Was this the worst episode of smallville EVER!!!?

[galatians221]

I seem to be posting this every week now. I thought Bulletproof was the worst but compared to this it was superb. The writers are destroying any chance we may have had for a season 9. Burn down the barn and shut the whole thing down. It's over. This episode was the worst of the season and the whole show is going down the drain.

[paolinki25]

Yeah, it's pretty close to the disaster that Promise was. And the promo for next week doesn't look promising either.

[Ray Man]

I can't wait until KK's episodes are up!!!!!

[zorasuperman]

whole heartedly agree

[DarthJay]

I'd dare say worst episode of the SERIES.

[Alexander III]

I didn't watch it, was it that bad??

[BadToad]

Change the word "Season" to "Series", and then we're talkin'...

[dreamsofnever]

I didn't watch it, was it that bad??

If you like Lana and want to see an episode about how great and heroic Lana was and how Clana is an epic romance, you will love it.

Oh, though Tess did have some pretty interesting moments in it.

[galatians221]

I'd dare say worst episode of the SERIES.

I don't know; Amy Adams having to eat Pete to stay alive in S1 may edge it out but it's close.

[thehenry89]

I have never been closer to leaving this show than I am right now.

[Ray Man]

This is what happens when Mike Roseunbam leaves the show!!!! LOL

[dreamsofnever]

I don't know; Amy Adams having to eat Pete to stay alive in S1 may edge it out but it's close.

LOL. I would have to say that episode was worse than this one! :rotfl:


I have never been closer to leaving this show than I am right now.

Me too, Britt. :(

[TheGreenCrystal]

When I saw where they were taking this plot I got a sick feeling in my stomach. I agree with you all. This was a horrible episode!

[galatians221]

When I saw where they were taking this plot I got a sick feeling in my stomach. I agree with you all. This was a horrible episode!

Half way through I thought surely things will get better but it remained a nightmare. The ratings will be abysmal for this show.

[dru-zod2501]

Oh c'mon, worst epi of the series? no; it wasn't 1/4 as bad as Veritas

[ledzepfan23]

I'd dare say worst episode of the SERIES.
Worst episode of the series??!! That's funny. :lol:

[thehenry89]

I can't belive people get paid to right this garbage.

[Krypto~Luan]

no....just no.

[lillie_poo_pod]

I still think the worst episode of the season is Committed. I don't think Power was as bad as people are making it out to be.

[Theshadow129x]

Seriously, this episode reminded me how good we had it when Lana was gone off the show. This was yet another episode where we have to watch Pink Ranger Lana demonstrate how strong she wants to be and how independent she really is! It makes no sense at all. When she got back in bride she was hunting down Lex now we find out she was really on her quest to gain power and be like Clark? ugh. Seriously, When Lana is gone this show will pick back up. The best episodes are the ones where she isnt part of the series, yet when she is in the episodes there is a giant amount of SUCK looking right at you.

[xrayvision]

It sucked pretty bad. Legion was so good, last week's was above average (except for the ending), but this week's sucked. I could care less what Lana was up to when she left. Please leave again Lana, and don't come back. Because there is not a single writer who can do a decent job with her in more than an episode.

[6-Super-Man -5]

Okay guys, THINK for a second.
One more episode and than shes gone!

[thehenry89]

If this had been a movie I would have gone to the box office b-thch slapped whoever sold me the ticket and demanded my money back.

[galatians221]

Seriously, this episode reminded me how good we had it when Lana was gone off the show. This was yet another episode where we have to watch Pink Ranger Lana demonstrate how strong she wants to be and how independent she really is! It makes no sense at all. When she got back in bride she was hunting down Lex now we find out she was really on her quest to gain power and be like Clark? ugh. Seriously, When Lana is gone this show will pick back up. The best episodes are the ones where she isnt part of the series, yet when she is in the episodes there is a giant amount of SUCK looking right at you.

Bringing Lana back may spell the end of the line for SV. It was a horrible mistake. Now we can look forward to CK fighting an intergalactic lizard. Sheesh.

[bychance]

It was a good episode in the sense that it was entertaining, but within the context of the show...I'm just too confused. What are they doing with the Lana Lang character exactly? They've stretched her beyond her limits. What was this, Lana Begins?

[Alania]

wait! there's more next week, we don't know whether we had the full load of disappointment yet!

[galatians221]

Okay guys, THINK for a second.
One more episode and than shes gone!

True but then we get CK battling a big lizard. I just hope he fights him in the barn and the stupid barn is destroyed.

[xrayvision]

It was simply ridiculous. Seeing Lana turn into the Insect Queen would be more entertaining than Lana Begins, as you put it, was.

[WalterK]

I can't say if this was the worst episode of the season until I see the next one. I am not very happy about this. Heck, why don't they just turn Lana into Supergirl already? No offense to K.K., I wish her the best. I just don't like the way Lana has been written.

[biggkoz]

I'd dare say worst episode of the SERIES.

No I say the witch episode was the worst. :D

[galatians221]

It was a good episode in the sense that it was entertaining, but within the context of the show...I'm just too confused. What are they doing with the Lana Lang character exactly? They've stretched her beyond her limits. What was this, Lana Begins?

Maybe they'll spin this off to a Lana Lang; Superhero series. Anything to get rid of her.

[Ray Man]

I'm just glad that we don't have to wait a month to be rid of Lana. Sorry to all you Lana lovers out there but she's getting on my nerves now, and I really wanna see Lois & Clark now!!!! LOL

[BadToad]

Okay guys, THINK for a second.
One more episode and than shes gone!

But the damage her return, and her storyline, did will linger on.

It wasn't about her going, it was how her exit was handled. And they created this ludicrous story for her (I still don't get why), and they regressed Clark emotionally for it, and then for good measure, they took a godzilla sized crap on any relationship Clark will have in the future.

PS3 had an enormous opportunity here. They bungled it so badly, words fail.

[SmallvilleMan]

Why do we need about 100 threads saying the same thing? Yes, some people thought the episode sucked.......Does that mean everyone needs to make 100 threads saying it?

[galatians221]

No I say the witch episode was the worst. :D

That was bad; I had forgotten about that one.

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Why do we need about 100 threads saying the same thing? Yes, some people thought the episode sucked.......Does that mean everyone needs to make 100 threads saying it?

I posted one thread and there were no others on the subject. Had a rough day???

[Theshadow129x]

ps3 had a simple task here with bringing back Lana: Tell why Clark and Lana aren't meant for each other. There is a number of ways for them to bring this about by saying it wouldnt work. They could have said she doesnt know how deal with him being a hero or sharing him with the world or seeing him love Lois...just something. But we get this. a story arc where Lana wants to work with Clark to remake things in their image or a perfect freaking world. it just failed epically.

[akaLane]

But the damage her return, and her storyline, did will linger on.

It wasn't about her going, it was how her exit was handled. And they created this ludicrous story for her (I still don't get why), and they regressed Clark emotionally for it, and then for good measure, they took a godzilla sized crap on any relationship Clark will have in the future.

PS3 had an enormous opportunity here. They bungled it so badly, words fail.

Amen. I just can't get behind the thinking that anything that happens here is all right because Lana will be gone soon and Clana will end. We can't erase everything that happened in this arc, no matter how much we want to. It will affect everything going forward, and its effect will be for the worse.

[silverdragon]

Seriously, this episode reminded me how good we had it when Lana was gone off the show. This was yet another episode where we have to watch Pink Ranger Lana demonstrate how strong she wants to be and how independent she really is! It makes no sense at all. When she got back in bride she was hunting down Lex now we find out she was really on her quest to gain power and be like Clark? ugh. Seriously, When Lana is gone this show will pick back up. The best episodes are the ones where she isnt part of the series, yet when she is in the episodes there is a giant amount of SUCK looking right at you.


tell me about....her coming back made this show's build up for this season go down....:mad:

[smallvilleusedtobegood]

I think Smallville just jumped the shark with MuLana: Warrior Princess. The storyline was absolutely RIDICULOUS.

[kaam]

Meh... I have moved on from being emotional about episodes that doesn't meet my expectations long time ago. Certain episodes still have that effect on me but it passes. This episode wasn't all bad. These Clana moments don't bother me anymore, try to have that Happy-Go-Lucky attitude and try to analyze the episode more objectively rather than influenced by emotions or personal prejudices.

[thehenry89]

The worst episode of smallvile was promise, this is number 2.

[galatians221]

I think Smallville just jumped the shark with MuLana: Warrior Princess. The storyline was absolutely RIDICULOUS.

ROFL!! MuLana: Warrior Princess. That is priceless but what does the "Mu" stand for?

[Theshadow129x]

Promise was actrually really good. people were just mad that Lex got the best of Clark! I root for him!

[fortress7081]

No,its not the worst epi actually its getting better and better.;);););););)

[Krypto~Luan]

Worst episode of the season? 0_0 What? riggghtttt. you must not have been watching smallville:D

[Ilovebeinglost]

It was boring. Get Lana off and bring more green arrow. Where's Lois?

[borednow]

I've been watching for half an hour... I'm bored, I am so very bored

[xrayvision]

ROFL!! MuLana: Warrior Princess. That is priceless but what does the "Mu" stand for?

Someone else called this episode Lana Begins. I think that was very fitting. I wonder if the next episode will be called Clark Night or Clark Kryptonite.

[thehenry89]

Someone else called this episode Lana Begins. I think that was very fitting. I wonder if the next episode will be called Clark Night or Clark Kryptonite.

It wont be nearly as good as the Dark Knight, and I doubt if tptb would allow their precious lana to be blown to smitherines :rolleyes:

[curiosity]

. What was this, Lana Begins?
:lol:
It was sort of like that wasn't it?

[latingirl]

this episode remember me why I Hate Lana character since season 4

[kaam]

Just a general reminder, to no one particular person, that name calling is not allowed. You might get warnings or worse, depending on your post/s.

[victory01]

Bringing Lana back may spell the end of the line for SV. It was a horrible mistake. Now we can look forward to CK fighting an intergalactic lizard. Sheesh.

You are so right. I actually had a tiny speck of respect for Lana at the end of Season 7 when she left Clark so she wouldn't hold him back. Now we find out that wasn't sincere and she only said that at gunpoint! Personally, I feel the end of season 7 provided all the Clana closure I needed. All this tripe about bringing her back to provide real closure...what a load of bull. How have Bulletproof and Power provided any closure? I honestly don't understand why they ever bothered to introduce Lois in this series since it seems like Smallville is nothing more than a Clana angst-ridden love fest. To see Clark mooning over Lana again...after all this time tells me he's not ready to be Superman...he's just a SuperBDA. My desire for a season 9 has pretty much vanished.

