Screentime Minutes for Beast

[BadToad]

And this week, on Chloeville...

Episode Running Time: 41m, 38s (previously on: 1m, 6s)

Clark: 12m, 51s
Chloe: 20m, 36s
Jimmy: 10m, 38s
Davis: 15m, 43s
Oliver: 16m, 59s

Season to Date (# of eps):

Clark: 402m, 6s (20)
Chloe: 274m, 12s (20)
Lois: 146m, 35s (11)
Jimmy: 103m, 24s (10)
Tess: 98m, 29s (11)
Davis: 109m, 52s (11)
Oliver: 112m, 39s (10)

[ZODisGOD]

whats wrong with this show? Clark should be the main focus.

[Fallen One]

12 minutes for Clark??? 20 for Chloe???? Oh sweet Jesus.

[myankskent]

Thanks for the numbers, BadToad.

Not much could've been done to give Clark more screentime in this episode since TW is directing #21 and had to prepare for that.

[akaLane]

To be fair, we should have expected the episode to be Clark-light due to Tom's directing the next one. But yeah, it was very obvious to me while watching that the episode wasn't centered on Clark. Thanks for the numbers, BadToad.

[Inkpen23]

Whatever. :rolleyes:

The show isn't called Clarkville and thank God for that. Nice to know my girl got a reasonable amount of time since she is the leading lady this season. Besides Tom had to direct the next episode so it was expected or least it should have been he wouldn't have that much screentime.

[Vergon6]

Wow I'm surprised Clark actually got 12 minutes. For the first part of the episode it seemed like he been in maybe 1 or 2 minutes tops lol

[gilliang]

Whatever. :rolleyes:

The show isn't called Clarkville and thank God for that. Nice to know my girl got a reasonable amount of time since she is the leading lady this season. Besides Tom had to direct the next episode so it was expected or least it should have been he wouldn't have that much screentime.

Seriously? Oy.

[Inkpen23]

Seriously? Oy.

Why you think I'm joking?

[alejandrita439]

thanks for the numbers :)

wow.. chloe had a lot :eek:

[Smallville6]

Why you think I'm joking?

I think she was hoping you were joking- as was I :rolleyes:
That's just ridiculous- I'm a Lois fan, but I still dont want her outshining Clark. It's his show.

Thanks BadToad!

[wickedwango]

Its funny that Ollie got 2nd highest, even when it was hardly about him.

[Sarevokcz]

Clark 4th? well i guess i shouldnt be surprised, second half of this season is Chloeville anyway.

[tyson08]

[mod edit] Clark had to direct the next episode which means he couldn't appear in his regular 20+ minutes.

[costas22]

Clark was also supposed to direct Hex but he topped the SC list for Turbulence. And that was why i liked Turbulence a lot. They did a good job of spreading out the time each character had so that everyone had a chance to shine. In Beast they didn't do that. My complaint isn't that Chloe was first. It was that Clark could have had 15-18 minutes on screen instead of 12.

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By the way, thanks again BadToad.

[cloisthelegendbegins]

And this week, on Chloeville...

Episode Running Time: 41m, 38s (previously on: 1m, 6s)

Clark: 12m, 51s
Chloe: 20m, 36s
Jimmy: 10m, 38s
Davis: 15m, 43s
Oliver: 16m, 59s

Season to Date (# of eps):

Clark: 402m, 6s (20)
Chloe: 274m, 12s (20)
Lois: 146m, 35s (11)
Jimmy: 103m, 24s (10)
Tess: 98m, 29s (11)
Davis: 109m, 52s (11)
Oliver: 112m, 39s (10)

:rolleyes: Thanks Bad Toad as always.

