What am I, a fuckin’ moron? How has it taken me this long to get a blog? I’ve been running daily video blogs for two months now and I’m just finally putting up this home base for the whole operation.

Anyway, I feel like I should introduce myself. I’m an Austin-based writer, director, actor, singer, songwriter, dancer, stuntman, painter, photographer, editor, standup comic, stunt driver, model. Since I am currently unemployed I have a lot of time to do these daily videos. I have never really liked having a job, so I am trying to get famous so I can get paid a lot of money to do very little. Hopefully these daily videos will help.

On 10-10-10, I will post my 365th video and achieve my goal. That video (and I mean this) will make internet history, and change the way we look at viral video. But until then, let’s all just have a good time together.

Presented here is my original video from 10-09-09. This is the one that kicked off my 365 video plan. In the next couple weeks, I’ll be using this blog quickly cover most of the videos I’ve posted so far, getting you all caught up. In the meantime, subscribe, comment, digg and what have you. Anything you can do to help me on my quest to become an American icon.

-Jesse

Hey as you can see we posted episode 1 of Spirits, if you have any suggestions, comments, concerns, anything at all, we’d love to hear it. Go to our contact page, youtube site, or our twitter stream and drop us a line. We’ll post more information here as we go. If you have suggestions of places for us to visit or something we must try we’re up for it.

In the following episodes we’ll post a link of where we were and what we were drinking a bit of the art and more.

For now here is what Nico Martini had to say:

Indieverse is something you gotta check out and follow on twitter @indieverse. Nico is here on twitter @DrNicoMartini.

A big thank you to Vickery Park in Dallas for letting us film there. The service and food was amazing and of course a great selection of spirits for us and our guests.

That’s all for now. See you at the Bar!

The episode opens with several shots of New York City at dawn. First, we get an aeriel view of tall buildings, lights blinking in the soft, dark gray of early morning. The camera moves almost lazily across rooftops, tracking the magestic steel and concrete landscape of the city, but it picks up speed after transporting us to street level, moving quickly past parked cars and storefronts– the colorful mesh of signs and words blurring together in a strange, but beautiful mosaic. Only a few people are awake, a jogger turning the corner on her daily run, a street vendor setting up his cart, and perhaps some teenagers sneaking home after a night on the town. As these images flit by, we hear a voice in the background… dreamy, melodious, but distinctly masculine. It belongs to Alastor:

Even in this city of dreams, not everyone’s dream can come true. So what if I told you that there is a way- a way to make it all happen?- Would you be willing to play my game? Even if losing means living a perfect nightmare? …It makes you wonder, doesn’t it? How far can you go, how much are you willing to sacrifice?

After he poses this question, the camera stops abruptly in front of the Washington Square Arch. On the bottom of the screen these words are typed:

Washington Square Park, New York City.

February 15, 2009 6:17 AM.

A brief one second pause and then we are brought into the park. This is a place that evokes fond memories for New Yorkers, of lazy summer evenings watching the occasional street performance, of hours spent chatting with friends for hours on the stone steps… But here on this dark morning we see the body of a young girl, maybe somewhere in her early twenties, sprawled across the concrete floor. As the camera zooms in on her face, we glimpse a slow trickle of blood coming from the back of her head, mingling with the dust and dirt on the ground. Suddenly, her eyes open and she sits up with a start. Her hand immediately goes to the wound, and she winces in pain, staring, dazed and confused at the blood that appears on her fingers. Then we follow her eyes as they shift back and forth across the unfamiliar forms of the park- benches and trees taking shape in the morning light, but still eerily a part of the darkness… Yet, all through her frantic searching, there is a profound silence; we hear none of her gasps of pain, not even the faint rustle of her clothes as she sifts through her purse in a panic, searching for something- a mirror- which she clasps in her shaking hands. The only sound we hear is Alastor’s voice in the background:

Imagine waking up one morning cold, alone, confused… with no idea of where- or who you are. When she glimpses her face in the mirror, the girl opens her mouth to scream and drops it… but this scream and the sound of breaking glass are not heard; only Alastor’s words reach our ears, clear and crisp: Not even knowing exactly what it is that you have lost. The camera lingers on her vacant expression before we are brought to a different scene… Transported through quiet, suburban streets until we are stopped as before the still frame of a house, nondescript, flanked by two almost identical houses. Classical suburbia. The following words are typed across the bottom of the screen:

Thayer House, Little Neck, Queens

February 15, 2009 6:17 AM

Another brief pause and like before the tranquil surroundings are disturbed by the arrival of news vans– reporters and photographers crowd around the entrance of the house as a girl emerges from within, shading her eyes from the bright flashes of the camera. Yet again, there is only silence as Alastor speaks: But imagine too, what it would feel like to finally get the attention you have always known you deserved. To finally stand in the spotlight and know that against all odds, you have won. The camera zooms into her face and a smile of utter contentment curls her lip. She brushes her hair behind her ears and grins directly at us.

