The Long Road

10/16/2003 Archived Entry: "Smallville 3x01 and 3x02"

These were just one story so I'll talk about them collectively.

What angered me most about these episodes is that by the end everything that was done in the last 8 or so episodes were undone. Chloe is no longer an evil spy working for Linoel, Lex is unmarried, Lionel is in the dark about Clark's powers again (it really seemed like he knew everything), and Clark and Lana are not dating again. Why go through tons of character development in the second half of last season to only undo it all at the beginning of the next? Where was the token black character...I think he has one scene in total. I also really don't like how this show forgoes common sense/logic to further the plot, its incredibly frustrating that control-freak Lionel Luthor doesn't have cameras in his own office when he has 'em on his son's private jet.

The best part of this show has always been, and continues to be Lex Luthor. His slow descent into the Dark Side is heartbreakingly fun to watch. His decision to learn from his father this episode is one of the biggest steps he's taken towards becoming Darth Luthor yet. His duality between being ruthlessly vengeful and endlessly charitable make him the best villai-in-the-making ever. Clark on the other hand just seems to be the very same person he was in the first episode of the first season.

Replies: 3 comments

I know! It's so disgusting, but the sad thing is... it's probably going to continue in this pattern for the rest of the season :/

Posted by Dave @ 10/16/2003 07:48 AM EST

The writers are just as bad as those for ST:V

Posted by dAN @ 10/16/2003 05:50 PM EST

They're as bad as the writers of Enterprise! Except, of course, smallville gets huge ratings.

Posted by Rayne @ 10/16/2003 07:16 PM EST