Loved it? Hated it? What did YOU think of "Lockdown?"

[Lana_Lang #1]

What did you think of "Lockdown"?

Was it good?

Was it bad?

What part(s) did you think were good?

What part(s) did you think were bad?

What part(s) would you change? Why?


*Did you think they gave any clues to next week's "Reckoning"?*

[Lexgirl33]

Suprising, the Lexana scene was touching...awww poor Lex cant express how he feels :( Loved the episode. I like how they are setting things up. I also really love the Chlark in this eppy! They are a great team IMO. I give this episode a A- or 9

[kryptohag]

"Lockdown" was surprisingly a great episode. I loved the whole feel of it. The heart beat music every time the scene cut to Lex & Lana in the mansion with the bad cops was a really nice touch. I also loved the lighting (dark blues in the safety room and the red hues in the barn). Great cinematography, loved it!! But what I especially loved the most, was Clark super-speeding through the flames. WOW, that must have cost the creators of the show an arm and leg!! I know this show is going to get even better, because it made me cringe just thinking about Lex trying to get his “dirty” pawns on Lana. Grrr... not liking that to much, but that's just my opinion. Anyways, I can’t wait till next week. The 100th is finally near!!

[flcn6]

I like the whole thing. The problem between Clark and Lana didnt just "disappear". It was the first scene with Clark. That kind of thing really makes me mad). MR did a really good job with the whole danger room. Just a great episode all around.

[Watching Smallville]

Surprisingly good. My expectations are definitely being raised this year with one good episode after another.

What I liked best about this ep was seeing the truth leak out all over the place. I've just about had it with all the secrets -- I'm beginning to find them exhausting. Lex telling Lana a little truth about how he feels, Clark realizing the nature of Lana's relationship with Lex is a consequence of his own dishonestly, Chloe dropping the stalwart act and showing she still has feelings for Clark, Lana confronting Clark about their relationship, and Clark finding out more about Lana's research into the spaceship -- all welcome scenes. And very well written and acted. The acting in this episode was especially strong, probably because the writers came up with such strong material.

I also enjoyed the dynamics of the political campaign, Martha not backing down, not apologizing for accepting Lionel's help and Jonathan not backing down about how he sees it as a breach of ethics. I really enjoy seeing the characters so well defined and still so compatable -- like life. And I always enjoy Lois's relationship with Clark's parents.

The plot -- eh -- was a decent backdrop to all of the personal interaction, but didin't really serve any other purpose, from my perspective.

But the dialogue, performances, and dynamics between the characters made this another winning episode.

[I want Lana Lang]

Great episode. Im not impressed by effects for the most part, be it TV or movies. But dayum, that explosion was sweet!

This season has had everything. Strong character development, intriging story, CONTINUITY....

Is it just me, or does it seem like every good idea the writers had last year they must've said "....nah, we'll save that for season 5"?

[Kryptomaniac]

Okay episode. Great explosion!

I kinda turn off whenever there's a corrupt cop theme to a show; ANY show, not just SV. And they shot the sheriff!! DANG..ain't that a mother. I LIKED her. She will be missed. Clark's reaction to finding her was well done.

Lana ruled this episode. Funny how she has guts enough to lead the bad guys to whatever they are after, #@%^ the consequences.

Not a very believeable concept that Clark would waste time looking up a serial number on a GPS device when he could have searched the whole area atsuperspeed, probably starting at the mansion. Oh well, any excuse to highlight Chloe is okay.

Lex bouncing out of bed after being shot? Okkaaaay.

Rating 3.5 out of 5 because there was no Shelby.

[Crazy4Smallville]

I really enjoyed this episode, but it wasn't 'great'. I felt it was another one of those 'filler' episodes, leading up to the project that everybody had really put a lot into, so therefore didn't put 100% into this one. But, I did find alot of important storythreads that were touched.

There was one part I absolutely hated - the death of my dearly beloved Sheriff Nancy Adams. HOW DARE THEY! We don't often get to see her wit and strong opinions, but it was a small element that made the show humerous. She's the only person who talked to Clark like he was 'normal' like everybody else. Clark is surrounded by his parents, who know what and who he is and they have nurtured that part of him his whole life. Lana is infatuated with him. Lex is obsessed with him. Chloe is in love with him. The townspeople love and respect him. Yet, Sheriff Adams always put Clark in his place. She treated him like a friend, but also like a suspect. She rebuked yet encouraged him at the same time. She questioned, yet backed off when she knew it wouldn't do any good. The only other person on the show who treats Clark like that is Lois.