Bringing the analysis across from last week and updating it if that's okay :)

Clark's highest screentime remains - Infamous: 27m 31s.
His lowest (congratulations to Beast for taking the 'honor' from Power) - Beast: 12m, 51s

As per last week, the trend continues with episodes that focus on other characters tending as a norm to bring his screentime down compared to theirs:

Toxic (Oliver backstory) - Clark: 16m 1s, Oliver: 24m 49s (Clark 8m 48s less)
Committed (Lois-centric by screentime) - Clark: 19m 6s, Lois: 21m 52s (Clark 2m 46s less)
Abyss (Chloe flashbacks) - Clark: 20m 57s, Chloe: 29m 46s (Clark 8m 49s less)
Power (Lana flashbacks) - Clark: 15m 2s, Lana: 20m 15s (Clark 5m 13s less)
Hex (Chloe-centric) - Clark: 22m 41s, Chloe: 26m 57s (Clark 4m 16s less)
Eternal (Davis backstory) - Clark: 16m 1s, Davis: 22m 42s (Clark 6m 41s less)
Stiletto (Lois-centric) - Clark: 18m 56s, Lois: 22m 48s (Clark 3m 52s less)
Power (Chloe/Doomsday-centric) - Clark: 12m 51s, Chloe: 20m 36s (Clark 7m 45s less)

Abyss and Hex still kept him above the 20 minute mark (Abyss giving him 8m 49s less than the person the episode was focussed on and Hex giving him 4m 16s less than the person the episode focussed on).

Season totals to date:

Odyssey (return of Clark) - 17m 24s (highest screentime minutes)
Plastique (Clark at DP) - 22m 15s (highest screentime minutes)
Toxic (Oliver backstory) - 16m 1s (second highest to Oliver)
Instinct (Clark & Maxima) - 22m 33s (highest)
Committed (Lois & Clark investigate) - 19m 6s (second highest to Lois)
Prey - (Clark investigates) - 19m 55s (highest)
Identity (Clark/RBB) - 24m 23s (highest)
Bloodline (Phantom Zone & Kara) - 20m 26s (highest)
Abyss (Chloe flashbacks) - 20m 57s (second highest to Chloe)
Bride (Wedding & Doomsday) - 19m 38s (highest)
Legion (Superhero-centric) - 24m 21s (highest)
Bulletproof (Clark undercover) - 22m 24s (highest)
Power (Lana flashbacks) - 15m 2s (second highest to Lana)
Requiem (Clark/Lana/Lex) - 23m 35s (highest)
Infamous (Clark/RBB) - 27m 31s (highest)
Turbulance (Clark/Tess) - 16m 6s (highest)
Hex (Chloe-centric) - 22m 41s (second highest)
Eternal (Davis Backstory) - 16m 1s (third behind Davis and Chloe)
Stiletto (Lois-centric) - 18m 56s (second highest to Lois)
Beast (Chloe/Doomsday-centric) - 12m 51s (fourth behind Chloe, Oliver AND Davis)

That's 12 out of 20 episodes where he's had the highest screentime minutes, 6 out of 20 where he's had second highest (when the episode focussed on another character), 1 out of 20 where he's been third highest and 1 out of 20 when he's been second lowest, (beating Jimmy by a mere 2m 13s)

That means one out of four of the last four episodes - Stiletto - had Clark with the second highest screentime. While three out of four of the last episodes - Hex, Eternal and Beast (which were focussed on the Chloe/Doomsday storylines) - pushed Clark from second to third to fourth in the screentime rankings respectively. A worrying trend as we approach the end of the season IMO.

[costas22]

Thanx for the stats Annie. I wouldn't worry about the last two. I think Clark will get the highest amount of screentime in both. He has to. I have always said that Turbulence has been underrated. Clark only got 16 minutes there but he wasn't supposed to get many because he would have directed Hex. It was the most balanced Clark-lite episode we have ever had.

[Supsfan]

[mod edit] Clark had to direct the next episode which means he couldn't appear in his regular 20+ minutes.

