Love It? Hate It? What did you think?

[supergurl88]

hey guys, i know the show itsnt over (30 mins in)...but this episode sucks! it really sucks! lana becoming an vampire? come on. she's been a witch, now a vampire, whats next? whats with chloe's "Talking Intro"? i bet you the ratings are going to be soooo low!

[the_real_lois_lane]

actually, it's better than i thought it was going to be. but fine, lex, chloe and carrie fisher are definitely saving it for me.

[Backward Galaxy]

Sell. Out.

At least half of the episode is watchable (Lex/Fine)

[supergurl88]

thats true

[vyperman7]

Originally posted by supergurl88
i bet you the ratings are going to be soooo low!

You might be suprised Cassy.

A lot of people are probably going to tune in just out of curiousity to see how bad it is going to be.

[luthorcorp20]

It was worth it to see Lex/Fine go out it 2x in the episode. Everything else is debateable

[the_real_lois_lane]

Originally posted by vyperman7
You might be suprised Cassy.

A lot of people are probably going to tune in just out of curiousity to see how bad it is going to be.


and to see Marsters and carrie fisher.

[vyperman7]

Originally posted by the_real_lois_lane
and to see Marsters and carrie fisher.

Very true.

Carrie Fisher still has drawing power.

[katt12]

To be honest, I think this is the only episode I really don't like. Ooh, this is making me really mad!:mad:

[vyperman7]

Katt,

You liked Ageless?

There is no way that Thirst is worse than Ageless. I just can't believe that.

[Brainiac_13]

Man, this ep is crap.

Odds on Lana not remembering anything post-restoration to normal? 1:1.

Bah. Whoever wrote this pile should have his script bronzed, then he should be beaten to death with it.

[Kgatc13]

Didn't like it!! It does nothing to advance the Superman story and vampires in smallville is just as bad as witches. Plus did Lex tell Clark his days of barging in is over????

[vyperman7]

Originally posted by Brainiac_13
Man, this ep is crap.

Odds on Lana not remembering anything post-restoration to normal? 1:1.

Bah. Whoever wrote this pile should have his script bronzed, then he should be beaten to death with it.


You know that she won't remember man. Amnesia and selective memory have become reoccuring themes.

[supergurl88]

Originally posted by vyperman7
You might be suprised Cassy.

A lot of people are probably going to tune in just out of curiousity to see how bad it is going to be.

sorry, maybe ur right, i shouldnt of said that

[Brainiac_13]

Originally posted by vyperman7
Very true.

Carrie Fisher still has drawing power.

Can I ask what, exactly, happens to old female actresses' teeth when they come on this show?

Margot Kidder looked like she had loose dentures, and Fisher wasn't looking much better. It's like they get huge doses of botox and novocaine just before shooting.

[Primal Slayer]

wow this was just....about the lamest episode of smallville I have yet to see. The whole vampire thing was stupid, the Buffy Saunders(aka Buffy Summers BTVS), just the way the sorioty acted and walked, from the fight scenes to the way Clark turned Lana back to normal. How can you not tell someone is holding something in their hand while you are carrying them back to somewhere, and Clark can withstand a bullet but his skin is weak against a vampire. ANd ofcourse its all because of a meteor...as usual.

[vyperman7]

Originally posted by Brainiac_13
Can I ask what, exactly, happens to old female actresses' teeth when they come on this show?

Margot Kidder looked like she had loose dentures, and Fisher wasn't looking much better. It's like they get huge doses of botox and novocaine just before shooting.

LOL LOL LOL :rotfl:

Both Kidder and Fisher are getting old though, and honestly, I never found them to be all that attractive when they were in their prime either.

[cowbellallen]

Jeez, that was bad. For half the episode I forced myself not to look at the screen because I was so embarrased for actually watching this show.

[xbox360]

A little more T&A would have been nice other then that it kinda BLEW.... but there will be worse!!! I think.?

[Mr.Bond]

I dont know, I find it entertaininng. It's not as bad as I expected. I expected the worst but it seems to be a fun episode and they did put enough Prof. Fine and Lex in to it that seems to even out the Lame Vampire story. Plus it ads to the Clana relationship and the secrets they have.

[smvfan]

Originally posted by cowbellallen
Jeez, that was bad. For half the episode I forced myself not to look at the screen because I was so embarrased for actually watching this show.

You said it. This episode was just horrible. I can't believe I actually sat through it.

[AshyLarry]

I thought this episode was mediocre at best, although the war of words between Fine and Lex was very well played. By the way, as it me, or did Chloe allude to Superman with her voice-over near the episode's end, with the "super-heroes of the future" calling the Daily Planet home. Does this mean she lives to see Clark as Superman?

[F-Stop Blues]

I have to say, I liked Spell better.

[freddielm]

HORRIBLE episode. 'Ageless' was a hit compared to this crap. Only good scene was that scene were Brainiac kills Lex's guy.

[Summers]

Very lame. I was either laughing at, shaking my head at it, or cringing. Vamp Lana was very lame lol. I mean when she came into the mansion I was laughing, and they made her slightly fly :lol:.

When did Brainaic turn into T2.

Only two things I liked was the DP set and CGI, and Zorro Clark.

[Aloof]

I loved it, I thought it was hilarious. :D

[cayayofm]

Wow, it weird because I expected the worst episode ever but it definetly was not. I don't know what to think, the plot was mediocre, but the episode was entertaining and we had Lex/Fine scenes teasing each other.

[the_real_lois_lane]

ok, everyone is entitled to their opinion, and i respect that, but i would just like to take a moment to look at the positives from this ep. just leave out all the vampire stuff, though...
now...look at the lex/fine dynamic. that was great. but my favorite had to be chloe! chloe was wonderful. i loved her whole narration. that was completely unexpected to me. really, it wouldn't be half bad if she had her own spinoff. and the scene at the end with chloe at the Daily Planet. for those who've said there wasn't anything to advance the superman storyline...there's chloe and her line at the end: "it's the Daily Planet. The paper of record for kings, presidents, and prime ministers. Not to mention future superheroes. The way I look at it, I had no place to go but up, up and away."
now, this quote alone, the way it's worded, tells you that she's speaking from the future. there's a little supes foreshadowing there.

trust me, the whole vampire thing was horrible. the only great thing about clark in this episode was his expression when lana was kissing his neck and when he was dressed as Zorro. otherwise, the vampire storyline sucked, er, for lack of a better term :)

but the rest was pretty great. at least, i think so ;)

[Zod is alive]

I'll agree with everyone else. This was a pretty lame EP. It was cool seeing Carrie Fisher and all, and the only thing that saved the show was Lex and Prof Fine. Now that we got the Halloween Mumbo jumbo outta the way, let's get back to the REAL episodes. The majority of this one was just filler to carry us through the usual Holiday stuff that everyone else is doing. Barring this EP..season 5 has been great so far.

[Addictedtosmllvill]

Actually, AM saved it for me. Half the time I was going "Sick, I don't want to see you sucking blood! Family show!" but I really, really liked that it was from Chloe's POV, kinda. If it wasn't for her, Mr. Masters and Carrie Fisher, this episode would have been an "f".

[cayayofm]

Yeah, the episode had enought redemable scenes to not win the spot for worst episode of the show.

[ITIMAN]

Well, it was definitely better than SPELL!!!

I Loved it!


the "I hate costumes" WAS AWESOME!!


Who cares if Lana remembers, The writers and actors are definitely having fun. I liked how the episode was more of a story by Chloe than just another episode..... Very well thought of...

How about Clark as Zorro the day before the movie comes out....What advertisement!!! Clever!

I know it was not the best episode ever, but it was alot better than a "filler" episode!!

Good Job TPTB!!!

ITIMAN

[boogalou86]

I came into this episode fearing the vampire story line, but I think it worked pretty well. How is was worked in as a result from a Luthercorp project really kept it revelant to the previous episodes.

The relationship between Clark and Lana though shaky at the beginning, is still on firm ground. (I like that, afterall, I'm a Clana fan.)

But, for the Star Wars fan in me, the best part was Carrie Fisher and the mention of project "1138." Here in SV, Project 1138 is the rabies infection that results in the 'vampires.' But as any Star Wars fanatic knows, 1138 was referring to THX1138, the student film by George Lucas (He eventually made it into a feature) prior to American Graffiti and Star Wars Episode 4 A New Hope.

One thing I would like to know is exactly when did Clark get that fast? From a previous episode (I think it was Truth) Pete told Chloe that Clark could make the round trip from SV to MET. in 10 minutes. So how did he get there while talking on the phone?

[supergurl88]

i thought the round trip was amazing!

[Arista 07]

Originally posted by F-Stop Blues
I have to say, I liked Spell better.
I don't consider Spell winner of "worst. episode. EVER," but I think it's fair to compare the two, witht he supernatural elements of them both. "Spell" was the better episode by far, I think. I don't know if the writers were trying for camp/parody or what, but they failed miserably. The a-plot was godawful, all dimensions of it. There is over-the-top. Then, there is wreckless, obscure, chaos.

[BlueNRed2]

I went into this episode with low expectations and was pleasantly surprised. Sure the whole Vampire/mutant rabies infection was a little off but the rest of the content was nice.

I didnt really mind Draculana as much as her sorority sister Buffy. Chloe was great as usual and her playing the narrator was an interesting touch. Especially the last few minutes (up up and away)! Carrie Fisher was particularly fun to watch as she attempted to squash Chloe's dreams.

Absolutely loved the conflict between Lex and Fine. I also liked how they left Lana somewhat aware of Clark, even if she interpreted things incorrectly. Better than a typical mind wipe that usually occurs after one is exposed to a meteor effect.

Lots of nice things to speculate on. Overall, ill dock it for the vampire thing but not much. I'll give it an 8.0.

[cayayofm]

Now that I have been thinking about it, is better than Spell, Spell did not had anything worth watching. I think they did a better job incorporating the supernatural element.

[SuperMom]

I have watched every Smallville episode every season and never actually turned it off like I did tonight. I did DVR it since dh was at work. I'll watch it tomorrow and fast fwd through the vampire stuff. It was stupid and pointless.

[cayayofm]

Another thing, the continuity keeps getting tighter, did anybody catched the reference about Chloe working on the Planet before cause of Lionel, I think it was a nice touch, it shows that they remember what they are doing and care.

[F-Stop Blues]

Originally posted by cayayofm
Now that I have been thinking about it, is better than Spell, Spell did not had anything worth watching. I think they did a better job incorporating the supernatural element.

