It's great to see Lana and Chloe just
hanging out for Lana's bachelorette party. But, once more, it serves to
show just how isolated and cut off Lana is currently feeling as she is
about to enter into marriage with a man she cannot trust. It's like she
is trying to grasp tight hold of anything in her life that still matters
before it is gone for good.
I rolled my eyes when it looked like
we were getting yet another episode in which some meteor infected
wierdo has a stalker level crush on Lana. But once the "blind" kid comes
in, setting up the story of the meteor infected becoming abductees, my
interest increased immensely, especially once it is revealed that the
abductees in question are being returned afterwards. Within the first
five minutes of the episode the story circumvents my expectations of
where I think it might be heading. That's always a good thing.
It's very easy to write Lex off at this point as evil. But when he tells the doctor, "I've been victimized by these people just as much as you have", it's easy to understand how Lex might come to the place that he has regarding the meteor infected. I've lost count of the amount of meteor freaks that have made attempts on his life or screwed with him or the people in his life. It stands to reason that a man in his position would channel his resources into learning all he can about them. Of course, it doesn't make his behaviour right, only human.
Only in television shows do people take photographs that give them a smoking gun trail of evidence that leads right to the guilty party. That shot that Chloe took with Tobias in the background pointing at Dan could not feel any more perfectly staged if it was on broadway.
I like that Lana challenges Chloe on not tarring all meteor freaks with the same brush. It does raise the question of how many are out there doing good without anyone knowing. Of course, at this point, Lana must assume that Clark too is a meteor freak so it makes sense that she would come to their defense.
I love the reaction on Clark's face when Tobias reveals that Chloe is meteor infected. He has to be asking himself, "Does she even know? And if she does, what is her power and why hasn't she told him?"
The scene between Lex and the doctor, where the doctor has to tell him that his computer has been "misplaced", is a great scene. Both actors deliver stellar performances here. Adrian Hough is really convincing as a man close to the edge of losing everything, feeling the walls closing in on him, and Rosenbaum is in full-on intimidation power mode.
Speaking of great performances, the scene in which Chloe has to remove the implant from her collar is awesome! Mack looks scared witless as the green dots on her computer screen all start turning red. It's a tense sequence that is brilliantly handled because it shows us death is approaching fast without the need to ever see anyone being killed. It's scarier when you don't know what's coming.
The showdown between Lana, Tobias and doctor Bethany is also nicely handled. As Lana looks at the bullet that went into the cabinet you just know that she's thinking, "Damn Clark, you did it again!" She gives a great reaction to Tobias telling her that Clark is not a meteor freak as well. One more piece of the puzzle towards her finding out the truth. I love that they're doing that with Lana over the course of this season. Just drip feeding her each part of the picture that is Clark Kent.
It's pretty funny how Clark has replaced one billionaire friend who used to get things sorted for him with another billionaire friend who does the same. Oliver Queen makes sure Tobias gets his surgery. If this were an episode from season 1-3 that licence plate would have been a Luthorcorp plate.
We get another nice moment between Clark and Lana at the end. However, I do feel that the issue for Clark shouldn't be a fear of whether or not she would accept him if she knew the truth. He already knows that she would because she already did, during Reckoning, when she accepted his marriage proposal. She just has no memory of it because he went back in time and changed things. The real fear for him should be whether or not his telling her the truth will end up getting her killed, again, as it did in Reckoning. But I'm not sure this scene conveys this latter fear. Instead, it seems to be soothing the former, which makes it feel unnecessary to some degree, like we are treading old ground. Regardless, it's still a nice moment just because of Lana's sentiment.
It's very easy to write Lex off at this point as evil. But when he tells the doctor, "I've been victimized by these people just as much as you have", it's easy to understand how Lex might come to the place that he has regarding the meteor infected. I've lost count of the amount of meteor freaks that have made attempts on his life or screwed with him or the people in his life. It stands to reason that a man in his position would channel his resources into learning all he can about them. Of course, it doesn't make his behaviour right, only human.
Only in television shows do people take photographs that give them a smoking gun trail of evidence that leads right to the guilty party. That shot that Chloe took with Tobias in the background pointing at Dan could not feel any more perfectly staged if it was on broadway.
I like that Lana challenges Chloe on not tarring all meteor freaks with the same brush. It does raise the question of how many are out there doing good without anyone knowing. Of course, at this point, Lana must assume that Clark too is a meteor freak so it makes sense that she would come to their defense.
I love the reaction on Clark's face when Tobias reveals that Chloe is meteor infected. He has to be asking himself, "Does she even know? And if she does, what is her power and why hasn't she told him?"
The scene between Lex and the doctor, where the doctor has to tell him that his computer has been "misplaced", is a great scene. Both actors deliver stellar performances here. Adrian Hough is really convincing as a man close to the edge of losing everything, feeling the walls closing in on him, and Rosenbaum is in full-on intimidation power mode.
Speaking of great performances, the scene in which Chloe has to remove the implant from her collar is awesome! Mack looks scared witless as the green dots on her computer screen all start turning red. It's a tense sequence that is brilliantly handled because it shows us death is approaching fast without the need to ever see anyone being killed. It's scarier when you don't know what's coming.
The showdown between Lana, Tobias and doctor Bethany is also nicely handled. As Lana looks at the bullet that went into the cabinet you just know that she's thinking, "Damn Clark, you did it again!" She gives a great reaction to Tobias telling her that Clark is not a meteor freak as well. One more piece of the puzzle towards her finding out the truth. I love that they're doing that with Lana over the course of this season. Just drip feeding her each part of the picture that is Clark Kent.
It's pretty funny how Clark has replaced one billionaire friend who used to get things sorted for him with another billionaire friend who does the same. Oliver Queen makes sure Tobias gets his surgery. If this were an episode from season 1-3 that licence plate would have been a Luthorcorp plate.
We get another nice moment between Clark and Lana at the end. However, I do feel that the issue for Clark shouldn't be a fear of whether or not she would accept him if she knew the truth. He already knows that she would because she already did, during Reckoning, when she accepted his marriage proposal. She just has no memory of it because he went back in time and changed things. The real fear for him should be whether or not his telling her the truth will end up getting her killed, again, as it did in Reckoning. But I'm not sure this scene conveys this latter fear. Instead, it seems to be soothing the former, which makes it feel unnecessary to some degree, like we are treading old ground. Regardless, it's still a nice moment just because of Lana's sentiment.
Lex swears to Lana "on the soul of [his] unborn child" that he didn't have anything to do with what happened. This is a moment that is even more horrifying in retrospect. It's terrible to think that Lex is willing to swear the soul of his child away to protect his lies. But to learn the real reason he is able to say such a thing is equally just as terrible.
I really feel for Chloe at the end when she refers to herself as a ticking time bomb. But I love the tenderness that she is met with from Clark as he comforts her. As the two of these characters grow more accepting of their relationship never being anything more than friends, it's almost as though it allows that friendship itself to become something more beautiful. This is something I can identify with in my own life so I love the way it reflects reality. Sometimes relationships are only strengthened once the promise of any sexual intimacy is removed.
A great episode.
10/10
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