I just watched the episode under discussion...it was indeed terrible! The last shot of Chloe with tears in her eyes at the hospital looked like a comedy sketch by Ellen Degeneres!

I dont know much more i can keep watching this foolishness.


Heroes along with smallville keep wearing on me.

You know something, I completely agree with you on just about every count. It gets extremely frustrating to tune in, after watching some really good episodes, and then end up watching crap. As far as this season, I am even going to be harder than you and say, it is hands down the worst episode this season. I thought Bulletproof was weak, Power had it's moments, but this episode was just plain bad. Even with talented actors bringing this lame story to life I still wish I hadn't watched it, and for the first time actually walked out with out watching the Coda. If this had been a film I would've gotten my money back. And there are a number of reasons why.

Why oh why is it when the writers decide to do a story arc using Jimmy it ends up a really bad episode. If it happened just once that would be one thing, but to have every episode that features Jimmy pretty much suck, going back to season six.? There's Frequency, and of coarse Noir, in season 7 Gemini, and Sleeper. And now Turbulence...Not really fair to Aaron Ashmore. I mean his brother Shawn shows up in two episodes and both of them are better written than this episode. Actually both of them were better episodes period. So to me when it comes to properly paying off the character, the writers have never really done it.

I will be honest, I thought Chloe hooking up with Jimmy has always been a bad idea. Just another small pet peeve I've had with the writers of the series. The thing is when they write a storyline with Chloe and Jimmy it always goes bad for Jimmy any way, and Chloe always ends up looking like self-centered, self absorbed jackass. It has me being sympathetic to Jimmy. And makes me angry at Chloe. When they spoiled the love triangle featuring Chloe, Jimmy, and Davis on Kryptonsite all I could do was shake my head. Great...going to the well again. And wow, a new shipper nickname-Chlavis. Arghhh. You know in the history of Smallville, the only relationship that didn't have a build to it was Chloe and Jimmy. Hell, there was even a build with Jimmy and Kara. But not for Chloe and Jimmy. He shows up and from day one after a couple of brief innuendo mentions in Season 3, and Boom they are dating. Rushed idea, and look where we are at.


In season 6, the writers decide to shape and change Chloe's character and come up with the Chloe meteor freak scenario. Okay, I can accept that. It makes sense, especially considering her history on the show, not to mention it would also put Chloe on a more level playing field with Clark so I was excited about the change. And for a while we were all speculating what her "gift" would be. Finally it turns out to be that she's an Empathic Healer. Wait a minute. Empathic...Healer...? Um okay. Probably would have gone for a different power but okay Empathic healer works I guess. The few stories that have actually featured that power, have been decent episodes. And yet since the Davis/Doomsday story arc has started what had me wondering for a while is this. Jimmy gets attacked by Doomsday, and gets put in the hospital, and spends five weeks there...because...? Chloe and Jimmy like paying useless hospital bills and doctor bills when Chloe could just as well use her healing ability on a visit? This makes sense why? Well we needed Jimmy out of the way and had to explain it. Fine. The easiest way would have been Chloe healed him, and he is now with Lois chasing what ever story she would be after. I mean that's what they did in the comic book. Instead he's switched around from hospital to hospital, while Chloe decides I like Davis, I don't like Davis, I have Brainiac still in me I don't have Brainiac in me. Sorry writers you should have thought this arc out a little more. The Davis/Doomsday character arc has been okay, they have provided unique Smallville twists to the character that have made it interesting to watch. But at the same time I find it a little hard for Davis to just go to a priest and confess, and have the Priest even spin the idea of as long as it is evil you can kill it my son. Yeah they have worked really hard building that inner beast conflict, and yet completely destroyed it with this episode, just by having Davis say a few hail marys. Sorry, not buying it. And then to make the triangle even more complex, let's give the impression to the audience that Jimmy could be addicted to Morphine. Again hello, Chloe's handy dandy meteor powers. Problem solved.

Maybe I am angry because of feeling like I was lied to by the ad campaign to Turbulence. It teases Clark finally being put in a situation where he's stuck and has no choice but to finally attempt to... FLY!!!! And what did we get instead? Jimmy possibly being a drug addict, the collapse of the Olsenâ&

First thing, the music in this episode was really good I thought; which is weird, but when the story is tired you tend to notice other stuff. Second, I find the Davis Bloom/Doomsday character about 1000000% more compelling then Clark. Maybe its because we have seen Clark grow as a character and then plateau like a bad workout; and seriously is they do the whole Louis/Clark I cant be with her cuz of my secret/what is Clark hiding from me, I will flip. Bottom line, Sam Witter is making Tom Welling look like the lead in a 3rd grade production of Peter Pan.

I thought they were flying to Niagara Falls where Tess would jump into the river to see if Clark would save her.

A plain crash is lot different than jumping into a river to pull out someone from a car. Why did Tess think Super Clark could save her from a crashing plane? (Why don't they show Clark trying to fly by flapping his arms? Anything!)

Why didn't Clark use his X-Ray vision to check for parachutes? Also, the lack of oxygen made Tess pass out? Wouldn't she have just pulled off the mask?

The love triangle was pretty weak. Hasn't anyone learned that when people don't believe you, acting even more crazy is a no no.

I like the episodes with Lois' breasts.

MDR, so you are willing to believe that Clark is an alien from Krypton for the purposes of the show but Tess surviving a plane jump in the arms of Superman is just too much? OK.

I too was disappointed by this episode, especially after last week's show. I think last week's episode should have been a multi-part story dealing with Clark's revelation and its consequences. Plus this week's episode didn't even have Lois! One thing that bothers me is how did Tess survive the leap from the plane? Clark I can believe but Tess would have been crushed by the speed of the fall. Unless Clark can fly. Hmmm.