loved it?hated it? What did you think of Fragile?

[shy175223]

Whatever you thought of it say right here.

[nsuck1]

I think it was one of the better episodes. I always love when they put Clark and kids together. AS mythos has suggested, Superman has always had a soft spot for the kids. I like how TW directed it, and you can tell that someone other than the normal directors have. Its a breath of fresh air. I think he did a good job for a newbie. I already hate lana so i cant say much about her character today. MR was awesome with the Evil Lex approach. YOu can totally tell he is screwing with Lana's already fragile mind. AM was up to par as usual playing second banana to the queen. I think Chloe's part was too short but with the b plot its harder to get her in. ALl in all, I think it was a good job for all involved.

[ChaaBreh]

It was a filler episode but in some ways it was very sweet. The relationship between Clark and Maddy was reminscent of his relatonship with Ryan in the first and second season (I still miss that kid!). I like the interaction with Lois and Clark and Chloe's conversatiion with Lex was a classic. He's mean to her because he knows she's lying about Clark.

That kiss at the end....what was up with that? The spoilers made it appear that it was lengthy kiss, but in actuality Lana kissed and ran. The expression on Lex's face afterwards was priceless!

I was disappointed that Clark didn't immediately tell his mother about Lionel.

I'm going to have to watch it again to give it any kind of rating.

I just wish that Smallville would have an episode without FOTW and people dying brutally. Character development not brutal murders, would be better in my opinion.

[redraven]

One thing to say- *YAWN* I think that's been said before...because it's true. The only non-boring part was the end, and that was the cause of me tossing up my dinner, so I hated that part because I hate Lexana with every fiber of my being.

I HATED THIS EPISODE. Hypnotic was ground-breaking compared to this. :rolleyes:

[Aloof]

I thought it was great! Tom Welling did an excellent job. :D

[TW1977]

I loved it! It was sweet seeing Clark interact with that little girl. I enjoyed it.

[elroyofkrypton]

Dear Friends, I could hardly contain myself, for fear the glass in my newly-installed windows would shatter, but the word FILLER kept escaping from my lips. Over in the corner, under the coffeetable, my wife was cowering, hoping to escape the flying shards, but I could hear her, barely, above the din: "I know...I know..."

And Lana puckers like my grandmother...:lol:

[Kalel x2x2]

kinda harsh dont u think?

[spideyfan]

So this episode was alright...It moved nothing along, and in my mind, that is called a filler. I wish Tom would have had a chance to direct something other than a filler, but nonetheless he did a GREAT JOB!

The Lax/Lana is...meh...as long as Lana stays away from CK I will be happy.
As always I liked the Lois/CK/Martha and CK/Lois interactions. Chloe / CK was great too.

The girl who played Mattie was talented. They chose her well. This episode sorta reminded me of 'Stray'.

Well, since this episode got nothing done, I give it a 5/10 (It would have been 6/10 but I wasnt too blown away with the preview for the next epi either).

[God-Man]

Filler. And it wasn't good filler. I did enjoy the scenes between Clark and the little girl. But the overall story was weak and uninteresting. The kiss between Lex and Lana was great, however. Awesome scene.

[clarksmuse]

I thought the episode was pretty good. It pushed the idea that Clark is developing and growing up, even without JK. He showed great maturity in his decision making over Maddie, and his relationship with her was priceless. I am starting to see the man who will become Superman! :)

The jury's still out on the Lex and Lana thing... She way she kissed him! Looked a little desperate to me, I don't know. I'm going to have to watch it again with more editorial eyes.

[FallenStar]

I though it was a good filler episode! Tom's directing was great, and the story was sweet.

Lexana was great, though, and I'm not a big Lexana shipper. It was just so evil and awesome. I wanna slap them both!

Overall, it was cute, but forgetable. 6.999/10

[watcher4]

Not my favorite, but it was really nice. I liked watching Clark being a "big brother" to Maddie. Also, I appreciate the continued references to Jonathan. I thought that most of the episode was sweet. I know that the Lexana arch has to start (or progress) somewhere, but it sure did not fit into the rest of the episode.

[jimmyolsenblues]

Okay filler episode , nothing more nothing less and oh by the way. Lana stinks.

[Clark's Angel]

I loved it! It was a throughly entertaining episode, good storyline, fun at times, exciting at others, and Tom did a great job directing. He gave the show a subtle, fresh view in a couple of circumstances with slightly different takes on how scenes that we've seen hundreds of times were shot. And I LOVED his smile after he drew the stick figure! I thought the episode carried along the entire plot of the show, while focusing on the storyline of this episode, which may not be a plus for everyone, but I like those kinds of episodes. The Lexana kiss made sense to me, and I thought it was very powerful and emotional. Also, I thought Clark began to show a higher level of maturity today in his mentoring relationship with Maddie. I definitely will want to see this episode again.

[LastingChlarker]

I'll say that as a filler, it was one of the good kinds. I really enjoyed the episode. Tom did a GREAT job with it! I loved how you could tell it was someone different directing it.

Clark and Mattie scenes were great, as were the Chloe scenes, but what else is new. Her conversation with Lex was classic. Too little Chloe for my taste but that was to be expected I guess.

I'm not a big Lana fan, but I'll say Kristen did good with what she was given.

[TW1977]

Originally posted by clarksmuse
I thought the episode was pretty good. It pushed the idea that Clark is developing and growing up, even without JK. He showed great maturity in his decision making over Maddie, and his relationship with her was priceless. I am starting to see the man who will become Superman! :)



Agree! JK did wear off on Clark and he is becoming a wonderful man! He's becoming wise in his responses and gave the little girl the right words.

[sstray72]

I actually liked the episode. I thought it that the whole "glass" premise was going to be dumb (which it was of course), but I enjoyed Clark a lot in this episode. He was great interacting with that child, and it showed him as a caring non-self-centered person that I would want my future Superman to be. Unfortunately, Clark is usually a self-centered jackass, so I don't expect to see this often. The Chlex was great, and I liked seeing Chloe snap at Clark for yip yapping about Lana for once (even if it ended up with her lying... :\ ). Not a high grade for an ep, but I enjoyed it and that's all I ask. :D

[superhippie2000]

i thought the episode was good for a filler and for tom directing it for his first thing. the episode did kind of remind me of the ryan episode when he finds a kid with powers and a parent wants the kid and then the kid gets sent to live with a releative they dont know and are sad when they leave clark.

the glass spikes looked cool to when the girl was going to kill her dad

[Krypton935]

I loved it I thought it was a really great episode

[Insight]

Yeah, the episode was filler, but I thought it was interesting. I always ask myself if I was really concerned and interested in the story and the characters. And I was, even though it was kinda a repeat of Stray.