There are ways around that. All they need to do is plan ahead and write an episode that takes place at 1 location alot. Look at Turbulence for instance. TW was supposed to direct Hex but plans changed and that was a Clark light episode sort of but they filmed like 8+ minutes on the Airplane getting his screen time over 16 for the episode. If you film a bunch of scenes in 1 location it takes less time to set up for them and you can get alot of filming done

[AgentChaos]

Thanks BadToad!

Average screentime per ep:

Season 8:
Clark- 20m, 6s
Chloe- 13m, 42s
Lois- 13m, 19s
Jimmy- 10m, 20s
Tess- 8m, 57s
Davis- 9m, 59s
Oliver- 11m, 16s

Season 7:
Clark- 16m, 41s
Lex- 8m, 52s
Lana- 6m, 41s
Chloe- 8m, 51s
Lois- 8m, 1s
Jimmy- 8m, 28s
Lionel- 5m, 40s
Kara- 10m, 12s

Season 6:
Clark- 17m, 13s
Lex- 10m, 1s
Lana- 11m, 50s
Chloe- 10m, 25s
Lois- 9m, 2s
Jimmy- 8m, 6s
Lionel- 5m, 44s
Martha- 3m, 31s

Season 5:
Clark- 19m, 57s
Lex- 8m, 48s
Lana- 10m, 30s
Chloe- 9m, 2s
Lois- 8m, 22s
Lionel- 6m, 11s
Martha- 6m, 36s
Jonathan- 6m, 21s

Season 4:
Clark- 22m, 15s
Lex- 8m, 38s
Lana- 9m, 8s
Chloe- 7m, 51s
Lois- 14m, 8s
Jason- 5m, 58s
Lionel- 6m, 12s
Martha- 4m, 11s
Jonathan- 3m, 51s

Season 3:
Clark- 22m, 33s
Lex- 9m, 58s
Lana- 9m, 31s
Chloe- 6m, 55s
Pete- 3m, 31s
Lionel- 7m, 22s
Martha- 4m, 13s
Jonathan- 5m, 37s

Season 2:
Clark- 22m, 29s
Lex- 9m, 3s
Lana- 8m, 45s
Chloe- 5m, 55s
Pete- 4m, 37s
Lionel- 9m, 2s
Martha- 6m, 13s
Jonathan- 7m, 16s

Clark would need to average 19m, 39s over the final 2 episodes to beat his Season 5 time.

[amalie]

Wow, I was expecting his time to be down due to his directing committments for next week, but 4th? He was only 2 minutes off being bottom.

[marcella]

He was almost the last this time:eek:

Kind of expected, but it's never good

[petitemimi]

You know there's a problem when the only one with less screen time than Clark is Jimmy...

Thanks BadToad and thanks Annie. I didn't realize how many episodes were not Clark-centric. I think it's the reason why the ratings for the actual season are the lowest of all seasons.

[Inkpen23]

I think she was hoping you were joking- as was I :rolleyes:
That's just ridiculous- I'm a Lois fan, but I still dont want her outshining Clark. It's his show.

Where did I say I wanted my favorite character to outshine the main protagonist of the show? Where? :rolleyes: Right, I don't appreciate you putting words in my mouth. Clark/TW had to direct the next episode so it should have been expected that he wouldn't have that much screentime this time around or were you and her expecting something different? Furthermore, I would disagree that show is Clark's show. Again the show isn't called Clarkville and the show has never been just about Clark. If it was the show wouldn't have lasted this long. He's the star of the show but he doesn't make the show, at least not on his own. It is a collaborative effort of him and all the other characters on the show that make the show. There are other characters on the show.

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[Jaderoyale]

I did not expect Clarks screentime to be THAT low

[clois-destiny-forever]

Thanks for the numbers. I'm with everyone else wishing there could have been more Clark.

[alexjones50]

geez, clark still has by far he highest average screentime this season so can you please stop complaning.

[Dustmite]

TW is directing Injustice so I don't understand the surprise over him not having a lot of screen time. It's common practice and happens every single year. He needs to prep just as Allison did for Power and Michael for Freak and Tom for every other episode that he's directed for this series.

