There is one part of this plot that really didn't work for me, although I see what the writers were trying for. Having Kara nuke the green k with her heat vision was a really really stupid move, imho, since now every time it appears we'll be thinking 'can't he just nuke it?' It also makes Clark look really daft for not having figured that out a long time ago.
I just couldn't get over her doing it right by his head. Also, it's just ... kind of writerly luck that it worked when really, it should have just broken into a million tinier pieces of still active kryptonite. IOW, it only worked because the writer needed it to work. Even by SV science, it shouldn't have. It was just dim.
I had trouble suspending disbelief on a few crucial points in the Lana plot, which made it really hard for me to enjoy her return. I found her saying she couldn't tell Chloe yet just weird. I was also very confused by the way she behaved as if Lionel wasn't a threat any more--then I remembered his disappearance was widely publicised. However, I still feel that she and Clark should have had a chat about the 'weakness' that Lionel threatened Clark with--she doesn't KNOW that it's just the one he already knows about (Green K). Gah! Also, their kitchen chit-chats were a little too cosy and relaxed... wouldn't they have a MILLION things to talk about? I mean, they never got to talk openly about Clark's powers, his heritage, the Fortress for example
I agree with all of this, but right now, I'm chalking it up to the fact that Clark's still kind of in shock that she's not really dead plus he's got all that stuff with Kara to deal with. But like you, I call bullshit on the fact that he doesn't ask a single question about why she felt the need to go to the extremes she did or why there was DNA EVIDENCE OF HER DEMISE. It doesn't make sense that Clark wouldn't have those questions, even with it being Lana and the enormous slack he always cuts her about things.
. I just kind of think that if you thought your childhood love was dead, you'd be a little more swept up in the moment when they returned. Is that just me?
dawnybee made an interesting observation about the difference in Clark's demeanor here vs. how he acted when Lex showed up at the Kent Farm in Phoenix. I enjoyed the Clark/Lana in this episode, but I agree with you and others who've said that it felt weirdly ... muted.
Finally, I have no words for how much I adore that Lex was all clued up about Kara. That he didn't beat about the bush and that he clearly had had her tracked. I was pretty much in total adoration for Lex through the entire episode. He's just so full on! I was both laughing and reeling from his earnestness when he told the gov't agent that the 'angel' saved him from 'drowning in the evilness of his ways'. And, wow! His tactics with that agent were incredible. Lex has always excelled at mixed motives. Here he appears to be sacrificing himself to throw the scent of Kara--and he does so before learning whether she'll be any more open with him than Clark was. That's amazingly generous--it's leaving himself open for major heartbreak all over again. But at the same time, his decision to share his secrets with the government is not as selfless as it first appears: it's also possibly the cleverest, most sensible response to the government basically telling him that he's under suspicion. Align his motives with theirs and he stands the best chance of being able to continue his work unhindered. Nice move, Lex!
*nod* Lex was pretty much made of sheer, unmitigated awesome the whole episode. Especially that last scene with Kara.
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I just couldn't get over her doing it right by his head. Also, it's just ... kind of writerly luck that it worked when really, it should have just broken into a million tinier pieces of still active kryptonite. IOW, it only worked because the writer needed it to work. Even by SV science, it shouldn't have. It was just dim.
I had trouble suspending disbelief on a few crucial points in the Lana plot, which made it really hard for me to enjoy her return. I found her saying she couldn't tell Chloe yet just weird. I was also very confused by the way she behaved as if Lionel wasn't a threat any more--then I remembered his disappearance was widely publicised. However, I still feel that she and Clark should have had a chat about the 'weakness' that Lionel threatened Clark with--she doesn't KNOW that it's just the one he already knows about (Green K). Gah! Also, their kitchen chit-chats were a little too cosy and relaxed... wouldn't they have a MILLION things to talk about? I mean, they never got to talk openly about Clark's powers, his heritage, the Fortress for example
I agree with all of this, but right now, I'm chalking it up to the fact that Clark's still kind of in shock that she's not really dead plus he's got all that stuff with Kara to deal with. But like you, I call bullshit on the fact that he doesn't ask a single question about why she felt the need to go to the extremes she did or why there was DNA EVIDENCE OF HER DEMISE. It doesn't make sense that Clark wouldn't have those questions, even with it being Lana and the enormous slack he always cuts her about things.
. I just kind of think that if you thought your childhood love was dead, you'd be a little more swept up in the moment when they returned. Is that just me?
Finally, I have no words for how much I adore that Lex was all clued up about Kara. That he didn't beat about the bush and that he clearly had had her tracked. I was pretty much in total adoration for Lex through the entire episode. He's just so full on! I was both laughing and reeling from his earnestness when he told the gov't agent that the 'angel' saved him from 'drowning in the evilness of his ways'. And, wow! His tactics with that agent were incredible. Lex has always excelled at mixed motives. Here he appears to be sacrificing himself to throw the scent of Kara--and he does so before learning whether she'll be any more open with him than Clark was. That's amazingly generous--it's leaving himself open for major heartbreak all over again. But at the same time, his decision to share his secrets with the government is not as selfless as it first appears: it's also possibly the cleverest, most sensible response to the government basically telling him that he's under suspicion. Align his motives with theirs and he stands the best chance of being able to continue his work unhindered. Nice move, Lex!
*nod* Lex was pretty much made of sheer, unmitigated awesome the whole episode. Especially that last scene with Kara.