Smallville - Fortune

[daibhidc]

What the heck was that meant to be?

That has to be the biggest mess of an episode I've seen in a while. A basic concept that requires Zatanna to deliberately do something phenomenally stupid and irresponsible (Let's give the most powerful being on Earth, who thinks alcohol won't affect him, magical inhibition-lowering champagne! That'll end well!) and a story that seems decidedly uncertain whether or not to deal with the repercussions of said irresponsiblity.

So it starts of being a zany comedy on "Woooh! What did we do last night?" lines ... and then Dr Hamilton gets seriously beaten up by Fortune's goons[1] ... and then it goes back to zany comedy.

And then we learn that Chloe and Ollie got married ... while blitzed and don't remember it. And our reaction to this is supposed to be "yay for true love"? Seriously?

The only part of this episode that's remotely worthwhile is the brief allusion to The DC Characters Who Must Not Be Named.

[1]You know an episode's got problems when it features one of JLA's lamer villains, and it still feels like he's being wasted.

Comments

[daibhid-c.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I had the same reaction to the Warrior Angel one (another one where Zatanna tries to get Clark to lighten up, come to think of it). The thing is, breather episodes of Smallville seem to strike me as less fun than the normal episodes.

It was two characters: a billionaire with high-tech toys, and a wondrous woman who's gonna throw Clark for a loop. The other two of the DC Comics "Trinity", who never appeared in Smallville because they always had unrelated live-action vehicles in the works, and the rights issues were a nightmare.