BTW - I LOVED the forshadowing scene where Clark is talking with Martha and she tells him that maybe Lana wasn't the one he was meant to be with. Clark then tells her that he couldn't imagine loving anyone else - and then Lois shows up. I can't quite remember what the first part of her line was - but I remember it was forshadowing of what's to come. I thought that was great.

I felt really bad for Chloe when Clark was pretty much telling her that he wanted to marry Lana. I give her Kudos that she was able to hold back her own hurt emotions and give an honest answer to Clark that he has to tell Lana the truth, in order to secure her, otherwise he'll continue to drive her away.

I also liked the connection between Lex and Lana. It was heart wrenching to see Lex nervously try to expose his feelings to her. Lex is a guarded person, even from Lana - yet he allowed himself a small glimmer of hope and opened himself up to her.

Everyone should know by now how much I've hated how this show has exalted Lana's status to be equal that of Lex and Clark. The story of Superman has always been about Lex and Clark. Lana was never a large part of that story, and she played no significant part in the future of Superman. However, in Smallville she's become the pinnacle of mythos. She has been exalted to a point where she's not merely the highschool sweetheart, but much more. She's now been linked to the history of Clark, by having her ancient ancestors part of Clark's history with the whole Isabelle story. Then they have her great Aunt having had an intimate relationship with Clark's father, Jor-El (making her out to be the love of Jor-El's life, which decreases the role of Lara, Clark's mother), now they've made Lana an essential part of Clark's life by portraying her as the love of his life (therfore making Lois Lane the consellation prize) and also the love of Lex's life. I have a feeling that they will soon make her the catalyst that will be the ultimate rift between Clark and Lex. The story will no longer be good verses evil, right verses wrong, compassion over power, but a power struggle of pride over a woman, and that changes who Superman truly was. While Clark fights for truth, justice and the American way - his battle against Lex won't be for those reasons. It will over Lana. So, in essence they've changed the very essence of who and what Superman is - and have lowered him to the status of an average man with a few super gifts. There would be many men who could fill his shoes had they the same gifts. I've yet to see what makes him Kryptonian. They've done a good job trying to make him Super-human.

That's truly been my ought against Lana. No other reason really. I don't hate the character, I just hate how her role in this version of the tale changes the hero I've loved my whole life. Superman's not so super to me anymore. Don't get me wrong, Clark is still applaudable by his self-sacrificing duty to try and save everybody. Yet, how self-sacrificing is he really? What has he truly given up? A chance to cheat a football, a chance to fornicate and be rebellious and irresponsible as other teens. I don't see where he's really sacrificed anything. He's still rebellious, he got to play football and he's even fornicated. Seems like your typical teen life to me. His secret doesn't stop him from having a life - just like other gifted teens whose gifts carve a different path than their peers.

Well, back to the review.

I'm glad Pa Kent sold the back 40. It showed his integrity, honesty and character. He showed that you don't have to have superpowers to be a hero, that its the character of a man that makes him great. I think it will be the greatest and final lesson he'll teach his son.

Till next time,

[ARealClarkKent]

I Loved it! Bravo to AlMiles, this one was excellent. Usually I don't catch the funny lines until I re-watch them on DVD, but this one I actually laughed with. Lois, of course was humerous as always but my favorite lines was Lex's "How'd you think I would look with hair? Clark has nice hair." Haha! In short my favorite part was the ending where Clark superspeed through the explosion to save Lana, so cool.

And we all knew Sheriff Adams was a goner right when she walked into Lex's.

[SWJaggy]

Thought this episode was okay. For some reason I wasn't as impressed by it. Guess maybe because all of the Lex & Lana moments irratated me.

Definately an awesome explosion and the way Clark was able to move through the fire like that and save Lana.

Love the tension going on between these two (Clana). It's cool to see Clark on the other end for once; about him not knowing about the secrets Lana is keeping from him. Now it gives him a feeling as to what Lana feels when he pulls away.

The Clark and Chloe moments were great as usual. Clark using his super speed to super shake that guys coke, funny. Loved when Clark speed into Chloe's room and then she said, "Clark can you at least put on the breaks before coming in here." (or something of that nature.)

And I just have to say this. As much as I like Lana as a character, is she really that blind?! After pulling her out of the fire, Clark used the excuse that he had found her lying there out of harm's way. Wouldn't Lana have bothered to notice Clark's shirt and how there were burned marks all over it and even a few burn markes that made holes in the shirt? Lana is becoming so obsessed with the meteor showers but can't see what's right infront of her. But then again sometimes the most obvious can be the most overlooked.

