Clark gets to experience Kara’s memories of Krypton, including those of his own mother, played wonderfully by Helen Slater of Supergirl fame (Can you call it fame when the movie bit?
Eh, why not?
Helen Slater of Supergirl fame it is) thanks to some Kryptonite.
Man, there isn’t anything that stuff can’t do, is there?
The Random:
1. You know what we haven’t seen yet on this show? Someone flying and getting hit in midair by a plane, that’s what. Well, in that case: Achievement, unlocked.
2. There’s a brief glimpse of the old Clark and Lex friendship as Lex tries to show he’s not as far gone as everyone thinks, making his eventual fall all the more tragic.
3. Wow, the movie sure hasn’t, but my oh my Helen Slater has aged wonderfully. First Lynda Carter, now Helen. We need a Cougar Town: Smallville pilot, stat.
Eh, why not?
Helen Slater of Supergirl fame it is) thanks to some Kryptonite.
Man, there isn’t anything that stuff can’t do, is there?
The Random:
1. You know what we haven’t seen yet on this show? Someone flying and getting hit in midair by a plane, that’s what. Well, in that case: Achievement, unlocked.
2. There’s a brief glimpse of the old Clark and Lex friendship as Lex tries to show he’s not as far gone as everyone thinks, making his eventual fall all the more tragic.
3. Wow, the movie sure hasn’t, but my oh my Helen Slater has aged wonderfully. First Lynda Carter, now Helen. We need a Cougar Town: Smallville pilot, stat.
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I was in 8 kinds of love with her growing up,
some of them legal.
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The Awesome:
1. First off, how awesome is it that Kara can fly on her own like a real Kryptonian (hint, hint, Clark…), but even better is that her memories of Krypton really paint a better picture of how jacked up that planet really was and gives Clark some more understanding of his culture.
2. Again, it doesn’t happen very often, but give some credit to Lana for creating the Isis Foundation with her ill gotten divorce settlement and putting together something that may realistically challenge Lex’s 33.1 research. Secrecy aside, well played. For now, I suppose…
3. Kara’s memories show more of how Lara scouted out the Kent Farm as a potential home for Clark, while namedropping Candor and Brainiac, and Lara’s eagerness to help Clark grow up is fantastic, especially since she even picks his name. It also raises the question of destiny vs. chance once again. Too bad she had to get strapped into a machine by a rogue agent with no apparent oversight from his superiors.
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“Dude. Seriously. You’re getting dangerously close
to my no-no areas…”
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The WTF?!:
1. Clark keeps on whisking into The Daily Planet newsroom, but regardless of superspeed, doesn’t anyone ever question who that dude is that keeps appearing out of nowhere? And they’re reporters? Must work for the Huffington Post…
2. So the kid working for the Government is like 12. Normally that would connote some kind of genius, plus a great deal of discretion. This isn’t “normally,” as he gives up state secrets to Kara, who he somehow thinks is really interested in him, with only the barest of prodding. They must run the same background checks that Lex’s security team do.
3. Wow, cool revelations notwithstanding, Kara’s memories quickly devolve into a bad soap opera as we learn that Lara was involved in a love triangle with Jor El and Zor El, the latter of which was trying to get her to cheat on her husband, run away with him, and rule the planet together. It was like any other show on the CW for a moment there…
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“But… but we can’t be lovers!”
“Why not?”
“Because…we’re really brother and sister!”
“No! It’s ok. I’m actually a clone bred from the DNA
of the original Lara and Jor El gardener’s sister-in-law!”
I’d so totally watch that show…
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