Smallville: The Calling (May 13, 2003)

[fajrdrako]

I loved tonight's Smallville. The best episode since "Rosetta". Great moments - aside from every time Lex was on the screen, and every time he opened his mouth - and Clark's beauty -

* Chloe standing up to Lionel for Clark's sake - go, Chloe!

* Jor-El's voice. Whew.

* We heard Clark called Kal-El for the first time!

* Clark's speech at the dinner. He is so cute.

* Lionel's conversation with Helen - It looks as if she isn't working for him after all, or not any more. Her claims to merely love Lex seems feeble. So what's her agenda?

* Lex having the blood (but why isn't he keeping it in his Secret Chamber of Clarkness?)

* Lex's speech to the Kents about how much they mean to him, and then Jonathan's attack on Helen (and, by extension, Lex)

* Clark's fight with Dr. Weldon. Blasted through the barn! No wonder the Kents are almost bankrupt. All those repairs.

* the white chamber in which Weldon was kept by Lex - was that at Cadmus Labs?

* the interplay between Clark and Lionel: Clark wastes no respect on him, but isn't aggressive

* Lots of Lex/Clark eye-to-eye contact

* The mark of the octagon in Dr. Weldon's hand - and Lionel taking it.

* Any representation of Kryptonian. I love it that it gets written in spirals, like Linear A.

Comments

[acampbell.livejournal.com]

but why isn't he keeping it in his Secret Chamber of Clarkness?)

And, why wasn't Martha's file being kept there, too?

No wonder the Kents are almost bankrupt. All those repairs.

Heh, that's what I thought, too. (obsessed with dollars & cents, as usual). Even if Clark could do the repairs, they'd still have to buy the materials, wouldn't they? Probably don't have adequate insurance, or don't claim: can you imagine what they'd say? "How'd this happen," "Oh, my son blasted that in the barn with his heat vision"...:g:

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

My first guess: Lex had both the vial of blood and the file handy in his office because he was still studying them - working with them both. They aren't 'archival' yet.

Probably don't have adequate insurance, or don't claim: can you imagine what they'd say? "How'd this happen," "Oh, my son blasted that in the barn with his heat vision"...:g:

At which point the insurance adjustor groans and says, "Not again?"

Yeah, they'd have to buy materials. I guess Grandpa Clark has to back a lot of bills these days.

Re: property damage at the Kents

[acampbell.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they'd have to buy materials. I guess Grandpa Clark has to back a lot of bills these days.

I figure, whatever other failings Clark's parents might have, they're almost saintly in not castigating him for damages or slip-ups related to his powers, even when done deliberately in the heat of passion/anger/excitement. Damn, woodchippers have to be expensive.

And, what about that night he and Lex crashed the couch through the barn ceiling?

Saints, I tell you!

Re: property damage at the Kents

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Aw, I don't believe that for a minute. I think they *do* castigate him (off-camera, of course, because it isn't part of a story plot) and he looks sorry and krinkles his eyebrows and promises to be more careful next time and looks so cute they forgive him.

Just like I would.