Smallville 4.03 – Façade

Finally! I get to watch Smallville after a two week drought. This certainly wasn’t the greatest episode I’ve ever seen (not by a longshot), but the sweet relief of being able to watch it made me quite giddy nonetheless.

I’d just like to start by saying that I really don’t get the whole cult of American high school football. Not even a little bit. Possibly due to the fact that I’m Canadian. It’s more likely because my high school wasn’t like that. And my university didn’t even have a football team because it was in Northern Ontario and it was too expensive to fly the players and their equipment to games with other schools (too far away for buses). Anyhoo, just don’t care if Clark plays or not. As long as he stays happy and fluffy and dumb.

Okay, I’ve got to know: was Clark’s hair really that horrible in the first season? I mean, I’ve seen pictures, but it’s so much worse seeing it in live action (or limply pasted to forehead action as the case may be).

This was a good episode for Clark. ( Read more... )