Clark uses his magic blue crystal—that’s apparently a holding place for Kryptonian replicants—and finally gets some face time with his real mom because, really, Smallville has stopped even pretending to make sense right now.
Too bad his nutjob uncle is back on Earth, too.
And something’s up with Grant at the Planet…and his Luthor connection.
The Random:
1. Kara went surfing with Jimmy in Coast City. The city mention is cool because that’s where Green Lantern is from, but seriously, Jimmy surfs? Not buyin’ it.
2. Poor Chloe just caught Lois and Grant hooking up. Man, this girl just can’t catch a break.
3. Lara meant well, sure, but for future reference, Mrs. El—don’t give your son a present that takes away his powers and makes him get his ass beat. Just a thought.
The Awesome:
1. Zor El is a total badass (tossing Lana like a ragdoll helps) and just shows again that Krypton was chock full of psychopaths and that it’s a damn good thing for Earth that Clark got picked up by the Kents.
2. The matchup you never thought you’d see—Zor El vs. Lionel Luthor in a Staplers, Desk Chairs, and Paper Clips bout in Lionel’s office that, luckily for him, Clark was able to interfere in. Winner by disqualification: Zor El.
3. The more we see about Krypton the more we’re forced to question if they were the good guys after all, and each revelation makes Clark face those same questions as he struggles with his place in both our world and his heritage.
Too bad his nutjob uncle is back on Earth, too.
And something’s up with Grant at the Planet…and his Luthor connection.
The Random:
1. Kara went surfing with Jimmy in Coast City. The city mention is cool because that’s where Green Lantern is from, but seriously, Jimmy surfs? Not buyin’ it.
2. Poor Chloe just caught Lois and Grant hooking up. Man, this girl just can’t catch a break.
3. Lara meant well, sure, but for future reference, Mrs. El—don’t give your son a present that takes away his powers and makes him get his ass beat. Just a thought.
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“So, my mom is stuck in this crystal you say?
Sure, makes sense. Why not?”
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The Awesome:
1. Zor El is a total badass (tossing Lana like a ragdoll helps) and just shows again that Krypton was chock full of psychopaths and that it’s a damn good thing for Earth that Clark got picked up by the Kents.
2. The matchup you never thought you’d see—Zor El vs. Lionel Luthor in a Staplers, Desk Chairs, and Paper Clips bout in Lionel’s office that, luckily for him, Clark was able to interfere in. Winner by disqualification: Zor El.
3. The more we see about Krypton the more we’re forced to question if they were the good guys after all, and each revelation makes Clark face those same questions as he struggles with his place in both our world and his heritage.
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“You think this is bad, wait until you see Detroit…”
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1. So Zor El and Lara are “replicants” who lived in the magic blue crystal, even though the real them died. Right. And this makes sense how? Oh, right, it doesn’t. And since the Kryptonians apparently vacationed on Earth every summer, Zor El knew that blue Kryptonite would take away Clark’s powers, even though he and Lara being right next to it didn’t do anything to them. Wow.
2. Clark’s brilliant plan to get the Blue Ring of Death off his finger? Try and cut it off with a power saw. While his powers are gone. Again, wow. His second plan, to destroy the crystal? It makes mom and Uncle Crazypants disappear, and gets Kara stuck in Detroit, Earth’s version of the firepits of Apokalips. Good job.
3. So the secret connection between the Luthors and Grant? Grant is really Julian Luthor, the infant son we all knew to be dead. How? Well, remember how I mentioned Smallville stopped trying to make sense of some things. This is one of those some.
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“Ok, so the power saw was a poor idea. I get that.
Do me a favor and hand me that acetylene torch, will ya?” |
