Episode Report Card Omar G: F | 1 USERS: F YOU GRADE IT Love Is A Many Squandered Thing
By Omar G | Season 8 | Episode 14 | Aired on 02.05.2009
We cut to the living room as Lana and Clark are coming downstairs. Chloe has already entered, calling their names. I'm guessing she heard all the sex commotion earlier. Or maybe that's why she came by. To tell them people can hear them all the way in Metropolis. Chloe says that there was an explosion at LuthorCorp. She tells them the news is calling it a bomb. Clark asks if anyone was hurt. Chloe says that everyone from the Board of Directors was killed. Yes, but were they hurt? Answer the question! She says Oliver was there, too, and now he's in the hospital. Lana squints, then turns to Clark. Ah yes, I can see that much better. Clark tries to look serious as the timpanis play with increasing intensity.
Hospital. Oliver lies asleep in bed as an IV drips into his arm. He has a little tiny Harry Potter gash on his forehead and a scuffed cheek. No disfigurement? Aw. He wakes up slowly. As he turns, he sees the heart monitor next to the bed. We cut to a wider shot. Oliver is wearing no shirt or hospital gown. A piece of gauze lies across his tight belly. There's a box of tissues at the foot of the bed for nurses who cry at the sight of that perfect pectoral display. We hear twin whooshes. Some papers on Oliver's chart flutter. It's Clark and Lana. Oliver sits up in bed and calls them the newest Metropolis power couple. Lana fakes concern. "How ya doing, Oliver?" she asks. Well, I was in a fucking building that blew the fuck up, how the fuck do you think I'm doing? Fucked. Oliver says it's nothing a dry martini can't cure. Oh, go do some sit-ups. Oliver asks if there were any other survivors. Clark tells him he was the only survivor and that the table protected him from the blast. That table was stronger than Clark's bed. Clark asks if Ollie knows who might have done it. Oliver shakes his head. "Angry shareholder, maybe?" Oliver tells them he'd just bought a controlling stake in the company and was at the meeting to announce it. Lana says that if Oliver was trying to erase the "Luthor" from the company, it's obvious who was behind the attack. Clark nods and spells out the obvious: "Lex." Because there are no other Luthors. Clark's a genius. Lana gives Clark a brief, but very funny, "God, what a dumbass" look. Oliver thinks Lana would be a more likely target for Lex after getting under his skin, "Or should I say into it," he tells her. Oh, you're so witty. Har-dee-har-har, shut it. Oliver says the skin suit Lana stole was Lex's lifeline and his last chance at recovery. He says it probably meant more to Lex than his entire company. Lana frowns and it forms pretty creases between her eyebrows. Clark asks if Oliver remembers anything from before the blast that could help them track down Lex. Oliver goes all shifty-eyed and lies, saying he didn't see anything. Lana gives him a suspicious look. Liar! Clark, gullible, totally believes him. You get better, bro. Sorry we forgot to bring flowers. The economy, you know. Flower shops laying off people everywhere. Tulip crisis, and all that. I'm sure you've read about it. Clark promises they'll find out who did this. Oliver nods solemnly. Now get out! I'm trying to bed-pan it here!