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(S07E09) This is the last new episode of Smallville to be broadcast this year. Actually, if the writers' strike never ends, it could be the last episode ever. So, let's get to it.When last we left our team of intrepid twenty-somethings, Clark had just defeated his evil uncle (with help from his cousin Kara who ended up in Detroit with amnesia as a result) and then vanished in a white light. Lois had a thing going with her editor Grant Gabriel (as discovered by her cousin Chloe) who ended up being Lex Luthor's brother Julian.
Somebody saaaaaaave meeeee...
Many surprises and twists this episode. You'd think it was an episode of 24. I do hope this strike gets resolved simply because I'd like to learn what happens next. The episode only had a throw-away line on Kara's disappearance. It didn't need any more since itt was busy enough without it.
Overall, the episode felt padded. All the interesting stuff happened within the last twelve minutes and the dangling plotline of the clone Adrian felt longer than it needed to be. But they had to fill the other thirty minutes somehow. The whole bomb storyline felt drawn out and it seemed like a trite method for Adrian to accomplish his goal.
Typical for Smallville, the episode focused on relationships: Clark/Lana. Jimmy/Chloe. Lois/Grant. It was a little like Coupling.
Given the clone theme of the season starting with the "Bizarro" first episode (and obviously continuing this episode), it's not surprising that Julian Luthor/Grant Gabriel was a clone. Obviously, given that Lois eventually ends up with Clark, we knew it would not work out with Grant in the long run (unless the creators change that long-standing piece of continuity too. They've done it before with other stuff).
Being a Superman fan, I like the little nods to comics continuity. The latest one was the line from Lois as Julian Grant was breaking up with her and was about her next relationship: "Whoever he is, we sure aren't going to work together." Uh-huh. Cute.
The whole "evil clone" concept is overdone in sci-fi, but I like how it's being used to rekindle the Clark/Lana relationship and add a twist to it, although I do wish Clark and Lana finally HAD a relationship (that didn't end up being an alternate timeline where the only other choice was having Jonathan Kent die). Bizarro seems to have it out for Lex for similar reasons that Adrian did and is using Lana for those ends. Or, he might have a different motivation altogether.
Had I not watched the episode, I would probably have wondered how Bizarro knew about Brainiac. Fortunately, this episode answered why Bizarro has Clark's memories. I guess we now know what the infecting goo was. I hope this means that James Marsters will be returning. Of course, they don't need him since Brainiac could just get another body.
We finally learn what Chloe's meteor power is! She has the same power as Linderman in Heroes. She can heal people. But, it seems to cost her in terms of health (which partially explains her secrecy). I can see this being a big plot point later where she has to choose to sacrifice herself to save someone else (Lana? Lois? Clark?).
With every season, the "no flights, no tights" rule of the show gets a little less meaningful. Clark was definitely flying in the stairwell. Maybe he'll finally wear the long-johns in the last episode of the series.
Overall, a trite and contrived episode with an good finale. I've said before that Clark has matured to the point where it feels the series should wrap up. However, if it does, I do hope this episode isn't the last one. I'd prefer something more satisfying.
| Yes. Seven years is long enough. | |
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| No. Why bother at this point? |
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