“Disciple” Airs Tonight!
NO LOVERS, NO ALLIES, NO DISCIPLES – INTRODUCING DC COMICS CHARACTER THE DARK ARCHER – Oliver’s past comes back to haunt him in the form of The Dark Archer (guest star Steve Bacic), Oliver’s former teacher, who seeks revenge on his student by taking aim at Lois and Chloe (Allison Mack). Oliver faces down The Dark Archer after his former mentor kidnaps Mia AKA “Speedy” (guest star Elise Gatien) but is pushed to his limit and Clark races to stop him from making another deadly mistake.
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“You go near Lois again and I will destroy you all.” WHOA. Go Clark. Can I get a huge applause for Clark standing his ground and having some stones???? You tell em, Clark!!! Best line of the episode.
I thought it was a solid episode. I’m always a bit “eh” on episodes where Clark is low on screentime. I love Oliver but I like to see him in a supporting role vs. as the central character. But it was solid for an Ollie centric story.
Clark and Lois are ridiculously cute. Clark totally tried to make a pass at her tonight and she side stepped him.
Who is this Clark Kent and can we keep him please??? Openly hitting on Lois….calling Chloe out on her shady behavior and standing his ground with Zod? Is this a pod Clark? Cause God he was awesome tonight.
I thought this was a fantastic episode. I too like episodes with Clark as the central character but this was a great Ollie episodes. I also loved all the Clark and Zod stuff. I have just really loved Callum Blue’s Zod. My only problem was the end when you see the towers. They are built. How does a 40 story building get built in such little time and not be made from magic stones. Also why would clark let them be built why would he not just tear them down. Tess is not going to say anything she likes Clark. Well any way i give this episode 5 RAO charms out of 5.
After how the episode “Pandora” ended and waiting basically two months for another new chapter, I wonder how the the season would continue and I must say that I wasn’t disappointed.
The scenes between Clark and Zod were some of my favorites. I don’t know how to really explain it but how they interacted with one another reminded me of the times that Clark and Lex did, specifically during late season five and onward. Am I the only one who had that feeling?
How the relationship between Clark and Lois was another thing I liked since they’re not jamming it down our throats as the Clark and Lana felt more than once. I’m fine with them going like they are and interested to see how it progresses.
As for the parts involving Oliver, I enjoyed it as well as their was some revealing how he learned his skills and the continual development between Oliver and Mia. The moment where Mia giving advice to him at the end was a nice touch.
Overall, I give this episode a 4 out 5. Now with it out of way, it’s time to prepare for “Absolute Justice”. Can’t wait to see how that turns out.
“You know Lois, we could go back to the farm and take a walk. I could give you Clark Kent’s tour of the galaxy.”
Tour of the galaxy? That sounds like code for let’s go back to my place so I can feel you up. LOL
Clark Kent, farm boy, AKA “The Blur”:attempting to get to second base in 2010.
SO um Lois and Clark are dating? WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN??????
Jen, you need to go back and watch the first half of the season. Clark pursued Lois rather aggressively over the course of the season and he asked her to be in a relaitonship with him in the 9th episode, “Pandora.”
I thought it was a great episode. As with most Smallville episodes, there was a lot to take in and I’m gonna have to watch it again.
I liked the stuff with Ollie, the Dark Archer and Mia. I like that Mia actually seems like a teenager and you can tell that she relies on Ollie to be a mentor in her life and yet at the same time she’s there to keep him in check sort of like Batman and Robin. That was great.
I liked seeing Clark address Chloe’s behavior as of late. I am really hoping that the producers delve into Chloe’s darkness in the second half of the season and don’t just gloss over it and have her be a hero again without ever taking responsibility for what she’s done. I LIKE Chloe and this stuff makes her interesting. The rift between Clark and Chloe is believable to me at this point. They have gone in different directions and Chloe seems to keep pulling away to do her own thing. I liked Clark saying that he does what’s RIGHT vs. Chloe having a more “ends justify the means” approach. Good stuff.