Well there actually wasnt anything supernatural in this ep. The vamps werent really vamps they just had a disease. I thought Spell was funnier and flowed better. I loved chloe and the DP along with Fine and Lex in thirst, and thats why Im not really bothered by this ep. But to be honest, I was more entertained during spell. Im sorry I just was.

[GhostRider]

It wasn’t as bad as I initially feared. I hate campy and Thirst dabbled in it. If they had replaced that stuff with the seriously creepy and spooky instead this epy would have been a winner. The Clark/Fine/Lex stuff was awesome and there was major movement on the main story arc. I liked Chlark (DP included) here as well as the ending Clana scene. The soundtrack was cool. It had some good stuff and some silly stuff. I don’t know, I came away with the feeling that they blew an opportunity to really so something special for a Halloween episode.

[spiceinator]

Not as bad as I was fearing. Actually, I usually like some episodes that seem to be pretty unpopular like Spirit and Spell, I think I just like seeing Lana get all sassy when possessed by evil. This kinda fell flat though, I guess b/c we've seen this stuff before. James Marsters had some great scenes, especially with Lex. I think Lex has finally met someone who doesn't consider him impressive b/c of his wealth and power and it intimidates the hell outta him.

[Kriminal]

this episode was a lot better than i thought i would rate it third out of the five shown this season

mortal arrival thirst hidden aqua

[GhostRider]

On thing I will say is that that when Chloe was leading Clark through the party TW was really doing a great take on playing Clark like CR did, sort of a goofball. I don’t know if that was intentional or not, but it did stand out to me.

[charmedchick]

Yeah i didn't care for this episode either. But i had have some favorite scenes.. Clark as Zorro.. Now that was funny.. and the chloe and clarks scenes.. Nothing really more then that, I guess i wasnt to happy with the thought of " Vampires" in smallville even though they were effected by the meteor rocks thats why they are vamps. but i didnt care for the story either..

Sorry i would say this gets a two star (out of 10) rating from me..

stacy

[cayayofm]

Originally posted by F-Stop Blues
Well there actually wasnt anything supernatural in this ep. The vamps werent really vamps they just had a disease. I thought Spell was funnier and flowed better. I loved chloe and the DP along with Fine and Lex in thirst, and thats why Im not really bothered by this ep. But to be honest, I was more entertained during spell. Im sorry I just was.

I know that there was nothing supernatural and I think that that is why it worked better. Well it's okay but I enjoyed this episode better, in Spell there was nothing more to look for besides the weak witch plot, this episode had more interesting things goimg on.

[F-Stop Blues]

Originally posted by cayayofm
I know that there was nothing supernatural and I think that that is why it worked better. Well it's okay but I enjoyed this episode better, in Spell there was nothing more to look for besides the weak witch plot, this episode had more interesting things goimg on.

I agree, I think the B plot was very interesting. Spell however didnt have a B plot so thats why i think the plot in Spell was better than the A plot in Thirst. But whatever I didnt hate Thirst. I just didnt like it that much either. But Im not going to like all 22 eps. Also I dont think this will have the same effect on the rest of the season like Spell did. There was too much cool stuff happening in this ep to have that happen.

[Summers]

The disease they were talking about is an old myth about vampires if I remember correctly. The folklore of vampires were derived from by these symptoms Lex described.

I'm with Parker on this one. I thought "Spell" was funnier we had Clark doing real lame dancing, Lois, and other things. It felt more entertained in that episode.

[gC27]

prof. fine and carrie fisher def saved some of the episode, but overall it still was weak, the first filler episode of the season, but hey at least it was better than ageless UGGHH

[GhostRider]

Originally posted by Summers
The disease they were talking about is an old myth about vampires if I remember correctly. The folklore of vampires were derived from by these symptoms Lex described.

I'm with Parker on this one. I thought "Spell" was funnier we had Clark doing real lame dancing, Lois, and other things. It felt more entertained in that episode.

If that was folklore that's cool. Tying into real folklore is good even if everyone doesn't recognize it.

I liked Thrist better than Spell though. Actually a lot better. If you wanted to be entertained they should have had Choe dress Clark up like I had hoped; Mork from Ork. Not everyone would have gotten it but an alien pretending to be an alien would have been hilarious.

[therip]

i was pretty curious about this being a haloween episode..and it SUCKED!! worst..episode..EVER! i was bored out of my skull for the whole episode and was forced to change stations or mute the tv during the scenes with the other annoyingly ditzy vamps...i thought spell was better, and that really says something

[mrs lana kent]

Are you all really Smallville fans???? I'm a total Clana fan so i thought the fact that Clark and Lana shared at least one kiss made the ep good... But if you're a TRUE Smallville fan then every ep should be like " oh my god!!! that was sooo good!!!" I loved the ep! I think it was better then Aqua...

[F-Stop Blues]

Originally posted by mrs lana kent
Are you all really Smallville fans???? I'm a total Clana fan so i thought the fact that Clark and Lana shared at least one kiss made the ep good... But if you're a TRUE Smallville fan then every ep should be like " oh my god!!! that was sooo good!!!" I loved the ep! I think it was better then Aqua...




Now do you like it better than aqua just because the last scene slapped the clois across your face? Or do you think that the story of Thirst was better than the story of Aqua.

Also being a true Smallville fan doesnt mean you have to love every ep. Being a true smallville fan is being there for every Ageless, Magnetic, Redux, and Witness.

[Summers]

Originally posted by GhostRider
If that was folklore that's cool. Tying into real folklore is good even if everyone doesn't recognize it.


That's what I'm remembering from my folklore history class. We did two days on vampires.

[intimmydated]

i only caught the end, but it looked pretty bad. i dunnoooo.

[NotTodayPete]

Originally posted by mrs lana kent
Are you all really Smallville fans???? if you're a TRUE Smallville fan then every ep should be like " oh my god!!! that was sooo good!!!"

I agree, unless it's real bad like ageless, but I rarely fault a show like so many critics here do, which I don't appreciate on a fan board.

I liked the episode, the braini-ex scenes were great , and it was good overall.

[Emerald Dragen]

I thought this was a really fun episode. There is plenty wrong with it but if you can stand to put all that aside and just watch it for what it is, Smallville, then it will actually give you some enjoyment.

The vampire theme is completely appropriate since it's Halloween time, the Buffy Sanders reference character to Buffy Summers and having a Vampire themed show with James Marsters from Buffy The Vampire Slayer just screams fun!

The 1138 reference killed me, just another one of those crazy easter eggs the writers throw in, especially with the Carrie Fisher guest starring role. Which just a reminder Star Wars III comes out Tuesday!

The thing I was most annoyed with, since most people will be focusing on that part, was how they "new vampires" (Lana) just accepted it and embraced it, when 99% of vampire stories express it as a curse that the person is aware of. Even Dracula, though accepting of his powers, thought of it as his own personal Hell.

I'm really digging the Brainiac vs. Lex thing. And the way they had Brainiac kill Lex's henchman was freaking awesome. I'm just curious why Brainiac has picked Lex to butt heads with so quickly.

I also enjoyed the remarks they threw in there for Clark about hating costumes and liking the cape but not the mask.

Just a point I would like to make, though it's not DC and it's that other comic company, Spiderman was involved with a vampire story for a while with some mutagenic genetic mutant vampire guy, and even in the cartoon version they had a guest appearance by Blade at one point in that very story. So why not in Superman?

It's not so bad to run into a story like this here in this series, especially with all the other freaks we have seen. Are we really going to reject vampires, but embrace fishmen, black liquid morphing bad guys, bug men, guys that split in two, a boy who freezes but still lives off other people's heat, a girl who eats the fat out of people, and so on.

The last monologue by Chloe was classic, mentioning future superheroes working at the planet and her up, up and away ending.

As I said, this episode was pretty good if you can look past any annoyance and just enjoy it. I personally thought it was well timed and placed in the series let alone the season.

We got to see so much more of who is doing what, even though it was buried by the story they were telling. The show revealed so much more that a lot of people will have missed if they don't take a minute to think about what they just saw. It took me some time before I could write anything to make sure of what I felt and thought about it all.

They sure do stuff an awful lot into 40 minutes of show! That's why I love it so much I guess.

[GhostRider]

Originally posted by mrs lana kent
Are you all really Smallville fans???? I'm a total Clana fan so i thought the fact that Clark and Lana shared at least one kiss made the ep good... But if you're a TRUE Smallville fan then every ep should be like " oh my god!!! that was sooo good!!!" I loved the ep! I think it was better then Aqua... \

There's a difference between a fan and a fanatic. When SV started out it never was campy ala Charmed. I don't like it when it get silly like that. You can't tell me that you readily accept whatever they show you as "sooo good." I don't mind Clana in the least, in fact their last scene was one of the good parts of the epy, but the vamp stuff was a bit on the lame side.

[Billy Jor-El]

I came into it with mixed feelings, but gotta say I liked it. Making a rational explanation for vampirism rather than just spooky supernatural was cool, but most importantly the major plot line still continued to develop...Lex/Clark, Braniac, Chloe (hahahahaha, she has a job at the Planet.......she will become Lois Lane, if only in name, nyaaah nyaahhh nyaahh...told ya so :p )

And did you see the look on Lex's face when Clark said Chloe was in trouble? Virtually a smirk, but when he mentioned Lana, that's when he acted. The boy likes her, it could be his downfall.

Not only did Brainiac put Lex in his place, he plays a mean game of pool :)

I think without Chloe's narration it would have been less of an impacting ep on me, but then I am Chloe obsessed :)

Lana's introduction into the Dark Gift was freaking cool...uh, that kiss in shadow???

The only thing hotter than that? ED pole dancing next week? Can you say sweeps month is beginning???:p :p :p

[MsSullivan]

I loved this episode. One of my favorites of the season. I blocked out the lana/vampire stuff and concentrated on the flex/chlark/chloe & Kahn.

Loved that Chloe was narrating the episode, great Sex in the City vibe.

Chloe at the DP!! AWESOME!!!!

"up up and away" ---Whoa!! so CHLOIS!

"the future home of superheroes"--CHLOIS! (cause how would she know superheroes work at the dp? unless she is there in the future)

[mnasteel1024]

I'm never going to say that a smallville episode sucked, because even a bad episode of smallville is better than most of the crap on tv. It definately was weak compared to the early episodes of this season.

[Deviant]

Well, I can't hold the vampire thing against them so close to halloween. So w/e to that.

The interaction between Fine and Lex were pretty damn good though.

So overall it gets a 7 out of 10.

[katt12]

Originally posted by vyperman7
Katt,

You liked Ageless?

