BC wrote:
> For all its weakness, the season 4 writing looks like it should have the
> Nobel Prize for literature compared to season 5. Season 4 had a season
long
> arc--stones, ancient kryptonian artifacts and history, Kal-el, Lois in
> Crusade and ended with the uniting of the stones and creation of the
> Fortress where Jor-el hopes Clark will become Kal-el. There of course
were
> some side plots like Lionel's trial and prison and his revenge, Clark's
> football adventures and of course the alluring Alicia. I didn't mind
these
> side trips that developed Clark's character.
>
> Season 5 had the invasion of Kryptonians--dispersed immediately--and
> Brainiac, that was a mystery at first and then a threat for a few
> episodes--then Jonathan's senate and his death--Lionel pining for Martha
and
> wanting to mentor Clark--Lexmas of what can come--Cyborg and Vampires
that
> related to nothing--Lionel and Martha in a trap to get them close
> together--Terminator metal guy--Angel--Aquaman and Zod. For Pete's sake
> what a hodgepodge. If anything it was just a homage to other
superheroes
> and villains with no fracking connection to anything. Brainiac is the
> threat in the beginning of the season and we end with Zod in Lex on a
> rampage. And speaking of one character inside another we had Jor-el in
> Lionel, Brainiac in Jonathan and a dead girl in Chloe. (Previous season
we
> had Dawn stiles in several people and witches in three girls, Clark in
> Lionel and Lionel in Clark) Clark is still running around in Flannel,
Chloe
> pines for Clark, Lana pines for Clark, Lois is gone and so they made no
> headway with the 22 episodes except for killing off one of the best
actors
> on the show. Not only that, the writing was seriously twisted to make
all
> these things work--time travel--dreams--psychotic episodes--computer
> infections. Needless to say I think 5 was a pile of Kryptonite road
apples.
> BC
>
Fair evaluation. I think the main weakness of season 5 was letting the
Fine story drop and adding all those filler episodes until the Finale.
That caused it to lose a lot of momentum (considerable time had
elapsed). Both Season 4 and 5 started off interesting.
Season 4 lost a lot of momentum (IMO) when it became apparent that
Isabelle was a nonfactor in the story, and we were subjected to
watching lame conversations with Dr Quinn and Lex weekly. Also, the way
Clark had Kal-El removed was unbelievably cheesy. (I expect something
just as cheesey to resolve all last season's cliffhangers).
Season 4 had it's share of bad fillers as well. Weren't we treated to
fast growing boy and some other duds? I forget if Lucy was season 3 or
4 (as well as some other episodes, as they were truly forgettable).
Both the stone story and the Fine story were very interesting at first,
but then seemed to drag out too long, because they wanted to milk them
for the finale.
> Yes, and Lionel at that point said that the stones "belonged to Lana"
and
> not to Lex. That's why he had Lana go to China--knowing she had some
kind
> of power and connection to the stones. Lionel had yet to be downloaded
with
> the Kryptonian programming. Lionel's cleaning up of Lana's apartment
after
> the murder of Genevieve meant that he had his men shadowing Lana or
> Genevieve or both.
Ok, how did anyone other than Jason know that Lana had the stone? Was
Lionel there when Lana stabbed Dr. Quinn with it? I don't remember. In
any event, it just seemed odd that Lionel would use some teenagers to
do his treasure hunting in China. Why not just let Lex find it and get
it from him? Or partner with Lex? I guess it bothers me that his
personality changed back to evil for a couple episodes at the end,
after they spent all that time proving that Clark's spirit healed him
or whatever.
>
>
> It may not have been evil--just his way to manipulate Lex into having
Lex
> give him the stones. Would he have given them to Lana? We don't know.
> After his download he would have certainly given them to Clark. Lionel
> poisoned Genevieve to get the transference stone back and then Lionel
and
> Lex were kidnapped by the Teagues to retrieve it. However Lionel was
> willing to die to keep it--and denied having the stone even to Lex.
Didn't he also poison Dr Quinn to stop her from threatening Lex? I
thought that was part of the conversation as well, but maybe I'm
remembering wrong.
> All the time keeping them close. Lana's complaints of Clark's lies only
> added info to the lies that Clark told Lex. How many times in season
two or
> three did Lex roll his eyes when Clark told him a lie? Many times. Lex
> knows there is a secret and he is just being patient--maybe hoping at
some
> time Clark will come forward. He wouldn't do this with anyone else
because
> Clark has saved his life several times.
> BC
>
I just wonder why Lex still cares about the secret at this point. He's
seen Clark display superstrength many times, and then gets dumbed down.
He ignores other blatant evidence. It really hurts the credibility of
the show when he blows off Blantant evidence of Clark's secret when
he's supposedly obsessed with it. That's why I think they should've
dropped that storyline a long time ago. Just have Lex (and Lana) in
season 3 figure out that Clark is a meteror freak with superstrength
and speed, and leave it at that. Something like that is not uncommon in
Smallville.
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