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That was...dare I say it?....good.

I really liked the Chloe/Davis/Jimmy stuff

The Clark/Mercer stuff was ok.

But all in all a good episode.

"I regret ever marrying you"

Oh Jimmy. We all hate that this damn marriage happened as well. But thank the lord it finally ended.

I love the Davis/Doomsday stuff. SW was on his game. I've never been more creeped out by Davis then tonight.

Amen!

Davis is an asshole, and surprisingly I was mostly on Jimmy's side this episode.

Wait, wait, waaaaaaaait. Did I just watch Clark Kent, future Superman, purposely try and get a woman shitfaced in order to lower her inhibitions and get her to spill her guts about the diary? Did he also cut off her oxygen supply to keep her unconscious and further protect himself?

Wow. That's a fucking hero.

And waltzing into the Luthor mansion unannounced, manipulating the inhabitant, lying his ass off...just like old times Clark, huh?

I feel kinda bad for Jimmy. Shit, that guy can't win.

Weird look from Clark when Chloe talked about happily ever after with Jimmy--jealousy or doubt?

Well, that was painful. Davis goes on a killspree, Jimmy looks like an addict, Chloe gets her heart removed and shredded, and Tess kept bringing up how much fun the show used to be. I mean . . . "Lex was right. You don't have a mean bone in your body"? I cannot be the only one who laughed.

First half was great, the Chlark were back in that first scene. I dare anyone to watch it without having a stupid smirk on their face. Reminded me of early chlark from the torch years. The jump off of the plane was a predictable bait and switch. The only thing that made me raise an eyebrow was Clark actually blocking her oxygen, again something I could see Lex doing (WTF). Tess reminded me of Lana towards the end with all her tell your secret spiel, so blah for her. Davis was awesome, he went from that first scene, and really mirrored the dark parallel to Clark, and by the end of the episode I wanted to call the cops. He does the whole creeptastic vibe down cold. I felt sympathetic towards Chloe for being placed in an impossible situation, so kudos to AM for playing that up.

Jimmy must die. I was feeling for the guy up until that last scene. Fuck you douchebag.

The end :)

Good job Smallvillle that last song summed up how I feel about the Chloe Jimmy relationship, I don't care.

I'm not a fan of turning Jimmy into an addict. I did like him giving Tess the information on Davis. It was good to see a proactive Jimmy. Once again he does show that he's more of a reporter than Lois. Now that Jimmy has done the work, Lois will want the story.

Tess setting up Clark was a smart touch.

I don't see anything wrong with Clark getting Tess drunk to get her to spill about what she knows, but that's just me. The oxygen bit is pretty clever too. It's not like he has a superman persona to help him yet.

So Chloe's out the DP, Jimmy is as well. And with Chloe telling Clark to quit, I'm wondering if this is foreshadowing for things to come.



The Chlark was fabulous. There's the snarking Chlark I've missed so much.

Can someone please post the link to Cyb's diary?! I know it's floating around, and it so needs to find itself in here.

Oh, and Clark's comment about having a rough childhood--you think, dipshit? Maybe you should've been a more sympathetic friend to Lex back in the day too. And Chloe's comments about Clark always trying to give people a chance was pure bullshit. Clark is a terrible person, IMO, and he fucked Lex over more times than I can even count. No pun intended.

A wonderful EDLois free episode :)

The Chloe/Davis/Jimmy scenes were out of control, and I loved how manipulative Davis was in his dealings with Jimmy but oddly caring in his moments with Chloe. The look on his face when her touch stopped him from turning into Doomsday was just awesome.

I hate Jimmy Olsen, but AA is doing quite a decent job with Jimmy as a drug addict. And AM had me in tears when she started crying at Jimmy's cruel remarks.

And if you believe Tess, all Lex did in the past was sit around and talk about how awesome Lana and Clark are.

All in all, a great episode. And did I mention that EDLois wasn't in it?!

I'm interested in knowing, is this the darkest episode of SV ever? Mind you, I liked it tons, but it was very dark.

Yew...just ick on the TMI from Tess. The only thing I want to know, is why Davis changed back when Chloe touched him. I was expecting some SCIENCE.

Chlark flirting at the beginning was great. Yay! AA does so well when he actually has something to do other then be X's boyfriend.

I'm not exactly crazy about the Cless scenes. They could be hot, but there's a undertone of insanity now.

Whoa. I think this is one of the best episodes of the season!

Jimmy was actually interesting and I was holding my breath every time he interacted with Davis. AA is an excellent actor.

