Season 7, Episode 8: Blue

"Blue"

Episode 8

Air Date: November 15th, 2007

WOW.....just.....wooowowwww!!! This episode.....Blue almost feels like a parody of Smallville in how it highlights the outlandish absurdity that the show has become at this point in its run.  There are absolutely no words to describe how insulting, dumb and infuriating this episode was when it aired and how it solidified to the fanbase at the time that this version of Clark was THE dumbest adaption of the character yet! I'm not kidding! There are too many bad things about this episode to talk about! Too many missed opportunities in a set-up for an arc that could have been emotional epic but turns out to be a melodrama exercise of some the worst writing the show has EVER done.  This is just inexcusable and seems like this was only written because the show runners need to desperately delay Clark's progression as a character potentially extended his story as long as they can if the CW continues running it. How else do you explain every scene, and I mean almost EVERY SCENE, Clark says or does something so stupid, it makes the story worse. Clark.....idk.....poor Tom Welling, I'm surprised he didn't call it quits with this season! It is beyond contrived to give him material like this when he's played the character for 6 years at this point and you're treating the character like he's STILL some naive high school freshman who doesn't know better.  Where to I even begin when how many times Clark messes up or says some completely, unbelievably done.  He frees his mother from a crystal he KNOWS his evil uncle only made so his clones could be together.  Clark knows there is a replica of Zor-El with his mother in there.  He knows Zor-El was evil and his clone would be unleashed, creating god knows how much conflict and chaos.  He even goes to the Fortress with the crystal and even when Jor-El desperately warns him, even tells him to stop, he disobeys him AGAIN after even saying disobeying Jor-El has only made things worse in the past and uses the crystal so he can finally meet his mother.  Only it's NOT your mother! It's some sick twisted clone of your mother so you evil uncle's clone could bang on Earth! OMG!!! O_O *Brain cells heating up!!!* -_-

EVERYONE, I I mean EVERYONE, outside of Chloe and Lex, are completely brain dead this episode. Clark could have just had Kara tell him old stories of his REAL mother from Krypton like she said coming back from her EWWWW trip with Jimmy but nope.  The next day, Kara sees Lara, is in utter disbelief and has to find out herself that Clark stole the crystal for himself to free his mother.  Clark even acknowledges Zor-El's clone in on the loose because of what he did and all he can did is say, "Well, there's 3 of us and only 1 of him!"  ...........:)...........*HEAD DESK*  And then Kara complete nosedives into idiocy by almost immediately trusting her clone of her evil father and thinks they will be a family again after she just found out her father is a sick twisted pervert who forced himself on her aunt and almost killed her uncle! I dont.....I don't....understand what's going on.  If Kara betraying Clark wasn't enough, now Clark has Lana protecting his mother for some reason even tho Lana wasn't need at all in this episode and was hilariously useless when Zor-El attacked??? Why the hell didn't Lara at least fight him??? She has all the powers of a Kryptonian on Earth but she does.....NOTHING! NOTHING! to defend herself and just let's Zor-El take her.  What was even the point of Zor-El going after Lionel??? Just because he's his brother's A.I.'s vessel??? How did Clark even know Zor-El would go after him???

Don't even get me started on the blue kryptonite twist and Clark losing his powers because unleashed an evil clone of his uncle and trusted the clone of his mother.  Even the clone had more logic than Clark and Kara, knowing full well, they are just copies, their parents are DEAD! Yet you're protecting them and helping them like they are the real thing, endangering lives because of it! OMG! Then Zor-El decides...."Hey, let me block out the sun to force humanity into extinction!" :)  Oh wow! Great plan! Diabolical! It's not like your God like powers are dependent on the damn yellow sun you're blocking that would render you powerless and just as vulnerable as the humans!!! O_O  .......I have no words! Then Clark tries to freakin' saw his hand off to get the ring off knowing full well he's mortal with Chloe needing to stop him like some irrational child learning "not to do that!" -_- But let's get to the amazing conclusion where Kara is SHOCKED that the evil clone of her evil father lied and wants to KILL Clark!!! No way! Are you serious! Lara continues to be a pacifist with numerous amazing powers she can use to defeat Zor-El.  Hell, Kara and Lara could team up and kick his ass but they are just chocked and tossed around like their defense damsels that are saved by Clark and a piece of krytonite. I love how Zor-El is about to kill Kara and Lara, the clone meant for boning, has to rationalize Clark's completely insane thinking of wanting to be with his mother and finding a way she can stay. .........Apparently, you CAN write this stuff??? So thanks to quick final wise words of fake mommy-El, Clark destroys the crystal.....but now Kara has been transported to Detriot, Michigan with no powers and no memory.  You can't tell she has no powers yet, but she has no powers.  How??? Why??? Apparently it was because of Zor-El.....wait what??? So destroying crystal punishes his daughter by stripping her of her powers and memories??? Was....the writers room held hostage by people wanting to sabotage the show or something that week?

All of that, and I haven't even gotten to the Lois and Grant sub-plot.  Yes, Chloe finds out about their journalistic romance and immediately close out Lois to call it off.  Then Lex, for some reason, tells Grant to do the same with Lois.  During the world ending eclipse that no one takes seriously (gotta love the guy who wants to keep his dogs safe! -_-), they finally decide to break up...only to 2 seconds later begin making out during this very apocalyptic situation like it's some misplaced sitcom moment during a prime time superhero origin show! -_- Oh but least not for the twist and reason why Grant is so connected to the Luthors.  He's Julian! Yes, Julian Luthor.  The baby that is suppose to be dead and we say die back in Season 3. Lex starts ranting about his father faking his death, completely contradicting everything we found out about Julian's murder in "Memoria", the single most important episode in Lex's journey to becoming a villain. .........And then Clark confronts Jor-El...confronts Jor-El about what HE did to Kara and needs to help him find her.  For the first time, I couldn't wait for Jor-El to punish Clark and it's hilarious how the episode ends with him about to punish Clark like he never has before.  Smallville: The Discipline Years have become! This episode....WOW.....it's not even so bad, it's good like "Spell" or "Thirst", it's not painfully boring like "Subterranean", but my god, it is the biggest failure in terms of an arc episode the series ever produced.  Destroying the potential of it instantly while making most of our characters look like the dumbest pack of nitwits to grace the CW at that point. Avoid! Please! *Begins excessive drinking*

 

Final Kryptonite: F