I can't get myself to care about Lana and Clark in the least bit. I feel like I've seen them have the same conversation a thousand times. It's all blurring together at this point.

I feel like I've seen them have the same conversation a thousand times.

God yes.

I feel like a moron. I don't really get what the development is w/Dr. Swann. So he's evil?

And I forget and/or missed some stuff. Do we know what PapaKent promised Jor-El?

I really hate it when Smallville confuses me - I get all distracted with my LexLust.

I feel like a moron. I don't really get what the development is w/Dr. Swann. So he's evil?

Not necessarily. I think this episode shows that he has his own agenda, but we don't know what that is. He was playing Lionel and Clark against each other in this episode.

I liked how he told Clark that he thought it was a mistake to reveal Clark's heritage too him this early. You could tell that Clark didn't like being reminded of his mistakes.

I enjoyed the episode. When I saw that it was written by Jeph Loeb, I had a hope that it would turn out well. The 2 drawbacks were: too much Lana (although her scene with Lex wasn't too bad), and no Chloe.

I couldn't believe the Pa Kent/Lionel wrestling match. For someone who is dying, Lionel put up a decent fight.

I'm not sure what the deal is with Dr. Swann. I'm not ready to think he is a bad guy (even though he totally got villain music there at the end), so I'm working on the theory that he had some sort of plan where he would be able to call the key to him if he thought Clark was not ready to handle his destiny? He does speak the language. Plus, it's Superman and Superboy. Superman can't be evil!

What happened to Pete?

I missed Chloe -- FAR too much Lana.

And a friend of mine has a speculative thought that Swan is Jor-El.

OtherKate has a serious point. Superman could not be evil.

And Sumi's friend has made me jump up and down and squeal.

Well, that's a interesting thought. Whatever is going on, I have to say I'm really digging what Dr. Swann brings to Clark's story.

I missed Chloe. Considering that there was so much going on between Lionel and Clark, I thought for sure that she'd be in there somewhere. Lionel is very touchy with the boys.

I can get with the Lex/Lana scene only if I read it as Lex talking about his own relationship with Clark and his own fading trust in Clark. Otherwise, it's just impossible for me to believe that he could sit there listening to her whine about trust issues with her high school non-boyfriend when Lex can't trust a single person in his life.

Well, it may very well be that my friend's speculation is too creative for Smallville.

My reception got really static-y at the end of the episode (of course). What happened during the music-y part after Jonathan told Clark the key was missing?

Lyra Jane

They showed that Dr.Swann had the key in a very pretty box and was staring at it all hidden agenda-like.

(Psst. I sent the mix priority yesterday. I suck big time - but at least it's on its way!)