Smallville – S08E14 – Requiem


Tonight’s episode – Requiem

Last week, Clark and a newly powered-up Lana embraced on the roof of the Daily Planet.  How will Clark sabotage himself this week?  With the discovery of a kryptonite time bomb capable of devastating all of Metropolis?  As if he needed the help. 

Is this it for Lana?  Possibly. 

Eh, at least soon we get Zatanna!

As always, I look forward to your thoughts, opinions, gripes, live-blogging, etc.

Comments

  1. BrianBaer BrianBaer says:

    On the plus side, at least this episode will look better than the last one. It kind of has to, doesn’t it?

  2. mcbaker mcbaker says:

    Again, as whenever they implent anything from Superman lore, I wonder how Toy Man will fare tonight.

  3. smeeeeee smeeeeee says:

    ITS SLAPPY THE PUPPET FROM GOOSEBUMPS!

  4. Conor Kilpatrick conor (@cskilpatrick) says:

    Toyman is always creepy.

  5. Conor Kilpatrick conor (@cskilpatrick) says:

    Not sure how Oliver knew that was going to happen, but I’ll go with it…

  6. cable77 cable77 says:

    So do we think they will "kill" Lana?

  7. physisics just got violated. it is now sitting in the corner sobbing.

  8. micahmyers micahmyers says:

    my wife refused to watch this with me. she saw toyman on the commercial and was creeped out.

  9. cable77 cable77 says:

    side question: is there an "auto – reload" on this page or do I have to keep hitting refresh?

      

  10. Crippler Crippler says:

    I love not knowing what to expect this season.  I haven’t been looking at any spoilers at all and every episode has some great surprises.  Toyman!  I mean, that’s pretty cool. 

    Question – Requiem was the name of the comic that focused on the death of the Martian Manhunter.  Any chance of seeing that happen here?

  11. physics*, sorry

  12. Conor Kilpatrick conor (@cskilpatrick) says:

    Always with the super powered sex, these two.

  13. superchuck superchuck says:

    That’s a mood killer.

  14. cable77 cable77 says:

    haven’t we been here before? 

  15. micahmyers micahmyers says:

    @cable77- if you have firefox there is a add-on you can get to reload automatically

  16. cable77 cable77 says:

    "Clark, stop with the damn speeches.  Save it for the end of the episode when we are up in the barn."

  17. Conor Kilpatrick conor (@cskilpatrick) says:

    @cable77: You have to refresh manually.

    @Crippler: The death of J’onn J’onzz? Highly doubtful.

  18. superchuck superchuck says:

    So Ollie knows about Toyman somehow.  Lana can tell he’s lying, but not Clarkie boy.

  19. Conor Kilpatrick conor (@cskilpatrick) says:

    That’s not Rosenbaum.

  20. superchuck superchuck says:

    Wow, that was creepy!  And kind of a clever way to have Lex without having Lex.

  21. cable77 cable77 says:

    *sigh* I was afraid of this…doing something where it IS Lex in the show, but it’s not Rosebaum.  Hmmm…

  22. cable77 cable77 says:

    $10 bucks the nurse is a giant toy/robot.

  23. Conor Kilpatrick conor (@cskilpatrick) says:

    Don’t they usually put gowns on patients?

  24. cable77 cable77 says:

    Wow—I would SO get fired from Queen Industries if he looks down on bringing toys to work.  And probably for the explosives thing too.

  25. cable77 cable77 says:

    Toyman looks like Hurley from LOST.

     @Conor — they don’t put gowns on the chiseled leading men.  They would put a gown on me, however.  Probably two.

  26. superchuck superchuck says:

    Did he just steal her iPhone?

  27. cable77 cable77 says:

    Oooo…low blow pulling the "when you were Brainiac, I didn’t kill you, Chloe!" card, Clark.  Low blow.

  28. Conor Kilpatrick conor (@cskilpatrick) says:

    Am I crazy or is Doomsday still running around free?

  29. Conor Kilpatrick conor (@cskilpatrick) says:

    Toyman’s from EUREKA.

  30. Conor Kilpatrick conor (@cskilpatrick) says:

    I *think* this is Lana’s last episode of the season…

  31. cable77 cable77 says:

    Hmm…this might get dirty.

  32. Conor Kilpatrick conor (@cskilpatrick) says:

    Something tells me that’s not the first time Ollie’s woken up tied to a bed.

  33. cable77 cable77 says:

    That’s it — piss off the guy with the needles who hasn’t showered in a while when you’re handcuffed to the bed.

  34. superchuck superchuck says:

    He’s really good at playing an a-hole.

  35. cable77 cable77 says:

    53 isn’t one of the numbers, Hurly knock off!

  36. superchuck superchuck says:

    I counted over 60.

  37. micahmyers micahmyers says:

    i was up to like 68

  38. superchuck superchuck says:

    You are WAY too ugly to be Mr. Queen!

  39. Dumeer Dumeer says:

    Do not mess with Meatloaf Chloe!!!

  40. Conor Kilpatrick conor (@cskilpatrick) says:

    This whole Lex/Lana thing is dangerously close to totally derailing this season.

