Tess' Brutal Murder Of Reagan (All related Discussion)

[thebog1]

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[redkryptoniteisthebest]

This episode is full of surprises.

[kanetaker5566]

That seen was messed up.

[Darth Pipes]

I'll miss Regan. Although it's his own fault for waiting for like 90 minutes so Tess could look at that heavy object, then pick it up and hit him with it.

[hyped4lnc]

This was the best part of the episode. I didn't see it coming. I thought she was going to unravel slowly, but she went from 0-60 in ten seconds on the psycho meter.

[kaam]

Yes, that particular scene was a little weird. She took out Regan and then killed him by just stomping, well kicking mostly, on him. That was gangster style! LOL! The projectile the blood followed was all whack also.

I absolutely loved Tess in this episode! Her acting was beyond par and showed multiple emotions in various scenes perfectly!

[Cellist]

It reminded me of Lionel bludgeoning Marilyn in 7.05 "Action".

[Aloof]

That was messed up! Her face became so dark. :eek:

[LiLViLLiaN]

That scene was the best scene, lol. She did awesome this episode.

[kg1507]

It was frickin psycho. Scary....

[davidbrenton]

This was the best part of the episode. I didn't see it coming. I thought she was going to unravel slowly, but she went from 0-60 in ten seconds on the psycho meter.

I agree. Hands down. Loved it. Worth while...the entire episode because of it.

[ClarkyBoy14]

Pretty nasty. But cool.

[biggkoz]

The guy dies,comes back,dies again he has 9 lives.

[lifelovedestiny]

I loved it. Totally unexpected!! And I also posted this on another thread, but the blood that first hit the window looked like jelly to me!

[redeem147]

Very brutal. But I thought Tess standing there with her blood-spattered face and a single tear was a beautiful shot.

[malcrew]

Did he see her doin the nasty with Lex?

[Cyn]

Oh, wow, if I wasn't a Tess fan before I am now. That totally rocked! It was the best part of the episode.

[dru-zod2501]

Tess FTW!

no wonder she's so hot for Lana, she sees a kindred spirit in her

[MAN-of-STEEL]

That was the best scene for this episode

[ManOfSteel87]

Did he see her doin the nasty with Lex?

I think he might have seen her do the nasty with Oliver, actually.

But yeah, that scene made the episode a lot better to me. Dang it Tess, why couldn't you have done that to Lana last week when you had the chance!

[myankskent]

This was the best scene of the episode, but I am sorry to see Regan die. I would've liked to see him become part of the Tess storyline.

[lauraforever]

That was probably the Number One choice for this Year's KryptonSite Awards for yuckiest scene, but I loved it. It really showed Tess besting Regan. I was like Go Tess! LOL!

[Kid Collins]

That was great!!

It looks like Allison had fun with that scene!

More blood, more blood, and kick him harder!!

And the way Tess' face was covered in blood and she kind of wipes her lips afterwards and gets this evil look on her face!

That was awesome!

[curiosity]

Ok, just wow. Even I was surprised at the brutality and coldness of it. In the start of this episode, she seemed calm and collective and almost warm and kind...

I am not ashamed to admit that my jaw dropped when she took Regan out. Blood all up on the window and her still going at it for another 5-10 seconds... I'm surprised they didn't give a PG13 notice before airing. O_o

He tried to shoot her and then hit her and she was fighting for her life. She would have been very foolish to risk letting this guy get up after she walked away and finish killing her.

[Dyanara]

Tess is my girl man, you gotta love her. I'll take Tess over Lana and Lois and especially Clark anyday.

[nede]

a woman scorned.....u dnt mess with that:p

she was straight out furious...if someone saw everything you've been doing for months u would be to...he was watching her bathe, have sex, use the toilet...now that's a reason for revenge...like tess said 2 lana...u didnt have a microchip in ur head..

[roccanater]

I thought that was awesome. Pretty sick, but awesome nontheless.

