Your reviews always interest me because you give the episode much deserved thought and you are kind enough to share your analysis with us.
Two points I want to mention. 1) In reference to Lana, other than her trying to connect with Clark in the beginning of the episode when she obviously was failing miserably, I thought her role in Vengeance was quite beautiful. (Please see my above comment to mskatej above). I loved that she was the one who had searched to pawn shops to locate the watch. Clark has loved her for his whole life practically and whether or not they made it as a romantic couple doesn't negate the fact that both of these characters have deep feelings of affection for one another. The gift of finding his father's watch at the end spoke volumes of her ability to connect with Clark in a way others have not been able. 2) I found that the writers dropped the ball with Chloe this week. To me, she was shown with a lack of empathy to his plight at the beginning of the episode. She showed more interest in her front page news story, than Clark's grief and upset over his mother's mugging. I suppose though, that is Smallville canon since she and Clark have had this argument in the past. What comes to mind first is her refusal to back off her investigation into Clark's adoption a few seasons ago. Then, she acknowledged it herself in the episode 'Truth' from season 3. I just don't like this part of her personality. At all. Never have. But that's Chloe, I suppose. I also am not comfortable with the importance they are putting on such a secondary character. I understand that Martha was concerned for Clark when she went to see Chloe at the Daily Planet, but I somehow wish that scene had been written in a different location, with Chloe and Martha meeting, but not making it a 'Martha going to Chloe for advice' scene. Martha is worlds smarter than Chloe and doesn't need a kid's advice for anything in my opinion.
I guess if anyone bugged me in this episode, it was how they wrote Chloe. I did adore her mugging scenes with Clark. That was funny. But I'm not buying her as being the 'James Bond' expertise, computer afficianado. She's a kid in her first year of college. Nothing more.
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Date: 2006-02-04 06:38 pm (UTC)Two points I want to mention. 1) In reference to Lana, other than her trying to connect with Clark in the beginning of the episode when she obviously was failing miserably, I thought her role in Vengeance was quite beautiful. (Please see my above comment to mskatej above). I loved that she was the one who had searched to pawn shops to locate the watch. Clark has loved her for his whole life practically and whether or not they made it as a romantic couple doesn't negate the fact that both of these characters have deep feelings of affection for one another. The gift of finding his father's watch at the end spoke volumes of her ability to connect with Clark in a way others have not been able. 2) I found that the writers dropped the ball with Chloe this week. To me, she was shown with a lack of empathy to his plight at the beginning of the episode. She showed more interest in her front page news story, than Clark's grief and upset over his mother's mugging. I suppose though, that is Smallville canon since she and Clark have had this argument in the past. What comes to mind first is her refusal to back off her investigation into Clark's adoption a few seasons ago. Then, she acknowledged it herself in the episode 'Truth' from season 3. I just don't like this part of her personality. At all. Never have. But that's Chloe, I suppose. I also am not comfortable with the importance they are putting on such a secondary character. I understand that Martha was concerned for Clark when she went to see Chloe at the Daily Planet, but I somehow wish that scene had been written in a different location, with Chloe and Martha meeting, but not making it a 'Martha going to Chloe for advice' scene. Martha is worlds smarter than Chloe and doesn't need a kid's advice for anything in my opinion.
I guess if anyone bugged me in this episode, it was how they wrote Chloe. I did adore her mugging scenes with Clark. That was funny. But I'm not buying her as being the 'James Bond' expertise, computer afficianado. She's a kid in her first year of college. Nothing more.