Celebrity Cameos in HBO’s Extras

Extra’s is a charming show, and if you aren’t already familiar with Ricky Gervais, creator and co-creator of “The Office” in both the United Kingdom and the United States respectively, then you haven’t yet experienced his comedic genius. Gervais relies heavily on celebrity cameos though. Without a celebrity presence on the show, it turns into a depressing look into the life of middle-aged adults with mediocre talent. Celebrities portray themselves as themselves, however their personalities are completely exaggerated and often times they are actors just having fun on screen.

Orlando Bloom’s cameo in Season 2’s premiere shows him as a pompous, cocky guy who thinks he can make love to anything that looks his way. When turned down by Maggie (Ashley Jensen), he becomes insecure with himself and baffled at the resistance she shows him. Celebrities are able to make fun of themselves and the film and/or television industry on Extra’s.

It’s unfortunate when you have a famous musician like David Bowie make an unflattering song about repeating the words “little fat man” over and over in a bar full of a drunken posh London crowd. David Bowie did just that sitting at his piano while Andy was trying to make conversation with him. Unfortunately for Andy, his life is a tragedy.

On the other hand Maggie’s life is more comedic and slightly less dark than Andy’s. Maggie encounters Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter Series), who seems to think he has the charm of Orlando Bloom as he heavily throws himself at Maggie. Radcliffe returns to innocence whenever his mother is present though.

For actors, Extra’s is merely just flexing your acting muscles. In Episode 5, Sir Ian McKellen (Lord of The Rings Trilogy, and a lot more), is extremely flamboyant and treats Andy like he is a child. And that particular motif runs through the series with most of the celebrity cameos. There is a celebrity world that Andy and Maggie are trying to touch. With Andy finally having a television show, that despite horrible reviews is still on the air, he starts to break into that world but it rejects him constantly.

Although their portrayals of themselves is fallacious, Extra’s is a show that has so many different angles working for it. In a season finale, the enigmatic Robert DeNiro is about to have a meeting with Andy. Andy’s incompetent agent finally pulled through for him this time, however Andy starts to reject the celebrity world and spend time with his best friend, Maggie. Their sexual tension eases up as they both know how much they need each other to survive as working actors. I am predicting a relationship in the future for them, but Ricky Gervais always has a way of keeping us watching and waiting.

Blasts from the Past

Two episodes ago, Cristina got the shock of a lifetime when her ex showed up, and this wasn’t just any ex.  He is also her former professor, and he is definitely old enough to be her dad!  My best friend and I regularly watch the show together, and while she sat there in shock, I couldn’t contain my laughter.  Leave it to Grey’s Anatomy to make Cristina have a former professor be an ex-flame and end up in the running for the Chief of Surgery position at Seattle Grace!

Cristina, however, was not the only to receive a surprise visitor from long ago.  In this same episode, Meredith’s dad and his wife make an appearance throwing her off so much so that she actually agrees to have dinner with him.  This is odd in that every time her father and his wife have even stepped near Seattle Grace in a previous episode, she has managed to avoid them like the plague for the most part.  She tries to steer clear of them this time as well, but she is unsuccessful, resulting in the aforementioned awkward dinner scene.  Although the dinner goes far from well, with Meredith’s father forgetting that a picture he talks about was of him and Meredith and not him and his other daughter, and even going as far as to actually hide out in the laundry room at one point, the night is not a complete disaster (shocking, I know).  Meredith has a nice talk with her father’s wife and Derek has an even better talk with Meredith’s father which leaves you thinking that at some point, Meredith and her father might get to the point of having an actual relationship.

One of the best parts of this episode was probably when Meredith and Cristina both end up trying to hide from their respective people in a linen closet and end up arguing about who should leave until they realize that both parties are on the other side of the door.  Then they both come out looking slightly ashamed, like two kids getting caught doing something they shouldn’t.  They act so much like teenagers trying to run from their fears that it is almost as if we are back in high school with them.

On Grey’s Anatomy though, when it comes to relationships, this seems to often be the case.  Over the past two plus years, we have seen Derek chase Meredith only to let something else get in the way a few times, Cristina and Burke go through the “silent treatment” for several episodes straight, Alex and Izzy, the “pretty” people, constantly going at it, and now Izzy seems to have fallen for George, her best friend.

Relationships often get messed and mangled on this show and with the entry of these last two, well Cristina’s ex-love Colin Marlow at least; it is nice to see something light and fluffy with nothing but humor to it. And let’s face it, who doesn’t love to see Cristina squirm for once?

