Smallville 10x16 Scion
And we seem to have set-up for Lex' return then?
I'm not sure how necessary Connor was to the SV story, at this point, in its final stages. I didn't really understand the point of it all. But we did get a couple of good lines out of the storyline, of which the pick of the bunch was "genetic love child", heh. Nice shoutout to the comics.
Also, is it just me, or did anyone else get a sense of deja-vu on several fronts during this ep? The whole 'Connor-falls-instantly-for-Lois' thing, complete with twinkly music in the background no less, was very reminiscent of early seasons 'stalker-of-the-weeks-obsessions-with-Lana.' Then we had Clark in the parental role with Connor, which had flashbacks of both 'Ageless' and 'Fierce' - the latter in particular, whatwith the honing of the powers etc, which we had earlier with Clark and Kara. This theme of Clark in the parental role continued in the Connor/Clark throwdown towards the end too. The whole scene, from the fight, to the some of the dialogue even, like Connor' "this is who I am and this is where I belong" to Clark' reply of "no you're not, you're coming home with me" - did it remind anyone else of the Clark/Jonathon confrontation from 'Exile?' Not the epic awesomeness that was the Clark/Jonathon scene of course, but the general premise.
I'm not really sure how I feel about all this revisiting of earlier premises.
I'm also not entirely sure how I feel about the Clark/Lionel scene, regarding Lex, and later Clark and Connor' conversation concerning him running away to Lionel. On the one hand, I liked that Clark stood up for his once friendship with Lex, and articulated what it meant to him, but then OTOH, we had Lionel counter with the whole "secrets and lies" crap as justification for both Lex and Connor. As far as just this scene is concerned, to be fair, I didn't feel as if the writers were villifying Clark, but then they go and have Clark himself say to Connor that "if I hadn't lied to you, you wouldn't have run straight into Lionel' hands." Sure, Connor replied that he shouldn't have been so quick to trust Lionel but what the writers had Clark say was too disturbingly reminiscent of earlier claims made at his door for his "secrets and lies" supposedly turning Lex against him, and him not telling the truth to Lana driving her straight into Lex' arms. I don't really want to have a redux of this "secrets and lies" business to be honest or how it portrays Clark unfairly.
Having said that, I don't think Clark was written unfavorably in this ep. Atleast he felt like a presence throughout, and I actually appreciated the insights we got from him in certain scenes with Lois and Connor. I also liked that he was there for Connor at the end, but I felt like the whole thing was wrapped up a little too neatly. Which, I suppose is well and good, but I'm fuzzy on details like where exactly is Connor going to live? Surely it can't be with Clark and Lois? And if it is the case, then I'd love to have watched the scene where Clark convinces Lois to allow him to stay.
Because in context of Lois' ordeal at the hands of Red!K!Connor, I find it hard to believe she'd be OK with living in the same house as him. I felt like we needed some kind of talk between Clois regarding that, but I guess obviously the writers didn't agree.
The whole "risking everything to protect Clark - doing this for Clark blah blah" was on display here too, and it shocks me, sometimes amusingly so, why those around Clark don't more often realize how much they'd make life easier by just clueing Clark in on their plans to save him. But there's something about Lois thats always endeared her to me, right from her early days, which is her ability to acknowledge a mistake and so I liked that she saw the basic flaw in her plan of keeping Clark out of the loop. I also liked her scene with Tess and thought it was great the manner in which she deduced would be the best way to out Lionel. In fact, both characters stayed true to themselves, which is what made the scene more convincing.
It was a good ep for Tess, too. It's nice to see that the show remembers Clark and Tess' pivotal moment from back in 'Luthor' where they established their friendship. Clark' influence on Tess, as a stabilising, reassuring force is a continuing theme, one that I think the show does well to keep reaffirming, for both characters sakes.
Her scenes with Lionel, however were the real highlight for me. Alt!Lionel has so far been woven in surprisingly well into the fabric of our story and his manipulations are out in full force. What makes them and his presence even more intriguing of course, are Tess' reactions and in that sense, everything between them, leading up to their final scene - Tess' victory in acquiring Luthorcorp back, was a compelling sequence of events.
I have to commend the actors - I think they were all terrific here. Lucas Grabeel continues to impress, as does CF, and JG just seems to be having the best time these days with playing Lionel. I thought ED was particularly effective in her scenes with Connor, and there's one moment of TW' which really stood out to me - where he enters the mansion after hearing Connor has Lois. The way Clark reacts to the sight of the fire, candles and coat strewn on the floor and takes in the implications of what it might mean - this right here is a perfect example of one of TW' greatest strengths as an actor - his superb ability to convey so very much in just a few quick successive changes of expression.
A much better effort than last week's (well, 'Fortune' wasn't even really an effort, was it?) and I'm actually still very much interested and curious about the Luthors storyline. So that's definitely something.