Clark and Lois are a GREAT couple. They actually seem like a couple that is slowly discovering their feelings. It’s a huge change from Clark and Lana who barely even seemed like a couple even when they were living together. The opening scene was very sexy and cute and it’s nice to see Clark be so bold going after a woman for a change. I like this change in him. Lois seems a bit nervous and she seems to be the one putting the brakes on the relationship. Clark tried to get her to go back to the farm to make ou and she turned him down. haha.
I think Ollie’s feelings for Lois were handled well. It makes sense that he would still be feeling a bit of pain over seeing Clark and Lois together. He’ll get over her eventually but I’m glad they aren’t light switching it.
Zod was chilling last night. Super creepy. I loved how strong Clark was with him. The last scene was really really good.
Clark threatening Zod at the end over Lois is something very true to Superman canon. That is NOT out of character for Clark. In the comics and on LnC, there are plenty of times where Clark lets his anger get the better of him and he threatens harm to someone if they go after Lois to let them know that she’s off limits.
Overall, a great episode.
I would never turn down the “Tour of the galaxy” Just saying.
I don’t think any woman in the world would turn down “Clark Kent’s tour of the galaxy.” LOL. Lois has a will of steel. Clark has officially become one sexy grown up man. But I will say she looked tempted. My guess is she doesn’t trust herself to not give in and go too far so she figures it’s better to just say no.
But yeah, I would sign up in a second for Clark Kent’s tour of the galaxy. I’ll bet it’s a really really good tour. ;)
Steve is going to make the requisite “In my PANTS” joke wrt “Clark Kent’s Tour of the Galaxy” right? Right?!
I enjoyed the episode more than I thought I would with it being Ollie-centric. Not that I didn’t enjoy Roulette, but it was the weakest of the S9 episodes thus far. Anyway, Clark and Lois were great, I want to put Mia in my pocket, she’s so adorable, and Zod was sufficiently creepy in his scene with Lois. Plus, besides the Clois stuff, Clark told Chloe a little bit about herself, which was long overdue, and it didn’t get recanted at the end with them praising her as a hero or some other bs. There will be fallout from her spying and prying, right? RIGHT?!!!
Anybody think it was weird that Lois said “I dont even think clarks parents know the real clark kent.” for a moment i forgot Johnathan had died
Haha. Natasha, to be fair….Clark is a gentleman and I don’t think he was necessarily trying to get her into bed with his “tour of the galaxy.” I think he just didn’t want the night to end and yeah…he was probably hoping that if she came back to the farm that they could make out and for lack of better words “feel each other up” for a little while. The minute Lois turned her head he went in for the kiss. LOL. I think he’s just being a typical 20 something guy in love who is hoping for a little action from his girlfriend.
Clark’s a gentleman but frankly I think he’s probably a little eager. Lois is hot. (Seriously how gorgeous did Erica D. look last night??) And Clark still has Lois’ memories of the future of the two of them having hot naked sex. I don’t think he would ever disrespect her or force her into anything she wasn’t comfortable with. I think he was just hoping that maybe she’d be comfortable making out for a while….haha. God, I love Clark. He’s so damn funny.
I dug the episode as the calm before the storm that is Absolute Justice. Ollie was pretty good although a bit mopey and Clark was strong in this episode even though he wasn’t the main focus of the episode. I thought there was a good balance between the two.
Chloe being all dark is creeping me out. She has some major issues brewing and I’m interested to see that play out over the rest of the season.
One thing I was really hoping to see was Ollie giving Mia the Speedy costume. I was expecting, now that she knows what she has been training for, that Ollie would present her with some superhero duds of her own. Oh well. I can wait.
A good episode. Not the best of the bunch but still really strong. Now lets get on with getting Clark into the role of Superman.
Just finished watching the episode on my PlayStation 3 and I really enjoyed it. I give this episode a 4 out of 5. Really great episode with a lot of great dialogue. Probably, my favorite scenes in the episode are The Kal-El and Zod scenes reminded me of the scenes in Season 7 after Lex turned and how Kal-El knew that he couldn’t trust his former best friend. Callum Blue really step his game up in this episode. This and “Kandor” are probably his best performances thus far.
