Who else thought that this episode....

[staph]

was the worst of the year if not the entire 6 seasons. It has been hours since the airing of the episode and I still can't think of a worse one. Can anyone else? This was so stupid that the writers seriously need to get new jobs. Lana actually witnesses Clark throw a man with the back of one hand 20 feet into a wall so hard that the building should have fallen. Then she falls through the skylight ,and is wide a wake by the way this one time out of thousands of saves, and she still looks up at the sky and then down at the dead guy and has the nerve to say the dumbest thing ever. Oh gee whiz what happened how did you do that. Give me a break. This episode was nothing more than a dumb gap filler to waste a week of the season in order to stretch things out further. Can you say Young and the Restless or Days of Our Lives. C'mon give me a break. Either let her know or move on this writing is getting worthless. Maybe if Clark said hey watch this Lana. Now pay close attention and don't take your eyes off me, then he grabs a gun then shoots himself in the head and then maybe then she will know. Jesus. WOW. By the way Clark did take the tool because Chloe told him that Lana had it. So when he was there or whenever he stole it to get rid of the evidence.

I thought the only significant part is that for the 8th week in a row Lana keeps making bad faces towards Lex. I am not sure where the writers are going with this angle but they do have a plot twist in mind for sure. They purposely focus in and hold camera in order for us to see the expressions. Last week in you remember the face she put when Lex finally came in the barn and yelled out her name she rolled her eyes and made a gesture as if to say, "Ah Crap he comes the idiot" I know you all saw it too. Then this week the camera purposely follwed her in on the kiss from Lex and she made a face of hate and disgust, like a women being touched by the most disgusting man in the world. Then as she leaned backed she quickly smiled for him with a very fake smile like nothing. I wonder if this whole relationship is some stupid scheme or plan on her part. What do you guys think?

You can't deny the exp[ression of disgust. She has zero feelings for him it is all an act. By the way, I have to say Kristen Kruek is really a good actress. Her character sucks, that we all agree, but her acting really makes her feelings of disgust for Lex and her kissing scenes with Clark all very very real. TW and KK have great chemistry. I wish Lois and TW had the same, but you just don't feel it even in the Crimson episode. Seemed more like acting. KK makes it seem like you are really watching something take place for real. Like voyuerism.

[Bosrudorfer]

I agree I wasnt feeling it. I love the Clana elements but otherwise it was very average. I hope they stop streching it out more, either have Clana happen for good or make a good ending to it and move onto Clois.

[lana&Clark4ever]

whhhaat!? reeeally? i thought it was very AHHHH AHHH RUN LANA RUUN!! funny and scary at the same time :D

it was goood bcuz now lana knows and is piecing everything together about clark....and it wasn't a filler bcuz they continued on with the chisel thing from CRIMSON.

[Son of Kal-El20]

Nope. Static is still the worst. That was just bad television and a utter waist of a big guest star.

[staph]

lana&Clark4ever,

Sure they continued for a whole ten second segment. They are stretching this worse a than a daytime soap opera. I mean come on really. They could have done something else in the episode to make it better. It was pretty bad even for Al Gough and Miles Millar.

[lillie_poo_pod]

Glad to see I'm not the only one who thought this episode sucked

[staph]

Son of Kal-El20,

Thank you I forgot about that one. You're right that was really bad. A waste of film actually.

definitely not the only one,
lillie_poo_pod. This was an hour of my life that I will never get back.

[lana&Clark4ever]

iono....but to me JUSTICE was boring! not until the halfway through the show was there any action.

this episode was suspense from beginning to end. so it was good.

[FUZZYWOOKIEE]

Lana suspects that lex knows more about Clark than he lets on. She was trying to get into the CK file in his computer. That said I was not thrilled with the the way the 'stalker' story went down. If I had one wishfor this show it would be get on with the action and lose most of the 90210 love triangles.

[hassenmorad]

I don't think any episode this season has been as bad as Subterrainian. The only aspect of Trespass that intriuged me was Lana getting closer to finding out about Clark. The storyline was pretty weak, and so was the acting. I'd give it a 6 or 7 out of 10.

