'Smallville' - 'Checkmate' Recap

My problem is how did Tess not already know the members working for Watchtower, and that Oliver was the Green Arrow. In s9e13, Persuasion, Chloe does an overhaul of Watchtower's security measures to find Tess had planted all sorts monitoring measures within Watchtower.

ok ima noob
some comments ive written not posted
some rewritten and posted twice
arrr

this is my last post on this episode and my 2nd time writing this comment so if it shows up twice please ignore
wanted to respond to orignal post...

" There is no way the Oliver/Chloe relationship will last. He's just too unstable when it comes to those things. Consider, he's already slept with the three major female cast members of the show at this stage. "

I respectfully disagree, I think they are great together! She will keep him in check and give him what he needs from a woman and he will show her that its ok to throw caution into the wind from time to time and just have fun. If they do seperate it will be her dumping him (not to rag on oly. Chloe has always been my favorite and im happy to see her happy...hope it lasts. When was it infered that Oliver and Lois slept together? as in sex? sorry dont think so =D His relationship with tess was a long time ago (safe assumption though them two being on an island n all).. he only hopped into her bed that one time as a distraction and he was let down hard by tess anyway. He wrecked himself out of guilt , guilt which he wouldnt have if he wasnt a good guy. Chloe went to extreme measures to snap him out of it, if he doesnt marry her he is a fool...

" Those that read the comics know that Jonn has a weakness for fire, but since when is Tess afraid of heights? You'd think that considering everything she's been through since her start on the show, heights would rank low on the things that scared her."


what makes you think she was scared? more like startled. She knew he wasnt going to drop her, she chose to tell him, shes always trying to get into his good graces. She just got done shooting @ zod knowing he has his powers.... put the green rock on em then took it off... Dude she was curly from city slickers in a past life the girl is hardcore. If she didnt want to tell him ..."what are you going to kill me cal el" woulda been all she would have had to say.

correction from earlier the choking comment threw me off a bit... he doesnt choke her at the top of the building just threatens to drop her and slams her into a wall...the episode where he was trying to find jorel (clone) he grabs her by the neck and lifts her in the air. I imagine that her ability to breath was impared by at least some degree by someone elses hands on her throat AKA choking. Overlooking the episodes of supermans brutality towards women while under the influence of pixie dust/silver kryptonite...the images of clark kent roughing up the ladies still remains....food for thought smallville writers.

" If there were any downsides to the episodes, they were minor and revolved around Tess. Her character seems all over the place... "

I couldnt agree with you more... that part of the story is losing integrity b/c she has so many roles

" There is irony on many levels at having Amanda Waller be the White Queen. I'm going to leave it at that."

oh no no no no
please do tell...and please tell me it has nothing to do with skin color... sounds like im missing alot there, am aware of cartoon network series only caught the one episode (luckily "the one") where amanda waller made some "rich boy" comment to batman... pretty much figured out what was going on from that 5 minute scene but still missing alot of that story. now pam grier white queen irony yes shes more of a black panther =D but that thought didnt enter my head until just now.

ok im out!

agreed
clark/superman never (used to) inflict pain to get the information he needs ( thats what americans do right?)
infact him and batman got in a fight over that once in one of the cartoon movies many years ago
this superman reminds me of the evil clone lex made in the recent doomsday movie (yes i still watch cartoons)
Hint: hes a reporter when does he start investigating to find out what he needs instead of just threatening people with his powers ? it can be written so there is more than the option of of superman choking out a woman that he's hanging off a building
i mean equal oppurtunity womens rights etc. a woman should be equally accountable as a man but
superman = chivalry
same thing with batman
think about how much abuse catwoman had to give him before he would even defend himself
you just dont rough up the ladies bro
not cool

I thought this was a spectacular episode. The past couple have not been, so this was a step in the right direction for me. I am very curious with who the red piece was from. My thoughts are either Martha Kent or Lex Luthor. I can also sort of see maybe Bruce Wayne/ Batman. I mean Manhunter with the whole detective thing and then Batman. idk just a thought. It's probably very unlikely though because I don't think they would add bruce wayne to smallville because it is a superman thing, not a batman thing. but whatever the turnout, I really wanna see luthor make a return.

This is the first episode I saw this season after a very sorry season 9. And the biggest problem I had with season 9 was exactly Trechak's problems with this episode: inconsistency with the characters, and I mean all of them(!) as if throughout the year the writers completely forgot what they scripted 1-3 episodes earlier. But this was a good introduction back. The opening scene was classic comic book action, there was no teen/20 something angst, and Clark was a steely hero even if he is still not Superman yet.

so who is the Red Queen? it doesn't seem to be from established comics...

Smallville is at its best when it revolves around its source material

Great episode, maybe the Manhunter is working for Hawkman? (not sure how the red fits in though)

I watch smallville now out habit...I wouldn't miss it if it was cancelled but watch it every week when its on.

I miss Luthor and Tess is just sad at this point. but I hate to say it this episode was pretty good.

But they never strive for excellent anymore, its always just OK, I don't re-watch any episodes and rarely tell others about it.

I've finally manages to catch up with this season online...

-Every time Clark needs answers from Tess, he chokes her. Not very Superman-y but then again who doesn't want to choke Tess from a skyscraper?

-If season 10 starts off with Checkmate v Zod's Army v Justice Leaugue, and the 2 winners become the big conflict next season, then I will be happy to tune in. But something tells me Pam Grier wouldn't want to be a regular on a CW show.

-The Clark rescuing Chloe sequence was incredible use of slow motion. I loved LOVED the comic book cell look of it.

-I'm back to watching Smallville full time. Hopefully nothing will go wrong now.

I too really liked the episode. One big problem I have with the series as a whole is Clark's knee jerk reaction to every situation, as shown when he blazes off into action before even hearing Chloe's offer to help him. Also, it was nice not to see Lois in the episode, it seems half her lines seem to include her breathessly sighing "the blur". Not to mention the fact that Clark seems to act more like a love struck 13 year old than a twenty-something whenever she is around.