There is no way that Thirst is worse than Ageless. I just can't believe that.


Ok, that didn't come out right. Let me rephrase that. It was one of the only episodes I didn't like. Except for the fact that Chloe actually got some attention. She always gets passed right over when it comes to Lana, but in Thirst she got some time all to herself.

[cayayofm]

Originally posted by F-Stop Blues
I agree, I think the B plot was very interesting. Spell however didnt have a B plot so thats why i think the plot in Spell was better than the A plot in Thirst. But whatever I didnt hate Thirst. I just didnt like it that much either. But Im not going to like all 22 eps. Also I dont think this will have the same effect on the rest of the season like Spell did. There was too much cool stuff happening in this ep to have that happen.

Well it's okay; I thought Thirst had more going on. I think that as the times passes that is why I dislike more Spell, because it introduced the badly written/handled witch plot that added nothing to the show or the characters and IMO is was badly handled since Spell.

[therip]

Originally posted by mrs lana kent
Are you all really Smallville fans???? I'm a total Clana fan so i thought the fact that Clark and Lana shared at least one kiss made the ep good... But if you're a TRUE Smallville fan then every ep should be like " oh my god!!! that was sooo good!!!" I loved the ep! I think it was better then Aqua...

that's the dumbest thing i've ever heard...being able to offer up critisism and opinions towards something you like is what makes you a fan...following something with blind ambition and agreeing with every move whether it's good or bad doesn't make you a fan, it makes you an automaton

[Somebody Stop Me]

I liked this episode but I'm easy when it comes to SV. The vampire bit was far fetched but it is Haloween and this is SV first holiday ep so I can cut em some slack.

The sorority girls were hot especially the one who was guarding the door at the costume party.

Of course like everybody else has said, the Brainiac and LL scenes were great and the part where Brainiac morphed and stabbed Lex's bodyguard was pretty cool.

Just like allot of SV eps it had it's good moments and bad moments but this was no stinker like Redux and Ageless. Those were some bad stinkers.

[Poetic Chaos]

I definitely liked the episode more than I expected. The Fine/Lex interaction alone makes it better than the other "worst episodes ever" candidates. I just take it as holiday filler. It wasn't some randomly horrible episode. Its bad qualities had a purposeful theme :lol:

[Mosc]

This episode could very well have been one of the worst ever, but what saved it a little for me were the Lex/Fine interactions. I kind of lost interest with the other stuff though. And the main plot felt to me like a rejected Buffy script.

And since Lana technically did die in this episode, can't Clark call things even with Jor-el on that score?:D

[constancelight]

I thought this episode was total fun.

We got to see some awesome scenes with Carrie Fisher/Vhloe and Lex/Fine.

The scene with Fine killing Lex's henchman was probably one of my favorite.

I loved all the inside reference jokes to Buffy, Star Wars, Superman, etc.

Since it is close to Halloween, I thought the Vampire theme was appropriate.

Lana was fun to watch as a vampire. Her "hung over" scene was funny.

I thought this episode was not just another filler episode b/c there were a lot of details they gave us.

Some things we got to see...
* Chloe's dorm (and how it looked really like a dorm room)
* Chloe/Clark invetigation/friendship vibe
* Chloe/Lana friendship enforced
* Chloe/Lana/Clark interactions
* the inside of the daily planet
* more of college life
* the future of Chloe and Clark

I especially was surprised by the narration by Chloe, but I really liked it. It gave the show a new angle to be told.

And of course Chloe and Clark's costumes. They were great.

One thing that I noticed though was Lex only cared about helping Clark with the mention of Lana. He didn't seem to care about Chloe. perhaps this is another forshadowing of Lexana.

[Nebula1400]

I thought the episode was hilarious! Another sharp piece of writing from Steve DeKnight - who was consumately the most qualified writer on the show to write an episode around Buffy the vampire. Very clever references to Buffy lore with the "staking" in the heart, James as Fine saying there's no such thing as vampires (and there was this knowing glimmer in both his and Tom Welling's eyes), and Lana "dusting" Buffy. And we know Smallville is entering new territory when the implication was that Buffy had kissed Lana full on the mouth to transform her.

Also, I liked the episode's being from Chloe's POV, the reference to "1138" (along with Carrie Fisher - some George Lucas connections there), Clark saying he doesn't like costumes, and then later wearing a cape (though I have a sneaking suspicion that is an advertisement for the upcoming Zorro sequel), but says he hates masks.

I have to watch this episode again, because there were other things in there that I know tickled me. The humor in it was the best I've seen in this show.

And James was smoking! EVIL, but so Fine. Fire and ice and hot and cool and sharp objects all tightly compacted into one great package.

[vyperman7]

I was suprised by this one. Thirst was not half bad. Not one of my favorite episodes, but definately not terrible either. I liked it a lot more than Spell, that's for sure.

I thought that they actually came up with a pretty good reasoning behind Buffy becoming a vampire with her being attacked by vampire bats in a cave that were infected by meteor rocks. In Smallville terms that is actually pretty plausible.

I loved how the episode was set up with the Chloe voiceover taking us through it as she was writing her story. The scenes with Carrie Fisher at the Planet were great by the way. The line about "slaying Buffy the vampire" was classic. The last line about from Chloe about going up, up, and away and seeing the DP globe was cool as well. I liked the continuity about Kahn bringing up Lionel and how he had influence in getting Chloe hired and fired as well.

The interactions between Fine and Lex were great. Don't start a game that you can't win. The pool room scene was so cool. Seeing Brainiac take out the guard T2 style was sweet as well. I still don't understand why they keep ripping off the Terminator films, but it did look cool.

Best line of the episode was from Clark "I hate costumes". Best forshadowing quote since "Maybe I'll start like a club or a league or something".

Clark as Zorro was pretty funny and man did Chloe look good in her schoolgirl costume.

I still hate the idea of vampires in Smallville. The initation scene alone was just so terrible. The girl on girl silohuette was kinda cool though... LOL The girl who played Buffy Sanders was one of the worst actresses I have ever seen in my life.

But this was actually a fun episode that had some really good points. In all honesty, I liked this one more than I did Aqua.

4/5

[BeepBeep]

Much to my surprised, I enjoyed it. It had a light-hearted tone and did not take itself seriously, much like Spirit, which I also enjoyed.

The biggest shock for me, though, was that TW actually turned in a good performance in this episode, IMO the first such performance since Transference.

[abarsami]

This was a really really boring episode. Prof. Fine was the only good thing about this epp.

I was trying to not change the channel. I mean c'mon.

Is it just me or did Tom grow some in height when standing next to Lex.

[Small2]

Now I know this might send some people off, and while I agree with the above two posters, I also thought Kreuk did a good job with trying to portray Lana in a totally unbelievable situation. Joining a stuck up sorority to get a room! Talk about contrived. It can't be easy going from shy to unadulterate vamp in 60 seconds.

While it was painful watching the beginning of the vampirella plotline unfold, I ended up just going for it and laughing.

Everyone did a good job.

[ImzadiJedi]

It wasn't a great episode but it wasn't a terrible episode.

My question is why would Lana join a Sorority with girls who acted like they did? It didn't go along with Lana's character to hang with girls like this. But I guess she was the victim here AGAIN.

[Small2]

I don't see Lana as a victim, (unless it's being the victim of contrived plotlines). How do you see her as a victim?

To write a fun Halloween ep, that is geared more for the early 20s viewer, (they're not in high school any more), they simply went over the top. And besides, how else do you get Kreuk in such an outfit. :-)

[MuchaLana]

Fun episode... i enjoyed it...good laughs

Lana getting hot after checking herself on the mirror...oh lana too hot for yourself

Sorority girl at the door...hot hot hot...the one Clark was drooling over

But what was that background stuff...was lana kissing Buffy or was Lana being raped by Vamps. Why show it like that? Dissapointing... I am guessing it was probably done that way cuase Kristin didnt wan't to kiss girls. I guess we wont see Kristin kissing girls or wearing a bikini in Smallville. ah Kristin such a good girl...adorable.

Of course, the Lex/Fine scenes were the s#@t ...Fine is my new favorite Character...he is so interesting

Where are the Kents?? has anybody seen Papa and Mama Kent?

[Kryptomaniac]

Wrap up this episode and throw it in the garbage can QUICKLY! Too late! I'm betting the ratings will be spectacular because nothing else (no ballgame) was on. Face it, we ALL wasted an hour watching something so bad it was good.

Kudos to the cast who actually played this plotline straight. Must have been PAINFUL.

I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE SEQUELS!!! Lana as a zombie; Lana as a ghoul; Lana as a ghost; Lana as the bride of Frankenstein (promoted as Lana with a brand-new hairdo!)

After four SUPER episodes, we get THIRST =THE WORST. Rating MINUS 1 out of 5.:mad: :mad: :mad:

[DarkChilde]

It was better than Aqua, and better than I had expected it to be. As for being a filler episode it was pretty good. I was a little disappointed in there being no "pillow fights" in the soroity(sp) :)

Losts of references to the future...
I like the cape...
I don't like the masks...
A place for superheroes...

I think there was another but I don't remember it off the top of my head.

[LaraofKrypton]

Well, I really expected to hate it, but I laughed so hard through most of it that I really couldn't take it seriously anyway. The parts I didn't laugh at were Prof. Fine and Lex, and serious foreshadowing of things to come, and that was great!
I can't say this was a great episode, I couldn't stand the whole vampire idea (and I definitely couldn't watch it with my kids). But I loved the Chlark interaction (YESSSS!!), especially Chloe on the phone with Clark and suddenly he speeds into the room...hilarious! :lol:
I also loved Carrie Fisher being on the show, hope they have her back again!
No, it's not a really great episode, but not the worst either...that honor, in my book, still goes to Ageless!

[Jor'el_Ted]

Okay, call me a fanboy but i really liked this episode myself. The whole Vampire thing wasn't that bad accually. I just enjoyed seeing Lana's bad side again after the whole Isable sh*t. :D

It was nice to see Carrie Fisher as head of the Daily Planet, i never expected ta see her on the show honestly. :)

[Poweranimals]

Originally posted by Kgatc13
Didn't like it!! It does nothing to advance the Superman story and vampires in smallville is just as bad as witches. Plus did Lex tell Clark his days of barging in is over????
Yeah, cause Chloe getting a job at the Daily Planet does nothing to advance the plot. Besides how can anyone not like a sexy vampire Lana?

[Jor'el_Ted]

Originally posted by Poweranimals
Yeah, cause Chloe getting a job at the Daily Planet does nothing to advance the plot. Besides how can anyone not like a sexy vampire Lana?