[Celestx88]

this episode remember me why I Hate Lana character since season 4


I had that same thought after watching the Power episode.....just 1 or 2? more episodes? and we won't have to see her again lol....hopefully:)

[Fish1941]

This is what happens when Mike Roseunbam leaves the show!!!! LOL

No, this is what happens when Erica Durrance is gone for a period of time.

[Krypto~Luan]

this epi was one of the better :D

[borednow]

This episode actual beat Promise it might be right there with Centennial charmed... it was... horrible...

[supes0]

But the damage her return, and her storyline, did will linger on.

It wasn't about her going, it was how her exit was handled. And they created this ludicrous story for her (I still don't get why), and they regressed Clark emotionally for it, and then for good measure, they took a godzilla sized crap on any relationship Clark will have in the future.

PS3 had an enormous opportunity here. They bungled it so badly, words fail.


Word.

I was optimistic this would be handled with dignity for both Lana and Clark. But no. Yet again, Clark suffers. What a mess.

Bungled is too kind...

[cygnusx1]

for some reason i felt like i was watching colonel troutman from firstlblood during the lana training scene. i was half expecting her to wipe out the metropolis police force by the end of the episode.

[Bre723]

I thought "Bulletproof" was waaaaaaaaay worse!

[MetropolisGirl4SV]

I didn't watch it, was it that bad??


Yes it was that bad! I'm guessing you would only like the Tess scene! It was bad imo, so poorly written...Its not even worth discussing.:\:\:\

[victory01]

I'm just glad that we don't have to wait a month to be rid of Lana. Sorry to all you Lana lovers out there but she's getting on my nerves now, and I really wanna see Lois & Clark now!!!! LOL

Even if they get rid of Lana, her presence in these few episodes poisoned the whole season for me. Now the entire Season just feels like a pointless exercise in getting our hopes up for no danged reason.

Just one comment to those folks out there who were sick of all the Clois anvils earlier in the season...Of course they needed to drop those anvils...Clark has proven he's such a BDA that constant anvil dropping is almost necessary to get him to sit up, scratch his head and say, "huh?"

[Loisdragon]

This episode EPIC FAIL

[Krypto~Luan]

I thought "Bulletproof" was waaaaaaaaay worse!

bullet proof was sadly boring.

[KryptonChuck]

Okay, well I didn't hate the episode ... Because it really confused me. It was kinda funny, tonight on Justice League: Unlimited, Lex Luthor was building a suit that would make him indestructible and have superpowers, and the Justice League (and Amanda Waller) have to stop him before he finishes it.

[Krypto~Luan]

Yes it was that bad! I'm guessing you would only like the Tess scene! It was bad imo, so poorly written...Its not even worth discussing.:\:\:\

Id let em watch to pass judgment on his own. Its only fair.


My advice to people here who havent watched it yet, leave this fourm for now so it doesnt hamper your judgment. ^_^ then if you dont like it you can join in the bashing,;)

[mjc928]

I thought the episode was ok, I just can't stand the fact that clark looks/sounds/acts so pathetic when anything lana related shows up and lana being clark's equal? Im gonna have to pass on that idea. I appreciate that she's trying to be helpful to clark but I think she doesn't know what it would mean to be in clark's shoes.... i think she would be a bigger burden and really get in the way. Idk, on a side note I think AM did a pretty good job on directing the episode.

[borednow]

bullet proof was sadly boring.

Bulletproof was able to keep my attention the whole time... this episode was not

[Mini Wolfsbane]

I thought this episode was pretty awful too, until I saw the possible light at the end of the tunnel.

I can't remember how they put it, but didn't they say if something happened to the suit, Lana would die?

Okay, not that I want her to die, mind you, (Not that I like her, but I don't want her to die either), but I could see it happening. It probably won't happen, but I could see it fitting in to the current storyline.

If not, well, if I was seeing right (I'm really tired and getting over a cold), Tess is going crazy or something, and that's always interesting to see. Didn't save the episode, but it made it a bit more bearable.

[Krypto~Luan]

Bulletproof was able to keep my attention the whole time... this episode was not

To each his own, i really didnt have to force myself with bullet proof. I didnt hate it. But season 7..i forced myself through 85% of the season

[MetropolisGirl4SV]

Id let em watch to pass judgment on his own. Its only fair.


My advice to people here who havent watched it yet, leave this fourm for now so it doesnt hamper your judgment. ^_^ then if you dont like it you can join in the bashing,;)


Yeah your right thanks for pointing this out...I'll let people form their own opinions I don't want to hamper anyone's judgment.;)

[Krypto~Luan]

Yeah your right thanks for pointing this out...I'll let people form their own opinions I don't want to hamper anyone's judgment.;)
Always a pleasure, great avi by the way, i love Lois ^_^

[red_cape_7]

who wrote those lines? and the lana-worship bs? poor alison mack had to direct the crappiest script all season.

the whole lana soldier story was gagging! and am i fan of clana! they could have done a much better presentation of this storyline than the way it was written. ouch. period.

[Savo]

'Power' was by far the worst episode of the series...and I am a huge fan (especially when Lana is not present). This season started off great because Lana wasn't there which meant Clark actually had a PERSONALITY. Showing up for one episode is understandable, but replacing Lois with Lana for 4 episodes was a HUGE mistake, and the series lost the momentum created from the first few episodes of the season.

[dreamsofnever]

'Power' was by far the worst episode of the series...and I am a huge fan (especially when Lana is not present). This season started off great because Lana wasn't there which meant Clark actually had a PERSONALITY. Showing up for one episode is understandable, but replacing Lois with Lana for 4 episodes was a HUGE mistake, and the series lost the momentum created from the first few episodes of the season.

Welcome to K-site, Savo!


And yeah, I would have to say this episode was the worst of the season for me, but everyone is going to have a different opinion on it.

I loved Bulletproof and a lot of people didn't like that ep.

I just disliked that Clark was a secondary character in his own show. I disliked the writing holes that showed Chloe, the woman who just made a supposed lifetime commitment, in Metropolis instead of Star City at her new husband's side. Whether you like Chimmy or not, she made a promise and is now letting her cousin watch over her ailing husband.

I also disliked the fact that Clark couldn't see that Lana was power hungry, and I didn't like that the whole episode was about Lana seeking power.

But again, to each their own. I am and always will be a Superman fan first. And to me, any show that has a character named Clark Kent has a certain standard to live up to and this show has failed to live up to that time and time again to me.

Was this episode the last straw? Probably not, I'm a glutton for punishment. (heck, I watched Buffy for its last two seasons and strongly disliked the majority of the episodes) I also have a small amount of hope that we'll get a heroic send-off for CLARK, the character who should be the hero of the show in the end.

[pizzahead2490]

it was the worse :( and bulletproof was the 2nd worse. i want to see how the ratings hold up?

[hookem91]

what, members of kryponsite being anti-lana? alert the media! :rolleyes: ugh the lana hate got old the second KK showed up in bride. lana as a weak needy individual-people hate her for it. lana as a strong individual- people hate it. there is no pleasing you guys, but you are all too predictable, tossing around words like "regression" without explaining how clark has regressed and tossing around "lanaville" when lana is even mentioned in a storyline. Lana's storyline has progressed the lex/tess arc and this episode was FAR from the worst of the season(worst of the series is laughable). Committed and instinct were far worse when dealing with actual story progession.

I enjoyed the episode and its ties to the finale of season 7 and season 6, tess's development was awesome and lana's redemption was fulfilling.

[devilneedsaride]

The series? I'm not a Clana shipper by any means but I didn't think this episode was even worse than Prey, much less, oh, say... Ageless. Or Sleeper. The first half of it was entirely engaging, and Tess is developing wonderfully as a character. I'm left a bit confused as to how the PS3 are going to make the show go in the direction it more or less has to after this, but I'd hardly say this show was the worst of anything.

[kyl-el]

I agree with those who have said it was the worst of the series. Usually I can just brush off some of the silly cliche stuff that goes on, but never have I actually looked at the screen and been embarrassed for show itself.

[hookem91]

i just cant grasp how people could believe this was the worst episode of the series. apparently progression goes without notice if lana is even put in the equation.

[AgentChaos]

Worst ep of the season? No, Committed and Instinct were much worse.

[Kalista]

Worst ep of the season? No, Committed and Instinct were much worse.

Definitely.

[hookem91]

^^ exactly. instinct served ZERO purpose and committed can be summed up by lois's feelings for clark...but then again Lois=god and lana=the devil on these forums

[LOvInLoiSLaNe]

I think Smallville just jumped the shark with MuLana: Warrior Princess. The storyline was absolutely RIDICULOUS.

MuLana? :rotfl: She's such a bad a$$. she's totally like my hero:rolleyes:

[Bre723]

I think the worst was Bulletproof...yet it did have some good scenes, mostly w/ Tess and Lana.

[hellnback]

i didn't read every post in this thread but it seems that every "worst episode ever" post seems to come from people who don't like kristin kreuk. just cuz it's a lana episode doesn't mean you have to hate it. there's reasons for every episode and where they're leading us. the next episode is lana's last anyway. we all know clark is going to end up with lois. next to ross and rachel on friends, clark and lana are worse. but it's obvious clark hadn't gotten over lana, especially after that faked tape so now they're finally doing some episodes where at least clark will know to give lana up. it could have been resolved in two episodes but the writers don't seem to have anything else going on this season so they're stretching it. they're not going to really bring back lex (rosenbaum might make an appearance, or not) and really you can only do so much with doomsday. they might as well go to meteor freak of the week again but i guess they feel they need to close the story of clark and lana. i will say that certain characters have stayed on too long and they're no longer needed. lana is one and well..chloe is another. those characters should have already moved on. clark has left smallville and is already making metropolis his home, therefore it should already be featuring characters like lois, jimmy and of course perry white. as much as i like lana, she should already take off and hook up with pete ross like in the comics.

[__jb]

Tonight's episode was painful to watch...

...and I was a big Clana fan until she came back for these five episodes... now she has powers again...