Then the camera zooms out and brings the two separate panes together. We see both girls on one screen, separated by a thin line, but immersed in two completely different worlds. Again, Alastor speaks:

This is not my story. It’s theirs, and maybe it’s yours– the Dreamers who make this game worth playing…

Two cellphones suddenly go off, a strange combination of jarringly different ring tones. This is the first noise we hear besides Alastor’s voice, so it should feel unsettling, almost disconcerting. Both girls simultaneously reach for their phones and see that they have gotten a new text message. The first receives one saying, “Loser,” and the second, “Winner.” As they go through these motions, Alastor continues:

So, will you play? And better yet, will you win or will you lose?

When he finishes, the first girl drops her cell, letting it clatter on the ground, while the second flips hers shut with an audible click. We receive another close up on both girls face, capturing their distinct expressions- one of despair and the other of intense joy- then the screen goes black and the title “Alastor Dreams” appears, followed by the opening credits.

“Our First Day of School”/”Our Drunk Friend”

December 1st, 2009

“Everything’s new, except for the title.”

When Scrubs returned for an eighth season on ABC last year, I was a naysayer.

In my eyes, the show had worn out its welcome with a number of problematic seasons that became problematically silly in a way that ruined the heart that made the show so compelling in earlier seasons. I got to the point where I felt the show did not even deserve the chance for closure: no matter what I once felt for these characters, I had no desire to see them continue on thier problematic path.

And then season eight happened, and my point of view changed. The show literally went back to basics, rewinding back into the earlier seasons and starting to tell stories about our beloved characters maturing and a new crop of interns learning the ropes and in need of mentors. The show was breaking no new ground, relying on the same combination of cutaway humour/blind sentimentalism that defined seasons one and two, but it grounded the show to a sense of identity that reminded me what I missed during the dark years. So when it had its beautifully executed finale, season eight proved itself to be the perfect endnote on these characters’ journey.

And then ABC renewed the show. And all over again, it felt like everything was wrong: this was a show that had a chance to leave on a high note after most of us had written it off, and now it’s risking everything to return. And so we had another summer/fall of Bill Lawrence assuring us that the show would be different, this time a distinct enough entity from the Scrubs we knew (he wanted to call it Scrubs Med) to justify returning even after J.D.’s emotional departure.

Watching the ninth season premiere, I’ve realized that the problem is less that this is inherently bad (in fact, it’s quite good) and more that this is absolutely exactly what happened last season. The show presents a new set of med students looking for mentors, and keeps the older doctors around to serve as those mentors, resulting in a show that isn’t actually that different from what they did a year ago.

Which makes it solidly engaging, if not nearly the sort of reboot that it might have been a year ago.

The one thing about this new version of Scrubs is that it is substantially more future proof: if, for some reason, the show emerges as a comic hit this season, there is actually a show here that could logically continue. The same couldn’t be said last season, which felt more substantially like an ending. However, the seasons basically follow the same principle in the early going, as many of the big changes (like Zach Braff’s inevitable departure) have been delayed in order to help viewers transition into the new structure. However, none of them are actually given storylines: outside of the bromance between Turk and J.D., and Dr. Cox’s relationship with J.D., the show is treating its long-term characters as tools to help shape the journeys of its new characters.

This is inherently smart, but it actually sort of handicaps the season early on because the new characters aren’t well-developed enough to really carry these types of storylines. Lucy is officially the new J.D. in terms of the alternate narrative perspective (sharing with J.D., hence the “Our” in the title), but she is simultaneously too similar (with the same kind of elaborate dream sequences) and too different (in terms of having no history for us to really relate to). Last season, while they had new interns like Denise, they largely used them as teaching tools for the older doctors, so the show hasn’t yet gotten used to having other characters become the new J.D., Turk, Elliot, etc. The result is that Lucy speaks and acts like J.D. in a way that works with the rhythm of the show but does very little to establish her own sense of identity.

