Smallville: "Kara" (Ep 7.02; OAD 10/04/07)

It was a pretty good episode. The Supergirl stufff is alright I guess. I like Lois working at the Daily Planet, it's about time. I don't really care about the Lex and Lana story line anymore. I wish they would have shot each other and been done with it.

I thought the timing of Supergirl's ship being taken was suspicious, but then them opening the ship and obtaining the crystal was just taking it too far. Who is feeding the Department of Domestic Security enough information to be able to pull this kind of thing off? Something stinks somewhere. I suppose the major arc this season will be getting the crystal back and then taking it to the fortress of solitude for playback.

I really hope the Lois vs. Chloe storyline has a big payoff. Chloe has been off her game since he learned Clark's secret. She's having to cover up too much now.

Like everyone else, I don't care what they do to the Lana storyline. Please kill her off.

I expect Lex will meet Kara very soon. She can't really hide living on the farm alone with Clark unless she comes and goes at superspeed.

All we need now is a Kara/Lois makeout scene and ill never complain about Smallville again.

I thought Supergirl was one of the worst actors I've seen on the show (that that includes Lana). Not real hopeful for this storyline. In the comics did Kal-El or crystal Jor-El think Kara was evil? That seemed weird.

Ugh... read next week's show description. Can it sink that far so fast?

Ugh. You're right, how could they do this after the show was almost going in a good direction? Here is the preview for next week if you want to read it. If you want to look forward to next week, don't read it.

I wonder if they base when to air episodes that are strictly T&A episodes vs episodes that are sappy lana stories vs superhero episodes on the lunar cycle? Do men have an equivalent of synchronized periods?

What was up with Clark and Kara's conversation in the barn?

(paraphrased)

KARA: Krypton can't be gone! It feels as though I was there, just moments ago.
CLARK: Tell me about my family.
KARA: My memory of the past is hazy...

danterner said:

What was up with Clark and Kara's conversation in the barn?

(paraphrased)

KARA: Krypton can't be gone! It feels as though I was there, just moments ago.
CLARK: Tell me about my family.
KARA: My memory of the past is hazy...

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Skeletons dont have good memory.

Ok, lets start your training. First keep an eye out on my crazy brother's daughter, oh and dont forget to cut the lawn & take out the garbage.

ihatecable said:

Ok, lets start your training. First keep an eye out on my crazy brother's daughter, oh and dont forget to cut the lawn & take out the garbage.

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paint the fence! sand the floor!

WinBear said:

I thought the timing of Supergirl's ship being taken was suspicious, but then them opening the ship and obtaining the crystal was just taking it too far. Who is feeding the Department of Domestic Security enough information to be able to pull this kind of thing off? Something stinks somewhere. I suppose the major arc this season will be getting the crystal back and then taking it to the fortress of solitude for playback.

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I don't think that's quite how it went down.
They tried to open the ship, but instead set off the self-destruct sequence.
The ship exploded. However, the crystal can only be destroyed by a kryptonian. So after the ship exploded, the crystal was left behind. It was sort of handed to them on a silver platter - the explosion destroyed everything else, so the only "wreckage" left was the crystal.

AJRitz said:

I don't think that's quite how it went down.
They tried to open the ship, but instead set off the self-destruct sequence.
The ship exploded. However, the crystal can only be destroyed by a kryptonian. So after the ship exploded, the crystal was left behind. It was sort of handed to them on a silver platter - the explosion destroyed everything else, so the only "wreckage" left was the crystal.

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That was my take on what happened, too. Which begs the question: what genius designed such a crazy-stupid self-destruct mechanism, anyway? Hmmm... someone is trying to break into the ship. Let's have the ship destroy itself, leaving behind the most valuable part for the taking... I guess it makes sense, if the crystal isn't normally contained within the ship. Very unfortunate the way things worked out, in that case.

AJRitz said:

I don't think that's quite how it went down.
They tried to open the ship, but instead set off the self-destruct sequence.
The ship exploded. However, the crystal can only be destroyed by a kryptonian. So after the ship exploded, the crystal was left behind. It was sort of handed to them on a silver platter - the explosion destroyed everything else, so the only "wreckage" left was the crystal.

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Why didn't she and Clark see the crystal immediately after the explosion? There was no wreckage and even Lois appeared to be uninjured by the proximity of the blast.

WinBear said:

Why didn't she and Clark see the crystal immediately after the explosion? There was no wreckage and even Lois appeared to be uninjured by the proximity of the blast.

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That's because Kara contained the blast.

By waving at it from above.

Um...

Maybe the waving made the crystal, um, temporarily invisible?

They extracted the crystal before the els got there.

TAsunder said:

They extracted the crystal before the els got there.

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Which makes no sense because it would have exploded already. It was only after Lois touched it that it decided "oh, I better blow up!"

Skeletor absorbed the explosion, which was just a beam of something.

Maybe they just didn't hear the klunk of the crystal after it dropped... super-selective-hearing.

Skeletor? Geez. You guys are picky picky picky.

Graymalkin said:

Skeletor? Geez. You guys are picky picky picky.

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I didn't even realize Julie Chen was ON this show...