Confusion on Lost

  

I am addicted to television and will watch just about any genre, but I can honestly say that Lost is definitely one of the most creative and unique dramas out there. The show creates so much suspense and mystery, further allowing the storyline and character development to go in new directions. With that said, the past few episodes have been somewhat of a disappointment. Too many mysteries have been added without enough resolution. There’s no doubt that I still enjoy watching the show, but it has gotten frustrating with how the writers and creators have added what seems to be an endless amount of angles. It’s no wonder that ratings are down. The show is confusing enough for people that watch the show on a regular basis, so I can imagine how hard it would be to jump right in and try to watch a random episode on a Wednesday night.

 

This past Wednesday was a cop out episode since it basically went back and showed clips from previous episodes. It reminds me of what the writers did in many Friends episodes where they would show flashbacks of the group, rarely presenting anything new to the episode. The only difference in last Wednesday’s “Exposé” episode is that a couple small issues were brought to light. It was revealed that Nikki and Paolo were conmen who robbed an older man of his diamonds, and we learned how they lived out their 65 days on the island after the plane crash. It was also revealed that Sun was not attacked by The Others, but rather Charlie and Sawyer. Even though these issues are now resolved, it’s not what viewers are tuning in for. We want to know more about The Others, the hatches, if Jack will ever return to the beach, and what’s really going on with John Locke.

           In “The Man from Tallahassee” episode which aired March 21^st, we saw Jack playing a friendly game of football with The Others. Since then, little information about Jack and The Others has been mentioned. The writers also failed to divulge any information about Locke’s crazy situation. We now know that his dad was the one who pushed him out of a window and that’s how he ended up in a wheelchair. But the show created more confusion by adding his father to the show. Now, Locke’s dad has somehow made it to the island as we found out when Ben opened a mysterious closet door, telling Locke that he knows very little about the island. That is one of the craziest and weirdest mysteries to date. The writers and creators conveniently failed to address anything relating to Locke’s father last episode.

Thankfully, one exciting aspect is that there will be no more reruns this season due to fans complaining about last fall’s slew of reruns. Hopefully the show will start answering more of the mysteries and get to the good stuff. If they do, maybe their ratings will go back up again. They can’t keep dragging along the plotlines and adding more mysteries to the show forever. Message boards all over the internet are full of complaints about how the producers have failed to answer the big mysteries within the show. Others like me are frustrated that they have side stepped making any big resolutions only adding to the already confusing plot.

How not to be a dad

As with all family sitcoms, The War at Home is understood based on one’s own family background, so before I talk about The War at Home, I have to give a little background on my family history. My only relation to the Gold family is that I too have a non-religious Jewish father, and my brother and I are two years apart in age, as are Larry and Mike. However, all semblances between the Nagers and the Golds end there. In fact, our families are almost complete opposites. My parents are supportive and interested in the lives of their children; they are also much less selfish, and many times more mature. I do not have an older sister, and while neither my brother nor I could ever hope to win a popularity contest, we are not as socially inept as poor Larry is; however, I might be close to his nerdiness. I have always thought of my family as upper-middle class, while the Golds are lower-middle class. Both Vicky and Dave reminisce about their horrible parents (which they have become), but my parents have never hinted at anything but the opposite.

Also, I have only recently started viewing The War at Home partway through the 2nd season, and I am still trying to get a hold of the first season as my DVR fills up with re-runs.

Rated the worst show for family viewing by the Parents Television Council (immediately followed by Family Guy and American Dad), Fox’s The War at Home’s (Sunday nights at 6:30, with a re-run at 6, and followed by the Simpsons) content is not considered suitable for the Gold children to actually watch themselves. The show does, however, deal with topics that would be relevant to a family with 13 to 16 year old children, but in no way would my family have ever dealt with such topics in this way, nor should any families follow the guidelines set by Dave and Vicky, EVER.

Alternating week to week, The War At Home either depicts the children’s problems and how the parents solve (or agitate) the situation, or vice versa. While Dave (Michael Rapaport) is the main character of the show; all five characters receive major plot lines with the children usually splitting an episode in three parts, or the parents sharing an episode with a joint plotline or a solo plot in which the other adult becomes the main supporting character. The show does have a small supporting cast of one friend for each of the children, and a boyfriend for Hillary. Larry’s friend, Kenny, does become a main character for a few shows when he takes up residence with the Golds after he is kicked out of his home for being gay.