Loved the Ollie and Mia scenes and how about Ollie’s new loft. I’m just going to call it “The Arrow Cave.” Really liked the look of the place and the design of it.
I was hoping that The Dark Archer story-line would have gotten some more screen time than it did. But we all know how it is with DC Comics guest stars on the series, they always leave the door open for returns.
I have to concur with Mr. Spencer while watching this episode, it did feel like the calm before the storm before “Society/Legends” next week especially with the Zod scene at the end of the episode, because we may not seen Zod for another two weeks or so, because of how he is building his red twin towers of doom. We may not need to see him for a while, but the last scene really did continue “the arc” of the season as far as Zod goes.
Lastly, Louis Febre fantastic job on the score, sir. I can’t wait to hear the episode of SHoE with Miss Almas. Can’t wait for that episode so Apple iPod/iPhone and Microsoft Zune/Zune HD keep on a look out for that… Can’t wait for “Society/Legends”…!
Just finished watching the episode on my PlayStation 3 and I really enjoyed it. I give this episode a 4 out of 5. Really great episode with a lot of great dialogue. Probably, my favorite scenes in the episode are The Kal-El and Zod scenes reminded me of the scenes in Season 7 after Lex turned and how Kal-El knew that he couldn’t trust his former best friend. Callum Blue really step his game up in this episode. This and “Kandor” are probably his best performances thus far.
Loved the Ollie and Mia scenes and how about Ollie’s new loft. I’m just going to call it “The Arrow Cave.” Really liked the look of the place and the design of it.
I was hoping that The Dark Archer story-line would have gotten some more screen time than it did. But we all know how it is with DC Comics guest stars on the series, they always leave the door open for returns.
I have to concur with Mr. Spencer while watching this episode, it did feel like the calm before the storm before “Society/Legends” next week especially with the Zod scene at the end of the episode, because we may not seen Zod for another two weeks or so, because of how he is building his red twin towers of doom. We may not need to see him for a while, but the last scene really did continue “the arc” of the season as far as Zod goes.
Lastly, Louis Febre fantastic job on the score, sir. I can’t wait to hear the episode of SHoE with Miss Almas. Can’t wait for that episode so Apple iPod/iPhone and Microsoft Zune/Zune HD SHoEligans keep on a look out for that… Can’t wait for “Society/Legends”…!
Oh trust me, Smallvillefan06, I know Clark is a gentleman. Sometimes frustratingly so, but that’s only part of why he’s my favorite.
But then there are times he isn’t, which made “You go near Lois again, I’ll destroy you all” so much more awesome.
What made this episode so interesting to me was picking up right where we left off with Clark/Zod. In “Pandora”, Clark said treating Zod like the enemy led nowhere, and that he was going to try and befriend him. The problem is, he knows Zod has nefarious plans for the world. We may still see Clark try and win him over, but it’s great to see Clark lose it and call Zod out for approaching Lois as he did. Awesome episode, and a great one to come back on!
It’s going to be very interesting indeed to see where this Zod/Kal-El relationship will go. In a lot of ways it’s similar to Lex/Clark and Davis/Clark. We all pretty much know how it will go down with a showdown between Kal-El and Zod, but how we get there and why we get there. That’s going to be interesting plot point for the rest of the ninth season. Also, Chloe’s story-line has been very subtle throughout this season, I’m really interested where the writers will go with her.
Clark is my favorite person as well, Natasha! I love the whole supporting cast but I watch the show because I love Clark.
Even though Ollie ’s backstory was at the forefront of this episode, in my opinion, Clark was really the “star” of this episode. As it should be! He showed so much range and so many different emotions throughout the episode.
In the opening scene, we saw Clark relaxed and happy and in love. It was so refreshing and wonderful to see. His cute lines to Lois about “showing her his tour of the galaxy” were awesome in part because it’s so great to see Clark enjoying his life . As a long time fan of this show, it makes me smile to get a glimpse into Clark’s future with the woman who will be his wife. I love what the writers have done with this relationship and I can’t wait to see it develop further.
