Perhaps time runs at different rates in the different universes?
Yes, yes you did.
I think (though I’m not sure) that Ally wants everyone to merge and become more powerful; she needs a cult of people absolutely devoted to her so that she won’t be overthrown by some other merged person.
S02E11 Truth and Consequences
DAVID RAMSEY (“ARROW”) DIRECTS THE EPISODE - We pick up right where we left off with Jon-El smirking at Lois, who is still standing on the porch with Jordan. Jon-El, catches sight of his doppelganger Jonathan, standing not too far away. He lunges at him and Jordan tries to intervene but Jon-El appears to be stronger and faster than him.
Big, big reveal this episode: Time moves differently in Bizarro world. Clark spent about a day there while he was gone more than a month on Earth Prime. Oh, yeah: Clark revealed himself to Lana. That should come in handy when Lana takes office.
Jordan vs Bizarro Jonathan was suitably epic, almost as epic as Superman vs Bizarro.
John Henry I think has a plan to destroy the portal. Maybe that’s what they should have tried to do in the first place. The question is, will that be enough to stop merged Ally?
Really enjoyed this episode.
- Loved how the kids chose exactly the WRONG time to fluff their emotional feathers in the air. In the grand scheme, “world-ending disaster” trumps “girlfriend drama” every time. But it was a good example of teenage behavior.
- Enjoyed the brothers-being-brothers scene of reading the letter.
- Chekhov’s Letter will come back to haunt the Kents, I’m sure.
- Honestly, Jonathan-El should have driven the Kryptonite deeper into Superman. But plot demands he not die.
- Lana? You were two feet from Superman. How did you NOT see that it was your lifelong chum, Clark?
- I really, REALLY loved how Jordan could harness his powers, as soon as he stopped getting in the way of them, and just DID things, instead of thinking about it. For us older folks, great shades of “Greatest American Hero” when he mastered his powers because he had amnesia. It would seem that Jordan just needs the snot beat out of him more :).
“Hey, I’m flying! Cool!”
“Oh shit! I’m flying!”
::Plummet:: - Honestly, at the end, I was damn sure that Lana was going to block Clark from revealing his secret. I’m really glad they didn’t go for that trope.
I’m still consistently impressed on how well this show is written, and acted.
I’m just hoping that next week Lana doesn’t get all pissy about Clark keeping his secret for so long. Honestly, there are reasons your friends don’t tell you everything, even when they aren’t super-powered extra-terrestrials.
Clark was just so happy to hear that Lana won the election - great moment. I’m also glad to see that Clark told Lana, and agree with @Broomstick in hoping that Lana not give him a hard time about it.
Yeah, I mean, Lana’s family has had their own secrets (every family does) and I tire of the lack of recognition that we all have secrets and they are all of varying importance. Some are trivial and largely a matter of a topic simply never coming up. Others should be revealed to people once they become close enough to you. Yet others are nobody’s business outside of a very select few.
One of my uncles who was a police officer worked undercover assignments. When his children were very young he and his wife never told them exactly where daddy was or what he was doing when on a “business trip” because they were too young to trust with that knowledge, it would be too easy for them to let the secret that protected them all slip. When they were older he would tell them, and also instruct them to NOT acknowledge him if they happened to see him during work assignments, for everyone’s safety. In general, people in the real world understand these things.
Likewise, in this hypothetical world, most people should understand why Clark wouldn’t just blurt out his identity willy-nilly. It shouldn’t be HUGE BETRAYAL like it is sometimes presented. Sure, teens getting pissed off is consistent with them being teens (to some extent), but someone like Lana should have a greater understanding.
Yeah. The boys might reasonably argue that they could have been trusted with their dad’s secret at a somewhat younger age, but obviously there was a time when they were too young. And if Clark had stayed in Smallville, he would likely have told Lana much earlier than this - but he spent much of his early adulthood out of town, and Lana’s need to know under those circumstances was much less.
Replace “being Superman” with “being gay”. Clark dating Lana in high school while a closeted gay man would be understood - he wasn’t sure who/what he was and wasn’t ready to divulge it publicly (keeping in mind “Clark in high school” in this context would have been… what? 1980’s? 1990’s? in a less progressive/tolerant society). So he comes out to his former HS girlfriend he’s gay. Is she going to wig out? Scream WHY DIDN’T YOU TRUST ME WITH THIS!!! No, I think not. There would be some understanding why he wouldn’t share that with her at that time, or any time up until the point he reveals his secret.