Finaly, i'm not the only one that has a good review of this ep. :D

[Poweranimals]

I actually haven't seen it yet, but I can't imagine being disappointed. I haven't really disliked an episode since Jinx. Although "Forever" wasn't too good either.

[batfinx]

It was pretty awful except for Fine and Lex. I was happy for Chloe, but she's achieved her goal and so I think she might be marked for extinction. But even though the episode was bad it should get good ratings because a lot of the competition was showing reruns.

[boogalou86]

I liked that the episode was from Chloe's POV. It made the episode more interesting. It also marks the first time in the series that the POV was not Clark's.

[knight150]

Okay, i gotta say that the previews dont do this ep any justice, Unlike the majority of u guys i really liked the ep. I didnt think the vampire was that bad and lana was hott as hell.

All I gotta say is dont mess with brainiac. Is it me or did he tell clark what his future it with the college talk, about lex luthor taking over the world and he asked clark if he woudl have the courage to stop him. Kinda makes it seem like brainiac knows all, maybe he does. Hes like the prefcect person cause hes a computer, like how he calculated every pool shot. I believe hes just toying with Lex cause how can lex ever defeat him. Never got to see what he was up to when he was trying to open his ship and the guard stopped him.

Clark as zorro was perfect. Talkin about how he liked the cape but didn't like the mask was like perfect for me. Didnt think it was realy a filler ep cause of the brainiac stuff. I give it an 8 outta 10 maybe an 8.5 cause brainiac was so awsome.

[RedKalEL]

Originally posted by Brainiac_13
Man, this ep is crap.

Odds on Lana not remembering anything post-restoration to normal? 1:1.

Bah. Whoever wrote this pile should have his script bronzed, then he should be beaten to death with it.

believe it or not the guy who wrote this is my favortie writer steven s deknight. Poor steve you came back with mortal but you sunk down with another speel

Also I like to add I htink Steven did do a pretty good job thou explaining where the vampires came from and daily planet stuff with chloe was great and not only that i just relaized i liked spell so this episode was good but i think it's my least favortie so far in season 5 and whoever thought ageless was better than this then i have one thing to say :eek: WOW!

[Lobby4Chloe]

Yeah, Lex and Clark are like a couple with a dysfunctional relationship. They can't just call it quits and call it a day, they have to prolong the agony.

Fisher was way better than Kidder, that's for sure. I think Fisher is a good actress, I've always liker her in whatever I saw her in, not just Star Wars. I kind of wonder why she picked to be on SV though. I always see her in the strangest places. Anybody remember her on Sex in the City? I think that was the last time I saw her in anything.

Fisher is so funny. I'd love to hang out with her sometime. I love reading her interviews. You know, she says she loves to go on the internet and do chat rooms and stuff using alilas. You never know who you're talking to, you know?

[smallvilleobsessor17]

definitely, but I hated all the chloe parts.
Besides, how fake did those fangs look?

[thmallville]

^^^^ si, si, i agree completely. Wouldn't Clark notice that his girlfriend's a vampire? Also, what happened to Buffy? If she's suppposed to be immortal, where is she? Wouldn't she come back?? Grr...another plot hole. This will annoy me.

[SWJaggy]

Definately another great episode. I'm giving this one bonus points since Carrie Fisher made an appearance and there was mention of 1138 (from George Lucas's film "THX 1138).

The whole vampire stuff was pretty freaky. How cool is it that the meteor rocks had some kind of effect on the bats turning them literally into vampires?

Loved the Clana moments (as usual). And how there was still some humanity in Vampire Lana was pretty great.

The moment when Clark said that he hated costumes just had me going. He's afraid of heights, afraid of flying, and now afraid of costumes. How ironic that all of that will be apart of his future.

Also enjoyed the scene when Chloe and Clark were on the phone and Chloe tells Clark to rush over and then he does in an instant. I'm glad that Clark can do the whole speedy Gonzales thing freely around Chloe without having to hide it from her.

I thought the scene when Lana was telling Clark what she remembered was so much heat, so much love, and so much strength that lies within him. And how that made her feel closer to Clark because it was as if she felt what was in his heart (as she said).

Let's not forget about Dr. Fine. How sweet that he had that blade power going on. It would've been great had it been Lex and had he stabbed Lex but oh well, that's just me (I know, I'm bad.) I wonder what Clark would've said when he had put him on the spot on Lex being the "emperor" and taking all that he loved and about C.K. fighting back, especially with Lex in the room since it made him a little on edge.

The only thing that is starting to bug me is that Lex hasn't figured out by now that Clark has an "allergy" to the meteor rocks. You would think that whenever Clark is around and Lex has some kind of meteor rock experiment around that Lex would open up his eyes and see that Clark gets sick everytime like that.

Overall [because I gave this episode bonus points], I rate this episode a 20. I would normally give it a ten but the special guest gained 5 points and the THX mention gained another 5 points. I am really liking where this season is headed. Definately the best one of them all in my opinion.

[KentClark]

I enjoyed this episode...it was meant to be a fun holiday special and I took it as such....

[PETER WEST]

This episode Sucked (no pun intened). The Vampire storyline was awful. And any respect I had left for the writters of Lana lang , I have none left.

Now the whole episode wasn't bad, their were some great parts

(The Good)

(1) Chloe was great,

(2) Got to see The Daily Planet. and quite a bit of Forshadowing .

(3) Professor Fine / Brainiac, James Marsters was once again Super in his preformance. Marsters saved this episode.

(4) Carrie Fisher was great, (I saw a little bit of Princess Leia in her personality.) Love it.

(5) Clark/Carlos dress up as Zorro ( by the way I'm seeing the movie Tomorrow can't wait to see Catherine Zeta-Jones in her sexy outfit. And Antonio Banderas back as Zorro.)

(6) More SOB Lex Luthor (Rosenbaum is proving with out a shadow of a doubt that he is the BEST , Lex Luthor.)


(Bad)

lana or Vamplana (sucked.)

The Buffy girl & her gang (really sucked)

Clana (I look forward to the day when it ends, And I believe that day is coming soon.)



I look forward to next week's episode. much more than this one. Can't wait.

(1) Lois's return

(2) More Chloe, with Lois & Clark

(3) The Real Duke boys reunited

(4) Lois & Clark undercover

and so much more.

[SolShine7]

Didn't like it!! Once Lana made the sorority and I saw vampire teeth it was all over. I didn't want to watch that junk. Sadly, I turned off my TV. I expect better storylines than that. Come on, vampires??

My plea to Smallville writers: No more episodes with witches or vampires!! And please don't throw in any werewolfs either.

I'm not looking for a Buffy type show.

[MelanieMM]

I thought it was damn funny, and cute and a lovely bit of camp, if you laughed at the episode, its because you were supposed to, it wasnt in any way supposed to be serious. I think Chloe's voice over and her telling it from her own snarky perspective was great! It kept the vampire stuff light and funny, and it gave Chloe her first story and got her a job at the Daily Planet, and exposed yet another project Lex was working on and we saw the Fine knew everything.

Clark whoooshing into Chloe's dorm before she could even get the words out was great! And just all the Lex/Fine stuff was wonderful. Every episode doesn't have to be dark and serious, it was fun and it did advance things. And Clark grinning like a typical boy at the girl in the bunny suit was priceless:)


Originally posted by thmallville
^^^^ si, si, i agree completely. Wouldn't Clark notice that his girlfriend's a vampire? Also, what happened to Buffy? If she's suppposed to be immortal, where is she? Wouldn't she come back?? Grr...another plot hole. This will annoy me.
Vampires can't survive fire, Lana blasted her

[SWJaggy]

I don't see what was so bad about this episode. Sure it strayed from the "normal" Smallville that we're used to but that's what made it fun. Cut them some slack.

Halloween is just around the corner and they wanted to have some fun with it. That is perfectly understandable

[Quadrotriticale]

It was pretty lame and if it wasn't halloween time this ep would get a terrible rating. I did enjoy the verbal jousting between Fine and Lex. Clark didn't do anything super except speed over to Chloe's dorm when they were on the phone. Oh and speed out of buffy's bedroom. It had some good one liners but as a story on a whole, below average.

[sunshine1973]

this was not quite what I expected but I watched nevertheless...
Loved Marsters performance...hated Clark and Lana...gosh how much more of this can we really take.....looking forward to seeing Lois next week and more of the villians...

[lexs&os]

In the spirit of Halloween and all the other stories (including Chlark and them at the Halloween party) I didn't mind this episode too much - or at least as much as I thought I would after reading some spoilers and seeing the vamp trailers.

[Liriel]

'Twas not very good. It wasn't as glaringly awful as it could have been. But it wasn't good.

The Lana/vampire storyline was dull. The vamps were just awful. And the slitting the tongue and the shadow scene - ick!

I liked that Chloe got her job at the Planet, but I'd rather have seen her out there investigating something and really feel the achievement. I mean, Chloe's done dozens of stories like this one. I did like seeing the Editor call it "tabloid" news and I like her change when she saw the evidence Chloe produced. I'd have liked to see her look at the evidence and say "is this legit?" or check it out or something.

The Lex/Fine scenes were interesting. It's funny because each is telling Clark the truth about the other, but lying about themselves.

I understand that Clark had to go to Lex for a cure for Lana and Chloe (and I wish her dad had shown up, but we all knew that was a lost cause), but still at the end of the ep Clark seemed a little too civil to Lex. I mean this is a guy who was torturing someone last week.

Seeing Fine at the hospital was interesting. Why was he there? Did he just hear Clark was there and so drop by? Or did he know all along about the vampire bit?

No security on the ship? No scientists busily trying to figure it out? I can't believe Lex doesn't have people working on it 24/7.

What Lana remembered (or said she remembered) at the end was just bad. I mean, it wasn't a cop-out because we didn't expect her to remember anything. But to have her say she remembers something and then come up with that?! The scene just didn't work for me.

[SmvilleTeacher]

I didn't have high expectations for this episode. I also do not enjoy these supernatural episodes and the vampire scenario was not done well. I agree it could have been written in a more spooky way to make it become more acceptable. That said I did like a couple things.

*The story was Chloe's POV
*All the forshadowing lines - I dont' like costumes, I like the cape and don't like masks, DP home of future super heroes.
*Fine and Lex sparing at the mansion - terrific!
*The way Clark super-speeded during this phone conversation w/Chloe- awesome!
*The Clana at the end. Lana was so genunine as she sensed what was inside him.
*Marsters saying "Clark, there is no such thing as vampires." He who of course played one in a pastlife.
*And Fine showing his true colors when he kills Lex's man by the spaceship.

