SGuthrie27
06-30-2009, 05:44 PM
Here's where you can relive the best moments of Season 2 through your very own Top Ten episodes list. You may add details as to why you've selected each episode for its placement if you like, or just list the episodes by themselves. It's up to you!
1 - Rosetta - I had to go with this episode as the top one since it featured such a legendary scene involving Christopher Reeve as Virgil Swann with his first interaction with Tom Welling's Clark Kent. Plus, Chloe gave Lana the verbal smackdown after she snooped into her personal files -- nosy Lana!
2 - Exodus - What a gut-wrenching season finale. Everyone lost something in this episode, or at least that's how it felt. Lex lost his trust in his wife when she tried to kill him off (even though we didn't know she was responsible yet), Clark lost his self-confidence and believed his parents hated him, Martha and Jonathan lost their unborn child, Chloe lost her best friend and almost lost herself to the dark side when she agreed to spy on Clark, and Lana lost Clark when she had just finally started her relationship with him. Sadness all around, but it set things up for an amazing Season 3.
3 - Fever - This episode wins it for a number of reasons. First, so many actors and actresses turned in excellent performances. Ma and Pa Kent were in top form, as were Chloe in her reading of that extremely heartfelt (some would say "sappy") letter. It was nice to finally know exactly what was going on in Chloe's head regarding her relationship with Clark, and that last scene was beautiful, and sad, too.
4 - Ryan - Ryan James is one of my top favorite guest stars, so his return was a much-anticipated event for me. It was so tragic that he had to die -- I always had wished he'd get at least an arc of episodes where he could appear in the "little brother" role to Clark. Still, this episode showed Clark at his finest, and the last scene is still one of the most memorable to me out of the whole series, with the two of them in the balloon and Clark staring at the empty hospital bed while that Dishwalla song "Angels & Devils" plays in the background.
5 - Vortex - After the unbelievable "Tempest," this turned out to be a pretty cool premiere. The Roger Nixon/Jonathan Kent buried-alive bit, and the resolution of that when Lex killed Roger, were both very cool. The tornado sequence was very well-done as well. The only real drawback for me to an otherwise solid episode was the way they swept the Chlark romance back under the rug after three episodes of beautiful build-up.
6 - Insurgence - This is an underrated episode, in my opinion. It felt so climactic and powerful, what with Clark trying to do everything in his power to save his mother and Lionel, including leaping from the Daily Planet building into Luthorcorp Tower. The question of whether or not Lionel was truly still blind was one that kept viewers guessing as well.
7 - Duplicity - I had to pick this one, since it's the first time that we got to see a main cast member (other than Clark's parents) in the know about his secret. Pete Ross was underutilized as a character, which is what I think led the most to his departure from the series after Season 3, but at least this was one of the writer's best moves to try and make him more interesting.
8 - Prodigal - Another character is introduced who should have made a return appearance by now in the form of Lucas Luthor. He was a very interesting character, and one could draw some interesting parallels between him and his brother in viewing how they were raised and how they both turned out the way they did. I'll never understand why they didn't have him come back at some point, especially when Lex was willing to clone Julian just to have some family in Season 7.
9 - Calling - This was an awesome lead-in to the season finale -- it's probably the best penultimate episode of the series, in my mind. There were great interactions between all the characters. The Clana romance finally got off the ground for real for the first time, and this was back when I didn't mind seeing them get a chance at happiness, for as long as it lasted. I LOVED the way Chloe told Lionel off when he revealed his true intentions, even though she went back on her word the following episode. The Helen/Lex stuff was fun to watch as well. Helen's another of my favorite recurring characters.
10 - Lineage - This earns the last spot in my Top Ten merely for being a good first attempt at integrating flashbacks successfully into the show. I enjoyed the method they used to reveal what had really happened between the Kents and the Luthors on the day of the meteor shower, and the way they handled the character of Rachel Dunleavy was intriguing, even though we all knew she couldn't REALLY be Clark's mother. The last part with Lionel opening the locket with a very much ALIVE Lucas' picture led the way nicely toward "Prodigal" eight episodes later.
WOW, I really did like Season 2. I think the main thing it had going for it was more memorable plots that were bolstered by a strong cast of recurring and single-episode guest characters. I'll look forward to hearing others' thoughts on this remarkable season as well.
