One of the challenges for this season of Smallville is how the writers are going to have the kids do what they did in high school now that they are not living or taking classes in the same places anymore. Logistically, the writers have decided to employ the 24 model of travel, where people can simply whisk themselves from one place to another with little worry about how much time it should actually take. The other question, which is where the conflicts are going to come, is a little tougher to solve. It would get boring if we simply said that people affected by kryptonite were wreaking havoc all over the place, although they left that possibility open. Instead it looks like we are going to see mayhem of the general variety, and now that Chloe is working at the Daily Planet, it looks like we'll have plenty of trouble for her to get in to.
Well, Chloe helping people out is a great theory, but in reality, she is really just an intern and her main job is answering phone calls for the night shift. Hey, it's not a bad place to start, but Chloe is way too talented to be answering phone calls about dog obituaries, isn't she? On this particular evening, Lois is with Chloe in the basement because Chloe had promised her a girl's night out, but bailed when she was called in to the office. Normally you wouldn't say that watching your cousin answering phones would be all that exciting, but as Lois said, compared to the Kent Farm, it's a rager. Shit, Lois, it's not like they are charging you rent, why don't you simmer down? If you are so upset about how boring it is, just move out, right? That's exactly what Lois decided to do, but it's not because she feared the oppressive hand of the Kents. Since Lana moved out of the space above the Talon, there was room for her there. She worked at the Talon anyway, so it would work out for everybody, and she could go back to pretending there was no sexual tension between her and Clark.
The girls were expecting a really boring night, but the next call Chloe received was a frantic attempt from a girl looking to meet with a reporter. She wouldn't give out her name, but she sounded desperate and Chloe decided that she should take a risk and go meet the girl herself. She said she was at 7th and Edgemont, which I thought would be an intersection in Los Angeles and I was going to check it out, except I checked the google map, and it appears Edgemont doesn't go south of Melrose, so I was out of luck. Chloe and Lois, however, got to their destination, and they saw a girl in the middle of the street walking towards them, and then she got hit by car. And let's be clear, I am not talking about some Pinto here. It was a brand new Expedition and it slammed into her, and the camera didn't cut away. Look at this shit, what the hell is that?
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I am not a physics geek, but I am sure there are some poor bastards out there crying into their Basics of Newtonian Law textbook. If Chloe needed some reason to solve a crime, this was a pretty good place to start.
At the police station the next day, Chloe and Lois get a lecture from detective Maggie Sawyer, or as I like to call her, detective low rent Mariska Hargitay. The investigators didn't have that much information and they told Chloe that this is the big city and bad things happen. In other words, don't get too worked up over this hooker who got killed. Chloe comes back with some feisty words about how this dead girl is not a statistic, and she and Lois decide to do something about it. They track the location of the girl to a nightclub that was in the area, and decide that they are going to investigate later.
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Comments (6)
Ahh Vancouver.
Hollywood North.
Screw you Arnold Schwarzenegger.
1 of 6 | Posted by Vancouverite | Posted on November 9, 2005 10:09 AM
I think some unknown "force" is going to cause Clark and Lois to make out - like possesion or meteor hormones. Or they will have to pose as a couple to get out of some situation. Those crazy kids.
2 of 6 | Posted by TV-OD | Posted on November 9, 2005 11:12 AM
The best part of this episode was the fact that Lana wasn't in it! I prefer to think that is the foreshadowing that Lana is going to die-not that things are going so well for Chloe, so she is going to die.
Also, thank you for addressing the 24 method of travel-that one can get from Van Nuys to downtown in 10 minutes.
Death to Lana!
Clark and Chloe forever!
3 of 6 | Posted by Victoria | Posted on November 9, 2005 12:46 PM
i don't think it's lana who's gonna die. i think it's jonathan. but i could be wrong.
4 of 6 | Posted by hmmm | Posted on November 9, 2005 9:27 PM
Thanks vitctoria. I think this episode was better since Lana wasn't in it either. She wasn't even missed. i hope she is the one to die.
5 of 6 | Posted by veronica | Posted on November 10, 2005 9:41 AM
i loved this episode my favourite scene was in the club. the classic "aye aye sailor" i will remeber that fro sometime to come.
6 of 6 | Posted by Vilia | Posted on November 10, 2005 3:22 PM