Episode 3.14: Obsession

When Clark is out on a school field trip to Luther Corp he is forced to exhibit his powers in front of a class mate named Alicia. Subsequently, she is forced to do the same in order to help preserve his secret, teleporting the two of them away from danger. They quickly bond and Clark begins to see a future with her. He wants to take it slow but she has other ideas. Soon Clark realizes he's in over his head with a crazy lady, who has made him her obsession and Lana a target. Meanwhile, Lana is having other troubles as she tries to make Adam leave the apartment she rented out to him. At first he refuses to go, but then vanishes without warning. We later learn that Lionel has him in a laboratory. And he's not too pleased about him going off mission to gather intel on Clark. He orders doctor Teng to terminate him.

It's quite sad when Alicia starts to go off the rails because I buy into her as a character, and particularly as a love interest for Clark, far more than I did with the likes of Kyla. Sarah Carter does a wonderful job in the role. It's very funny to see her teleport to Clark's bedroom in order to get it on, only for Jonathan to walk in on them. The look on everyone's faces is priceless!

There is one moment during this episode that I do slightly have a problem with. It's where Lex all but blames Clark for leading Alicia on. It's a fairly warped attitude to take for someone as intelligent as Lex. More to the point, it's a dangerous suggestion for the writers of the show to be making, as it almost implies that anyone who has a stalker is responsible for making them behave that way.

We finally learn some of what's going on with Adam. His behaviour towards Lana seems to have been an effort to intentionally push her away so that he would no longer be able to glean from her the information he was sent to gather. Does this mean that he genuinely loves her?

The way that Lionel treats Adam as nothing more than a commodity towards the end is quite chilling. Like a broken piece of hardware he's willing to just toss him into the scrap. People are literally just "things" to him, which is what makes him truly the most despicable villain of the show.

9/10