So will Gap Tooth be hired by Lex?

[MarkAllan22]

Still sounds like Lex has some retribution to get on Lionel for the Apex deal as well.

[i luv tom welling]

Lincoln Cole... Lex knew. Hmm.

[spideyfan]

lol at the title....

I dont think Lex knew him...he just found him and had him arrested

[angelfire east]

I think Lex was somehow behind it. Where did the guy get all the money to do all thsi to his father? *hint hint*

[Lionelismy idol]

There is no doubt that Young Luthor was behind all of this

1.) The gun used was the one from Cyborg, the one from General McCaurthur. Only Lex knew about that since Lionel showed him

2.) Lex knows about APEX

3.) Lionel and Martha didn't die. Like Lex said, Lionel is too valuable to his bottom line and Martha dying lead Lana right back to Clark (visa vi, Johnathon)

4.) Lex apprehended the man and he didn't put up a fight. Yeah right. How convenient!!! Lex picked him up, paid him off, and sent him to Honduras or wherever.

5.) Finally, this is just something Lex would do. Nothing barbaric, just something to mess with your mind

[Aloof]

Good points. I thought he was involved somehow.

[AverageJoe]

Ya now that you mention it that's pretty plausible. Another glipse into the dark and twisted mind of Lex Luthor :p

[MBCorp]

Interesting points!

[BoguszX]

Lex is defenitely involved in someway, shape or form...

[spideyfan]

Cool, I guess it makes sense that Lex was involved..Wait till CK finds out Lex intentionally put Ma Kent in danger. :grr:

[muffinpeddler]

Originally posted by Lionelismy idol
There is no doubt that Young Luthor was behind all of this

1.) The gun used was the one from Cyborg, the one from General McCaurthur. Only Lex knew about that since Lionel showed him

2.) Lex knows about APEX

3.) Lionel and Martha didn't die. Like Lex said, Lionel is too valuable to his bottom line and Martha dying lead Lana right back to Clark (visa vi, Johnathon)

4.) Lex apprehended the man and he didn't put up a fight. Yeah right. How convenient!!! Lex picked him up, paid him off, and sent him to Honduras or wherever.

5.) Finally, this is just something Lex would do. Nothing barbaric, just something to mess with your mind

Ah, but the only reason they aren't dead is because of Clark. Now how could Lex plan that?:D

[KalLover07]

I could not get over that man having such a big gap in between his teeth. It was truly distracting. Seriously, they could of cast someone else.

[hassenmorad]

Originally posted by KalLover07
I could not get over that man having such a big gap in between his teeth. It was truly distracting. Seriously, they could of cast someone else.
Why, does every character have to look perfect to you? It shouldn't detract from the storyline at all.

[Xerox]

How about the "no mercy" phrase at the beginning? I thought it was a give away that Lex was behind it

[hassenmorad]

Yea, the sarcasm and tone in the masked man's voice made me think it was Lex, but I'm not sure if he could have done the 'dirty work' though.

[Dashboardy102]

There's no chance that Lex was involved. The WB did a good job of allowing us to have some reasonable doubt that Lex was involved but there are a few problems with that. One of which is that of course how could he predict Clark was going to save Lionel and Martha, and if he DID do so, why wouldn't he have surveillance of the place? It doesn't make sense.

[hassenmorad]

true, but I still have my suspicions. Why would he say to some person on the phone: "I don't want anyone to know my father's missing." Was that a strategic business move?

[muffinpeddler]

If Lionel is "Missing", perhaps Luthorcorp. stocks would decrease.

[superhippie2000]

im more intrested in if luthorcopr is so rich and i assume there employees get paid well how come that guy doesnt have dental insurance.

[Shadow09]

In a bar around the corner Lex stated. But what was Lex doing in a bar around the corner?

Oh well I guess even a billioniare such as himself likes to hit the bars once in awhile.

[MaximRecoil]

Originally posted by Lionelismy idol
There is no doubt that Young Luthor was behind all of this
1.) The gun used was the one from Cyborg, the one from General McCaurthur. Only Lex knew about that since Lionel showed him

The gun from General MacArthur was in Vengeance, and it was not the same gun as was used in Mercy. MacArthur's gun as depicted in the show was a Colt Model 1873 Single Action Army - single action revolver (probably an Italian clone in reality, rather than being a real Colt) - nickel plated, ivory grips and a 4 3/4" barrel.

The gun in last night's episode was a Beretta Model 92 - double action automatic pistol - probably stainless steel (could've also been nickel, hard to tell on TV, they can look very similar even in person) with pearl grips and a 5" barrel. I am guessing that this was intended to be Lionel's own gun, the one that he pulled out from under his desk earlier in the show, since it was the exact same make, model, finish and grip type, and could have been easily taken by Lincoln Cole after knocking Lionel out.

[lanakk1]

Originally posted by Dashboardy102
There's no chance that Lex was involved. The WB did a good job of allowing us to have some reasonable doubt that Lex was involved but there are a few problems with that. One of which is that of course how could he predict Clark was going to save Lionel and Martha, and if he DID do so, why wouldn't he have surveillance of the place? It doesn't make sense.

i agree. but i think Lionel was behind all of this. I think he did all of this to gain martha trust and try to gain clark trust. i became suspicious when clark confronted lionel and he said "or you knew the gun wasn't loaded." If you really think about it, througout the whole episode, it is possible that lionel set this whole thing up so he can gain clark and martha trust. lets face it, he already had gain martha trust.

[MaximRecoil]

Originally posted by lanakk1
i agree. but i think Lionel was behind all of this. I think he did all of this to gain martha trust and try to gain clark trust. i became suspicious when clark confronted lionel and he said "or you knew the gun wasn't loaded." If you really think about it, througout the whole episode, it is possible that lionel set this whole thing up so he can gain clark and martha trust. lets face it, he already had gain martha trust. But what would he have to gain from the previous games with Lincoln Cole? Neither Martha nor Clark were around to see any of those. And why would he be talking to Lincoln Cole like he was when he was in there sweeping for bugs, posing as a security guard or whatever? There was no one around to see that either. And who would want to get knocked out with a needle to the neck when again, no one was around to see it? Or risk doing that balancing act not quite right with the buckets of flammable liquid and burning to death, or having his driver actually get burned to death?

However, if he was familiar with guns, and he should have at least been familiar with that particular gun, since it was his own gun, or at least an identical make and model to his own gun, then that particular model (Beretta 92) has a "loaded chamber indicator" (any external extractor on guns so-equipped can be used as a "loaded chamber indicator" BTW) which allows you to tell at a glance whether the chamber is loaded or not, without having to pull back the slide or anything. So, if he looked at the loaded chamber indicator and saw that it was empty, then the rest at that point could easily have been an act. If you watch the scene again, it did show him inspecting both sides of the gun when he first picked it up.

[lanakk1]

Note: MaximRecoil knows alot about guns!

True that no one was around to see the previous game, and the needle to the neck. No one but the audiences. Those scenes are all to fool the audiences and we all know that you can't never trust Lionel Luthor. And why would Jonathan Kent warn Clark about Lionel? This episode is to throw the audience off track and pose Lionel as the good guy.

[Xerox]

Maybe Lionel set the whole thing up because he knew Clark would find them and save them!:)