Eye on the Ledger
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ivyficI get such a kick out of the Ledger. Maybe I'll make posting about it a weekly thing.
In last week's Ledger, there was a cute little piece about the rise in hospital violence. This, like the first article I ever read first season that called Smallville the car crash capital of the world, makes me love Smallville.
To quote from this article:
"The circumstances call to mind a similar situation in 2002, when doctors at Chicago's County General Hospital staged a walkout to protest the lack of metal detectors in their emergency room. A chief resident led the revolt, two years after himself surviving a vicious workplace attack that also took the life of his female colleague."
Later on:
"Granted, we're not a major urban hospital like County General. We don't have riots and gunmen in the emergency room every third week, or helicopters falling off the roof and Army tanks smashing into the ambulance bay."
That's right folks. Smallville is officially in the same universe as ER. So let free reign to all your Carter/Lex fantasies, because you now have official sanction. I read this and thought - what have they done.
Classified of the Week
In this week's Classifieds, there is an ad that is just precious:
"LOST RABBIT
Answers to "Clex." Very friendly. Call 555-0167."
A bunny named Clex. Why didn't I think of that.
Pete, Pete, Pete
Glad to see the Pete-does-Teen-Crisis-hotline had a purpose, if only to give Pete his four lines this episode. Again I say - does no one remember that Pete is the most immature character on the show? That he dragraced, advocated grand theft, and directly led to someone's death? Not the guy I'd want to talk me down off a ledge.
In the Torch, Pete referred to himself as the "imbedded reporter." Imbedded? In what? His own ass?
Best editorial of the week:
"Let's talk some more about how pink The Talon is."
The Jamison Trial
This is what, the fourth week in a row we've had coverage of the Donovan Jamison trial. That leads to believe we'll be seeing this trial in an upcoming episode - no, I haven't read any spoilers about it, one way or another. Jamison refers to being set up by some mastermind he calls "the Puppeteer." This is reason number 1 why Lionel is not dead. The Puppeteer must be Lionel.
Reason number 2 Lionel is not dead: Adam's final words are much too foreshadow-y to lead to a dead end.
Reason number 3: Lionel is the motive force in the show for both Lex's moral ambiguity and Clark's fear of his secret. And he's one of the most fun to watch. No way the WB would can such a powerhouse lightly.
They've carefully set up a number of things that must happen before Lionel can leave the series:
1 - Lex must rediscover his lost memory and confront his father.
2 - Lionel and Edge's conspiracy must come up again.
3 - Lionel must discover Clark's secret. With it now established that Clark's blood can save Lionel's life, how can we not come to Lionel kidnapping Clark and draining his blood? This would provide a powerful fear of discovery for Clark that will lead eventually to the adoption of a secret identity.
4 - I see some sort of confrontation with his father as being what really pushes Lex over the edge. Probably something with Clark in the middle (see 3). Lex is at his most vicious when dealing with his father. If his father died now, yes, Lex would have issues, but he wouldn't be constantly driven to bend and break ethical standards.
Basically, there is so much more plot that Lionel can drive that I don't entertain the thought for one second that Lionel killed himself. The WB is faking us out before hiatus, just like they did at the end of season 1. Dude, the guy is in the credits, have a little faith.
In last week's Ledger, there was a cute little piece about the rise in hospital violence. This, like the first article I ever read first season that called Smallville the car crash capital of the world, makes me love Smallville.
To quote from this article:
"The circumstances call to mind a similar situation in 2002, when doctors at Chicago's County General Hospital staged a walkout to protest the lack of metal detectors in their emergency room. A chief resident led the revolt, two years after himself surviving a vicious workplace attack that also took the life of his female colleague."
Later on:
"Granted, we're not a major urban hospital like County General. We don't have riots and gunmen in the emergency room every third week, or helicopters falling off the roof and Army tanks smashing into the ambulance bay."
That's right folks. Smallville is officially in the same universe as ER. So let free reign to all your Carter/Lex fantasies, because you now have official sanction. I read this and thought - what have they done.
Classified of the Week
In this week's Classifieds, there is an ad that is just precious:
"LOST RABBIT
Answers to "Clex." Very friendly. Call 555-0167."
A bunny named Clex. Why didn't I think of that.
Pete, Pete, Pete
Glad to see the Pete-does-Teen-Crisis-hotline had a purpose, if only to give Pete his four lines this episode. Again I say - does no one remember that Pete is the most immature character on the show? That he dragraced, advocated grand theft, and directly led to someone's death? Not the guy I'd want to talk me down off a ledge.
In the Torch, Pete referred to himself as the "imbedded reporter." Imbedded? In what? His own ass?
Best editorial of the week:
"Let's talk some more about how pink The Talon is."
The Jamison Trial
This is what, the fourth week in a row we've had coverage of the Donovan Jamison trial. That leads to believe we'll be seeing this trial in an upcoming episode - no, I haven't read any spoilers about it, one way or another. Jamison refers to being set up by some mastermind he calls "the Puppeteer." This is reason number 1 why Lionel is not dead. The Puppeteer must be Lionel.
Reason number 2 Lionel is not dead: Adam's final words are much too foreshadow-y to lead to a dead end.
Reason number 3: Lionel is the motive force in the show for both Lex's moral ambiguity and Clark's fear of his secret. And he's one of the most fun to watch. No way the WB would can such a powerhouse lightly.
They've carefully set up a number of things that must happen before Lionel can leave the series:
1 - Lex must rediscover his lost memory and confront his father.
2 - Lionel and Edge's conspiracy must come up again.
3 - Lionel must discover Clark's secret. With it now established that Clark's blood can save Lionel's life, how can we not come to Lionel kidnapping Clark and draining his blood? This would provide a powerful fear of discovery for Clark that will lead eventually to the adoption of a secret identity.
4 - I see some sort of confrontation with his father as being what really pushes Lex over the edge. Probably something with Clark in the middle (see 3). Lex is at his most vicious when dealing with his father. If his father died now, yes, Lex would have issues, but he wouldn't be constantly driven to bend and break ethical standards.
Basically, there is so much more plot that Lionel can drive that I don't entertain the thought for one second that Lionel killed himself. The WB is faking us out before hiatus, just like they did at the end of season 1. Dude, the guy is in the credits, have a little faith.