So how do you follow up failed contract negotiations, a drug charge, and a sex tape with a girl out of your league?
You make one last return to Smallville to reprise your role as Pete Ross, that’s what.
Oh, and you get powers now in a 40 minute advertisement for Stride gum.
I can’t make this up, I really can’t…
The Random:
1. So this club is in a gum factory and has crappy music? Wow. What was the cover charge, a bag of Skittles? And, wait, why are there concerts at this plant anyway? Details, details. Either way, we should do a shot for every time we see or hear Stride Gum mentioned.
2. Kara still has no memories and all of her friends and family decide it best to keep her in the dark. That’s a good plan.
3. This Stride Gum factory either doesn’t care, or its health inspectors are on the take, because you’d think the giant bubbling liquid Kryptonite spill would be cause for alarm.
The Awesome:
1. Lex is just loving that Kara and Clark are at odds and it’s a blast seeing what a manipulative little bastard he can be while pretending to care about Kara for her sake. And he’s also hacking and spying on Chloe’s computer since he’s the boss at The Planet. Oh, Lex, you devious, dastardly Rupert Murdoch-esque man.
2. The episode, as inane as it is overall, does do a good job of raising the question of heroes sharing their identities with the public, a theme that’s been a part of comics for years from Watchmen to the JSA to Civil War. It’s a pickle, that’s for sure.
3. Lex is just getting more and more ruthless in his quest for the truth, and Lionel’s been keeping secrets from Clark about Kara’s bracelet. Oh, those Luthor boys, the Duke boys of a new generation.
The WTF?!:
1. So, a speaker comes loose at the Gum Factory Fest and Pete’s reaction to seeing Kara almost get crushed is to stand with his arms out from twenty feet away. Yeah. But luckily (for them, not us watching) his arms stretch thanks to Kryptonite gum and he saves her and everyone at the concert stops for a hot minute…and then continues as normal. Really? That really just happened?
2. Pete saw all the crap that Clark went through when people found out his secret—hell, it was one of the big reasons he left Smallville in the first place—but still thinks it’s a great idea to go public with his stretchy powers, not to mention continuing to eat Kryptonite gum he has to know can’t be good for him based on past experience. He done gummed himself retarded, that boy.
3. Apparently, there’s no security at this factory, because Pete is getting tortured by Lex and his goon and no one notices something’s amiss, the factory’s goods are open to tampering, etc. I’m pretty sure the writers gave up during this episode and let the admen from Stride Gum pen this one.
You make one last return to Smallville to reprise your role as Pete Ross, that’s what.
Oh, and you get powers now in a 40 minute advertisement for Stride gum.
I can’t make this up, I really can’t…
The Random:
1. So this club is in a gum factory and has crappy music? Wow. What was the cover charge, a bag of Skittles? And, wait, why are there concerts at this plant anyway? Details, details. Either way, we should do a shot for every time we see or hear Stride Gum mentioned.
2. Kara still has no memories and all of her friends and family decide it best to keep her in the dark. That’s a good plan.
3. This Stride Gum factory either doesn’t care, or its health inspectors are on the take, because you’d think the giant bubbling liquid Kryptonite spill would be cause for alarm.
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“OK, everyone got their radioactive gum? Good. Now we’re
going to play a completely different song from the last one, about
as different as the bass lines of Ice, Ice Baby and Under Pressure…”
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The Awesome:
1. Lex is just loving that Kara and Clark are at odds and it’s a blast seeing what a manipulative little bastard he can be while pretending to care about Kara for her sake. And he’s also hacking and spying on Chloe’s computer since he’s the boss at The Planet. Oh, Lex, you devious, dastardly Rupert Murdoch-esque man.
2. The episode, as inane as it is overall, does do a good job of raising the question of heroes sharing their identities with the public, a theme that’s been a part of comics for years from Watchmen to the JSA to Civil War. It’s a pickle, that’s for sure.
3. Lex is just getting more and more ruthless in his quest for the truth, and Lionel’s been keeping secrets from Clark about Kara’s bracelet. Oh, those Luthor boys, the Duke boys of a new generation.
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You know, if you ever get tired of this whole Smallville deal,
it seems likely the GOP ticket for 2016 will have a vacancy…
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The WTF?!:
1. So, a speaker comes loose at the Gum Factory Fest and Pete’s reaction to seeing Kara almost get crushed is to stand with his arms out from twenty feet away. Yeah. But luckily (for them, not us watching) his arms stretch thanks to Kryptonite gum and he saves her and everyone at the concert stops for a hot minute…and then continues as normal. Really? That really just happened?
2. Pete saw all the crap that Clark went through when people found out his secret—hell, it was one of the big reasons he left Smallville in the first place—but still thinks it’s a great idea to go public with his stretchy powers, not to mention continuing to eat Kryptonite gum he has to know can’t be good for him based on past experience. He done gummed himself retarded, that boy.
3. Apparently, there’s no security at this factory, because Pete is getting tortured by Lex and his goon and no one notices something’s amiss, the factory’s goods are open to tampering, etc. I’m pretty sure the writers gave up during this episode and let the admen from Stride Gum pen this one.
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“I love this Stride Gum. No wonder it takes a yeti to make you spit it out!”
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