I agree in the sense that it was reminiscent of the worst season 1 episodes. First, Alex's behavior was off the chain, completely irresponsible. Second, CADMUS has a starship at their disposal and the only use they can think of for it is to deport aliens? Third, Kara stops a spaceship by getting in front of it and…

Worth it if you can.

I read it ages ago and I agree that it's a cool story. Another story that I believe is a predecessor is Superman-X/Superman-T. An atom bomb blast splits Superman into two except one only has X-ray vision while the other only has telescopic vision. In the end Superman-T sees a Kryptonite meteor coming and sacrifices…

Generally agree with your assessment except Season 1 wasn't that great either. Hated the whole Ft. Rozz idea and the evil twin aunt. However, let's be honest, it's always been a CW show. These people are CW writers so they only write CW shows from the same formulae and the same batch of cookie cutters.

You really think last episode was "great"? I thought it was awful and this one just a notch better. I do, however, share your aversion to Mon-El.

So Krypton and Daxam being destroyed by a natural disaster, even if it was partially man- (well, Kryptonian) made makes up for anything the rulers of Daxam might have done? I think not.

And once again, if interstellar travel was common enough to allow an interstellar slave trade how come so few people escaped?

The US and a number of other democratic nations have nuclear weapons, something comparable to Krypton's Medusa virus. They're last resort "doomsday" weapons that no sane person wants to use. That doesn't make those nations imperial or cruel.

You're surprised? Honestly, I'm disappointed—I was really hoping we had some shot at seeing the last of Mon-El—but not particularly surprised.

It was also a matter of who was writing the particular comic at the time. Jerry Siegel was still active in the Silver Age, as were Otto Binder, Edmond Hamilton, etc. I never read the Atlanteans migrating story but I do remember a Superboy story when he *blew* the Earth back into its orbit. For my part, I appreciated…

Oh, absolutely. I also hope the lead vulnerability turns out to be long term and getting shot while at CADMUS had lasting effects.

Back in the Silver Age comics, especially titles like The Flash, they paid attention to basic science while winking at "necessary" stuff. Superman only used his X-ray vision for short periods and didn't aim it at people. Smallville showed X-ray vision as Clark seeing skeletons, which I found cool but at the same time…

You forgot 3) he has super powers (more or less); and 4) he's vulnerable to lead. I originally wanted him to get his costume but at this late date that would surely mean seeing him again next season and given how they've screwed up the character the less we see him the better. Plus, if it bears as little resemblance…

Sounds good to me. ;-) Geothermal power has been around for decades. Maybe they were using energy from Krypton's core in a similar manner?

I dunno. But there's stuff printed on checks that photocopiers can't reproduce, right? It could have something to do with alien pigment in their skin. It would just be nice if there were something resembling an explanation besides bad writing.

I've been a Legion fan for ages and I'd also like to see them. We saw them briefly on Smallville but it's been way too long.

Originally in the comics his "heat vision" was his X-ray vision only used for a different purpose. It was illustrated red but it was actually known to be invisible, which is why he could use it while he was Clark Kent. It also couldn't melt lead because his X-ray vision couldn't penetrate lead.

He never got beat down until last night's episode. Then he got beat pretty bad.

The timeline has always been a mess. Here's how it should work: Kal-El arrived on Earth, let's say he was 1 year old. Kara arrived 24 years later when he was 25 and she was 12. At the time of the Pilot she was 24 and had been on Earth 12 years while he was 37. Kara is now, what, 25 1/2? And Alex is 28? And Jeremiah…

Exactly. She can't tell Snapper how she gets her information (Cat is no longer around) so she has to invent sources. But that's different from the information not being true. It's different from "I was using binoculars to spy on underage girls and I saw a murder." It's not "I'm not going to tell you," it's "I can't…