Episode Report Card Omar G: C+ | 2 USERS: C YOU GRADE IT Meta-stasized
By Omar G | Season 7 | Episode 5 | Aired on 10.24.2007
Daily Planet. We see a nameplate with the words "LOIS LANE" on a desk. Strangely, Lois isn't at that desk, but the one directly across it, where she's telling someone on the phone how to spell her last name. Boy Editor calls her last name, and without looking his way, Lois says that she has no time for chit-chat because she's chasing a lead. Boy Editor, wearing a full suit and tie (no suspenders that we can see), says that if Lois were on point, she wouldn't have been scooped by the Ledger on the movie-set story. He throws a newspaper down on the desk. Wouldn't it be a conflict of interest for her to write about Clark anyway? And wasn't Chloe already there? Clark tells her to go to the set and sniff out some scandal. Lois tries to change the subject to white-collar crime, which she says is this season's Hollywood DUI. Oh, Lois. Poor, sad, incorrect Lois. Lois shows him a piece of paper, a deed for a hundred acres of land near the dam where she says Lex Luthor was building his army of toy soldiers. She says that it was a recent purchase, and that the deed says it was worth $50,000. Boy Editor thinks it's yawn-worthy. Lois thinks that Lex is still evil, and that his recently charity work (which we only hear about secondhand) is just a front. Boy Editor warns Lois that she needs proof. Lois says there's nothing on the property but an old cabin and a bunch of "No Trespassing" signs. Boy Editor tells her to do herself a favor: "Drop the lead." Lois is frustrated. And very unlikely to do what her boss says.
Some water by the dam. We see a small cabin. It looks appropriately shitholey. Papa Luthor is lying in a bed. Welcome back! He wakes up. He's got a patchy beard going. He turns his head wearily and sees a dark-haired woman. "You decided to join us," she says, her body leaned forward toward him. "Waaaater," Papa Luthor says hoarsely. She gives him some water from a small glass. Some of it dribbles out. He breathes heavily. There's a scary-as-hell stuffed boar's head on the wall above Papa Luthor. "Where am I?" he asks. "Who are you?" She's Marilyn. Oh, of course. Papa asks why Marilyn hasn't taken him to a hospital. Because this is Misery II: Electric Blanketloo. Scary music plays. Marilyn, taken aback, complains that she isn't even getting a thank-you before he starts asking for silk sheets. Craaaaazy! Papa Luthor tries to sit up, but something holds him back. He lifts the blankets and sees his right hand clamped in a gnarly bear trap. Ouch! He asks her to unlock it. Marilyn says she can't do that. Papa warns her that someone will find him, and that it's only a matter of time. Marilyn says there's not a lot of people looking for him. "Maybe it's time you found some better friends," she tells him. We see Marilyn walking through a greenhouse area inside the shack. Is she growing pot? She calls someone on her cell phone: "It's Marilyn. He's finally awake." Mystery music crescendos.