Thank you for the numbers BT.

[LorelaiG]

Whatever. :rolleyes:

The show isn't called Clarkville and thank God for that. Nice to know my girl got a reasonable amount of time since she is the leading lady this season. Besides Tom had to direct the next episode so it was expected or least it should have been he wouldn't have that much screentime.

Are you kidding right? Clarkville should be the name of the show is HIS story

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Where did I say I wanted my favorite character to outshine the main protagonist of the show? Where? :rolleyes: Right, I don't appreciate you putting words in my mouth. Clark/TW had to direct the next episode so it should have been expected that he wouldn't have that much screentime this time around or were you and her expecting something different? Furthermore, I would disagree that show is Clark's show. Again the show isn't called Clarkville and the show has never been just about Clark. If it was the show wouldn't have lasted this long. He's the star of the show but he doesn't make the show, at least not on his own. It is a collaborative effort of him and all the other characters on the show that make the show. There are other characters on the show.

The show has lasted that long cause evrybody loves Superman and yes its because of HIM that the show is still going aand it should always been about him.

[BadToad]

Actually, I wasn't surprised at Clark's screentime being down, and they actually handled it a bit better here then they did last year with Sleeper, or the year before with Static.

But I do believe that the home stretch of episodes in this season are disturbingly UN-Clark centric, and I do believe Chloe and her storyline seem to have eaten the show. I didn't care for that when Lana was in that position, and I don't care for it with Chloe. Yes, the show is about other characters then Clark, but his storyline should be most important, most prominent, and should especially be focused on as the season draws to a close. IMO, this season has failed on this bigtime. And it annoys me, and I'm allowed to express that opinion.

[melissan02]

Not enough Clark! Just not enough Clark! What a shame!:(

[Dustmite]

Not enough Clark! Just not enough Clark! What a shame!:(

Because TW is directing the next episode. It's expected.

[amalie]

Just out of curiosity BadToad...did you include the scene with a dismembered Clark into your figures? Did it get half marks given that it was only half of him? :p ;)

[melissan02]

Because TW is directing the next episode. It's expected.
I was referring to this episode and this episode alone. Just not enough Clark time for me. He is the focus of the show, right?:\

[Dustmite]

Actually, I wasn't surprised at Clark's screentime being down, and they actually handled it a bit better here then they did last year with Sleeper, or the year before with Static.

But I do believe that the home stretch of episodes in this season are disturbingly UN-Clark centric, and I do believe Chloe and her storyline seem to have eaten the show. I didn't care for that when Lana was in that position, and I don't care for it with Chloe. Yes, the show is about other characters then Clark, but his storyline should be most important, most prominent, and should especially be focused on as the season draws to a close. IMO, this season has failed on this bigtime. And it annoys me, and I'm allowed to express that opinion.

Was this in response to my post because my comment wasn't directed at you. I was addressing the general dismay being expressed. I'm not sure how much ST people were excpecting for an episode preceding the one that he's directing. Especially based on past seasons :\

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I was referring to this episode and this episode alone. Just not enough Clark time for me. He is the focus of the show, right?:\

I know you were and it's impossible for him to prep the next episode and have heaps of screentime for this one. Right? He can't prep and act at the same time. So either he has lots of screentime in this episode and doesn't direct or he directs and it's cut back.

[Tatiana]

12 minutes for Clark??? 20 for Chloe???? Oh sweet Jesus.


hey but those 12 minutes were awesome, he was hot and SUPER!!

[ClarkyBoy14]

Thanks for the numbers.

During the beginning of the episode, I was thinking, "Wow, where's Clark?!" But then I remembered that Tom was directing "Injustice" and he had to prep. Anyways, I thought was a good episode for one that didn't have very much of Clark in it.

[BadToad]

No Dusti, my comments weren't directed at you, or anyone really. It was just articulating my position, and why I feel annoyed with the direction the show has taken in this season. The comment was strictly about me.