We saw Clark stick up for Ollie and defend him from accusations that he might have had some kind of mental breakdown. Clark believed in Oliver and he showed up to protect him when it counted at the end.
Clark responded completely appropriately to Chloe’s confession taht she orchestrated the situation between Oliver and Victoria back in “Roulette.” Although Chloe’s intentions were good, her methods were questionable and Clark had every right to remind her that she was in the wrong. It was refreshing to see him grow a back bone and stand up for himself. Chloe’s arc has been very interesting this season but let’s face it…she’s made some mistakes. Clark isn’t the doormat that he was back in earlier seasons and he shouldn’t be expected to role over and just let his friends walk all over him. He said what needed to be said and still expressed concern that Chloe was spending so much time “behind a lens.”
And Clark and Zod? WOW. WOW. First off, the first scene at the farm showed incredible restraint on Clark’s part. You could tell that this guy is using his brain. He is keeping his friends close and his enemies closer. Clark knows what Zod is capable of. He has seen first hand through Lois’ memories of the future how dangerous this guy is. He’s going to try and convince Zod to give up on this idea that they need powers and instead help the Kandorians to try and assimilate into society. But he kept his cool in the first scene.
In the last scene at the Ace of Clubs, you could see the momentary panic on Clark’s face when he realized that Zod had tried to send him a message by visiting Lois in the hospital.
Clark’s last scene with Zod was so mythos Superman. He did what he had to do to make sure Zod understood that he meant business. All season now Clark has been showing is glimpses of different sides to his Superman persona. In “Echo” we saw him with extreme authority when he scolded that hostage that Lois was interviewing. In “Idol” he took on a gentler tone when he spoke to the Wonder Twins and inpsired them to follow in his footsteps. in this episode, he reminded Zod (and the audience) that he while he may be kind and compassionate and forgiving….he is not some weakling that is going to roll over and let you screw with the person he loves. Superman has always been willing to do whatever it takes to protect Lois and our Clark Kent is no different at this point.
“You go near Lois again and I will destroy you all.” Very Superman and he meant business.
Steve has been saying all season that Clark has been sounding more and more like Jonathan. You know….that is something that Jonathan would have said back in the day and in fact I think it IS something that he said in the Season 2 premiere ” Vortex.” Jonathan became extremely angry when Roger Nixon was threatening his loved ones. He threatened Nixon in a similar fashion to Clark’s words to Zod. Very interesting.
I really hope Steve goes into some of this awesome development on Clark’s part in the podcast!!!
did i miss something, when did oliver get an “arrow-cave”? and really like how mia’s hoodie alluded to the speedy costume
Phil, I heard there’s this place called Offscreenville that sells them wholesale.
Smallvillefan06, great points even in Kal-El’s speech he is sounding more like Jonathan in terms of his vocial tones. Natasha… “Offscreenville” Lol. That should be added to the “Starkville House of El Library of terms”. By the way, I called “Arrow Cave” just want to make that clear. BTW you can find “Offscreenville” at Amazon.com and Buy.com it is where Chloe buys her cars.
Woo, not saying that you didnt(but im not sure if you can call a cannonical term), just want to know when he got it, but its really more of an “arrow shack”(im OFFICIALLY calling this one, since its not a cannonical term) than a cave since its in the middle if the city. and did anyone catch what zod said jorel hid on earth, i cant understand his accent very well with the actor mumbling/trying to sound gruff and CC is no help at all.
He said Jor-El hid the Book of Rao on earth. That is why he gave Lois the Rao charm to see if Clark recognized it. When he didn’t Zod knew Clark did not have it. Most likely the book is not an actual book but more like the key that Jor-El took out of the wall in Kandor. It is probably more of a computer disc with data.
Fair enough Phill, I will give you “Arrow Shack” but knowing Oliver’s personality “Arrow Shack” maybe too on the money… That’s what she said…
Good start for the mid-season. Nice to learn more about Oliver’s past. Didn’t really like the mentor, but he’s not gonna be on the show regularly, so I’m fine. It was an okay episode.
I thought the Ollie-centric episodes were the best part of Season 6. Now, they seem to be the worst parts of Season 9.