Overall not a very good episode. I would put it in with Season 4. My least favorite of this season.

[ClarkCrusader]

I've said this in another thread and I will say it here too. I didn't expect Thirst to be a great ep with a direction. It was supposed to be a fun Halloween themed eppy and although a bit cheezy with the vamps and all, it was not bad. I enjoyed it and it was just as good as other shows Halloween themes. Probably not an ep I would watch multiple times, but I won't degrade it too badly. I enjoyed that Chloe was telling the story while writing towards her chance at the Daily Planet internship. The Fine/Lex scenes were really good too. I'm interested to see if anyone starts preaching about the fact that Lana and the Buffy clan were knocking back shots of what appeared to be tequila. Some people had a fit about the Clana sex because they weren't married, so I'm sure the underage drinking will be an issue as well!! :rotfl:
Next weeks ep will be great with the return of Lois, Clark in a strip club, and the Duke Boy reunion!! :D

[Chloestheone]

How drunk did the writers have to be for:
"Hey lets do a Halloween episode"
"Yeah! Hot Barbie vampires!"
"In bikinis!"
"Oh man...in bikinis in a hot tub!"
"In bikinis in a hot tub with a naked pizza guy!"

That being said. The Fine/Lex banter was good and a few throw away lines.
Otherwise BLECH!

[jazner]

I know everyone hated this episode, and I think we all knew we would. However, it served its purpose. I knew the vampire angle was gonna be bad, but it did a few things that will work down the line.

1. it did a lot fot the Clark Lana relationship. You could tell that from the end.
2. It began to show us that Lex has "it" for lana, which I'm sure will become a factor by the endof the season.
3. Most importantly, we got to see what Prof. Fine is all about for the first time. I knew this guy was gonna be a BA. Now we know he is not somebody to be messed with. I especially loved the line when he looks at Lex and says " don't start a game you can't win," then walks out. Talk about chilling!!! jes marsters it THE MAN!!!

[Rozq]

very poor episode, lameeee

[tw190]

I liked:

--Chloe's POV. It made the ep a little more serious rather than *sigh* Lana's getting some supernatural power again... wasn't that "sooo season four"? :p
--Clark as Zorro! WOWZAS. That was hot! *fangirl squeal* Oh, and the fact that he liked the cape but the mask kept sliding off... or something.
--Lex and Braniac scenes were great. "I used my brain." :D
--Chloe and Mrs. Kahn at the DP and Celoe getting the job. Yeah!
--Clark talking to Chloe and then superspeeding over to where she was and the papers were like WHOOSH.

The Bad:

--You know, the Lana vampire crap. :( Well, it wasn't awful, but come on.

I know, I know, it's just a Halloween episode, but I didn't like the vampires one bit. They were annoying. I almost started to like Lana before she joined because of how whiny and annoying THEY were.

Mah two cents. Exposed looks really funny! Looking forward to it.

[Fish1941]

I thought that "Thirst" would turn out to be a ridiculous episode. Ironically, it turned out better than I thought. James Marsters was first-class, as expected. When she plays evil, Kristin Keuk proved again, last night that she can wipe the competition off the map. I liked the Chloe narrative. Good job on Allison Mack's part.
In all, to my surprise, I really enjoyed this episode.

Note: "Slaying Buffy the vampire"? Good one on Steven D. Knight's part!

[SupermansNotDead]

WORST................EPISODE...............EVER!

The narritive was way out of place, this isn't Sex and the City (that was last season). Vampires are lame no matter how you spin it. Whats with Lex even talking to Clark after the fight incident? The sorority sluts were ten times more annoying than that chick from Spirit.

The only plus from the epi wad the Braniac vs Lex scenes. They were the bright spot in a n otherwise waste of film.

[blue freak]

ill keep saying this:
lex and fine
clark and chloe

only reasons i still watch smallville.

[loistickyfingerz]

This episode was not as bad as Ageless! I'll admit I had low expectations, but this ep. did surprise me.

I loved the Chloe narration. Especially the part at the end where she said the DP was the place for future superheroes. That actually gave me chills. When was she narrating it? Obviously, the speculation can't go too far considering she might die or go crazy before Clark works there, but still I liked it.

Wow to the Fine/Lex parts. They were great. They are pulling Clark in two directions and I love it.

The costume party and all the quirky comments about costumes, capes, masks and all that jazz was pure fun.

I give it a 6.5/7 out of 10 overall.

[Crazy4Smallville]

Crazy4Smallville’s Weekly Review

Season 5
Episode 5
"Thirst”
“The Masked Ranger Revealed”

I had expected this episode would be hokey and cheesy, and unfortunately, it didn’t fail to live up to those expectations. But, there were some amazing things mixed into the crazy mush pile, and I fear they may have gotten lost.

This just in - I interrupt this regularly scheduled review for late breaking news!

“THE IDENTITY OF THE MASKED RANGER HAS BEEN REVEALED!”

Well – at long last we now know the identity of the Masked Ranger. For those who read these reviews, but haven’t followed the Smallville Ledger Board’s “Adventures of the Masked Ranger” won’t know what I’m talking about, but those who do – we finally know the truth (or do we?) It seems that Clark Kent is the man behind the mask. Who would have guessed that the Man of Steel was the man behind the mask? LOL! At least it was a nice ‘kudos’ to the Masked Ranger, and I thought it quite hilarious. All this time many thought the man behind the mask was Michael Rosenbaum when it seems to have been Clark Kent. LOL! Oh, and the cape was nice touch to the Superman reference.

Now, back to the review!

I’m confused to the effects of the vampirism of Lana Lang. Did it make her act out of character or did it only enhance what she already knew and felt? If so, then does Lana feel that Clark is a whiny baby and her affections for him have waned? Because the Lana that was portrayed last night was not the Lana that is shoved in our faces week after week.

One of the reasons I detest Lana is the way that TPTB have risen her status in the mythos and life of Clark Kent. He’s Superman, and Smallville is supposed to be the story about HIM. But, sometimes you’d get the feeling that the story is about Lana –who happens to be some secret Supergirl. They’ve given her a role in Clark’s history, Kryptonian history, given her powers of an ancient witch and now has turned her into a vampire and given her a sample of Clark’s powers. How much more can she do without them coming right out and giving her a costume and nickname? The more they exalt Lana, the more they deflate the greatness of Clark Kent. In the mythos it was Lana who crushed on Clark – but he didn’t reciprocate those feelings. In Smallville, he’s a love sick puppy dog. Clark and Lana both keep harping on ‘destiny’ and how they were ‘destined’ to be with each other, when destiny has nothing to do with it. This storyline did nothing to move the main plot along. It only made Clark look like a really BDA (Big Dumb Alien) who let’s his girlfriend walk all over him.

There were some great things I loved about this episode though. I love the way it was told from Chloe’s narrative. I loved her interview at the Daily Planet with the Chief Editor, Kahn. (Note how the secretary called her ‘Chief’?) I think Carrie Fisher did an excellent job, even if I hardly recognized her from her Star Wars days.

I nearly choked on laughter when Chloe was talking to Clark on the phone and then swooped into the room. That was hilarious! I thought it was one of the best scenes in the entire episode.

I couldn’t figure out why Chloe chose to dress up as a nurse though. I would have liked her to dress up in a Supergirl or Wonder Woman costume – to give Clark some idea to his superhero status.

Now, for the pearls of the show – Dr. Fine and Lex Luthor! I hope that their interaction wasn’t lost in all the fluff and cheese that was slathered all around it. It was priceless to see the look on Lex’s face when Dr. Fine told him not to start something he couldn’t finish. I haven’t seen Lex look madder, or more evil – ever! I loved every single moment of it.

I love this character of Dr. Fine (Braniac). Lex Luthor could learn a lot from him. Maybe his influence is what causes Lex to become the ‘Greatest Criminal Mastermind of All Time”. I really hope they keep him around for a while. James Marsters seems to bring a level of excellence that the others could learn from.

I just wonder if Lex’s famously known surveillance system captured Dr. Fine’s “spikey” performance in the hangar. This made me think about the other FOTW with the same Terminator 3 powers – from Season 4.

In conclusion – I didn’t hate the episode as much as I thought I would. It was kind of fun and it had its great moments. It could have done without the whole vampire storyline – but hey – it’s Halloween, and I suppose a little fun was in order. But, if I were Clark – after watching Lana’s performance as a vampire – I’d be twice as worried for her to find out the truth about him being an alien.


This has been Crazy4Smallville’s weekly review. Till Next Time!

[Space_Ninja_3000]

This is an example where the show exceeded my expectations b/c I was expecting the worst. I like it when the only leap of imagination required for the show is the belief in Clark Kent & his powers. If the writers are going to ask for additional leaps of imagination I prefer them to be interesting, unique, or really fun. Vampires are simply none of these three for me, but as it's designed as a Halloween episode I gave it some slack. It was a mixed bag and definitely the least effective episode of the season so far for me.

What I liked:
1. The vampires originated with Luthor Corp. experiments and not supernatural forces. This kept the storyline connected to previous episodes and probably future ones as it seems Luthor Corp. is returning to the foreground of the show.
2. Clark super speed arrival to Chloe's room. Just a great fun scene. I wish the writers would incorporate more such moments into the show (and no special effects were even necessary!).
3. I liked that the writers are tying the characters closer together this season. There seems to be an effort to create an interesting dynamic among Lana, Lex, Fine, and Clark with Chloe as a useful peripheral character given her unique relation to Clark and information gathering abilities (which will probably expand w/connections at the Planet). On the flip side, the writers need to find a way to add Lionel, Lois, Jonathon, and Martha into the dynamic.
4. Final scene in Lex's mansion: they actually had a repair man replacing the glass in his ceiling window. Nice. Little details like this score points with me. It's attempting to keep some realism in the show.
5. Carrie fisher: she was pretty flat all around, but I thought she delivered that line "starting like I did...at the bottom" really well.
6. Daily Planet: great set. The set alone got me excited about the future of the show.