Davis is creepier/scarier than Doomsday!

It kind of bothered me that Clark tried to get Tess drunk to get her to spill about Lex's journal. Then he stopped the oxygen supply to knock her out. Not exactly the actions of a hero. And how did he superjump to Earth? He'd have made a deep crater where he landed.

All in all an action packed episode that I liked. Go figure.

Ah, yes. It was perfect.

Y'know, realistically, Jimmy actually would've been in a nursing home and not a hospital at this point in his recovery. I know from experience.

I do too.

So now Ex-DP employees include Chloe and now Jimmy.


According to the sides, Clark was supposed to be smiling, happy for his friend, so it's either or based on how it was portrayed. Personally I think it's doubt cause Chloe didn't say it convincingly.


I agree.


I'm sorry but that's freaking harsh, regardless of what happened but I can't blame Jimmy for saying it.

Chloe, I dunno, you can tell she's unsure of everything. I can't shake the feeling, especially after the first Chlark conversation, that it Chloe doesn't remember why she agreed to marry him in the first place. But I feel bad for Chloe, she's blaming herself for his injuries and Jimmy's words just amplified her guilt. I feel bad for her.

I think it's funny she said she trusts him with her heart, but not her life.

I hate seeing Chloe cry cause I just feel so bad for her.

I also don't like how Chloe was suggesting Clark to quit the Planet and stop being a hero because of Tess Mercer. I think the purpose of this was to show that Chloe gives up things. I dunno just OOC for her, it's either that or it's her way of saying "Stop trying to get caught Clark, I want to focus on Jimmy but can't if I'm worried about you exposing yourself!" I'm hoping that's the case, which is plausible based on the episode.

I liked it too, with the exception of Chloe's constant "I'm gonna have a long and happy marriage" lines. I stay unspoiled, but it doesn't help when the writers are lobbing anvils at my head. The dream sequence where Doomsday murdered Chloe was truly chilling though, and I have to give props for that. And Chloe's last scene with Jimmy was beautifully acted; Allison Mack is truly too good for this show.

The stuff with Clark and Tess was just too much of the same thing. I don't know how they expect us to believe that a pair of glasses will one day hide Superman, when apparently everyone Clark has ever met suspects him of being superhuman. Welling doesn't quite have the acting skill to pull off "genuinely conflicted about lying", so the net effect is Clark looking like a sociopath who tries to look conflicted when he lies to everyone, and is therefore a douche as well.

I don't know how the writers were expecting me to react to Jimmy going one pill over the recommended dosage at the end of the episode, but I was yelling at my tv, "I told u I was hardcore!"

Was I alone in rooting for Davis tonight? I know he's a monster and a murderer but I'm so glad he got the upper hand on Jimmy, a character I cannot stand. The Doomsday storyline has been terrific all year and it continues tonight.

Can't say that Jimmy didn't raise some good points at the end (and did some actual acting) but I'm tired of the writers crapping on Chloe. Her chemistry with Davis is great but she's really floundering as a character and is used by everyone to dump on. As for Jimmy...I don't feel too sorry for him. He was the guy who dumped Chloe as soon as he saw Kara, then dumped Kara once she lost her memory and went back to Chloe. The sooner their marriage is over, the better. Chloe deserves better and Jimmy needs to go away.

I liked Tess's return but I did not like this episode. Thought it was dull and had little sense of a story. Clark is getting somewhat smarter though...that's always a plus.

I think it showed how much Chloe cares about Clark but YMMV.

Considering I don't like CHimmy, I thought this was a good episode. I don't understand why he was still in the hospital, he seemed to get around pretty well. woobieTess...I don't think so. She seems more of a snake than Lex. Davis, has such nice eyes. SW is such a great actor, it's such a joy to watch him. It was really nice not to be yanked out of the moment by something they'd have ED doing. I'm sad that Chloe had her heart broken but happy the Chimmy is dying. Clark, Clark, what can I say? He really needs to be a little smarter imo, not just about Tess, just in general.

I didn't have a problem with it either. I thought it showed some smarts on his part. And I felt he was very Supermanly in his response when Tess was telling him her boring sob story. (I have lost all interest in Tess. I don't care if her daddy was a drunk. But I would like it if she made up the story just to get Clark to spill.)

I think the acting was for the most part top notch. SW was great. I've come to expect no less of him. AM was heartbreaking, but I'm getting tired of the Kick the Chloe game. TW, like I said before, was very Supermanly. AA was very good, but I don't like Jimmy this way. I want him happy and eager (and away from Chloe).

