I have set up a small and dignified alter where I am praying that there is no Lana and Clark together for one, maybe two eps if we're lucky.

Good luck with that. "Clark and Lana Aren't Dating Anymore" is the new "Lana's Parents Are Dead".

Seth is the mack fucking daddy. Mmrrrowr.

I'd really hope we get to see some of him explaining it to Ryan.

But amych! Lana realized Clark is too dangerous! Surely we'll just see her pass by him in the halls and they might mention her once or twice but they won't be a couple and there is no way the meaningful last scene of every episode will be Lana coming to the barn and telling Clark that she just wants him to open up and trust her. Right??

Mmmm. I do love this dry Egyptian heat.

Seth is the mack fucking daddy. Mmrrrowr.

And in an argyle sweater vest. Adorable.

Hottest makeout scene so far? My vote goes to Seth and Summer in the poolhouse.

When Summer caught Sandy in the poolhouse and freaked out? My love for her grew a million times. They must make her a regular.

Seth is the mack fucking daddy. Mmrrrowr.

Yes, yes he is. He is also the daddy mack.

The thing is, with him it also ties in to his insecurities. He can't believe that one girl would like him, so when there are TWO, he doesn't know how to decide between them. And doesn't want to miss out on the opportunity to mack, since he doesn't know when it'll happen again.

Or I could just be projecting.

Did anyone else see a difference in Marissa this ep?

The Orange Sweater of Self-Actualization! Still not too bright, though.

I liked that this episode put Clark in a position where he couldn't just figure some perfectly right solution. He could have helped get Lex hospitalized immediately, but that might be a bad decision because Lionel could have something planned. Yet keeping him hidden isn't such a good idea because he's unpredictable and scares horses. And now he has to pretend that Lex hallucinated the thing he did with the car, because admitting that Lex isn't entirely loopy about that would mean revealing his secret. Clark got to be selfish and self-preserving.

Previously it sounded like Julian died of SIDS or the like. It might have been some accident, like a young Lex putting a teddy bear in the crib that ended up smothering the baby, or it could just be that he didn't notice the baby had been quiet too long until it was too late. I do think regardless of whether it was Lex's fault, Lionel let Lex blame himself, and probably subtly encouraged it.

And now he has to pretend that Lex hallucinated the thing he did with the car

More than that -- he has to pretend Lex hallucinated his presence all together. IIRC, there was no earlier time when he could have just left that would have made sense; if he was there at all, he would have had to stay until the doctor & Lionel showed up.

but it is a great position to put Clark in, for the angst.

It might have been some accident, like a young Lex putting a teddy bear in the crib that ended up smothering the baby, or it could just be that he didn't notice the baby had been quiet too long until it was too late.

Do you think? It almost sounded like it was more Lex's responsibility than that, like if he was supposed to give the baby a bath and he drowned, or if he dropped the baby and Julian hit his head on something. Which are still not a 10-year-old's fault, but I can see it being a huge guilt trip, especially with (yes) daddy subtly encouraging it.

"Lana's Parents Are Dead"

Did we know this?

From the TWOP recaplet:

Lana tries to help and gets trampled by a horse (the horse will forevermore be known by show fans as "The Savior"),