(S06E18) Wonder Woman on Smallville? Only in our wildest dreams. Still Lynda Carter is about as close to the real thing as we'll probably get. If you ask me, she still looks like a Wonder Woman. Hubba hubba. I kept hoping she'd spin around and then have her tights on and take Lex to town. No such luck.
So, speaking of Lynda Carter ... yes, she's Chloe's mom. Yes, she has meteor powers. Yes, she was in Smallville during the original meteor shower. So why hasn't Chloe found out any of this stuff before? Has she been turning a blind eye where mommy dearest is concerned? Inquiring minds wanna know.
Young Chloe didn't quite seem to fit the bill, did she? I expected a much spunkier version of Chloe from 12 years ago. We'll chalk it up to flahbackitis and let it go. For now. If we start seeing young Chloe more often, we might have to object a bit louder.
One thing we would like to see a bit more of it Tough Chloe. Did you see the way she busted Lex's window open? Sure, she was being remote-controlled by mom, but she needs to get rough and tumble with it a bit more often. She can kick some butt when she needs to. Maybe she'll get a spinoff show. I know someone posted in the comments on the "Someone's gonna die on Smallville" thread that she should team up with Kristen Bell and solve crimes, but it unfortunately looks like Veronica Mars is getting canceled. It's tough luck, because they do seem like good female sleuths.
It's nice to see that just about everybody in the world is using flash drives these days. Places are giving them out like candy, and it seems like soon it'll replace the pen as the corporate gift of choice. In fact, I find myself craving a Smallville-branded flash drive, complete with a green "meteor rock" type LED on the end that lights up when the drive is in use. You could keep people from Krypton away, possibly develop powers, and also store sensitive files, or your Smallville soundtrack mp3 collection.
Is it just me, or did Chloe look really excited when her mom used the power to take over that super-strong dude, and he kicked some major security guard butt? That grin was ... almost evil. What a cool power to have (the remote-controlling, not the super-strength, although that wouldn't be bad either. Plus that slow-motion shot of Lex almost getting nailed in the face from that shot Chloe fired. Is she a good shot, or what?
A pretty kick-butt mom (except that death scene was just ... bad), some great Chloe moments, a few (not enough) Clark powers on display, Lex being a major jerk (what else is new lately), and some Lana baby (or no baby?) revelations ... all in all not a bad episode. A bit sad for Chloe though. She always seems to get the short end of the stick. We're pulling for her to have a spell of good luck and not get killed off during the finale. On our 1 - 7 ratings scale, I give this one a fairly solid 5.
That Smallville Legends: Justice & Doom animated comic book thing was pretty cool, I wouldn't mind watching / reading comic books like that. If you missed it during the commercial break, you can see it here. Sure, it's basically a commercial, but it was a fun continuation of the "Justice League" characters from Smallville.
PS - Did anyone else wonder where Chloe's dad was? He's been AWOL for awhile.
Quote of the show:
- Lex: "A plan that makes prison look like a picnic." Scary stuff.
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4-20-2007 @ 6:08PM
mklopez said...
I dont think Chloe's mom is dead... she just went back into a catathonic state. I wish someone had called her a "wonderful woman" before that...
And the "Justice" comic ad just MADE my day!
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4-20-2007 @ 2:43PM
CT A said...
I really like this episode.. My hateness for lex just went to a new level.. I think chloe will be the person whos going to leave smallville in search of protection from lex (Maybe a safe house ala green arrow?)
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4-20-2007 @ 3:38PM
vacelts said...
When I first started watching Smallville, I really liked Lex. I remember thinking, how are they ever going to make him into the bad guy? Well they did. And now I love to hate Lex.
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4-20-2007 @ 3:42PM
Will said...
On second viewing, it looks like mklopez is right, Chloe's mom didn't die, but went back to being a vegetable. Still, kind of hammy, right?
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4-20-2007 @ 4:44PM
amazo said...
with them building up lex to be the evil of evils (and doing a good job of it), i think i'm more pscyhed to see where this all leads. yes, more so than any other show, (even lost or heroes). cuz face it. everything that has happened in the last 5 1/2 seasons has been building up to this. thats character development.
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4-20-2007 @ 11:20PM
ac said...
I just want to see Clark fight Bizzaro-Clark. Its supposed to happen but when?
Also, Chloe and Veronica Mars should team up and fight crime. Seriously make some calls about this.
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4-20-2007 @ 11:11PM
Connie said...
Yes, amazo (4), this show has had great character development.
The changes in Chloe and Lex have been really interesting to watch unfold, and Clark's oh-so-slow transition into a truly "crusading" Man of Steel is finally starting to kick in.
Only poor Lana seems stuck in a rut, always out of the loop, and too often the victim. Is it only me, or has the "star-crossed" lovers shtick between her and Clark become totally stale?
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4-21-2007 @ 2:31AM
Mandee said...
I'm enjoying all the characters, except one. Lois Lane. Every time she calls Clark "Smallville" I want to toss a boot at the TV (fortunately I can just post a complaint here instead -- a lot less expensive).
Love the way the show has started to introduce Clark's first encounters with his eventual Justice League colleagues, love the addition of Jimmy Olson, and love the Chloe-with-powers surprise. And the Evil Lex -- the transformation over the past two years has been terrific.
Hope the show returns again next year, as long as Louis trips off to Europe for that season. And maybe she can take Lana with her.
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4-21-2007 @ 2:37AM
Allan said...
The Lana false-pregnancy shock at the end knocked me off my chair: lookes like psycho Lex just hit a new, uber-creepy low!
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4-21-2007 @ 2:50AM
malamute1 said...
it has to be one of the best programmes out there at the moment . but what im still confused about is where & when did chloe find out about clarks super powers ......
& has anyone else noticed that at the start, in the credits of the show when clark is turning round he grows stubble ....
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4-22-2007 @ 5:53AM
Mike said...
#10...Chloe was shown Clarks powers by his then girlfriend. I can't remember her name but she was killed in that same episode by the boy who could vanish in a poof of sand.
Anyway..she was made at Clark cause everyone thought she was the one doing the killing..and he either didn't believe her or he wanted her to turn herself in and she was upset Clark wouldn't out his powers..so she set Clark up and called him saying she was in her car and no breaks..then she pops herself and Chloe out of the car off to the side and Chloe sees Clark speed past the car..catch it and speed away.
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4-22-2007 @ 5:56AM
Mike said...
Oh..and i think Clark finds out she knows when she knocks out Lex in the cave to stop Lex from seeing Clark access the fortrus of solitude.
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4-27-2007 @ 3:16AM
gen said...
Well, where do you begin...
the episode didn't completely have me jumping off my chair.. which i usually do, whilst watching smallville :P .. an amzing add to the effect was the whole lana baby thing.. ooo lex is in trooouble!! haha cant wait. i hate the man.. wen r lana and clark gna get back together?!! i kno tht its clark and lois.. bt seriosuily hu can see them together.. Clana have always been the perfect couple.. hmm..
By the way clarks girlfriend when chloe finds out the secret is called Alicia.. the girl hu can teleport.. they got married and all.. dnt u remmeber?! lol
Wow how evil can lex get its like stepping into quick sand... (theres nothing good about it) lol random explanation.. i know.. it just popped into my head.. lol
can't wait for the next episode..
gen
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