[savingpeoplething]

Originally posted by Kryptomaniac


Rating 3.5 out of 5 because there was no Shelby.

Got a good laugh out of this, thank you :)

Oh, and I really enjoyed "Lockdown"! The Lexana was really great (how about them double-teaming the police?), even though they totally ripped off "Panic Room" and the teamwork between Clark and Chloe was great as usual.
I also enjoyed the scenes between Jonathan and Martha discussing Lionel's monetary donation...showed a lot of strength in their relationship.
I'm glad the Clark/Lana fight happened at the beginning, because the other great scenes that soon followed help me get that awful memory out of my head.
Overall, I would agree that it was a great setup for next week's show!

[randie]

A great episode! I loved it! On to my review...

The best possible scene in this episode was right when Lex locked himself in the panic room. It showed everyone that even he knew where his immortality ended, and that someday someone might threaten him to his very end. The cocky way he walks around there with the control in his hand, throwing words around with his captors, like there wasn't a damn thing in the world they could do to him. Very nice.

Sorry to see Sheriff Adams leave, she was an annoying sheriff abeit a good one. Pest in Peace psycho lady. LOL!!

Biggest surprise of the episode--Martha accepting Lionel's money to help Jonathan's campaign. WOW! I have a feeling that that one was not only motivated to hurt Lex, but actually Jonathan himself as well. It is no secret about how Lionel feels about Martha, and I'm sure that pissed Mr. Kent off pretty well, although he handled it like the good ol' boy we all know him to be.

I have to say that I was cheering after the gunshot to Lex that he would give her a crumb of something, meaning Lana. Then he mentions the dream in Lex-Mas, and just when you think that opens it up for him to get everything off his chest, the usual happens and he cuts it short.

I do have to say also that when Lex comments about Clark's hair, that instead of laughing I almost cried, and here is why. He loves Lana, and Lana is Clark's. Maybe in the demented part of his brain that his father manipulated to the extreem, he has decided that to have anything pure and good that's Clark's he needs to be like his formr friend in more ways than what is in his heart.

And, in his own sick way, he's trying.

Overall, I give this one a 15 on a scale from one to twenty, due to killing off that woman that never investigated why and how Clark was at every damn crime scene so fast!

Later!

[margroks]

The episode was boring except when it was painful to watch as Clark once again showed us he's the most insensitive ******* in the universe by coninually griping to Chloe about his relationship problems with the pathetic love interest that is Lana, totally ignoring the fact that Chloe is near tears.

We see a Clark that is so enthralled with the insipid Lana, who has no personality at all that we've ever seen to make her so special and exhibits nothing that would attract everyone in the know universe that he whines when someone else helps her. He seems to have no time to help his own father's campaign because he sits and mopes about Lana all the time. Lois, who is also just as boring and irritating and lacking in any sympathetic personality as Lana, has to do what Clark should be doing. Mercifully, Lois has covered up a lot of the world's ugliest wallpaper in the Talon apartment with campaign literature and pix but that's the only bright spot in this ep.

Once more we see Lana berating him for not wanting to have sex, again not sensitive to whatever problems he might be having while comntinuing to lie like a cheap rug about her involvment with Lex. And later on we see her hugging Lex, and so willing to cheat on Clark as she always has with her previous boyfriends when her current one doesn't give in to her demands.

While I love the Superman stuff, everything else this season has been awful, all characters except Chloe and sometimes Martha acting so completely OOC that it's like we're not watching proto-Superman at all. Clark would never treat people so poorly as this, Jonathan would never run for office after a lifetime of staying out of the limelight for obvious reasons and Martha would never take money from Lionel unless maybe he were revealed to be Jor-El pilfering the Luthor coffers and I'm not sure she would even then. And Lois Lane would never be such a lazy slacker drop-out suddenly Mary-Sued into being a campaign manager with no experience whatsoever.

Nothing about this show makes sense anymore, characters shift with every episode to suit the lazy writers and we might as well call it something else because it isn't at all what it was touted to be four years ago and it's certainly not Clark growing at all.

Worse than anything is that Clark is regressing to the point of being ridiculous and nothing but Lana Lang matters to him anymore. That's not Clark Kent from any era and the producers are idiots to have screwed this up so badly.

I'll miss the sherrif, whom, I might add, was never mentioned again, her sacrifice in trying to save Lex and Lana not worthy of a mention later on by anyone, not even by Clark who found her since he was, of course, back to moping about Lana.

