Episode Report Card Tippi Blevins: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Kneel Before Tess
By Tippi Blevins | Season 9 | Episode 6 | Aired on 10.30.2009
I'm sad the previous scene is over because now it means we're back to the goofy and improbable morning show plot. Yes, I'm complaining about things being improbable on a show where a guy melts things with his eyes. It's all about internal logic, people! Anyway, Clark is sitting at a table outside a café and the incessantly cheerful music is back. A camera is trained on him. He looks like he's suffering from fatal indigestion. A cute production guy tells Clark it's time for a sound check and they go through this needlessly long, dumb routine of Clark figuring out an earpiece. Lois's voice in his earpiece teases him for being "green." You're not any more experienced at this than he is, hon. She is back at the studio with the producer lady from the opening scene, watching Clark squirm via an assortment of monitors. She reminds him again of standing her up at the monster truck rally. Clark thinks they shouldn't talk about this while they're being taped. Producer lady gives Lois a nod of encouragement. She gets an impish look her face and agrees to talk about something else, instead -- his online dating profile. She thinks his farming background is either going to get him a "country mouse or a cougar looking for her next meal." Lois is the latter, right? What walks up to Clark's table appears to be neither, at first glance. She's a youngish blond in a nice dress suit and she introduces herself as "Catherine." She's supposed to be a reference to Cat Grant, but she's coming across as rather less trashy than you might expect. Lois looks crestfallen when she sees this perky-yet-wholesome lass. Clark looks quite pleased to meet her and does the gentlemanly thing of pulling out her chair for her. Cat looks nervously at the camera. "This isn't live, is it?" Clark tells her they're taping it. Lois's voice in his ear snarks, "If you can't take the heat, sister, get out of the café." Clark holds a hand to his ear and tells Cat, he has a "really annoying ringing" in his ear. Cat says she can barely hear anything over her own heartbeat. Lois is unimpressed but I think she's kind of adorable. Clark suggests she treat it like any other date, but Cat's been too busy to go on many dates. Clark loosens up and seems to forget the cameras are there. They talk about her working for the Peace Corps. Now she's back in school, getting double PhDs in sociology and social justice. Hon, you've got no chance with Clark. He likes his ladies mean and intellectually unambitious. They beam megawatt smiles at each other. Lois congratulates Clark on dating "Mother Teresa in six-inch heels." Ugh, what a mental image. Clark ignores her and keeps smiling at Cat.