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.
With the Luthors being as wealthy as they were, odds were each son would have his own nanny, so I doubt Lex would have had to care for the baby. But I could see him volunteering to do something, or trying to help and making a mistake. That might make it even worse - it wasn't that he had to care for the baby and was unable to, but he chose to jump in and caused a disaster.
I do think regardless of whether it was Lex's fault, Lionel let Lex blame himself, and probably subtly encouraged it.
Oh, absolutely.
I like that Lex is going mad and is hating Clark. It's sad the way Titanic is.
Oh, come on, Titanic killed Leonardo diCaprio. For that alone, you have to smile.
Titanic was a comedy with a sad subplot about a beautiful boat.
But Frozen Leo? Fucking priceless. I laughed until I hurt.
"Titanic" got Kate Winslet naked...though actually most movies manage to do that.
I don't want to see Lex being evil entirely as a result of going crazy - I preferred the grayer, Hamletty aspect. He's paranoid, but with good reason. He is loved by his father, but also feared enough that his father's willing to do anything short of killing him.
