It doesn't have to be all or nothing

[THEOMYS]

Everyone is all upset on the message boards about Clark regressing back to Lana. Did no one get the same sense from this scene that I did?? Clark wanted a booty call. He wasn't asking to restart a relationship (all). He was looking for some action. That is how I saw the scene.

[Alpha Zero]

really? I have no idea how you can see that.

[JEWCY]

Everyone is all upset on the message boards about Clark regressing back to Lana. Did no one get the same sense from this scene that I did?? Clark wanted a booty call. He wasn't asking to restart a relationship (all). He was looking for some action. That is how I saw the scene.

lol

one of my favorite movies. jamie foxx should of gotten an oscar for that!

[cksidekick]

i think he just wants a normal life...

[Lobby4Chloe]

That's true. That's about as close as Clark Kent would probably get to a booty call.

The difficult thing about having Clark come to the truth of 'it doesn't have to be all or nothing' is the amount of time he's wasted in his life and in his relationships not seeing that. My other problem with that is I thought that was one of the major problems with Lois and Clark later on as well (at least for the period before they get married). They are not leaving much material for post-'Smallville' Clark Kent/Superman.

[Kid Collins]

What Clark wants is to be able to HELP people and still have someone in his life.

He wants what every normal person would want. To do something fulfilling in his life but still can come home to a wife and family.

That doesn't mean he's regressed. It means he's grownup enough to know he has to find a balance for both.

[Bizarrolover]

I don't understand why Clark said this, because if one good thing can be said about Lana during season 7 is that she was very understanding of his heroic deals and never complained about Clark putting the world ahead of them. Clark did what he had to do while lana worked at Isis. If their relationship didn't work then it's because other things happened that ruined their applepie heaven. They had serious trust issues, Lana was living a double life and Clark had a difficult time overcoming the Bizarro incident. Then Braniac came and put Lana into a coma and we all know how that ended. So I really don't know where the 'all or nothing" came from.

[Timester]

I don't understand why Clark said this, because if one good thing can be said about Lana during season 7 is that she was very understanding of his heroic deals and never complained about Clark putting the world ahead of them. Clark did what he had to do while lana worked at Isis. If their relationship didn't work then it's because other things happened that ruined their applepie heaven. They had serious trust issues, Lana was living a double life and Clark had a difficult time overcoming the Bizarro incident. Then Braniac came and put Lana into a coma and we all know how that ended. So I really don't know where the 'everything or nothing at all' came from.

Because for 7 years, AlMiles designed the show around the "all or nothing" concept. That he was more concerned in being in the farm, treating his powers like a curse.

Now, he finally understood his place on the planet, but is also realizing that it hasn't to be "all or nothing".

[Iluvgreen]

Ummm, how did you see it like that? He's saying that he could still save everyone, but still have a relationship. But not necessarily with her! Once he figures out that he's not in love with her.

[unfocused]

i think he just wants a normal life...

I think you're right.