# Smallville 10/13 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 14, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallville-10-13/326251 "2005-10-14T17:35:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallville-10-13/326251/1 "2005-10-14T17:35:02Z")
Not bad - but is it wrong that I was totally psyched to see thr preview for next week that involves Aquaman? ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallville-10-13/326251/2 "2005-10-14T17:59:21Z")
Yes, yes it is, though it may be you have sympathy for a fellow amphibian. Actually, I’m stoked to see it too, as I’m a long-time and long-suffering Aqua-fan, so any more exposure for him is good in my book, assuming they can pull it off. He’d certainaly be easier to explain than, say, Diana or Martian Manhunter. I thought the episode only really picked up halfway thorough, and the protagonist was just damn annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallville-10-13/326251/3 "2005-10-14T18:30:42Z")
It certainly would have been a bold choice to kill someone off right then and there in last night’s episode. No warning whatsoever. But I knew they wouldn’t. And with the focus on Aquaman next week they won’t have time to deal with a death. I get that they’re probably waiting until Sweeps in November but, really, what’s the point? Jor-el says balance must be restored. Someone he loves must die. And then he waits a good month, two months, or whenever he can schedule it on his calendar? If you’re going to be a completely unfair malicious ass to your son, at least do it right. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallville-10-13/326251/4 "2005-10-14T18:38:18Z")
I liked it. Who’s gonna die? Maybe when Jor-El/Lionel (Lion-El?) said someone close to Clark was going to die, he meant that in the sense of proximity. One day Clark will be standing next to some schmoe in line at the grocery store, and WHAM! I’m still not totally convinced that the entity claiming to be Jor-El is really him. Aquaman! I have a pathological fear of ocean life, so he’s never been my favorite. Did Smallville’s version grow up in a lighthouse? ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallville-10-13/326251/5 "2005-10-14T18:41:29Z")
I know I’m missing something by watching _Survivor_ and waiting on _Smallville_ for the weekend–somebody spoil this: Did Clark get his powers back? I really enjoyed watching him have to do something _sans_ superpowers, but it’s going to get old really quick. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallville-10-13/326251/6 "2005-10-14T18:46:11Z")
I’m not a Smallville fan, but isn’t Aquaman that annoying fish-man from the SuperFriends? The one that rides two dolphins, and has some little boy sidekick? ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallville-10-13/326251/7 "2005-10-14T18:49:57Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I’m not a Smallville fan, but isn’t Aquaman that annoying fish-man from the SuperFriends? The one that rides two dolphins, and has some little boy sidekick? I don’t remember the little boy sidekick, but yes, that’s him. It’ll be fascinating to see what there is for him to do in land-locked Kansas. I know my favorite part of _Superfriends_ is always the incredibly lame sea-capade the Legion of Doom would come up with as part of every master plan so he didn’t feel useless. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallville-10-13/326251/8 "2005-10-14T18:50:15Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > I know I’m missing something by watching _Survivor_ and waiting on _Smallville_ for the weekend–somebody spoil this: Did Clark get his powers back? I really enjoyed watching him have to do something _sans_ superpowers, but it’s going to get old really quick. Yes, but it took some doing. And by doing I mean dying. **Anaamika** : That’s Aquaman in name only. You’d be best to leave any superhero knowledge gleaned from _Superfriends_ where you found it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallville-10-13/326251/9 "2005-10-14T18:51:23Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > I don’t remember the little boy sidekick, but yes, that’s him. How could you forget Aqualad? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallville-10-13/326251/10 "2005-10-14T19:08:20Z")
> [@cbawlmer](#): > > **Anaamika** : That’s Aquaman in name only. You’d be best to leave any superhero knowledge gleaned from _Superfriends_ where you found it. 😉 Ok, so it’s the \*show \* that sucks? Because I read a humor site about SuperFriends and while hilariously funny, it sure ripped the show - and the characters - the _shreds_. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallville-10-13/326251/11 "2005-10-14T19:11:53Z")
> [@cbawlmer](#): > > Yes, but it took some doing. And by doing I mean dying. Ooooh. Now I have to watch it as soon as I get home tonight, dammit. > [@](#): > > How could you forget Aqualad? I think I must have blocked it out, because it’s not ringing a bell. I don’t understand why he would need an assistant. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallville-10-13/326251/12 "2005-10-14T20:08:16Z")
Ah, Seanbaby. Yes, the show sucked. Aquaman is a favorite partly because he’s had the toughest life of most any superhero you can name. Abandoned at birth, sentenced to death by his people numerous times, never met his parents (who abandoned him, remember), had his hand chewed off, and had to fight his best friend to the death to save his infant son (who died anyway). Eat that, Dark Knight! ---
**Author:** ![zeldarae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/f14d63/32.png) [@zeldarae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zeldarae)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallville-10-13/326251/13 "2005-10-14T20:25:12Z")
So who’s going to bite it? My SO swears it will be Chloe. Kind of makes sense 'cause she’s knows his secret. I’m actually hoping they pull a Whedon and kill Lana because she’s so freakishly beautiful and I tired of hearing my SO sigh each time she appears on screen. 😃 Plus it would be the next logical step for Clark to hook up with Lois. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallville-10-13/326251/14 "2005-10-14T20:27:45Z")
