Prophecy Screentime Totals, and Deepish Thoughts

[jeannev]

 So, here we are, the 2nd to last episode of Smallville ever.  Well, sort of anyway, since I'm not buying the idea that smashing 2 episodes together make it a 2 hours movie, but in the immortal works of Dr Emil, "whateves

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[anonymous]

Thanks for the screen time numbers... I would much rather have seen Clark on more this episode. OK, I too had higher expectations for this episode and was disappointed.
Issues:

1. Kara told him that it was was tradition to get permission from the head of the house for initiating a life bond.... Jor El is an AI computer, not Clark's father, so technically shouldn't he just be getting the blessing from himself as he is the head of house of El.

2. Clark without powers had to babysit Lois for most of the episode as she did not appear to have a pause button with powers. As was said earlier, not unexpected, but definitely irritating.

3. The scene back at Watchtower after Toyman had sent "Diode Lois" back to kill the Blur.... Did they really think that no power Clark after being thrown clear across the room through the glass display was going to not leave a scratch on him (blood budget and special effects recovery must have gone into the wedding budget)? He also gets up with only a little effort after the toss...

4. As far as the Lois tossing Clark a day before the wedding goes, didn’t she just spend 3 weeks waiting for Clark to make it back from the Phantom Zone and didn’t that give her a little time to think on this? Ok, as far as saving people 24/7, SV has previously defined Clark’s limitations…. (Sneeze… trying to save too many people, Hostage (and the rest of season 9)… not having a balance to keep things in perspective), but Lois was not in the know at the time. I guess this will be Lois’s journey in the finale.

5. How is a non-superpowered Best man going to make it back to the rehearsal dinner in time from his quest for Orion’s bow?

I totally agree that Clark's scene with Toyman and the Oliver Granny Goodness scenes were the best of the episode.

[jeannev]

Oh, I knew going in that Lois would have the most screentime here. I'd have been surprised at anything else.

This idea that the show keeps trying to suggest that AI Jor-El is actually Jor-El is just so bizarre to me. Especially with what they've had this machine do. Jor-El IS DEAD! Not mostly dead. ALL DEAD! Clark no longer has a living father. Not biological. Not adopted. Why can't the show grasp this?

I can't get too upset about Clark not having a mark on him in Watchtower since this show is notorious for that. There's no way any of the major cast members should still be living with all the damage they must've sustained.

I just don't buy that its only occuring to Lois now that there are people dying in the world every second, and Clark can't save them all. I find this whole storyline for her to be ridiculous, a day late and a dollar short. Especially since we know she's not going to stick to it for even 1 episode.