I like The War at Home’s use of asides (I’ve also seen it on The Office, but I do not watch enough current TV to know if this is a trend) in a Real World confessional form. While I think a family is a place where members should be honest with one another, in practice, this is never the truth, and The War At Home places a harsh light on this reality. While all of the characters usually appear genuine to one another, their asides always reveal their selfish intentions. For example, Vicky supportively offers to take Larry to the city for a meeting, she reveals in an aside that she doesn’t actually care about who she is taking where, but is actually more concerned with having a reason to skip work the next day.

The episode entitled “The White Shadow” (aired March 18th, 2007), while named for Michael Rapaport’s character, is an episode about the children’s problems including Larry trying to make it big as a music star, Mike trying to “buff it up,” by not masturbating, and Hillary’s struggles for love with her boyfriend. While Mike and Hillary’s plots are more universal in nature, Dave’s interactions with Larry’s attempts to become a music star are a great example of how not to be a father. While initially oblivious to the Larry’s interest towards making a cool, “lounge” type music (towards which the audience is also unaware), Dave is skeptical about Larry’s announcement of a possible record deal. After a seemingly successful talk with the record company, Dave only becomes interested with Larry when he feels that he can revive his own dreams of being the White Shadow, a proud “original” white rapper from his high school days. Larry uncomfortable endures his father’s ‘interest’ in his work, but finally makes the brave decision to send his demo tape without his father’s unsolicited ‘improvements.’ Rather then understand his son’s very mature decision to succeed or fail on his own, Dave even calls his son a, “back stabbing freak show.” Then when Dave finds out the record company is a fraud; he first takes a sarcastic tone towards his son to break his feelings. However, Dave finally shows his very well hidden depth and love as a father when he compassionately deflates when confronted with his son’s emotions and decides to sink $1,500 into the scam and not tell Larry that the record company is a fraud.

While Dave does eventually support his son, this still displays bad parenting because he is only delaying the disappointment when Larry’s CDs become a pile in the back of his closet. I would have handled this situation differently. A father should have been more supportive at the beginning, less selfish in turning his son’s success into his own, and this would have allowed him to be honest with his son when it was determined that the whole deal was a fraud.

The target audience for The War at Home is 18 to 49 year olds. The viewers of this age bracket, while some closer in age to the children, should relate more to the adults. The youngest of this age bracket 18-20 will think back and remember their high school days as they are only a few years older then the children. However, the majority of the audience can find themselves somewhere along Dave and Vicky’s time line of a couple that most likely married in college out of wedlock. While the children in The War at Home act as fairly ‘normal’ teenage children, the parents effectively demonstrate how NOT to raise a family.

Las Vegas

This season of Las Vegas has come with some Major cliffhangers. I was almost shocked with the number of things they left the audience with. There are at least six major plot points they left the audience hanging on: Delinda’s pregnancy and the bomb, Danny being deployed to Iraq, Ed and Jillian’s relationship, Sam being kidnapped, The Montecito being robbed, and Mary shooting her father.

First off Delinda has been trying to tell Danny that she is pregnant. She has told her mother, Jillian, who also told Ed. Danny was to busy try to help the man who saved his life last time he was in the Middle East. Every time we see Delinda try to talk to him, he gets a call or hangs up on her. Even worse now Danny has volunteered to take the place of the man who saved his life on his next tour. When Delinda tries to tell the man he doesn’t have to go, she doesn’t know that Danny has volunteered to take his place. She also walks in on the man building a bomb because he wants to kill himself so he won’t go back to war. This is where everything gets very interesting. He doesn’t listen to Delinda and the next thing we see is a room at the Montecito blowing up. Whether it’s his room and Delinda is in it is unclear but we are led to believe that both are true. In reality Delinda probably left the room and is fine. She will be very upset though when she fines out about Danny being deployed. This should make for an interesting story come next fall.

Meanwhile Danny and Ed have followed Mary to try and stop her from doing something stupid to herself or her father. Mary’s father was just release from jail and acquitted of his charges of child molesting. Mary has bought a gun and Delinda saw her and warned both Ed and Danny. Both of them try and talk to her but she is very short with them. Mary goes to a local bar where she knows her dad will be. As he is walking out, we see Mary pointing a gun in his direction. We also see Ed and Danny watching her from two different spots. Soon enough we see the explosion at the Montecito followed by a gun shot and Mary’s dad falling to the ground. Ed and Danny both had guns pointed at him so we don’t know who shot him but we are led to believe it was Mary. Mary is very unstable so it would make sense if it were her who shot her but you can’t put it past Ed or Danny.