If you go back to the show’s pilot (which is actually where I’m headed after I finish this review), it’s true that J.D. wasn’t yet a fully formed character, so to expect the same here is perhaps unfair. However, the problem is that the show has in some ways fully formed a character for her in that she is the new J.D. And while those traits developed organically in Braff’s performance (before overpowering it entirely), they’ve been transplanted onto Lucy in a way that Kerry Bishé can’t really give any nuance while having to share screentime with the returning characters and their quirks. The show runs her through the paces, teaching her a lesson about addicts and the futility of trying to fix their problems (a lesson that nearly every character in the show’s history has learned at some point), and it isn’t unentertaining so much as it is less effective than it was in the past.

The other character to get some substantial development here is the one younger holdover from last season, as Eliza Coupe is back as the acerbic Denise. The show is smart in how it folds her into the series, pairing her off with the age-appropriate med school dropout Drew and turning her into the unattainable superior for the cocky and entitled Cole. And whereas Lucy hooking up with Cole feels pointless and rushed, never connecting with any sense of character, Denise is the perfect foil to these new characters in that we more carefully understand her point of view, and because she is in a unique position as an intermediary between Cox/J.D.

Now, I do think that they moved a bit too quickly in terms of humanizing the character, as Denise from last season was mean and emotionless to the point where her sudden shift to the sentimental here (as she realizes after a single conversation with J.D. and Turk that she doesn’t, in fact, want to be alone forever on her island with her turtles). However, I think that it was the one shift that felt like it wasn’t inherently reductive of previous seasons. Drew’s med school burnout story (and his position as Dr. Cox’s #1) is similarly unique, and while his relationship with Denise is very simple it feels like something that could grow and develop in a different way than the relationships which came before it (Elliot/J.D., Turk/Carla, etc.). While Denise’s character has been softened, I don’t think it’s a problematic softening in the long run.

And as for Dave Franco’s Cole, I think it’s an example of my appreciation for the performer outweighing the limited capacity of the character. In context, he’s barely more developed than the hot Australian doctor (who is little else than that, really), playing a delightfully douchey and entitled student, which is not actually in itself that unique. After all, early in the series, the show did a similar storyline with a trustee’s son tormenting Elliot when he’s assigned to her care. What makes it work for me, though, is that Franco has most often been playing either stoners or geeks who talk like stoners (most recently on The CW’s Privileged), and it’s kind of great to see him play someone with a more brash personality. While Lucy is the new J.D., and Drew has his own quirks (like this use of “whore” in stressful situations), Cole is the character who feels the most like a caricature (shortens words, has a wingmom) but yet Franco’s performance helped elevate to something that grew on me as the episodes went on.

And yet, in the two episodes, I’m not sure the show really did enough with any of this to convince me that it’s all going to work out if I wasn’t a returning viewer who understood the show’s patterns. It’s a weird position to be in, as for me the show is problematically familiar and for new viewers the show is likely problematically unfamiliar in terms of the leaps and shortcuts it makes to try to replace an outgoing cast with an incoming one. When the show went back to basics last year, it was repetitive in a way that felt like the show coming full circle: now, the show is trying to use the same tricks to start something entirely new, and in the process leaning on old material (and old characters, like the superfluous Dr. Kelso) in a way that is actually slowing down any sort of progress.

Neither of the two episodes were bad, and in fact I’d say that “Our First Day of School” probably did as good a job as it possibly could trying to explain away the show’s new premise (old hospital torn down, new hospital built on university campus, Elliot is seven months pregnant, etc.) and introduce these new characters. “Our Drunk Friend” had less of a narratological burden which meant that its problems were somewhat more apparent, but overall the episodes tread closely to Scrubs’ ongoing tradition and represented nothing close to a departure for Bill Lawrence and company.

As such, my true verdict on the new Scrubs waits until the departures actually happen, and when most of the returning characters outside of Turk and Dr. Cox leave and allow the show to get on with its new existence. The transition period exists for a number of reasons, many of them relating to promotion (Braff’s cache is way down, but still exists), but at this point it’s keeping the show from defining itself as anything but the exact same show with the exact same storylines but with new characters who are forced to fight over screen time with characters we love but who no longer have any sort of narrative arc. And while that’s charming, and on occasion very funny, it’s not a sustainable television model and, perhaps more problematically, it’s the same thing the show did last year just with different characters at the forefront. If this was Season 8, I’d view it as a fresh new start: as Season 9, it’s a weird transition phase that could go in any number of directions.

