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"Smallville": Still no tights or flights

March

So yesterday I posted that it would be great if some humor was injected into Kara’s attempt to teach Clark how to fly. One of my scenarios was that they’d be in the barn’s loft during the lesson and it wouldn’t turn out well. He’s jump out fall flat on his face (though unhurt, of course). Well, it did indeed happen in the loft, but it was brief—just Kara trying to convince him that it’s easy to fly and that he should give it a try. But did they take it beyond that? No! Clark just chickened out—didn’t even give it a tiny try. Al Gough and Miles Millar missed that boat.

Lois is now trapped in a trance-like state, unable to communicate and suffering excruciating pain. Eeeesh! And you thought YOU had a bad day?! It was quite touching to see Clark get all emotional at the end of the ep, when he was talking to her, couldn’t bear it anymore and closed her clouded-over eyes. Then Chloe saw them and also got verklempt.

Is Lionel all bad, all good or somewhere in between? I think it’s somewhere in between. Was it he who had Patty Swann offed with a bullet to the brain? Or was it Lex, who was in the photo with the limo driver? Does Lionel truly feel like he’s carrying out Jor-El wishes after having been his Earthly emmisary? One thing I’m pretty sure of: It will be he who will be killed off on the April 24th installment. There have been just too many indications in the last few weeks. He’ll be the last of the Veritas four to die. And I hope that the show sends him out in a blaze of glory—one that Lionel—and actor John Glover— deserves.

Yea that Lois was around last night. I wish I had her chutzpah (and, by the way, her killer bod). Sorry, but I can always do without the wimpy, pasty-faced Jimmy. Then again, all the guys on the show look like chopped liver compared to Tom Welling. (And to top it off, the incessant ads for that new teen-scream flick, “The Ruins,” featured his identical twin, Shawn!)

And how about that Cottenelle toilet paper ad? That series of ads totally grosses me out and, of course, plays off that saying “Does a bear s*** in the woods?” Ha ha. The manufacture’s ad agency must think it’s clever. I think it’s yukky.

Including the April 24th show, there are five left to this season, with most of them running into May sweeps. Let us watch them with great zeal. It will be a looong summer, and, if past autumns are indications, “Smallville” won’t be back until the middle of October.

(Photo courtesy of The CW.)

This entry was posted on Friday, March 28th, 2008 at 3:58 pm by Jenny Higgons.
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One Response to “"Smallville": Still no tights or flights”

Trisha March 29th, 2008 at 1:01 am
Great review, I always do love when Lois is in an episode… and actually you did a mistype.. you have it saying Lois is in a trance-like state, and not Lana, just wanted to let you know

Trish

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