The music was awful. Can we get rid of it? I had a hard time concentrating on some scenes because the music drew too much attention to itself. Incidental music isn't supposed to do that.

I'm not sure I'm debating, since it seems she just gave up on the Planet, that's why I'm thinking that.

But it could be what I said earlier, she wants to focus on Davis but with what Clark's doing, it has her concerned and she rather have him be more secretive.

I don't know what it is, but the darker episodes tend to just do it for me.

For such a heavy Jimmy episode, this was damn good. Druggie!Jimmy is greater than regular Jimmy. AA bought his A game. I felt sorry for most of the episode, until he broke up with Chloe. Whatever, I'm just glad that its over. *does happy dance*

Davis if a freaking pro at lying. Clark, take notes son. Even though I was feeling bad for Jimmy, I was loving the way Davis handled him. His lies were on point. Also, I really loved the opening with him and the confessional. I thought that was done well too.

CHLARK!! The first Chlark scene made me squee. I loved the back and forth between them.

Cless is hot, but I was getting bored with them. The sob story was so bleh.

Overall, I thought this was a great episode.

His eyes were very blue tonight.

You know, Tess Mercer mentioned how she'd cover the sheets over her head and pretend she's a mermaid, is that supposed to hint to use she'll be Lori Lemaris?

So glad Jimmy put Chloe where she belongs. He was right about Davis and he's right about Chloe. For someone that lies all the time she sure is judgmental to others. Pretty self-righteous. I hope Doomsday saves us all from her soon.

As for Clark/Tess, eh... Clark trying to get her drunk to expose the secret wasn't that much fun.

Decent episode, Jimmy and Davis carried it well.

WoobieLex she is not. I kept going " I don't care Tess. I heard it from Lex and his was better."

Poor Chloe. She NEVER wins. Although if she winds up with Clark, that's winning, right? =D

I...kind of LIKED the Cless...

I don't think Chloe wants Clark to stop being a hero, but she realizes that Tess is a danger to him, and that working at the DP is not the brightest move. Tess will be watching Clark like a hawk, and how long will it be before she sees the quick change in the cheesy-ass phone booth right in the middle of the lobby?

And I'm really sick of Tess' whole "I only hire the best reporters" nonsense. We're supposed to believe that EDLois and Clark are now the best of the best, but Chloe remains out of the journalism world? Sorry, show, not buying it.



Not at all, I was hoping Davis would kill Jimmy when he found the twerp snooping in his ambulance. And I really want Davis to rip Jimmy's insides out again for making Chloe cry with his deliberately cruel comments. I know that he's suffering, but where does he get off being this much of a jackass to his wife who he supposedly loves? And I don't think Jimmy gave Tess Davis' file to protect Chloe, I think he did it to cause Davis more pain. Jimmy as an addict is a vindictive bastard out to hurt anyone he can.

For me, Jimmy is much like EDLois--beyond being redeemed. Though AA, along with AM and SW, are turning in stellar acting jobs.

Yeah, and I sure hope Tess was lying when she said Lex told her Clark "didn't have a mean bone in his body." S1 Lex would have said that, but not Lex of the more recent seasons. If not, they've not only emasculated Lex with the Clexana, but they've retconned him into hero-worshipping his enemy.

I don't see anything wrong with it either. He was going to either cut off her oxygen or knock her out with his finger(which I half expected him to do). He couldn't have her seeing what he did. Getting her drunk is actually clever. It's not like he let her drink the whole two bottles by herself.

Besides, Superman's been known to do some shady things to protect himself.

Dunno, she saw Jimmy about to club an unarmed, cuffed man in the head with a crowbar or something. Hard to say how else she COULD have reacted.

What the hell was Tess' plan if she'd been wrong about Clark? Stupid.

I liked it, but not as a romantic ship, considering she's been really close with Oliver. Tess seems to be a mix of Lois and Lana. Lois with that earlier season in terms of being sarcastic and speaking back, then she's Lana with her sob story.

When I watched her scenes, I'm like screaming "You're supposed to be a damn villain! I DON'T want to feel SORRY for you!"

I liked Tess's line though "I only want Serious reporters working at the DP." I wonder if that foreshadows something.

I don't want him to. See, for me, part of Clark is that he's a HORRIBLE liar. He's not really comfortable doing it. That's part of his charm for me.

What I understood is that Tess knows Clark's secret and knew she wouldn't be in danger.