Cultural Observations

• I think the one lingering question for me is what happened to Carla: Judy Reyes is one of the missing actors who didn’t get another job (Neil Flynn, the Janitor, is of course on ABC’s The Middle), and yet she hasn’t been confirmed to be stopping by that often. This is largely because the show doesn’t seem to have any major storyline plans for Turk and Dr. Cox (Christa Miller is over on her husband’s other show, after all), but it’s interesting we didn’t get a mention of it.
• While the ratings aren’t of huge importance for the show, as in many ways it was brought onto the schedule in order to kill time between Dancing with the Stars seasons, I really hope the show maintains some momentum so that it can help launch Better Off Ted: that’s a show that deserves a few more seasons, and if a zombified Scrubs can make that happen I’ll be most pleased.
• While J.D.’s antics were tiresome throughout the two episodes (and remain the show’s lowpoint), I thought Dr. Cox worked well in a largely supporting role and as a teacher: we know from experience that he’s a great teacher when he wants to be, and it’s great to have John C. McGinley remain on my television.

Have You Seen Scrubs: Season 9 Episode 1 – Our First Day of School?

Episode Synopsis:

While old acquaintances become teachers, new students are introduced at Sacred Heart.

So what do you think of this episode?

If you missed it, you can watch it here.

Episode one

Kangin, Yesung, Eunghyuk, Eeteuk and i forgot the two guest. so sorry.

The guest here are

JEWELRY

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So, I wanted to share one of my all time favorite cartoons. This aired in the US when I was in grade school. Unfortunately, the show wasn’t aired for that long. I believe they didn’t even show any reruns and I didn’t even get to watch the ending…damn 7:00 am cartoons before school.

Thanks to technology, now you can view the episodes on youtube! Here is episode 1.

The guy taking over YouTube right now, S.B TV has hooked up with Tinchy Stryder for this new weekly diary series. Episode 1 we see Tinchy at a photoshoot for his new “Star In The Hood” clothing range.

Shouts to S.B taking over! How fit is that female model as well? Wow!

Have You Seen Scrubs: Season 1 Episode 1 – My First Day?

Episode Synopsis:

John Dorian, “J.D.” to friends, is a boyishly handsome, self-deprecatingly funny, likable guy who would be confident if he only realized his assets. Four years of medical school have prepared J.D. for his first day as an intern at Sacred Heart Hospital – but he has his doubts. As J.D. is thrown into the chaotic world of hospital life, we not only get to see the quirky characters that he encounters, but also hear the humorous commentary of thoughts streaming through J.D.’s head.
By J.D.’s side is his best friend since college, the handsome and confident Chris Turk. As a new surgical intern, Turk struts around with a gregarious and cocky demeanor that hides a terror that he only admits to J.D. Both guys initially have the hots for their attractive fellow intern, Elliot Reid, but J.D. quickly finds out her beauty is only surpassed by her hyper-competitive attitude.
Guiding the interns’ education are those with more medical experience. Dr. Robert “Bob” Kelso, Chief of Medicine, wants the interns to think they can count on him. On the other side of the personality spectrum is Dr. Percival “Perry” Cox, a steamroller of a man short on patience. Watching over the interns with a caustically teasing but caring demeanor, is nurse Carla Espinosa, a woman who is motherly and sexy at the same time – which appeals mightily to Turk.

So what do you think of this episode?

If you missed it, you can watch it here.

Tunnelvisie of alwetendheid?

Het media-aanbod wordt groter en groter. Waar men vroeger blij was met drie televisiezenders, is er tegenwoordig ‘niets op televisie’ met meer dan vijftig zenders. Draagt het groeiende media-aanbod bij aan een verruimde blik op de wereld of zorgt het juist voor een tunnelvisie? 