[Metropolis Hero]

I enjoyed this episode. Another nice filler episode before the big 100th. I hate to say it, (Not a Lexana fan) but I thought the Lex and Lana scenes where actually good. The "How do you think i'd look with hair?" line from lex was funny.

Bravo to Mr. Kent for selling the back 40. I'd vote for that man anyday!

R.I.P. Sheriff Adams.....I enjoyed her character throughout the series.

[PeteM]

Originally posted by margroks
The episode was boring except when it was painful to watch as Clark once again showed us he's the most insensitive ******* in the universe by coninually griping to Chloe about his relationship problems with the pathetic love interest that is Lana, totally ignoring the fact that Chloe is near tears.

We see a Clark that is so enthralled with the insipid Lana, who has no personality at all that we've ever seen to make her so special and exhibits nothing that would attract everyone in the know universe that he whines when someone else helps her. He seems to have no time to help his own father's campaign because he sits and mopes about Lana all the time. Lois, who is also just as boring and irritating and lacking in any sympathetic personality as Lana, has to do what Clark should be doing.

Once more we see Lana berating him for not wanting to have sex, again not sensitive to whatever problems he might be having while comntinuing to lie like a cheap rug about her involvment with Lex. And later on we see her hugging Lex, and so willing to cheat on Clark as she always has with her previous boyfriends when her current one doesn't give in to her demands.



Worse than anything is that Clark is regressing to the point of being ridiculous and nothing but Lana Lang matters to him anymore. That's not Clark Kent from any era and the producers are idiots to have screwed this up so badly.

I'll miss the sherrif, whom, I might add, was never mentioned again, her sacrifice in trying to save Lex and Lana not worthy of a mention later on by anyone, not even by Clark who found her since he was, of course, back to moping about Lana.



Do you even watch the show with any modicum of objectivity?

Granted this is fantasy land, but let's place Lana's actions in this episode against the context of real life.

Name one girl you know he has risked her life for someone else.

You only seem to find ways to bash the character without acknowleding any of good, and in this episode selfless and heroic.

And I would hardly characterize hugging as cheating. Lex risked his own life to save hers. It looked like he was going to die for that. Me thinks you confuse compassion and heartful joy that someone will live with infidelity.

But if you can't see a good deed when someone risk their own life for someone else, I guess it is too much to expect that you could be objective about that character.

[tw190]

The Clana towards the beginning REALLY annoyed me for a reason. I don't care for Clana, but sometimes it can be okay. Didn't like how Lana was acting "secrets", "lies", "honesty". I guess I'm sort of a Lexana fan, so I really did like it in this episode. It was sweet.

Lockdown had some funny quotes too! Whereas it was obviously a serious episode, but it was quite funny. Chlark was awesome! Lois as campaign manager was cool, and I liked how the trio (Jonathan, Martha, Lois) handled the money issue. Way to go JK for putting aside the pride! :D

I liked it. Good filler episode. And wow, hit me with more continuity! Pete got a mention. And the spaceship storyline is very cool. Much better than Fanatic, IMO. 8/10 stars from me.

Oh, oh, and the explosion! (How could I have forgotten? :p) So. Cool. Awesome special effects! I love how Clark sped through the fire, I just thought that was neat to watch. And his line of, "You're alive, that's all that matters" was nice. He's totally fed up with making excuses.

[spideyfan]

this reminded me too much of Mortal.

ANyway great episode. I did HATE Lana in this episode. She acts like shes important...BAH!

Anyway great acting my Pa Kent, Chloe, Lex, and Lois. Really better than I expected. NOW lets get on to next week :)

[superhippie2000]

i thought the episode was good. some funny moments. good lead in to next weeks episode.

[margroks]

I watch every ep with out any Lana blinders on if that's what you mean. Lana thought she could talk her way out or escape somehow even though Lex tried to warn her she'd be killed one way or another. I never denied she tried to help Lex but he was right; they'd have killed her anyway and only Clark's intervention saved her. Lana's selfishness is in her constant insistance on Clark's and everyone else's attention. And yes, she has always cheated on her BFs when she wanted extra attention. It's a nasty little trait and one Clark's seen for himself.

Think about it. Lana has yelled at Lex repeatedly, knows he's investigating Clark and that they're on the outs now and that Clark feels betrayed when she's with Lex yet she doesn't care and lies over and over to Clark about what she's doing and that she's doing it with Lex.