[Fugoukakusha]

I wouldn't call it the worst one. For me Abyss is the worst one. I couldn't go through the whole episode. This one, although I'm upset about the kiss scenery (and no not about the kiss itself it's the location) at least I know it was better than Abyss because I was able to sit through the whole thing and actually enjoyed some scenes (some Tess scenes - particularly the way she kicked the bast*rd :D ) KK was really beautiful with her hair short when she was on training. She looked like a woman. When she had her hair long she looked like a girl :/ Still iffed about the so-called "changing the world" with Lana but meh. Can't do anything about it now I guess.

[badraven]

Was 'Power' a very weak episode (bad even)... yes. Does the whole- Lana: Super-Lang! storyline well...suck- yes. Have PS3 handled the Lana return about as badly as they could have- yes. Has the whole thing been disappointing- yes. But in a basically episodic show does 'Power' or the 'Super-Lang!' storyline ruin Smallville- no. We need some perspective. Eventually, thankfully- this episode and story will fade. 'Power' will join the likes of 'Forever,' 'Fanatic,' Static,' and 'Fierce' as episodes that make mark the near nadir point of the series. But the series will progress, Smallville will move on and this will all be just a less than pleasant memory. And look on the bright side...it wasn't as bad as 'Magnetic.' :) (THE nadir point of the series, worst episode ever...IMO.)

[Slicky]

Ok, first of all, I haven't been on this forum for like, 3-4 years?

Anyway, I had to vent some anger before I would've razed my own ****ing house. This episode ruined the whole series. This was by far the worst episode in the history of any series.

[marcella]

Worst episode of the series,IMO

But the next seems to be worse

[AlexMcH]

I Loved this episode and I love Lana...I don't understand why people hate her so much ???

Kristin Kreuk is a great actress, maybe her Lana Lang isn't the one of the comic book, i don't know, I don't care...

Stop conplaining about every single thing...I love Smallville and thats it...

[redeem147]

I thought the whole "Lana transforming herself into super-saint Lana" was ridiculous. The pit of fire? Really?

The season was going so well, with the Chloe story, the Doomsday story, and the Lois and Clark relationship. Now I feel like it's season one all over.

Except that now Lana is insane.

BTW, I don't in any way, shape or form dislike Kristen Kruek. I don't like the character they've written for her.

[Luthoriac]

I just couldn't wait until this episode was over, it really, really sucked. I thought they had picked it up again after disaster season 7, but now they really hit bottom again.

[sithius]

I'm sort of annoyed with Kristen Kreuk tbh. She has enough money, why didn't she read the script and demand a change or refuse to work for TPTB? Pretty selfish really.

[galatians221]

I thought this episode was pretty awful too, until I saw the possible light at the end of the tunnel.

I can't remember how they put it, but didn't they say if something happened to the suit, Lana would die?

Okay, not that I want her to die, mind you, (Not that I like her, but I don't want her to die either), but I could see it happening. It probably won't happen, but I could see it fitting in to the current storyline.

If not, well, if I was seeing right (I'm really tired and getting over a cold), Tess is going crazy or something, and that's always interesting to see. Didn't save the episode, but it made it a bit more bearable.

Let her die. Maybe Tess will kick her to death. I guess she just calls her security team and tells them Regan fell down and all of his blood squirted out of his body. They can do that with lana also.

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I Loved this episode and I love Lana...I don't understand why people hate her so much ???

Kristin Kreuk is a great actress, maybe her Lana Lang isn't the one of the comic book, i don't know, I don't care...

Stop conplaining about every single thing...I love Smallville and thats it...

Because Lois Lane is Superman's girlfriend and Lana Lang was a cheerleader at Smallville High who CK was infatuated with as a youth. That is over, except for the writers who have no ability to advance the story of Superman. Because he can't fly they have to go with their sad old habits of giving us the freaks of the week. Lana is now a freak and it just isn't enough to have a superhero living among men, they have to import intergalactic lizards and make Lana into a freak and have Lois sitting by Jimmy's hospital bed so Chloe can help our poor flightless Clark. It's the same old stuff in different form over and over and over. It's time to burn down the barn.

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I Loved this episode and I love Lana...I don't understand why people hate her so much ???

Kristin Kreuk is a great actress, maybe her Lana Lang isn't the one of the comic book, i don't know, I don't care...

Stop conplaining about every single thing...I love Smallville and thats it...

This is a show about Superman. Lana Lang was a cheerleader at Smallville High whom CK had a crush on. Anything that interferes with the advancement or development of the character of Superman is an impediment and is scorned by most fans of Superman. We're tired of a Superman who hangs around the barn longing for his high school sweetheart and can't fly and has to go to Chloe to help him solve problems. The main thing is keeping the main thing the main thing and the main thing is Superman. Smallville has lost it's moorings.

[Sports72Xtrm]

Soldier Kung Fu Lana I could deal with. Super powered Lana is just...no. This is definitely the most ludicrous plot of the season and was as boring as abyss. It was full of fail. Lana is not a superhero. I'm putting my foot down.

[myankskent]

This wasn't the worst episode of the season. Next week's episode will be because that is the episode where TPTB are going to wrap this entire storyline up.

[Sarevokcz]

well, maybe not worst, but definately one of the few i wont be replaying anytime soon

[hero`s passion]

I`m scared of the SV`s future...they really spoiled such a good season by these 5 episodes...what are they thinking about?????

[nic25]

From a newbs perspective.....
I thought the episode started off pretty good. I actually thought this may be great....but then it just went down hill.I mean what did Clark do for that whole hour?....NOTHING!!!

I get that they have to close the whole Clana story but does it have to take front and center.WHY DOES LANA HAVE TO BE A SUPERHERO????...I dont get it.I dont hate her,but could she not just leave being regular Lana Lang!?! Its almost like she jealous of Clark,in a way. If she didnt want Lex to have the suit,why couldnt she just find a way to destroy it.

Also for me,i dont know much about the comics,just the basics.So for the people that no even less or nothing,they will think that this is the real Superman story.I get that the writers want to make minor changes and what not,but they seem to make some big changes(from what i've read here).Im also guessing that in the comics Lois was not Clarks second choice,but thats how it looks like its going to turn out.I know its SV and Lois shouldnt even really be there,but i dont know something seems a little off.

And what happened with Chole?...one week shes defending her cousin and the next shes pushing Lana.I know that shes being a friend and the fact that Clark now knows that the tape was forced changes things,but then she shouldnt have said anything about Lois last week then.Shes telling him dont hurt my cousin then telling him to give Lana a try..HELLO!!!!..that would be hurting Lois.

What if this the last season!?...wouldnt they want it to be the best season!?...i dont know.

That probably made no sense but i tried!!!!,lol!

[petitemimi]

This is the worst episode of the series. But judging from the trailer, next week's episode might top it.

[LuckyLois]

I really don't think the writers have a clue to how far they have gone in upsetting their audience! I admit I am a Cloiser, yet it this not about not liking Lana. I was a Lana fan in the beginning of the show but how they have let her character become so hugh at the expense of Clarks character is rediculous!

After reading many posts on this board the majority feel as I do that the writers have trampled on one of the best Super hero stories of all time. They need to redeem the show, themselves, the characters, and I would just love to know what they were thinking? They are letting a guest star, who only came back to honor a contract to ruin what started out as a great season. What do you have to say for youselves???????????

[One-Winged-Angel]

OMG, my head still hurts after watching this monstrosity! The directing, writing, acting and EVEN the music was bad! It was all AWFUL!!!
I can't remember seeing a worse episode than this one, seriously guys, i cant!

I was one of the big advocates of a season 9, but now...... PLEASE!
I can't take more of SuperLana and Not-So-Super-Clark making out to sappy music and planning to save the world together.


Puhhhhh... Im done.

Do us all a favour CW, and end it with Season 8!!!!

[galatians221]

I really don't think the writers have a clue to how far they have gone in upsetting their audience! I admit I am a Cloiser, yet it this not about not liking Lana. I was a Lana fan in the beginning of the show but how they have let her character become so hugh at the expense of Clarks character is rediculous!

After reading many posts on this board the majority feel as I do that the writers have trampled on one of the best Super hero stories of all time. They need to redeem the show, themselves, the characters, and I would just love to know what they were thinking? They are letting a guest star, who only came back to honor a contract to ruin what started out as a great season. What do you have to say for youselves???????????

I hope TPTB read this board although it's probably too late to affect anything. After the ratings come in today it may be all over. If there is a S9 they will have to fire all of the writers and get a fresh perspective on things.

[red_sun1938]

i'd dare say worst episode of the series.

fact

[red_sun1938]

Worst episode of the series? YES
End the show altogether? NO

What we have here is an arc forced into a season that was off to a terrific start and it has subsequently stalled. Once Lana is gone and her ridiculous story is done, hopefully all the good work that was Season 8 can resume.

[LoveHurts38]

Great Balls of Fire it was horrible just watched because of AM...but, next episode not even going to bother.

[kavalier]

Im usually an optimist when it comes to Smallville, but I have to agree on this one. This really was pretty much the worst Smallville episode ever. Smallville went from being the best its ever been to the worst its ever been in just a few episodes. It is now an undisputed fact that Lana Lang is a disease to this show. So frustrating!!

[disciples of zod]

Toxic has just lost its spot for the worst episode of the season so far.

~K

[kavalier]

fact

Agreed. Horrible. Just horrible.

[One-Winged-Angel]

Season? Try Series!

[Nerwen Aldarion]

I agree that this was the worst episode I have ever seen, even the one with Pete becoming a Meteor freak had a good band.

What I want to know is why the heck people want the show to end because this episode was crap? One episode and you're done????

I'll keep watching the show and keep rooting for season 9 because I also know that Lana's remaining episodes on Smallville are numbered and hopefully that means the end of Superlana and this ridiculous storyline so we can get back to the great season that we were having before.

[marcella]

Toxic has just lost its spot for the worst episode of the season so far.

~K

ITA

[HowardFilms]

By far the worst of the season.

But there have been some terrible ones over the whole season.

Ugh. I wish I missed this ep.

[Dyanara]

I dont know if it was the worst, I'd have to watch the other crappy one's and do a comparison; but it sure is up there. Maybe I'm so disappointed because the beginning was good then it fell flat. SuperLana ONCE AGAIN!!!!!!! When you start re-using story lines you know its time to end it.

[AgentChaos]

Season? Try Series!

I can think of several episodes I'd put as the worst before this one:

Committed
Instinct
Apocalypse
Hero
Promise
Trespass

All of those were worse than Power.

