Smallville Season 5 Review
I have just completed watching season 5 of Smallville, the latter half of the season really accelerates the clark and the mysterious mr Fine story line. this season contains some of the largest turning points in the show. from the start of the season the friendship between Lex and Clark is strained to breaking point and is strained further after clarks big decision to part from Lana as he thinks that all he will ever do is hurt her, this coming off the back of show 512 where clark tells Lana all only to have her die in an accident, going to the fortress he gets a crystal that reverts time but he only has one go, this time around he lies to Lana and effectively looses her heart. but as Clarks real father warned a price must be paid and in a very sad scene, Johnathan Kent dies in the arms of Clark.
I quirky twist to the show occured in 506 where Johnathan Kents old friend turns up, its none other than Luke Duke from the dukes of hazard, there are a few scenes like Johnathan driving like a crazy man in an old charger that may have been lost on some fans watching.
half way through the season we learn that fines is not trying to help clark but trying to free Zod and almost does so but for a save by Chloe, Fine is killed but we later learn that the missing ship can create more. Fine doops Lex into thinking he is working for the government against an invasion from Kryptons (somewhat x files in manner), they work together to create a cure to the most deadly virus's that exist, but Fine destroyes them all bar one sample which he injects into Lex, preparing the way for Zod. Lex being taken into the ship and then returned unharmed is at first confusing until Lex displays all the powers that Kent has. Lana how over the latter half of the season had gotten closer to Lex still wants to be with him even though he has all these powers.
This season was good, I liked the fact that clark now knows that Chloe knows his secret and has know for some time and did not tell and proves she can be trusted. Lex finding out about his powers is anther matter but Lex seems compelled not to tell anyone, which seems out of character but lex is have strange white eye flash backs so perhaps the stone is compelling him to protect clark or there is a future plan. The Fine character is an interesting one, it is not clear what he is, machine or creature.
It seems that with some of the episodes that the writers were going down to the local video store for ideas, the one where Lana dies and is revived using a meteor cocktale is very like flatliners, the one where Lana turns into a vampire, it has been done in so many other movies and shows and its not very superman like, it was explained as being a mutated version of rabies but its still a stretch, the one with Lionel and Martha going through the tests while being watched by a crazy was very like Saw but this episode was very good, perhaps the general ideas are coming from old movies etc but they are being altered to suit the smallville style and quality of standard we expect from the show. The finale was perhaps not the strongest, last seasons was more of a clincher but it paves the way for an exciting season 6.
I quirky twist to the show occured in 506 where Johnathan Kents old friend turns up, its none other than Luke Duke from the dukes of hazard, there are a few scenes like Johnathan driving like a crazy man in an old charger that may have been lost on some fans watching.
half way through the season we learn that fines is not trying to help clark but trying to free Zod and almost does so but for a save by Chloe, Fine is killed but we later learn that the missing ship can create more. Fine doops Lex into thinking he is working for the government against an invasion from Kryptons (somewhat x files in manner), they work together to create a cure to the most deadly virus's that exist, but Fine destroyes them all bar one sample which he injects into Lex, preparing the way for Zod. Lex being taken into the ship and then returned unharmed is at first confusing until Lex displays all the powers that Kent has. Lana how over the latter half of the season had gotten closer to Lex still wants to be with him even though he has all these powers.
This season was good, I liked the fact that clark now knows that Chloe knows his secret and has know for some time and did not tell and proves she can be trusted. Lex finding out about his powers is anther matter but Lex seems compelled not to tell anyone, which seems out of character but lex is have strange white eye flash backs so perhaps the stone is compelling him to protect clark or there is a future plan. The Fine character is an interesting one, it is not clear what he is, machine or creature.
It seems that with some of the episodes that the writers were going down to the local video store for ideas, the one where Lana dies and is revived using a meteor cocktale is very like flatliners, the one where Lana turns into a vampire, it has been done in so many other movies and shows and its not very superman like, it was explained as being a mutated version of rabies but its still a stretch, the one with Lionel and Martha going through the tests while being watched by a crazy was very like Saw but this episode was very good, perhaps the general ideas are coming from old movies etc but they are being altered to suit the smallville style and quality of standard we expect from the show. The finale was perhaps not the strongest, last seasons was more of a clincher but it paves the way for an exciting season 6.
posted by John at 6:04 PM
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