While all of this takes place, the Jillian has given Ed an ultimatum, the Montecito or her. She has brought him divorce papers and all. Ed is the Montecito so it would be insane to think he would leave his job. It would also be insane to think he would leave Jillian for his job. The Montecito is now up for sale since Casey, the former owner, died in a freak squid accident. Sam is left the Montecito and Ed h talked about partnering up and buying it. This is one of the main reasons Jillian is filing for divorce. While all of this is going on Ed and Mike are desperately trying to find Sam so that they can discuss the sale of the Montecito. Mike eventually video ID’s her and realizes she has been kidnapped and is in a chest that is leaving the hotel. We see the boarded on to a plane and the plane taking off with Mike standing on the runway watching in dismay.

With all of these plots we can only wonder where or how next season will start. What will happen with Delinda, Mary, Danny, Sam, Ed, and Jillian? All of there lives are due for a serious change. I am very anxious to see what may come of this series.

                                                                                                                                        

What happened to Studio 60?

Canceling Studio 60 was probably a great idea but I didn’t support it. The show itself wasn’t that great but for some reason I loved it. I think one reason behind that was the casting. Aaron Sorkin wrote an ok show but whoever was in charge of casting it did a fabulous job. Matthew Perry, Amanda Peet, Bradley Whitford, D.L. Hughley, Steven Webber, Timothy Busfield and Sarah Paulson are all great actors cast in a mediocre show, which is disappointing because with a cast this good the show could have been great. This brings me to another disappointment, Aaron Sorkin. This guy is a great writer so why crap out now? He had such great success with The West Wing and A Few Good Men, even Sports Night was good but under appreciated, so why half ass the next one? I had high hopes for this show especially after the pilot, which i thought was GREAT. It did everything that a good pilot needs to do: gave the audience something to look forward to, had relatable drama (the Matt and Harriet relationship) and outlandish drama (Danny’s cocaine problem and the firing of the executive producer), a killer opening monologue and a great conclusion that left you anxiously awaiting the previews for the next week. The show’s momentum fluctuated until the last 2 episodes, when Matt started popping pills and having made up flash backs, when it crashed and burned. Sorkin also completely blew the Danny Jordan relationship. The idea was great but the execution sucked. At first he made Danny look like a psycho stalker, and then when he stopped that and started being kind of cute and funny (like having big name directors and actors send Jordan a recommendation letter for him) Jordan was unnecessarily mean to him. After a way too long courtship Jordan gave in and the two were happy for…like a minute. By the next episode Jordan was being annoying and Danny was rolling his eyes, which indicated an a soon to be break up. The same goes for the Harriet and Matt relationship. As soon as you thought that maybe they were on the road to recovery they fell apart, and over something SO STUPID. This constant back and forth in such a short amount of time made it almost seem like Sorkin couldn’t decide where he wanted this show to go. In the middle of the season the show went on a break, which in cases like Heros, can be a good thing, but in this case it did not help. The show pre-break was great (it even got a Golden Globe Nomination) but post-break it tanked. The first half was completely different than the second half. All of the drama that was great during the first half morphed into this stupid string of obnoxious and exhausting melodramas. I was really looking forward to the Monday night line up of Heros and Studio 60 but I think NBC got it right when they axed the Sunset Strip in favor of The Black Donnelly’s. I just hope that Paul Haggis will prove to be more successful than Sorkin so that I don’t have to have to write about three different shows for every blog.

“I love inside jokes…love to be part of one someday”