I don't know why Chloe wouldn't trust Jimmy, especially when you consider how true blue he's been from the moment they met. Huh, strange.

Kind of ff throu the Clark/Tess stuff after a while it kind of got a lit..SNZZZZZZZZZ. Whut, I'm up, secrets right. Clark's secrets. Lana? Is that you?

The Doomsday/Davis/Jimmy/Chloe stuff was very much on point. AA really brought it tonight. Very good. And was Davis standing outside Chloe's window just watching her, in the rain? Creepy and sweet all at the same time.

What I liked:

Much solid Chlark, especially in the beginning.
Chimmy coming to an end, although I hate that Jimmy is the one that is initiating this (and for the right reasons, I might add).
Jimmy/Dooms/Chloe angle worked well all night long.
Tess playing Clark to some extend. Pretty cool.

What I didn't like:

That Jimmy was actually the guy I was rooting for tonight. Would have never anticipated that, but the writers played it that way 100%, IMHO. I couldn't come away with any other way to look at the triangle.

Didn't like that Chloe can see through Tess but not Davis. I get why that is, to some extent. But tonight's episode clearly portrayed her as being in the wrong at this point in the relationship with Jimmy.

Definitely don't like my Superman to be willing to sauce up a dame to get info out of her. That's so out of bounds I can't even begin to explain how much I hated it.

Really hated that we saw Chloe killed at the hands of Doomsday two weeks in a row now. Heavy foreshadowing is a possibility. Then again, maybe the exact opposite is true and we shouldn't be worried at all about Chloe dying because this is too obvious. Ref. "Princess Bride" discussion from a few pages back. Very appropriate at this point.


Overall, a decent episode that really helps set up the dark places this show will be headed to till the Season's end.

Where did the Chlavis come from? it just kind of...appeared.

I find it the opposite. If the people already see how Chloe is going to die to the minute detail, than the suspense is gone.

If she was so damn sure she knew the secret that she'd risk her life on it then what was the point of the exercise? The adrenaline rush? The opportunity to tip off Clark that she's on to him? What?

I am thinking as far back as "Prey". Possibly earlier. And as doomed (no pun!) as it is, SW and AM have wicked good chemistry.

I think to try and get him to tell her himself. Kinda the same way Lex would always steer the conversations to the point where it was pretty much, "Here, Clark, this is your chance to tell me... You can trust me..."

Why that really matters, I have no idea, but I think that's what they were going for?

Anyway....

The great:
~The Chimmy is FINALLY over.
~The Chlark in the first farm scene! The taunting... it was early seasons Chlark!!!
~A character kind of referenced the fun Clex... it was a nice change from 100% he's EVOL Lex.
~SW was really at the top of his game. For the first time EVER I was actually really creeped out by a villain on SV. This is probably the darkest episode in the series.
~The Chloe/Davis scenes were great.
~AM rocked in this episode. SO MUCH emoting. She's way too good for this show.
~They're jumping right into Jimmy's drug addiction plot
~The montage at the end... Smallville's actually fairly reliable for decent ending montages... This one was kind of heartbreaking, but...
~No Nois

The meh:
~Tess has a sob story
~Lex is still like 99% EVOL
~The jump out of the plane... Yikes, I thought pretty bad effects.

The Bad:
~Were freaking kicking Chloe AGAIN. SHE CANT WIN, can she???? I felt absolutely AWFUL for her in the hospital and in the ending montage...
~Clark tried to get Tess drunk to find out what was in the journal. I don't know if this really BOTHERS me, but for some reason, I felt it was uncomfortable....

I liked this one. It was good to see the show stripped down to the characters that really seem to matter at this point in the story. Davis was creepy and manipulative. The Chlark was great, with Chloe trying to protect Clark-- and I like the fact that they had her urge Clark to go to great lengths now that Tess knows his secret, and then make it clear she was talking about quitting and going underground, not, you know, KILLING Tess. That seemed a pretty clear statement to me that Chloe isn't going to kill to protect Clark. I also liked the parallels between Chlark-- both of them being manipulated by the bad guys, both of them trusting the bad guys more than they should. I feel terrible for Jimmy (did they really have to send the poor guy down such a dark path?), but I liked the question he asked at the end: "Why did you even marry me, anyway?" It's good to finally see that question brought up. Why DID she marry him? Did it have to do with Brainiac? I hope that now that the question has been raised, it will be answered.

