In last week's episode, it seemed Clark had finally made the decision to move on from Smallville and begin his training as Kal-El. Without his parents or Lana, there wasn't much worth sticking around for. Even though it was never going to happen, it was a breath of fresh air to see Clark finally making the decision to take control of his life, to stop moping around and only realizing a fraction of his potential. While the episode ended with Jor-El sending him back to Smallville, I was excited to see where this season might be headed.Then... something fierce this way came. Until the last five or so minutes, it honestly felt like I was rewatching a stock episode from the first season. The only real difference was that Kara slipped into the hero-figure Clark role and Clark slipped into the father-figure Jonathan Kent role. All the elements were there:Hero getting dressed down by her father about the importance of fitting in and not drawing attention to her powers? Check.Meteor freaks u...
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