The episode was called Teso do Bichos. It was about a mummy from South America (Peru?) that was dug up and shipped to the US. (You know, I think it was Boston.) Said mummy had an association with a jaguar spirit.

Totally coincidentally, members of the expedition/scientists working on the mummy started being torn to pieces. Examinations of the crime scenes proved, among other things, that a jaguar could not have got in to do the deed. But housecats would fit nicely!

Yes, housecats possessed by the spirit of an irritated jaguar. THe real funny came when Our Heroes were attacked by same, because the woman who plays Scully is allergic to cats so they basically took a Boxing Nun puppet and covered it with rabbit fur. There is a great outtake in that season's blooper reel where Mulder is boxing with the Furry Boxing Nun.

So. Ridiculous story line, ridiculously implemented. Those were the good old days, when we had no idea the butt genies to come.

What Lex did you miss?

He was in that blue-light room with a minion and that meteor rock crazed farmer/slave-driver. Then he walks, the power walk of evil down a hallway of cells. There is a greenish tinge now and then and hands reaching out between the bars to Lex - but he just keeps walking, then he goes through the door. What is the door? It's 331.

Then the promo was excellent. Lots of scenes from recent Smallvilles and then Clark, "Lex is creating an army" and scenes of GA, Aquaman (new?), a speedster or possibly MM and then a power walk of the Young Justice League (in their costumes.)

It seems like Smallville could save a whole bunch of money on writers if they just made episodes consisting of nothing but power-walks.

That would be a good idea, Tom. That shot redeemed the whole hour. Almost. Because that episode sucked a lot except for Jimmy and Chloe.

Because that episode sucked a lot except for Jimmy and Chloe.

I just caught the end, because the beginning made it look like A very special Smallville. But "I'm your bro. Not your foe." tickled me.

But "I'm your bro. Not your foe." tickled me.

Me too, Monique. That was great.

The episode was called Teso do Bichos.

I thought I'd seen all the episodes (much to my regret towards the end) but I somehow managed to miss this one. Then again, I also can't remember the Butt Genie either. Repressed memories, maybe?

So glad I didn't start watching Smallville again, despite the GA temptation.

Dude.

DUDE.

DUDE.

After sleeping on SPN (I got home at almost 11, so I watched it late), I'm now stuck in a broken place of flailing. I keep having thoughts, both on this ep as a contrast to Scarecrow and on the sheer bleakness of Being Dean Winchester (and, really, I could probably fill about 2000 words of just that aspect alone), and the various gutting aspects of being Sam, but then I find myself just terribly, terribly sad for them both and my lower lip starts to kind of tremble a little.

I swear, I wasn't this broken when I went to bed last night.

Anyone have any suggestions to get me out of the flail loop and into actually writing up those thoughts? Because I really want to, but see: flail loop.

Write as though you're writing to tell someone (like me) why they should start watching. Let's pretend I'm saying, "It's only prettiness and schmuck bait. There's no depth, there. It's not bleakness. It's blankness. Empty."

What would you say?

(Keep in mind I've never watched it, so I don't actually mean those things. I'm just trying to get you to write.)

Anyone have any suggestions to get me out of the flail loop and into actually writing up those thoughts?

I'm sorry. I can't even stop myself from flailing about how Dean+Impala+J-Turn=HOT LIKE BURNING, so I hardly can offer advice on how to handle the emotional content or thoughts on canon.