Witness

DVD, Smallville S2 (Witness)

A bit of a comedown from last week's, straying into heavy soap territory which is usually a bad thing for the series unless it's part of something bigger, but this was something smaller. There was the historic first meeting between Chloe and Lionel Luthor (good to have him in it for a change!), but the way all parties went separate ways (Jonathan rushing Martha off and letting Clark go and fight the baddies seemed very out of character, despite the baby subplot, and Clark and Chloe, Clark and Lana and Clark and Lex all were a bit odd.

Makes you think Clark must think Lex is an idiot, because who else would knock out Lex and take over, added to Clark's other shows of strength or being there Lex must know it was him, but Clark thinks he's pulled the wool over his eyes again!

I did like the reference to the Level 3 experiments (which 'Jitters' was about), and there was a parallel between this and 'BUGS' when, like Ros and JD, Chloe kind of teams up tentatively with Lionel when she feels her friends have deserted her.

And it's all soppy grumps and grumpy sops, with Henry Small's awful wife, acting much more like a teenager than Lana (I sense he's not going to be in it much more which is a shame as he was a likeable character). So it does feel very Season 2-ish, in a bad way. Add to that a weakish plot about baddies stronger than Clark which could have been much better, and it's not one of the better stories.

The plus is for the quite good fight and Lana being selfless and the intriguing moments between Chloe and Lionel. All together now: DON'T TRUST HIM! It would have been better if Lex had said he'd take care of the Kent's and has them protected or something as might have happened in S1. I did enjoy simply basking in the warm glow of the series' gorgeous locations, only a shame about the people arguing. I have to say that it had more to enjoy than the average S3 episode however...

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