Hocus Pocus meets Smallville...
right from the cold opening of the flash back of the 1600's I thought it was an odd choice to have Kristin Kreuk playing the witch (I get they wanted it to relate to Smallville and be a shocking reveal moment) but, even if it was establish that she was a distant relative, them looking that much alike took me out of the scene
tho, I didn't recall all the build about the tattoo and stuff with Lana... this episode did stand out to me in its original airing, as the introduction to Magic existing in the world of Smallville, and the concept of Clark being weak too it (tho, we kinda already got this with Jinx, only an couple episodes ago)
so, it was kinda odd that he reacted to magic existing the way he did
I thought it was funny how of all the people in Smallville, Lana (as Isabel) had to go all the way to Clark for that "hair sample"...
and the scissors breaking, was a classic Superman trope joke...
(which did open the question of how Clark has cut his hair up to this point...)
I guess since learning his laser-vision he can probably trim his own hair open that way in a mirror
(like we sometimes see him shaving) but, it was at least shown that he can rip his own hair off, so, maybe he's just done that anytime his hair got too long
over all {tho, fun at times} not the greatest episode, I do think they were a little harsh on it
an it was a bit of an anti-climateic conclusion to Lana's {mystery Tattoo} Story arc
I guess the big take away from this episode was Lex revealing that it was him who got Jason fired not Clark, so, Lana {and Jason} can stop being so mad at him (not that Jason had the right to be mad at Clark as he was the one in the wrong there, anyway...)