In het artikel ‘de media heeft het gedaan’ van H. Blanken en M. Deuze wordt er verteld dat ‘de media aanzienlijk professioneler, onafhankelijker, breder en vakkundiger’ is geworden in vergelijking met de journalistiek van dertig jaar geleden. Verslaggevers waren vaak vooringenomen vanwege de verzuiling die toen speelde. De journalistiek van toen was dus vaak niet zo onafhankelijk als nu. In ditzelfde artikel doen de schrijvers zelfs de uitspraak dat ‘de journalistiek in Nederland sindsdien (de jaren zeventig) beslist is verbeterd’. 

Natuurlijk is het zo dat de media steeds massaler en sneller wordt, wat er voor zorgt dat de kwaliteit slechter wordt. Wil een krant lezers hebben, moet de krant zo snel mogelijk het laatste nieuws brengen. De lezer leest het nieuws anders wel op internet en is dan van mening dat de krant ‘oud nieuws’ verkondigd. Ook is het zo dat televisiezenders tegenwoordig ontzettend afhankelijk zijn van kijkcijfers. ‘De gewone mens’ kijkt liever naar een reality serie over Frans Bauer dan naar Earth Investigated op Discovery Channel. In Nederland zijn er dan ook veel meer programma’s voor ‘de gewone mens’ dan voor de wat hoger opgeleide, geïnteresseerde mens.

Toch ben ik van mening dat het grotere aanbod van media mijn blik op de wereld heeft verbreed. Als een bron mij iets vertelt, wat ik vervolgens in twijfel trek, ga ik op zoek naar andere bronnen. Door het vele aanbod van media is minder twijfel over het waarheidsgehalte van het nieuws. Ik denk dat het media-aanbod op iedereen een andere uitwerking heeft. Persoonlijk weet ik graag zoveel mogelijk en neem ik niet alles klakkeloos over wat ik hoor. Voor mij geldt dus niet dat ik wordt overspoeld door media en daarom mijzelf niet maar terugtrek in mijn beknopte wereldje. Het tegenovergestelde is juist het geval. 

Zoals B. Heijne in zijn boek ‘Onredelijkheid’ over de documentaire van Renzo Martens (Episode 1: Tsjetsjenië) verteld is ‘het beeld beïnvloedt, soms bepaalt het zelfs’. In zijn analyse over de documentaire komt naar voren dat de cameraploegen in Tsjetsjenië niet neutraal zijn. Dat de hoofdstad Grozny zelfs wordt gebombardeerd zodat de media een beeld kan creëren over de nare toestand in het land. Doordat deze Renzo Martens dus zélf op pad gaat en laat zien welke invloed sommige media heeft, zien wij wat er daadwerkelijk gaande is. Zonder deze documentaire was deze zaak niet aan de orde gesteld. 

In Nederland worden we niet dom gehouden door het gebrek aan media. Het groeiende media-aanbod draagt zelfs bij aan een eerlijkere maatschappij.

Bronnen:

http://www.refdag.nl/media/2008/20080320_Lezing_Piet_Bakker.pdf

http://users.telenet.be/jev/blog/Les3.pdf

http://www.bva.nl/page/nieuws/86

Blanken, H. en Deuze, M. ‘De media heeft het gedaan’ (in PopUp. De botsing tussen oude en nieuwe media, Uitgeverij Atlas, Amsterdam/Antwerpen, 2007, p 27-44 en p 53-63).
Heijne, B. ‘Hoofdstuk 6’ ( in: Onredelijkheid, Prometheus, Amsterdam, 2007, p. 92-114)

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I don’t know how many people have waited for this episode, or have seened it already but I’m going to post it up anyway! Invincle Youth Episode 1 is finally subbed! In this show, 7 girls from different girl group are put together to work out in the country. This show is really interesting, you get to see Sunny catching chicken, Yuri being the dork she is, and girls from Kara, 4 Minutes, Secret, Brown Eye Girls, and T-ara! I just found out that episode 2 is subbed too, so i’ll post the video here too. I haven’t watched that episode yet, so my review on it will be at the end after I find time to watch it x]

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Have You Seen Heroes: Season 4 Episode 1 – Chapter One 'Orientation'?

Episode Synopsis:

Claire, back home in California, begins attending college, but is having difficulty adjusting when a mysterious death of a student during the orientation puts her back in the spotlight. In Japan, Hiro and Ando continue their quest to help people with abilities and go so much as to advertise themselves. Meanwhile, Angela fears Nathan/Syler will discover his true identity. Matt tries to settle down back in Los Angeles and raise his son and not worry about unexpected visitors. Elsewhere, Peter is using his ability for good when a mysterious carnival clan, led by Samuel Sullivan, arrives in town which could spell trouble for him and everyone else.