Lana knows Lex is interested in her because its been an issue between them; he hit on her during Onyx but she acts all, oh, lets be friends knowing she's leading him on. He practically confessed it to her when he was rambling on about his dream. Lana doesn't like the way Clark treats he so she goes to Lex. It's clear as a bell what she has in mind because she always does the same thing. SHe wants it her way or no way even when she just agreed to let Clark have his space and she's completely undeserving of his affection.

[Fish1941]

While Clark fights for truth, justice and the American way - his battle against Lex won't be for those reasons. It will over Lana. So, in essence they've changed the very essence of who and what Superman is - and have lowered him to the status of an average man with a few super gifts.

Maybe that's how Clark Kent/Superman should have been portrayed in the first place. I have never cared for the earlier portrayal of Superman as some do-gooder super being with hardly any personality flaws. It makes Superman . . . BORING.

Originally posted by margroks
I watch every ep with out any Lana blinders on if that's what you mean. Lana thought she could talk her way out or escape somehow even though Lex tried to warn her she'd be killed one way or another. I never denied she tried to help Lex but he was right; they'd have killed her anyway and only Clark's intervention saved her. Lana's selfishness is in her constant insistance on Clark's and everyone else's attention. And yes, she has always cheated on her BFs when she wanted extra attention. It's a nasty little trait and one Clark's seen for himself.

Think about it. Lana has yelled at Lex repeatedly, knows he's investigating Clark and that they're on the outs now and that Clark feels betrayed when she's with Lex yet she doesn't care and lies over and over to Clark about what she's doing and that she's doing it with Lex.

Lana knows Lex is interested in her because its been an issue between them; he hit on her during Onyx but she acts all, oh, lets be friends knowing she's leading him on. He practically confessed it to her when he was rambling on about his dream. Lana doesn't like the way Clark treats he so she goes to Lex. It's clear as a bell what she has in mind because she always does the same thing. SHe wants it her way or no way even when she just agreed to let Clark have his space and she's completely undeserving of his affection.


I wondered if someone would use this episode as another opportunity to bash the Lana Lang character. How sad. This is all you can see in Lana's character in this episode?

[Space_Ninja_3000]

Wow pretty much sums up my review of "Lockdown." Another top notch job by the powers that be. Why?

1. Details: this episode, more than any other in a long time paid attention to soooo many details I don't know where to begin. And this makes for greater realism all around. Some examples: we're told why and how Officer Flynn prevented Lex from contacting law enforcement from inside the Panic Room, the Sheriff explained why she came to the manor, Flynn's accomplice explained why she was involved, we understood why Flynn went psychotic and he explained what his motivations and plans were (unlike say Fanatic, where we don't really have any real explanation for why this 2-dimensional character would obsess on Lex), Flynn's scarred/burned hand was a great symbol for his character, Flynn's accomplice ordered Lex to come out slowly when his panic room door opened (just like a true police officer would do!), the Sheriff noticed Clark arriving out of nowhere and responded to his discovery of the GPS device, Flynn told Lex he set the climate control over 100 degrees and he knew he hit him w/a bullet, Mr. Kent's sale of the "back 40" to pay back Lionel, and--my favorite--the orderly yelled, "Get him out of here!" as Clark tried to find out where Lana was from Lex. Just awesome job writing the episode.

2. Continuity: This episode carried through on the Lionel campaign donation idea, the Lana-Clark relationship dilemma, and the Lex-Lana spaceship obsession. My only wish is that the other writers would have continued to keep these stories rolling in every other episode before this one. Also, there were many references to the other episodes this season (Lana's and Flynn's experiences in Arrival, Lex's dream in Lexmas, the missile crisis in Hidden, Clark's phase as a normal man in "Mortal," Clark's superspeed arrival blowing Chloe's papers around--this is the second time they've used this scene and Chloe seemed to respond in reference to it--, the Sheriff's repeated observations that Clark would make a fine addition to her police staff, and the ship's disappearance in "Solitude."). Also, even though I find it a big time stretch, I am glad they wrote something for Lois' character to do, for a long time they just had her character floating around for no good reason--the campaign manager role has worked well for filling out her character and providing her with a meaningful role in the show.

3. Creativity: several scenes had creative moments in them, Clark's shaking the soda can (my only complaint, is that the can was seen in the officer's HAND and not just on his desk before he shook it--that would have been a bit more realistic than taking it out of his hand, shaking it, and replacing it back in his hand...but MINOR point for me).

