Smallville -- "Charade" -- 04/23/10
 

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Synopsis:



2 Key Characters are returning on May 7

Re: Smallville -- "Charade" -- 04/23/10
 

So, umm, I guess Lois is a domestic abuser. That's awkward.

Re: Smallville -- "Charade" -- 04/23/10
 

Maxwell Lord in Checkmate? Really? I remember him serving as an administrator of sorts but I don't recall him ever being in Checkmate.

Re: Smallville -- "Charade" -- 04/23/10
 

He was the de facto leader (Black King) of it during the Infinite Crisis build-up The OMAC Project, but it didn't last long as Wonder Woman killed him shortly before the Infinite Crisis series began.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_OMAC_Project

Re: Smallville -- "Charade" -- 04/23/10
 

Ah. I remember Wonder Woman breaking his neck and the OMAC Project but didn't remember him running Checkmate.

Re: Smallville -- "Charade" -- 04/23/10
 

about time the first one in that list comes back

Re: Smallville -- "Charade" -- 04/23/10
 

speculation but I'll spoiler parts of it anyway
so is the red queen? I ask because the outfit

Re: Smallville -- "Charade" -- 04/23/10
 

I was thinking the Red Queen was Tess

Re: Smallville -- "Charade" -- 04/23/10
 

I'm thinking it's Martha

Re: Smallville -- "Charade" -- 04/23/10
 

I'm leaning that way too. I doubt Chloe had time to drop the Red Queen chess piece as she was escaping from Checkmate HQ.

Re: Smallville -- "Charade" -- 04/23/10
 

I thought this was a pretty good episode.

It's interesting that there are factions within Checkmate. It doesn't give them some obligatory trump over all other parties. The uncertainty of their own existence relative to each other provides for some good conflict.

Only 3 to go? I feel like this season has flown by. The back half certainly isn't as together as the front half, but there have been some good elements. I am surprised they're playing up the triangle so much. I figured they would have ended the episode with Clark grabbing Lois' shoulder and her realizing the truth, but I suppose that would be cliche? I'm also surprised they ended on such a cliffhanger of sorts.

Re: Smallville -- "Charade" -- 04/23/10
 

Looking at the photo in the OP post, clark really needs to start wearing glasses lol

Anyways, i rate the episode 6/10, nothing great , but it had its moments. The lois and clark scenes seems force and out of place IMO LOL

Re: Smallville -- "Charade" -- 04/23/10
 

I just hope we don't get mopey Clark again who hasn't really shown up since Lana left.

I thought it was an ok ep, I thought it was funny that Chloe was wearing green the first half of the episode. I don't remember her wearing it before she started seeing Oliver, but I wasn't really paying attention either.

Re: Smallville -- "Charade" -- 04/23/10
 

No, I noticed her outfit as well and it gave me a chuckle.

Clark seems much more confident lately and that some of these lessons are actually beginning to sink in. Plus he's being a lot more calculated and less reckless.

I wonder if they'll separate Lois and Clark for a while so they can realize they are better when working together. Would go a long way with the triangle as well as helping towards the words of Dr. Fate.

Re: Smallville -- "Charade" -- 04/23/10
 

I was coming here to post that and now I'm sure it's her having


Why does it seem like Zod was supposed to be the big bad this season but now that it got renewed they're throwing this confusing Checkmate stuff at us and dragging Zod out until next season.

Re: Smallville -- "Charade" -- 04/23/10
 

I can see that, but I'm not sure if it's accurate. They finished filming a lot of this before they were told they would have a 10th season. Maybe Clark would have defeated Zod at the end of S9 originally, but now that's not the case since they want him for S10 (?). I'm okay with that too, because everything always getting wrapped up in one season is too convenient and contrived. I mean seriously, Clark with no flying abilities takes down Doomsday with one hit?...

Re: Smallville -- "Charade" -- 04/23/10
 

Why did Clark not act sooner when confronting Maxwell ? How did he find it acceptable to risk Lois when he distroyed the 3d glass ? Would it not have made more sense to instead have knocked Maxwell out to prevent harm to Lois ? Why did only Lois wake up when Maxwell ran off ?