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7.17 'Sleeper' Episode Discussion - MediaBlvd Forums
Sleeper
Episode 7.17
FROM TV.COM:
While Clark seeks out Brainiac to force him to fulfill his side of their bargain and restore Lana, Chloe and Jimmy go up against the government.
Writer: Caroline Dries
Director Whitney Ransick
Star: Aaron Ashmore (Jimmy Olsen (Season 7+)), Allison Mack (Chloe Sullivan), Tom Kristin Kreuk (Lana Lang), ("Lex") Luthor)
Guest Star: Anne Openshaw (Vanessa Weber)
Source: TV.com
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Was it me or was this episode just plain bad?
I love Smallville but something was off tonight.
Next week should be good with Tom Welling directing.
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'Sleeper' is a good episode.
While Chloe was trying to find Brainiac, a government agent blackmail Jimmy to spy on her.
Clark couldn't come to the rescue, because Jimmy didn't tell him that the government believe her to be a terrorist.
It was Jimmy who came to the rescue.
It a pity, that he needed Lex's help in rescuing her.
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The writers for Smallville continually confuse and confound me.
Not because the storytelling is particularly complex, but because they seem hell bent on derailing their own momentum, time and time again.
The previous episode ended with Lexs final step towards his villainous destiny, setting the stage for a massive showdown between former friends.
One might have hoped that the focus would continue to be on that aspect, especially since the Brainiac subplot wasnt quite ready to return yet.
Alternatively, the episode could have focused on Clarks personal reaction to recent events.
Instead, the bulk of the episode centered on Chloe and Jimmy.
While the story was pleasant enough, it felt like too much of a departure from the stronger and darker material in the previous few installments.
Granted, its nice to see Chloes constant hacking finally catch up with her, but tying that to Jimmy Olsen, Super Spy?
Not quite what I would have preferred, and not necessarily consistent with what weve seen out of Jimmy in the past.
I was also a bit disappointed in Lex, to be honest.
While his single-minded focus on the Traveler and Veritas was in line with his previous actions, his decision to help Chloe was not.
It occurred to me that Lex held back after seeming to punish Chloe harshly in Descent.
He did fire her, but shes still living above the Talon (which he owns), and he had the perfect opportunity to let others do his dirty work in this situation.
Why would Lex bother holding back?
There were some occasional nods to the overall season arc, particularly by the end of the hour.
Clark and Chloe uncover enough evidence to suggest that Brainiac took Kara through a time vortex to Krypton circa 1989.
This would be just before the cataclysm that destroyed Krypton, and therefore, right around the time of Kal-Els exodus.
Brainiacs plan, it seems, is to kill Clark as a powerless child, therefore stopping Clark from being an impediment in the future.
(Perhaps Kara was needed as Brainiacs undercover assassin or something.)
Its a fairly familiar plot for any comic book/science fiction fan, but it should tie into the Kryptonian elements from earlier in the season.
Anything that might give this season a sense of cohesion would be welcome at this point, so I can hardly complain.
Hopefully the cheap-looking Veritas star map will prove more impressive once its purpose is revealed.
My suspicion is that it will lead Lex to the Fortress, since that is the most obvious place to gain the technology to control Clark, ala Jor-El.
With only a few episodes left for the season, it shouldn't take long to find out.
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