I don't see Davis being redeemed after this-- he's killing too deliberately, setting up Jimmy as "crazy" too coldly. His Davis persona is just as corrupt as his Doomsday persona-- perhaps more so, since he chooses what to do, unlike Doomie, who just seems to kill without thought. I liked the fact that the DP is still corrupt (Tess wants Clark to go to the press conference with her so he can lob softballs, and pretty much threatens him when he resists). I like the fact that Chloe and Jimmy are now both out of the DP, and that it's been suggested that Clark should quit, too. Loved the fact that Clark is doing his iconic phone booth change, and I love the fact that he's based his secret identity/giving hope to the world idea on Chloe's words.

Also, I love that Apocalyptica song, and I was thrilled to hear it. It fit well.

And was it just me, or was EDLo almost entirely cut out of the trailer for next week?

I think you should point out what you felt was Chlavis because I didn't see anything romantic coming from Chloe. I think she was extremely stressed in the one scene and just couldn't hold it together anymore. Davis offered her a shoulder to cry on.

Clark was VERY superman-ly in this episode, IMO. He was saving people and proud of himself because of it. I don't like that Chloe is trying to get him to quit the DP and stop saving people. What he's doing is heroic, and it's important Chloe.

This was probably Aaron's best acting episode ever. He did a great,great job. I was beyond impressed.

Chloe deserved the mouthful she got from Jimmy. I'm so beyond over her.

I agree. But Davis has made it known he likes her, and IMO he's hitting on her.

Davis is not a good man. The ease he had in lying and not blinking an eye to it was what set the creep factor to 11. Here is Davis going to a priest confessing he's doing bad things but than turning around and trying to set up Jimmy as a nutjob in need of care. It's really going to be interesting seeing how the Chlavis relationship goes from here.

The pre-credits sequence was one of the most well-written and well-shot sequences of this entire show's history.

The rest of the episode was actually quite good as well, and created a very interesting comparison between Clark and Davis, the two "noble" vigilantes (though with very different motivations) who must do less-than-savory things (drugging Jimmy/boozing Tess) to protect their identities, and now faced with two obsessed and flawed individuals who will stop at nothing to uncover the secret they know exists (Jimmy and Tess, of course). Quite unique for this show to actually pull off a decent parallel between the A and B plots in an episode. I seriously doubt TPTB will be able to sustain this thread.

The biggest negative of the episode for me - and I'm wading into dangerous waters here - was Chloe, who was equally clueless about Davis's manipulation of her as well as how she was treating Jimmy, whose rant to his soon-to-be-ex-wife did have an amount of truth to it. Throwing her into the Davis-Jimmy plot was way too soap-opera - hugging the other man while the jealous husband looks on and the big public breakup - and just highlighted the passivity of Pod!Chloe.

But if she really read Lex's journal (and really, what?!) then she already knows Clark never levels with anyone about his mysterious rescues, no matter how improbable they may be. So she just trashed a company jet and paid off a huge sum to the pilot for the unique opportunity to hear a Clark Kent patented lame lie for herself. Kind of pointless, I thought.

Yeah, there were a few lines of dialog that needed work, and CF isn't quite able to fill MR's shoes, but this was still the best episode in over two years. Everyone brought their A-game, AM and AA were really good. I finally have come to like Jimmy. Lois wasn't even annoying tonight - oh yeah, right.

The only problem is - when an episode is good, there just isn't enough to bitch about here. I'll have to go talk to my wife or something.

I'm of half a mind that she did. She certainly didn't appear drunk enough to not be on the ball when the plane was going down and she pretty much turned the charm off when Clark didn't spill his secret. However, I'm also of half a mind to think she was being honest and using a real story for her own gain because I think either way, it was still bait to get Clark to talk.

I have to say I pretty much hated the Chlark. I didn't find the initial scene snarky, I found Chloe very patronizing. Also not impressed with how she dictated what Clark should do at the end rather than suggesting. I don't mind Chloe throwing ideas out, but this "you have to" crap needs to go.

Liked Davis and Tess. Villains being villains. And yeah, I'm with Jimmy on this one. I know Chloe has her reasons especially with regard to Clark, but Jimmy doesn't. From his POV, he's absolutely right. I was also a little disappointed that with everything Chloe knows about Smallville and having been through enough medical dramas herself, she doesn't for one minute take Jimmy seriously, nor did we get the explanation as to her continuing connection with Davis that we were supposed to. Hinting that there's still something Chloe is unaware of underlying her relationship with him would have done a lot to make me more sympathetic toward her. As it stands, I pretty much think she got what she deserved.