Ok yeah, loved this episode. The Cushings stuff actually jived with the rest of the episode thematically as everyone's trying to redefine/re-examine their place here after the craziness that went down, so the whole thing flowed a lot better than last week, imo.
VERY happy my predictions look to be turning out to have been correct and The Eradicator has entered the building! And given that line from Tal in the flashback about how he doesn't need to "die" to accomplish his father's goal as planned, it would seem that Zeta expected this from him all along...maybe even
created him for it. That end sequence with him breaking out and absorbing the sun was cool as f***, imo. Is it too much to hope for a solar visor in the next ep given how overloaded his eyes were looking there?? If we
don't get the visor that will have been a cruel tease, lol.
Loved that we've officially established that Clark wants the world to have a fail safe for if something turns him. That's a complaint some people had about his otherwise well-received first appearance on SG - that he was so against the DEO having Kryptonite (and that storyline resolved by the DEO giving him what was left of their supply), particularly with his cousin working there, but I always thought he would've just taken it to someone he trusted, and didn't want it in the hands of a shady government agency, so it never bothered me. But it's great to get his clear stance on that here. While I think normally the obvious choice would've been Batman, I 100% support John Irons being that person for this show, especially with the backstory they gave him here.
The Clark/Lois stuff was again stellar here. You know an argument's good when you find yourself agreeing with both sides. I also really liked Lois' conflict with Chrissy in this one. I didn't expect Lois to get called out on her covering because I'm so used to her doing it with all the crazy stuff they deal with, but it was nice to see, because yeah, in real life, a lot of people wouldn't be willing to just roll with it and let her slide without accountability.
My favorite little Clark moment of the week: Him arguing why Jon and Jordan shouldn't skip school because it's unfair to the teachers who put in so much work to prep for those classes and they deserve more respect, dammit!
The promo for the next one has me dying to know what's got Lois so emotional, as we haven't yet seen her like
that all season, even with the crazy intense stuff she's gone through already. I'm gonna predict either Sam is killed or, more likely, Jonathan gets taken by Tal/The Eradicator. Annoyed we have to deal with yet another break now, but I get it, Olympics or whatever.
Thank you!
