On Friday ’s Smallville – “ Charade ” – Lois finds herself betwixt fealty to Clark and the Blur , Maxwell Lord showed up to brain - drain Lois , and our reporters get canned from the Daily Planet . Also , never date Clark Kent . He ’ll stalk ya .
Dating Superman is rough . One minute you ’re watch Mystic Pizza on the couch , spoon the guy wire , and BLAMMO . He hurdles out your fire escape valve at the speed of auditory sensation ( breaking all your grandmother ’s china ) , only to take back 40 endorsement later on , smelling like low tide and tubeworms . “ But there was a geothermal disaster in the Marianas Trench ! ” he ’ll stammer . Yeah , yeah Clark . severalize that to Nana ’s collection of Hermès porcelain .
This is the traditional “ dating Clark Kent ” theme Superman rooter are used to – the Big Blue ( scatterbrained ) Boy Scout . There have been variations of this . For example , Kurt Busiek ’s wonderful Superman : Secret Identity miniseries touched on the idea of Superman as a reclusive lone wolf , morally burdened by his obligation to save the creation . This season of Smallville introduces a new take on Superamour – if you see Clark Kent , he ’ll tap your speech sound call , stalk you from afar , and generally act like Mark Wahlberg in Fear . ( Of naturally , I ’m discountingthe pic ’s originative , NSFW rollercoaster scene , which was command viewing for anyone who had a sexual awakening in the post - grunge , pre - dotcom era . Smallville keeps thing PG-13 . )
Okay okay , so Clark is pulling a Rockwell on Lois because he come across that she ’s been speak to Blur - Zod ( he ’s not positive it ’s Zod though ) , but nonetheless , he does n’t think double about tapping her phone or monitoring her progress . This is n’t a forged idea , as Lois finds trouble wherever she goes . She ends up in the batch of corrupted demode - Metropolis D.A. Ray Sacks and Checkmate ’s Maxwell Lord ( ! ) , both of whom desire the Blur ’s identity .
Clark intervenes as the Blur twice and unwrap that Lois harbors feelings for his faceless mystery man persona . Clark - Blur cuts inter-group communication with Lois , only to pull in he may have compromise Clark Kent ’s relationship with Lois as well . I realise the alter - ego song and saltation is part of the superhero game , but the more Clark cover his personal identity from Lois , the less appealing of a protagonist he becomes . This kind of human relationship pathos is reserved for Peter Parker . You ’re the Man of Steel , dammit .
Other authoritative upshot :
– Maxwell Lord meets Checkmate ’s mystifying Red Queen ? Who is she ? And why did Max slip his psychical thievery bed from the Dollhouse prop way ?
– Lois and Clark get force out . This is n’t the first sentence Lois has been pink - slipped , but Clark ’s even less of a catch now that he ’s unemployed .
– When Lois punched Clark , would n’t her fist shatter ?
– Lois ’ line about Clark ’s kiss spay space and time … a nod to the memory - draining kiss from Superman II ?
– Is there some oral Smallville linguistic rule that Lois must appear in a negligee once an episode ? It ’s like Patrick Stewart from Extras is the lead scriptwriter sometimes .
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