And Hypnotic was quite probably the worst filler ep ever. This was ten times better than Hypnotic could be hypnotized to be.

[Bookwrm17]

I thought it was a cute episode, the interaction between Clark and Maddie was sweet. The Lexana kiss at the end was not what I expected (One minute their saying their just friends and the next he's kissing her?) but it was cool to see it happen. I would have liked to see a little more developement with the whole Fine plot, but hey, can't have everything. :\

8/10

[sheltiemom]

I liked the episode. Tom did a good job directing, it is very dificult to direct and be in the same epsiode.
Clark's relationship with Maddie was very good, when he told her she doesn't have to be like her biological father, she could choose her destiny, I could hear Jonathan telling Clark the same thing,see Clark was listening!!

[MBCorp]

I liked Clark and the little girl, Maddie. That was really cute. But Lois, Chloe, and Lana (definitely Lana!) got on my nerves in this episode. I did like the Chlex scene, but that was really the only interesting Lex scene out of the whole episode besides seeing him look for Fine.

[myankskent]

Filler episode in every sense of the word. Nothing really happened. All you got out of lexana is exactly what you got out of the second half of Reckoning with Lana frantically running out of the room. Very interesting how there are no spoilers in the upcoming episodes saying that there is going to be another Lexana kiss. If there were, it would be all over the place in trailers and spoilers. That puts my mind somewhat at ease.

[Incus]

The whole Maddie storyline was kind of dull, but I did like the whole Lex and Lana scenes.

[CallMeClark]

As Summers knows I would never diss a Smallville episode, but this one was one of the worst this season. :( The only good part was Lexana and the Chloe/Lex battle of words. And I now officially hate Lex! How dare he diss Chloe! ARG!!!

[Shadow09]

It was pretty good for some plot building with Lex and Lana kissing. To Clark trying to become a symbol of peace and Justice. Talking Maddie down when she could have easily killed him. Clark talking retrospec with Lois you don't always see the other side of people. Lois gets involved in Clarks life again on the heels of Lex and Lana.

Some good story elements but the episode as a whole didn't hold up. Given I have only seen the last 30 minutes of the ep. So I really shouldn't judge yet.

[supergurl88]

i wanted to rip off lex's face when he questioned and teasted chloe about not having a lot of boyfriends. i thought that was very shallow of him....but hey he's becoming evil. i gotta hand it to tom for pulling off a good episode.
thought it really reminded me the way clark acted around ryan. i loved the end...but why did lana run off so soon? are we going to see the green jealous bug from clark?

[CallMeClark]

Actually he said she didn't have any. That was even more harsh. :(

[Summers]

I throughly enjoyed "Void", but well....this episode just well sucked lol. The plotline of Maddie was a redux plotline of other characters(i.e. Ryan and Seth), and ended up being predictable. I thought Clark was just too darn pushy with Maddie, and that pushy-ness just gets on my nerves. He was less pushy with Ryan which I enjoyed. The only part I liked with Maddie and Clark was when she drew a picture of her, Clark, and Shelby. She looked adoreable with Shelby btw. Other than that Lex's slam to Chloe I actually liked as well. Not that I despise Chloe, but for the writers to acknowledge something about her is refreshing.

Other than that I was just so uninterested. Just bored. They didn't execute Lexana very well in this episode unless they are trying to have Lana in denial for her feelings about Lex :confused:. Have to say on the directing of Tom I didn't see a difference from other directors. The only time I can tell directing has an improvement is if it is by James Marshall or Miles Millar. I just didn't see a difference in episode directing :\. The kissing scene was just well I wasn't feeling it. They pegged the kiss excellent in "Splinter" and "Lexmas"(was there a kiss in that one I don't remember), but here just didn't do it. I don't know if it was too rushed, or something just was off to me. Plus so tired of these product placements :lol:. We had Verizon then we had Acuvue, and alas we have AOL.

Really for me it's a forgettable episode. Hopefully SV's version of Saw next week will be better :\.

[LuckyKrypto]

I don't mean this to come off too harsh, but really, who thought this story was a good one??:confused:

I kinda felt like we got cheated a little as viewers. The story seemed kinda recycled almost in a lot of places. I thought of Ryan in a few scenes with Maddie and Clark and the whole 'afraid of heights' exchange, and the end with Lex and Lana seemed like an old scene with Clark and Lana.
Overall, I was kinda disappointed in tonights episode:(

I feel bad, I really wanted tonight to be great with Tom directing and all, but maybe it was just me. This definitly isn't one that I'll be in a hurry to see again.

Hopefully next week will be better:)

[eas]

I didn't really like the episode -- it was very FOTW to me. But, I think that the point was (maybe) to get Clark to admit that he is in control of his own destiny? That it doesn't matter what Jor-el wants? He can be the guy that JK raised -- by his own choice.

Or maybe I'm just desperate for character development on this show and I'm grasping at straws. :lol:

[shy175223]

well, I think Tom Welling didn't do too bad in his first time as director. i think it was good episode itwas a little disinteresting at times but I like it for once that Clark WAS the one that saved the day. As it should be.

[aqua]

Yawn.

Boring. I was kind of in a dazed state watching it and when Lana came on screen, I kind of well- went to another station. :lol: I did stay to watch her yell at Chloe irrationally and ruin the character even more though! :)

[dhacker615]

It was kind of a D+ episode. The guest actors were mostly poor, which may have been the novice directing by Tom Welling. Other than that, the episode was executed well enough. There was an angle on the Kent Farm with Maddie leavinng that I had never seen before and reminded me of the Donner Superman, so that was a plus. Clark acted like the adult he is becoming for a whole episode, which was welcome. In fact, TW dialed the performance up a notch for the whole episode.

The real problem was once again on the script side. Maddie is a re-hash of Ryan with slightly different problems. The glass idea was not all that well thought out. The A story had no relationship to the B story at all. Worse, the desperate search for a way to keep Lois around hit a new low.

