Smallvile: Obsession

[fajrdrako]

I went to an Esperanto meeting last night, and watched Smallville when I got home. I was way too tired to say anything about it here.... Why was I so wiped? I think it's a combination of not enough sleep in general, allergies, and being too busy. It was a long day.

So: Smallville. Obsession. I'm not fond of the stalker episodes in general, but they're a heck of a lot better when the person being stalked is Clark or Lex.

Observances:

1. Clark was cute. Lex was gorgeous. They didn't spend enough time together, but when they did, it was great. I like the way Clark confides in Lex, and the way Lex tries to be helpful.



2. I like the way Lex and Lana are allies to get to the bottom of the Adam mystery. Does Lex suspect his father's involvement?



3. I would have liked to have seen more of Chloe. What was she doing through most of the episode? Why did she get invovled in the situation - and then just disappear? I particularly liked the jabs she and Lionel were exchanging in the beginning. Loved seeing Lionel's talk to the students. Made me grin.



4. I liked the end, with Lionel and Adam. I remain certain that Adam is good, he's just being used by Lionel to bad ends.



5. Lana had no business reading Adam's secret journal, whatever the situation. I have issues on the matter that date to the time my husband (now -ex) read my diary, and the results weren't pretty. Of course, Lana is yet nother Smallville character who, so far as I can see, lacks any kind of ethics, and I don't really mind in the least! I don't like her for it, but I don't need to like her. I like her moral vacuousness that is so much part of her character, especially since she tends to be self-righteous. When caught in wrong-doing, she always attacks the person who has caught her in the act.



6. The scene where Alicia appeared in Clark's bed was pretty hot. I liked it. I wondered if Clark was wishing it were Lex.



7. Again, a sort of null episode for Martha. I used to like her so much - I'm frustrated by her lack of significance lately.



8. What happened to Alicia in the end? Was she trapped in a teleport loop? Did she die? Was she handed over to the law, to disappear into Belle Reve? I thought she was going to simply... disappear. Teleport away and not reappear. I liked her power, very much. I like it when Clark does that trick of appearing to disappear through using his superspeed, too. And I love it when Bruce Wayne does it just through skilled stealth.



9. So the doctor is in cahoots with Lionel. Hmm.

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[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

The repeated inviting girls over for dinner just proved she has too much time on her hands.

She seems to have slipped into a mode of mindlessness and sloth. Where is the take-charage woman we used to have? She needs to do something useful - like work for Lionel.

I should watch a first season episode again, just to get a dose of Martha as she ought to be.