[smallvillerocks45]

I'll admit, it was a bit mundane, but I wouldn't say it was aweful. Though, out of all the Smallville episodes I've ever seen, this one seemed the most "filler-ish" to me. I know that now because of this episode we gained the following information: Lana is on to Clark's secret, we saw the return of her necklace that once used to have Kryptonite on it, we see Lana showing discomfort when around Lex, and Clark has been invited to the wedding...oh and the "baby" is okay, (all of which is important), but other than that, it was just watch how many times Lana can look scared. I found it frustrating. Hmm, maybe I'll have to see the episode again.

[staph]

Good valid points, smallvillerocks45.
This was my point though. We basically new all this last week. She already knows because of the bent metal and Chloe basically admitted the secret already to Lana. She again confirmed it to Lana today when she saw the bent metal and Lana told her how, Chloe looked stunned and then said oh so this is about the secrecy thing that we secretly not supposed to admit too. Or some crazy statement tlike that. She never denied the strength of Clark to take the stabbing. She is basically conceding to Lana and letting her find out for herself but at the same time admitting that she is close and is on to something.

[lanakk1]

what are u talking about? this episode advanced alot of the storyline. stop hating becuase this was lana episode.

[xrayvision]

Originally posted by Son of Kal-El20
Nope. Static is still the worst. That was just bad television and a utter waist of a big guest star.

As bad as Static was, it had at least a few good moments (the Seattle scenes). Wither had none. Wither was the worst and I may even hate that episode more than Ageless, which at least had 1 scene where Lionel shows why he is the MB, as in my avatar.

I actually thought that Trespass was a pretty good episode. It had a lot of suspense in it (mainly, what will Lana find about Clark). Next week's episode looks like it's nothing special from the preview. It just didn't wow me. I hope it's a lot better than what they showed.

[silverstreak]

whoa! that is way to long to read.

[paolinki25]

Yeah, I didn't like this episode. It looked chopped, and oh god, more Clana looks. Just what we need.

[smallvillerocks45]

Originally posted by xrayvision
As bad as Static was, it had at least a few good moments (the Seattle scenes). Wither had none. Wither was the worst and I may even hate that episode more than Ageless, which at least had 1 scene where Lionel shows why he is the MB, as in my avatar.

I actually thought that Trespass was a pretty good episode. It had a lot of suspense in it (mainly, what will Lana find about Clark). Next week's episode looks like it's nothing special from the preview. It just didn't wow me. I hope it's a lot better than what they showed.


I liked Ageless...geez, everyone seems to hate on that poor exploding baby! :p LoL If I had to choose a "worst" episode, I'd say it was Magnetic. Even though watching it a few times had warmed me up to it, that episode was just, for lack of a better word, silly.

[xrayvision]

Aw, how could anyone not like seeing Lana in her community service jumpsuit. That was hilarious.

[superprincess]

.....this episode was kind of boring...so much so that I turn the channel to Ugly Betty......then I turned it back just in time to see Clark save lana for the 1,000,000,000 time. and the expression on her face and then her remark " why are you still watching over me" give me a break...if this girl doesnt get a clue soon.....Im gonna explode!

[smallvillerocks45]

Originally posted by xrayvision
Aw, how could anyone not like seeing Lana in her community service jumpsuit. That was hilarious.

I guess that part was nice. I mean, how many times have we seen Lana in a hospital gown? I think I lost count! LoL
I know, you said the episode was pretty good, so, I'm not trying to make fun of it. Yet, don't you think it could have been a little more exciting? I just felt something was missing...but I don't know what. I seriously need to see this episode again.

[Hockeyking]

I agree this show is really pathetic now. The writers have forgotten this show is about clark kent, not the lana and lex show. A murder happens at a US senator's home, and there is no fallout. Martha Kent's character is bordering on being a stupid *****. Cmon letting your son's ex girlfriend sleep over after only a few days after clark's freak out isn't believable at all. The only bright side to this episode was the idiots in charge couldn't find a way to bring more kryptonite to town. Meteors are precious, and priceless I highly doubt people would be making gatorade, nos for racing, or smelting it for inhalers.