I guess the Lexana was the 'highlight'. The problem is that they are showing about zero chemistry. When Chloe mentioned sparks flying between them it was borderline laughable. The margins were more interesting with Chloe having a good scene with Lex.

Boy, for a season that started great, it sure has fallen off badly after "Reckoning".

[constancelight]

I loved this episode. I love happy and funny Clark. We got to see Clark very Supermanly. It was great.

This episode is so much better than last week. It brought a lot of heart and warmness and lightness to the show that it's been lacking.

And TW did an AWESOME job directing.

I absolutely hated Lois though in this episode. I've always been whatever about her character, but this has to be the first episode that I actually hated her more than any other character, including Lana, who was pretty dispicable too in this episode.

[F-Stop Blues]

Originally posted by Summers
I throughly enjoyed "Void", but well....this episode just well sucked lol. The plotline of Maddie was a redux plotline of other characters(i.e. Ryan and Seth),



Wow, you remember the kid's name from Ageless mel? Thats really impressive.

[Crazy4Smallville]

Crazy4Smallville’s Weekly Review
Episode 18
Season 5
"Fragile”

I don’t know if it is from the long hiatus or the fact that I’ve missed the last two episodes, but I really enjoyed last night’s episode. It was sort of nostalgic for me, like I was taken back to the early years of Smallville, yet it was mixed with all the changes of the recent events.

Watching Clark with Mattie was great. If that’s not her name, excuse me. I’m terrible with names and that’s what jumps out at me. He showed the world his soft, mild-mannered side. He’s starting to fill the shoes of his father – both of them.

I think this storyline was foreshadowing of the confusion Clark has about his own father, Jor-El. It was great to help Clark understand how important and wonderful his father, Jonathan Kent, has been in his life – but hopefully he got a clue to not be so judgmental when it comes to Jor-El. It’s clear to see that Clark doesn’t view Jor-El is a positive light, if not to the point of holding Jor-El responsible for Jonathan’s death – even though it was his choice to interfere with destiny to save Lana. This is very typical in a state of denial.

I also like the way that Clark is becoming in tune with Chloe’s feelings. He knew she was upset, yet she didn’t divulge the source of it. All he understands is that it has something to do with Lana. He wasn’t quick to jump to Lana’s defense, but showed he was worried about Chloe’s feelings. It was clear that she was hurt and he wanted to know why. He’s beginning to understand her moods. They are beginning to communicate without words. That happens with complete trust.

Lois was a little irritating at first, with the way she treated Mattie, but soon realized the error of her ways. Sometimes older siblings can be like that. But, what I loved about Lois the most was her banter with Clark about how he would have been hurt had he been there. That’s the subtle little things I love. They say so much. It shows that Lois still believes Clark to be the bumbling farm boy – who needs rescued himself – and she’s the tough one to do it. This was the magic that I loved about Superman & Lois in the movies. Superman would save the day, but Lois would think that she was the true hero – never suspecting the bumbling Clark and infatuated with the man in the cape. Not many notice that little subtlety, but I do and I love it!

Lex’s heart is getting colder and more sinister by the second it seems. His obsession is beginning to show it’s ugly face – and I’m glad. Though I understand his obsession with Lana (which is really a stem from his obsession with Clark – wanting all things that Clark has/had), I find it pathetic that Lana is yet once again going to play such a pivotal role in the legacy of our lead characters – first Clark and now Lex – and possibly Chloe too.
It’s not Lana I hate, but the power that TPTB have given her. In essence they’ve made her the true hero/villain of the story. She’s the subterfuge that everything else revolves around, when this is the story about Superman. Not only will she now be the true love of Clark’s life – the one he had to let go to save, but will also be the reason for the final breakdown and fall of our nemesis, Lex. So, in retrospect – it was Lana Lang that waved the battle flags into greatest rival of all times – apart from God vs. Satan. Somehow, they’ll try to make her the reason for the feud too.

But, aside from that – for a brief moment, I actually liked Lana in this episode. Well, now that I think about it, I take that back. I hated her righteous, or should I say unrighteous, indignation towards Chloe – for pointing out the obvious. It’s clear she can’t stand being faced with the truth. On that note, neither can Lex. I think she owes Chloe a huge apology, but I won’t hold my breath for it. Also, I hate the fact that Lana thinks she has to have somebody in her life. She jumps from one guy to the next. She’s never been alone – for very long. Usually, just long enough to make up her mind which one she wants. I feel sorry for her – because as long as she keeps latching onto one guy after the next, she’ll never figure out whom she is or what she wants. I suppose this portrayal is meant to show the ‘down side’ to being beautiful???

What did Lex mean when he told Chloe that now he understands why she’s never had a boyfriend? Was he being cruel-hearted and mean because Chloe got too close to the truth? Lex doesn’t like people to get too close – she might need to watch her back a little more closely than she’s doing right now. However, kudos to Chloe - Not only does she have the cohunes to stand up to Papa Luthor, but she doesn’t back down from Jr. either. She’s the true hero of the story.

So, now we have a new task of reading Lex’s daily blog. I wonder how long that will last. One, maybe two weeks before they pull the plug out from under us, just like the Ezra prophesies, the Classified ads of the Ledger, the Verizon emails, etc.

All in all, I think Tom did a great job. I loved the symbolism and backgrounds he used to tell the story. The glass in the background, the flowers on the porch, the fireplace in the mansion were great. Not excluding those awesome special effects when Mattie stopped her dad. The little girl who played Mattie did an excellent job and I thought the episode was great. It was the subtle things, like Mattie whispering into Shelby’s ear that won me over and told even more story than the dialogue.

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

[MBCorp]

I throughly enjoyed "Void", but well....this episode just well sucked lol. The plotline of Maddie was a redux plotline of other characters(i.e. Ryan and Seth),



Originally posted by F-Stop Blues
Wow, you remember the kid's name from Ageless mel? Thats really impressive.

Actually the kid in Ageless was named Evan. Seth was the stalker guy in Magnetic who dates Lana.

I don't know what it says about me that I actually know this info.:lol:

[superhippie2000]

Originally posted by F-Stop Blues
Wow, you remember the kid's name from Ageless mel? Thats really impressive.


wasnt to kid from ageless named evan not seth? cause he was found in evans field.

