[Greg_S_H]

BC wasn't very good, though. A Green Arrow/Black Canary pairing in the Smallville universe would look like Phil Laak teaming up with Patty the Biker from The Jerk.

[pitchman]

I agree 100% with Patrick's assessment of the Lana/Clark relationship. Another thing that bugs the crap out of me is Clark's total inability to grow up and get on with his life. How many more times do we have to watch Oliver taunt and lecture Clark about doing something useful with his superheroic gifts? And, how many more times do we have watch Clark stand there and offer ZERO in the way of response? What the heck is his problem? Sheesh! There literally is NOTHING to keep him in Smallville these days. His father passed away. His mother is off doing her thing. The farm serves no useful purpose. He's not in school. He doesn't appear to work a day job. And, he seems to have no desire or inclination to further his education/training and move along the path to fulfilling his ultimate destiny. Somewhere along the way Clark has become Superslacker and this show is suffering as a result.

[Jason_V]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Greg_S_H

BC wasn't very good, though. A Green Arrow/Black Canary pairing in the Smallville universe would look like Phil Laak teaming up with Patty the Biker from The Jerk.

I'll agree the actress wasn't very convincing and the character is too reliant on purile thrills for me. (I much prefer the Justice League Unlimited version of BC.) A simple recast and tweak of the character might work.

Meh, it was enough for me to see Green Arrow back. Almost made the entire season worthwhile.

[Inspector Hammer!]

I agree that Clark needs to get his ass in gear, this was the second time that Oliver had to lay down the truth and call Clark out on his unwillingness to help the cause and do something meaningful with his life.

I don't agree however that Lex is out of nastiness, he's capable of much more.

I read a spoiler that

Spoiler:

Pete will be making an appearance on the show in a couple of weeks.

[JohnS]

To add to Hammer's spoiler...

and

Spoiler:

Pete

has a BIG secret

If you want to know that secret read the spoiler.
It's a big secret..so it's a big spoiler.
WARNING YOU!

Spoiler:

Pete has the ability to stretch, like Mr. Fantastic

[Inspector Hammer!]

I enjoyed tonights episode, I always love it when episodes center on Lex and his twisted mind. I also found it admirable that Clark tried to reach Lex at the end, to try and remind him of the friendship they once had.

All for not, though.

Plus, on a strictly technical standpoint, this was the very first episode that I got to watch on my new HDTV and I couldn't stop marveling at it. So did I REALLY like the ep or is it the extra resolution talking? I'll let ya know when i've had time to think about that myself lol.

[Jason_V]

A big old "meh" on my part. It felt like a reason to throw some flashy (and COMPLETELY unneeded) lights up in American Gladiators/Millionaire fashion and to waste another half hour getting to the same place we could have gotten to if Chloe stepped in from the beginning.

I mean, come on. Aside from keeping Chloe "safe"-which she wasn't in the end, anyway-what was the point? Fine, it was kinda cool to see Clark inside Lex's head but it was by no means the best way to get to Kara. But what did we learn? That Lilian blamed Lex for opening his mouth to Lionel? OOOOHHHHH....major revelation there. Sorry, thoroughly unimpressed after last week's Green Arrow episode. And another repeat (seemingly) next week.

[Patrick Sun]

It was a trippy episode, Rosenbaum was cracking me up as evil Lex inside his head about to choke Alexander. And then when he was Clark's punching dummy. Good stuff.

[Brandon Conway]

I thought the set up for getting inside Lex's mind was awful (especially Lex being moved instantly from Detroit to the Smallville Medical Center, lol. As if Detroit doesn't have competent medical staff - or if they had to move him, Metropolis!)

The stuff inside his mind was okay, but nothing substantial.

Probably the weakest episode of the season, IMO.

[Greg_S_H]

If they wanted to do it with more guts, they would have had Chloe revive him and have him refuse to tell where Kara was. Then, Clark and Lionel would force him to do the mind thing.