This show is laughable, and should end soon and pass the baton to Heroes. It's the only good sci fi show on tv today.

[xrayvision]

Originally posted by smallvillerocks45
I guess that part was nice. I mean, how many times have we seen Lana in a hospital gown? I think I lost count! LoL
I know, you said the episode was pretty good, so, I'm not trying to make fun of it. Yet, don't you think it could have been a little more exciting? I just felt something was missing...but I don't know what. I seriously need to see this episode again.

Yeah, it could have been better. I didn't like the stalkerman routine.

[All about Clark]

I still think Static was the worst of the season, but this one can have second place, it sucked.

[__jb]

I think the most disappointing point about Trespass was that we saw the best parts in the previews on the CW web site.

[moviefan2k4]

Magnetic and Spell are still my Top 2 votes for Worst Episode Ever. I don't think Season 6 has really had an awful episode, although "Wither" admittedly needed more work.

[smallvillerocks45]

I'm with you moviefan2k4, Magnetic....was just not very good. Trespass was watchable, but Magnetic was painful. The only reason I'm okay with Spell is because it made me laugh, especially the part with Clark dancing in his underwear...it was hilarious!

[griffyn612]

it was a great episode. except that is was obviously a tool to advance the 'Clark's Secret' thing.

Lex rubbing the wedding in Clark's face? CLASSIC! Too bad Lex will get it back 10-fold soon enough.

[HnK]

It was okay. It had some story moving forward. It wasn't the best, but it was definatley not a waste of time e.g Ageless or Subterr~

[LoisL]

I have to chime in with the "Static was the worst epi of the season" crowd. Trespass was kind of underwhelming and it was glaringly obvious who the stalker was BUT it was really cool to have an episode on Lana doing some investigating on Clark (I loved the throwback to Season 2 when she tried to look at Chloe's CK file) and it was especially refreshing having a Lana-centric episode that had minimal Lexana screentime.

Other bonuses:
--Clark clears the Chlark air with Jimmy
--Clark and Jimmy investigate together for the first time. :)
--FotW brings out into the open the question of how much Lana has changed since hooking up with Lex. I loved all the "Princess" comments and how he thought she was too good to be allowed to be corrupted.
--Clark realizing how much Lana is investigating him
--Chloe pointing out that Lana was protecting him from Lex
--Martha has an appearance!
--We see Clark's room again for the first time in like a long time. A nice Kent break from the lovable but overused barn.
--darn! how could i forget? the Clex confrontation was classic. I love how Lex started off about memory lane and I thought he was going to reminiscence over their old friendship but instead he harks back to last week's violence! :D Also love how the old friendship was indirectly addressed when Clark asks "Are we done now?" and Lex answers grimly "Nothing left but the formalities"

All in all, while not stellar entertainment, I feel like alot of plotlines were addressed in this episode and it had some great continuity! (i.e. the Lana necklace)

[InLove_with_Chloe]

I agree: worst epi ever.
They are ruining the Chloe character, IMO.
Thanks, AlMiles.

[demongene]

The worst part is from the clips I seen on you tube,I was hyped all week to see this and it sucked.

[superpal1]

has everyone forgotten about Wither. That was the worst episode to date.

[Rhoda123]

No continuity in my opinion.. it felt like I was watching a different show.. I don't know why but I just didn't enjoy this eppy at all.

[johnnybu243]

My vote for worst episode ever goes to the prom epsiode in season 4. That was totally unbearable with no redeeming qualities. This one at least had a good Lex Clark scene.

[kh1]

I thought it was very boring and I am a huge Clana fan, but, yawn, I haven't watched many eps since Reckoning, I guess just the last 4 eps of this season, but, I found this one and Justice extremely yawn worthy and hard to pay attention to, I read the paper a lot through both.

