Well now, that was a big improvement over last week. Of course, I'm not sure how much that says considering what a flaming pile of poop I thought last weeks episode was.
Overall, I'd say Beacon was a solid episode that had some very good moments, and scenes, and performances, but also had a few problems.
Anyway, we'll get to that, first we make
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But Lois in perky cheerleader mode to doubting sad sack Clark is a scene I need to STOP seeing on this show.
It's become more than cheerleading. It's Lois telling a stubborn Clark how it is. As if he can't figure it out. That's more like mentoring imo. And while I agree that it wasn't as bad as Collateral, it was still not good to see. Notice how Oliver's faith in the people's vote didn't waver when he was speaking with Lionel? Why did Clark's? As the Blur videos said, his greatest strength is his character and his faith in others, isn't it? Like you say, how could Clark be the beacon for hope, if we see him lose his hope in people?
Clark and Oliver doing some investigating together worked quite well. I'll probably never completely buy into these 2 as good friends, but lately the show has been doing a far better job of writing for them, ( ... )
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Don't get me wrong, because I don't thing Clark was written as dumb, or anything like that. And on a scale of 1 to 10 of scenes where another character was written at Clark's expense, I'm not sure this would even rate as a 1.
I do understand where you are coming from with the last Tess/Alexander scene. I know that sometimes a scene hits you a certain way, and thats all there is to that.
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Yes! Thank you. Thats what I'm trying to say.
I think with what this show has done over the years, its just tiresome to hear lines like "you inspire him" or "he can't do it without you" or "he needs you as much as the world needs him". ENOUGH! Its beyond DONE now. We get it, Clark can't put his pants on without the support of the people around him. The point has been made, made again, and then made one more time. Now, can we move onto a confident, resilient, determined Clark who believes in his purpose, and has faith in it? Because that would be lovely at this point.
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I see what they are trying to do too, but I think they are dragging this out too long. Because the longer you keep hitting this beat, the more and more unbelievable its going to be that Clark is just going to hit a switch at the end of the season, and all this dithering, and indecision is going to be gone. The time for turning the corner was Homecoming, I think. Now, it feels repeatative to me.
I think its important for the show to start really writing eps with Clark in mind, which I gotta tell you, I don't think they do all that often. I think there's a certain conceit with the writing that "Well, we know where he ends up", so they don't feel like they really need to take care with him like they should.
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