Clark's face is so heartfelt, he's just numb to the horrible pain
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LOCKDOWN and RECKONING Official Re-Watch Thread, May 18th, 2012
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I am one of the biggest Lana haters around and I don't blame her for Reckoning. The rightful blame should go to the producers and writers. It's TPTB who set up this storyline that Clark screwing up in Arrival would lead to somebody dieing, it's TPTB who felt doing a time reversal would be a great dramatic idea and it's TPTB who thought that this episode would be a great leading to Clark moping in his barn for a year and a half.
It always bugged me that the time reversal felt like a cheap way for the producers to give Clana fans that nice youtube moment, knowing full well time would be reversed and the scene gets wiped out in terms of normal storyline where Clana is going to go down the crapper. The was absolutely no logical reason why Clark would tell Lana the secret AND propose at the exact same time, maybe it would be smart to split the 2 things up, but hey time is going to get reversed so it's like they went full out. If they were going to kill Jonathon they should have at least had the decency to spend the entire 42 minutes of the episode focusing on him
One thing about Lois almost dieing, it rather silly to think that over the coarse of the day of an election, nobody would not see or try to talk to the campaign manager, even more so when the rally was held just below her apartment. Yet another thing in this episode that made absolutely no sense but was written to try make the episode feel "big"Last edited by Supsfan; 05-18-2012, 11:54 PM.Comment
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Finally got a chance to sit down and watch!
Nice opening scene in the barn. Love this song, but the "I'll never be with you" line was prophetic, wasn't it?
"Because I'm terrified" - and more than a little desperate, I think.
Me, too!
So sad and SO true! I knew I missed Jonathan's presence on the show from here out, but I didn't realize how much until we saw him again in S10!
I love seeing them so happy - sad how short-lived it is.
Seems like it should have been...
They are very well done. Love they way they keep certain events (like Lex throwing the glass into the fire) the same, with completely different dialog.
He sure does - like she was cheating on him. Never ends well when you complain to one guy about another...
Hehe! Lana wasn't a very good liar/didn't have much of a poker face at this point - sure changed by this time next season! Clark's reaction to that revelation is nice, though. He is more concerned about her than his secret.
He goes from devastated at what has happened to Lana (thanks to his chasing her) to total amazement. Very nice job by MR. And wouldn't the implications have been interesting if Lex had not "unseen" that?
I know that it is in character for Clark to react emotionally when Lana died and ignore Jor-El's warning to think through what he was doing before he reset everything. Still, it was tough to watch - especially knowing what will come of it.
I find the 2nd loft scene between Clark and Lana to be the hardest to watch in this episode - way worse than even Jonathan's death! I hate the way Clark chose to handle this situation.
Way to go Calr for noticing that Lois wasn't where she was supposed to be and saving her!
Wondering what she was doing wiht Lex instead of her fiance...
Guess he had enough control over his powers not to.
This heart attack scene gets me every time. Love that Jonathan died in teh arms of his family. I remember hearing JS say they also filmed him saying some last words - a final "I love you; this is not your fault" to Clark.
I love the scene with Martha and Clark getting ready for the funeral. So touching - him hooking her necklace in a nice callback to Jonathan doing the same, and her putting aside her own grief to convince him that Jonathan's death was not his fault. It's a very nice mother-son moment.
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I am one of the biggest Lana haters around and I don't blame her for Reckoning. The rightful blame should go to the producers and writers. It's TPTB who set up this storyline that Clark screwing up in Arrival would lead to somebody dieing, it's TPTB who felt doing a time reversal would be a great dramatic idea and it's TPTB who thought that this episode would be a great leading to Clark moping in his barn for a year and a half.
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I have no problems with Jonathon dieing but have him die in a car crash, or by natural causes, don't tie his death to Clark screwing up and their is a balance of nature that needs to kill somebody in Clark's place(although I guess one may argue the the wheels were set in motion when in Exile Jonathon stupidly makes a deal with Jor-El, when he easily could have grabbed a piece of green K and hunted Clark down). To this day I wish the show never introduced Jor-El or the FOS till the final episode of the series. I think it would have been a nice way to end it and we would have avoided a character I disliked for the most part during the entire run of the series(most my least favorite episodes have some tie in to Jor-El/FOS).Comment
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Not much to add, except that in "Reckoning" I loved Lana for going to Lex when he really needed someone. Lex always was there for his friends when they needed him. I think it would have been not only socially correct but compassionate if Clark had joined Lana and both had gone to Lex at this time, but I can understand that with the Naman/Sageeth prophesy Clark is so confused he does not know how to deal with Lex on his own. And his parents never were a help when it came to compassion or even just correct social behaviour, so I don't blame him for this but his parents. I also think Chloe should have joined Lana (best with Clark, all three going to Lex) as she really has no reason to stay away from him and he had always been almost more brother than friend to her - but I guess she is just as mentally bogged about Clark as Clark is about Lana and even with all her intelligence she can't think straight at times. So, all in all, for me in this episode Lana is actually the only one who is "good" because she acts out of compassion, while all the others are just selfish and acting in an evil way.Comment
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