[galatians221]

I'm watching with my 7 year old daughter and was able to cover her eyes after she saw the beginnings of that horrid scene. Tess has now been reduced to a barbarian and a violent killer. What she did was animalistic. To show that in such a violent, graphic way was over the top and is part of the horror of this awful episode. Such poor writing and to think that Allison Mack directed this. Never again.

[Krypto~Luan]

Please, that was a great scene, she is slowly becoming Lex.

[ledzepfan23]

That was a very powerful scene. I liked it.

[Ray Man]

It reminded me of the good old days when Lex used to kill off his foes by himself. Tess looked like him when she was kicking Regan around too. Made me think if she didn't really change at all and still loves, and is taking orders from, Lex.

[ledzepfan23]

Reminded me of the way Lex killed Lana's Doctor in Promise

[Routh]

Nevermind the fact that you probably can't get blood ALL OVER YOUR FACE from kicking a man to death.

[MetropolisGirl4SV]

That was a disgusting scene of mutilation, I don't even think Lex has ever went to that level of horror. The show lost its family touch the second Johnathon died (Jhon Schneider) and then they slowly took Martha away from us.

It was a good scene in the perspective of character development I guess...but it was not fitting to my taste yuck!

[BadToad]

It was ridiculous, because blood doesn't splatter up that way. It was overkill, and unnecessary. I think the director got a little carried away with that one ;)

[warriorrenegade]

It was over the top no doubt but it had an impact and that was it's purpose. Tess is a cold hearted ...well you know. So the scene didn't really bother me that much.

[Krypto~Luan]

That was a disgusting scene of mutilation, I don't even think Lex has ever went to that level of horror. !

Nevermind a faked pregnency, cloning, killing a man on your wedding day...killing his father, kidnaping...i left some things out

[galatians221]

It was ridiculous, because blood doesn't splatter up that way. It was overkill, and unnecessary. I think the director got a little carried away with that one ;)

I'm glad that a few agree with me. It's difficult to understand why Allison Mack who directed this episode went so over the top. Yuck.

[ledzepfan23]

Nevermind a faked pregnency, cloning, killing a man on your wedding day...killing his father, kidnaping...i left some things out
Exactly, look at all the terrible things lex has done.

[Aloof]

Wow, you complain a lot.

[Ray Man]

Well, the show HAD to become dark because of Lexs' climb to evil. And this Season became darker w/the arrival of Davis Bloome.

[cksidekick]

it wasn't nearly as bad as the bashing that Lionel gave the the woman who was holding him in a wolf trap for Lana last season...

this was at least a bit dreamlike...Lionel's murderous rampage was just raw and primal...

[miks]

I agree with whomever said it was necessary. The point of that scene was to be over the top so they could show how coldhearted Tess is.

[dru-zod2501]

It was ridiculous, because blood doesn't splatter up that way. :lol:
how DARE they forsake the realism in the SVU!! heretics!!

IMO it was the one redeeming scene in the entire episode

[Krypto~Luan]

I agree with whomever said it was necessary. The point of that scene was to be over the top so they could show how coldhearted Tess is.

Or is becoming. I am really likeing her!

[Ray Man]

Me too buddy! I hope she stays bad! She's much better as a bad girl lol.

[Cyn]

It was ridiculous, because blood doesn't splatter up that way. It was overkill, and unnecessary. I think the director got a little carried away with that one ;)

Who cares? I loved that scene. I thought it was the best scene in the whole episode. Why kill when you can overkill? F'N awesome! (Personal opinion, when someone attacks you, make sure that if/when you respond you don't stop until they can't attack you again.)

[Khyla]

Nevermind the fact that you probably can't get blood ALL OVER YOUR FACE from kicking a man to death.


It was ridiculous, because blood doesn't splatter up that way. It was overkill, and unnecessary. I think the director got a little carried away with that one ;)

Strange but we didn't think that was Regan's blood on Tess' face at all!! :eek: We (my husband and i) got the impression that something was happened to Tess, that perhaps she had gotten caught up with the experimental technology as well and that it was 'seeping' out of her pores or something.... :\

[biggkoz]

I think after the blood scene with davis its the new effect.

