he’s gotten really good this season)
“You don’t know anything about this race. Yeah, they can be petty and dishonest and betray each other over nothing. But they can also be honest and loyal and they would give up everything to protect somebody they love, even if they were from a different planet” - Clark Kent, responding to Milton Fine aka Brainiac.
I might be a dork, but I'm a passionate one.
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