[CallMeClark]

Yes, he was. Ryan was another person.

Anyways, I hope next week is an improvement. This was such a let down for me. :(

[BadToad]

I really liked this episode. No, it wasn't the most original storyline, but it was a like a little bit of light in a very dark season. It was wonderful to see Clark smile and show so much compassion towards Maddie. It was a filler episode, but the kind of filler episode we need. One that reenforces Clark's inate kindness and heart. IMO, we don't get nearly enough of those. Even the Lexana played out better then I expected since 1. There was so little of it and 2. I'm not getting anything remotely "love connection" about it.

And I thought TW did a great job with directing, and the episode looked beautiful. It was the most colorful, sunniest episode we've had in a long, long time, and I think the show needs that light to balance all the dark, depressing, angst. As is so often pointed out, this shouldn't be Batman. A Superman story needs a little more light and heart in it, IMO

[mario masta]

Filler. I know pretty much everyone else has said it, but it's true. I just wasn't feeling this episode at all. Sure, the Clark and Maddie moments were sweet, it was great seeing Shelby back, and Chlex moments were great, but other than that, nothing.

My opinion of Lana changes from episode to episode because of how different she can be. My opinion of her in Fragile was very low, and let's just leave it at that.

Like I said last week with Lionel, I just don't understand Clark: he seems to have totally forgotten about "Lion-El" bringing him back from the dead in Hidden. Now he's all like "oMG how does Lionel know my secret?" Again, I'm not saying it's Jor-El's fault, but Clark should at least be able to realize that it has something to do with that. Most people here say that S5 has some of the best writing, which is true don't get me wrong, but the writers still seem to forget many of the important facts. :mad:

1 point for an overall great Clark episode. 1 point for Chloe. 1 point for Chlex. 1 point for Lois. 6 points for Shelby. -5 points for Lana. 5/10

[tjpw fanatic]

loved it:)

[All about Clark]

I give it 7.25. It was a very enjoyable filler episode but didn't have that bite we all want. I agree with everyone that Clark and Maddie worked well together and Chloe is always great. Since Reckoning, Lana just gets more irritating with each eppy. It was nice to have a light, happy episode every so often. I think they should have given Fine at least one scene though.

[aoa4life]

I thought that Tom did a wonderful job directing the episode. It was wonderfully acted and the scenes flowed together very nicely. I love that he had to direct Lana and Lex kissing. That gave me the creeps but it was cool to see. I loved the girl that played Maddie. She was very good. This episode was great. I find myself drawn in to new ideas and new ways of presenting Clark as a Man and as Superman. The very idea behind Superman is that he believes in man. This episode did a very good job at making me forget the darkness that has happened to the show this season. I love this season don't get me wrong, it's my favorite out of the five, but it has been dark up to this point. It was good to see the warm colors in the show again.

[clark25]

I really enjoyed it also this is one of my
many favorite episodes of this season and
to Maddie reminded me a lot of Ryan to it
would be something if the kid is back next
season.Also I thought Tom done a great
job at directing this episode make me
wonder if he didn't take a few pointers
from John Schendier on how to direct
and also I loved the new angles Tom
used to film this epy also.I sure do
hope Tom directs more episodes of
SMALLVILLE anyway.I enjoyed this
weeks epy a lot

[Videogamer49107]

I thought it was a decent episode. When it first started up I said, "great! This looks absolutely retarded," but the show got progressively better as time went on. I'd just like to comment on the poor writing in the beginning of the episode. If glass is breaking all around you, why in the heck would you check out a shaking mirror right in front of you up really close? Anyone in their right mind might have gone to get the little girl or just have gotten the hell out of the house.
With the above said, I really liked the interaction between Clark and Mattie. I thought it was really cute and touching at times especially in the end when Clark was referencing Jonathan Kent. I liked how the seeds of suspicion were planted in Lex's head as multiple sightings of the same man he's tracking were popping up all around the world. Lana did what Lana does every episode. Chloe didn't have much of a part to play and what she did play wasn't really needed. If Clark didn't need Chloe to find the information for him all the time, then she wouldn't have even been needed in the episode at all.
Other than that, it was a decent filler episode that really didn't do anything and had a decent enough plot once it got going to actually be entertaining. I'd give it a 7/10.

[Cor-el]

This episode was a waste of money. Why do they have to make episodes that have no significant bearing on anything. I mean it didnt' move the actual story forward it didn't do anything to the characters that we dont already know. This storyline is so common: Clark helps kid, kid goes to foster home. Where have i seen that before. I thought i was watching Ryan all over again. Who is writing this stuff? There are only 5 episodes left including Fragile and they could have done soo much more for the storyline but simply squandered it. 4 more eps left till the season finale, i'm not going to hold my breath to wait and see something interesting happen.

I'm on the brink of 'no more smallville'

[Doctorj2k]

Totaly agree with Cor-el, this episode was absolutely terrible. Clark's acting was reminicent of season 1, scripting was horrible, storyline was very predictibale (my wife laughed when 4 or 5 things happend right after I said they would - like I had already seen it before). It went nowhere very slowly and choppy and then tried to "suprise" us with the kiss in the end. We haven't seen Clark do anything special for a while now, and this whole story with Milton Fine just doesn't seem that intriguing anymore, and will probably end up going nowhere except some obscure rabbit trail that will abruptly end and never be mentioned again.

[muffinpeddler]

First, it was filler. I really don't see the need for filler this late in the season. With that said, It was one of the more decent filler episodes, and I enjoyed Clark and Maddies interactions. The FX were great and I think we're starting to see the Man of Steel shine through. My gripes are: 1) Lexana....(swallows bile in mouth) need I say more? 2.) It seemed like the only intelligent people in this entire episode were Chloe and Clark! And Clark was still dumb enough to leave Maddie with Lois. (A coloring book? Can you insult her anymore, Lois?") The cops were stupid. Gee this guy can break glass...hey 4-eyes, you wanna book'em? Martha made Lois on her staff and is still "Friends" with Lionel, not very smart, since he killed his parents and all. Lois was just stupid the whole time. Lana was being a hypocritical , pink pansy and Lex was just being an @$$. Naomi WALKED TOWARD THE MIRROR! By far the most foolish thing I've ever seen a person do on Smallville! i give it a 6 out of 10.