[One-Winged-Angel]

What I want to know is why the heck people want the show to end because this episode was crap? One episode and you're done????

Its called Show business, thats how it works. One episode can make or break an entire series. Its happened before and it will happen again. But thats not the point here.
If this episode is what we can expect in the future, would you want more smallville? ask yourself that questing first!

It will get worse before i gets better my friend! Trust me.

[AgentChaos]

Worst ep ever? No. That dishonor belongs to Committed. I'm still trying to find one redeeming quality about that ep, whereas this one had them.

[bau41]

This episode, for me, was by far the worst of the season, and I liked Lana in the high school episodes, but when she started the whole lex/clark thing in season 5 i have not liked her since. As far as worst of the series, it is definitely in the bottom 5. I still think that Thirst is the worst episode ever. That episode was just a waste of time.

[Nerwen Aldarion]

Hero was bad, this was waaaay worse. For one thing Hero only brought Pete back for one episode, it didn't mess with the ongoing storyline of the season. It didn't incense Smallville fans everywhere.

I don't think this episode means the end of the show, anything is fixable if they do this right.

Writers take note: NO MORE SUPERLANA!!!!!!!!!!

[thehenry89]

This episode, for me, was by far the worst of the season, and I liked Lana in the high school episodes, but when she started the whole lex/clark thing in season 5 i have not liked her since. As far as worst of the series, it is definitely in the bottom 5. I still think that Thirst is the worst episode ever. That episode was just a waste of time.

Yeah but at least thirst was funny, this was just sad.

[9-SOSIHTWB]

I didn't think the episode was that bad!!!!!!!!!
I mean come on you have to give Allison Mack some credit, it was her first time directing an episode!
You can't please everyone, some people might have thought it was one of the best episodes, others might not agree!!

[One-Winged-Angel]

By far the worst of the season.

But there have been some terrible ones over the whole season.

Ugh. I wish I missed this ep.

Im sure SuperLana can help you erase you'r memory! I mean, what CAN'T she do?

Memory is no match for Super-marine-soldier-in-a-few-months-can-withstand-third-degree-burns-super-suit-mecha-mega-LANA!

And one thing i just though of, After a second of having kryptonian superpowers Lana could control every aspect of them, superspeed/stopping bullets EVEN superhearing(talkin to ck from the f'in roooof!!!)
This took a ACTUAL Kryptonian Superman several YEARS to learn, AND HIS STILL LEARNING!

But i guess it's just one of Lana's gear great great master abilities!

[Mars Investigations]

One of the worst of the season because I'm not keen on Lana obtaining powers, but I'm willing to see how it pans out. I thought the acting and directing, on the other hand, were top-notch.

[yosemiteangel]

The only one I can think of as being worse: "Ageless" (ie exploding baby)

[galatians221]

Hero was bad, this was waaaay worse. For one thing Hero only brought Pete back for one episode, it didn't mess with the ongoing storyline of the season. It didn't incense Smallville fans everywhere.

I don't think this episode means the end of the show, anything is fixable if they do this right.

Writers take note: NO MORE SUPERLANA!!!!!!!!!!

The bad news is Clark and Lana will realize that they can now have all the sex that they want and the seismic tremors all over Smallville will unearth more meteor rocks and so the result will be Clark and Lana remain in the barn and they flip a coin to see who takes care of the freak of the week.

[Mars Investigations]

Im sure SuperLana can help you erase you'r memory! I mean, what CAN'T she do?

Memory is no match for Super-marine-soldier-in-a-few-months-can-withstand-third-degree-burns-super-suit-mecha-mega-LANA!

And one thing i just though of, After a second of having kryptonian superpowers Lana could control every aspect of them, superspeed/stopping bullets EVEN superhearing(talkin to ck from the f'in roooof!!!)
This took a ACTUAL Kryptonian Superman several YEARS to learn, AND HIS STILL LEARNING!

But i guess it's just one of Lana's gear great great master abilities!

Whoa, whoa, whoa - we have no proof that Lana has anything other than superspeed and invincibility thus far. And talking to Clark from the roof wasn't her using a superpower...it was Clark using his :confused:

[One-Winged-Angel]

I didn't think the episode was that bad!!!!!!!!!
I mean come on you have to give Allison Mack some credit, it was her first time directing an episode!
You can't please everyone, some people might have thought it was one of the best episodes, others might not agree!!

What!!! Mack directed this one??? Why the H!!! Did they ever allow her behind the camera??????
I mean that scene where mercy and ck where talking in lana's room!!! whooohhh come on! my cat could have directed better!
And the timing was just plain old OFFFFFF through the entire episode!

Allison is a great actor, the best on the show next to michael. But please stay in front of the camera from now on! And leave the directing to the big boys.

[Theshadow129x]

So much anger.....seriously the writers love for lana is killing the show. its time for this to end....now!

One more episode. Thats all i need to think about!

[galatians221]

So much anger.....seriously the writers love for lana is killing the show. its time for this to end....now!

One more episode. Thats all i need to think about!

It's a money thing. Kreuk owed them five episodes from what I've read and they saw this as a chance to not pay Durance so they had to write her out and focus on Lana. It is a disaster and it's all because the CW is cheap and cut their budget. If this show was on Fox FX or some other worthy channel we might see a lot better writing. I'm not defending the writers however because this was awful.

[marcella]

Many people are pissed with this episode

[Timester]

It's a money thing. Kreuk owed them five episodes from what I've read and they saw this as a chance to not pay Durance so they had to write her out and focus on Lana. It is a disaster and it's all because the CW is cheap and cut their budget. If this show was on Fox FX or some other worthy channel we might see a lot better writing. I'm not defending the writers however because this was awful.

If the show was on Fox, it would never passed season 4.

Besides the fact that Smallville and all the characters belongs to the WB, that is.

[eas]

If the show was on Fox, it would never passed season 4.



I don't know about that -- "Prison Break" is still on air, after all.

[AgentChaos]

If the show was on Fox, it would never passed season 4.

Besides the fact that Smallville and all the characters belongs to the WB, that is.

Fox gets a lot of criticism for the way it handles shows. Some of it is deserved, and some of it is unfair. They've had one or two shows that were not ratings winners at first, gave them another chance, and had them go on to eventually draw big ratings and win awards.

[HeartChakraBabe]

I'm not sure it's the worst, but I do know it sucked!

----- Added 47 Seconds later -----


And leave the directing to the big boys. That sounds sexist, don't you think?

[drew24]

I say it sucked because the episode is Irrelevant

[NIGHTRAVENXLR1]

not the worst ever i think. but it came pretty close do.
i just want it to end. so i can look forward to infamous.
and i hope after that episode ill even forget lana was ever back. if not
Jor-el a mindwipe for me please so i can enjoy clois again!:D

[Exhaulted_Ruler]

The only one I can think of as being worse: "Ageless" (ie exploding baby)

YES!! <<<< Ageless sucked hard

Please review past threads...there are certainly a noted few...but this one is the hands down winner up until last night's show. I cringed at the stoopid Lana training. WTF!

[kyl-el]

I'm having a hard time deciding between the first two options. I mean, there have been some pretty bad episodes, but usually I can just brush them off as fillers...they're just something I've come to expect over time. But what makes this so terrible is that it wasn't meant to be a filler episode, it was supposed to have meaning to it. And that is exactly what has gotten so many people upset...if we want to see and episode with some real meaning to it, it cannot include Lana anymore. Sure they should tie up the loose ends from previous season, but what good is it if the knot they tie is destined to be sloppy at best.

[thehenry89]

Superlana :rolleyes: next week they'll have her walking on water.

[LovelyLoisLane]

It was pretty bad, I must say.

Not quite as useless as 'Ageless' but definitely bad.

I felt like I was watching a live action version of a very badly and immaturely written Mary Sue fan fiction. That isn't a good thing.

I can't even come away with much good from this episode except . . .

Mercy killed someone. That was kinda kewl.

But turning Lana into a Mary Sue was a guarantee to ruin the episode, and as much as I like the writing this season I have to wonder if the writing crew were on a coffee break and some immature fans broke into the office and wrote this and then managed to pass it off the producers, who were too busy to bother glancing at it.

[HeartChakraBabe]

Superlana :rolleyes: next week they'll have her walking on water.

I thought they'd done that already. :rotfl: Seriously, AlMiles and PS3 seem obsessed with her!

[LovelyLoisLane]

I voted 'Not the worst ever, but it sure sucked.'

But hey, one man's trash is another man's treasure.

[RowdyEl]

what the heck...end the show? are you kidding me! the episode was not that bad and to say end the show is just plain crazy talk.I for one want the show to continue as long as they can,because if they do i will park myself right in front of the tube every Thursday to catch it.

[drew24]

Superlana :rolleyes: next week they'll have her walking on water.

and curing the sick:\

[One-Winged-Angel]

I'm not sure it's the worst, but I do know it sucked!

----- Added 47 Seconds later -----

That sounds sexist, don't you think?

"The Big boys", a metaphor meaning the people that know what they are doing. In this case being the directors. Be it male, female, kryptonian, or martian, and has nothing to do with her gender.

In other words, leave it up to the professionals.

[ledzepfan23]

This episode did not suck. This wasn't even close to being the worst episode this season. Every one should stop whining about Lana because she is gone after next week.

[Alaska Young]

No way was this the worst episode. We've had awful episodes (Lucy anyone?) but this was pretty cool for me *shrugs*

[LanaSux]

not the worst but not nearly close to being a memorable episode...stop rehashing old story lines and at this point old characters (Lana).

I liked the show better earlier in the season with Clark and Lois...The whole Red/Blue Blur is annoying.

[Channelsurfer531]

The only one I can think of as being worse: "Ageless" (ie exploding baby)

Let's not forget 'Sleeper' from Season 7... but I didn't think this episode was the worst ever...

[galatians221]

Fox gets a lot of criticism for the way it handles shows. Some of it is deserved, and some of it is unfair. They've had one or two shows that were not ratings winners at first, gave them another chance, and had them go on to eventually draw big ratings and win awards.

Currently SV has a rock solid 4 million viewers on a rinky dink network. That's a great base to start from if they ever decide to invest some money and creativity into the show. WB should have no objection to a Superman Series. Smallville is over. It has exceeded it's scope. They don't know what to do with it. If he is never going to fly then the show should be cancelled.

