Wow. Smallville was completely ridiculous tonight! What the hell does red kryptonite do anyway? (I missed all of last season, where it was probably explained.) Why does it make Clark's chest go all glowy? Which one was Rutger Hauer? I definitely enjoyed it, though--light on the HoYay, sadly, but the GAYLE (it has to be the look "Lewis" gives Lex, with his fingers brushing Lex's shoulder, as he asks him to stay on the island with him) was great, and made even better by the fact that Lex imagined it all. Did anyone else think that he was calling Clark's name as the airplane zoomed overhead? And what was up with that skeleton in the stream, and why was it wearing a Lex Luthor necklace (at least, I assume that's what the LL pattern was)?

I thought he was saying Clark, too.

Every single time he said "Lewis" I thought it was either "Clark" or "Lois".

Shirtless Lex, fighting off a hunky version of his own latent homosexuality?

Clark, meeting hot women every night but ending up with his bartender?

Bo Duke, superhero?

I'm happy.

(Seriously. This was the first time Smallville truly surprised me with that ending moment.)

Pinwiz, I'm so with you.

And as Amych pointed out to me -- Lewis is an OBVIOUS connection to Clark.

The bartender was HOT.

edit: And MR looks better with no shirt on than TW.

edit: And MR looks better with no shirt on than TW.

Hey. That was my line.

SV was so freakin' ridiculous tonight. How was PapaKent strong enough to withstand the streaming skittles. Why didn't he just die?

The only upside was how gently the metaphor was played with Lex.

t /sarcasm

I watched it with a cat-calling crew of villains, and that's probably the best way.

Not enough wtf in the world, really.

What, when you're a bad boy living on your own in the big city, on ill-gotten gains, going to nightclubs every night, in jeans slung down low enough you have to shave your pubes, surely you're a virgin too? (Of course, considering the Woman of Kleenex factor, we should probably be grateful this is an 8 o'clock show.)

Also, we were wondering where all the desert islands are in Kansas. That flight was a lot longer than it seemed.

And ALSO! The whole thing with how the wife survived? How there was one parachute left and Lex valiantly made her take it? They ripped off that old Kissinger joke about the priest and the hippie. "No problem, man. The smartest man in the world just jumped out with my knapsack!"

Let us merely say there was laughter, and fail to specify whether it was "at" or "with".

It didn't make much sense, but TW is extremely, extremely pretty, and has many teeth. It was nice to gaze at him.

I'm assuming SuperPapa Kent is temporary? has to be, right?

I enjoyed Smallville -- in all it's Smallvilley ridiculousness and I agree about the Gayle.

Okay -- I just don't get why Clark or "Cal" wasn't more subtle in his stealing. . . I mean, why bring in a giant bag o'money when you can just take the car?

And why steal things the way he was -- when you get get yourself in and out of very secure places much more quietly (and so fast that you don't need the black cat-burgler outfit.)

Is it wrong that I'm wondering more about the way that Clark is a thief than that he is a thief at all?

Apparently, red kryptonite is like a drug. . . but sometimes it gets to be too much and he's got to take the ring off. (I cannot believe that Lana still doesn't know the secret.) When he takes the ring off he has flashes of Clark.

I don't get why it is that w/o Clark, suddenly the Kents lose their farm. But I really just shouldn't worry about that.

I imagine that SuperPa Kent is a temporary get Clark home and w/o the red kryptonite thing.

(And shirtless Lex is much better than shirtless Clark. . . crazy Lex is fun -- but I hope that they don't go there too often, just because he, MR, can do it, you know?)