I hope I'm not the only one watching Smallville on terrestrial tv, because otherwise I'm going to be talking to myself. I was a tad dismayed to find out how behind, terrestrial tv is in the airing of the series.

Firstly, I think the storyline has been excruciatingly drawn out, and I'm finding it very wearing on the nerves, wondering when Lex is finally going to turn evil. Lex is my favourite character, and I want him to stay good! I'm hoping that the writers don't feel too precious about keeping to the comics. I think introducing magic into the mix this season, is a bit cheeky.

I've missed some of the episodes to do with Lois, but up till now, they seem to be writing her as an older sister to Clark, rather than a love interest. She seems to me to be a more suitable mate for Clark however, than the liquid lipped Lana. I wondering though if Clark, having been attracted to the emotional and sensitive Lana, would really fall for someone completely opposite in temperament, like Lois? Personally I like Jamie's suggestion, that Clark be swept off his feet by a nice Scottish guy, it would make Clark a much more interesting character.

The one aspect of the show that I don't find very convincing, is Clark's relationship with Lex. When we see them together, they are usually bickering with each other, we hardly ever see them hanging out just having fun, or relating in an everyday fashion. I find it difficult therefore, to understand what it is that makes them friends? Why the bloody hell doesn't Clark tell Lex the truth, Lex knows the truth more or less, and Clark must know that Lex knows.

So, it looks as though I'm going to be talking to myself, but - with a lot of people watching.

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I am watching the Ch4 episodes as well seeing as there is nothing much else to watch.

On the whole I find Smallville a bit bland so I do not have much to say. The hilariously homoerotic Lex and Clark relationship is something special and they should have mined it for all it was worth. Clearly Lex wants Clark to 'come out' about who he really is which makes Xena look like Terry And June.

The script and characters are not a patch on Buffy even S6. At least Buffy was brilliantly camp and sometimes darkly dramatic. Smallville by comparison seems to me to be on the whole terribly safe and conservative with only the homoerotic aspect adding a touch of spice. sk

Hi John,
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I wouldn't go as far to say that Smallville is bland, but it's certainly safe and repetitive. There are good episodes every now and then, and I think that if all the series were edited down to about a third, throwing away the dross, and keeping the good stuff, then one would end up with something that was quite reasonable.

I've probably said all that I have to say about Smallville now, except to scoff gently on occasion.