I am certain that I am not alone in that I am having serious withdrawals from The Office. My Thursday nights revolve around the half hour that I am able to sit back, relax and let Michael, Dwight, Jim and the rest of the crew let me in on a little bit of their work week. Thankfully, we only have to wait for six more days for a new episode! In the meantime, NBC decided to throw us, avid Office watchers, a bone by airing a marathon last night, although most of us have Tivo or have downloaded all of the episodes on iTunes, regardless I tuned in.
I began to think about how revolutionary of a show The Office is, as a single camera show, shot in a sound studio with no audience the, writers have very little cushion with their jokes. There is no laugh track, no one to tell us when to laugh or when to be sympathetic to Jim and Pam; it is almost as if, other than the few scenes where someone is either talking to or glancing at the camera, we are a hidden camera at Dunder-Mifflin. This shows how the writers and executive producer, Greg Daniels, respect the audience, allowing us to laugh when we want and think what we will which makes the drama in the show much more human.
Speaking of revolutionizing television, iTunes and NBC have enabled us to purchase and download the show as soon as its’ done airing, allowing us to watch it over and over again, picking up on something new every time. Additionally, NBC did not simply release the recent episode “The Return” on iTunes, they released the “Producer’s Cut” which wasn’t seen on TV. This allows the writers more time to play out the story and it’s not censored nearly as much as it is on primetime television. In this particular episode, which runs almost twenty-nine minutes, we see Jim, Pam and Karen pull a prank on Andy by putting his cell phone in the ceiling; we see Andy get angry, however, it’s only in the producer’s cut that we learn that Andy has to go to anger management classes. Such extras are the reason in which many of us watch The Office on TV and then turn around and buy the iTunes version; it may sound ridiculous, but I’m still buying!
Last night, while watching the marathon, I was kept finding myself laughing aloud to all of the one-liners, which, I realized, is why I fell in love with the show in the first place. I’m always text messaging my brother one-liners, no matter what day or time and he, along with all Office lovers, will get it. All I have to say is, “false, I do not miss him” and he knows that I am referring to Dwight talking about Jim and it will make anyone chuckle. I started writing down the one-liners that were making me laugh crack up and I found that there were too many to keep track. I am sure next week we’ll have Michael trying to pursue Jan and Dwight will be tricked into doing something ridiculous like trying to buying “gay-dar” online, and just for good measure we’ll have a little Jim and Pam drama thrown in. I’m sure, as always, it’ll be great…that’s what she said. See you next Thursday!

Save the cheerleader… Save the world…

So I want to go on record saying that this whole month and a half break that Heroes is taking is probably the smartest idea the producers of the show have ever had. Naturally, as a die hard fan of the show, I was quite perturbed when I saw that the show would not be returning until April 23^rd, but once I looked at the big picture I saw that they pretty much had no other choice.

The series has pretty much been in high gear since the premiere back in August, with the last three to four episodes climaxing the season and answering many questions that have been plaguing viewers since the beginning (the mystery behind Mr. Bennett, who Linderman actually is (which was highly anti-climactic)). While many questions still remain, the break in the season came at a very appropriate time. I began to question how the writers were going to flesh out the story (assuming that the finale of the show will have something to do with the Exploding Man theory), but taking such a long break right before the final 4-5 episodes of the season really saves the series from boring fluff that just doesn’t fit with the show. It can now keep the high energy that has been flowing all season and end with just as big of a bang as it came in on, without any pointless lulls in the plot.

Of course, this is all speculation, and I could be completely wrong. The show could return and enter a five or six episode lull, running well into June and then building back up into the finale, but the timing of this break just seems a little too perfect for it to just be some crazy crackpot idea.

Okay. Now for the show itself. We haven’t heard much from Sanders/Hawkins family; and other than Nikki/Jessica sleeping with Nathan, the tatoo, and the whole Linderman thing, I’m not entirely sure how their plot line fits in with the rest of the characters, so that will be something interesting to watch for as the season comes to a close. Also, the transition Peter made from being the character with the lamest power on the show when he couldn’t hold onto powers, to being the most important character as he learns to keep his powers was pure greatness. Maybe I’m a bit thick, but that came out of left field and just clicked everything into place, pushing the story closer to the inevitability that New York will explode.

As the season comes to a conclusion the connection between the characters gets closer and closer, Hiro’s father, Mr. Bennett, The Patrelli’s, the Hatian, Linderman, Claire, they’re all connected, but by what? Is it some scheme that Linderman or another higher up has created? Or is it more; is something supernatural? And what the hell does that ancient Japanese tatoo have to do with any of this?

Basically, as the show stands now, the first part of the season was wrapped up into a nice, neat little package, while new questions were asked that set up the story for a spectacular bang upon its return. In even shorter terms, I cant freakin wait!

American “Sanjaya” Idol

American Idol

For once in the existence of this show, the true meaning of this show has come out. At the beginning of the season the same things were happening in the “audition” episodes and then there would be one or two horrid singers who would be focused on to make it a laughing stock. It is more than ever a comedy, not a reality show.

