I love how episode 19 “Dominion” was played out. The story and dialogs did the job, and I’m satisfied with this episode.
TV Fanatic: I was not particularly a fan of Callum Blue’s excessively smug Zod when he was part of the cast last season. There is such a thing as too much grandstanding, I think. Here, though, the dialogue-heavy scenes between he and Clark and he and Oliver seemed to work better, and felt a bit closer to the iconic portrayal Terrence Stamp set forth in the original films years ago.
I have to think Hartley had a lot to do with keeping Blue’s smarm in check and giving me a reason to finally get on board with Smallville’s incarnation of Zod.
I knew there was no way Oliver would ever betray Clark, but that didn’t keep the fierce battle scene between them from eliciting gasps of shock. The slow motion interspersions aren’t anything we haven’t seen before, but I thought they worked quite well for the circumstance and added a little something to the brutality of the moment.
In fact, I thought everything related to the Phantom Zone plot worked well, and I especially liked how it tied so neatly into the Darkseid saga. (Seriously, though, if we don’t get some actual Darkseid action soon my dark side is gonna come unglued.)
The only thing I couldn’t quite reconcile was why in the world Oliver would show up, fully aware of the situation, and enter the Zone with Clark without his archery gear? Still scratching my head over that one.
Oliver going off in search of the weapon to destroy Darkseid has terrible idea written all over it (something tells me Darkseid is already aware of it’s existence on Earth) but at least it will give us a Green Arrow/Supergirl team up next week, to which I’m looking forward.
Is it too much to hope that she’ll don the costume before Clark? Probably so.
Lois may have played the selfish card in forcing the League to keep the Zone gate opened, putting the lives of everyone on earth at risk in the process, but with the mix of passion and desperation in her eyes, I dare to say not one of those Leaguers would want to go up against that. Forget what they say about a woman scorned…don’t mess with a woman in love!
I take solace in the fact that Lois had already seen a glimpse of a phantom-free future and therefore had to know that Clark would return; it was just a question of when.
The series finale is near. That’s why maybe we are expecting more on each episode. But on this one, I’m quite satisfied.
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