Didn't like this episode?

[dwgebler]

Just wanted to point out something I feel a lot of people are missing about this week's episode. "Descent" (last week's ep) was a very serious episode (and in my view, the best episode ever to date) that majorly advanced the overall story arc.

Followed up by "Sleeper" this week, it's not that I'm surprised a lot of people didn't like it nearly as much as other episodes gone by - it's just that this episode was, to me, quite obviously meant for the large part as this season's "comic relief" and not one of the more serious eps in terms of storyline. The concept of "Jimmy Bond" was, I am certain, a one-time thing for a bit of a laugh. A couple of minutes were dedicated to advancing the Veritas and Brainiac storylines, but that's all.

If you didn't like it, fine - I just want you to remember I don't think most of this episode was meant to be taken seriously.

[ramjeetp]

.......it's just that this episode was, to me, quite obviously meant for the large part as this season's "comic relief"

I could not agree with you more but at least the ending scene with Clark and Chloe tied in well for the remaining episodes of the season.

Different point but at first I was confused how new information was added to Prof. Swann's journel but it kinda makes sense if Braniac really has taken Kara to the past.

I wish we got to see more of Clark at the Fortress though...

[RepairmanBob]

If you didn't like it, fine - I just want you to remember I don't think most of this episode was meant to be taken seriously.Comic relief does not need to mean crap. Spirit was funny. Crimson was funny (well, the first half, anyway.) Devoted was funny. None of those episode were bad.

Sleeper would have been a horrible episode, no matter when it was shown. Putting it after the outstanding Descent, and killing a lot of the momentum and tension created by the Traveler - Veritas - Descent arc, just made it worse.

[stavios]

worst and most boring smallville episode ever

guess they had to make up for last week's awesome episode :)

[petitemimi]

Well, the whole Jimmy Bond thing was probably meant to be funny; that's true. Problem is: it wasn't. It was awkward. That's why the epi is a failure. It also outlined IMO the poor chemistry between AA and AM (I realized people may have a different opinion).

I like silly episodes once in a while like the ones RepairmanBob already mentioned and I would add Spell, a very cheesy but entertaining episode. Even Noir was funny.

But Sleeper was not only boring; the little Clark we saw really came off bad as a bonus.