Finale Screentime Minutes, and Deep Thoughts

[jeannev]

So, here I am...finally.  This is a hard review to tackle.  For one thing, its like two episodes.  For another, its the end.  Obviously.  And so I understand the desire to just want to let it alone.  It is what it is, and all that.  But, that just wouldn't be very me.  And besides, I think a series finale should get a little of the microscope

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Re: Pt II

[jeannev]

The whole Smokeseid storyline was so very awful. Its almost too overwhelming to even discuss, because I think it failed on every single level. And the very worst part of it? The fact that he wasn't the least bit menacing or scary. This is the worst Big Bad ever? Why? He didn't seem to get much accomplished, and he wasn't that tough to vanquish.

And thats the thing with the comic book Chloe was reading. It could not exist. Not in a world that doesn't know Clark Kent=Superman. So, where did it come from? And I hate that sort of crap, and for what? Some ludicrous wink and nod to something outside of SV? To give Chloe her "jewel"? Eff that!

I don't think TPTB ever had any real vision of AI Jor-El besides him being whatever the plot called for. When he needed to be the bad guy, he was. When he needed to be the deux ex machina to the rescue, he was. He's not a character at all. He's a plot device. A contrivance.

The prevailing theory on Clark's WTF face when Chloe hugged him is that he could hear 2 heartbeats and knew she was pregnant. But if thats what they were going for, why not be more obvious with it. I mean, its not like it was a secret she had a kid b/c they started off the ep with her reading to her spawn. Personally, I think Clark was just creeped out. I would've been, LOL