I'm not sure how necessary Connor was to the SV story, at this point, in its final stages. I didn't really understand the point of it all. But we did get a couple of good lines out of the storyline, of which the pick of the bunch was "genetic love child", heh. Nice shoutout to the comics.
Also, is it just me, or did anyone else get a sense of deja-vu on several fronts during this ep? The whole 'Connor-falls-instantly-for-Lois' thing, complete with twinkly music in the background no less, was very reminiscent of early seasons 'stalker-of-the-weeks-obsessions-with-Lana.' Then we had Clark in the parental role with Connor, which had flashbacks of both 'Ageless' and 'Fierce' - the latter in particular, whatwith the honing of the powers etc, which we had earlier with Clark and Kara. This theme of Clark in the parental role continued in the Connor/Clark throwdown towards the end too. The whole scene, from the fight, to the some of the dialogue even, like Connor' "this is who I am and this is where I belong" to Clark' reply of "no you're not, you're coming home with me" - did it remind anyone else of the Clark/Jonathon confrontation from 'Exile?' Not the epic awesomeness that was the Clark/Jonathon scene of course, but the general premise.
I'm not really sure how I feel about all this revisiting of earlier premises.
I'm also not entirely sure how I feel about the Clark/Lionel scene, regarding Lex, and later Clark and Connor' conversation concerning him running away to Lionel. On the one hand, I liked that Clark stood up for his once friendship with Lex, and articulated what it meant to him, but then OTOH, we had Lionel counter with the whole "secrets and lies" crap as justification for both Lex and Connor. As far as just this scene is concerned, to be fair, I didn't feel as if the writers were villifying Clark, but then they go and have Clark himself say to Connor that "if I hadn't lied to you, you wouldn't have run straight into Lionel' hands." Sure, Connor replied that he shouldn't have been so quick to trust Lionel but what the writers had Clark say was too disturbingly reminiscent of earlier claims made at his door for his "secrets and lies" supposedly turning Lex against him, and him not telling the truth to Lana driving her straight into Lex' arms. I don't really want to have a redux of this "secrets and lies" business to be honest or how it portrays Clark unfairly.
Having said that, I don't think Clark was written unfavorably in this ep. Atleast he felt like a presence throughout, and I actually appreciated the insights we got from him in certain scenes with Lois and Connor. I also liked that he was there for Connor at the end, but I felt like the whole thing was wrapped up a little too neatly. Which, I suppose is well and good, but I'm fuzzy on details like where exactly is Connor going to live? Surely it can't be with Clark and Lois? And if it is the case, then I'd love to have watched the scene where Clark convinces Lois to allow him to stay.
Because in context of Lois' ordeal at the hands of Red!K!Connor, I find it hard to believe she'd be OK with living in the same house as him. I felt like we needed some kind of talk between Clois regarding that, but I guess obviously the writers didn't agree.
The whole "risking everything to protect Clark - doing this for Clark blah blah" was on display here too, and it shocks me, sometimes amusingly so, why those around Clark don't more often realize how much they'd make life easier by just clueing Clark in on their plans to save him. But there's something about Lois thats always endeared her to me, right from her early days, which is her ability to acknowledge a mistake and so I liked that she saw the basic flaw in her plan of keeping Clark out of the loop. I also liked her scene with Tess and thought it was great the manner in which she deduced would be the best way to out Lionel. In fact, both characters stayed true to themselves, which is what made the scene more convincing.
It was a good ep for Tess, too. It's nice to see that the show remembers Clark and Tess' pivotal moment from back in 'Luthor' where they established their friendship. Clark' influence on Tess, as a stabilising, reassuring force is a continuing theme, one that I think the show does well to keep reaffirming, for both characters sakes.
Her scenes with Lionel, however were the real highlight for me. Alt!Lionel has so far been woven in surprisingly well into the fabric of our story and his manipulations are out in full force. What makes them and his presence even more intriguing of course, are Tess' reactions and in that sense, everything between them, leading up to their final scene - Tess' victory in acquiring Luthorcorp back, was a compelling sequence of events.
I have to commend the actors - I think they were all terrific here. Lucas Grabeel continues to impress, as does CF, and JG just seems to be having the best time these days with playing Lionel. I thought ED was particularly effective in her scenes with Connor, and there's one moment of TW' which really stood out to me - where he enters the mansion after hearing Connor has Lois. The way Clark reacts to the sight of the fire, candles and coat strewn on the floor and takes in the implications of what it might mean - this right here is a perfect example of one of TW' greatest strengths as an actor - his superb ability to convey so very much in just a few quick successive changes of expression.
A much better effort than last week's (well, 'Fortune' wasn't even really an effort, was it?) and I'm actually still very much interested and curious about the Luthors storyline. So that's definitely something.