[Saber]

It was a good episode. I think TW did a good safe job on the direction. He made Clark more likable in this episode. The Lexana stuff has got to go but more Fine intrigue needs to stay & expand.
Not bad for his first time. :D

[Summers]

Originally posted by F-Stop Blues
Wow, you remember the kid's name from Ageless mel? Thats really impressive.

Not really. Too many gosh darn FoTWs :lol:. I believe I put the actor's first name Seth from the O.C. He would use telekinkies(sp? could never spell that word) just like Maddie's dad. Ironically in the barn just like in this episode. Just with glass :\.

[Pal-El]

Strangely enough I loved this episode! I usually dont think much of the fillers since we have a more serious plot line to think about, but I loved it.

[JorEl23]

Surprising, until I had to hold myself back from projectile vomiting in the last minute, it was ok in parts. My biggest gripe outside the retartedness that is Lexana would have to be the premise of the main antagonist with his big bad glass throwing abilities. Are they kidding?? They surely have to realize he could've shattered a glass skyscraper and hurled it at Clark while he was sleeping and he would've awoken without a scratch!!! Have a villan with a chance in Hades to at least slow down Clark next time...

[shirkie]

I rarely dislike episodes, but I thought last nite's ep was campy and boring. The only redeeming thing was when Lex figured out Fine is in multiple places at one time-- his team members on different continents seeing the man at the same time... That's freaking awesome...

AND THE NEW BLOG WITH THE EZRA STUFF IN IT! YAY!!!

But the episode itself... Ugh... And next week looks like a "Saw" ripoff... Ugh...! C'mon "Smallville," get your act together!
shirkie

[CallMeClark]

I am looking forward to a SAWish one. :) It is Mionel.

[sup3rp3t3]

i'm looking forward too!

[WangTang]

okay episode, and had some good moments. Atleast this season is better then "THE QUEST FOR THE ARTIFACTS" of last season. I mean anytime you try and mix indiana Jones globetrotting with possesed Lana lang, and wicthes lol. This seasons plot seems interesting, but i can tell that the show will be jumping the shark next season .

[sup3rp3t3]

probalby

[bc1sjw]

Are you guys being serious about that episode?????

Thats the worst ever episode of Smallville.

A kid and her Dad who can smash glass....whoopdi doodle do!!!!

I understand the need for filler episodes, but at least make it half decent - eg like the one with Maya, or Lexmas, they were enjoyable.....see if that episode never even occured....we wouldnt have missed anything.

That episode should really only have been about say 7 minutes long - the Brainiac update, Chloe/Lex showdown, and Lana/Lex interaction - thats all that was relevant!!!

Who the hell cares about a kid with LAME powers and her Dad....

Y'know, I LOVE Smallville - I see heaps of folk moaning about it and how bad the writing is, how fed up they are of this, that etc etc....but maybe I just dont take it as seriously - I dont think Ive ever seen a episode of Smallville I really hated (at least one doesnt stick out in my mind) - but I watch 5 TV series and thats the worst episode ive seen from all of them.

And yeah Lois has chief of staff now, well done, thats great. Well done on the writers part for giving Lois something to do in the 10 minutes she has in each of her 15 episodes. Again, like I said with the whole episode, would anyone really notice if she wasnt even in the programme - its like Kim Bauer from 24 - just a bit of totty with no real function. Pack her off to Metropolis and Clark will meet you again in about 2 years.

Please just hurry the hell up with these mythos storylines involving the Luthors and the Krypto villans - who the hell cares about a little kid who can smash glass - if WB want to do another episode like that just have a free week, or show a repeat, it would be far more productive.

-2/10

[Welling_is_pretty]

My two cents (again...):
This was not a great episode. But neither did it stink.
There were some great moments (basically any interaction between Clark and Maddie) and some terrible ones (the Lexana stuff). It had shades of Stray and brought back memories of Ryan, as has been noted by others.
But, as has been noted by many (and I do mean many), ithad the best portrayel of Clark we've seen for a long time. And the first time since the early seasons that I have really felt like they are moving him toward being Superman.
(In fact, I loved how there was even a little "thing" there that connected to the Superman movies in that Clark "promises" Maddie and all and she just opens up to him. It forshadowed people's love for him and also the whole "Trust me, I never tell a lie," persona. Loved that!)
It was also nice how they kept working Jonathan Kent into the episode but that it didn't bring the eppy down. Very nice and believable.
So yeah, it had it's good points.
And bad. The father thing was overdrawn and overblown. (and badly acted, I might add.)
The fact that this kid seemed to get control of her powers so quickly after not for so long, and without practice like Clark did seemed kinda unbelievable.
And once again Clark turns to Chloe when he could do some of that research stuff on his own!
Also, I can't believe that would be how Lois would react to a kid. Like she said, she has a little sister so I'm sure she'd know that kids don't like being treated, well, like kids.
And the Lexana thing (aside from just a general me-not-liking thing) seemed forced and uncomfortable.
So there were bad points to.
In short (too late!), it was uneven but worth watching and I would like to see Maddie return.

[cayayofm]

Well, there we have it, the worst episode of the season. How many times are we going to see the same plot? Clark finds a kid with special abilites and try to help him. I don't think i can take this much longer. The only scene that I liked was the one where Chloe confronted Lex at the mansion, evrything else sucked.

[superboy32]

does anyone else realize how disgusting it looks lex and lana kissing?

[Freemind]

I liked this episode. Parts of it reminded me of the innocence that season one had. It made me kind of nostalgic afterward and I thought TW did a great job directing.

One more thing, kill off Lois. God I hate that woman.

[myankskent]

Originally posted by Freemind
I liked this episode. Parts of it reminded me of the innocence that season one had. It made me kind of nostalgic afterward and I thought TW did a great job directing.

One more thing, kill off Lois. God I hate that woman.

I'm not sure about killing Lois off, but she shouldn't be on the show right now. It's pretty obvious that TPTB have decided to give Chloe and Lana bigger roles and leave Lois as a character who appears once in a while to crack some jokes. She's a decent character, but as Lois Lane, she is a disgrace to the comics.

