Thinking SV thoughts...

[out_there]

Went offline last night to watch SV and The Bill. Just as SV started, I remembered that I'd forgotten to call mum, so I gave her a call. Ended up being recruited as a bit of a beta reader for my brother's assignment, a comparison between Poe's "Annabelle Lee" and Frost's "Mending Walls". Not exactly how I planned to spend the evening, but I taped SV so all was well.

I really loved Vortex (S2 Ep1 - that is the title, right?). It worked so well. I mean, up until the last scene, I was loving everyone in it, Lex (woobie!), Clark, Chloe, Martha, Jonathon, Lana... The only two things that I didn't adore was:

1) Clark, when upset and not well-lit, has frightening teeth. I mean, forget the rest of the superpowers, those teeth are glow-in-the-dark and highly unnerving.

2) Lana at the end, with the demanding of the secrets... Hmmm... Although, looking at it from a textual, not meta-textual, point of view, she was warranted in that reaction.

I also think it's interesting as Lana has basically been presented to us as the "Good Girl", the female version of virtuous Clark, and that her reaction was simply a less sneaky (and less well-funded) version of Lex's search for the truth. I'm wondering if they meant to validate Lex's response to being saved or if it was subtextual. Either way, they have now set up the reason why we should be wary of Lex (his ability to lie, his hesitations) and redeemed his searching for the truth. It's interesting.

Comments

[claire.livejournal.com]

Hee! You've obviously thought through Vortex better than I. I was just sitting there saying over and over "Lex really needs a hug!"