[LightningFlash]

Progression?

Where?

[wafflles87]

Definetly the worst.

Did y'all notice how many new members the forum got after the episode? Posters who are screaming bloody murder because of the official ruining of an epic love story. Yep, this lil'ol episode did all that. And not even the episode as a whole (for real... we're used to Clark being an idiot around Lana, that's nothing new) as much as the final shot.

[Savo]

My gut reaction after watching the episode was that it was by far the worst episode of the series. I thought they totally jumped the shark when Lana came out of the tank to stop the bullet. I really hope they bury Lana's character soon (literally). Maybe she could die helping to stop Doomsday or something. I agree with a lot of others that this season went from the coolest (in the beginning of the season) to the lamest (with the last few Lana episodes). I think it's only fair that they make it up to us by giving us an awesome season 9!

The writers of the show need to understand that Lana sucks the life out of the show, period. Unless I am just missing something...I mean is there a silent majority fanbase that is starving for more Lana and thinks that the coolest thing for the show would be for her to have superpowers and be Clark's equal...seriously, am I missing something? This plotline makes the 'lana possessed by some ancient witch story' seem like writing genius.

I guess I wouldn't be as upset if 'power' ended with a sneak preview of the next episode which made it clear that Lana was going to die, using her powers to help Clark or something.

[galatians221]

Definetly the worst.

Did y'all notice how many new members the forum got after the episode? Posters who are screaming bloody murder because of the official ruining of an epic love story. Yep, this lil'ol episode did all that. And not even the episode as a whole (for real... we're used to Clark being an idiot around Lana, that's nothing new) as much as the final shot.

I've never read posts that are so universally outraged. It has to be 100-1 against this show. What a shame.

[Clana Kent]

but then again Lois=god and lana=the devil on these forums
I agree on that one! That's one of the things I hate about these forums...

[mlauenstein]

I can't wait until KK's episodes are up!!!!!

When does her spin-off start airing?

[galatians221]

I agree on that one! That's one of the things I hate about these forums...

That's not irrational; Lois is the future and Lana is the past. Lana was a cheerleader at Smallville High and CK had a crush on her. The writers of Smallville have elevated her to an obsession with Clark. Meanwhile Clark has met his future wife and why would anyone want to see the Man of Steel sitting in the barn sighing over a picture of his high school sweetheart. Actually, she had a different boyfriend in high school so she was more of a crush for CK. After eight years wouldn't you want the teenage years to fade and the Man of Steel to emerge? That's why most fans want CLois and are fed up with CLana.

----- Added 33 Minutes later -----

My understanding is that Kreuk was paid last year but took off five episodes to make a movie so she owed the show five episodes. So, the cheapskates let Durance go for those five weeks to save money and forced these insipid episodes on us to save cash. Let's hope we survive these five shows and can regain the momentum the show had before Kreuk came back. I hope they never have her back. It's over.

[Clana4Life]

My gut reaction after watching the episode was that it was by far the worst episode of the series. I thought they totally jumped the shark when Lana came out of the tank to stop the bullet. I really hope they bury Lana's character soon (literally). Maybe she could die helping to stop Doomsday or something. I agree with a lot of others that this season went from the coolest (in the beginning of the season) to the lamest (with the last few Lana episodes). I think it's only fair that they make it up to us by giving us an awesome season 9!

The writers of the show need to understand that Lana sucks the life out of the show, period. Unless I am just missing something...I mean is there a silent majority fanbase that is starving for more Lana and thinks that the coolest thing for the show would be for her to have superpowers and be Clark's equal...seriously, am I missing something? This plotline makes the 'lana possessed by some ancient witch story' seem like writing genius.

I guess I wouldn't be as upset if 'power' ended with a sneak preview of the next episode which made it clear that Lana was going to die, using her powers to help Clark or something.

I'd say it's more like the fans need to understand that the writers do what they think is best for the show. They don't tie themselves down to what others have written or created. They've created a new thing and they won't wear the noose of comics/mythos/movies etc., around their necks. This show is loosely based off of comics as in the use the name Clark, he's from Krypton, raised by Martha and Jonathan. They keep going with Clana because obviously that's what sells. As far as the fanbase -- yeah, it's pretty large. You could do a google search if you like. A show also won't sabotage their ratings either. So if Clana hasn't hurt them in all of these years, it's not going to really hurt them now and besides, they built the show around this central couple. "Lana sucking the life out..." They love KK. They love Lana. KK actually had a say as to how her character returned and what she did. Not every actor has that kind of power. I guess people can keep bemoaning this direction. As long as the ratings don't suffer and the show still airs, it won't matter really. I guess it's cathartic to vent, though.

[smallvillereporter27]

Maybe the worst this season, but the worst ever? Let's not forget seasons 4, 6, and 7. This episode was poor, but it was put in context of a very good season so far, making it seem much worse.

[HeartChakraBabe]

"The Big boys", a metaphor meaning the people that know what they are doing. In this case being the directors. Be it male, female, kryptonian, or martian, and has nothing to do with her gender.

In other words, leave it up to the professionals.


Gotcha. :D

I respectfully disagree that Allison did a bad job. :) I thought she did great.

[ClLaLeChFAN01]

Why did this epsiode suck?
Writing?
Acting?
Directing?
Lighting?
Etc?
Super Lana?

Honestly I really liked this epsiode...The flow of the epsiode was good, the flashbacks was good, the surprise that Lana did what she did was a great twist! I dont have any complaints....Cause I know next week will be the end of the CLANA!!!! :)

[Fly by guy]

Each season has some dogbutt ugly episodes. This wasn't one. I still can't figure Tess out. I see where Lana is coming from in her desire to be equal to Clark so they can be together, but does Tess think that by getting revenge on Lex, she has carte blanc to do as she pleases. If so, shave her head and call her Tex.
If Lana's teacher had been a monk, I would have been looking for David Carradine to appear at any moment. Can we all say, a BIT TOO MUCH.

[Superman&Clana]

This was one of the good episodes from smallville. Episodes that sucked for me were:
Sleeper
Noir
Hero.....
So think first wich episodes really sucked before you judge this one ...

[borednow]

Worst... because we had such greatness so shortly before only to watch Clark turn back into a child. *sigh*

[Jaderoyale]

The directing was good actually. I'm a major in Film and TV directing so i know my stuff.

Worst episode of the season by a mile.
Worst of the series?
No. Sadly, that still goes to Ageless.

[shark87]

OMG, I'm not Clana fan ,but this episode was just amazing! It revealed soo much! You can't put it in garbage as sleeper or hero last year for sure. I think you're really forgetting how much last season sucked, but this year, every episode reveals something. This episode was full of surprises and i really enjoyed watching it. Soory but a lot of people don't like episodes of those comic icons like Legion was. What was revealed in Legion? Nothing. It was more a filler episode. But this episode had some potential. 10/10 (And the anding didn't bothered me at all because i know in a few weeks Lois is back:) ) PS3 i love your writing!

[monel49]

yes

[lana 9]

no i think unsave is the worst

[Savo]

They've created a new thing and they won't wear the noose of comics/mythos/movies etc., around their necks. This show is loosely based off of comics as in the use the name Clark, he's from Krypton, raised by Martha and Jonathan. They keep going with Clana because obviously that's what sells. As far as the fanbase -- yeah, it's pretty large.

Thanks for your comments, but they are clearly following the mythos more than just the name Clark, his parents and Krypton. If they intended for Clark and Lana to be together then they wouldn't have introduced Lois, and next week wouldn't be the last episode in which Lana 'guest' appears. I guess that's why last night's episode seemed like a very odd, very forced, huge step backwards. I hope you're right, and the Clana thing is what sells. I know the ratings were pretty good I guess for the episode, I just hope other people weren't as turned off by the episode as I was (and all my friends) and continue to tune in for more Lana next week...ugh. Because I really like the show. I didn't mind Lana in the high school years, but any time she's in the show now-a-days, she sucks the soul out of Clark, and that gets annoying. Anyway, I'm glad 'power' made Clana people happy.

[TheANIMAL (marcus)]

OMGomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomg.... no.

[rconner]

OMG, my head still hurts after watching this monstrosity! The directing, writing, acting and EVEN the music was bad! It was all AWFUL!!!
I can't remember seeing a worse episode than this one, seriously guys, i cant!

I was one of the big advocates of a season 9, but now...... PLEASE!
I can't take more of SuperLana and Not-So-Super-Clark making out to sappy music and planning to save the world together.


Puhhhhh... Im done.

Do us all a favour CW, and end it with Season 8!!!!

The beginning of this season started so great, but after Legion, its gone down hill.

[amelietw]

This one was the worst. The only good thing about it was the trainer. The rest is ....... Pfffffft! ZZZzzz

[skylar]

Third or maybe Fourth Worst of all time for one thing
it's up there.

[lillie_poo_pod]

Nope, Promise still holds that title. Seriously, the episode is not as bad as some are making it out to be. We've had worse. A lot worse.

[Justin Murad]

What the heck are you talking about? I loved it!

Script was good, and directing was obviously good...

[vyperman7]

The directing was good actually. I'm a major in Film and TV directing so i know my stuff.

Worst episode of the season by a mile.
Worst of the series?
No. Sadly, that still goes to Ageless.

Finally. Someone besides me that remembers how bad Ageless was. I thought I was the only one who was going to reference it in this thread. Power was bad. However, it isn't nearly as bad as Ageless. Ageless was the most boring, pointless, episode of the series.

[thehenry89]

Finally. Someone besides me that remembers how bad Ageless was. I thought I was the only one who was going to reference it in this thread. Power was bad. However, it isn't nearly as bad as Ageless. Ageless was the most boring, pointless, episode of the series.

I have to disagree, ageless deserves an oscar compared to this.

[vyperman7]

I have to disagree, ageless deserves an oscar compared to this.

For me, there is no way that an episode about a rapidly aging baby raised by Clark and Lana can be considered better than Power. I really disliked Power. However, at least Power tied up a few loose ends in regards to Lana's absence. Ageless had nothing redeeming about it at all.

[Timester]

I have to disagree, ageless deserves an oscar compared to this.

Curses upon you, I say! You shall dream with Lana, every night!

[myankskent]

For me, there is no way that an episode about a rapidly aging baby raised by Clark and Lana can be considered better than Power. I really disliked Power. However, at least Power tied up a few loose ends in regards to Lana's absence. Ageless had nothing redeeming about it at all.