So what do you think of this episode?

If you missed it, you can watch it here.

Have You Seen Heroes: Season 3 Episode 1 – Chapter One 'The Second Coming'?

Episode Synopsis:

In order to change the course of history, a scared and cynical Peter Petrelli travels back in time from four years to the day his brother Nathan revealed the existence of the super-humans and was the one who shot him. In attempting to capture future Peter, Matt Parkman gets teleported to a desolate African landscape. In Japan, Hiro takes control of his father’s company when, courtesy of a DVD, he and Ando receive instructions from Hiro’s late father about a deadly secret contained in the office safe. Hiro can’t help but open the safe and the contents are promptly stolen by a “speedster”; a woman with super-fast speed called Daphne. Meanwhile, Nathan undergoes a religious experience while recovering from the shooting and is offered a new job in Congress by a shady blond government woman named Tracy Strauss, someone who looks remarkably like the late Niki Sanders. Elsewhere, Sylar confronts Claire, whose alone in her house, in a bid to get hold of her powers.

So what do you think of this episode?

If you missed it, you can watch it here.

Have You Seen Heroes: Season 2 Episode 1 – Chapter One 'Four Months Later…'?

Episode Synopsis:

Four months after the events of Peter’s explosion, we find the heroes at different places in their lives. Claire, HRG and family try to stay below the radar in their new town, but a classmate of Claire’s with some powers of his own knows there’s something different about her. Matt Parkman and Mohinder Suresh are now guardians of Molly Parker, who has been suffering from horrible nightmares about the man who is more evil than Sylar. Mohinder and HRG are still trying to take the company down. Kaito Nakamura and Angela Petrelli receive ominous notices of their impending deaths, clearly sent by one of “the elders”. Nathan has pushed his family away and is in a very dark place, feeling that Peter has survived and is alive somewhere. In Ireland, we find Peter Petrelli is alive, but doesn’t remember who he is. Maya and Alejandro, two new characters, are wanted for murder due to her accidentally killing multiple people because of her ability to host a plague.

So what do you think of this episode?

If you missed it, you can watch it here.

Have You Seen Heroes: Season 1 Episode 1 – Chapter One 'Genesis'?

Episode Synopsis:

In Manhattan, Peter Petrelli is the younger brother Nathan Petrelli an overly ambitious and unscrupulous candidate for the next New York congressman, and he dreams and believes that he can fly. He decides to prove his theory and jumps from the roof of a building in an alley and his brother flies and saves him. In Texas, cheerleader Claire Bennet learns that she is literally indestructible and can not harm herself or die. She saves a fireman in a fire in a train, but does not take the credit. In Tokyo, Hiro Nakamura believes he can control time and space continuum. In India, Mohinder Suresh moves to the Brooklyn, New York, where his father, that was researching a secret project called Genesis about genome and DNA, is killed in a taxi cab. In Lower Manhattan, the painter Isaac Mendez paints pictures of the future. In Las Vegas, stripper Niki Sanders borrows $30,000 from a powerful local mobster to get her young son into school, and does not have the money to pay her loan. She sees a different image of her in the mirror, and when two gangsters come to her house to collect the money, one of them hits her and she faints. Later Nikki wakes up, and the two thugs are dead… literally torn apart by her evil alter ego.

So what do you think of this episode?

If you missed it, you can watch it here.

Have You Seen Smallville: Season 9 Episode 1 – Savior?

Episode Synopsis:

Clark decides that he is ready to start his training at the Fortress of Solitude to become ‘Superman’. However, the spirit of Jor-El insists that he return to Metropolis to cut his ties with the people he knows before he begins. Lois reappears in the city with no recollection of vanishing to the future. Her investigation into a monorail crash brings her into contact with a new reporter named John Corben. John is opposed to the “Red and Blue Blur”, and has a secret power and identity himself. Meanwhile, Chloe’s friendship with Clark deteriorates when he refuses to use the Legion ring to go back in time to save Jimmy. Elsewhere, Oliver turns down a dark path in his quest to rid the world of evil. General Zod makes his entrance at the Luthor mansion before Tess.

So what do you think of this episode?

If you missed it, you can watch it here.