[shirkie]

Any episode like this-- "Lanaville"-- is just boring by default. But let's throw in a whole bunch of "suspense" lifted straight out of any generic B-movie stalker film and make it as cheesy as possible. Ugh, ugh, and more ugh.
shirkie

[TheoristMaximus]

IMO this was the worst episode of the season, even Static had that wrestler guy so I could be actually entertained for about 2 minutes.

Seeing Lana's "deer in the headlights look" and watching her "slowly approach an open door/window/whogivesacrap" took up about 98% of this episode!

And the Ax? and the friggen snow? This is like a horrible parody of the shining.

[tec611]

Originally posted by superpal1
has everyone forgotten about Wither. That was the worst episode to date.

that episode was not only horrible, it utterly grossed me out.

Every season has their very obvious batch of stinkers; this season it happens to be Wither, and Trespass (respectively).

Season 5 had Fanatic and Tomb.

I just thank God they gave us some out-of-the-park, make me smile just thinking about them, great friggin eppy's this season too...so that I can live with these kind of episodes.

I absolutely was NOT feeling the whole 'Lana has ANOTHER stalker/is in peril' storyline. This episode would have worked in Season 2 well...not in Season 6. I hope they realize no one really cares about Lana's well being anymore. And it's not shocking when she LOOKS like she is going to die...but then Clark saves her. *SHOCKER*

[cantankerous]

Staph,
A few of us asked you how you know about some of the things that'll happen in Trespass, Freak and Promise? I guess some of the things you said about Trespass did turn out to be true ie. Lana's going to see Clark showing his powers infront of her.

Are you an insider or know of crew of Smallville? We are dying to know if what you said about the future episodes will also be true.

[TheSupaMan]

This episode was not bad at all.

I think some of you guys are putting your expections to high. This episode wasn't supposed to show any importance. While, I find Lana annoying every time she's on screen, I still sit back and enjoy it.

[Kii]

Trespass was nowhere near the level of suckiness that is Wither, Magnetic, and all the other terrible episodes.

Does that mean it was a great episode? No. But it was enjoyable, since it further developed the plot.

[xrayvision]

Originally posted by __jb
I think the most disappointing point about Trespass was that we saw the best parts in the previews on the CW web site.

My favorite part was the part she was in Clark's room and found the necklace. That wasn't on any preview or director's cut. The one part from the DC that I liked was taken out (the chisel). I hear they did it for time restrictions, but even if they did, it now gives them the opportunity to omit it and take a different path. I somehow think that this is what will happen. I think that look on Lana's face at the end was shown as a message to the viewers that there is danger. Yes, Lex did say that he was no longer mystified by Clark (his secret) but that to me could be a front on his part to keep Clark off-guard.

[smallvilleusedtobegood]

There have been PLENTY worse.

See "Ageless", "Forever", "Spell", "Sacred", "Thirst", etc.

And "Static" and "Subterranean" this season. "Subterranean" is DEFINITELY the worst so far this season.

[FREAK4LLL:P]

Another episode where they've forgotten what this show is about.

[MidgardDragon]

I called "vaguely disguised "worst episode ever" thread" before clicking on it. Go me.

[Ginx]

I really wasn't 'feeling' the episode either - but I kinda wished that it wasn't all Lana - and had focused more on Lois or Clark or Chloe.

What's with lex jetting off somewhere - is that the answer now whenever someone's not in an episode - they're on a plane somewhere? A little weak......

unless they plan to tie that into a 33.1 base later on.

[LoisL]

I really thought Lex was behind things since his absence was so weakly explained. :confused:

[God-Man]

Yeah, I can call this the worst of the year, although "Wither" is right up (or down) there. ,

[Ginx]

Originally posted by LoisL
I really thought Lex was behind things since his absence was so weakly explained. :confused:

So Lana said yes and now Lex wants to kill her? I guess it's possible.

I'm hoping that the poorly explained absent Lex is related to 33.1 information and that he was the one who snagged the bent bar from Lana's drawer (wonderful hiding place by the way :rolleyes: )

[Ania]

It wasn't Lana that bad I mean Lana the acting Lana was good and Lana the atmosphere pretty Lana amazing. I enjoyed Lana watching Lana actually showing her Lana true colors and Lana loosing her Lana mind officialy. And Chimmy is Lana teh Lana sweetness! The best Lana part though Lana was Tom Welling's Lana cameo.