> [@zeldarae](#): > > So who’s going to bite it? My SO swears it will be Chloe. Kind of makes sense 'cause she’s knows his secret. I’m actually hoping they pull a Whedon and kill Lana because she’s so freakishly beautiful and I tired of hearing my SO sigh each time she appears on screen. 😃 Plus it would be the next logical step for Clark to hook up with Lois. I hope it’s her too, because she’s boring as hell and completely done as a character. I wish she’d stayed in France at art college. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallville-10-13/326251/15 "2005-10-14T20:35:44Z")
I love Chloe! She is much cuter than Lana, and Lois is second cute behind Chloe. No kill her! Rhombus Smash! Also, John Glover is just an insanely good actor. He, Rosenbaum, and Allison Mack (IMHO) are the best things on this show. [Fun recaps](http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/) here, but I’m sure you all are familiar with this site. Stupid Silo Boy! I so hated him with the power of a thousand groins! Now I go see Fog, where a Republican walks around in her underwear after boffing an illegal alien. This post brought to you by the number 6 and cough syrup and 4 hours sleep! ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2005, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallville-10-13/326251/16 "2005-10-15T04:06:30Z")
Chloe: 8 on the Whiny (1) to Hawt (10) scale. They’re making me like her. Of course she’s gonna die. Even worse scenario: they bring back hot teleporting girl, make her calm and very likeable, then kill her. Two people knocked out in this episode bringing the season total to 12 (average 4 per episode). Anybody else wish that the doctor had yelled “SHAZAM!” while trying to bring back Clark? Lion-El. I like it. This episode, eh, I’ve had better, good bits though. Loved Lion-El and Kal-El in the Fortress. Loved Lex and Lionel’s reunion. Clark, I know you’re a Boy Scout, but you didn’t have to spill the beans. Lana isn’t even the hotest girl you’ve been caught with. My serious bet on who snuffs it: Lex, who is immediately revived by Brainiac who senses that Baldy could be a powerful ally. I’m happy to see Aquaman on the show. Also happy to see Lana and Lois in bikinis. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Xixox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/13edae/32.png) [@Xixox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xixox)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2005, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallville-10-13/326251/17 "2005-10-15T05:41:34Z")
> [@Wolfian](#): > > My serious bet on who snuffs it: Lex, who is immediately revived by Brainiac who senses that Baldy could be a powerful ally. My serious dread is that the creators will end up having Lana pregnant from their night together, and it will be the child that gets deaded. Just the hint during the meet with the parents in the kitchen that morning… “Did you use protection?” “Um… yeah.” And you know, in television and movies, you just _can’t_ have sex without the most dire consequences imaginable. I’m not really dreading this possibility for the could-be-kid’s sake, but just that it would be so abominably cliche. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2005, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallville-10-13/326251/18 "2005-10-15T13:08:17Z")
> [@Xixox](#): > > My serious dread is that the creators will end up having Lana pregnant from their night together, and it will be the child that gets deaded. > > Just the hint during the meet with the parents in the kitchen that morning… “Did you use protection?” “Um… yeah.” > > And you know, in television and movies, you just _can’t_ have sex without the most dire consequences imaginable. I’m not really dreading this possibility for the could-be-kid’s sake, but just that it would be so abominably cliche. Superboy! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2005, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallville-10-13/326251/19 "2005-10-15T20:24:21Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I’m not a Smallville fan, but isn’t Aquaman that annoying fish-man from the SuperFriends? The one that rides two dolphins, and has some little boy sidekick? To be fair, he’s not _from_ Superfriends. A less annoying version was created long before. Also to be fair, almost everyone had a sidekick for awhile. I’m still somewhat new to Smallville. I’ve been marathon watching season 4 to catch up. My main observation so far: Man, it sucks to be Jonathan Kent! Does this poor guy have to get the crap beat out of him _every_ episode? No wonder he can’t manage the farm by himself, he spends 3/4 of the time in the hospital or recovering. It’s no wonder Lex will eventually go totally evil. How many times can you get knocked unconscious before serious brain damage sets in? So who’s going to have to die? I’d second the vote for the teleporter girl. Clark loves her, plus she’s the only one who “fully understands” what it’s like to be Clark Kent. Could also be Chloe. She’s not originally from the comics anyway, right? So she’s got to go at some point. I’d say Lana, Lex and Ma & Pa Kent are all safe, as they are more or less canon. It would be lame if they quickly introduced someone, had Clark quickly come to love them, then have them killed. But, if they introduce someone special w/in the next couple eps, they’re a total goner. Can someone 'splain me, how it is that everyone can go waltzing in and out of Clark’s barn unannounced? And all sorts of mayhem can occur with out Ma & Pa Kent hearing it? Same with Lex. The guy’s a billionaire, yet everyone in town can barge right into his main living room/office? Hasn’t anyone in Smallville ever heard of knocking first? ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallville-10-13/326251/20 "2005-10-15T20:45:46Z")
I think they’re writing Chloe into the comics now, actually. My theory is that Lana’s mutant power is surviving head wounds and whining about her parents. Also, she’s killed a lot of people. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallville-10-13/326251.md?page=2)