[Cor-el]

My main gripe is the fact that we are so late into the season and we still have very little mythos if any, Milton Fine, is rarely to be seen, seems like most of the eps are 95% filler 5% substance and just no overall actual storyline. I mean i could've just watched the trailer for this week and figured this ep out or any other week. I am really upset at the writing i mean this is ep 18 man for Gods sake what is wrong with the writers, they are waisting the season away when it could be so much more!!! They had immense momentum going into the season but it has definately died off and been forgotten about. "The season that will change everything" anyone remember that quote! The only thing that really changed was that Pa Kent is dead. This is very upsetting stuff. I wish they had proper writers who knew a bit morea about superman mythos and a whole lot more about writing. Terrible, just terrible.

[The_Promise]

My Review of Smallville Season 5 Episode 18 "Fragile":

Tom Welling Directorial Debut!

I absolutely loved this episode! Tom Welling was perfect director for this episode and the scenes were both beautifully filmed and directed. The lighting was dead on and the shots of the Kent house inside and out were filmed beautifully. I also like how before the episode came on they highlighted the fact that this was Tom Welling directorial debut. Made me smile.

Echoes Of The Past

This did remind me of another Ryan/Evan episode but for difference sake I liked how they picked a girl this time for the part and not a boy, there just seems to be way to many male meteor freaks, maybe it's genetics like the mutant gene...Anyways I am straying off topic into my own little world, sorry about that.

Tom Welling is going to be an amazing father when the time comes, from the lessons he's learned on Smallville and especially from the senior actors like John Schneider and Annette O'Toole.


Strange Faces

By the way...Hands up whoever thought that Maddie looked like the little sister to the girl that plays Hermione Granger in Harry Potter? I was like isn't that...nah but she looks so much like her.


The Good & The Bad of "Fragile":


Clark Kent

Clark was just so completely gentle, sensitive, loving and caring with Maddie.
He just seemed completely at peace with her, helping her with her powers, using humour to break the tension, explaining and showing her that she could trust him.

I was smiling the entire time when Clark and Maddie were talking about their fathers. The love and the tender emotion in the words about his dad, you could almost feel Jonathan Kent's presence in the room, and could almost, in your head, see Jonathan putting his hand on Clark's shoulder and smiling.


Lexana

I gotta admit I also am completely having mixed, something about it just seems wrong and being so close behind the tails of the Clana break I'm not surprised that some people see it the same way especially Clana fans both old and new. He just feels more like...I dunno how to explain it...a big brother or something...to me it just feels weird and being so used to Clana for years, I think I might have actually flinched to turn away when they kissed but I held my ground.


Lex Luthor

Lex was very nicely manipulative today, with the seafood dinner discussion and getting Lana to convince herself she fully trusted Lex. I didn't appreciate the fact that Lex ragged to Lana about his conversation with Chloe, it just didn't seem like Lex's character trait of fighting his own battles. Lex's hunt for Dr. Milton Fine is proving to be quite the treat as fans can now join the hunt at aol.com/smallville but unfortunately I hoped there would be a little more about Fine in this episode, oh well, ya can't have it all can ya?

I just found it quite interesting that Maddie had superpowers, Lois almost got "sliced, diced and pureed", Mama Kent was life threatened, and Lex did not know about it or even enter that storyline at all. Lois mentioned calling Lex but I guess never did. Usually Lex knows about basically everything that happens in Smallville, just seemed odd, though he was probably too manipulative Lana and hunting for Fine using AOL.

Kinda of funny you can hunt a kryptonian using AOL and can find a medieval witch spellbook on E-Bay. I'm gonna go look for a time travelling crystal...


Lana Lang

Speaking of Lana... Lana says she trusts him, says to Chloe they are just friends and even in the last 5 minutes she says it's ridicious to think that they could be more than just friends, then after Lex kisses her, she looked half horrorfied/half stunned and then...she kissed him back. I knew that was coming and I read all the spoilers but when I was watching it my thought was still what the....

Something feel out of character...

She said to Clark in the last episode that she was never gonna be that dependent on someone ever again and this episode she made it seem clear that a) She knew what she was doing and b) That she was was not going to become someone's prey...maybe Lana's up to something...


Chloe Sullivan

Chloe was 100% perfect and at her best in today's episode. Chloe's discomfort at seeing Lex and Lana in the dorm room was so appropriately perfect. Chloe was once again helping Clark, lending support and standing up for her not to be used as Clark's personal "covert spy". I just had to clap and cheer a little at that part it was so strong.

Chloe's concern for Lana being with Lex, while a little too forceful and saying that Lana may be doing it to hurt Clark, was completely spot on and I doubt Lana would have been so angry if Chloe hadn't been so completely right.

My favourite bit in the episode had to be the infamous Chloe and Lex battle of words. That was some of the best lines and script writing I've ever heard. Chloe was completely on the attack and trying to defend Lana at the same time and just when she thought she had the last word, Lex just smile wickedly and would proceed to hit Chloe in a spot way below the belt. Half the converation had me covering my mouth gasping and thinking "I can't believe [insert name here] just said that!!!

Of course, Chloe got the last word in to prove to Lex and the the fans that no one can beat Chloe Sullivan in a battle of verbal judo and that she still is "The Slickest Blond You'll Ever Meet".


Shelby Kent

I was glad to see the return of Shelby, I was beginning to worry about the poor thing. It goes to show: Shelby is the new Pete and gets just as much screentime too.

All kids, dogs and old women just love Clark! It's the people his own age he has the problem with lol!


Lois Lane

Lois was once again the comedy relief of the episode and I liked how Lois thought she knew all about what little girls like and how taking care of Maddie would be so easy because she had a little sister that she basically raised and then she realized Maddie didn't like her and that she had no idea what to do.

I would have liked to see more of Lois defending Mattie against the Children Services person then perhaps even Maddie liking Lois a bit more and hiding behind Lois and calling for her to get Clark. That would have made the scene better, when Lois was talking to the Child Services Representative, it just seemed to be digging herself a deeper hole every time she said something.

Lois is all of a sudden Martha's Chief Of Staff? I understand the woman who was Maddie's foster mom because she had all those charities and qualifications but Lois is "a muffin peddling college dropout" I don't understand that Lois could be anywhere near qualified for the job and once again the question is: Who will run the Talon now?


