Great review! I guess it was nice for you to be able to write about a reasonably good episode again. Ambush was really enjoyable. Not that I wouldn´t find stuff to nitpick over, but I am willing to accept some plotholes if most of the episode is good, and in particular if Clark is written well.
One thing that bothered me was that Lois left with her dad without even giving Clark a wink of hope. That seemed quite cruel to me. If Clark had done that to Lois he would have been bashed to death on the boards. Not so when it´s Lois... :/
Interpreting the Talon destruction the way you did, didn´t occur to me. I guess I pushed everything Lana so far away in my memory that I´ve become insensitive to this part of Clark´s history. However, I believe that our Lana-loving writers didn´t think of that: they just needed a reason for Lois to move in on the farm. And now that Chloe is gone soon too, they can use the set space for something else. Finally, a good explosion is always welcome as a form of action. Pragmatic reasons, I trust. :))
Great review. I really liked this episode, and it sort of sets a bar for me that I'm not willing to lower for poor writing in other episodes. Clark was terrific in this, and he should be written with this much love and care each and every week. There's no excuse not to.
So often, SV has problems with balance in the writing for Clark. This episode really achieved the right balance, and I think the whole episode grew from there.
And heck, even I liked Oliver this week. Will wonders never cease?
I can honestly say there's been episode that imo have made squee but this has been the best and most complete episode we've seen this season or maybe even in a while.
Your post reminded me that I needed to watch. So I did.
MI was excellent. I don't know a lot of the Lucy back story, so I kinda missed that, but I thought Ollie was great, too. And I like that Tess calls him on stuff. Poor thing's been looking so broken lately. I can't believe this week's revelation will help.
While domestic Lois and Clark is nice, I'm looking forward to seeing them back in the workforce.
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One thing that bothered me was that Lois left with her dad without even giving Clark a wink of hope. That seemed quite cruel to me. If Clark had done that to Lois he would have been bashed to death on the boards. Not so when it´s Lois... :/
Interpreting the Talon destruction the way you did, didn´t occur to me. I guess I pushed everything Lana so far away in my memory that I´ve become insensitive to this part of Clark´s history. However, I believe that our Lana-loving writers didn´t think of that: they just needed a reason for Lois to move in on the farm. And now that Chloe is gone soon too, they can use the set space for something else. Finally, a good explosion is always welcome as a form of action. Pragmatic reasons, I trust. :))
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So often, SV has problems with balance in the writing for Clark. This episode really achieved the right balance, and I think the whole episode grew from there.
And heck, even I liked Oliver this week. Will wonders never cease?
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MI was excellent. I don't know a lot of the Lucy back story, so I kinda missed that, but I thought Ollie was great, too. And I like that Tess calls him on stuff. Poor thing's been looking so broken lately. I can't believe this week's revelation will help.
While domestic Lois and Clark is nice, I'm looking forward to seeing them back in the workforce.
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