meganbmoore | Smallville Season 5

You know, sometimes I can't figure out why I like this show so much. I mean, yes, pretty much the entire upporting cast(read: all but Clark and Lana) is great, and even though Clark himself is far from amazing, he's at least a likable dork with good intention who means well. Lana...well, frankly, not even the world's greatest thespian could make thi character work. She started well in season one but then it all went downhill to the point where she was barely tolerable by the end of season three. At this point, I'm forced to do other things when she's on my screen out of self preservation(not to mention that every "romantic" scene with Lex or Clark had me suppresssing the gag reflex.) I mean really...how is it possible that the show that gave us Chloe, Martha and Lois also gave us Lana?

I mean, usually when I'm supposed to find a character amazing but don't, I still get it. Take Starbuck. When I tried watching Battlestar Galactica, I couldn't stand her...I thought she was horribly abrasive, her behavior an atrocity and disrespectful for her position and like she was being shovbed down my throat. At the same time, though, I could see why others wouldn't mind that and would like her, and why TPTB thought making her that way could work. Didn't work for me, but at least I could undertand it(I have the same problem and reaction to several dorama heroines.) But Lana? We're supposed to find her amazing and captivating and have our hearts break for her every 3 episodes, but WHY? Because she whines? Because she's pretty? Because they need an excuse for Lois and Clark to not hook up? Because both male leads are inexplicably in love with her? Because she kicks butt but looks really fake doing it? Because she has a superiority complex? Because she's emo? Because everyone on the show, even guest stars, is obsessed with her? Because virtually every cast member starts singing her praises the second her name is mentioned?

Seriously, sometimes I think the main reason I like Lionel as much as I do is because he's the only person who couldn't care less about Lana.

BUT!

Butbutbutbutbut...

Then they go and have awesome little and not so little nods to comic book canon and my inner fangirl comes out and squees like a madwoman and I forget all about Lana.

I loved all the "other DC characters popping up" bits that keep happening (including the superpowered Huntress-like girl) and the nods at what's coming(even though they've screwed it up so much that it'll never come across as Clark "choosing" Lois instead of settling for her, unless they have Lana go completely psycho evil.)

And I most definately, especially loved Chloe and Clark's partnership this season.

And how odd was it to see James Marsters bearing no resemblance in any way to Spike? (Though I feel his controlled reaction to vampire being mentioned is on a par with Jared's when Gilmore Girls was mentioned on Supernatural.)

But you know what? Forget all that!

OMFG!

ZOD!

PHANTOM ZONE!

Even if it's a severely changed Zod...

And I'm not even a Superman fan...