Just out of curiosity BadToad...did you include the scene with a dismembered Clark into your figures? Did it get half marks given that it was only got half of him?

:lol: You people are silly! :lol:

But no, I didn't include that into Clark screentime. It just didn't feel right.

[Clark/Lois-fan]

Thanks BadToad for the numbers!

Here's hoping that next week Clark will have more screentime than this episode :)

[superjude]

I knew that this was going to be a Clark light episode doe to Tom's directing Injustice, but 12 minutes was way too little. I have to admit that those 12 minutes were exceptional, but I really would have liked to have more of him. Chloe and Davis have really been eating up all the screentime. I watch this show for Clark and really need to see more of him and I would also really like to see more of Lois! Oh well, next weeks episode should be good because it is directed by Tom, so, maybe, just maybe, the lack of Tom in Beast will possibly be worth it in the long run. His lack of screentime coul mean that he devoted his attentions to his directing skills.

[Dustmite]

In Static in season 6, he had around 7 minutes. In Sleeper in season 7, he had around 8 minutes. I was expecting much worse for Tom going on those figures.

[wingster55]

Thanks for that Bad Toad
Even with Clark having low screentime i still felt his prescence and him being involved in the story.

[jwm]

As always, thanks for the numbers! Here's hoping for more Clark time the next two episodes. Unfortunately both upcoming eps seem pretty crowded character wise.

[marcella]

Thanks BadToad for the numbers!

Here's hoping that next week Clark will have more screentime than this episode :)

I hope too

[bizzaroboy9]

Well, look at the bright side! Clark's screentime this season has surpassed his season 6 and season 7's screentime. If he gets 20+ minutes in Injustice and hopefully more than 15 minutes in Doomsday, he could possibly surpass his season 5's screentime. Also I think this is the first season where every cast members have more than 100 minutes. Tess is still under 100 minutes but it'll change since she has two more episodes to be in. If you seen the webclip for Injustice where the IJL team set up Clark into fooling that it's the real Chloe who may be a shapeshifter, may not account for her screentime next week if she's not the real Chloe. As for Lois, I'm expecting to see her get more than 15 minutes in Doomsday hopefully bringing her screentime close to 160 minutes. Oliver and Davis should be up in 130 minutes range as Jimmy.

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Ok, his screentime for season 5 is 441 minutes so Clark's screentime may surpass it. I noticed that the episode TW directed usually have Clark having the most screentime. Clark's screentime in the episode directed by TW are: Fragile, 22 minutes; Hydro, 14 minutes (not a great example); and Apocalypse, 32 minutes. So I have a good feeling that if Clark's screentime in Injustice is more than 20 minutes, he would get to maybe 425 minutes or so. And in the season finale, Clark always have more than 17 minutes. So if you add that that's like 442 or 443 minutes surpassing season 5's 441 minutes.

[beatles4]

Thanks BadToad, for your input and time on this one! It's rather fascinating I find, something I don't think fans usually do for TV shows, which proves to me that SV fans are very special indeed. How did you come up the ID BadToad? Call me curious <grin>.

[AgentChaos]

Well, look at the bright side! Clark's screentime this season has surpassed his season 6 and season 7's screentime. If he gets 20+ minutes in Injustice and hopefully more than 15 minutes in Doomsday, he could possibly surpass his season 5's screentime. Also I think this is the first season where every cast members have more than 100 minutes. Tess is still under 100 minutes but it'll change since she has two more episodes to be in. If you seen the webclip for Injustice where the IJL team set up Clark into fooling that it's the real Chloe who may be a shapeshifter, may not account for her screentime next week if she's not the real Chloe. As for Lois, I'm expecting to see her get more than 15 minutes in Doomsday hopefully bringing her screentime close to 160 minutes. Oliver and Davis should be up in 130 minutes range as Jimmy.

