World Enough and Time

I want to second everything you said about 'Visage'. Every aspect of that episode sickened me, from the bashing of the Evil Lesbian, via Pa Kent's war-mongering patriotism to Helen and Lex walking off hand-in-hand into the sunset. And you're right, this is the only time I've seen MR act badly. It's like all his spark is gone. I remember thinking, 'Was he ill when they filmed this? Did he have a bad reaction to reading the script?' And the 'wall around my heart' speach is just such drivel! It's out of character, and it makes absolutely no sense when Helen's reaction to it is to take his hand and lead him off like a little child. Any sane woman would respond to a declaration of that kind from a man as emotionally handicapped as Lex with at the very least an embrace, most likely a passionate kiss. It's ridiculous. Tina Greer should come back and kick the scriptwriter's butt for being a sentimental, homophobic creep.

There, now I've vented. *g*