What I didn't like:
1. Vampire storyline: lame. I would rather have seen ghosts/hauntings.
2. The sorority house and characters were utterly contrived and card-board. These are real actors not cartoons; try to write some dignity into the characters.
3. People showing up at awkward places and times in order to move the story along. The writers have gotten pretty lazy at handling this since last season. This episode took the cake. Lex showing up during class--I just don't believe a character of his status would do this. He would probably invite the professor to his mansion--be on his turf. Or he would see him in his office or invite him to lunch. A classroom? I don't buy it. Then we had Fine running into Clark at the hospital--he was "checking up on a friend." Weak. Finally--and the worse one of all--Clark gets into Lex's mansion and confronts him about 1138 in a hallway! Security can not possibly be that weak at the mansion, and if it isn't Lex should be asking how it is possible that Clark continually gets into his house undetected.
4. Fine's persecution of Luthor Corp: it would be nice if his character had a strong cover for his preoccupation with Luthor Corp. We know in actuality he is an alien and Lex has his ship--but why is the professor identity so into Luthor Corp? Maybe if it was explained that something Luthor Corp did affected his family or his home town...anything. It seems like most people who attack corporations do so either b/c they genuinely want to redress a wrong or to get publicity. His character should have some motivation covering his true one--whatever that may be. Also, he can tone it down a bit. We get the idea. As a professor it might make more sense to have him as the faculty sponsor for a student activist group that attempts to hold Luthor Corp. responsible for its actions. This would be the type of activity that would lead someone to take him seriously as a threat or more likely as an annoyance.
5. Lionel, Martha, Lois, and Jonathon: Fit these characters into an interesting dynamic. Lois in particular is a glaring anomaly to the show--her character has no strong reason to be in Smallville and her strongest connection is really to Chloe as family not to Clark. Maybe have her end up becoming Lex's executive assistant. Seems like they are perpetually finding things for her do--the strip dancing episode next week is a prime example. Why would she be getting involved in these things? They need to figure out what her character is doing here, give her some goals, and fit her in somewhere interesting that matters. Also, I just don't understand why the Kents would allow a stranger like her to LIVE on the farm--hiding Clark's secret is trouble enough w/out dealing w/someone living on the farm 24/7. No sense at all. Lionel is a great character but what is he doing now? He is not in control of Luthor Corp. so what does he do? I at least found his conversion interesting last year b/c I thought it might lead in a weird way to Lex becoming darker himself, but now it seems like he has no role on the show anymore. Waste.

Until I get paid as a story consultant...make mine Metropolis!

[Brainiac_13]

Originally posted by cowbellallen
Jeez, that was bad. For half the episode I forced myself not to look at the screen because I was so embarrased for actually watching this show.

I had the same sensation. It was a combination of personal shame, empathetic embarassment and a little but of outrage over the facts that 1) Some jerk got paid more than many people make in a year to write it and 2) none of the actors went on strike rather than actually demean themselves by performing the lines, etc.

[Basest Rue]

Much much better than I thought it would be. I was expecting the worst of the worst. But scenes w/ Fine/Lex, Clark/Lex (still the best part of the show to me), Chloe/Clark, Chloe/Carrie (don't remeber her character's name) were really good. And while I'm not a big Lana fan in terms of her personality, I do like the role her character plays in the story -- EXCEPT when she's turned into supernatural creatures. I really wish they would stop doing that.

[slave2moonlight]

Ever think that Lex has given the security team at the mansion the order to always let Clark in? He studies Clark, ever suspicious that there is something different about him. We've learned that he is downright obsessed with Clark. I suspect he wants every encounter with Clark that he can get, in the hopes that he will learn something new.

Anyway, I'm pretty surprised that so many of the folks who thought this episode sucked feel that way simply because it involved vampires. Not liking it for the camp I can understand. I feel the camp was just to enhance the "Halloween special" feel behind the episode, and at times it was overdone, but not ALL the time. It wasn't "Batman and Robin," and I found it humorous and entertaining. I thought the whole episode was fun over all. Really liked this one. Disliking it just because it involved vampires? Why? It's a show about aliens and superheroes, we know the DC comics world does include magic/the supernatural, it shouldn't be completely nonexistent in Smallville, and what better time than Halloween? Where's the holiday spirit around here? Doesn't anyone here like Halloween? "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown?" Anybody? Well, I do, and I liked this episode. It's not like it was devoid of important scenes, from Chloe being brought into the Daily Planet (even if they probably should have strung her along for a few eps), Lex and Fine's confrontations, and, in my opinion, several important moments revealing characters' true feelings about each other (thanks to the vampire story that was being told). I feel we were clued in to some of the reasons Clark and Lana's relationship won't work out. Also, a strong statement about Lex's feelings for Lana were made clear, even though they were no secret to most of us. There were loopholes in the vampire explaination, of course. Frankly, I wish it had been truly a supernatural thing instead of more meteorite stuff. Should have just made the cure involve kryptonite.

[sdcheesehead]

I really enjoy the SV series, and I believe there is something to take out of each episode. After reading the spoilers, going into "Thirst", I thought that it was going to be an "interesting" episode, and possibly not one of my favorites, but I believe, besides the whole "vampire" senerio, there was alot said.

I really enjoyed the Lex/Fine interactions, and we got to see a little of what is going to happen in upcoming episodes, and Michael Rosenbaum & James Marsters are doing an excellent job at portraying their characters. I just love the fact that Lex is finally being put in his place, and we got a glimpse of how truly evil Fine is.

I really like the scene with Chloe on the phone, and CK superspeeds to her side. It shows me that he's comfortable with Chloe knowing. I just wish TPTB would inform us what was said to everyone, when CK was resurrected from the dead...what story is Lana going with?

I really enjoyed the Chloe/Fahn scenes, shows that things in life aren't just "given" to you, you need to work for the things you want. I loved the glimpses we were given of the Daily Planet. I was also happy that Chloe got the internship. This, I feel, will be a great resource for Clark, and help him in his transformation into the Superhero we all know & love.

I also enjoyed all the "foreshadowing" going on, with the costume, mask, cape & Chloe's "Up, Up & Away" and 'Future Superhero" comments.

I would also like to see more of Ma & Pa Kent too. I understand he's in college, but a scene or two, to keep CK "grounded" would be nice.

Now, with the whole Vampire storyline, I just took it in as this is a "Halloween" episode, and I feel the writers did an "OK" job, not one of their best, but I feel Kristin played the roll well. Hopefully, they got it out of their system, and concentrate more on the storyline. I want to see more of CK's transformation to "Superman" than "FOTW" episodes, and since more of the story is in Metropolis, maybe they should be incorporate more on the "villians" of Metropolis (and the world).

On a final note, I really liked the "Smallville Metropolis Mix" teaser at the end of the episode was excellent. Looking forward to "Exposed" and the November episodes.

[batfinx]

The episode was bad and even contradictory. How was Chloe giving narration about "a future superhero" at the Daily Planet? Is she from Desperate Housewives now? And why is Clark so trusting of villains right off the bat? First Lex and now Brainiac, but last week and at other times, he's suspicious of heroes?

I think that last bit from Lana and Clark was to salvage the episode for Clana fans because up to that point it's like they were getting kinda tired of each other. But I give the ending Clana dialogue the Ageless award for abominable dialogue. "Something I felt when I bit you" "What was that?" "Warmth and love and an overwhelming feeling of strength. I think for a moment I felt what was inside your heart and I never felt closer to someone in my entire life." ROTFLMAO! All that from a bite :lol:

Saying this was "just a Halloween" episode and was meant to be fun doesn't excuse the fact that the vampire stuff was brainless. It was clear with the Fine and Brainiac scenes that it wasn't meant to just be fun. Those scenes seemed like they were orphaned from a good episode. Yet what did WB pimp? The corny vampire stuff because of Halloween. No hint of Carrie Fisher, no hint of some important moments, just pap. I thought this episode would do even better than Aqua in the ratings because there was no baseball and there were reruns of Joey and Will & Grace, but it did worse. Please, no more episodes like this one!

[johnny fogg]

"This episode took everything bad about this show and combined it."

Read this on another forum. Very apt!

[GhostRider]

Originally posted by batfinx
How was Chloe giving narration about "a future superhero" at the Daily Planet?

If this was Chloe telling the story of how she started at the DP from a future perspective than it's plausible. Of course that means she lives.


And why is Clark so trusting of villains right off the bat? First Lex and now Brainiac, but last week and at other times, he's suspicious of heroes?

Clark only seems mistrustful of people with powers.

[Kris-El]

Originally posted by johnny fogg
"This episode took everything bad about this show and combined it."

Read this on another forum. Very apt!

like what, exactly? Fine/Lex's battles of the wits? Chloe's interesting perspective and change in storytelling and new job perspective with an interesting new character? KK doing an awesome job with her bad girl role? Seeing them getting dressed up and going to a party?

i dont know, i think y'all should lighten up. Arrival, Mortal, Hidden were all FANTASTIC mythos episodes, but they cant ALL be, and this one was pretty fun, plain and simple. not one of the best but not horrendous IMO

[johnny fogg]

Originally posted by Kris-El
like what, exactly? Fine/Lex's battles of the wits? Chloe's interesting perspective and change in storytelling and new job perspective with an interesting new character?

You described two subplots, one of which is buried beneath the outrageous stupidity of Chloe handing in an article on vampire sororities to her would-be boss, and another watered down by Prof. Fine's silly appearance at Smallville Medical. : P


KK doing an awesome job with her bad girl role? Seeing them getting dressed up and going to a party?

Who's criticizing the acting? The actors work miracles pulling weak lines and deterioating plot development off. And who cares about a couple in-jokes if you're feeling depressed about a painful filler episode you're forced to watch just for Fine and Lex?

[vyperman7]

This episode really suprised me. It was not nearly as bad as it should have been. When you have a plot dealing with vampires on a show like Smallville, the episode should not be enjoyable. But it turned out to be pretty good in my eyes. I thought the explanation they came up was pretty plausible in Smallville terms. If a girl is trapped in a cave, and bitten by vampire bats that are Kryptonite infected, it stands to reason that she will become a vampire. The stuff with CF and Chloe at the Planet was great, and so were all the scenes with Fine and Lex as well. The only thing I really didn't like about Thirst was how overdone some of the vampire stuff was, and how bad the acting was of the girls in the sorority. But most of the episode was suprisingly solid in my opinion. I actually enjoyed it more than Aqua.

[superman79]

Originally posted by vyperman7
This episode really suprised me. It was not nearly as bad as it should have been. When you have a plot dealing with vampires on a show like Smallville, the episode should not be enjoyable. But it turned out to be pretty good in my eyes. I thought the explanation they came up was pretty plausible in Smallville terms. If a girl is trapped in a cave, and bitten by vampire bats that are Kryptonite infected, it stands to reason that she will become a vampire. The stuff with CF and Chloe at the Planet was great, and so were all the scenes with Fine and Lex as well. The only thing I really didn't like about Thirst was how overdone some of the vampire stuff was, and how bad the acting was of the girls in the sorority. But most of the episode was suprisingly solid in my opinion. I actually enjoyed it more than Aqua.