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Ok, his screentime for season 5 is 441 minutes so Clark's screentime may surpass it. I noticed that the episode TW directed usually have Clark having the most screentime. Clark's screentime in the episode directed by TW are: Fragile, 22 minutes; Hydro, 14 minutes (not a great example); and Apocalypse, 32 minutes. So I have a good feeling that if Clark's screentime in Injustice is more than 20 minutes, he would get to maybe 425 minutes or so. And in the season finale, Clark always have more than 17 minutes. So if you add that that's like 442 or 443 minutes surpassing season 5's 441 minutes.

Clark needs to average 19m, 39s for the final two episodes to surpass his Season 5 screentime. I think he'll do it. The only thing I want to know is will he get a 30 minute episode. Every other season except for Season 5 he's had at least one. I actually hope he doesn't, so Chloe's time in Abyss remains the highest for the season. I'm going to predict around 21-22 minutes next week and 24-25 minutes for the finale

[BadToad]

How did you come up the ID BadToad? Call me curious

Its actually taken from a cartoon character, on a very obscure cartoon called the Drak Pack, that aired many years ago. There's more story to it, but thats the gist.

[bigblueplanet]

Thank you for the numbers. :)

[Fallen One]

A good writer would have found a way to distribute the screentime better. In Turbulence the writers had no problem keeping Clark prevelant AND moved his story along dispite TW being scheduled to direct the next episode. Why? Because they were actually good and wanted to give due respect to Clark's storyline.

Beast was a case of a bad writer not knowing how to write Superman well at all and perfering to focus almost all the story on Chloe and her epic decisions. I lay this squarely at the feet of Genevieve Sparling who I personally wish never writes another episode of Smallville again.

Look at the minutes for her only other episode Progeny. Clark got 13 minutes, and Chloe 23 minutes. TW wasn't sick for that episode, and he wasn't directing the next episode after that - Nemesis. Yet this writer pulled the same junk then. I just hope this was her last episode. She obviously has a different idea about who the main character of this show is suppose to be.

[costas22]

It's the material that she is given Cedric. It's not her fault. If they had told her that Clark was going to be on the same set for most of the episode just like he was in Turbulence, she might have squeezed more screentime minutes out of him.

[smallvillerocks45]

Ouch! Even Davis got more screen time than Clark. I guess this what happens when Tom Welling directs an episode - a small price to pay in order to see his brilliant point of view.

I, of course, always want to see as much Clark as possible, but this was a really good episode, so I can't complain much. What I can't believe is that we only have two episodes in the season left. Where did the time go?

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Thanks BadToad for the info!

[Diego*Chloe]

And this week, on Chloeville...

Episode Running Time: 41m, 38s (previously on: 1m, 6s)

Clark: 12m, 51s
Chloe: 20m, 36s
Jimmy: 10m, 38s
Davis: 15m, 43s
Oliver: 16m, 59s

Season to Date (# of eps):

Clark: 402m, 6s (20)
Chloe: 274m, 12s (20)
Lois: 146m, 35s (11)
Jimmy: 103m, 24s (10)
Tess: 98m, 29s (11)
Davis: 109m, 52s (11)
Oliver: 112m, 39s (10)


:eek::eek:

Well it makes sense because TW is directing Injustice well was directing Injustice but still just :eek:

[Lilah]

[mod edit] Clark had to direct the next episode which means he couldn't appear in his regular 20+ minutes.

I can't even remember the last time Clark was in 20+ minutes of an episode... is it even about Clark Kent's journey into Superman or about the people who surrounded him before he became the man of steel? It's hard to say...:rolleyes:

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Clark needs to average 19m, 39s for the final two episodes to surpass his Season 5 screentime. I think he'll do it. The only thing I want to know is will he get a 30 minute episode. Every other season except for Season 5 he's had at least one. I actually hope he doesn't, so Chloe's time in Abyss remains the highest for the season. I'm going to predict around 21-22 minutes next week and 24-25 minutes for the finale

How sad is it that a sub character has the highest time in any one episode? Its pathetic really....

