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An enjoyable episode, that gives us glimpses on other things that were going on, at the time of the first meteor shower. Though, they probably shouldn't have had Davis land right next to Clark. It creates a plothole, where Lionel's men leaves the obvious spaceship there, for Jonathan to get later. You'd think they'd want that too.
We get flashbacks to Lex and Davis in Luthor Mansion. Now, some might argue that this is a continuity error, as the pilot has Clark note that he remembers trucks coming into town (implying it was built years later). However, this isn't the first time they've referenced Lex being at the mansion as a child. In "Onyx", the evil Lex talks about Lex playing in the mansion as a child. So, this isn't the first time they've contradicted that statement from the pilot. A simple explaination is also that Clark (who was only 14 in the pilot episode) was mistaken. He talks about remembering trucks, but if his parents had been there, they would've corrected him. That those trucks were for something else. Furthermore, the Luthor Mansion isn't a small place. Think some episodes establishes that there are 70-something rooms (or was that just bedrooms?) in the mansion. It's a castle that's been moved, brick by brick, from Scotland to Smallville. Such a project would take time. It's then entirely possible that Lex and Davis were in finished sections of the mansion. Had there been any exterior shots of the mansion (in 1989), we would've seen it incomplete and under construction. Lionel could've, afterwards, have abandoned the project for a few years (as nothing came out of his trip to Smallville) and then finished it, in the mid 90's.
The episode manages to make Davis sympathetic. Sure, he's a serial killer, but he did that to keep something far more at bay. He believes that he has no other choice, but the moment he learns about Kryptonite, he tries to use it to end his life. Thus protecting both Clark and the rest of the world.
One thing I wish the episode had done, is go a little deeper with Lionel and the Veritas matter. There is a simple way to resolve the Veritas retcon (which contradicts some of Lionel's earlier behavior), in this very episode. Wanting to possess the Traveler for himself, he captured Davis, but then let his go and went to the Kent Farm, because he had been called by Martha about Clark (whom Lionel was convinced was the true Traveler). I could see something having happened on the way to the Kent Farm. Remember, Jor-El tasked someone to watch over Clark. Someone with telepathic abilities. J'onn J'onzz could've easily been explained as having intercepted Lionel and erased all knowledge about Veritas and the Traveler. Thus protecting Clark. In "Mercy", Lionel explains that he's known Clark's secret since he held the crystal (that helped to form the Fortress). Why would that reveal Clark's secret? It could be, that what his experience with the crystal restored the erased memories of Veritas and about the Traveler.
We get flashbacks to Lex and Davis in Luthor Mansion. Now, some might argue that this is a continuity error, as the pilot has Clark note that he remembers trucks coming into town (implying it was built years later). However, this isn't the first time they've referenced Lex being at the mansion as a child. In "Onyx", the evil Lex talks about Lex playing in the mansion as a child. So, this isn't the first time they've contradicted that statement from the pilot. A simple explaination is also that Clark (who was only 14 in the pilot episode) was mistaken. He talks about remembering trucks, but if his parents had been there, they would've corrected him. That those trucks were for something else. Furthermore, the Luthor Mansion isn't a small place. Think some episodes establishes that there are 70-something rooms (or was that just bedrooms?) in the mansion. It's a castle that's been moved, brick by brick, from Scotland to Smallville. Such a project would take time. It's then entirely possible that Lex and Davis were in finished sections of the mansion. Had there been any exterior shots of the mansion (in 1989), we would've seen it incomplete and under construction. Lionel could've, afterwards, have abandoned the project for a few years (as nothing came out of his trip to Smallville) and then finished it, in the mid 90's.
The episode manages to make Davis sympathetic. Sure, he's a serial killer, but he did that to keep something far more at bay. He believes that he has no other choice, but the moment he learns about Kryptonite, he tries to use it to end his life. Thus protecting both Clark and the rest of the world.
One thing I wish the episode had done, is go a little deeper with Lionel and the Veritas matter. There is a simple way to resolve the Veritas retcon (which contradicts some of Lionel's earlier behavior), in this very episode. Wanting to possess the Traveler for himself, he captured Davis, but then let his go and went to the Kent Farm, because he had been called by Martha about Clark (whom Lionel was convinced was the true Traveler). I could see something having happened on the way to the Kent Farm. Remember, Jor-El tasked someone to watch over Clark. Someone with telepathic abilities. J'onn J'onzz could've easily been explained as having intercepted Lionel and erased all knowledge about Veritas and the Traveler. Thus protecting Clark. In "Mercy", Lionel explains that he's known Clark's secret since he held the crystal (that helped to form the Fortress). Why would that reveal Clark's secret? It could be, that what his experience with the crystal restored the erased memories of Veritas and about the Traveler.
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