4. Writing: the dialogue and the characters were excellent this episode. This episode had no foul language, no gruesome violence, and no titillating sex elements, yet I think it was one of--if not the--best episodes this season; right up there with Splinter and Solitude. It just shows you don't need to use any of that cheap garbage to make a great show and I'm glad they avoided it.

5. Acting: I think Kristin K.'s performance stood out this episode--her character is much more sophisticated than it ever was in seasons 2-4 this year. The meteor shower connection for her works well as it gives her character a kind of dark sadness that logically draws her closer to Lex and Clark than say Chloe or Pete or any of the other better-adjusted characters in the show. Annette, John, Erica, and Michael were especially strong. Tom seemed a bit wooden this time around. The guest stars did a great job: Flynn, his accomplice, and the Sheriff.

6. The explosion: really dramatic; epic.

Final thoughts: I thought it was great that they made an irrevocable decision and killed off the Sheriff--that impressed me. I just hope they don't bring her back from the dead from meteor rocks as a FOW or something. Also, I thought her death could have been a bit more heroic and her final words more serious than "ain't that a mother." Please.

What a great episode, I'm looking forward to the 100th next week. You really feel like this one set up everything for it very very well. Great job Smallville!

[loistickyfingerz]

I was surprised by this episode. I really enjoyed it. I think most of all I enjoyed the continuity of following up on that massive destruction from Arrival. I like how the writers are showing that they aren't just blowing up things for ratings. In Smallville there are long term consequences that can come back to haunt you. (but only, it seems, as long as the characters involved are not in High School any more.)

I was somewhat saddened to see the second Sheriff bite the dust, but I thought it was very appropriate.

I liked the Lexana interaction, and the effect that had on Clark. I wish he'd just grow up and get over Lana already, but I guess he's gotta take his sweet time.

The FXs were great and I liked the continued election story and how Lois' character is growing more into who she will be by working with the Kents. I also like that the Kent, in the absence of Clark, are seeing and noting Lois' character.

Overall, a surprisingly great show. The writing this season is really just dead on and that makes me very happy.

[F-Stop Blues]

I liked this ep alot. I thought it was better than Fanatic which I also enjoyed but Lockdown was able to really set up the plots for next week. I also like that the main focus of this ep was about a previous episode. Thats very rare in the smallville universe. Also by having an episode focus on Braniac's ship, its keep the audience thinking about that Character, so perhaps we will see him again. ;)

I liked how the Lexana was handled, it was subtle but palpable which is cool. Lex is such a nice guy when it comes to Lana its almost sad. Im not sure if this is weird to say but I defenitly want him to get with Lana and not Clark. Speaking of Clark, I didnt really like him in this ep. He was so whiny. I also didnt like him wanting props for saving Lana. He shouldnt save people so he can get credit. Hopefully he will understand that soon. Anyway loved lex and Lana but didnt really like Clark, but im sure I will next week.

[clark25]

I really did enjoy the episode to and it
had some funny moments as well.And to
It was sad to see Shrieff Adams bit the
dust to.But I noticed before she died I
noticed she metioned the law enforcment
quote to Clark again and to.The Lex and
Lana hug at the reminded me a lot of one
of the Lois&Clark episodes.Anywho
another great super episode

[sheltiemom]

The episode on the whole was good. There were some high points: Clark talking to Martha- telling her Lana doesn't understand certain things -stopping before he blerted out she doesn't understand why I won't have sex(yeah that's a converstion every teenager wants to have with their parent).His converstaion with Chloe-I don't know how she can remain so calm when he talks about Lana. I was glad she said she was friends with both and not getting in the middle of them.
Jonathan trying to keep his integrety- selling the back 40(I wonder how much money land goes for in Kansas).
Low points- Sheriff Adams dying- she was the only one in Smallville (besides Lois) who treats Clark normally.

Can't wait till next week

[ChaaBreh]

It was a very good episode. If I were Lana, I'd think my boyfriend was gay, because he's certainly acting like it. He should have told her years ago. At least in the comics, he told her on college graduation night when he flew her around. I think that TPTB screwed up early on making Lana too sophisticated. She was just supposed to be a simple, small-town girl in love with the boy next door, who she'd figured she was going to marry. Maybe that doesn't make for good TV, I don't know. But that's the Lana I would have liked to have seen these past 4.5 years.

I liked the follow up from previous episodes - that at least someone noticed the two Kryptonians and the spaceship (besides Lana). If all those two ex-sheriffs planned to do was to put C-4 on the ship to bring attention to it, they sure added murder and kidnapping to the charge.