See for me, the fact that "Ageless" was a standalone episode made it better. "Power" is an episode that has really screwed up a lot of future events for me and that is the reason why I find it to be the worst.

[Timester]

For me, there is no way that an episode about a rapidly aging baby raised by Clark and Lana can be considered better than Power. I really disliked Power. However, at least Power tied up a few loose ends in regards to Lana's absence. Ageless had nothing redeeming about it at all.

Exactly.

The only episode that might get toe-to-toe with Ageless for me is Wreckoning (with Magnetic very close).

[pizzahead2490]

thirst was the worse EVER!!!
but this was the worse of the season for sure!!!
but i am not giving up on this show i still want a season 9....sorta :\

[Timester]

See for me, the fact that "Ageless" was a standalone episode made it better. "Power" is an episode that has really screwed up a lot of future events for me and that is the reason why I find it to be the worst.

Wreckoning still have that place for me.

[myankskent]

Wreckoning still have that place for me.


I have a new episode that will likely replace "Reckoning". It airs in a week.

[Timester]

I have a new episode that will likely replace "Reckoning". It airs in a week.

Requiem trailer actually made me hate Reckoning even more.

[BadToad]

I'll watch Ageless on a continuous loop for 24 hours over this episode. Ageless showed Clark being compassionate, caring, and just generally be a good guy. This episode? Was horrible for him. Thats the difference to me between a bad episode, like Ageless, and one thats a show killer, like Power. And I'll take a bad one any day of the week, and twice on sundays.

[Timester]

I'll watch Ageless on a continuous loop for 24 hours over this episode. Ageless showed Clark being compassionate, caring, and just generally be a good guy. This episode? Was horrible for him. Thats the difference to me between a bad episode, like Ageless, and one thats a show killer, like Power. And I'll take a bad one any day of the week, and twice on sundays.

The problem with Ageless wasn't fact that it was bad. It was the fact that it was the only time in Smallville I got bored watching an episode. To the point that I fell asleep. While that hating an episode means that someone still cared about it.

[BadToad]

And I'd rather be bored. I'd still love my favorite character in a boring episode.

[galatians221]

From a newbs perspective.....
I thought the episode started off pretty good. I actually thought this may be great....but then it just went down hill.I mean what did Clark do for that whole hour?....NOTHING!!!

I get that they have to close the whole Clana story but does it have to take front and center.WHY DOES LANA HAVE TO BE A SUPERHERO????...I dont get it.I dont hate her,but could she not just leave being regular Lana Lang!?! Its almost like she jealous of Clark,in a way. If she didnt want Lex to have the suit,why couldnt she just find a way to destroy it.

Also for me,i dont know much about the comics,just the basics.So for the people that no even less or nothing,they will think that this is the real Superman story.I get that the writers want to make minor changes and what not,but they seem to make some big changes(from what i've read here).Im also guessing that in the comics Lois was not Clarks second choice,but thats how it looks like its going to turn out.I know its SV and Lois shouldnt even really be there,but i dont know something seems a little off.

And what happened with Chole?...one week shes defending her cousin and the next shes pushing Lana.I know that shes being a friend and the fact that Clark now knows that the tape was forced changes things,but then she shouldnt have said anything about Lois last week then.Shes telling him dont hurt my cousin then telling him to give Lana a try..HELLO!!!!..that would be hurting Lois.

What if this the last season!?...wouldnt they want it to be the best season!?...i dont know.

That probably made no sense but i tried!!!!,lol!

Made sense to me.

[zHeN_zHeN]

No, I don't think it was the worst.

But, it sure had the worst ending.

[paolinki25]

I think that's the aspect that annoys the majority of people here. It's not about the Clana yo-yo, because let's be honest, we have become immune to them after so many years of the same stuff. However, I think that the low point was making Lana a Superhero. The fact that Clark and Lana were not able to part ways like regular people do. They had to be forced to, denigrating the main character (Clark Kent) in the process.

[obsessedwithsv]

At first I didn't mind it at all really which I was more than surprised about but then that awful wig came out, Blahna became the be all and end all of the universe and the last 2 minutes of the episode completely undid Clark as a character and Clois as the legend (in SV terms anyway, the comics, etc. still live on). I can't see how they're coming back from this.

[paolinki25]

I'm still unsure if it can top the disgrace that Promise was, but it's close.

[Liquid-Prince]

No.

[DisneyBoy]

Hmmm...why was "Bride" a disgrace? Because Chloe and Jimmy got hitched? Yeah, I thought that was lame too, but otherwise, the episode was good, and I liked Lana a heck of a lot more three episodes ago than I do now that everything has reverted and the show has just decided to let her be the center of the universe times ten.

EDIT: Ahh, you meant "Promise". Okay, I'm with ya. And that episode wasn't so horrible. It fell flat, sure, but I didn't hate it.

I'm already preparing myself for a Jor-El mental scrub immediately after watching "Requiem". Come on Smallville viewers, we've had to do it before! We've intentionally moved past stupid storylines galore on this show whether it was Lex's cloned brother the Daily Planet editor or High School super-powered stupidity...like that guy freezing everyone before graduation...heck, there have even been plenty of Lana stories that we've needed to move past in order to give a hoot about this show still. Remember her creepy cloned childhood friend? Or the dumb pregnancy thing? Lana the witch anybody?

Yes...this storyline bugs us a heck of a lot right now because Clark seems right about to leap tall buildings in tights and a cape, and we don't want to have to hear about Lana's sacrifice, bla bla bla in every episode from here on out. So just forget about it! Maybe the writers will. They've done it before...moved past major plot points without regard for their impact on our opinions as viewers.

Hopefully, whatever happens next week will be rather self-contained in some way, and won't tarnish the season nine we're starting to gear up for.

For the record, I definitely did not want this for the character of Lana. I liked her human, strong and back only to tie up loose ends. She's basically a nutzo now...but maybe it'll be entertaining...? :confused:

Hang in there folks...

[BrianD]

wow......this episode pissed off a lot of fans lol! and im one of them. but its kinna funny to read the post and see how much they bashed this episode, some even bashed the whole series....lmao!

[galatians221]

wow......this episode pissed off a lot of fans lol! and im one of them. but its kinna funny to read the post and see how much they bashed this episode, some even bashed the whole series....lmao!

It's frustration over the regression of the story line. To these writers, having an alien living among humans with super powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men is not enough to get their creative juices flowing. They need to make others super powered and can't seem to care that the main character isn't who he's supposed to be. It's very, very frustrating.

[Demien]

YESSSSSSSSSSS! Oh dear Kelex of krypton YES!!

[hookem91]

once again, this was FAR from the worst episode of the season, saying it is the worst of the series is laughable. Instinct and Committed were both far worst, but since lois was a major character nobody seems to care.

[One-Winged-Angel]

I have to disagree, ageless deserves an oscar compared to this.

Yeah, ageless was BAD don't get me wrong. But compared to power... WHOOOH. It's like comparing Gandhi to Hitler!

I tried to run through the bad episodes i could remember yesterday, and i found quite alot of bad ones. But this is just in another league man!

[Ingame]

Yes this was extreamly bad! Im so sick of Lana and Chloe!

The whole show is about SUPERMAN and his development in the early ages, not about the minor characters around him at that time.

I just hope they can start focusing on Clark / Superman, and remove / kill off the other pointless characters.

I watch the show because im a SUPERMAN fan!

[luvinChlark]

No. It was bad but Promise was the worst ever. IMO

[paolinki25]

No. It was bad but Promise was the worst ever. IMO

Yep. That takes the top spot for me. At least in the monstrosity that was Power, only Clark, Lana and a bit of Chloe were destroyed, but in Promise everybody involved in the episode was turned into crap, especially Lex.

[Night_Hawk90]

not even close to the worst episode ever , committed, toxic, instict were far more worse than this episode by far.

[pizzahead2490]

No. It was bad but Promise was the worst ever. IMO

promise is like at my top ten of great eppys:(

[Hopefulsuicide]

I'll watch Ageless on a continuous loop for 24 hours over this episode. Ageless showed Clark being compassionate, caring, and just generally be a good guy. This episode? Was horrible for him. Thats the difference to me between a bad episode, like Ageless, and one thats a show killer, like Power. And I'll take a bad one any day of the week, and twice on sundays.

i never EVER thought i would stop hating ageless... but i actually want to see it now, just to remind myself never to think things can't get any worse... because obviously they can

[galatians221]

Yeah, it's pretty close to the disaster that Promise was. And the promo for next week doesn't look promising either.

We'll have to hope that there's time after Lana is off the show to rescue a season 9. This won't do it.

[paolinki25]

See, Ageless was just the silly storyline, but it didn't damage Clark at all. Power; on the other hand, had the ability to destroy the progress made during the past episodes.

[Lazy Boy]

No, "Promise" is still even worse than this.

[malft]

No not the worst. This has to be a pivotal episode. If they are going to wrap up Lanas' storyline in the next ep, they had to lay the groundwork here. I'm sure that all the loose ends in this ep will be tied up, or at least taped together before Lois returns.

[blackcelebration]

Having watched this episode twice I can safely say this is to Smallville what Threshold was to Star Trek Voyager.

First off not only is it an insult to Superman it's an insult to this show.

Usually in an episode one can usually be annoyed with one or two characters but Power had the vertue to actually have all of its characters act like complete morons.

CLARK

What happened to this guy??

Eleven episodes of progression (Sorry I'd even count Bulletproof, even though it weren't great) and suddenly he's a ok for Lana to wear a POWERSUIT that was invented by his greatest enemy to do wrong in the world.

Also, why has he regressed back to that whining, annoying emo kid from Season's 6 and 7. When Clark just burst into the Luthor mansion and just started threatening people I couldn't believe what I was seeing, I mean this guy is going to be SUPERMAN...??? PLEASE!!!

Also, at the end of the episode when lana supersped away... WHY DIDN'T CLARK CHASE HER???

And don't even get me started about the kiss at the Daily Planet!!

THAT WAS JUST INSULTING!!!!:mad::mad::mad:

Chloe

I really hope she is written off this year, not because I hate her but if she is still in this show by Season 9, I don't want her ending up like Lana's character did!!!

First off.... HELLO JIMMY, you know your husband who lays in a sick bed in Star City, What the hell is Lois doing there IF CHLOE CAN'T EVEN BE BOTHERED. I mean did I suddenly watch another TV show where Lois is married to Jimmy or something???

