Episode Report Card Omar G: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT It's a Wonderful Life (But Not Such a Wonderful Show)
By Omar G | Season 7 | Episode 18 | Aired on 05.01.2008
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Kent Farm, daytime. Clark is in the kitchen. He's speaking on the phone to someone. Clark tells the person to call if anything changes. Kara is coming down the stairs, out-of-focus in the background. Clark tells her that a nurse told him Lana is worse than ever. How is that possible? She always seems worse. Kara says she knows she destroyed Brainiac. Clark says he thought Brainiac's hold over Lana would go away once he died. He doesn't know what else to do. Kara says she's sorry. She wonders if they could re-open the portal to Krypton. Clark says there's no going back. Kara says they could save Krypton if they go back. She says it's just a matter of finding the right point in time. Clark asks how they know they won't make things worse. Sorry, cuz. Clark says they can't change the past, they can only affect the future. Kara says that whatever that future might be, she'll always be there. She puts her hand on Clark's. Cousin! Clark and Kara stare at each other. "I'm here for you," she says. Clark has way more sexual chemistry with her than with Lois. Sadly.
The Barnness of Mopeitude. Clark puts the octagon in a safe place: his inside jacket pocket. As he reaches the top of the stairs, he finds Lex there. Lex is looking out the large window. He says the place hasn't changed a bit since he was last there. Lex is holding a football. He tosses it to Clark, underhanded. Which I guess is the way Lex swings these days. Clark asks what he's doing there. Lex says Clark was the last person to see Lana well. He says he figured he should talk to Clark if he has any chance of helping her. Clark tosses the football aside. "No one's asking for your help," he says. Lex says he's trying to save Lana and he has the best medical minds in the world at his disposal. Clark, weak, relents. He asks if there's anything the doctors can do to help her. Lex says he's been told her condition is unlike anything they've ever seen. How did Lex's doctors get access to Lana already? Lex turns his back on Clark, who is not the one out of focus. He says several of the doctors described the condition as "Almost alien." He says all the doctors have concluded that her state is irreversible. Lex says that's why he came to Clark. He says that if they knew what triggered the coma, they might have some hope. Clark gulps. "Think, Clark," Lex says, "she was living with you." He asks if Clark can remember anything that could explain how this happened. Clark, steely-faced, says, "I wish there was." Lex walks past Clark. He stops in front of the camera so that we see his face in profile with Clark in the background, shadowy and unfocused. He says if Clark has anything to add about what happened he knows where to find Lex. Lex keeps walking.