(S08E21) So my guess at having a big fight between the Justice League and the Injustice League in the season finale (with Doomsday fighting on the side of Injustice) didn't quite pan out. Still, it was a nice idea.Let me start by asking: exactly what happened with Tess at the end? She's been working for Jor-El? It will likely be clarified next week, but still...
Tonight's review is more random thoughts than anything coherent. Up, up and away...
There were lots of shout-outs to comic book continuity tonight. All the Injustice League (except Eva) were super-villains that fought Superman at one time or another in the medium (well, except Plastique. She was Firestorm's baddie. Besides that, we had Neutron the Living Bomb, LiveWire and Parasite). Did anybody else notice the Veritas symbol on their lapels (at least, I think it was Veritas)? They even mentioned Belle Reve prison, which is a staple of the Superman comic.
There were a lot of callbacks tonight, as well: Black Creek. Black Kryptonite. I could make some sort of racism joke, but it would be too easy.
I've often felt since she was introduced that Tess Mercer had crazy eyes. She rarely even blinks.
I dug Clark referring to himself as "Alien Jesus". That analogy has been used many times before.
The twist with Eva was excellent. I didn't catch that one at all. I thought Chloe had legitimately escaped and was playing both sides. It was also a nice way to use Allison Mack in the episode without having Chloe actually appear.
Emil Hamilton is some kind of super-doctor if he can analyze various biologies as well as track a GPS signal. Perhaps he's also a meteor freak.
Could Tess listen in on the conversations of everybody with chips in their head? If so, it explains why Eva's murder happened when it did. Why couldn't Clark burn out the implants with his heat vision? Doesn't he have more control over that power nowadays?
Why does nobody in this show stick with an opinion? Everything is "sometimes."
That fingerprint reader is a pretty awesome app. Is it available for iPhone? I looked in iTunes for it and all I could find were fingerprint scanning simulators.
Even the energy that powers Clark is red and blue. That figures.
Tess now has her proof of Clark's secret life. She accomplished something Lex couldn't. This likely means that she'll die before the season's end. And then Oliver (who is obviously still harboring a crush) will be sad.
I did like tonight's episode, although a team vs. team fight for the season finale would have been more exciting. The plot was good and the twist was surprising. I guess my only real complaint is that character development is kind of random. When did Oliver become so bloodthirsty?
Some of the characters are supposed to die next week in the season finale, and based on the coming attractions, it looks like it will be none of the good guys. Tom Welling and Erica Durance are already signed for next season, so who do you think is going to kick it?
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5-08-2009 @ 5:24AM
Greg said...
I think Chloe and Tess are going to die.
Also I think that was Kor-El that Tess was working with. He mentioned Kandor was is associated with Brainiac.
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5-08-2009 @ 9:18AM
Larry Hamilton said...
Wait... what? Kor-el? The boy the government created from Superman's DNA after Doomsday supposedly killed him in the comics? Conner Kent? I think maybe you have this name wrong. Maybe you mean Zor-el, Clark's evil uncle?
5-08-2009 @ 9:16AM
lugose said...
The biggest problem I had with this episode was the depiction of parasite. He has never taken powers for keeps. He absorbs power and can keep them for a time, but that is his weekness, he never takes them for keeps. Even when he does absorb energy from someone, if he doesn't kill the person, they recover their strength and ability.
Sorry it's this kind of thing that made superman pretty much invincible and less likable to me.
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5-08-2009 @ 9:28AM
zooguy65 said...
Tess is not working for Jor-El, but she seems to be in contact with the city of Kandor - refered to in the comics as the Bottled City of Kandor. In the Superman comic books, Kandor is the city/home of Kara (Supergirl) and the capital of Krypton. The city was shrunken and stolen by Brainiac (again, in the comic) and added to his collection. Superman found this city in his fights with Brainiac and rescued it. He was unable to restore it to its size, so it was kept as a little bottled world in the fortress of solitude. It contains Kara's mother and father, so my guess is that is who is talking to them.
Its weird that Tess is in contact with them and I don't know how they will explain it, but we shall see.
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5-08-2009 @ 9:58AM
Bob said...
Belle Reve has been on the show since the beginning. It's not Jor-El she's talking to. I'm I the only one who can't stand Brad reviewing this show. Each week it's something different. And the Oliver stuff has been building since the beginning. Once he found out Lionel had killed his parents. Pick someone who has followed the show since day one.
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5-08-2009 @ 10:25AM
Mister Fabulous said...
Agreed. This Brad guy is kinda out of his element here.
5-08-2009 @ 10:49AM
mel said...
I agree, I'm sorry Brad - but anyone can do "more random thoughts than anything coherent." Regardless of the criticism the show warrants - we are still fans.
There were key observations missed last night.. Clark in black, not red & blue while chole wasn't chole and in the injustice league scenes... and the Kryptonie ring?!!
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5-08-2009 @ 12:20PM
kev said...
I think that Tess is going to die too...
Actually i am worried that we wont see Chloe in Season 9 too..but I dont like the idea that she dies - love the character, and the actress ;)
but we will c
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5-08-2009 @ 8:05PM
Greg said...
@Larry Hamilton yes I meant to say Zor-El, sorry for the confusion, it was late:)
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5-09-2009 @ 12:14PM
Isaac said...
Yeah, what was that that Tess was talking to? Nice observation Mel with the costuming :)
I don't know, I've never liked Chloe. She's always been a bit annoying and that's cutesy look is painful. I've never really clicked with her character and, personally, she is the first person I'd vote off the show. She always seems so whingey and the one you should feel sorry for, but I just find her tiresome. I never understood why Davis was always fawning over her. Maybe it's a cultural thing, I'm Australian, does she appeal to Americans?
And boy those soap opera "inner moments" for Tess were coming thick and fast in this ep.....
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5-12-2009 @ 2:00AM
nisesmith said...
I've always felt the same way as you do about Chloe. Enough already. I also vote to remove her from the show!
5-11-2009 @ 10:55AM
ken said...
When supergirl showed up i figured Kandor wasn't that far off. I guess I'am just a fan of the whole superman thing. Always have been. Only thing I was disappointed in was the Legion story. I figured they would do more with there power's. It was just a few big things here and there.
ken
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