Lionel Luthor

Lionel was not in this episode at all, which I thought after the tension and dicovery last week there would at least be I dunno SOMETHING! ANYTHING! Why hasn't Clark told his mother that Lionel knows his secret? Does Clark think ignorance is bliss or that it's really too much for Mama Kent right now? The more Clark puts it off, the more tangled in Lionel's web Martha will become and I believe Clark's hesitation to tell Martha, will end of hurting her.


Martha Kent

Martha was hardly in this episode at all really which kind of disappointed me a little in a reason that I can't really put my finger on, but it just seemed Clark was doing ALL the parenting in the episode. Martha may have been there but the only time she had presence in a scene was when Clark was talking about Jonathan and she stood by the window and they shared loving glances.

I guess Martha was too busy getting ready to be tortured in the next episode which looks absolutely terrible like a really bad Smallville version of SAW.

Product Placement

Is it just me or are you not as fond of the constant and sometimes over blatant, smack-in-the-face style product placement. You all remember "Forever" and "Reckoning" or should I say "House Of Wax" and "Final Destination III". At first I was like okay they want inspiration but now it's just like "Why? WHY? Why, for the love of Smallville, are you doing this to us?". Makes me wanna go and shoot The Big Cat upstairs.

Rating

I give this episode 3.5 stain glass windows out of a possible 5.

[smallvilleobsessor17]

THIS EPISODE WAS EVEN WORSE THAN 'AQUA.' IT WAS PATHETIC!!! LEXANA?!? I WONDER IF THE PITIFUL TPTB KNOWS HOW MANY VIEWERS IT'LL LOSE BY CREATING THAT?!? UGH!!!!!!

[loislover]

Ridiculous and boring

[LastFatherOfKrypton]

Simply?

I loved it (except for Lois with Maddie)!

[tjpw fanatic]

agreed lastfatherofkrypton!

[JorEl23]

Originally posted by WangTang
okay episode, and had some good moments. Atleast this season is better then "THE QUEST FOR THE ARTIFACTS" of last season. I mean anytime you try and mix indiana Jones globetrotting with possesed Lana lang, and wicthes lol. This seasons plot seems interesting, but i can tell that the show will be jumping the shark next season .

UNFORTUNATELY, I think the shark was jumped in the last minutes of this episode

[velocity]

I absolutely HATED this episode, well only the maddie parts and that whole storyline. seriously, it had me laughing and i was ashamed for watching smallville.

[tjpw fanatic]

aww i thought it was cute!

[dfm82]

I admit i was expecting a better episode, i can classify this as a good filler, nothing more... the storylines didn't advanced at all and the episode was too much focused in the little girl and his father, the only storyline that advanced a little was the Lexana and we were able to catch a little bit of Lex's investigation of Fine... anyway i think this episode showed us a mature CK and we were also able to see in Martha's expressions that she's proud the man he's becoming... at least it was my impression...

BTW Tom Welling did an excellent job in his first attempt as director, some scenes were very good shot and for his debut i think it was pretty good. :cool:

Now I hope the storylines REALLY advance in the next episodes before the finale... i'm tired of fillers to be honest. :mad:

[Spindrift]

Decent episode, good/believable acting by the little girl who played Maddie and an admirable job for first-time director Tom Welling.

[sup3rp3t3]

i know he should direct again.

[tjpw fanatic]

Amen to that sup3rp3t3

[sup3rp3t3]

lol amen to you too!

[tjpw fanatic]

lol:)

[Tropicaltalent]

I liked this episode... it may not have broken a lot of ground in terms of the overall season plotlines but it did confirm a personal suspicion about where the writers are taking the whole lexana sub-plot - essentially turning two people that CK had chosen to alienate for two opposite reasons into potential enemies. In as much as I am a fan of the original story, in which Lana is a central character as a close friend and confidante of superman, and now that we have seen the first polar reversal of friendship to emnity with Lex, would it really be as interesting to turn Lana into an enemy as well?

Don't know where the writers are ultimately going with this one subplot, or whether they have completely thrown the original plot out the window. Guess we should know more by the end of the season.

7/10.

[sup3rp3t3]

amen too everybody who liked tom's directorial debut! lol

[ms.c.]

I thought the episode was okay.

Clark was very Supermany with that little girl which was nice.

Chloe once again proves her mettle and how good hearted she is. I don't know why she feels that Lana is her close friend, but it was nice that Chloe tried to protect Lana since she was such a wreck last week. I thought the Lex and Chloe scene was the most interesting one of the episode.

EDLois is once again handed something valuable that she doesn't deserve and doesn't even want. That chick is simply nothing like the Lois Lane I've always known. She is not my Lois Lane and as far as I'm concerned she can't never be.

Mrs. Kent had hardly anything to do in this episode but it was a nice scene with her and Clark and Shelby on the farm at the end. I thought that was heartwarming.

I thought Lex and Lana were okay. They seemed alright interesting. At least more than I thought they would be, but I'm not interested enough in that story for it to be an A plot of any epsiode.

Where's Brainiac?

[sup3rp3t3]

if you go on aol.com/smallville it will show PROJECT MERCURY. thats whats happening with him and yes he will still be in the episodes.

[vyperman7]

This plot has been done to death on Smallville now with Clark taking in others with powers and helping them through rough times. They really need to start coming up with new storylines, and not searching through earlier seasons to spin the earlier storylines a different way.

However, I did not find this episode to be nearly as bad as people think it was. I think the basic plot has been overused and the power of Maddie (smashing glass) was probably the lamrest thing they could have come up with. But the one reason this type of episode is still always somewhat enjoyable for me (with the acception of Ageless) is because you get to see a kinder, more heroic side to Clark.

What made the episode for me was the verbal sparring between Chloe and Lex. It was great to see them face off. Both AM and MR were fantastic with how they delivered their lines. Chloe is my second favorite character of the show after Clark, but it was very entertaining to see her get rocked like that.

I also thought I would mention that it was kind of nice to see Lois back. I loved Lois at the start of season four. Then as the show wore on, I started to like Lois less and less, because of how she was written. She is never given a solid storyline, and her appearances always feel forced. But in this episode, I actually enjoyed the interaction that she had with Clark. It was the first time in awhile where I actually enjoyed seeing Lois in an episode. I am still very skeptical about Lois being Martha's COS though. It is better than her working at the Talon, but still. :D The quote from Martha about Lois's destiny being greater than working at the Talon was great though. Finally a forshadowing hint about Lois. Have not had one of those for awhile.

