There are no consequences in this show. At least, not for the good guys. Lana faked her death at the end of season 6 in those most audacious manner possible when she rigged her own car to explode (in public, no less) with her dead clone in the driver's seat. And what comes of it? Nothing at all. Three episodes into season 7 and she's already back in Smallville as if nothing has happened at all. She admits that she committed "a serious crime" and that she has to wait for her name to be "cleared," but that's it. Three short episodes and she's back, same as she ever was, ready to continue on with her mind-numbing, stunted romance with Clark.
We've been watching the Clark/Lana romance go back and forth for six seasons already. There has got to be something better to do with Lana. It would almost be acceptable if we knew Lana and Clark were meant to be, but it's the exact opposite. We know Clark and Lana are not meant to be. Everyone knows this. And having us suffer through six seasons of a romance that we know will never work feels like a punishment, and a waste of a character.
The rest of this episode had a frivolous story about a beauty pageant. There were lots of shots of Kara in a bikini, and other girls in bikinis. We got to see Kara balance a book on her head in preparation for the beauty pageant, so it felt really deserved when she won the competition. I knew she could do it. Yay.
We've been watching the Clark/Lana romance go back and forth for six seasons already. There has got to be something better to do with Lana. It would almost be acceptable if we knew Lana and Clark were meant to be, but it's the exact opposite. We know Clark and Lana are not meant to be. Everyone knows this. And having us suffer through six seasons of a romance that we know will never work feels like a punishment, and a waste of a character.
The rest of this episode had a frivolous story about a beauty pageant. There were lots of shots of Kara in a bikini, and other girls in bikinis. We got to see Kara balance a book on her head in preparation for the beauty pageant, so it felt really deserved when she won the competition. I knew she could do it. Yay.