I think any fan of Smallville will say that they really enjoyed watching the show as all of the characters went through high school. What comes next is open for debate. The list of television shows that have been broken as their characters graduate from high school is long. I think the Smallville writers see that challenge coming and have tried to set up a post-high school lives for almost all of the characters on the show. We'll have to see whether this helps keep the quality of the episodes from eroding after graduation, but I guess I shouldn't complain too much for at least giving it a chance. Let's just hope these little diversions don't make the lives of our current characters suck at a faster rate.
The writers must have been doing their research on what goes on at college, because the opening scene has a bunch of guys sitting around a table doing shots until they pass out. All of these huge guys seem to have no chance against their unseen opponent. Who could it be? A football player? A hockey player? A lacrosse player? No, no, and no. At Metropolis University, it turns out that the shot champion is none other than...Lois Lane. Yes, that Lois Lane, the one who told us the week before that she hated being on campus during Greek Week because all of the fraternity guys apparently loves getting drunk with these fraternity guys. Maybe she loathes them because she won't let them join. I say she should simply join the women's rugby house and call it even.
Lois had been challenged to show off the power of liver while she was on her way to brush her teeth. What other reason is there to be a party in your pajamas and teddy bear slippers? In a scene very reminiscent of Raiders of the Lost Ark (wouldn't we all love to see Karen Allen make a comeback), it is Lois vs. a football player with everybody else cheering them on. Although we all know that Lois is going to win, the football player tries to continue, even when a teammate (played by Chris Carmack of The OC fame) tries to get him to stop. He loses, and Lois is the champion. For her reward, she gets to try and walk home without getting caught by campus security. The football player, who everybody calls "Coop", has a different idea of how the evening should end. Lois drank with him, right? Thinking a dozen shots equals true love, Coop tries to put a move on Lois, who is too tired to argue and so she knocks him out with a kick to the chest.
Game over, or so we would think. It turns out that Coop simply wasn't knocked out, he was paralyzed, and so they bring in Lois for questioning. To me, it would seem that Lois had a good case for self-defense, and considering she is a college student and her dad is a general, she wouldn't have to post bail. Apparently not, because Lois not only has to max out her credit cards for the bail, but she returns to Smallville to ask Chloe for some help. Chloe has to go to Metropolis University to get some paperwork done for her financial aid, so why not help her cousin beat a manslaughter charge?
Coincidence would have it that Clark is also visiting Met. U on a football recruitment trip. Clark's athletic prowess not only opened the floodgates for his popularity, it also have him an easy road to paying for college. Schools all over the place were trying to recruit him and get them to play football for them. Met U. sent another product of the Smallville High School football team to pick Clark up for the recruiting trip. If you guess that it would be Chris Carmack, you would be correct. His name is Geoff and he was a star at Smallville before he became a star at Metropolis. He is a local legend, and takes Clark back to campus in an Escalade.
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Comments (3)
Does anyone know why Lois was at the party in her pajamas? What was up with that? And the whole “I drank black and tans with British officers”. Newsflash Lois, a black and tan is an IRISH drink and the name is a derogatory word for English officers that were broguth in to fight the IRA. So chances are English officers WON’T be drinking them.
And I know Clark is all mr nice moral guy, but man he acts like such a freaking tool. 2 hot chicks want to double team him and he doesn’t want to do it? Hes Superman, not one of the ambiguously gay duo. Or maybe hes worried if he comes itll be like a shotgun blast and shoot out the chicks back (stole that joke from mallrats…).
The Lana storyline is boring. I tuned out and just f forwarded to lois and her ample bosoms.
I cant wait for the inevitable "Clark accidentaly walks in the bathroom while shes taking a shower" awkward scene.
Cuz you know its coming.
1 of 3 | Posted by Ed | Posted on February 14, 2005 7:34 AM
Why does Chris Carmack look so old and frail in that picture?
2 of 3 | Posted by B-Side | Posted on February 14, 2005 1:09 PM
www.saveclarkandlana.com
3 of 3 | Posted by Hiphop | Posted on February 15, 2005 7:14 PM