Smallville: 05-14, “Vengeance”
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I’m ridiculously behind on reviews, so no summary this week.
I was impressed with how well they’re dealing so far with Jonathan’s death, but I’m also surprised by a few things, namely how they handled his Senate seat. Surely, it can’t work that way in real life…
This episode had me bawling at points. Since I’m pretty cold and heartless, I rarely get moved to tears by a TV show, so this is a big kudos to the Smallville writers.
Just some bulletpoints on this ep:
- Lex coming to Lana telling her whenever she needs someone to lean on, he’ll be there. Man, Lana is SO jonesing for Lex. Can’t they just have a couple nights together before Lex completely turns into a horrible person?
- The battle between the Luthors. They are both masters of their game. They’re both heartless men whose only weakness is their love for an unattainable woman. For Lex, it is Lana. For Lionel, it’s Martha. Lionel told Lex he was taking over LuthorCorp again since Lex compromised its assets during the campaign. Lex told Lionel to hit the road, or else he’d tell Martha about their meeting before Jonathan’s death.
- Lionel wishes Clark were his son. He really wants to turn that boy and loves him a lot more than his “defective” son, Lex. Clark was left to save Lionel in the end, and Lionel thanked him as a son.
The dynamic of this show just might pick up yet. There’s obviously a set up for Lionel to try to weasle his way into the Kent’s life. I think he’d love nothing more than to marry Martha so Clark would be his son. I think his love for his dead wife is tainted because she produced Lex.
This was a great episode in the wake of Jonathan’s death and sets up a promising little story arc. Let’s hope Smallville starts getting better now that the good little angel (Jonathan) is off everyone’s shoulder.
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