Clark should be in the entire 42 minutes... It's not like we'd get sick of him..

[Tompouce]

whats wrong with this show? Clark should be the main focus.
I was expecting a low time but with this, I am really angry. I can't stand anymore this show with Clark as a guest star. I hope they will fix it for the next season:mad::mad::mad:I watch SV FOR CLARK, PS3 ARE YOU THERE ?:mad:
Thanks BadToad:)

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:eek::eek:

Well it makes sense because TW is directing Injustice well was directing Injustice but still just :eek:
Exactly, it is totally crazy

[Diego*Chloe]

I can't even remember the last time Clark was in 20+ minutes of an episode... is it even about Clark Kent's journey into Superman or about the people who surrounded him before he became the man of steel? It's hard to say...:rolleyes:

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How sad is it that a sub character has the highest time in any one episode? Its pathetic really....

Clark should be in the entire 42 minutes... It's not like we'd get sick of him..

I would :).

[devilneedsaride]

Ouch. Less screentime than Power? I repeat, ouch.

I generally like the supporting characters, but twelve minutes out of 40? That's... Even Oliver beat him and he was barely even relevant to the story!

[AgentChaos]

I can't even remember the last time Clark was in 20+ minutes of an episode... is it even about Clark Kent's journey into Superman or about the people who surrounded him before he became the man of steel? It's hard to say...:rolleyes:

He had 22m, 41s in Hex.

Clark might be the main character, but not every minute of every episode has to focus on him. The other characters need development, too, and sometimes, they are going to take some of the spotlight. They might have gone too far at times (AoS, Season 6+7), but overall I think they do a great job of fleshing out every character, while mostly keeping Clark in the middle of the action.


How sad is it that a sub character has the highest time in any one episode? Its pathetic really....

Clark should be in the entire 42 minutes... It's not like we'd get sick of him..

I would get sick of seeing Clark in every minute of every episode.

The same thing happened in Season 5. Lionel's screentime in Mercy of 29m, 57s was the highest of that season. It's not pathetic at all.

[costas22]

12 minutes looks bad. But as Agent Chaos can verify, if we look at his SC total for Sleeper and Static, then it doesn't look so bad.

[Lilah]

He had 22m, 41s in Hex.

Clark might be the main character, but not every minute of every episode has to focus on him. The other characters need development, too, and sometimes, they are going to take some of the spotlight. They might have gone too far at times (AoS, Season 6+7), but overall I think they do a great job of fleshing out every character, while mostly keeping Clark in the middle of the action.



I would get sick of seeing Clark in every minute of every episode.

The same thing happened in Season 5. Lionel's screentime in Mercy of 29m, 57s was the highest of that season. It's not pathetic at all.


Yes it is. The show is supposed to be about Clark. Minor characters should develop accordingly to his character and his story. Not the other way around. I get annoyed when the focus isn't on Clark, because the show is about Clark. So basically its like saying I'm watching Supernatural for the demons and angels and Sam and Dean get 12 mins. What the crap! That doesn't even make sense. No wonder Beast sucked. Clark was in it less time than anyone, besides Jimmy I think. Now it makes sense.:rolleyes:

[Tompouce]

Ouch. Less screentime than Power? I repeat, ouch.

I generally like the supporting characters, but twelve minutes out of 40? That's... Even Oliver beat him and he was barely even relevant to the story!
You didn't notice ? Clark was not at all in Power, ouf !:D
I agree with Lilah, other characters need to be developped but around Clark and not the opposite. We have understood very well the Chlavis plot, thanks a lot, now we need to see CLARK:mad:;)

[marcella]

Not every scene has to have Clark, but the stories need to revolve around him, not supporting caracthers

[Tompouce]

Not every scene has to have Clark, but the stories need to revolve around him, not supporting caracthers
Exactly:mad:I usually don't use a lot this smiley but here, I am unbridled:D