Agreed.

[MyOwnSuperhero]

Originally posted by Brainiac_13
The ep was what, 1/3 Lex/Brainiac and 2/3 retarded. A majority-retarded episode can't be praiseworthy. My sentiments exactly!

Lex/Fine scenes aside, this ep was a steaming pile of crazy Lana-Fu Vampire crap! Thrist - how do I loath thee? Let me count the ways!

- While a voice over narration is nothing new, I can't stand it when SV is o unabashedly derivitive. Sex and the City anyone? (Did I mention I don't like that show either? If you're gonna rip off something else, pick something better!)

- Suddenly, Lana wants to go to college! Well, I suppose it makes sense that the girl who was an abismal failure as a coffeshop waitress ran her own coffe shop while maintaining a busy high schoolers schedule, which included competitive horseback riding, cross country (a week after breaking her leg in four places), a secret (and contrived) passion for art and a whole mess of other random interests would decide on a whim "Hmmm, I'm getting bored - let's go to college!" Where's the tuition money coming from anyway? She's been unemployed since the end of season three!

- More Lana as random plot device. Hmmm, I know, let's have her decide to join a sorority! Oooh, what a perfect opportunity for mindless, gratuitous flesh!

- Did I mention yet the ten minute lesbian makeout session that apparently is involved in becoming a vampire? I find it funny that Kristen Kruek uses a body double everytime the have Lana show some skin, but doesn't seem to have much trouble roleplaying as a Lesbian. Anyone else remember Facade? What is this, a tv show or a wet dream?

- Random acts of 'soroity girl' stupidity. First we'll have lame-o Buffy doing an even crappier job of playing the 'Popular Girl' than that hack who played Dawn Stiles! (I know, let's write a boring, one dimensional stereotype for a character - that'd be great!) And then there's the stupid scene where Lana is knocked down the stairs. (I'll admit, I cheered at that, but not because it furthered the story)

- The entire scene in the Luthor Mansion where Clark demands the serum. Here's my version of it.

Clark: Lex! Hi, I'm just barging in again for the eight hunderedth time, because I need to know every little detail about Project 1138.

Lex: Well, it just so happens that I loved that movie. That George Lucas is great, isn't he? You know, it just so happens that even though you rattled off an obscure number, I immediately know what you're talking about. It just so happens that I had nothing to do with this project that occurred years ago, but since I obviously can trust anyone working for me to do any type of job, I happen to know all about it. There was a particularly wiley project director who said he had it under control, but he didn't trick me - I'm an executive! It's my job to know all the trivial details of an old obscure project!

Clark: You could have just said it was rabies, Lex. What do I do? Lana's gone back to her Goth wardrobe! Chloe's unconcious, and can't help me, leaving only my bald friend, who I guess is supposed to be my quasi-enemy right now, as a source of help!

Lex: Oh yeah, I thought this friendship was over - isn't that what you said?

Clark: Did I? Sorry, I was distracted by the homoerotic overtones.

Lex: Yeah, me too. Hey, I've got it! It just so happens that I have the serum from that old obscure project right here in my office, sitting by the desk! <Picks up breifcase and sets it on the desk> Wasn't that convenient? <Opens the suitcase> Here we have some ridiculously large needles, and a random chunk of Kryptonite. (Hands Clark the Kryptonite) Here, could you hold this for me?

<Crash!!!> A skylight shatters, and Lana comes through it. How she knew to check the mansion, who knows.

Lex: It's a Bird!

Clark: It's a plane!

Lana: No, it's Catwoman! <Strikes a pose> And I've come for you Clark! <Does her crazy flying leap off the balcony>

Lex: Lana, did you just fly?

Lana: No, and these aren't tights, they're fishnets! <Knocks Lex out> Why Clark, you're collapsed on the floor!

Clark: Well, Lex asked me to hold his stalagtite...

Lana: That naughty boy. Here, let me bite you! <Chomps on Clark> Mmm, you taste great! What the, why are my eyes all minty? <Eye-jaculates> Wow, so that's what that feels like...

Clark: ...

Lana: Come with me, we're going to go to the sorority house, where the others will obviously want to eat you, and I don't want them too, but I'll take you there anyway! Oh, wait, here's the serum that you seem too weak to hold, but manage to smuggle along anyway.

Clark: Uh, thanks? Hey, bite me again, that was fun!

---

I guess I'll continue my rant. Why can't the writers think up something more original than amnesia? And are all these hot, scantily clad nymphos that all college girls seem to be portrayed as? They aren't at my school, I'll tell you that. Did I mention Chloe's roomate? Well, she wasn't in the ep long enough to deserve mention, that's why. And why does Carrie Fisher look like she's borrowing Margot Kidders dentures? And how many blatant, not really clever, but trying really hard to be Superman refferences can Chloe make in that last scene? Is the Daily Planet not referrence enough?

All in all, I give this ep a 3 out of ten, and that's only given to James Marsters.

[Bronson]

I love Lana episodes so I liked this one. Vamp Lana was fun to watch.

[Bumperjeep]

I thought that this episode was the worst episode of the season, but better than the majority of S1 and 2 episodes

[supergurl88]

i thought she did a bad job of being a vamp

[warriorrenegade]

Average episode is what I think. I've seen better and worse episodes. Like the others they have their moments just as this one did. I don't need to go into detail on which moments got me cause it echoes other opinions in the thread. Oh to TPTB for the love of all that is holy... NO MORE VAMPIRES & CORNY A** MAIN PLOTS... THEY SUCK <--- (pun intended) SPEND MORE TIME ESTABLISHING YOUR MAIN ACTORS /GUEST ACTORS CHARACTERS MORE THOUROUGHLY. Thankyou that is all.

[Drew]

This episode was good, it could've been better, but considering it was a Halloween episode about Vampires I think they did alright. Chloe was definetly looking hot, and I actually liked the whole narrative thing in it (I may be the only one), but it was different than what is usually done on the show.

I'm not reading 9 pages worth of posts, but did anyone else notice this is the second episode in a row with no Martha or Jonathon (or Lionel) in sight?

[ClarksGirl21]

i thought it was a fun episode because it was themed .. i liked it

[Somebody Stop Me]

Originally posted by Drew
Chloe was definetly looking hot, and I actually liked the whole narrative thing in it (I may be the only one), but it was different than what is usually done on the show.

I'm not reading 9 pages worth of posts, but did anyone else notice this is the second episode in a row with no Martha or Jonathon (or Lionel) in sight?

I did notice that Martha, Jonathan, and especially Lionel haven't been on (I wish they would do Lana like that). I also liked the voiceover too.

[nexttolastsonofKrypton]

The episode was exactly what I thought it was going to be. The main story would be mostly lame, but there would be a few good scenes mixed in there to make it better over all. Seeing Lex/Fine start their chess match and Pauline Kahn were worth while moments. The back story was moved slightly despite a main story didn't more most of us.

Take haert fellow Smallville fans, we should know by now that by seasons end we'll all be blown away!

[Kryptomaniac]

Originally posted by Brainiac_13
I had the same sensation. It was a combination of personal shame, empathetic embarassment and a little but of outrage over the facts that 1) Some jerk got paid more than many people make in a year to write it and 2) none of the actors went on strike rather than actually demean themselves by performing the lines, etc.

WELL SAID.

I thought sure after the fans' reaction to SPELL, they wouldn't do this to us again. I was wrong. After listening to the commentary on SPELL on the DVD, I can safely say THEY JUST DON'T GET IT!!! Superman is Sci-Fi, NOT horror, and there's a BIG difference.

The two inventors of Superman would be rolling over in their graves if they saw THIRST.:mad:

[Somebody Stop Me]

Originally posted by Kryptomaniac

The two inventors of Superman would be rolling over in their graves if they saw THIRST.:mad:

Aren't you going a little overboard with this comment. The creators would not be rolling over in their graves. They would be lying in their coffins. And on top of that their dead so they can't roll over.

[Drew]

People need to stop hating. It was a Halloween episode, almost every show has at least one or two.
Thirst is still one of the best tv shows I will watch all week.

[my3cats]

A lot better than I expected it to be, for what that's worth. Nowhere near the low point of tastelessness Spell was.

-The fact that we were seeing the vampire subplot second hand (through the eyes of Chloe writing/narrating) instead of it being actually "happening" saved the ep, it was wack, but, it was just a "story"

-I was shocked (in a good way) that Lana just said something like "who the hell are you" or spomething and didn't run around screaming like a ninny, the way she did in Acelerate etc..
Lana's newly formed brain and spine remains!!!!
There really has been a marked improvement in the way they are writing her this season.

- Kahn mentioned Senator Jennings who appears in the next ep played by Tom Wopat Premptive Continuity! I love it.

- Anti-continuity- last season Lana out of nowhere desides not to go to college, now she does, and astronomy???, that came out of nowhere just like her interest in art (guess we can fanwank that the spaceship was an inspiration)

-best line- "We get to live forever, now." "Cool!"

-most contrived line- WTF Lana was going on about being able to taste the goodness,strength etc in Clark when she bit him. (I guess it has to be tasted, because his behavior recently does little to indicate those qualities. :rolleyes: )

- another improvement, dialog containing "shout outs" to superman lore ( cape,costume,etc) are more like natural conversation and less forced than usual.

[spideyfan]

What I liked:
Superman references; why he doesnt wear a mask, "up, up, and away", "future superheroes", CK liking the cape.

Fine/Lex dialoge.
Fine killing someone.
Catwoman reference.

What I didnt like:
Whole vampire thing.
We dont need another sorority episode (didnt they already have 1 before, or was that just a college party)

In all, this episode gets a 6/10
ONLY b/c of the supes references and Fine/Lex.

[johnny fogg]

The writers don't care if a longtime fan (like me) is offended by the unwatchable stupidity and plot holes of Thirst. They bet on me still watching. They're concentrating on snagging other viewers with titilation.

And I highly suspect Gough and Millar don't invest much time in SV anymore, they're just concerned with writing the Iron Man movie.

[Muse25]

Originally posted by my3cats
A lot better than I expected it to be, for what that's worth. Nowhere near the low point of tastelessness Spell was.


