ORIGINAL EPISODES, THURSDAYS @ 8PM ON THE CWVery cool opening even if it was a bit unbelievable even for this show. One of things I love about the show is the action and the opening of this seventh season definitely brought some of that. What was unbelievable was Clark's superheating of the water after the dam burst. There are so many implausible things about that scene that it was actually absurd. You sort of have to suspend your believe of the normal to enjoy this show sometimes but even this went too far. It's just not possible to superheat the water that fast, have it all just evaporate away, and yet somehow none of the people in the water (Lionel, Lex) died.
The implausibility aside the episode was pretty even. We got a little bit of everything from the season premiere which was very satisfying considering all the storylines taking place at once. I have a question for everyone though; when Clark came back to the dam in the opening he was yelling for Lana, why? He was told by Lionel that she was killed in the season finale last year.
The most important storyline of this episode was Clark versus Bizarro. Before I jump into it I fully admit that I never read the comic books so most of the backstory I am completely unfamiliar with, so don't hold that against me. Still, I didn't quite understand the Bizarro story. I get that he was a phantom and that he became the opposite of Clark after taking his DNA but other than that what was his purpose? Why did he care about killing Clark? My one beef with the entire story though was that I hate when this show has Clark finish off the bad guy in one episode. To me it seems that someone as powerful as Bizarro would take a put more time to finish off, but hey that's just me. Although I'm sure this probably isn't the last we've seen from him.
Cloe was her usual fast-talking self, well after she came back from the dead. If I woke up on a slab in a morgue I think I'd pretty much go crazy. I have to give her props for holding it together though. I personally think Clark took a peak under the drape she was wearing with his X-Ray vision. Did anyone else sense a moment between the two of them when he got her off the slab? As for love interests, Lana being dead is clearly killing Clark. I'm surprised at how he was able to hold it together though. Granted he wanted to kill Lex but after that he sort of seemed alright, even though at times you could tell it was eating away at him. This is a testament to how good of an actor Tom Welling is and how great he plays such an iconic character. Not that it was any really great surprise but Lana is alive and living in Asia. I have a feeling Clark will find out very soon that she's still alive. My sources have said that with all the secrets (most of them anyway) out on the table, Clark and Lana will get a real shot at a relationship in the near future.
Now for the Lois and Lionel. Not all that much to say here. Although Lois was around her character wasn't involved in any big developments. She did provide some comic relief with her butt-grabbing talk with Clark. Lionel on the other hand provided our first big mystery of the season; who took him from the river? Nothing on this show every works out innocently so I have to assume this will be a significant storyline next week.
This was a very well rounded episode and it seems that Smallville is alive and kicking in the seventh season.
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