Sheriff Adams - I really liked her. I didn't want her to die. But at this point, we should be seeing more of Detective Maggie Sawyer in Metropolis. I hope Clark transfers to Met U, since he's in Metropolis all the time anyway.

Assuming that Jonathan dies next week, what will Martha do with the farm? Clark seemed very self-involved in this episode; with everything his father's going thru, doing farm chores while he handles phone interviews, you'd think he'd help out more rather than whine about Lana. He brought this upon himself, as Chloe poignantly pointed out to Clark.

Didn't you just want to hug Chloe when Clark told her "I love her (Lana) so much...". She managed to keep it together (what a great actress AM is, really!) somehow but what a heart-breaker. I hope if she lives thru Eppy 100, TPTB get her a boyfriend. Where's Jimmy Olson when you need him, anyway - he WAS her first....)

Anyway, I'm still strung out that I'm not going to be able to home to watch Eppy 100 live and that I have to rely on my VCR to watch it. Unforunately I have one of those committments that I can't get out of! ARGHGHGH!

[ryb]

Well, kids, my 13-hour day of TV blogging is almost complete (BSG, VM, et al. included), but I thought I would end the day with a review of Lockdown.

I'm a big fan of this episode. I love the style of a Steven S. DeKnight episode (Note the similarity in structure to Mortal -- that's certainly a distinctive writer's touch). In fact, I thought the Chloe homework tornado was a nice nod to the episode Thirst (also written by DeKnight), in which Clark speeds into the room.

But on to the episode. Al Gough mentioned in a recent interview how they continue to experiment with storylines in which some of the characters are missing. Well, interestingly, the two major storylines of the episode had key characters missing. With the main storyline, the focus of the episode was on the spaceship, missing due to its missing inhabitant (good ol' Fine). With the subplot, Jonathan's money source was also missing from the episode. And yet both stories evolved quite well.

For one, we get Lex's revelation to Lana about the missing spaceship, a continuing whirlpool of the Clark-Lana-Lex triangle (I've commented ad nauseum on this throughout the day in separate threads), a continued Mulder-and-Scully-esque Clark and Chloe, and a shocking death before the big 100. Not bad for one hour.

This episode continues many of the things I like about this season. It continues the tremendous Clark-Chloe interaction, it continues the three stronghold personalities of Lois, Martha, and Jonathan -- each continuing to stand up for what they believe in, and it continues the dark paths of three characters whose destinies are far different unless they continue to interact as is.

I really liked another person's comment on how this episode seemed to be a leaking ship. I couldn't agree more. And more importantly, I think this is the intent of the writers. If Clark continues with Lana, his path will not be toward Superman. If Clark does not reveal his secret to Lana, the three (Lex included) will continue to spiral down dark paths of secrets and lies. The subplot had similar "leaks" with the eventual realization that the money is coming from dirty hands. However, in direct contradiction to the Clark-Lana-Lex triangle...Lois, Martha, and Jonathan are solidified in their beliefs. Lois will do anything for the Kents and will take necessary blame for mistakes (and will cover for them when called upon). Martha will do anything to help Jonathan and his cause. Jonathan will not relinquish his integrity and strong will toward the average man.

I think this "contradicting parallel" was intentional and well displayed. Clark, Lex, and Lana are unsure of their futures and are more reactionary than Jonathan, Martha, and Lois -- much more resolved in their beliefs (Lois may have an unclear future but has a well-structured belief system).

I enjoyed the episode's nods toward continuity as well, but I received greater pleasure out of its comedic jabs at itself (the mangled truck, the "hair" comment from Lex, Lex's "security" expectations, etc.). It's nice to see that the series does not take itself too seriously.

Acting all around was quite good, especially from Allison Mack and Michael Rosenbaum. I thought Erica Durance was solid, and even Kristin Kreuk seemed above average. I thought Tom Welling was a little flat in this episode, but his scenes with Mack and Annette O'Toole were noticeably stronger.

I was quite impressed with the warehouse explosion -- nice effect. The overall flow of the episode up to this point was smooth and tense.

I'm impressed with the setup to Ep 100, but I'm nervous about the execution. Will Ep 100 live up to the hype? And will the show make it through the fallout? Questions that remain to be answered, but it's been quite fun in reaching this point.

Lockdown: A

Here's to Ep 100.

[Drew]

By far one of the best episodes in the season, or the show as a whole for that matter. This episode had a great story tha t helped develop their characters for many episodes to come.