[LoisL]

Originally posted by Ginx
So Lana said yes and now Lex wants to kill her? I guess it's possible.

I'm hoping that the poorly explained absent Lex is related to 33.1 information and that he was the one who snagged the bent bar from Lana's drawer (wonderful hiding place by the way :rolleyes: )

I was thinking more along the lines of mind games. Lex doesn't have reason to kill her....yet.

[__jb]

Originally posted by xrayvision
My favorite part was the part she was in Clark's room and found the necklace. That wasn't on any preview or director's cut.Good point. That was a nice scene.

I can't remember how the Kryptonite got drained out of Lana's necklace... Was it Milton Fine (BrainIAC)?


Originally posted by xrayvision
The one part from the DC that I liked was taken out (the chisel). I hear they did it for time restrictions, but even if they did, it now gives them the opportunity to omit it and take a different path. I somehow think that this is what will happen. I think that look on Lana's face at the end was shown as a message to the viewers that there is danger. Yes, Lex did say that he was no longer mystified by Clark (his secret) but that to me could be a front on his part to keep Clark off-guard. I would be surprised if Lex found the chisel, snuck into Clark's barn and left it in Clark's toolbox, still wrapped in Lana's red scarf. Seems like Lex would shake it at Clark and yell: "I've finally got proof" or something...

How would Clark know to go right for th tool box to find the chisel if he hadn't put it there himself? It will be interesting to see what happens. Maybe they'll use that scene in a future episode.

[xrayvision]

Originally posted by __jb
Good point. That was a nice scene.

I can't remember how the Kryptonite got drained out of Lana's necklace... Was it Milton Fine (BrainIAC)?

No. It was in Visage when Tina Greer dragged Clark down the storm cellar with the necklace around him & left him there while shapeshifting into Clark. After a while of being left alone, his ship started to glow and a beam of light turned the green kryptonite clear. It was first explained as the ship protecting Clark, but later in Exodus, Clark had a theory that it was protecting itself, which is how he got the idea of using Lionel's kryptonite key to "destroy" it.

I have 2 theories about this:

1. The clear kryptonite (yes, it's still kryptonite, just not the green kind) is actually jewel kryptonite from the comics. And perhaps once Lana becomes his friend again & learns about the alien stuff, she will wear it and use it in case Clark is ever trapped in the PZ again, since traditionally, jewel kryptonite is what gets people out of the PZ.

2. This one's about Clark's ship. I have a theory that says Clark's ship is not destroyed, but disintegrated and reintegrated somewhere else, much like Zod's black ship (i.e. Brainiac). And I'm thinking that it sent Lionel signals, which is why he wrote power, and that Lionel is trying to unearth it. And not only this, but that the ship is either the Eradicator itself, or could be used in the construction of the Eradicator. Either way, I really think that Lionel is building the Eradicator. If anything represents POWER as Lionel wrote, it's the Eradicator. And I'm hoping some messed up dangerous crap will happen where an opening to the PZ is opened up so that Clark would be forced to go back into the PZ in a dangerous mission to get the necessary parts Jor-El left behind to complete the Eradicator. I would love to see this in the season finale.


Originally posted by __jb
I would be surprised if Lex found the chisel, snuck into Clark's barn and left it in Clark's toolbox, still wrapped in Lana's red scarf. Seems like Lex would shake it at Clark and yell: "I've finally got proof" or something...

How would Clark know to go right for th tool box to find the chisel if he hadn't put it there himself? It will be interesting to see what happens. Maybe they'll use that scene in a future episode.

I forgot what happened in that last scene in the episode. Did Clark find the chisel in a toolbox? I know he found it in the metal toolbox wrapped in the red cloth in the director's cut. But the episode ended right after Lex left, and that scene from the director's cut was left out. Since it was taken out of the regular episode, I would not consider that to be the official explanation. I said in another thread that director's cuts or deleted scenes at times are deleted because they change their minds and want the story to take a different route. This is true of Vessel (though the few deleted scenes they released on DVD is nothing compared to the portion of the episode that was re-shot).

