Throughout the history of Smallville, the writers have chosen to give us a fairly sympathetic view into the pathology of Lex Luthor. He didn't just pop out of the womb a crazed killer and mortal enemy to Superman. Thanks to his father, he had a pretty difficult home life, ranging from being blamed for his mother's death to being committed to a mental institution for knowing too much information. The meteor shower turned him into a hairless freak, and he helped secure a conviction for his father when he found out his father killed his grandparents. Oh, did I mention that his father also tried to kill him as well? To top it all off, dear old dad was prepared to switch bodies and have his son spend the time in prison dying of a diseased liver. I think you get the point.
To Lex's credit, he has at least tried to separate himself from his father's legacy. He has been very generous to the town of Smallville and its residents. Still, I wouldn't actually call him all that well adjusted. Lex is always paranoid and thinks people are out to get him. His best friend is a boy from the high school, although that boy did save his life, but I would have to guess that he lives a lonely existence. A fairly young bachelor with at the helm of a Fortune 500 company, what does he do in his spare time?
Some of that spare time is spent in Metropolis where he attends various black tie affairs, like the one used for the opening of this last episode. Everybody is dressed is in their tuxes and evening gowns, but the one girl that attracts Lex's eye is somebody wearing a red dress. In this kind of setting, that can mean only one thing to me - prostitute. Everybody is dressed similarly, but one woman stands out among the crowd with her eyes on the richest guy in the place? It's like walking into a Vegas casino at three in the morning. Everybody in the place is a happily pulling away at slot machines, or hitting the blackjack tables, happily spending their retirement money or their kids' college fund. But then you notice some woman in a blue sequined miniskirt, then about an hour later, you see her at another casino. You just know something is out of place. So when Lex started ambling towards this woman in a red dress, I figured that this girl would get him in trouble somehow.
Well, things started out OK, Lex met the girl and she said that "names don't matter". I was thinking that she had to be a Platinum Escort, but what kind of escort brings an mp3 player along with her and listens to British club music on the job? Lex got this girl to his hotel, enjoyed a little nookie in the elevator, and then a whole lot more nookie once they were in his hotel room. Seemed like a great evening, and in the morning we saw the aftermath where the woman's dress was still on the floor, and Lex was sleeping in the bed. But when housekeeping came, and the maid screamed, we pan over to a bloody body lying next to Lex. Now the lesson of the story for all of you kids out there is that when you decide to bring a stranger home to your hotel, leave the little "Do Not Disturb" sign hanging on the outside. That way, you won't be caught in a compromising position (like reverse cowgirl) or with a dead woman in your bed.
Lex has the best lawyer money can buy, so he gets out on $5 million dollars bail, and returns to his mansion in Smallville. The lawyer, Corinne Hartford, is apparently a badass, and tells him the generic lawyer for any rich person accused of murder in a television show. We know the person isn't guilty but the lawyer is always like "I'm not here because I think you are innocent, but I will get you off the hook". Lex may have the best lawyer money can buy, but he also has Clark Kent on the case, so if he is guilty, there is no way he is staying out of jail. Clark listens to Lex tell the story of how he didn't know the woman, but that these one night stands weren't a common occurrence.
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Comments (1)
So we're back to Lex and Clark not trusting one another again, eh? I guess it's better than "I love you/we can't do this because you're not telling me everything" song and dance Clark and Lana went through for three years.
My "alternate/extended scene for when the elevator door opened, revealing the woman glaring at Clark and Chloe.
Chloe: Why you acting all shocked, bitch? Apparently you done it at least twice because you've got two kids!
Clark: AW, SNAP! OH NO YOU DI'IN'T!
Seriously, though. Why isn't Clark all over Chloe like a dirty sheet? I've been asking this question since the first season.
1 of 1 | Posted by Papercuts! | Posted on November 18, 2004 2:21 PM