Smallville Rewatch Season 1, Episode 4: X-Ray

Another episode, another Lana stalker. Just finished watching season 1 episode 4 X-Ray the first in a series of power discovery episodes of the series.

The Good: Pretty good episode with some interesting developments. I love when Smallville would do a power discovery episode and this was one of the coolest. Clark's struggle to control this power is hilarious and Martha's suggestion that he focus like a telescope was smart. Tina Greer had an interesting story and cool powers but everything good about her ends there. Overall the best thing about this episode was Clark figuring out how to use his x-ray vision. There is also an interesting Lex subplot that hints at his troubled past and reveals his curiosity over his survival of the car wreck from the Pilot.

The Bad: Tina Greer is one of Smallville's creepiest villains. Do not like her at all. I get really annoyed at scenes like the one where Tina transforms in the middle of the school hallway after getting Whitney's jacket. Anyone could have seen her! Also the stupid way she killed her mom. Oh it was an accident! She didn't mean to kill her! I hate that type of thing.

Fond Memories: I always look back at this episode as the crazy lesbian Lana stalker episode instead of the X-Ray vision episode, which is a bad thing.

Final Random Thoughts: An okay episode with a few highlights mostly involving Clark's power discovery. Interesting to note: The beginning of the Lana/Chloe friendship and the beginning of Lex's obsession with his accident.

Smallville Rewatch Season 1, Episode 1: Pilot

So I just finished the Pilot and I gotta say I loved it just as much now as I did then :)

The Good: The episode got off to a great start with the arrival of Kal-El in Smallville and the meteor shower that accompanied him. I was reminded how great John Schneider and Annete O'Toole were as the the Kents watching theses scenes. They do the small town farm folks thing perfectly. I really liked how Clark is portrayed as a whiny teenager in this episode, especially having already watched him become the selfless hero he is in season 10. It shows how great the development of Clark has been in this series and how good a job Tom Welling has done with the role. Michael Rosenbaum's Lex Luthor is barely featured in this episode but he leaves a good impression and sets the stage for the friendship between him and Clark that will be front and center throughout the series. Also I surprisingly liked Lana in this episode which is amazing when I think of how much I despised her in later seasons, but she starts off as the likable girl next door.

The Bad: I never liked the freak of the week thing and I always though that Jeremy made for a weak villain, but it did give us a good scene towards the end where he and Clark face off.
Whitney. Whitney Fordman is possibly the most annoying and useless character in the hiostory of television. I understand that they wanted Clark to have a rival, but did he have to be a series regular?

Fond Memories: I remember when I first watched Smallville in Wisconsin when I was babysitting my nephews back in the summer of 2004. I had pretty much watched every cool movie on my brother in laws shelf so he suggested "the young Superman series" which he had on DVD.

Final Random Thoughts: Good episode. I like how they have the heroic Clark moments where you catch a glimpse of the man he will become. Also I love the design of Clark's ship!