Erica Durance's Acting

[KSiteTV]

I agree, Erica was really good in this episode.

I still wish they wouldn't have had Lois giving into Oliver at the beginning... I'm glad she didn't as it ended.

One thing I've noticed when doing the interviews for the books is Erica truly does seem to care about the character a lot, and she really thinks things through. Sure, some of the things Lois has done have been unpopular at times, but I don't think that can be blamed on Erica at all.

[Who]

Erica was fantastic. She's definately my favorite Lois.

[litew8]

Well I guess if Oliver is hot, rich and famous then that would make Clark cold, poor and obscure. LOL! Only Lois could make a couched insult so yummy.

And we both know that she means the opposite when she insults Clark! haha

[InLove_with_Chloe]

Sure, some of the things Lois has done have been unpopular at times, but I don't think that can be blamed on Erica at all.

I think we can all agree on that.

[jazel]

I think we can all agree on that.

this 'we' won't.

[Delovely]

I agree, Erica was really good in this episode.

I still wish they wouldn't have had Lois giving into Oliver at the beginning... I'm glad she didn't as it ended.

One thing I've noticed when doing the interviews for the books is Erica truly does seem to care about the character a lot, and she really thinks things through. Sure, some of the things Lois has done have been unpopular at times, but I don't think that can be blamed on Erica at all.

Thanks for that last little tif-bit, Craig.

I love hearing how much Erica puts into her character.

[VisionGirl]

Well I guess if Oliver is hot, rich and famous then that would make Clark cold, poor and obscure. LOL! Only Lois could make a couched insult so yummy.

It reminds me of Crimson and how she tried to make Clark feel better by saying she liked that his best skill was riding a tractor.

I think on paper it was one of her infamous back handed compliments --- but Erica's delivery brought it to such a different place. It felt like, finally, a genuine moment to see how much Lois cares about Clark and just how highly he ranks in her life.

If I had just read that line, I would have imagined it spouted off in her trademark flippancy. Maybe a shoulder punch for good measure.

But that's not we got at all. And it became a moment that was truly special.

[jazel]

but Erica's delivery brought it to such a different place. It felt like, finally, a genuine moment to see how much Lois cares about Clark and just how highly he ranks in her life.

word, you said it

[ginnyfan]

I think on paper it was one of her infamous back handed compliments --- but Erica's delivery brought it to such a different place. It felt like, finally, a genuine moment to see how much Lois cares about Clark and just how highly he ranks in her life.

If I had just read that line, I would have imagined it spouted off in her trademark flippancy. Maybe a shoulder punch for good measure.

But that's not we got at all. And it became a moment that was truly special.

She really did. She took it somewhere new. She was so vulnerable and truthful and just... delighting in that hug. Erica made it special. The whole scene really. I sort of held my breath while she was talking about her father. And then her voice broke. It was just... WOW.

[dru-zod2501]

It was certainly refreshing to see a vulnerable Lois for once. I'm not a huge Lois fan but Erica deserves praise for this episode

[svsabbiesv]

That is so me, that is so me standing there, afraid that I can't compete. Afraid that I can never be someone's number one. Oh my god! I cried so hard and so bad that my eyes are actually puffy. Her scene with Clark at the end . . . blew me away. Oh my god! I cried in Memoria, I cried in Justice but I have never cried so hard and so long as I did during that scene.

She totally sold how afraid Lois is, something she has to overcome, and I think it was important that the scene was with Clark because he will one day be the man that she CAN share with the world, that she won't doubt his importance in her life. Not to say we will see such a romance on this show, I don't think we will. However usually when they allude to the 'future' it isn't with nearly as much grace as this scene was. Lois is a hard @ss, someone who doesn't want to keep being heartbroken. I think this scene went well to show why in other Superman incarnations that Clark has a hard time convincing Lois why they can work.

Tom Welling also was wonderful here, looking like he was close to tears himself seeing Lois so upset. No anvils (excepting the 'destiny' part but even that just didn't come across as anvil), no cheese, my GOD. I keep saying that, but I really cannot believe that a Smallville Clois (not romantic Clois, just friendship Clois) scene got to me like that, but it did. I loved how Clark knew she wasn't being honest with herself about why it wouldn't work, how he knew there was something more to it, and yet comforted her in her sorrow anyway.

Any Clois fans out there that weren't getting enough Clois scenes, that definitely made up for those missing scenes in spades. It is nice to see that Clark and Lois really are friends and really do care about each other. This is the comfort I wanted to see from Chloe after Justice, but I have to admit that it was actually pretty lovely coming from Clark. He's in his own dark place with Lana and yet still there for his friends.