Have You Seen Smallville: Season 8 Episode 1 – Odyssey?

Episode Synopsis:

It’s been four weeks since the Fortress collapsed and Clark disappeared. Green Arrow calls upon Black Canary and Aquaman to locate the missing Clark Kent. Clark, in the meantime, is powerless and residing in a Russian prison camp in Siberia. With Lex Luthor missing and presumed dead, a new ruthless CEO, named Tess Mercer, is appointed the head of LuthorCorp and moves into Lex’s mansion with her own dark plans for Clark and Metropolis. Chloe is kidnapped by a clandestine group that has discovered her special powers and they want to test the limits of those new powers by locating Green Arrow and his friends.

So what do you think of this episode?

If you missed it, you can watch it here.

Have You Seen Smallville: Season 7 Episode 1 – Bizarro?

Episode Synopsis:

Clark confronts Bizarro, the last surviving escapee from the Phantom Zone, who has taken Clark’s physical form and has all of his powers, but none of his weaknesses. The ensuing fight causes the dam to break and a torrent of water rushes towards the land. Lex, having just been arrested for Lana’s murder, is submerged under water in a patrol car, but is saved by a mysterious young woman, who is a Kryptonian living in hibernation in a spaceship at the bottom of the nearby lake. Lois manages to pull Chloe to safety but her cousin is pronounced dead at the hospital. Chloe manages to revive and learns more about her meteor-rock powers. Also, Lionel is swept away by the flood, but is rescued by a mysterious person.

So what do you think of this episode?

If you missed it, you can watch it here.

Have You Seen Smallville: Season 6 Episode 1 – Zod?

Episode Synopsis:

With Clark banished to the Phantom Zone, Metropolis is in shambles as the city riots, and Chloe & Lionel plot to rid Lex of General Zod…one way or another.

So what do you think of this episode?

If you missed it, you can watch it here.

Have You Seen Smallville: Season 5 Episode 1 – Arrival?

Episode Synopsis:

Together with the meteor shower, two evil super powerful Kryptonians beings, Aethyr and Nam-Ek, arrive in Smallville from a black spaceship looking for Kal-El. Clark Kent is transported with Chloe from the Kawatche caves to the Artic and the Fortress of Solitude is built in the ice from the fully formed Knowledge Crystal. The spirit of Jor-El begins to educate Clark, but when he sees Chloe needing help, Clark stops the class and promises Jor-El to return until the sunset. Chloe discloses to Clark that she knows his secret. Back in Smallville, Lois helps Jonathan to rescue the severely injured Martha from the debris of their house in which Jason Teague was apparently killed by the blast. Lana lures Aethyr and Nam-Ek to the Luther mansion to try to stop them, and Clark arrives just in time to save Lana and trap the Kryptonian criminals in the so-called Phantom Zone, but Jor-El removes his abilities to punish Kal-El for not committing with his promise. Also, the comatose Lionel Luther appears to have been possessed by the essence of Jor-El, and another being secretly emerges from the black Kryptonian spaceship…

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Have You Seen Smallville: Season 4 Episode 1 – Crusade?

Episode Synopsis:

Three months later. Lois Lane, the neurotic, klutzy, and stuttering second cousin of Chloe Sullivan, arrives in Smallville trying to find the missing Clark Kent to help her to find Chloe’s murderer. After being struck by a mysterious ray, she loses control of her car, and finds Clark naked with amnesia in a cornfield. She brings him to Smallville Medical Center, where Martha is with Jonathan Kent, who has been in an irreversible coma. Martha brings Clark back to the farm, expecting him to retrieve his memory. However, Clark is completely dehumanized, having been taken over by his alter-ego Kal-El, whose mission is to find three Kryptonian crystals to assemble into one. Meanwhile in Paris, Lana Lang has an American boyfriend, a young man named Jason Teague, and is having good time with him, until things take a turn when she gets hit with a mysterious spiritual force containing the spirit of a long-dead witch. Elsewhere, Lex is struggling to recover from being poisoned as he travels to bring an ancient object retrieved from an excavation in Egypt which Clark/Kal-El is also after and uses his flying abilities to steal the crystal… in midair. Also, Lois visits the imprisoned Lionel to talk with him about Chloe, while Martha has a meeting with an associate of Virgil Swan’s, named Bridget Crosby, who gives her a new type of kryptonite to combat Clark/Kal-El.

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