Someone else also posted that they saw the toolbox scene in the episode, but I never got a confirmation of this. I have never heard of episodes being aired differently in various parts of the country.

[maryjanewatson]

no, rage was the worst episode of this entire series, closely followed by subteranian and ageless.

[krpto]

I loved this episode I generally love all of them but if I had to pick one I didn't like as much as the others it would have to be ageless.

[Sharingan]

true that Smallville has been going down hill with horrible writing. But i think you guys are also being too picky with your SV.

personally, i think this episode had a stupid backstory, but i'm still excited finally lana is getting closer to CK's secret instead of being restarted every episode. And especially.. i really loved Kristin Kreux's performance in this episode and how Lana's character is changing and has much more depth. The scene where Lana saw her photo in Clark's table was really touching.

[__jb]

Originally posted by xrayvision
No. It was in Visage when Tina Greer dragged Clark down the storm cellar with the necklace around him & left him there while shapeshifting into Clark. After a while of being left alone, his ship started to glow and a beam of light turned the green kryptonite clear. It was first explained as the ship protecting Clark, but later in Exodus, Clark had a theory that it was protecting itself, which is how he got the idea of using Lionel's kryptonite key to "destroy" it.I went back and watched Visage again. Good episode.

Interesting that he was about to hide the necklace in the caves, but when Lana showed up he quickly stuffed it in his pocket. He must have forgotten about it once he started comforting Lana. He must have gotten home and put it in the cigar box in his dresser.

You have a good memory! I'll have to go back and watch Exodus again, too.


Originally posted by xrayvision
I have 2 theories about this:

1. The clear kryptonite (yes, it's still kryptonite, just not the green kind) is actually jewel kryptonite from the comics. And perhaps once Lana becomes his friend again & learns about the alien stuff, she will wear it and use it in case Clark is ever trapped in the PZ again, since traditionally, jewel kryptonite is what gets people out of the PZ.

2. This one's about Clark's ship. I have a theory that says Clark's ship is not destroyed, but disintegrated and reintegrated somewhere else, much like Zod's black ship (i.e. Brainiac). And I'm thinking that it sent Lionel signals, which is why he wrote power, and that Lionel is trying to unearth it. And not only this, but that the ship is either the Eradicator itself, or could be used in the construction of the Eradicator. Either way, I really think that Lionel is building the Eradicator. If anything represents POWER as Lionel wrote, it's the Eradicator. And I'm hoping some messed up dangerous crap will happen where an opening to the PZ is opened up so that Clark would be forced to go back into the PZ in a dangerous mission to get the necessary parts Jor-El left behind to complete the Eradicator. I would love to see this in the season finale.Wow, both good theories. I'm not sure what the Eradicator is. Maybe I should watch all the early episodes again. Thanks for the interesting theories!


Originally posted by xrayvision
I forgot what happened in that last scene in the episode. Did Clark find the chisel in a toolbox? I know he found it in the metal toolbox wrapped in the red cloth in the director's cut. But the episode ended right after Lex left, and that scene from the director's cut was left out. Since it was taken out of the regular episode, I would not consider that to be the official explanation.Good point. I remember an earlier episode (Duplicity or something) where a deleted scene showed the two duplex boys dying. Low and behold a later episode had the boy coming back again. They clearly removed that scene because they wanted to use that character again.


Originally posted by xrayvision
I said in another thread that director's cuts or deleted scenes at times are deleted because they change their minds and want the story to take a different route. This is true of Vessel (though the few deleted scenes they released on DVD is nothing compared to the portion of the episode that was re-shot).

Someone else also posted that they saw the toolbox scene in the episode, but I never got a confirmation of this. I have never heard of episodes being aired differently in various parts of the country. Neither of he two versions I saw had the toolbox scene in them.

Thanks for the info...