Voice of Reason: Season Two: Visage

Visage

Overall

Despite a complete deviation from Tina Greer's original Lana-complex, which you have a hard time getting, and some totally stressful moments when "Whitney" is going bananas, which make you want to shut the TV off and breathe for a few minutes, the three stunningly good final scenes of the show leave you thinking, "Whoa...that was good." And it was, although without those scenes its excellence would be considerably lessened. The romantic chemistry in the first scene at the Talon, in which they both allow themselves to feel totally attracted to each other; the chillingly good slow-motion scene when Whitney supposedly returns; the spaceship's startling behavior and the unspoken question of "What just happened?"; the moment when two Clarks try to convince Lana that the other Clark is Tina; and Lex's remark, when Clark is worried about Whitney and Lana, "Be patient. Most quarterbacks' careers don't last that long," all are pillars of this episode. And combine that with those three scenes, in which a thought-provoking question is raised as Clark ponders Whitney's honest courage, Lex bares his soul to his future wife, and Lana's abandonment complex is poignantly revealed as she tells Clark she doesn't want to lose him, too... You've got a really good episode. I won't say "great", because that adjective, along with many others, applies better to the following set of episodes. I like huge episodes, which this was not. But overall, this episode is a big step up from the previous two, and a good preparation for the episodes to come.

Good Moments

Aside from the ones mentioned above? Lana finally tells Clark that she doesn't care if he has secrets as long as he continues to be there for her. I've been waiting for that; her pushiness at every opportunity about "if you want to get close to someone, etc." was getting irksome. And it was a nice way to do it, working it out with raw emotion instead of the awkward confrontation ("there's something we need to talk about" and that sort of thing).

Details

Despite a year of treatment for insanity, Tina is more violent - almost bloodthirsty - than before. What really does go on at Bell Reve?

Why is it that almost every Smallville Season Two episode involves someone getting killed? In "Vortex" it was Nixon, in "Duplicity" it was in separate instances both the truck driver and Dr. Hamilton (presumably), in "Red" it was the boyfriend, in "Redux" it was Krissy's victims, in "Ryan" it was Ryan, in "Dichotic" it was Frankle, in "Skinwalker" it was the security guard, and now Tina's killing the lieutenant with a baseball bat. People are bloodthirsty in Smallville.




Visage Overall Despite a complete deviation from Tina Greer's original Lana-complex, which you have a hard time getting, and some totally stressful moments when "Whitney" is going bananas, which make you want to shut the TV off and breathe for a few minutes, the three stunningly good final scenes of the show leave you thinking, "Whoa...that was good." And it was, although without those scenes its excellence would be considerably lessened. The romantic chemistry in the first scene at the Talon, in which they both allow themselves to feel totally attracted to each other; the chillingly good slow-motion scene when Whitney supposedly returns; the spaceship's startling behavior and the unspoken question of "What just happened?"; the moment when two Clarks try to convince Lana that the other Clark is Tina; and Lex's remark, when Clark is worried about Whitney and Lana, "Be patient. Most quarterbacks' careers don't last that long," all are pillars of this episode. And combine that with those three scenes, in which a thought-provoking question is raised as Clark ponders Whitney's honest courage, Lex bares his soul to his future wife, and Lana's abandonment complex is poignantly revealed as she tells Clark she doesn't want to lose him, too... You've got a really good episode. I won't say "great", because that adjective, along with many others, applies better to the following set of episodes. I like huge episodes, which this was not. But overall, this episode is a big step up from the previous two, and a good preparation for the episodes to come. Good Moments Aside from the ones mentioned above? Lana finally tells Clark that she doesn't care if he has secrets as long as he continues to be there for her. I've been waiting for that; her pushiness at every opportunity about "if you want to get close to someone, etc." was getting irksome. And it was a nice way to do it, working it out with raw emotion instead of the awkward confrontation ("there's something we need to talk about" and that sort of thing). Details Despite a year of treatment for insanity, Tina is more violent - almost bloodthirsty - than before. What really does go on at Bell Reve? Why is it that almost every Smallville Season Two episode involves someone getting killed? In "Vortex" it was Nixon, in "Duplicity" it was in separate instances both the truck driver and Dr. Hamilton (presumably), in "Red" it was the boyfriend, in "Redux" it was Krissy's victims, in "Ryan" it was Ryan, in "Dichotic" it was Frankle, in "Skinwalker" it was the security guard, and now Tina's killing the lieutenant with a baseball bat. People are bloodthirsty in Smallville. © Voice of Reason, 2007