Also, Chloe saying, yeah it's ok to go out with Lana, although hmmm... ONE EPISODE AGO SHE SAID THAT CLARK AND LANA HAVE A YO YO HISTORY!! And one minute she roots for Lois the next for Lana :rolleyes:

Chloe is slowly but surely becoming Lana mark II of Smallville and I hope she is written off before this happens because her character deserves better than this!!!

Plus (Although this also concerns Clark) why wouldn't Chloe tell Clark that Lana was fine and WHY WAS CLARK SO ANGRY AT CHLOE IF HE'D WIPED HER MEMORY CLEAN AND STILL HASN'T TOLD HER HE DID IT LIKE... OH FOUR EPISODES AGO!!!

Also, why was Chloe so suprised to see lana at her wedding IF SHE'D ALREADY SEEN HER ONE MONTH AGO!!!!

Shheesh...

TESS

OK the most interesting character in this episode but... in any other episode (Including Toxic and Committed, which in my opinion are the worst of this season, apart from this episode) she would be the worst thing and that's saying something!

Actually Tess is becoming a yo yo character herself, one minute she is good the next she is evil. MAKE UP YOUR MIND GIRL!!!

Although (and this is sad) Tess, was the only person who tried to do what should have been done in the first place and that was DESTROY THE SUIT.

Dear God, when the villiain of the story in more heroic than the hero then you know something is wrong!

LANA

Where do I start??

I could go on all day about the problems with this character but that would need an entirely different thread and around 500 pages:lol:

First off Lana's lust for POWER was greed and for her own self purposes.


I want to help the world

Do you know what other famous Superman character said that???

I'll give you a clue... he's bald, super rich, one of the greatest criminal minds of our time and is considered Superman's greatest enemy!!! :\

I couldn't believe what I was watching and what was worse was when Clark just brushed it aside like it was ok... I mean PLEASE!!!:mad::mad::mad:

I know a lot of people have said that Lana is a selfish and needy character but DID THIS EPISODE NEED TO PROVE US ALL 100% RIGHT!!!

Also, did she fake her own kidknapping?? Just so she could wear the suit so Clark couldn't stop her???

Do you know what other famous Superman character would do that???

I'll give you a clue... he's bald, super rich, one of the greatest criminal minds of our time and is considered Superman's greatest enemy!!! :\

Also, when she sees Chloe one month before her wedding and then says "Don't tell Clark!"

Do you know what other famous Superman character would do that???

ok, ok... I know, you know :lol:

And as Cedric (Who did a cool review on this episode by the way) called him... Doctor Idiot. Why would he believe that Lana would better than Lex when this was the same woman who had threatened his family back in Season 6. Are the characters in this show that short sighted???

And the scene that Lana destroys all information about the powersuit at the Luthor mansion. You know so that no one knows how to defeat her!

OK she did say...


I'm just helping the world

or something like that

Do you know what other famous Superman character would do and say that???

:lol::rotfl:

All I can say is thank God next week is the last we'll see of her!


Compared to other episodes

Well, if I was to think about the worst of this show I'd say...

Velocity- The one where Pete races with Kryptonite cars
Spell- The witches episode
Ageless- Baby blows up
Thirst- Vampires
Subterraean- Immigrants
Hero- Stride Gum


I've seen some people say Promise or Reckoning but Promise had some great moments like Lionel and Lex, Lana finding out about Clark. Whilst the first 15-20 minutes of Reckoning was excellent, even if the rest sucked.

As for the episodes I've listed, yes they were awful but at least most of the characters were in character... Yeah they were awful and I don't defend the fact of that, but they were awful because the plot was awful at least there was some character. You could watch all of these episodes without wanting to switch off.

In Power though, all of the characters were idiots, the plot was woeful, there were zero good moments... except when the credits rolled:lol: and the the second viewing is worser than the first viewing (Which I could barely get myself to watch) because you notice even more bad things in the episode. It's like, the more you watch the more rubbish you notice!

I really hope whoever wrote this episode apologises to the fans and that PS3 personally delete this episode from the history of Smallville, just like Star Trek Voyager did for Threshold and although I don't think much of Brannon Bragger as a writer at least he had the balls to apologise for that attrocity!

I hope whoever wrote these sad excuse of an episode does the same!!

[dcmarriott]

Some of the other episodes that have been mentioned, like Ageless, were stupid, but at least they didn't really mess with the Superman canon. This one does, and therefore, it deserves more derision than the others. TPTB should know that there are limits to how much they can deviate from a 70-year-old mythology. The fans can forgive them for making Lana a brunette, instead of a redhead; they won't forgive them for making her in Superwoman, and the One True Love of Superman's life.

[dotsie23]

It wasn't the worst episode, but I'll just say it was not a great one for me...regardless of who directed it.

[loislanerocks]

Ok, honestly I think you guys are just hating on this episode because it was Lana centered. But if you think about it she's only back for 5 episodes and then we will never seen her on Smallville ever again. So give her character a break and enjoy it.
But honestly, I thought her having that power suit was pretty lame. I just wish they wouldn't have her and Clark get together.. for like the millionth time!

[thehenry89]

Word Blackcelebration so much freakin word!!

[Tompouce]

Blackcelebration, you remember we were quite sure we would be angry after the epi, do you want my tissue or not ?:lol:

[celita]

This episode is awful!, I don't think I'll be able of believe that Clark is Superman ever. This Clark Kent it's a shame I'm, embarrased of him, this series is pointless now. This guy won't choose to be Superman because is what he wish, this guy will dare to talk about justice while longing to share his life with a criminal like Lana Lang whom kidnapped, tortured people, stole and wanted to gain power at all cost. Clark is an hypocraht, his advises about good and evil, justice and all that will be just rubbish because we know that he didn't act like he is telling people that they have to. Jonathan and Martha Kent were the ones that should teach him the meaning of moral, but they're gone and he doesn't know anythin. Jonathan life was pointless, and his death even more. As a Superman's fan I've been my whole life, this episode made me learn that Superman isn't the future of this Clark Kent. He'll be a flying dude who doesn't know how to wear his clothes, Superman it's not about the powers or the tights. He means something that this series isn't good enough to understand.

[blackcelebration]

Ok, honestly I think you guys are just hating on this episode because it was Lana centered. But if you think about it she's only back for 5 episodes and then we will never seen her on Smallville ever again. So give her character a break and enjoy it.
But honestly, I thought her having that power suit was pretty lame. I just wish they wouldn't have her and Clark get together.. for like the millionth time!

Well, Lana is a problem character, everyone knows that but when everyone in the episode starts acting like a moron just so they can fit in a Lana Lang story then something truely is up.

Although it was hated by some I actually liked the episode Promise because of the way it was executed and the actual events that happened, and this was a Lana centeric episode but no one was acting like an idiot!!

The ending between Lex and Lionel where Lionel calls Lex "Sad and desperate" is one of the best moments of Season 6.

And I even felt some sympathy for both Clark and Lana in that episode because of the circumstances and how Lionel had used them both to get what he wanted from Lex, Clark and Lana!

Now granted nothing conspired from this for the rest of the season but for a stand alone episode it was excellent!

As for this episode... well, just read my review a page or two back!:rolleyes:

[Welling_is_pretty]

This was not great but it was far from the worst episode of Smallville ever (that would be Ageless. NOTHING will ever be worse than that episode--I hope!).

[blackcelebration]

Some of the other episodes that have been mentioned, like Ageless, were stupid, but at least they didn't really mess with the Superman canon. This one does, and therefore, it deserves more derision than the others. TPTB should know that there are limits to how much they can deviate from a 70-year-old mythology. The fans can forgive them for making Lana a brunette, instead of a redhead; they won't forgive them for making her in Superwoman, and the One True Love of Superman's life.

Oddly, I don't mind that they make the Clana so intense, the bigger problem is how everything else must take a back seat.

For example Doomsday, JIMMY IS HOSPITAL, THE LEGION OF DOOM... etc etc....

They can easily have Clark and Lana part ways at the end and have him and Lois working together at The Daily Planet at the end of the show as a way of showing a new beginning (Something I think they are going for).

Actually there's no need for any forced Clois, just to have them continously work together and build a relationship through being together and knowing one another and not just having this is it's pre-destined rubbish!

So again, I have no problem with a Clana (Even if for an episode) but I do have a problem when all the characters are made into idiots and everything else takes a back seat.

----- Added 11 Minutes later -----


This episode is awful!, I don't think I'll be able of believe that Clark is Superman ever. This Clark Kent it's a shame I'm, embarrased of him, this series is pointless now. This guy won't choose to be Superman because is what he wish, this guy will dare to talk about justice while longing to share his life with a criminal like Lana Lang whom kidnapped, tortured people, stole and wanted to gain power at all cost. Clark is an hypocraht, his advises about good and evil, justice and all that will be just rubbish because we know that he didn't act like he is telling people that they have to. Jonathan and Martha Kent were the ones that should teach him the meaning of moral, but they're gone and he doesn't know anythin. Jonathan life was pointless, and his death even more. As a Superman's fan I've been my whole life, this episode made me learn that Superman isn't the future of this Clark Kent. He'll be a flying dude who doesn't know how to wear his clothes, Superman it's not about the powers or the tights. He means something that this series isn't good enough to understand.


I don't think watching this show is pointless and I still think there's a lot of cool episodes and plots to come.

The problem it's hard to believe that the same show that already this season has brought us Oddessey, Plastique, Prey, Bloodline, Bulletproof and Legion could have stumbled so low to have done Power!

Even if worst comes to worse and Lana leaves Clark and Clark is effected, they can go back to what they have excellently this season and use working at The Daily Planet as a way for Clark to do Superman things!

The big problem as I said before is that everything has taken a back seat to Clana EVEN JIMMY IN HOSPITAL!!!

When the show was at its best during the first three seasons, yes there was Clana but we also had Clark discovering his heritage, lex and Lionel, Chloe trying to find out about Clark, and Jonathan and Martha's attempts to raise a Superpowered teenager, all of which were interesting.

In this episode (and maybe the next) the entire Lana Lang story was slapped in our faces and nothing else was used to keep our attention (Doomsday, Legion of Doom, JIMMY IN HOSPITAL).

Sadly in Power all the characters involved were idiots (Something not even episodes like Velocity, Spell, Ageless, Thirst, Subterrean, Fracture, hero or Sleeper could manage) and the plot (Superpowered Lana) like all those other bad episodes, just plain sucked!