Like the scene with Oliver before it the music also helped to make this work, more orchestral movie score than pop music angst. Which worked quite well. Also as with the scene with Oliver, Lois understood that the world needed her loved ones more than she does, and she didn't come across as bitter about that. More just sad acceptance.

I'm speechless . . . between the hitching sobs of grief that is. That is just so me in her shoes right then. Even now, as secure as I am about myself, as much as I like myself I just don't see how I'll ever be able to be the 'moon and the stars' for anyone. It has been far too much trial with far too much error. Lois is doing what I've done so many times, doom slaying herself, selling herself short . . . and yet after upset after failure after upset it's so hard to not doom slay yourself. For me it is anyway, and for Lois too I'd say. It also gets into her issues with her father, and thinking that she was never good enough for him.


Wow, I'm just . . . wow. I love Erica and I love her Lois but I never expected to be affected this strongly. I just . . .my god. I'm still crying!

Anyway here it is.

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I know I'm going to get flack for saying this, but I don't care, I feel sincerely about it so why pretend I don't? Had that scene transitioned into a later scene FAR down the road when Clark and Lois are involved it reminds of 'Walk the Line' Where Johnny Cash is asking June Carter to marry him on stage (for the last time) and he knows that she's been hurt badly, so many times that she can't open her heart for him even though she loves him, and he tells her that he isn't those other men, he won't leave her behind.

I loved this scene, it was fantastic! Even though I'm still crying. I do gotta say though, that if THIS canon connected with future canon, I'd be a little miffed if I was Oliver. She could do the whole dual identity thing with Clark, but not him. I wrote a REALLY angsty fic about future Lolliepop and the scenes in this episode would have fit perfectly with it. So sad, but such awesomeness. I loved it, even as I balled my eyes out, I loved it.

The only wink!wink anvilicious moment came from the Clark/Oliver scene after it. When Clark says maybe Lois can deal with the dual identity thing someday and Oliver says "Yeah, when? When the Earth cracks open and time ticks backwards?" Which of course happens in Superman: The Movie, where an earthquake claims Lois' life and Superman spins around the Earth to turn it backwards so he can save Lois.

Superb acting from all the cast in this episode!

great feedback, and I'm totally in the same boat as you, I was crying and the episode was over and i just stood there with a tissue and I just kept thinking of all that Lois said and I couldnt stop crying, I kno exactly what it means to be 2nd choice, anyone that noticed me and pursued me only to be their 2nd choice, I'm never anyone priority, It's such a horrible feeling...I never much liked Lois, but her and Ollie were cute. and I did like the chemistry between her and Clark. its so awesome to relate to our characters after 7 seasons

[LoisL]

I'm a huge Lois fan but really for her comedic timing and forceful presence. Her teary moments in Justice made me feel extremely awkward (not due to ED) and this ep had the potential to be the same. I ended up being very very very impressed instead.

Her breakup with Ollie was graceful and intriguing but the Clois scene was the tour de force. Lollie'd left me with some lingering questions, trying to make sense of this new more vulnerable Lois, however her speech to Clark at the end really illuminated her actions and made her so much more comprehensive, real, and suddenly beautiful in the way that flawed humanity can sometimes be.

I always enjoy it when SV gets the Silver Age comics attitude out of the way as part of the maturation process, like the "I can't share you with the world"!Lois from Superman II getting out of SV!Lois' system to pave the way for a more modern, grownup future. I like the comment by ginnyfan? or LLL? (sorry) who said that this also explains Clark's deep conviction in the difficulty of wooing Lois Lane in the future.

I think on paper it was one of her infamous back handed compliments --- but Erica's delivery brought it to such a different place. It felt like, finally, a genuine moment to see how much Lois cares about Clark and just how highly he ranks in her life.

This sounds dumb but I actually, um, didn't even realize it was an insult at the time. She delivered it so sweetly and sincerely that I was like "How can she be so openly loving???? Will DC allow this drastic SVClois step?" It was a great line and yes, it did make up for the Clois drought.

[VisionGirl]

This sounds dumb but I actually, um, didn't even realize it was an insult at the time. She delivered it so sweetly and sincerely that I was like "How can she be so openly loving???? Will DC allow this drastic SVClois step?" It was a great line and yes, it did make up for the Clois drought.

I don't think that sounds dumb at all. I'm sure most people's first reaction was very similar. Mine was.

It's just looking back on precedent that makes me think Durance really pulled a rabbit out of her hat with that one. Took it to a new place and NAILED the scene in a way that may not have even been its initial construction.

[Vala]

She was great tonight and that's usually hard for me to admit, especially when it concerns Lois, but Erica was fantastic.

She was great!

[tariksam]

i thought they was about to make out

Hey I would read THAT fanfic