Sutton Watches Smallville

So I was watching Smallville tonight, and decided to jot down a few random thoughts during the show. Do you mind?

• The plot for this episode seems awfully familiar. I think one of the show's writers saw that Nicholas Cage movie The Family Man and decided to do an episode like that.
• I'm going to join Television Without Pity on the anti-Lana bandwagon. Smallville really needs to crap or get off the pot with their relationship. If she hasn't figured out Clark has superpowers by now, she's dumber than she looks. Maybe I'm just resentful of the fact that they're so obviously going to kill off Chloe, I don't know.
• That kid looks like he's four years old, five tops. What's a kid doing in a car seat at that age? Wouldn't he have graduated to a regular seat belt by then?
• Hah, Clark runs "faster than a speeding bullet." They've really been going heavy on the old Superman catchphrases lately, though. Or is that just me?
• Aw, poor Clark gave up his first Christmas with the girl he's been spying on all his life. He's a Super Peeping Tom, that's what he is.
• "Ho ho holy cow!" What a lame line. But funny.
• Man, Pa Kent looks like a dork with the glasses and slicked-back hair. Bo Duke would have kicked the crap out of him out of spite.
• Lana's dying? Nice way to appease the Television Without Pity folks without really killing her, guys.
• Wow, Lionel is a bastard.
• Yay! Lana's dead! Now Clark can move on to Chloe, and all shall be right in the world. Oh wait, just a dream. Thanks for teasing me, Smallville.
• Oh, that Santa Claus. What a rascal.
• So Lana expects it to be the first of many Christmases with Clark? Wait until he moves to Metropolis and hooks up with Lois.
• Hooray for Evil Lex. It's about time.

The episode seemed to sit on the fence. I liked the push towards Evil Lex, but outside of that, it was just a filler Christmas episode. Thumbs in the middle. And unfortunately, it's the last new episode until January. I hate all these breaks.

TNA's got a special Thursday episode of Impact coming up in an hour, so I'm going to wrap this up and get ready for that. Until the next post, Sutton out.