[galatians221]

Strange but we didn't think that was Regan's blood on Tess' face at all!! :eek: We (my husband and i) got the impression that something was happened to Tess, that perhaps she had gotten caught up with the experimental technology as well and that it was 'seeping' out of her pores or something.... :\

I see...........she was so mad that her capillaries broke open her face. I am trying to figure out where exactly she would kick Regan to get that blood. I guess it could have come through his ears??????????

[Khyla]

I see...........she was so mad that her capillaries broke open her face.
no, because her face looked they way Lana's did as she was undergoing the 'treatment'. :\

[Kalista]

There are a variety of ways that blood can spatter so I don't think it was that unrealistic.

Khyla, I'm going to rewatch that scene to see what you mean.

[MetropolisGirl4SV]

Nevermind a faked pregnency, cloning, killing a man on your wedding day...killing his father, kidnaping...i left some things out


OK... your right in the perspective that Lex has done more evil things than Tess, but for me Lex always seemed clean cut in his approach of killing, planning, cunning,cloning whatever you call it...and his scenes are more skillful in execution.

The scene just seemed over kill and messy to me. I know it was put in for the dramatics, but I just didn't like it. You don't have to agree with me its just my opinion. :)

[thehenry89]

best scene of the whole freakin episode.

[MetropolisGirl4SV]

Ok, I don't think the issue is the blood, at all. The issue is how brutal and animalistic it was without ANY kind of PG13 warning or rating pre-airing. On such shows, there is usually a "Parental Guidance Suggested due to the violent content" warning, such as is seen on shows like COPS.

In past scenes, it was never as brutal. When Lex killed the doctor in the tomb, it was hidden almost entirely by the tombs/sarcophaguses. Sure, there was some blood but it wasn't as splattery or animalistic in the portrayal of it. Same with Lionel's killing of the female who had him captive in the cabin in the woods. Some blood, sure, but most of it was covered and even then, the scene shot to Lex for most of the frames - we only heard the beatings.

In this particular scene, it was just brutal and animalistic. I'm a horror/sci-fi fan of tv and movies and I've seen what has been voted the 'scariest' to the 'brutalist'/animalistic. Take a movie, such as "Last House On The Left" - that movie is way up there in brutality and disturbing images - the difference? The movie's label WARNS of those things.

To summarize, I think there should have been a PG or PG13 warning of some sort for this episode. Others don't need to agree (and some won't) but don't forget that it is a PUBLIC channel, not a CABLE/Special Subscription-type channel. And public channels are supposed to have guidelines. It is my opinion that they failed to meet the guidelines tonight, not by having the scene but by NOT having a warning.


ITA

I just couldn't convey my thoughts as clearly as you did. I hope people understand that they should of had a PG13 warning. Thanks for explaining what I was thinking.:)

[SGuthrie27]

That must've been some really aerodynamic blood to fly all the way from her foot to his bashed cranium to her face... Bleh. It was gross and way silly. But Cassidy Freeman acted it very well. Way too violent, but like I said, good acting chops.

--SGuthrie ><>' :)--

[Krypto~Luan]

no, because her face looked they way Lana's did as she was undergoing the 'treatment'. :\

I noticed that also!

[ginnyfan]

Very unrealistic but... chilling effect. LOL!

[WildGoatTamer]

That was a great and realistic (minus the blood on the face, pretty but not possible) scene IMO. Tess was scared beyond belief and she was angry at Lex and herself because she used to be a lot like Regan. Her fear overode everything in her system, all she probably wanted was for it to end and Regan was physical proof of her sucky situation. And I really don't think his taunting was calming Tess' nerves. ;)

I stopped letting my lil sis watch Smallville after Season 6 start airing so I know your pain. :/

[Doox]

I'm not sure why people are thinking she enjoyed kicking him like that. If you watch the scene, you can see that her face is showing a combination of fear and maybe regret. I thought she did a great job of showing that even though she was doing something terrible, she wasn't quite comfortable with what she was doing.