-The fact that we were seeing the vampire subplot second hand (through the eyes of Chloe writing/narrating) instead of it being actually "happening" saved the ep, it was wack, but, it was just a "story"

-I was shocked (in a good way) that Lana just said something like "who the hell are you" or spomething and didn't run around screaming like a ninny, the way she did in Acelerate etc..
Lana's newly formed brain and spine remains!!!!
There really has been a marked improvement in the way they are writing her this season.

- Kahn mentioned Senator Jennings who appears in the next ep played by Tom Wopat Premptive Continuity! I love it.

- Anti-continuity- last season Lana out of nowhere desides not to go to college, now she does, and astronomy???, that came out of nowhere just like her interest in art (guess we can fanwank that the spaceship was an inspiration)

-best line- "We get to live forever, now." "Cool!"

-most contrived line- WTF Lana was going on about being able to taste the goodness,strength etc in Clark when she bit him. (I guess it has to be tasted, because his behavior recently does little to indicate those qualities. :rolleyes: )

- another improvement, dialog containing "shout outs" to superman lore ( cape,costume,etc) are more like natural conversation and less forced than usual.

Agreed. I liked the episode. I didn't expect it to be the best episode but it wasn't the worst. LOVED the Supes references. The references are either written better or the actors/actresses just say them really well.

When did Lana decide to go to College? I understand she doesn't need to tell Clark everything but I thought she would have said something.

Although I liked the voice over. I think it was just weird because we've never seen it before and it was like they were trying something new to see if it would work. It did ok. Liked it.

Lana has a spine but it's too bad she had to be a vampire to get one. Maybe we could make her a vampire all the time (too bad the drinking of blood is an issue). Whenever Lana isn't being Lana is always good.

[my3cats]

One of the rare cases where turning into a vampire actually improves someones personality. :D

[Athena2wise]

Originally posted by boogalou86
One thing I would like to know is exactly when did Clark get that fast? From a previous episode (I think it was Truth) Pete told Chloe that Clark could make the round trip from SV to MET. in 10 minutes. So how did he get there while talking on the phone?

I don't know if any one responded to this, but it took so long with Pete because he had to wait on the wings to be cooked.


Originally posted by Brainiac_13


Bah. Whoever wrote this pile should have his script bronzed, then he should be beaten to death with it.


I couldn't have said it better myself. The whole episode, I just sat there thinking. I can't believe I'm watching Smallville Jump the Shark. I'm very distressed over the whole ordeal, and quite frankly that is why it took me so long to check in and see what everyone else thought about it.

Oh my God it was horrible. The only thing that could have made it worse would have been ...I can't even think of anything...

[Somebody Stop Me]

I don't get it. There have been way worse episodes than Thirst. (hint Ageless) It was kind of fun in a Halloween kind of way.

Brainiac made this episode really good and the hot chicks especially the one that was guarding the door. Wow she was a sexy biatch.

P.S. Happy Halloween everybody.

[Timester]

Originally posted by johnny fogg
And I highly suspect Gough and Millar don't invest much time in SV anymore, they're just concerned with writing the Iron Man movie.

The Iron Man movie project was canceled some time ago.

[Sweetie]

I didn't like it.The only good part was Lex & professor Fine.Even Carry Fisher's cameo wasn't so good and I can't beleive how weak Clark was in this episode,he's superman for goodness seak!!!

I know it was Halloween but,Lana was a bad witch now she turns into vampire that supposes to attrack more viewers?Come on,people!You are watching too many stupid horror movies:mad:

[johnny fogg]

I watched the episode again and decided it wasn't nearly as bad or pointless as 'Ageless'. Pointless is worse than stupid! So whatever, as long as they don't keep this up or hurt the show.:mad:

[Athena2wise]

Originally posted by Somebody Stop Me
I don't get it. There have been way worse episodes than Thirst. (hint Ageless) It was kind of fun in a Halloween kind of way.



I'm not saying Ageless wasn't bad, but for me it wasn't worse. I guess it comes down to personal opinion.
:\

[No-El]

Originally posted by vyperman7
Very true.

Carrie Fisher still has drawing power.


Yeah, that's for sure!

It would be extremely interesting if Carrie Fisher and Smallville's Perry White (played by Michael McKean) did a "good ole bang up" taut scene together at the Daily Planet!! :D

That's worth the price of admission!!:D :D :D :D :lol:

[GatorTex]

Originally posted by No-El
Yeah, that's for sure!

It would be extremely interesting if Carrie Fisher and Smallville's Perry White (played by Michael McKean) did a "good ole bang up" taut scene together at the Daily Planet!! :D

That's worth the price of admission!!:D :D :D :D :lol:

:eek:

I'm trying to get my mind out of the gutter....really, I am!

[Kryptonianian Warrior]

I would give this episode an 8.25 out of a 10.

Pros:
-Professor Fine/ Lex
-Chloe/ Carrie Fisher
-Narration by Chloe
-Lex's explantion of why they are vampires
-Clark as Zorro

Cons:
-Vampires dying and coming back to life
-Lana acting way too odd
-No Lionel
-No Kents

[johnny fogg]

Lionel dies this season. Probably. :(

Anyway, I think the Brainiac subplot is the best since season three. I give it five cookies.

[Timester]

Just saw the episode (finally). One word to describe it: LAME.

It was the lamest episode ever. Imortal Krypto-FOTW (and the unneeded and unrealistic sounds of bones breaking when Lana falls down the stairs)? FOTW vampires absorving heat vision (especially when Clark's heat vision is the surplus of SUN radiation, not some life-force mambo-jambo)? Chloe entering to the DP with some lame vampire story? I know it was a Halloween parody episode, but that doesn't mean that has to be lame... :\

At least the Luthor-Brainiac story plot is great, bringing to life the dynamic between the two on the comics.

[johnny fogg]

It is hard to like an episode simply because there have been worse.:mad:

[Timester]

I forget something. How didn't Lana even repared that Clark was in Metropolis when he was supposed to be in Kansas? :confused:


Originally posted by johnny fogg
It is hard to like an episode simply because there have been worse.:mad:

It's not the worst (Magnetic, Ageless), but it is definitely the lamest.

[Deana]

I didn't love it, but I didn't hate it. It's the worst episode of this season. That's the big disappoint of this episode.

The Lex/Brianic arc gave this episode the push it needed. If they didn't have those parts, it would be an episode on my hate list.

I miss the Kents. One episode without them is enough. I want the true super couple of Smallville to return.

[GatorTex]

Originally posted by Deana
I didn't love it, but I didn't hate it. It's the worst episode of this season. That's the big disappoint of this episode.

The Lex/Brianic arc gave this episode the push it needed. If they didn't have those parts, it would be an episode on my hate list.

I miss the Kents. One episode without them is enough. I want the true super couple of Smallville to return.

I agree about this one being the worst of the season. The only bits I was looking forward to about this epy was the Lex/Fine sequences. Fine going all T-1000 on the security guard added a cool twist as well. We'll get a nice bit of the Kents, Dukes of Hazzard style, in this next epy.

[Timester]

About Fine going "T-1000" on the guard... Well, he is Brainiac, a super-computer. There are these little things called nano-bots... ;)

[GatorTex]

I hear ya. The point was the effect was done 13 years ago.

[Snarky]

I liked it. I didn't think I would, but as far as a stand alone episode to celebrate halloween it was well done. If they had to put vampires in Smallville's history, they couldn't have picked a better person for the role.

I thought Lana was hilarious in this episode and they didn't over do it with the gaggy Clana stuff (other than their last scene toward the end of the episode--gag.) It was downright funny when she accused Clark of being whiny and insecure.

If you think about it, she stayed true to her self-absorbed character right down to weakening Clark and returning to the lair for "feeding time."

I thought the writers did a great job of utilizing Chloe as narrator and her closing line was a neat reminder that Smallville still is about Clark's journey towards hero.

The scenes with Dr Fine/Lex/Clark were solid and moved the story forward. It balanced out the silly vampire stuff.

Overall I give this episode a B. While I thought we could have done without the vampires, the story worked and Lana was more than eye candy once again. I was very disappointed not to see the Kents again, but I was extremely proud of Clark for staying with Chloe and not dashing off after little miss Lana.

[Clark/Lois-fan]

Loved Carrie Fisher as Pauline Kahn- editor in chief. Clark dressing up as Zorro. The Prof. Fine & Lex scenes. It's a holiday themed episode. Lois Lane wasn't in the episode.

Did I forget something/someone ? - I think not

[undawood07]

Im re-watching season 5 and have just come across this ep. Didnt think I would have anything bad to say about Smallville but this episode SUCKED! excuse the pun. SOOO BAD. What were the writers thinking! the rest of season 5 rocked!

[Nimkong]

This episode sucks. I hate lana episodes,and the plot was weak.But liked how chloe got a job at the DP

[undawood07]

This episode sucks. I hate lana episodes,and the plot was weak.But liked how chloe got a job at the DP

Yes the best part was when chloe got the job. kinda sucks how such an important step in chloe's story was in such a crappy ep.

[tyson08]

It wasn't that bad of an episode, IMO. The whole vampire plot was eh but I loved the Fine/Lex plot and the Chloe/DP stuff. It wasn't a great episode but still not the worst.

[kal-el_Girl]

THE worst episode of the whole season.

[Supsfan]

THE worst episode of the whole season.

I can think of many episodes worse then Thirst. Sure it was corny, but harmless.

[SGuthrie27]

2 Zorro costumes out of 10 -- the only thing saving it from being a 1 was Chloe getting her Daily Planet job and narrating the plot of the episode. Vampires on Smallville... whose idea was this?!

[Aussiegirl40]

Whilst waitng for season 10 to continue I have been watching old episodes. I was interested to see what you all thought of this one.

I appear to be in the minority though because I absolutely loved it. I am a fan of Buffy and Spike so I fell for the sentimental side of things. I note from having watched it with the commentary as well that the producers didn't like it much either. Oh well...I will be alone on this one.

[Simba_Muffy]

Just no. I hated it.

[Raistlin]

I didn't like this episode and I like Lana AND Lana & Clark. Lana is no more self-involved than any one else on Smallville and I don't understand why she gets a bad rap. Lana has a strong, dark side to her personality and I look at these early seasons of Smallville as her being on a journey to find herself just like Clark and Lex. At any rate, she can diss Clark in a heartbeat and who can blame her? She's been infinitely patient with his lame excuses and cold feet. That said, I still didn't like the episode. The only bright spot was Carrie Fisher and am I the only one who is tired of James Marsters yet? He wore out his welcome as Spike with me on Buffy, ditto for Angel. I'm glad he didn't take over Smallville, too.

[wellinglover66]

Zzzz...Lana as a "vampire"...boring and poorly acted.