Sniff, Cough, Splutter
Apr. 20th, 2004 12:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lemonbellaI have a work from home day today and these are usually filled with ice cream, DVDs and as little actual work as possible. Unfortunately I woke up this morning with a raging headache and a horrible throat infection. I haven't watched any DVDs, I don't feel like eating anything (not even ice cream), and I have lots of work to do in case I can't make it into the office tomorrow.
I'm going to try and finish my case files and then settle on the sofa and watch last night's excellent Smallville
Oooh, it was so good. And I wasn't even anticipating a stand out story like I was for Shattered/Asylum. I particularly liked the way they didn't even bother trying to explain the 'phonecall from the future' because they know everyone is concentrating on the B story.
The stand out scenes also came unexpectedly which I like, it seems to give the viewer a lot more credit.
Adam telling Clark about Lionel "How long do you think you can escape him?"
Lex's first real foray into darkness by betraying Lionel. (Even though Lionel deserves everything he gets) And the fact he actually had tears in his eyes as he made the deal.
and, of course;
Reasons Lionel Luthor can't really be dead:
1) I like him too much
2) There's no way Lionel Luthor commits suicide, not unless he has a sure fire way of making it someone else's fault.
3) Lex has to have a hand in it. Other than the fact it's canon, the parallels between Clark and Lex's paternal relationship don't make sense unless Lex is also responsible for the death of his father in the same way Clark will be with Jonathan. (There is a small part of my mind telling me that Lex did have a part in this because he exposed the lab, but that would mean Lionel could actually be dead so I'm ignoring it.)
4) I don't think they're quite ready for Lex to start the real descent into evil, (even though I personally can't wait) therefore they need Lionel to play the villain a bit longer.
5) Lex will kill Lionel to protect Clark, (even if he doesn't know exactly why he needs protecting). I am absolutely certain of this, and will probably be quite disappointed if they don't go down this route.
6) The finale is called 'Covenant' and therefore if they're going to kill a father off it's probably going to be Jonathan, and they won't get rid of both in season three. Hopefully they won't get rid of either.
There I feel better. Lionel is alive.
I'm going to try and finish my case files and then settle on the sofa and watch last night's excellent Smallville
Oooh, it was so good. And I wasn't even anticipating a stand out story like I was for Shattered/Asylum. I particularly liked the way they didn't even bother trying to explain the 'phonecall from the future' because they know everyone is concentrating on the B story.
The stand out scenes also came unexpectedly which I like, it seems to give the viewer a lot more credit.
Adam telling Clark about Lionel "How long do you think you can escape him?"
Lex's first real foray into darkness by betraying Lionel. (Even though Lionel deserves everything he gets) And the fact he actually had tears in his eyes as he made the deal.
and, of course;
Reasons Lionel Luthor can't really be dead:
1) I like him too much
2) There's no way Lionel Luthor commits suicide, not unless he has a sure fire way of making it someone else's fault.
3) Lex has to have a hand in it. Other than the fact it's canon, the parallels between Clark and Lex's paternal relationship don't make sense unless Lex is also responsible for the death of his father in the same way Clark will be with Jonathan. (There is a small part of my mind telling me that Lex did have a part in this because he exposed the lab, but that would mean Lionel could actually be dead so I'm ignoring it.)
4) I don't think they're quite ready for Lex to start the real descent into evil, (even though I personally can't wait) therefore they need Lionel to play the villain a bit longer.
5) Lex will kill Lionel to protect Clark, (even if he doesn't know exactly why he needs protecting). I am absolutely certain of this, and will probably be quite disappointed if they don't go down this route.
6) The finale is called 'Covenant' and therefore if they're going to kill a father off it's probably going to be Jonathan, and they won't get rid of both in season three. Hopefully they won't get rid of either.
There I feel better. Lionel is alive.
