Hope it is OK to create a thread for Hourglass. Brief recap:
Clark goes to pick up chicks in a nursing home. Lana loses an invalid in a lake. An old man becomes young, but his pants still come up to his chest and he's still cantankerous. Lex sees his cannonical future, though of course this is Smallville, so that doesn't mean anything. But hey, he walks sexy.

I really loved this episode. I think it set up Clark's nature is to be heroic and that it's his destiny and also had some fun hints and not to heavy anvils about him being superman. Watching MR lex and his nightmare is always a highlight. I mean it was so nice that it was reused in Scare but it just seem the quintessential destiny that Lex was going to embrace but still struggle against as hard as Clark did and still does his.

It was a dark!Lex in the future but not an evol one in that episode, just a scared guy unsure of what Cassandra had seen.

Also, the Kent interaction was great. I love seeing the three together and a nice Clark save for his mom. Excellent, I miss that family vibe so much now.

This is one of my favorite episodes. Clark's panic that someone close to him would die was sweet. I liked the actress that played Cassandra. And Lana wasn't perfect yet - that's a plus.

Clark: "The rude one is Chloe" is one of my favorite snarky Clark lines.

I realized that I miss Michael Rosenbaum/Lex!

I adored the touch that she died when she had the vision of evil Lex so he always had to wonder if she died of natural causes or if the horror of her vision about him killed her...Good times and MR played it beautifully.

I know I've said this before, but rewatching the old episodes I'm continuously surprised by how good they are. I remember liking them (partly because TW is so pretty), but seeing them again I pick up a lot more clever nuances. (I blame missing them the first time because TW is so pretty.)

I love how Clark is written as intelligent and a little snarky. Yes, he's still mopey, but he isn't dumbed down by it. He does very little pining over Lana in this episode. I think there's really only the one scene where they're discussing the Wall of Weird. Sometimes Clark is criticized for only saving his friends, but in this episode he throws himself under a truck to save the waitress.

Not a big Lex episode, but MR does some wonderful strutting and drinking from blue bottles. The vision of Lex's future is downright creepy and I love how he plays the final scene when Cassandra's dead.

Young!Henry is hot. What else has he been on 'cause I'd like to see him again. He took such relish in playing an old, evil man.

Love Cassandra. I think her speech to Clark about how she's seen him in other people's futures and how he's always there to save them and give them hope is one of my favorite allusions to Superman the show has ever done. It's not over the top and it gives me so much faith in Clark.

S6-S9 Clark has much to be ashamed and answer for by the later writers with his downfall mostly due to overblown and extended Clana installed by AlMiles Lanalust.

The Henry actor looked rather goofy average to me, but if there was a bit of handsome to found in his looks, I'd say his hair and features gave him a poor man's Harry Connick Jr. look to me. Obviously from other statements, ymmv.

In complete agreement!



It was very poetic, that coupled with Lex' vision. I miss when the show had a human element like Cassandra and not Space Ho talking about OMG ICONIC.

And just for fake conflict sake he went from wanting to do good because he had the powers to do so. Then every season dumping humanity and his destiny as aweful and a burden became like Blana his constant cross to bear. Whiny pissy guiltfest 24/7 coming not too soon. STILL and yet, that was better explored and arcs made than the mishmash of no focus retcon regurgitation going on now.

My husband regularly makes shows with no characters under 30. Smallville seems to try very hard to be superfical. Thing is, I think young people interact with the real world. So an episode that has a teen reach out to an old person resonates more, IMO, that loading up vacuous space bimbos.

I agree, this was a nice moment.

The Matha Jonathan discussions were great for actually bringing out issues, rather than hiding the ball all the time on what we are supposed to take from the conflicts.

Oh forgot to mention that Cassandra was one of the few meteor freaks that was not driven psycho by her powers.

The Hourglass/Scare twofer was what solidified Lex as a tragic character for me. By Scare, he was already given the EVIL label by so many characters on Team Good. Yet when his worst nightmare was precisely what he would become, that convinced me of his "purpose."

Of course, who knows what Cassandra's visions mean now that Lex is dead and if Clark went to Lana's deathbed he'd vomit all over her like Stan Marsh on Wendy Testaburger.

Oh man, so much word. This gave me chills yesterday and I've seen the episode so many times. I think it was actually the first episode I ever saw.

I loved this encouragement to him. I loved it so so much. I only wish the show had lasted long enough to see it play out more, instead of being canceled after 5 seasons and that 3-episode mini movie.

I love this episode so much more now. I miss the seasons when Clark & Co. had lives outside of their supernatural soap operas -- heck, I miss the days when Clark had an "& Co." Just in this one episode we saw Clark at school, volunteering, visiting friends, talking to his parents, hanging at the diner... I wish the show hadn't become so claustrophobic later on.

I'm also constantly surprised, watching the early episodes, to see how well-drawn the relationships are. I mean, yeah, there's a whole bunch of clichés and one-dimensional characters, but it's also believable that John and Martha are Clark's parents, or that Chloe and Pete are buddies, or that Clark's genuinely crushing on Lana. The scene at the diner alone is fantastic, with the way the kids converse and giggle and sort of snark on Young Harry. There's a sense of connection in this episode that's sweet to see.

Also? Ambitious, confused, proud Lex. "I don't want to good things. I want to do great things."

Awww, early Smallville. I should never have been so hard on you, because you just grew up rebellious and depressed. Sigh.