[devilneedsaride]

Honestly, I thought it was an awesome scene. The brutality was the point, it was shocking and very emotionally effective imo.

I could go into the various ways that blood can splatter in that kind of a situation, but I think that might get a tad grotesque for these forums. :rolleyes:

[kyl-el]

Did anyone mention the blood that splattered on the window from her kicking him? That was ridiculous as well, unless she wears razor edged boots...

[targis]

I think Tess has Intermittent Explosive Disorder.

[you_smell_terrific]

I'm sure there are worse things on TV your child could be seeing. And like the others said, there have been worse things on Smallville before; namely Lionel pounding the **** out of that person when was kidnapped.

I thought Tess killing (for what I'm assuming was the first time or at least the first time in cold blood) was incredibly intense. Even if the blood spatter was unrealistic I thought the scene was the highlight of the episode and really showed what Tess is becoming. Great character development, and the way that it was shot with the lighting made Tess look absolutely insane. I loved it.

[lauraforever]

that was a POWERful scene!

[Becc]

I didn't mind it and I thought it was a powerful way to show Tess' descent into absolute rage. That being said because of some of the various moral issues in the past seasons I wouldn't be letting my child watch this at all, and I'm sorry but I still think pushing your own father off a building is worse.

[17GABRIELA17]

I wouldn't be letting my child watch this at all, and I'm sorry but I still think pushing your own father off a building is worse.

I totaly agree with you and i thought of it as overdramatic...I mean we all know that Tess was pissed off alot but that was still brutal...

[redeem147]

I thought it was beautiful, because of the single tear trailing through the blood.

Gory and terrible in practice, but a beautiful shot.

[galatians221]

I totaly agree with you and i thought of it as overdramatic...I mean we all know that Tess was pissed off alot but that was still brutal...

It really showed Tess as an animal. She has no further credibility as a love interest for anyone and no longer fits in the show. If she had shot him she would have been on a par with Lex but what she did was animalistic and I don't see how this can continue into a S9.

[red_sun1938]

I think he might have seen her do the nasty with Oliver, actually.

But yeah, that scene made the episode a lot better to me. Dang it Tess, why couldn't you have done that to Lana last week when you had the chance!

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

[Mad Madam Mimm]

I thought it was a wonderful scene. It was shocking, dark, disturbing, and downright EEEEVEEEIILL. Bring it on Tess, you rock!

The blood spatter was a nice, if graphic, touch. The mingling of the tear running down her cheek and through the blood, awesome.

[AndiGirl]

I thought the blood splatter was a bit over the top, but it definitely gave it a nice dramatic effect.

She must have been wearing lead boots or something. :lol:

[kryptotrite]

Tess is messed up...but awesome

[ClLaLeChFAN01]

it was a kick ass scene...lol he he he

[Alexander III]

I'm watching with my 7 year old daughter and was able to cover her eyes after she saw the beginnings of that horrid scene. Tess has now been reduced to a barbarian and a violent killer. What she did was animalistic. To show that in such a violent, graphic way was over the top and is part of the horror of this awful episode. Such poor writing and to think that Allison Mack directed this. Never again.

U let your daughter watches SV? SHAME ON U!!

[Alexander III]

Oh my blood pressure went high when I saw Tess's scene, I guess I was too excited

[Tompouce]

I find this scene totally brutal and I don't watch SV for this...
Since the beginning, I feel something is good in Tess,

[Jaderoyale]

I love Tess.

[Tompouce]

I find this scene totally brutal and I don't watch SV for this...
Since the beginning, I feel something is good in Tess, she is not the villain we think. In this epi, I was happy to see I was quite right because she can realize her mistakes and she tries to do what she considers "her best" but THIS, it was intolerable.
From the end to the beginning this epi was what we call in France "from Charybde to Scylla". The best translation I have found seems to be : between the devil and the big blue sea".This expression/idea at first means exactly the english translation but it has evolved in the french common idea and means "from worst to (if it is possible)worst, you have to make a choice with the worst you prefer..."