[galatians221]

Even if they get rid of Lana, her presence in these few episodes poisoned the whole season for me. Now the entire Season just feels like a pointless exercise in getting our hopes up for no danged reason.

Just one comment to those folks out there who were sick of all the Clois anvils earlier in the season...Of course they needed to drop those anvils...Clark has proven he's such a BDA that constant anvil dropping is almost necessary to get him to sit up, scratch his head and say, "huh?"

Agreed. Lois will have to come back and make us forget about the past five episodes.

[One-Winged-Angel]

Oddly, I don't mind that they make the Clana so intense, the bigger problem is how everything else must take a back seat.

For example Doomsday, JIMMY IS HOSPITAL, THE LEGION OF DOOM... etc etc....



And not to mention a completely unimportant person called Lois Lane. She certainly isn't an important person in Clarks future...

[blackcelebration]

I`m scared of the SV`s future...they really spoiled such a good season by these 5 episodes...what are they thinking about?????

Well, since Lana has arrived I'd say...

BRIDE

ok I guess, especially when Bloomsday arrived:lol:

LEGION

Excellent episode, one of my favourites of the season.

BULLETPROOF

Disappointing filler, I liked the Dan Turpin character but everything else was blah!

POWER

Awful!

The point

So that's one or two poor ones and one ok episode and one excellent episode.

----- Added 2 Minutes later -----


So much anger.....seriously the writers love for lana is killing the show. its time for this to end....now!

One more episode. Thats all i need to think about!

Well, I certainly don't think they should end it, like now but this honestly should have been the last season!

[SGuthrie27]

Y'know, I think I may be tempted to agree with you all. I think this may have truly been the worst episode this season, if not tied with "Prey" (I didn't care for all the blood in that episode, ugh!). They really seemed to be turning the show around with such awesome episodes like "Odyssey," "Identity," "Bloodline," "Abyss," "Bride," "Legion," and "Bulletproof." In fact, there are more episodes I DID like than those I DIDN'T in the first 13 this season. Let's hope there are more excellent ones to come when the show comes back in March.

--SGuthrie ><>' :)--

[blackcelebration]

Definetly the worst.

Did y'all notice how many new members the forum got after the episode? Posters who are screaming bloody murder because of the official ruining of an epic love story. Yep, this lil'ol episode did all that. And not even the episode as a whole (for real... we're used to Clark being an idiot around Lana, that's nothing new) as much as the final shot.

I disagree with this too!

they could and hopefully should play this Clana angle like two ex-lovers meeting each other for the first time before both or one (prefereably Clark) realises that they don't have the same feelings as they used too!

I honestly hope that Clark's breakdown is because he realises that the Lana he knew isn't the same as the Lana of now and anyone would breakdown because HE REALLY DOES LOVE HER BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER WILL STILL HURT, TRUST ME I HAVE BEEN THERE!!!

Yes, this episode is the worst ever episode but...

I was hopeful when Clark actually said that...



"I've started to do things since Lana left, I work for the Planet, I help people!"


This was definetely the best moment of this awful and I mean awful episode because until Chloe, who by the way is at the moment written as an idiot, said....



"Oh, if you like Lana go for it"


Clark looked as if he may actually think about his future with Lana before Chloe said what she said.

Actually, I bet you that Chloe suddenly does a 180, and because this is Lana's last episode she will come back with a dialogue that should have been said in this episode but as Clana will end in the next episode.



"I understand you're feelings Clark but maybe you just need to think through what you really want now in life and not just for Lana but yourself and ask what your real feelings are now that she is back!"


Which should have been the sort of dialogue Chloe should have (and normally) would have said. I am betting that Chloe will come up with this dialogue in Requiem!!!

I am still pumped for next week (kinda) there's The Toyman and he (In the comics anyway) was a cool villain, so if they get that right then there will at least be half a watchable episode!!

[Firebug]

Ok, first of all, I haven't been on this forum for like, 3-4 years?

Anyway, I had to vent some anger before I would've razed my own ****ing house. This episode ruined the whole series. This was by far the worst episode in the history of any series.

AMEN. People keep saying that there is so much Lana-hate in this forum. Is there another forum where she is loved?

[SGuthrie27]

Whoa, agreed, those SHOULD have been Chloe's real lines. What she said seemed way out of character compared to what you came up with.

--SGuthrie ><>' :)--

[blackcelebration]

AMEN. People keep saying that there is so much Lana-hate in this forum. Is there another forum where she is loved?

www.almiles.com/lanalanalana/welovepink/secretsandlies/lanaisthebest.url :rotfl:

[zanaamen]

who are people, if its all becouse Clana then why would u watching the show
in the first place, I just dont get it :confused:

you're waiting 8 season just for Clois or what???

[blackcelebration]

who are people, if its all becouse Clana then why would u watching the show
in the first place, I just dont get it :confused:

you're waiting 8 season just for Clois or what???


No, we want a show about how Clark Kent became Superman, you know like this show is supposed to be about!

[Hopefulsuicide]

i actually feel like Smallville is now broken...

like the show was a music box and now someone has trodden on it, and while it resembles the same tune, it's coming out all wonky and out of time

i simply cannot understand how anyone EVER could have thought that this was a good idea... seriously, how did it go from script to filming to airing without someone saying 'wait, isn't this storyline a bit too weird and creepy and illogical?'

[pizzahead2490]

www.almiles.com/lanalanalana/welovepink/secretsandlies/lanaisthebest.url :rotfl:

:rotfl::rotfl:

[Spirit Detective]

Someone else called this episode Lana Begins. I think that was very fitting. I wonder if the next episode will be called Clark Night or Clark Kryptonite.

Judging from the trailer, I think the next episode will be referred to as "The Krypto Nite"

[Storm45]

I don't think it was the worst.

Worst than Sleeper, Static, Nocturne, Reaper,Slumber, Ageless and Lucy?

No way.

[galatians221]

No, we want a show about how Clark Kent became Superman, you know like this show is supposed to be about!

There's somebody that get it. I wish TPTB would get it also. The main thing is keeping the main thing the main thing and the main thing is Superman.

[dreamsofnever]

There's somebody that get it. I wish TPTB would get it also. The main thing is keeping the main thing the main thing and the main thing is Superman.

I think the problem is a lot of the fans get it, but the writers don't seem to understand what the main focus of the show is.

It's not about the ships, but about showing Clark Kent becoming the man worthy of the title 'Superman.'

I have no problem with him making mistakes, and I even have no problem with him having a love interest other than Lois. What I really dislike is when they show him taking one step forward and two steps backwards and never learning anything. Grrr.

And when they forget who the main character is and basically throw that character's development under the bus to make another character look good.

[Marfeic2011]

No, we want a show about how Clark Kent became Superman, you know like this show is supposed to be about!

seems obvious huh? I guess its not... funny to hear you say it though, he he..:rotfl:

[galatians221]

I think the problem is a lot of the fans get it, but the writers don't seem to understand what the main focus of the show is.

It's not about the ships, but about showing Clark Kent becoming the man worthy of the title 'Superman.'

I have no problem with him making mistakes, and I even have no problem with him having a love interest other than Lois. What I really dislike is when they show him taking one step forward and two steps backwards and never learning anything. Grrr.

And when they forget who the main character is and basically throw that character's development under the bus to make another character look good.

The writers have never been satisfied with the story of Superman. They had to have crutches like the freak of the week and now it's all of these other super heroes ad nauseum and the net result is that Superman isn't so super any more. Chloe argues with him, Oliver argues with him and they KNOW that he's Superman. They treat him like he's some kind of doofus. CK runs to Chloe needing help and she complains about it and argues with him. I'm sick of Chloe and Lana and have no desire to see this lizard who's up at the FOS. The writers can't handle a story about the Man of Steel.

[cklookalike89]

I used to be a huge Clana fan even i am getting sick of this same old crap. Its just horrible. I feel like the whole episode had no purpose and put us back to like season 4. Its kinda ridicolous. SO lets hope to god that once lana is gone we can get back to season8????

[smallvilleusedtobegood]

ROFL!! MuLana: Warrior Princess. That is priceless but what does the "Mu" stand for?

The "Mu" is for Mulan, like the Disney movie about the warrior princess. I didn't coin the phrase; I think someone first mentioned it after "Sacred" in Season 4. You know that horrible episode when Clark, Lex, Jason, and Lana were at the Chinese temple? That was when Mulana was (unfortunately) born.

[Ellsbury]

It's a no-brainer... even worst than Thirst or Velocity!

[galatians221]

It's a no-brainer... even worst than Thirst or Velocity!

I never thought I'd do this but I'm actually deleting these four episodes from my DVR to make space. That's pretty bad. Smallville is the only show that I record and keep. I'll record others just to watch later and then I delete them. These Clana junkers are gonna go.

[redkryptoniteisthebest]

It's a no-brainer... even worst than Thirst or Velocity!

How so? To compare this (awesome) episode to those is...odd. :lol:

[galatians221]

The "Mu" is for Mulan, like the Disney movie about the warrior princess. I didn't coin the phrase; I think someone first mentioned it after "Sacred" in Season 4. You know that horrible episode when Clark, Lex, Jason, and Lana were at the Chinese temple? That was when Mulana was (unfortunately) born.

Ah, I get it. So Lana's going to be singing "Just around the river bend?"

[supervision]

you guys are going overboard, this wasn't the worst episode of the series

[Mickey_Bickey]

This was by far the worst episode I've ever seen on Smallville. I say that now, because Requiem hasn't aired yet!

[One-Winged-Angel]

you guys are going overboard, this wasn't the worst episode of the series

Yes it was, the people have spoken!

You'r going underboard:p

[LovelyLoisLane]

Of the series? I don't know, there are plenty of stinkers out there to choose from, but worst episode of THIS season? If there is another one, and hopefully there won't be, that was written and planned out worse than this than I'll have to judge again, but so far, yeah I'd have to say 'Power' is the episode at the bottom of the 'rewatch-ability' list.

Underboard! *snort* That's cute, but I do think maybe some people are going a bit over the top, getting caught up in the flow of the anger tide around here, but then again people have their opinions. I know I certainly, immensely, disliked this episode as both a viewer and and as a writer. I can't STAND Mary Sues in any type of medium and their stories always irk me to no end and 'Power' is no different.