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"Fracture"

First Aired: Thursday February 14, 2008

rfduncan

Oh yeah! THAT'S where she's been! How did I forget that tiny end of an episode detail that explains her (and Jimmy's?) absence for all those episodes?

At least it isn't a Clana "very special Valentine's Day" episode.

starseed1981

Yay supergirl! Boo Clana!

SuperBatMan

Halfway through, and a good episode so far. Lex centric episodes are always pretty good though.

Patman

It was a trippy episode, Rosenbaum was cracking me up as evil Lex inside his head about to choke Alexander. And then when he was Clark's punching dummy. Good stuff.

Ranger

Not enough of Kara. Too much of the Lex "cell."

Red Dog

at medivac-ing Lex from Detroit to the Smallville Hospital.

Giantrobo

Agreed. This ep was very corny. But hey, I got to see Kara so whatever.

riley_dude

Nothing we haven't seen before. Reminded me of the movie Dreamscape.

It's been so long I don't even remember how Kara disappeared and why of all places did she end up there?

Giantrobo

And I love how the hot blonde lucked out and ended up in a White part of Detroit.

Anyway, I must admit I did like the creepy, "Kara, Lex is gonna rape your mind" ending.

Ayre

Watching Kara and Lois interacting was painful. Although, I probably shouldn't use a word that contains "acting". Kara is gorgeous.

The mind game went on too long although I really like the dual personality of Lex and Alexander. It was kind of brutal watching Lex try to kill a little kid, but effective in showing there is a constant internal struggle and that Lex's dark side is powerful enough to win.

starseed1981

That was a tough episode to get through. I swear they've used that inner mind story on Genesis, The Outer Limits, The Twilight Zone, Tales From The Crypt, Etc...

Now, and wet Lois & Kara is always very watchable.

davidh777

Terrible pixellization on my Comcast broadcast--spotty throughout the episode then I missed basically all the dialogue from Chloe's apartment on.

Sorry, I'm not buying the Lana-as-Oracle concept.

Superman07

Lex throwing Clark in the room to watch him and Lana go at it was just insane. Then holding his head to make him watch!!

Not the best episode, but it definitely sets up a lot for the backend of the season (well if you can call it a season).

Highlights:

- Aforementioned Lex ownage of Clark
- Lex beating his inner child self
- Chloe's decision/the Clark and Chloe talk
- Lex snubbing daddy Luthor

Patman

Smallville has become quite the family show in the 8 p.m. EST timeslot.

MaDJoE

Was it only me or were they using "Torchwood" music for this episode?

Superman07

I think it was a Lost/Torchwood hybrid. Specifically the noise associated with the scene transitions. I picked up on it too.

rfduncan

Yeah. Sorry that was just outright retarded... Bad enough that they did it, but made worse by Lionel saying they'd choppered him in from Detroit.

Looks like there are still 3 remaining new episodes.

Next week it looks like we see the return of the sudden disapeared