--SGuthrie ><>' :)--
1 - Rosetta - I had to go with this episode as the top one since it featured such a legendary scene involving Christopher Reeve as Virgil Swann with his first interaction with Tom Welling's Clark Kent. Plus, Chloe gave Lana the verbal smackdown after she snooped into her personal files -- nosy Lana!
2 - Exodus - What a gut-wrenching season finale. Everyone lost something in this episode, or at least that's how it felt. Lex lost his trust in his wife when she tried to kill him off (even though we didn't know she was responsible yet), Clark lost his self-confidence and believed his parents hated him, Martha and Jonathan lost their unborn child, Chloe lost her best friend and almost lost herself to the dark side when she agreed to spy on Clark, and Lana lost Clark when she had just finally started her relationship with him. Sadness all around, but it set things up for an amazing Season 3.
3 - Fever - This episode wins it for a number of reasons. First, so many actors and actresses turned in excellent performances. Ma and Pa Kent were in top form, as were Chloe in her reading of that extremely heartfelt (some would say "sappy") letter. It was nice to finally know exactly what was going on in Chloe's head regarding her relationship with Clark, and that last scene was beautiful, and sad, too.
4 - Ryan - Ryan James is one of my top favorite guest stars, so his return was a much-anticipated event for me. It was so tragic that he had to die -- I always had wished he'd get at least an arc of episodes where he could appear in the "little brother" role to Clark. Still, this episode showed Clark at his finest, and the last scene is still one of the most memorable to me out of the whole series, with the two of them in the balloon and Clark staring at the empty hospital bed while that Dishwalla song "Angels & Devils" plays in the background.
5 - Vortex - After the unbelievable "Tempest," this turned out to be a pretty cool premiere. The Roger Nixon/Jonathan Kent buried-alive bit, and the resolution of that when Lex killed Roger, were both very cool. The tornado sequence was very well-done as well. The only real drawback for me to an otherwise solid episode was the way they swept the Chlark romance back under the rug after three episodes of beautiful build-up.
6 - Insurgence - This is an underrated episode, in my opinion. It felt so climactic and powerful, what with Clark trying to do everything in his power to save his mother and Lionel, including leaping from the Daily Planet building into Luthorcorp Tower. The question of whether or not Lionel was truly still blind was one that kept viewers guessing as well.
7 - Duplicity - I had to pick this one, since it's the first time that we got to see a main cast member (other than Clark's parents) in the know about his secret. Pete Ross was underutilized as a character, which is what I think led the most to his departure from the series after Season 3, but at least this was one of the writer's best moves to try and make him more interesting.
8 - Prodigal - Another character is introduced who should have made a return appearance by now in the form of Lucas Luthor. He was a very interesting character, and one could draw some interesting parallels between him and his brother in viewing how they were raised and how they both turned out the way they did. I'll never understand why they didn't have him come back at some point, especially when Lex was willing to clone Julian just to have some family in Season 7.
9 - Calling - This was an awesome lead-in to the season finale -- it's probably the best penultimate episode of the series, in my mind. There were great interactions between all the characters. The Clana romance finally got off the ground for real for the first time, and this was back when I didn't mind seeing them get a chance at happiness, for as long as it lasted. I LOVED the way Chloe told Lionel off when he revealed his true intentions, even though she went back on her word the following episode. The Helen/Lex stuff was fun to watch as well. Helen's another of my favorite recurring characters.
10 - Lineage - This earns the last spot in my Top Ten merely for being a good first attempt at integrating flashbacks successfully into the show. I enjoyed the method they used to reveal what had really happened between the Kents and the Luthors on the day of the meteor shower, and the way they handled the character of Rachel Dunleavy was intriguing, even though we all knew she couldn't REALLY be Clark's mother. The last part with Lionel opening the locket with a very much ALIVE Lucas' picture led the way nicely toward "Prodigal" eight episodes later.
WOW, I really did like Season 2. I think the main thing it had going for it was more memorable plots that were bolstered by a strong cast of recurring and single-episode guest characters. I'll look forward to hearing others' thoughts on this remarkable season as well.
--SGuthrie ><>' :)--