The fifth episode of Smallville is a counterpart to
the third episode, "Hothead". Instead of the meteor rocks making someone hot, they make someone cold.
Actually, the meteor rocks aren't explicitly mentioned in this episode. The
opening scenes are at a place called Crater Lake, presumably created by the
meteor shower, and when Sean Kelvin falls into the water he's bathed in a
green glow.
Sean is a high school jock who's with his friends at a beach party. I wouldn't
have associated Kansas with beach parties, but all teenage kids need is a
large lake. Sean runs onto the ice-covered lake to retrieve a football, but
the ice breaks under his feet. He falls into the water and (almost) drowns.
The ice forms again above him, but he punches his way through it. After this
he always feels cold. He can warm himself by sucking the warmth out of things
like hot water, but the most effective was to warm himself is to absorb a
person's body heat, killing the person in the process. He kills his
ex-girlfriend Jenna when she steps out of the shower. Her body turns to ice
and shatters when she falls on the floor.
P. S. Here's an example of product placement in "Smallville".
Clark's parents are struggling to pay their bills. Lex Luthor visits them to
offer them help. He wants to become a partner in the farm, partially to make a
small profit, but mostly to reward Clark for saving his life. Martha Kent is
open to the offer, but Jonathan refuses Lex's help and takes out a bank loan
instead. Jonathan should be more trusting. Lex has no ulterior motives, he
genuinely wants to aid the Kent family.
In this episode Clark goes on his first date with Lana Lang. They both insist
that it's not a date, it's just two friends hanging out, but everyone around
them knows it's a date. That includes Lana's boyfriend Whitney, who's jealous
as soon as he finds out about it. The date doesn't go well. Clark stands her
up. Saving people is more important to him than spending a happy evening with
Lana. When he sees a news report about Jenna's death he remembers that Sean has a "date"
with Chloe, so he rushes to save her, leaving Lana sitting alone with a cup of
coffee.
Kristin Kreuk is a guest on this episode of the Talkville podcast. She
connects to the podcast by video link from her home in (I think) Toronto. She
needs a better camera. The image is blurry compared to what we see of Tom
Welling and Michael Rosenbaum.
Do you see what I mean?
Kristin only appears for 13 minutes of the 51 minute podcast. Like Tom and
Michael, she can't remember everything from what she did 21 years ago,
although a few random details stick in her mind. She remembers Tom forgetting
his lines, which is something that Tom has forgotten. Typical!
What she remembers in more detail is that she had a stalker while she was
making "Smallville". The studio had to hire extra security to protect her. No,
it wasn't me. I have an alibi. I was in England when the first season of
"Smallville" was being filmed. You can check my bank records if you don't
believe me. On the other hand, I don't have an alibi for the day John F.
Kennedy was shot. I'm still expecting Interpol to come knocking on my door.
Kristin says that she was making two television series at the same time. How
did she manage that? She didn't name the other series, but it must have been
"Edgemont", which ran from 2000 to 2004. I've never seen that series, but from
what I've read Kristin Kreuk had a leading role, probably bigger than her role
in the first season of "Smallville". In the podcast she says she was 19, but
she was actually only 18 when she began her role in "Smallville". Her father
used to drive her to the studio to protect her from the stalker.
"Cool" has the lowest rating on the rose'n'bomb scale so far. Tom gives the
episode one rose, while Michael Rosenbaum and Ryan Tellez each give it a
heater. I'm not saying they're wrong, but I refuse to rate individual
episodes. If I wanted to judge "Smallville", I'd judge it as a series, not
plucking individual episodes to pieces.
I was late ordering my Blu-ray box set, but I've caught up with the podcasts
now. I intend to carry on watching the episode on Blu-ray followed by the
podcast each week, preferably back to back on the same day. That's the way
I'll get the most out of the podcast.
By the way, here's an offer to any Smallville fans who live near Stuttgart in
Germany. I no longer watch my Smallville DVD set now that I have the series on
Blu-ray. If you want it, I'll give it you free of charge. Leave a comment with
your email (which I won't publish), and I'll send you my address so you can
come round to pick it up.
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