[cybevenom]

she should have turned off het pendant so that Lex could have seen it. He would have been so proud.

[babyluthor]

This scene was very graphic, but it was also very powerful, the slow motion, the blood, and then the tear at the end, wow.

[marcella]

That was the best scene of the episode

[Billy Jor-El]

Incredibly awesome and brutal, and I'm sure the Director had a lot to say about that scene. ALLISON....YOU ROCK!!!!!!!!

[TheANIMAL (marcus)]

Tess was freakin awsome, i'm not surprised she snapped after Regans comments.

I wasn't expecting that level of gore, she must have put her heal through his throat and eyes!

[Marissa]

I loved the scene! Best scene of the whole episode. Especially the shot at the end.

[Skaterpen357]

That scene...my jaw actually hung open and I actually covered my mouth. I never do that. That was pretty intense.

And the blood on her face and the single tear? It was perfect. I was unsure about her being the villainous type, but that's because I wanted to compare her to the cold, calculating Lex. In that role, she's more misguided than anything.

In "Power," however, we see that Tess's evil chops lie is psychotic outburst and really getting her hands (and heels...and face...) dirty. That was the redeeming element of this episode, I think.

[AndiGirl]

That was the best scene of the episode

ITA.
It showed Tess losing control and finally realizing just how bad she is....even out of Lex's control.

AM played it perfectly. Taking it into slow motion....the blood splattering, and zooming in on her face...wiping the blood off her mouth.

PERFECT

It was graphic, but it was one of the most intense and powerful moments on smallville. It's honestly up there IMO with the moment Clark and Lex stared eachother down over Lionels grave.

[MetroGirl06]

Loved this scene. No Mercy indeed. :D

[alejandrita439]

this episode was full of unexpected things :eek: :)

[Tompouce]

I vote "yes". I can't understand such a violent thing

[targis]

I wish they would make smallville more bloody. I want the show to be like a saw movie. I don't mean have traps, but I would like more blood scenes. Perhaps the show should be move to HBO and have a R rating and the show could have nudity also.

[Darkside]

Thats what I want to see ( not killing) but Tess finally showing her darkside. Like she did with that other guy in Toxic.

[Iluvgreen]

This scene creeped me out, because what could've brought her to do that? What did he see? It's so confusing. There is something going on with her character, definately, and they better explain it.

[Tompouce]

I'm not sure why people are thinking she enjoyed kicking him like that. If you watch the scene, you can see that her face is showing a combination of fear and maybe regret. I thought she did a great job of showing that even though she was doing something terrible, she wasn't quite comfortable with what she was doing.
Not at all. ITA with you. Tess lost completely her temper. At the beginning of the epi, we can see clearly she is not the villain she wants to be. I feel since the beginning, she is not really bad. Something is broken in her, she suffers for sure. That is why I let her a chance but this scene was too violent for me. And yes, Cassidy played it in an intense way.

[MetropolisGirl4SV]

The guy dies,comes back,dies again he has 9 lives.

:lol: Thats what I was thinking when he came back...Reagan alive?

Anyways it was a gruesome scene, but putting aside this fact it had great dramatic flare. The blood splattering on Tess and the tear drop on her face had a interesting interlude of emotions from the character especially, when the camera zoomed in on her face.

I still think its a little over the top...I like methodical slow development of a character, but that's just me. Not my favorite scene, but a very interesting scene. I think half the credit should go to AM since she directed, and the other to Cassidy Freeman, her eyes showed so much feeling in the scene.

[Mickey_Bickey]

Considering I would put this scene in the same league as something you would have seen in Good Fellas and Casino, I would say yes for the viewer discretion only because it was very graphic.