I loved the Chlana being shakey and Clark finding out about her and lex working on a project.

Lexana was executed perfectly. The best interaction from these characters by far.

Thought it was a nice continuity touch by adding Petes name.

Clarks jealousy at the end was grand. I liked how he tried twisting things to blame all his problems on Lex.

Lastly, Chloe looked so hott in this episode, and seemed troubled by Clarks words at the end.

[aqua]

Wow, a lot of good comments for this episode. It's tied with Aqua and Splinter for worst episode of the season. Mind numbingly boring and disappointing leading up to the 100th.

[LuthorRequiem2]

"they've made Lana an essential part of Clark's life by portraying her as the love of his life (therfore making Lois Lane the consellation prize) and also the love of Lex's life. I have a feeling that they will soon make her the catalyst that will be the ultimate rift between Clark and Lex. The story will no longer be good verses evil, right verses wrong, compassion over power, but a power struggle of pride over a woman, and that changes who Superman truly was. While Clark fights for truth, justice and the American way - his battle against Lex won't be for those reasons. It will over Lana. So, in essence they've changed the very essence of who and what Superman is - and have lowered him to the status of an average man with a few super gifts. There would be many men who could fill his shoes had they the same gifts. I've yet to see what makes him Kryptonian. They've done a good job trying to make him Super-human."

I would be very annoyed if Lana was a huge reason for the rift between Lex and Clark, but I doubt it will be. The writers are smarter than that, in my opinion. They've been building up the darkness in Lex's heart, and also the way that Clark is beginning to see Lex as not a brotherly figure, but rather as a suspect in every crime in Smallville. Lana is just a mere ingredient to the recipe of disaster between the two ex-friends. I think Lana's just a little straw on the big heap of straws upon the camel's backs. These two will ultimately become enemies not because of their affection for the same woman, but because they serve opposite sides of the totem pole-Clark good, Lex evil.

Also, I don't think of Lois as being the conselation prize. I think that Clark and Lana will realize that as much as they WANT to love each other as a couple, it just doesn't quite work. Lois is really the type of woman Clark has loved all along, but hasn't realized it yet. There's many subtleties surrounding their relationship, which I think is key to the beginning of an everlasting romance. Just as there are many subtleties to Lex and Clark's enmity, there are many subtleties to Clark and Lois's romance.

[SmalliesMatt]

^^^ How can you call Splinter worst episode???

Mod Note - Edited for Insulting Another Poster. Strictly against the rules.

[heatvision=CK+CS]

This episode made me finaly make Lana into a catch frase with me and my friends. "Dont be such a Lana". ;) No offense to KK, like her but not her character.

[dfm82]

This was a great episode IMO, some of u might say it was just a filler episode before the 100th episode but i think that the characters and the storyline have developed a lot in the last 3 episodes...

Now i can't wait for the next episode! Hope they don't disappoint us and it could be "everything we all wanted to see"... :cool:

[Crazy4Smallville]

As far as everything I've always wanted to see... I'd like to see Lana die, but I don't think that's going to happen, even if they tease us.

I've heard that there will be the death of two main characters in the one hundredth episode. Could one of the death's be a dream sequence?

I think that Clark will have a dream of Lana getting killed in a car accident, caused by Lex. This dream is what convinces him to tell Lana his secret and propose to her. However, during this time his father, Jonathan, will die as a result of the consequences of him disobeying Jor-El, but Jor-El won't forcefully take Jonathan's life, he will voluntarily give it up - because he had already made a deal with Jor-El a few years ago anyway. His time was borrowed.

What do you think? Is that possible or wishful thinking?

[boonaducious]

^^^^I'd like that to happen, but I don't think it will, mostly because Lana's wearing an engagment ring in the trailer. Clark obviously proposed to her beforehand.

As for Lockdown, this is late, but I still thought it was great. I saw it a long time ago, so a long review escapes me, but I thought it was one of the best episodes of the season. However, the 100th episode is what I'm really looking forward to.

[randie]

Some other site said in a review, I'll check my history for the link, but Clark proposes at the beginning, so I don't know whether or not to believe him.

Here's that link!

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/story/385779p-327368c.html

[Supsfan]

This episode would be good if they edited out all the Clark scenes.

I give the Clark centered storyline a 2, the rest of the episode(Jonathon Kent 4 Senator, Lana-Lex being locked down) a solid 8

[Nimkong]

This episode i good,but i dident really pay attention beacause of the 100th episode next.Liked lexana,the clark saving lana was tight and the spaceship plot was amazing