I loved the episode a fair bit more, in part because I've long accepted that Clark will withhold the secret long past the point where it makes sense - a function of having grown up with 70s-80s Superman comics. Man, the crazy lengths that Clark went through to fool Lois! By contrast, I really understood why he didn't talk about the secret in the last scene. His lesson for the episode was to live in the moment and that's what he allowed himself to do.
Of course, the episode has a lot of logical problems with the time travel aspect, but whenever I enjoy an episode, I'll give it a pass for such.
It's beyond me why this, the big 200th wasn't siezed as THE opportunity to finally reveal all. They even had that big moment, in the final Clois scene, and a segueway too, with Lois' "we need to talk." All she had to say was "I know." And all Clark had to reply with was "I know, too." And that's that. This is a reason Clark's trip to the future was problematic for me: when he returns to the present, he doesn't tell Lois because he knows it's not the day he's supposed to tell her. He's already following the template laid out for him.
How much better if Brainiac shows him a darker, Lois-less future and Clark rejects it? No, not happening. Team FreeWill, for me.
TW proves yet again why he continues to be so successful in this role. SV has always had a terrific cast, and they all deserve credit for the success of the show too, but this man right here - he is the glue that has kept it all together for a decade. WORD x 1000 and he never gets the amount of credit he deserves!
//This is a reason Clark's trip to the future was problematic for me: when he returns to the present, he doesn't tell Lois because he knows it's not the day he's supposed to tell her. He's already following the template laid out for him.//
Great point.
//How much better if Brainiac shows him a darker, Lois-less future and Clark rejects it? No, not happening. Team FreeWill, for me.//
It certainly would've been different, and allowed Clark the opportunity to himself master his future.
//You know how much I loved all the Clois stuff in this episode? It's going to be for naught if he doesn't tell her next week. There's absolutely NO EXCUSE for dragging it out beyond next week. He knows now that telling her isn't going to get her killed. It's not going to radically alter her personality (and quite frankly, he already knew that thanks to Crimson, Infamous and Blank, but this creative team seems to think that Clark can't learn anything unless he hears/sees it a million times first).//
Exactly! There's event precedent, like you point out, for why he ought to just tell her already.
//They've never met a 'joke' they couldn't run into the ground while trying to make some kind of point.//
::nods:: Don't think they've ever even heard of the word subtle.
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Like you, I loved that Clark stood up for himself on the whole darkness issue. And, like everyone, I'm very WTF on them calling it darkness at all. It goes to show how weak the writing is that they can't make this idea more workable (they could've called Clark's hangups about the past and future a weakness because it causes self-doubt. That Darkseid preys on self-doubt. I find that idea much more workable).
Even though I've read the explanation as to why they didn't have Clark tell Lois in the barn scene I still think it was a mistake not too. I mean, I sorta get why they didn't, but I think they missed the perfect moment for it.
I just wish the writers would've paved a stronger road in getting us here, than the one they ended up doing. Even so, I think what I appreciated most about
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Of course, the episode has a lot of logical problems with the time travel aspect, but whenever I enjoy an episode, I'll give it a pass for such.
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I grew up on that era of comics too - which is why I think I'm so disappointed in SV. Because I naively expected our show to trail its own blaze.
By this point, I'm done with expectations, so I'm just down to really hoping that the show sees sense and does the reveal sooner, rather than later.
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It's beyond me why this, the big 200th wasn't siezed as THE opportunity to finally reveal all. They even had that big moment, in the final Clois scene, and a segueway too, with Lois' "we need to talk." All she had to say was "I know." And all Clark had to reply with was "I know, too." And that's that.
This is a reason Clark's trip to the future was problematic for me: when he returns to the present, he doesn't tell Lois because he knows it's not the day he's supposed to tell her. He's already following the template laid out for him.
How much better if Brainiac shows him a darker, Lois-less future and Clark rejects it? No, not happening. Team FreeWill, for me.
TW proves yet again why he continues to be so successful in this role. SV has always had a terrific cast, and they all deserve credit for the success of the show too, but this man right here - he is the glue that has kept it all together for a decade.
WORD x 1000 and he never gets the amount of credit he deserves!
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Great point.
//How much better if Brainiac shows him a darker, Lois-less future and Clark rejects it? No, not happening. Team FreeWill, for me.//
It certainly would've been different, and allowed Clark the opportunity to himself master his future.
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Exactly! There's event precedent, like you point out, for why he ought to just tell her already.
//They've never met a 'joke' they couldn't run into the ground while trying to make some kind of point.//
::nods:: Don't think they've ever even heard of the word subtle.
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Like you, I loved that Clark stood up for himself on the whole darkness issue. And, like everyone, I'm very WTF on them calling it darkness at all. It goes to show how weak the writing is that they can't make this idea more workable (they could've called Clark's hangups about the past and future a weakness because it causes self-doubt. That Darkseid preys on self-doubt. I find that idea much more workable).
Even though I've read the explanation as to why they didn't have Clark tell Lois in the barn scene I still think it was a mistake not too. I mean, I sorta get why they didn't, but I think they missed the perfect moment for it.
I just wish the writers would've paved a stronger road in getting us here, than the one they ended up doing. Even so, I think what I appreciated most about ( ... )
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//(they could've called Clark's hangups about the past and future a weakness because it causes self-doubt.//
Exactly. TPTB just don't seem to get how crucially significant terminology is, in a scenario like this.
//I think they missed the perfect moment for it.//
Yeah, I still stand by this too. It was right there for them to sieze - golden, frikkin, floating platter and all.
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