Episode 1.18: Drone

The meteor freak in this episode has the power to control bees. She tries to wipe out the competition in the student presidency race, including Clark, who is running for president himself. The plot with the bees, like many of the meteor related activities throughout the series, is really quite silly. But the entertainment here lies in Clark's efforts to become student president, not to mention a sub-plot with Lex, in which a female journalist goes to great lengths in order to snag an interview with him.

Clark runs with the rather amusing slogan 'The Man of Tomorrow', which any comic book fan will know is one of the monikers for Superman, given to him here by none other than Lex Luthor.

One of the interesting points for me in Drone is that we get to see that Clark isn't infallible. When he spits his dummy out at Chloe for endorsing another candidate it is clear that he is in the wrong for doing so. But I like this. It shows that even the Man of Steel can succumb to very human emotions.

Lana gets to show off her dark side. She makes a very underhanded move in order to put a café, that is in direct competition with The Talon, out of business. It all seems quite innocent really but it does foreshadow some of the darker behaviour that she exhibits in the later seasons.

A very entertaining if somewhat silly adventure. 6/10