Ep 2.01 - Vortex

[Tabbymarie]

In the aftermath of the tornado, Lex does his best to make sure his life is saved, and Jonathan and Roger Nixon (Tom O'Brien) are buried alive.

Part two of two. John Glover formally joins the regular cast with this episode.

[vyperman7]

One of my favorite episodes of all time. This goes on my top ten list without a doubt. Arrival and Exile are my two favorite premieres, but Vortex was an amazing episode as well. The tornado sequence was just so awesome, and the final scene with the ship and Cold Play's "In My Place" playing in the background gives me chills each time I see it. I just can't get enough of this one. I also love the scene where Lex shoots Nixon. The look on his face standing there over the body is just pure evil Lex. Love it. I also love Nixon's quote "Clark is the answer that the world has been waiting for."

Although, this was the only episode that ever made me dislike Chloe. She has always been my favorite female character on the show.

But the scene where she tells Clark that she wants to be friends, and then gets pissed at him for agreeing just bugs the crap out of me. I know why she did it. She obviously wanted Clark to show that he wanted her. But mind reading is not one of Clark's powers. I mean, the guy is pretty dense. It was her idea, and ultimately her fault.

[jdot]

Chloe had a major attack of the stupids in that scene. The worst part is that she couldn't tell that Clark was actually disappointed. He's very good at agreeing with other people and not asking for things he wants, and she of all people should have known that by then.

[OutlawAngel]

Yeah I was pretty mad at Chloe there. I think the only reason Clark did agree was becasue Chloe acted out that she wanted out of the relationship so well. The was Clark answered her it was clear that he was dissapointed. Plus did she have to pull that while Jonathan was missing? Obviously Clark wasnt really worrid at that moment about anything but finding his dad and Chloe got upset because she broke up the relationship between her and her boyfriend. What was she expecting of him?

I couldnt help but get a 'Night of the Living Tornado' reminder from the begining of this episode with Schneider running around away from a tornado.

Though Jonathan showed how much of a...err....donkey he was in this episode. Lex saves Jonathan's life and by the enxt episode it was back to the platitudes. That kinda told me if Jonathan wasnt ever gonna accept Lex after the man had just saved his life then Jonathan would never accept Lex.

[red-K glory]

this episode is a great introduction to season 2! it was cool how Jonathan and Nixon were stuck with each other and Jonathan messes up Nixon's tape of Clark. and when Lex shot Nixon at the end was crazy! I especially like the ending when the space ship is shown in the corn field.

[brainiacowen]

"It felt like I was flying..."

One of the best Smallville moments EVER! This episode was perfect minus the whole Chloe not reading Clark's face thing...

Oh, and Lex kills his first person...AH!

[k18]

I loved the Jonathan vs. Nixon battle at the end. Their fight was awesome. It was great seeing a good old fashion mortal vs. mortal fight for once.

I didn't like Chloe's expression when Clark agreed they should be just friends. Come on, she was the one who said it first. If Clark had said no and he wants to be more than friends, then the power of the relationship shifts to Chloe. It would be a power struggle between the two then. If she wanted to be more than friends, then why not just say so? I never got her.

[ckfan]

One of the best of the whole series, in my opinion.

The conversations between Nixon and Jonathan in the tomb were some of the most meaningful in the whole series, I think. Summed up why Jonathan and Martha were so important to Clark's development and why they needed to be so protective.

Nixon was a great villain!

Also, there were dynamics going on in a lot of the relationships - Jonathan and Lex, Clark and Chloe, Clark and his Dad, even Lana and Martha.

Clark's line "It felt like I was flying," was one of the best line deliveries of TW in the whole series. I really felt his frustration about not being able to tell Lana what happened, and his feelings of both fear and fascination in the realization that he is capable of flying.

[vyperman7]

That is what I am talking about ckfan!

This episode is underrated in my opinion. I think that Rogue and Vortex are two of the best CK episodes out there.

[OutlawAngel]

Vortex is one of my favorite episodes of the series. I liked it because there was no freak of the week or nothign supernatural. This was a real life sittuation that many people go through of course take out Nixon trying to expose Clark as an alien

And Clark was powerless to stop the tornado. He could save Lana from it but he couldnt stop it.

