The Daily Smallville 04:02 Gone

04:02: GONE

Prologue

Act One

writers Brian Peterson & Kelly Souders / director James Marshall
Funny shower scene. But Clark is only 17. How old is Lois supposed to be? She seems older. Yikes.
I do like how the two are at odds. Different relationship tone than with Lana or Chloe
The tattoo is cave related. Of course. Bleh.
Kents not happy about Clark with a girl. Like the episode with Alicia Baker
“You’ll never have another moment’s peace.” Lionel Vs Lex this season? I’m sure Lionel has threatened Lex before but this time seems super direct
Lana back in Smallville. And she goes to see Lex first?
Oh yea. Clark was missing for three months too. How did they explain that?

Act Two

that James Marshall tombstone: “Died of Inflexibility” Ha!
No Chloe in the coffin
Terminator 2.0? Lane employing metas?
Lana meets Lois! Love the music chimes when they shake hands. Like destiny in the wind.
Lana wants to help with finding Chloe; Lois can see right away the tension between them. Ha.
Luthor Corps paid for Chloe’s funeral
“Hi Daddy”

Act Three

Sam’s a 3 star general; he calls her Lo
Pa Kent is very respectful towards a general he doesn’t know
There’s some terrible adr dubbing in this ep
See? And now Lex obsessing about the airplane heist by Clark
Clark comes to Lex. Strained relationship. There’s a cigar in the ashtray. Sam was there
Uh oh. Classical music at the prison. That’s never good. And then Lionel is stabbed. Wtf?
Picture of Lois’ mom? She’s blonde. She died when she was 6 from cigarettes.
Clark does the super speed from Lois for the first time
Evidence that Chloe is still alive. And someone almost got to her? And of course Lex shows up

Act Four

Ah. Trent working with Lionel to go after Chloe so she can’t testify against Lionel. Lionel found him at Belle Reeve.
Lex lied. He knew she was alive all this time. Saved her from the explosion and was working with Sam since he can’t trust the FBI. In a way, Lex is responsible for Clark and Lois meeting.
How does Chloe not see Clark toss terminator?
Lois and Clark take down the meta
Lois: “Chloe always said this town was weird”
Terrible dubbing!!!

Act Five

Lionel guilty! Daily Planet article by Perry White
Lex has control of Luthor Corps now
Look how the Kents are defending Lex
“I think it’s Lex”. This is an odd switch considering in Talisman how the Kents were the ones that said it could be Lex and Clark wasn’t ready to accept that.
And now Lana can see something in Clark and Lois.
Clark: “She’s bossy. Stuck up. Rude. I can’t stand her.” Lana: “The best ones always start that way.” Wow. That actually got me. Probably the one honest bit of dialogue this writing pair has written.
So who stabbed Lionel?
Jason comes to Smallville. Uh oh.
A somewhat uneven episode. Not necessarily in quality, but in focus. Struggling between what the writing team always seems to want to write (romance/over the top drama) and the Smallville mythos that we’re now on. An odd mix.

Next episode: Facade!