Clark gets a mysterious phone call from Lana saying that she’s in mortal danger…but the call is from the future, proving that even the future hates Lana Lang.Do us a favor, CK, just let it happen. You’ve screwed fate enough.
The Random:
1. Smallville’s teen crisis hotline rings off the hook, unsurprising considering the amount of trauma these kids see on a regular basis.
2. Chloe’s got some pretty high tech programs on her computer for a high school girl working on the school paper. Or is that standard in schools these days? I suppose it goes hand in hand with the police scanner she also has at the Torch.
3. Aaaaaaaaand as predicted, Dr. Teng joins the cast of extraneous characters serving as cannon fodder for the zaniness of Smallville’s plots. At least she’s not heading back to North Korea, so that’s gotta count for something.
The Awesome:
2. Chloe’s got some pretty high tech programs on her computer for a high school girl working on the school paper. Or is that standard in schools these days? I suppose it goes hand in hand with the police scanner she also has at the Torch.
3. Aaaaaaaaand as predicted, Dr. Teng joins the cast of extraneous characters serving as cannon fodder for the zaniness of Smallville’s plots. At least she’s not heading back to North Korea, so that’s gotta count for something.
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"Chloe, who exactly authorizes and pays for all this crap?!” |
The Awesome:
1. Lex plays to Lionel’s ego and tells him he wants to run Dr. Teng’s program, so Lionel waits until there’s a brutal murder and covertly signs it all over to him so Lex looks guilty and the police come down on him again. Lionel doesn’t play. Of course, Lex decides to strike a deal with the FBI to bring him down. It’s about to get real.
2. Clark must have recently grown a pair of balls considering the way he calls BS on Lex’s denial of Dr. Teng’s lab and strongarms him into taking him to confront Adam. It’s about time, CK.
3. The final scene with Lionel coming to terms with his terminal disease and putting a loaded gun to his mouth as the episode ends is simply chilling.
The WTF?!:
1. I know these Smallville folks have seen some weird crap go down, but they’re taking this “mysterious call from the future” pretty nonchalantly. “Oh, the call’s from the future. Sure, let’s work with that. And then try and get other people to believe us and then act surprised that they look at us like psych ward escapees. It’s a plan!”
2. Another day, another late night kidnapping at knife point in the school. Do the students all have a key, or do they just not bother locking the doors? You’d think that after over fifteen afterhours occurrences like this, they’d spring for a padlock or something. They’re like 3 bucks at Sports Authority.
3. Lana tries to understand what’s happened to her by attempting to read through Einstein’s works. It doesn’t work that way, Double L. You failed waitressing. You’re not getting a handle on this.
2. Clark must have recently grown a pair of balls considering the way he calls BS on Lex’s denial of Dr. Teng’s lab and strongarms him into taking him to confront Adam. It’s about time, CK.
3. The final scene with Lionel coming to terms with his terminal disease and putting a loaded gun to his mouth as the episode ends is simply chilling.
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Once again, Lionel steals the show… |
The WTF?!:
1. I know these Smallville folks have seen some weird crap go down, but they’re taking this “mysterious call from the future” pretty nonchalantly. “Oh, the call’s from the future. Sure, let’s work with that. And then try and get other people to believe us and then act surprised that they look at us like psych ward escapees. It’s a plan!”
2. Another day, another late night kidnapping at knife point in the school. Do the students all have a key, or do they just not bother locking the doors? You’d think that after over fifteen afterhours occurrences like this, they’d spring for a padlock or something. They’re like 3 bucks at Sports Authority.
3. Lana tries to understand what’s happened to her by attempting to read through Einstein’s works. It doesn’t work that way, Double L. You failed waitressing. You’re not getting a handle on this.
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| Lana Lang: Hated in Every Tense |