    Which is, you know, a huge shocker.

  41. cable77 cable77 says:

    Okay — if the "lex tracker" ends up in a watch that Clark gives to Jimmy, I’m done.

  42. superchuck superchuck says:

    We’re a team, which is why you’re useless without me.

  43. cable77 cable77 says:

    Lex Vader. 

  44. Conor Kilpatrick conor (@cskilpatrick) says:

    Lame.

  45. superchuck superchuck says:

    Yeah, this "Lex voice" is lame.

  46. cable77 cable77 says:

    This guy doesn’t have Rosebaum’s eyes.  Lame!

  47. cable77 cable77 says:

    Is she going to turn into a Green Lantern?

  48. micahmyers micahmyers says:

    she is now kryptonite man

  49. cable77 cable77 says:

    Well, I guess Lex is really dead now.

  50. superchuck superchuck says:

    I would rather them not have addressed Lex at all.  They were doing fine without him.

  51. Conor Kilpatrick conor (@cskilpatrick) says:

    Yeah they really should have left well enough alone.  It’s almost like they are afraid of a Lex-free paradigm.

  52. Conor Kilpatrick conor (@cskilpatrick) says:

    Lex isn’t really dead.

  53. cable77 cable77 says:

    Oooo…Chloe, low blow playing the "it was Brainiac, not me" card.  Low blow.

  54. superchuck superchuck says:

    Not sure I get the thing with Ollie and the kryptonite ring.

  55. Conor Kilpatrick conor (@cskilpatrick) says:

    And she’s gone again!

  56. superchuck superchuck says:

    No way he’s not dead!

  57. cable77 cable77 says:

    This whole Lana arc was dumb.

  58. cable77 cable77 says:

    I was kidding with the "Lex is dead" thing earlier. 

  59. what no preview?

  60. Wow that ending dragged with the slow motion montage and the ending was too… felt like something out of those after school teenage dramas

  61. JesTr JesTr says:

    @conor:  My Roomy asked the same thing about no hospital gown and I don’t recall seeing Toyman in Eureka but he was in Supernatural for a couple of eps.

    I’ve really dug this season but it’s strting to get bland again.  I think that everyone thought that this was the last season and the wrters were writing accordingly.  Now we know that the show was picked up for another season so we’re back to it being lame again.  So far I’ve really liked the Red/Blue Blur and Daily Planet/Metropolis stuff.  One thing I want to see more of is Doomsday.

  62. Crippler Crippler says:

    The re-introduction of Lana has wrecked the last few episodes.  I’ll state once again that the Legion episode really felt like a season ender, and a season-ender to a really great season.  The episodes since then have been… pretty lame.  Hopefully we can get back on course and get back to dealing with Doomsday. 

    Oh, and btw.. here’s a quibble on my part regarding the episode name.  A requiem is a mass for the dead, a prayer for the soul’s salvation.  If you name an episode requiem, then someone should die.  Yes, Lex died, but there was no requiem for him! 

  63. captamerica101 captamerica101 (@Autobot_Hunter) says:

    @superchuck- about the ollie/kryptonite ring, i think their setting him up as the late 90′s "i’m always perpared with kryptonite in case superman goes evil" batman. 

  64. Kory Kory says:

    @Crippler: I think it was called requiem because it was the "death" of Clark and Lana’s relationship.

    @superchuck: captainamerica101 is right.  On Smallville, Ollie Queen is pretty much a stand in for Bruce Wayne.  I think they might be building towards a showdown between Clark and Ollie and that ring will certainly come in handy. 

  65. Eyun Eyun says:

    Well, that was an odd one. Can Lana PLEASE sod off!!

    Agree with Conor 100%. This season, which started so brilliantly and was like a breath of fresh air, is getting stale fast. And you can pinpoint it to an exact moment:

    Lois, Jimmy & Doomsday disappear? Stale!

    Lana & Lex brought back? Epic stale!

    Now that Lex is "dead" and Lana is "gone" hopefully we can get back on track with the fantastic steps the start of the season took. The real downside is that since they’ve now shown Lex as a burned-up, machine-bound wacko I doubt we’ll ever get Rosenbaum back. He said he might, and it’s not like the show needs Lex anymore, but if I was Rosenbaum and I saw that episode I’d be like ‘Screw that!’.

    Seriously, where is Lois??? Anyways… NEXT!

  66. Conor Kilpatrick conor (@cskilpatrick) says:

    @Eyun: They can totally bring Lex back in a myriad of ways, that’s not a big problem.  Neither is Rosenbaum.

    The bigger question is, should they?  I say not until the very end.

  67. Eyun Eyun says:

    @Conor – Very good point. He was always mentioned this season, and hinted at as being the unseen mastermind behind things, which worked fine. I’m just curious if the new Robo-Lex and Super-Lana was planned from the start, or a nervous afterthought from a half-season lacking 2 of it’s best known stars.

    I’m happier without them for now. Bringing them back for a series finale would be fine, depending on where the rest of the characters are at that point; I don’t want them to build Clark and Lois up again only to forget her for Lana coming back (again).

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