I’m not really sure how I feel about this week’s episode of Smallville. Even before watching the episode, the Twitter-verse was all … a-tweet that they ripped off the plot of Date Night, so I was thinking that this was going to be a lame episode. I didn’t really hate any part of it — I liked quite a few things about it — but in the end it left me just a little disappointed, especially after seeing the preview for what looks to be next week’s The Hangover-inspired episode. Really? At this stage in the game?
What I liked: I enjoy the relationship between Lois and Clark, especially now that they’re planning a wedding in the midst of The Blur’s newfound freedom to do what he’s supposed to do: save the world. The fact that he thinks he’s getting away with saving people and not getting noticed as he stands atop places like Big Ben is reckless, but it spurred Clark to finally admit that he is The Blur and Clark is simply — and always has been — his disguise. He’s finally taken that first step to become that iconic character by adopting the horn-rimmed glasses and bumbling persona. But does a pair of glasses really change peoples’ perception of you that quickly? That’s a depressing thought for someone who’s only recently had to start wearing glasses.
I really didn’t mind the Date Night ripoff, either, because it didn’t take up the entire episode. It was an okay way to get Chloe and Oliver involved into the DeSaad plot in some way other than a Watchtower investigation. Predictably, Chloe was captured by DeSaad (and yes, she was thrown against a wall) and I was worried that he would break her and brand her skull with Darkseid’s omega symbol, but even the Seven Deadly Sins couldn’t get her to bend to DeSaad’s will. But when The Blur saved Chloe, what exactly did DeSaad do to Clark? Was that The Darkness enveloping him, trying to corrupt him? Sad to say, it looks like one of our heroes has been touched by The Darkness.
What I’m still in the dark about are the roles DeSaad, Granny and Godfrey play in Darkseid’s plan now that they’ve (apparently?) been disposed of. I was under the impression that they were all going to be key players, but besides branding a few people with the omega symbol, they’ve not been all that effective in preparing the way for Darkseid. I’m starting to get concerned that, with only about ten episodes left — and next week looking at the moment like a throwaway — the writers are going to have to rush the Darkseid plot along to conclude it so Clark and Lex can finally resolve their issues in the finale. Not a bad episode by any means, but by the end I was just wasn’t feeling it.
“It’s my power. I can call it whatever I want.” – Clark after Lois questions his term “Microvision”
Clacked by Chuck Duncan 
on Feb 19, 2011 @ 10:28 EST5EDT
