Yeah, I don’t know why I keep watching either
BUT
I was pumped for Helen “Supergirl” Slater to be guest appearing as Lara-El (another L.L. (well, “L. El”) in Superman’s life). How is it possible that she’s even more adorable now than she was when she was 20? She still has that strange, breathy, hesitant cadence (but with a huskier bouquet) which I always found to be charming. I just wanted to reach into the screen and hug her, she was so sweet.
BUT
Dammit. I was on the couch with the dog and the housemate working ourselves into a frenzy PRAYING that the people who write Smallville would let Lara do some aerial ballet just before she read Zor-El his beads. How COOL would THAT have been???
BUT
No. Lara, for whatever reason, remained powerless. No flight, no super-strength, not even an accidental super-sneeze. Then there was Zor-El, zipping around like HE was the Last Son of Krypton (for as many of them as there are “last”) sent to Earth 20-some years ago with all that time to develop his powers. But, for having been “born” at the same moment as Zor-El, Lara stayed essentially human. Helen Slater was terribly underused
AND
Since when does blue kryptonite render Superman powerless? Wasn’t that the only kryptonite he suffered no ill effects from? The only kryptonite that would hurt Bizarro?
AND
Why all the “it happened off-stage” moments this season? God, it’s worse than Battlestar Galactica’s starting with an action sequence then flashing “24 hours earlier” across the screen every single week. Kara betrays kal-el? The ring is removed? Clark searches high and low for the missing Kara for almost 20 seconds before he exhausts all possible places to look?
ALSO
Have the current writers not seen previous seasons? I SWEAR Julian Luthor came back before only to die miserably in a back alley somewhere. And GAWD that clunky exposition scene between “Grant” and Lex! Then Jor-El says he will “finally” apply a consequence for Clark’s disobeying him AGAIN? What was Season 4 all about? What kind of control issues does this guy have?
ARGH.
No, really. Why do I do this every week?
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