The Lexana kiss actually wasn't that bad for me. I still hate the idea of Lexana mainly because of how it will be used as the main plot device to make Clark and Lex ultimately split ties. It should not be based over a woman. But if they could somehow spin it to where Lex was just using Lana to get at Clark, then that would be different, and actually re-inforce Lex's darker side. What would be even better is if Lana somehow manages to change and become a darker person as well for being around Lex. It would definately make her more interesting then she is now.

Overall, this is an episode that falls under the decent, but nothing special category for me. It had its moments where I was really liking the episode, but the overused plot, and lame power of Maddie kind of took me out of the episode at times.

*** 1/2 / *****

[Kryptomaniac]

Now THIS was more like it! Classic SUPERMAN. Kudos to TW for making an episode he can be proud of. Farm scenes were beautiful; acting was great; and the plot elements all fit together and moved along.

When I say "classic Superman", I mean it reminded me of some of the stories in the old 1950's TV show when Superman came to the rescue of a child. Of course, it also reminded me of the Ryan episodes, but THANKS TOM, none of the gruesome gore found in those eppys. The off-camera, off screen violence was a welcome change from the in-your-face blood and guts stuff normally shown. For example, we KNOW the mom at the beginning of the show was killed by the glass; we didn't need to see all the gruesome details!!! Very tastefully done and TW obviously has more respect for his audience than some of the show's directors.

And, best of all, SHELBY superdog was back and he fit so well into the story. I missed Shelby!!!!

Good job everybody. Rated 5 out of 5 for all the Shelby airtime.

[sup3rp3t3]

owned

[Watching Smallville]

I have mixed reactions to this episode.

On the one hand, it was good to see a hopeful, positive story with selfless behavior from Clark and more good chemistry between Clark and Lois. On the other hand, I feel the episode is off track.

First, I think more focus on the Brainiac story is overdue. Even if he doesn't appear in the episode, there is a lot of behind-the-scenes drama that SV could show us. I didn't appreciate the AOL product placement email videos, and I really don't want to be redirected to another site to follow this story on the cheap. I'd like them to bring full production value and commenserate screen time to this plot line.

Second, the romantic drama between Lex and Lana, with Chloe stepping in for an inappropriate confrontation with Lex -- it bores me. I've had enough Lana-centric emotional turmoil for one year. If she's going to rebound to Lex, then I fear this relationship will become the centerpiece for conflict between Clark and Lex, Chloe and Lex, Chloe and Clark -- and I just don't want to go there. I'm beginning to understand fans who complain that everything revolves around Lana.

Fragile was a big improvement over the last two episodes since the break, but I still feel SV has derailed since Reckoning. I'm waiting for the episode that makes me feel the show is truly back on track. I give Fragile a 4 out of 5.

[Clarkified]

All I have to say is that with season 1 & 2 writers and TW's directing, this episode would have been a masterpiece.

I think TW did an awesome job, even though in some scenes it shows that he's new on this.

Overall, the feel of the episode is that it doesn't have the organized and sketchy structure that other episodes have. I don't know if it is because of the writers or the director himself, but it kind of recovers the soul and certain tenderness that season 1 episodes had like Stray and Shimmer, for example.

Also, I liked that this episode had the closest thing to a theme, which is something that I hadn't seen since Season 3.

I give it a 7/10 because the script could have been a little more polished and because it really had potential.

[Fly by guy]

The show was slow and tired. FILLER. The much anticipated Lexana kiss had nearly 2 million less viewers than watched Thirst. Fragile and Void weren't bad, they just didn't progress Clark onward.

[jay dante]

Pretty good directorial debut by Tom except for the Lexana ending. I think that could of been done better.

[rockchick900]

i liked this episode

[Kira]

I like this epidose. Father-daughter-relationship between Clark and Maddie was so touching. :D

[biggkoz]

I just watched this last night again and the last farm scene with the sunsetting and the wind blowing along with the music that fades into the next scene of the daily planet is awesome.

[Pandora24]

This episode wasn't too bad--a decent filler episode. I was surprised that Lois thought the worst of Maddie from the get-go. I thought it was a little harsh, even for brash, loud, boldly agressive Lois.

It was nice seeing Chloe stand up Lex on behalf of Lana. I did a mental "ouch" when Lex made that boyfriend crack. And Lana, that idiot, was well...an idiot. :rolleyes: She knows how Lex is and out of all the men to turn to, she turns to Lex? What really ticks me off is how confident she is that she knows what she's doing when it comes to Lex, when it's clear to everyone that doesn't.:rolleyes:

[Micheal Moon]

Quote of the episode was from Lex

Lex:"Chloe, I'm starting to get an inkling as to why you've never had a boyfriend"

:rotfl:

[dan333]

This is actually one of my favourite episodes in season 5 as Clark was able to have a brother-sister relationship with someone else. The last time that happened was with Ryan who died in season 2.

I really didn't care much about the Lana-Lex relationship as i saw it coming a mile away.

[smlgrl1547]

I loved the episode until it got to the end where Lana kissed Lex *Shudders*

[MjLaDy08]

I love how Clark was so caring towards Lois here,... especially after he bring lois back in her apartment...

[Nimkong]

It was a good episode.The FOTW was kool and it was clarks directoral debeut.But the plot was weak and kind of boring

[SGuthrie27]

Yeah, it wasn't the strongest plot in the world, I have to say. I didn't really understand Tyler McKnight's motivations in reconnecting with his daughter when and how he did. That being said, I think Tom did do a good job of directing this episode, and I liked Maddie even more the second time I was this episode. Lois had plenty of great moments, and Clark's interactions with Maddie, and Martha watching them, were really sweet. I'll give this 8 shattered stained glass windows out of 10 for sheer cuteness. P.S. Why'd Lex have to be so hateful to my favorite tiny blonde?! I'll be your boyfriend, Chloe!!!! :D

[BelleReveGirl]

I loved when Lana and Lex were talking about just being friends then he kisses her. He asks if she is ok then she kisses him back. From the expressions on his face he was clearly not expecting it. I always had a soft spot for Lex until he became the bad guy! Loved this episode! :)