After showing the audition episodes and not being able to fully stretch out their sixty minutes, the producers had to come up with a quick witted idea to fill up thirty minutes or so. The idea: Let’s make a show about the door that does not open; the conclusion: Nothing but over dramatized television. Ingenious it was, but to fill up an episode with an inanimate object made it a little monotonous.

After the audition, came what we now know as the “Sanjaya Comedy Hour”. I call it the “Sanjaya Comedy Hour” because not only is the show mainly surrounding his performances, but all the media hype is on him. The kid is nineteen years old, with a soft-feminine voice, and crazy hair. Don’t forget he also can’t sing or perform.

So the question comes up: Why has the American public left Sanjaya on the show?

The answer is very simple. America loves entertainment; and controversy at that. So what must we do as Americans? Vote for Sanjaya so we can have a new laughingstock and proclaim madness on national television.

Maybe I am just crazy, or I have to disagree completely with all of America. This is a mockery to the traditional reality game-show everywhere. Not only is it becoming a comic relief to watch American Idol, but it mocks everyone else on the show.

For example, if I was to sing on American Idol it would be on of the most ridiculous events ever recorded in history. I can imagine it now; blue swooping lights, a 360 degree camera and an “echo” auditorium feel as I screech the lines to “Sugar Pie Honey”. I would honestly give Sanjaya a run to be the next American Idol. Taking this point, and expanding it you can see how there is still great entertainment value to it without actually having a singing superstar.

f you really consider production strategy, you can see that the whole Sanjaya “show” is illustrated to bring more attention and publicity to the show. Who even knew the Top 10 finalists last year or the year before? Now it is a completely different story, since Sanjaya had brought so much laughter into our every day lives, people are becoming more aware of this season’s contestants.

After the transition from contest show to comedic relief, American Idol’s production team has forgotten one very important ethical factor. That factor is how Sanjaya is only seventeen years old. His is only one of the many “idol” guys who have survived the expiration date and just because he can’t sing does not mean American should point and laugh. In all honesty, there is a part of me that is repelled at times for the cruel nature that the hosts and others bring upon this poor kid, but he is a celebrity now so he must be able to handle all type of publicity. I believe the major attraction that Sanjaya gives the audience is his non-threatening and slightly feminine appeal. Even the “sissies of men” and the “brawniest men” can make fun of the teenager without feeling threatened that he will become an idol.

Obviously, this wild circus also referred to as American Idol, knows how to attract millions of viewers season after season. Maybe I am just crazy for wanting some substance and an actual contest-like show, not a comedy filled show full of quick-witted humor.

On my next blog, I will lunge deep into the sarcastic humor that has been a part of Simon and Ryan’s relationship. As the show keeps evolving, their relationship keeps deteriorating. J

Where Do They Go From Here?

So with the Justice League finally revealed, Clark still in love with Lana and vice versa, where can Smallville go from here? There is not much known about the rest of the season and how it will turn out, but one this is for sure…well three things. Clark will live and so will Lex and Lois. These are a given as this show is basically a precursor to the Superman movies. Yes I know I spoiled it if you have no heard about Smallville. Yes Clark is Superman.

There are several ways Smallville can lead on with the Justice League. They can develop each character individually or they can develop all of them together as one big team. Things are starting to fall into place once they introduced the Justice League. More background to the DC Comics has been introduced in the first few episodes this season than the entire series to date. Whichever way they decide, it should make for an interesting second half of the season.

They can continue to develop the Justice League, or they can go more in depth with the Clark character. The Clark character has turned out to be a big pansy when it comes to girls. He has no “game” when he likes a woman. He turns all clumsy and stuttery which really makes no sense because he is Superman. I mean come on, with those powers you have to be good with the ladies.

Whichever they choose it should lead for an interesting rest of season. Now with the Justice League just being formed, do they march right into more seasons of Smallville or do they let it die after this season? There are so many questions to what exactly will happen with Smallville, that I am sure even the creators are having a hard time. Or are the creators merely pawning us into believing there are many different ways to travel when really there is only one distinct path?

I am looking forward to the second half of the season to answer all my questions. I just hope Smallville continues to shock and entertain me as much as it has since day one. I am completely stumped when it comes to figuring out anything about the future of the show. Tune in sometime to enjoy Superman being bad with the ladies, Lex always getting hurt, and Lana still being in love with Clark even though she is married to Lex. All this makes for a fantastic show in which everyone will enjoy while watching.