SV: Promise

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Stuff I liked:

The old devious Lionel is back!

Lana setting up Chloe so she could find out about Clark.

Lex's first personal murder, but even then the final blow wasn't intentional.

No Lois!

The Lionel/Lex interaction would have worked better 3 years ago. Lex should be more competent relative to Lionel now than he was shown to be, but then they have jerked Lex's and Lionel's characterizations around for three years so ...


Stuff I didn't like:

The jumping around in time, leading to

Annoying repeated scenes. Could they at least have only repeated enough to place it in context.

Lex barely reacted when he saw Clark at the end before getting in the limo. He should have been giving him an "I win" smile, or something.

Lana has made Lex stupid.

The possibility that this still isn't the end of the clana.

The preview for next week. I hate fight club stories (Combat was my least favorite Torchwood episode). Besides, didn't they already do a WWF/zoner episode?

Comments

[xnitelite.livejournal.com]

A big "yes" to all your pro points. It was good to see Lionel back in evil form again. Though I've never understood what his true feelings/motives toward Clark are. At times he goes to great lengths to protect Clark, and yet here, he threatens Clark's life. Very weird.

I agree that the interaction between Lex and Lionel seemed off. Lex has had the upper hand on his father for some time, so I can't buy him kowtowing to Lionel like that. It might have been true three seasons ago, as you pointed out, but not now.

But, I was glad there was no Lois. *g*