tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post3272249841363436592..comments2024-03-28T17:08:01.559-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: Smallville: NocturneBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-12033976662198424162012-05-10T05:32:15.110-04:002012-05-10T05:32:15.110-04:00If Smallville episodes were permitted more than a ...If <i>Smallville</i> episodes were permitted more than a one word title, I would call this one <i>Father Knows Best</i>.<br /><br />We've got Lionel firing all the assistants that Lex hires for him, saying that they just can't cut it. Then, as you point out, Billie, gong after Lex's new family, the Kents. All the time, basically telling Lex that he is no good and that he has a lot to learn.<br /><br />Byron (suitable name for a poet!), meanwhile, has been chained up by a father who knows that he can't go outside because of what will happen in the sunlight. We are meant to leap to what a wonderful father Jonathan is because he has a different child and didn't feel it necessary to chain him up (as if he could). We are also meant to see how wonderful Jonathan is because he drops everything and goes rushing off to rescue a boy in trouble.<br /><br />All I feel is annoyed by the man. If there was ever a boy who needed rescuing, it is Lex. Yet, Jonathan (who constantly preaches that you have to give people the benefit of the doubt), can't see it and behaves horribly to him. I was SO glad to see Martha finally standing up to Jonathan and taking the job. While I can't see this ending well, she is obviously the one with the brains and the education -- two things she gave up to live on a farm. It's time for her to go back into the world.ChrisBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10843864158239536750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-44865168134482982052012-01-03T03:01:26.668-05:002012-01-03T03:01:26.668-05:00Richard Moll, who played Byron's Dad in this e...Richard Moll, who played Byron's Dad in this episode, is most famous for his starring role on Night Court as Bull. Never watched Night Court, but I know of the character and his funnyness. Hence... noting it.Greg Quinnellnoreply@blogger.com