Episode Report Card Omar G: C- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Naughty Of Lies
By Omar G | Season 8 | Episode 5 | Aired on 10.16.2008
Increasingly Tess Mercer Manor. A translucent curtain blows in a breeze in what looks like Lana's old bedroom. Oliver, bare-chested, wakes up in bed. Tess is already up, getting dressed in front of a vanity. "So much for breakfast-in-bed," Ollie says. Tess says she's late for a meeting. She says she still has a business to run. Oliver comes and sits next to her, trying to be romantic. He thinks she can find someone to answer her phone while they have dinner in Malibu. "What do you say?" he asks. She asks if she detects a hint of romance. He says he can't stop himself. He presents her with a diamond bracelet. To replace the one from her dead friend? Tess looks touched, but she closes the box. "Save it. In case you want to tip another hostess," she says. She says there was nothing romantic about the night before. "I had an itch. You scratched it." Oliver asks what happened to her as she turns her back to him. "I grew up," she says. She tells him that he left right when things started to get interesting. "You know the way out," she says. She leaves him standing there, hurt. Oliver, you really gotta rent Boomerang. That Robin Givens really gives Eddie Murphy the business. Oh by the way, can we not have anymore of this soap opera shit next week? Thank you.
Daily Planet. Lois is walking around like a hyperactive chicken. She goes to her desk, sees Clark's nameplate and dodges so she can go the other way. She heads for the elevators. Coming from the other direction, Clark comes to her. "You're not avoiding me, are you?" he asks. Lois says she's just shopping for wedding gifts for Jimmy and Chloe. Clark is pleased that she's finally on board with that. She says it just took them passing a "Madman's electric-Cosmo Death Quiz." Clark gets into the elevator. Lois doesn't follow. "In or out?" he asks. Lois decides to take the stairs. "Statistically, this is the safer way to travel," Clark says. Oh, groan. Yeah, Superman. We get it. Lois goes into the elevator. It's awkward. She says the jeweler confessed. "Five couples?" Clark asks. Lois brings up the test. But she doesn't say anything. "Who'd have thought you were such a good liar?" Clark tries. He says she beat the machine. Lois says it's a Kaiser-era piece of junk. She says that after the first question, she slipped the sensor off her finger. Clark looks surprised. "Pretty crafty, huh?" she says. Clark can't believe it. She says they make a good team, but not to let it go to that big head of Clark's. Clark scoffs. He says he didn't. "Good," she says. "Great," Clark agrees. The elevator opens. Lois gets out. She says they should be glad she was the one under the gun and not Clark. "Why is that?" he asks. She says Clark is a terrible liar. "Who knows where we'd be if you'd answered that question!" she says. She walks away, leaving Clark to really think about that. The elevator doors close on him. More action, please, next time? This episode was boring, man.