Smallville - 10/8/03

Patrick Sun · 10-09-2003, 12:27 AM

Episode 2.2 "Phoenix"

While they packed a whole lot of stuff in this episode, it didn't seem all that rushed or congested.

And as always, it seems, any bad person who stumbled on to Clark's secret gets put out the pasture, or in this case, put out to sea (though I doubt Edge died, and will probably return later, to cause the Kents even more grief).

Lex finally resolved his marital woes in the inimitable Luthor fashion. Too bad, I'll miss Helen.

Irony of ironies, Lex gets in good with the Kents, while accepting guidance willingly from his father. This should be the source of even more moral quandaries for Lex (internal battle of doing the right thing, or the profitable thing).

Dug the use of Dido's "White Flag" at the end of the episode where Clark spurns Lana, who is finally ready to commit to Clark, and Clark to so afraid of losing control of himself that he won't allow himself to let Lana in because he's wary of hurting the ones he loves the most.

Bruce_S · 10-09-2003, 03:00 AM

These two episodes answered alot of questions from last season and it worked out well. It's off to a good start. However - I think, a three parters would've been better so it wouldn't feel too compact. It's strange how Pete's only got one scene in these episode.

I agreed that Edge and Lex's wife will come back later in the season to cause headaches to the Kents and Lex. I think, Clark is starting to realize that he won't be able to fully be open with Lana and have a "real" relationship her until he completely share his secret. It's kind of like Peter Parker in Spiderman, at the end of the movie - where he is aware of his powers and responsibilties that comes with it.

Next week episode looks interesting... It looks like Lex's brother is back in town testing out Kryptonite bullets against Clark. It seems like the Luthor's are going to test out the Clark's powers this season. Time will tell.

-bruce

Dan Rudolph · 10-09-2003, 06:20 AM

LSo Lana killed someone. And whiel it wasn't explicitly stated, it seems Clark did, too as the driver was probably still in the truck when CLark blew it up. And Lex apparently killed another person. I get the impression the show won't win any awards from the PTC this season.

Patrick Sun · 10-09-2003, 08:10 AM

Lana's "kill" was self-defense.

Ivan Lindenfeld · 10-09-2003, 08:17 AM

Lana's kill may be self defense, but it still must be hard to kill someone. She's never done it.

Enjoyable episode. Since I missed the premiere (damn the WB, no Easyview replays!) this was my first new Smallville fix since last season. It did not dissapoint.

I think they are running Clark and Lex's character development in tandem, or at least their level of self-realization. They both grew quite a bit further into the men they would be during this story arc.

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todd s · 10-09-2003, 09:02 AM

The driver of the truck was not in the car. He was the guy with the big tatoo that got shot by Luthor's men in the firefight.

Mikel_Cooperman · 10-09-2003, 10:01 AM

Great writing. Good character moments and some cool action. What more could you ask for.

Very enjoyable episode.

JustinCleveland · 10-09-2003, 10:26 AM

And they left a lot of holes where they can write new stories... Edge, Helen, etc.

Good episode, and I was glad to see Clark overcome the red kryptonite on his own.

Patrick Sun · 10-09-2003, 10:47 AM

The Red K got shattered by Clark trying to punch out Jonathan. I wouldn't say Clark totally rebuked the Red K all on his own.

Michael Henry · 10-09-2003, 10:52 AM

After Clark ripped the door off of the car - did anyone else notice he had a very crazed look on his face, then he "went back to the old Clark"...

His facial expressions totally changed...

Wonder what that means?