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Also, the episode had a time-management problem. The general timeframe had to be short, so Sheriff Adams would not have time to check the 15 silos. But to have Chlark investigate, then Clark get shot, get him found and rushed to the hospital, have him in and out of surgery and a follow-up smalltalk with Jor-El in just under an hour?
I don't know, maybe "hour" means something else in Kansas...
The timestamp just felt like Smallville seeing (the show) 24 be popular and thinking it would somehow fit the episode, it came across badLast edited by Supsfan; 07-20-2012, 09:45 AM.Comment
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I love how season 5 starts out with three STRONG episodes. This episode is such a rush. Gabriel was well written as the villain of the week. Clark is shot and brought back to life.....which doesn't happen without consequence. And how about Clark's save? Talk about WOW! If I had to nitpick anything with this episode, it's the "after school special" scene at the beginning. That was just a little awkward......though a little humorous as well.
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I personally never get the love for Hidden. It was a pretty good plot idea, but quickly gets dragged down the final 10 minutes. It's my pick for the worst ever scene to end an episode off on(and yes I am taking into consideration every Clana endscene)Comment
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How is this a good thing? It started a really crappy storyline
I personally never get the love for Hidden. It was a pretty good plot idea, but quickly gets dragged down the final 10 minutes. It's my pick for the worst ever scene to end an episode off on(and yes I am taking into consideration every Clana endscene)
Kidding. Having died and come back to life gave Clark his powers back (or something like that). And consequences are a part of life. I know you don't like the storyline of "someone close to Clark will die" but I didn't mind it. I understood it and it teaches Clark there are things in life you can't control. To me it was a story of fate and how even if you knew what fate you were destined for, how would you even change it? And if you tried changing fate, what would be the consequences. I like deep story lines because they really make you think.Comment
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What, you would rather him die?
Kidding. Having died and come back to life gave Clark his powers back (or something like that). And consequences are a part of life. I know you don't like the storyline of "someone close to Clark will die" but I didn't mind it. I understood it and it teaches Clark there are things in life you can't control. To me it was a story of fate and how even if you knew what fate you were destined for, how would you even change it? And if you tried changing fate, what would be the consequences. I like deep story lines because they really make you think.
As I said Hidden could have been good(even ignoring how unrealistic that timer thing was as I pointed out a few posts above) if you took out the last 10 minutes but the episode just crash and burned for my tastesComment
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What, you would rather him die?
Kidding. Having died and come back to life gave Clark his powers back (or something like that). And consequences are a part of life. I know you don't like the storyline of "someone close to Clark will die" but I didn't mind it. I understood it and it teaches Clark there are things in life you can't control. To me it was a story of fate and how even if you knew what fate you were destined for, how would you even change it? And if you tried changing fate, what would be the consequences. I like deep story lines because they really make you think.
Jor-El took Clark's powers in Arrival just seconds after he had defeated the Kryptonians. Even if he hadn't checked on Lana he would have never made in in time back to the Fortress. So, Jor-El took his powers (however he did that [taking away abilities that are based in your biology]) - it would have been really helpful (and thus it didn't happen) if he would taken the powers of the Kandorians in late S9.
And then he revived his son with this whole life-energy balance thingy - however that works. And why would he need to possess Lionel? Apparantly he can transport people in and out of the Fortress at his whim (as seen several times throughout the show).
I'd bet anything that the universe had nothing to do with Jonathan's death and that this whole life-for-a-life thing is just a myth so people don't start playing god. Jor-El probably arranged Lana's/Jonathan's death himself to teach his son one of his "invaluable" lessons.
If this life-for-a-life thing really did exist, a lot of people would have died in S9 in exchange for all the people that were killed by the Kandorians in Lois' time-travel future.Comment
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A good episode, apart from the ticking clock. I've really grown to hate ticking clocks over the years. They use them, to try to add tension to the events, but it doesn't work, as everything always (clearly) takes longer than the time stated.
The episode has Clark trying to prevent a lunatic, from nuking the town. Supergirl did a similar premise, in season one, but I think this one was better. I actually felt tension here, which I didn't with Supergirl. Furthermore, Supergirl is able to fly and (in the same episode) was shown to be able to lift something much heavier than a nuclear missile. So, a nuclear missile shouldn't be a problem for her. Here, Clark isn't able to fly. He has to jump onto it. It's something that he only has one shot at. If he misses the missile, he can't try again. He also have to climb up to the top of the missile, which is a multistage rocket. If he doesn't climb fast enough, the next stage will detach, before he's gotten to it (and he'll fail).
Really liked the scene with Clark dying and Lionel/Jor-El breaking out of his cell and super speeding away. Think, the first time I watched this episode, that I was suspecting that Jor-El had taken over Lionel permanently and was merely pretending to be Lionel, while he was talking to Lex. I really enjoyed Jor-El-as-Lionel and would've liked to have seen more of it (not just Lionel being sent messages from him).
It also introduces the plotline, that'll end with Jonathan dying. I like that fact, that while the Fortress is shown to be able to bring back the dead, that it comes with a price. The same with magic being able to bring back the dead, in "Hex". It means, that while it's possible to bring back the death, the price is higher than most people are willing to pay. Which is why people aren't brought back, left and right. It's a problem I had, when they gave Chloe her healing power, was that she was able to bring back the dead, but there was no price that had to be paid. No life for a life.
In regard to that plotline, I am a bit annoyed with the fact that Clark is clearly not listening that what Jor-El is saying. Jor-El makes it clear, that there is a balance in the universe. By bringing Clark back, he upset that balance and now someone else has to die. It's not something Jor-El has any power over (which Clark clearly think that he has*).
* For some reason, the Kent family kept making Jor-El sound more powerful, than he actually was. In the season 6 premiere, Martha tells him to bring Clark back from the Phantom Zone, which she knows that he's able to do... how? Has someone told her, that he has the power to do that? She just says it, like it's obvious that he has the power to do so. The same thing in "Reckoning", when he lashes out at Jor-El, for taking Lana away from her. How did he take her away from her? She died in a car accident. She crashed into a school bus, while being chased by Lex. Is Clark suggesting that Jor-El, magically, made the bus appear?Comment
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She just says it, like it's obvious that he has the power to do so.
He is a bit like a deus ex machina.
The same thing in "Reckoning", when he lashes out at Jor-El, for taking Lana away from her. How did he take her away from her? She died in a car accident. She crashed into a school bus, while being chased by Lex. Is Clark suggesting that Jor-El, magically, made the bus appear?Last edited by DJ Doena; 07-07-2017, 12:22 PM.Comment
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