It made the show more real.

And I seriously though Jonathan was gonna kill Nixon when they landed in that tomb. He had a seriously angry and almost psycho look. If I had been Nixon I would of thought he was about to kill me too.

And then at the end when Nixon was aobut to kill Jonathan I was wondering how in the world he was gonna get out of that situation. I never expected Lex to shoot him.

After that though I did lose a lil repsect for Bo with the way he treated Lex. For goodness sakes Lx saved his life and that still wasnt enough for Bo?

[vyperman7]

While I do agree with you about JK being a bit ungrateful, the characters can only behave the way that they are written. Back in the earlier seasons the only way to hint at Lex's evil side was to have JK re-inforcing that Lex could not be trusted. They had to find someway to make the audience think about Lex's future.

This episode also had Chloe acting weird as well. This was the only episode I disliked Chloe. "I think it would be a good idea, if we just stayed really good friends. Anything else, just gets too complicated." Then five minutes later, she is crying because Clark agreed. It was her freakin idea. You could see Clark was dissapointed too, but he wanted to go along with what he thought Chloe wanted.

Clark can do a lot of things, but he can't read minds Chloe. It was your fault.

But in Chloe's defense, Clark always has been kind of dense.

I know I posted about this already, but it just needs to be mentioned again. I just can't get over Chloe in this episode.

[UpandAtom]

Originally posted by brainiacowen
"It felt like I was flying..."

One of the best Smallville moments EVER!

Yeah that scene was great. It was too bad that it didn't go anywhere from there.

[Innuendo]

So... I was thinking back at this episode and there was a minor detail that I can't remember.

You all know that CK went after Lana in the twister. But we also saw the ship.

So my question is this: Where was it actually headed? Was it on a mission? Was it supposed to get caught in the twister so that Clark would find it later?

[Keldaz]

^ i think the ship was supposed to save and protect Clark. And later clark was to find it and take it back.

so it went after clark becouse he needed help kinda. I think.

[frackgyrll]

im just glad that chloe told clark to stay friends. i mean, im not really thrilled about it but she's smart & she knows that clark still has feelings for lana & it's not fair to her.

[maryjanewatson]

Originally posted by vyperman7


This episode also had Chloe acting weird as well. This was the only episode I disliked Chloe. "I think it would be a good idea, if we just stayed really good friends. Anything else, just gets too complicated." Then five minutes later, she is crying because Clark agreed. It was her freakin idea. You could see Clark was dissapointed too, but he wanted to go along with what he thought Chloe wanted.

Clark can do a lot of things, but he can't read minds Chloe. It was your fault.

THANKYOU! I thought the same thing! She freaking brought it up, then 5 seconds later she is crying about it and makes it sound as if it was clarks idea.

also, her getting mad about clark going and saving peoples lives? what is that? sure she could be mad at him when he first left, but after finding out that he was out saving people, she should have been more understanding.

ugh, I HATE CHLOE. she is so freaking annoying and stupid!!!

[makaveli80]

she was upset because she realized he went to save lana, meaning that he was still in love with lana. his love for lana was stronger than his love for chloe and that was why she didn't want to continue the relationship. but yeah, she should have been honest about her feelings for clark but I suppose she was afraid of being rejected in favour of Lana down the road....

btw, how does a vortex knock out the key of an alien aircraft...the craft hurtled through space at millions of miles an hour and the key never came out...but this little tornado was able to dislodge it?

[maryjanewatson]

Just because clark went to save lana does not mean he is still in love with her! i mean, he is, but that had nothing to do with him saving her! heck, Clark did the same thing for chloe! He left his date/non-date with lana to go save chloe in "cool". Saving is just in Clarks nature, it's what he does. chloe shouldn't have been mad at him for going and saving lana, when he did the same thing to save her.

[Hurricain]

I always thought the reason Chloe said that was because she knew Clark had feelings for Lana still. She wanted Clark to fight for her. Who wants to be in a relationship with someone that is in love with someone else?

I just think Chloe wanted Clark, but not if he was still in Love with Lana.

[tallville]

This is one of my favorites from season two. I loved how it looked inside of the tornado. I was on the edge of my seat for the first 5 minutes of the episode and it was a great start to the season.