And Tess is Mercy! And COOL! Or at least somewhat cooler than she has been.
The revelation that Tess is Mercy makes me forgive a lot because it actually does suddenly render her plausible in a way she wasn't until this episode. As Nora noted in her review, if anyone could plausibly swoop in and literally take over for Lex -- including iterating his ideologies -- it would be Mercy Graves, who's the closest thing canon!Lex has to a best friend, confidante and lieutenant. As a character, Tess just makes more sense now that I know she's really (supposed to be) Mercy.
Lois stole Clark's coffee even though he had written his name on it! HEEEEE. I love it!
*nodnodnod* I love how he starts to protest and then just realizes how futile it would be to do so and starts talking about more important things. I really enjoyed that whole scene, actually, Clark and Lois bonding over their broken love lives, once again saying things to each other I can't imagine either of them being comfortable saying to anyone else.
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Date: 2008-10-06 01:37 am (UTC)The revelation that Tess is Mercy makes me forgive a lot because it actually does suddenly render her plausible in a way she wasn't until this episode. As Nora noted in her review, if anyone could plausibly swoop in and literally take over for Lex -- including iterating his ideologies -- it would be Mercy Graves, who's the closest thing canon!Lex has to a best friend, confidante and lieutenant. As a character, Tess just makes more sense now that I know she's really (supposed to be) Mercy.
Lois stole Clark's coffee even though he had written his name on it! HEEEEE. I love it!
*nodnodnod* I love how he starts to protest and then just realizes how futile it would be to do so and starts talking about more important things. I really enjoyed that whole scene, actually, Clark and Lois bonding over their broken love lives, once again saying things to each other I can't imagine either of them being comfortable saying to anyone else.