Scion Screentime Minutes, and Thoughts
I'm really starting to wonder if I'm judging SV eps based on their content, or if I'm judging them based on a curve against the rest of the season. Because taken alone, and just judging it for what it was, I think I wouldn't be overly find of Scion. But judging it against the rest of the season, and some of the horrible stuff we've gotten, I
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Excellent review my friend. Good to see you back in form. LOL. Scion was a good episode if comparing to this seasons standards, or many other episodes during the Souders/Peterson era.
First, I agree, I liked that opening Tess/Clark scene. I think that they have always had a unique chemistry with eachother. The Tess/Lionel interactions were very well done. I liked how Lois was used this episode, except of course, when she was being tossed and slammed around by ConnEr (I now know that it's with an E). Clark was given good characterization, which has indeed been the exception, and I liked how he was trying to mentor Conner.
Now, on to some of the issues. The one that clearly stands out is how there wasn't a minute given to address what Conner put Lois through towards the end of the episode. I personally thought that they went a bit too far with Conner forcing himself onto Lois, but I could've let it go if Conner took the initiative to approach Lois there in the barn and a short scene was given that would have at least tried to correct some of the damage that was done. That was not handled well at all, and I guess that we're supposed to assume that Lois is understanding of the situation because of all of the experiences that she's been through on the show. But hey, we got Lois mentioning her and Clark potentially having kids of their own followed by a "Clois" kiss, so it's OK, I guess.
A nitpick that I had that stood out from the rest is how Clark, when confronted with someone that has powers, is constantly shown being tossed around as if he were still in high school. Why do they need to keep showing Clark tossed around so much? This is the point in the series - now very near the end - that Clark needs to be shown as being more of a physical force. I'm sure that he knows how to block and dodge at least, but no, let's watch the eventual Superman getting thrown around by a teenager. I know that Clark was holding himself back, but come on already, it's a bit ridiculous by this point.
Another thing that I thought would've been good for the Conner/Clark scene at the end, was Clark reassuring Conner that it wasn't JUST the Lex side of him that caused him to behave that way while under Red K. Clark knows himself what he's capable of when exposed to Red K, and I thought that there should've been a little more said than "everyone having their own shadows", or something like that. It came off like as if Conner was going to screw up in the future, that it's his Lex side that will be responsible, and I don't think that that's a fair message.
I definitely agree, that both, Lionel and Conner are unnecessary to be dealing with this final season. This is not at all what I'd imagined for this season since I still think that there's a good deal of development that should be afforded to Clark, since you know, he's only the most important character on the series. I like Conner, but this should probably not have happened until a little later in Clark's life. That being said, Conner and Lionel are probably the more interesting things to happen this season since so many other things have fallen about as flat as Clark falling from the roof of that building in Lazarus.
Scotch being laced with nanotrackers? Tess is sneaky. LOL
You're right, how did Lionel track Conner down before he'd put the ring on? Plothole?
Another thing. How did Clark know about what went on with that vial of blood that Helen Bryce had? He said that it was stolen by Lex and used to help create Conner, but how does he know that? As far as I can remember, that vial was used by Lionel after Helen sold it out to him so that he could use the platelets for a cure to his liver disease. Even after that, the vial was still full enough and was then destroyed by Jonathan in Phoenix. I'll have to watch those earlier seasons again some time.
Anyway, though Scion was a decent/good episode, it was only made possible by copying elements from past episodes. That tells me that these showrunners have been creatively bankrupt and desperate, since they've already copied from a few films this season. I liked the callbacks, but they were completely unnecessary like so many other things this season.
Matt
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*bitter* LOL
I completely agree with you, and others, that what happened to Lois not being addressed was just a complete Fail! And I'm no fan of the way they handled her just running from the room, and then she was forgotten. How odd was that?
I think SV has a very tired way of showing action on this show. Its always the same thing when Clark encounters someone with his powers. He ends up getting tossed. I don't have a huge problem with it, but its tiresome. I think I'm more tired of Clark laying next to a piece of kryptonite and not being able to bat it away when WE'VE SEEN HIM DO THIS!! Its so damned inconsistent.
I think the case of Lionel is really a difficult thing to process, because he's really, really unnecessary. But every other "villian" arc the show has going on is such a failure, that I can't help but be glad to see a villian with charisma and menace showing up. Again, its like you have to judge things on a sliding scale.
I figure, somewhere in Offscreensville, Tess was able to piece together what Lex did, and how he did it, and she informed Clark of all that. Which is how he'd know about the Helen Bryce stuff. But even back then, the show was muddled, so even if you re-watch it, I doubt you'll be able to piece it back together perfectly. Its just that back then, the show was so much more entertaining (and had much better production values), so one was more likely to forgive its shortcomings.
I have a new theory this week. With the revelation that Septien/Meyer are joining the writing staff of Vampire Diaries, and in fact, have already begun working on it, I now strongly suspect that the laziness and sloppiness of this season can be tied back to the writing staff being more concerned with filling out applications and securing other gigs then concentrating on what they were doing.
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