With that said, I love the movie Good Fellas and Casino. Graphic scenes don't bother me personally. I also thought this scene was very well directed and acted out. It was riveting. Tess' character and her scenes were the only reason I gave this episode a 1 out of 10 in the 'Loved it or Hated it' thread. AM did a fabulous job in this scene as did Cassidy.

[galatians221]

U let your daughter watches SV? SHAME ON U!!

I record it while I watch it and then skip past objectionable parts and parts she finds boring but I was out of town and we saw this together for the first time and I managed to get her to turn away after seeing the blood on the window. My daughter likes Kara and Clark but lately all we get is intergalactic freaks, lizards and Lana. My hope is that Doomsday kills Lana but I'm not optimistic it will happen.

[SGuthrie27]

It was pretty disturbing, all right. I think you're correct, "thebog," they really should've had a parental advisory warning. I suspected that she would kill Regan, but I had no idea they'd take the scene that far, pushing Tess even further than the dark path Lex already has trod.

--SGuthrie ><>' :)--

[malft]

I think Tess has killed about 3 people now. That nasty fellow from the island when she scratched him with the poisonous flower. I think she shot someone also. This is the first time she "got wet" a euphomism for being up close and personal with your mark, when you do him he splatters blood on you. Also refered to as trace evidence. I see gray bars in Tess's future.

[Sweetie]

Tess was the best character in this episode.She is nasty but,pretty cool even with blood on her face.

[Tompouce]

I'm watching with my 7 year old daughter and was able to cover her eyes after she saw the beginnings of that horrid scene. Tess has now been reduced to a barbarian and a violent killer. What she did was animalistic. To show that in such a violent, graphic way was over the top and is part of the horror of this awful episode. Such poor writing and to think that Allison Mack directed this. Never again.
ITA:)

[galatians221]

I think Tess has killed about 3 people now. That nasty fellow from the island when she scratched him with the poisonous flower. I think she shot someone also. This is the first time she "got wet" a euphomism for being up close and personal with your mark, when you do him he splatters blood on you. Also refered to as trace evidence. I see gray bars in Tess's future.

She is totally evil and it will be wrong if the writers now pair her with Oliver and play her as anything other than the animal she is. What would we expect her to do with Lex? I would say that cannibalism is the only thing left if she is left to her own devices.

[ClLaLeChFAN01]

I think Supernatural is a lot darker and blooder than Smallville is. I say no.

[Ray Man]

I love Supernatural, but I think the ppl that work on that show are going to heck for having Devils and Angels on their show, and what they have them doing on that show. I'm sure if they were watching us that the Devil and Man Upstairs wouldn't have one of their own doing their work for them lol.

[Inked]

I have to say that was one of the coolest scenes with Tess. I've been really mad with her character since she hooked up with Oliver but that made me squee in fangirly joy despite my best efforts to stay cool, heh.

[phoenixforce86]

I just watched this episode and I have to say that Cassidy´s acting was amazing! I got so scared when she killed that guy but the reaction she had was very convincing! Tess is a cold blooded killer but I sill like her:)

[suzieQ]

It was a very dark scene and very gruesome. My 14 year old commented that it was a bit violent for her....but the shot of Tess's face was great, very evil!!

The whole episode flowed smoothly between scenes. The special effects were quite unigue.....the whole Prometheus Suit procedure, Lana breaking out of the containment area, the final rooftop DP sunrise scene.........all nicely thought out and executed.

[We<3Smallville]

I wish they would make smallville more bloody. I want the show to be like a saw movie. I don't mean have traps, but I would like more blood scenes. Perhaps the show should be move to HBO and have a R rating and the show could have nudity also.
Targis I think that if SV became like this it would loose the respect of many viewers and a lot of people will stop watching. SV isn't a "Blood n' guts" or "everyone gets naked" show, so putting in any more of this, and exxagerating these features would for sure result in the loss of viewing for the majority, unless people like this sort of thing. Perhaps stick to your Saw movies. :)