The Most-Recent and Upcoming “Smallville”
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- March
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The episode that ran last Thursday was a vast improvement over the cookie-cutter one from the week before. And Tom Welling sure had it easy: He hardly had any lines to learn; he just had to do a good job of pretending to writhe in pain—just as I writhed in pain at the site of his—AGAIN!!!—freakin’ red shirt. OK, if he MUST wear a red shirt, don’t you think the wardrobe people could mix up the styles a bit? Like, if it has to be red, can’t it be a collared polo shirt? I’ve seen them in red— with my own eyes! My only hope is that the one from last week, which got so damaged by the kryptonite-laced electrode tasers, was the last one in his closet. The “Smallville” wardrobe department has it pretty dadgum easy when it comes to dressing Clark.
Moving along, that was cool that Chloe took Kara to the ice fortress and stood up to Jor-El. That Chloe, she’s got spunk—and I like spunk. Lionel showed that he still has an evil side when he put Clark in the cage. Granted, sadistic guard Pierce did all the hurtin’ on Clark after our boy was put in the krypto-cage, but still, to taser and kidnap Clark, and from his own barn, was rather unpleasant.
Thank goodness the ridiculous friendship, budding romance or whatever it was between Lex and a memory-challenged Kara is over. It’s unnatural and rather creepy seeing Lex acting so nicely to someone. You just KNOW he doesn’t mean it and has ulterior motives.What a shame that Patty Swann got snuffed at the end. Her background and knowledge about “the traveler” would have added an interesting facet to Clark’s life and the overall plot.
This week, Kara decides to teach Clark how to fly in order to strengthen his chances against Brainiac. I can see the scenario now: Kara and Clark standing in front of the barn and Kara saying, “Jump, Clark, jump!” And he gets about two feet off the ground. Or the duo being in the barn loft, Kara urging Clark to take off from it and him falling flat on his face 20 feet below. See, I don’t think that’s actually how it will play out, but that’s the kind of humor that I have said the show could use a bit of.
And it’s still strange for me to see James Marsters speaking in an American accent. Weekdays, from 7:30 to 8 a.m., when I’m puttering around my kitchen, I flip between the three network morning shows, “Wings” and “Angel.” Marsters played Spike on “Buffy” and “Angel” so long that I keep thinking that he’s putting on a fake American accent, a la Hugh Laurie on “House,” instead of speaking like the native Californian that he really is.
(Photo courtesy of The CW.)
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