‘Smallville’ Nightmare: Lana and Lex to Wed
Or Will Something—or Someone—Put A Crimp in the Ceremony?
The episode has finally arrived that many Smallville fans thought, or rather hoped, they would never see: the marriage of lifelong Clark Kent crush Lana Lang (Kristin Kreuk) to nearly lifelong Clark Kent mortal enemy Lex Luthor (Michael Rosenbaum). This event has been in the making for quite a while, almost from the very first season of the series when it became painfully clear that our future Superman (Tom Welling) has major issues opening up to the sole girl of his wildest dreams.
I, for one, have found it difficult to tolerate Clark’s extreme fear of revealing his “secret” to Lana, the one character in the show who has either witnessed or personally experienced almost as many kryptonite-fueled freak incidents as the Boy of Steel himself. Lana has been possessed, drugged, manipulated, virtually killed, and thrust in the middle of deadly circumstances so many times, if she were a real person, she’d likely be loony tunes or really dead and gone. Yet, with each bizarre ordeal, she has only grown stronger and more open-minded about inexplicable phenomena. In other words, she’s the perfect person to confide in about your weird superhuman powers. If Clark’s childhood confidant Chloe (Allison Mack)—who has not been directly subjected to anywhere near as many abnormal and deadly situations—can accept the truth, Lana sure as hell can, too.
As a result of his chronic inaction and overthinking, Clark can place much of the blame for the present surreal state of affairs on his own hunky shoulders. I bet if he dared to speak the truth to the woman he’s always loved more than any other, she’d roll her eyes in disbelief that all of the grief they’ve both endured over each other was due to something that inconsequential. After all, if it wasn’t for Clark’s special abilities, Lana wouldn’t even be around to marry his former best friend because no one else would have been capable of saving her from imminent danger and death only like a billion times.
On the upside for fans of the angst-filled Clark-Lana partnership, it seems that other factors besides the historically ineffectual budding superhero (at least in matters of love) may intervene to possibly preclude the dreaded creation of Mrs. Lana Luthor. No spoilers here, but it doesn’t take much imagination to guess that some involve the bun baking in Lana’s oven. However the predicament unfolds, one thing is certain: tonight’s “Promise” episode of Smallville will be a pivotal installment that may very well change the direction of the series forever henceforth. This one is definitely a must-not-miss for fans. [On TV: Thursday, 15 March 2007, The CW, 8pm EST]
Other Good Stuff on TV Tonight
- Andy Barker, P.I.—PILOT: Former Conan O’Brien sidekick Andy Richter gives sitcoms another try, this time in a case of mistaken identity that has his accountant character pretending to be a private investigator. [Series Debut/NBC/9:31]
- NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship—FIRST ROUND: Duke and Virginia Commonwealth play live in Buffalo, New York. [CBS/7:00]
- NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship—FIRST ROUND: Gonzaga and Indiana play live in Sacramento, California. [CBS/9:30]
- October Road—PILOT: When a successful author (Bryan Greenberg) under pressure to produce a second bestseller experiences writer’s block, he returns to his Massachusetts childhood hometown after ten years away to recover his mojo, only to find that many of the residents are not exactly thrilled about the unfavorable way he depicted them in his popular novel. [Series Debut/ABC/10:01]
- Raines—PILOT: Jeff Goldblum plays Michael Raines, an unusual Los Angeles police detective who uses his vivid hallucinations of crime victims to help solve their murders. [Series Debut/NBC/10:01]
- The Showbiz Show With David Spade: The return of David Spade’s snarky, satirical entertainment news show includes not only guest appearances by Patrick Warburton and Oliver Hudson, his co-stars in the freshman CBS sitcom Rules of Engagement, but also an undercover segment featuring short-ish, thin, white, male Spade “disguised” as tall, curvy, black, female Tyra Banks. I’m watching just to see the latter. [3rd-Season Premiere/Comedy Central/10:30]
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