Of course, being Superman is different - but again there should be some understanding of why he wouldn’t necessarily want the world to know about this side of himself.
I would, eventually, like this revelation to enable Jordan and Sarah to become a couple again but, again, is Sarah really ready to know this? Can she be trusted life-long with this secret? That’s a heavy thing to put on a teen no matter how mature. Jordan and Jon have to know at this point, being half-Kryptonian with the possibility of becoming super-powered themselves. Does Sarah need to know? Should she know?
And in actuality, Clark and Lois revealed he’s superman, like, six months ago? And what happens? Jordan wants to reveal his power to the first girl that he kissed. In practicality, the boys suck at keeping a secret.
Except for Jonathan, and his drug-dealing girlfriend.
So Clark comes home from Bizarro World, ready to renew his relationship with Jonathan.
And then can’t shut up for sixty seconds for his son to talk to him about his reasons for wanting to help Candice. That’s right, he’s faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, etc., but doesn’t have the self-control to listen to his kid. Which, if he’d done earlier, he would’ve found out what was going on a lot sooner.
Somebody should say to him, “Hey, thought you had super hearing. Apparently not.”
Lots of things happen for reasons of plot.
Both Lois and Clark are supposed to be journalists and have been apparently decent parents for a long time now. No matter how initially upset, there should have been a point for both them (Lois kind of hit it, actually) where they stopped and tried to listen.
But that would be inconvenient for the larger story they were trying to tell, so it didn’t happen. They were trying to draw parallels between that relationship between worlds (and between the different sets of parents and children generally the entire season). It was a bit clunky and unsubtle, unfortunately.
A bit disappointing, especially after how well they handled the family stuff in S1, but not the worst sin.
S02E12 Lies That Bind
SUPERMAN & LOIS IS BACK WITH AN ORIGINAL EPISODE! - We pick up right where we left off with Clark levitating in front of Lana. Meanwhile, Jordan and Jonathan question whether Lois and Clark are telling them the complete story. Lastly, Natalie tries her best to get Sarah to acknowledge Jordan.
The phrase that leapt to my mind at one point is “load-bearing member.”
What a great reaction from Lana! “I thought about it, and I understand why Clark lied. But you, Lois, you’re different”. LOVED that.
And the boys… jeez… the boys… "Let’s light this vein of X-K on fire. I’m sure NOTHING bad will happen! " Smallville can’t be so small that they haven’t heard of Centralia, Pennsylvania.
And his brother escaped again. Quell Surprise!
Loved the episode. Really, really enjoying the writing.
What’s the really significant power that Bizarro Jonathan has that Jonathan doesn’t? It’s not flight or superstrength. No, it’s the ability to make Clark keep his mouth shut and listen to what he is saying.
I was amazed that when Lana, Clark, and Lois were talking in Lana’s house that it wasn’t revealed that Lana’s younger daughter wasn’t eavesdropping.
I think Superman once saved Centralia, or a town based on it.
Things are getting real spicy in Smallville. I actually liked the Cushings’ storyline for once, maybe because they’re getting to be truly impacted by the main plot now. I even liked Kyle again. When he called his ex-paramour after talking with Sarah, I thought he was backsliding, but it turns out he was just setting up his daughter for open mic night. I see the writers’ game: They’re getting us to like Kyle and hate (or at least dislike) Lana now, aren’t they?
Speaking of Lana: I can appreciate her point. She just got a huge revelation dropped on her, part of which is that her two best friends – the old one and the new one – in the entire town have been lying to her, and she needs some time to process it. I can appreciate it, but that doesn’t mean I have to like it. What I did like was the little flashbacks to young Clark and Lana’s time together in Smallville. It also explains why Clark chose that particular spot to reveal himself to Lana.
I really thought Tal-Rho was going to turn over a new leaf and try to be a true brother to Kal-El. Alas, once a villain always a villain, I guess. Come to think of it, what happened to Morgan Edge’s commercial empire? At least, what happened to the Daily Planet?
