Smallville 8.05:Committed Recap
October 17, 2008 by brian
Smallville Episode 8.05 Committed
Air Date: Oct. 16, 2008
Jimmy and Chloe’s engagement party spirals to an embarrassing conclusion when Lois gets drunk and voices her concerns about the couple. Things only get worse for Jimmy and Chloe as after the party, this episode’s psychotic villain with an ample supply of Kryptonite gets a hold of them.
He quizzes couples on their commitment and if they fail, he kills them. Cheery sort of fellow. His lady love cheated on him and needless to say, he didn’t take it too well. The villain asks Jimmy if he’s ever cheated on Chloe and who knew, but getting toxic kisses from alien princesses does count as cheating. Chloe shakes the Smallville fan base to its core by saying she’s not in love with anyone but Jimmy and passing the test.
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Just to throw this out there – Chloe can talk to machines, so it’s conceivable she could easily pass a lie detector test whether she’s lying or not. Smallville fan fiction pens, away! But the guy lets them go, since they passed. That was – anticlimactic.
But wait, Lois and Clark have gone looking for Jimmy and Chloe. Lois woke up at the farm after her drunken tirade. No, nothing happened – he’s a Big Blue Boy Scout, after all. They decide to pose as a couple and after doing some investigating come across our insane jewelry salesman. His Kryptonite bracelet makes it possible to get Lois and Clark into the machine. Lois admits she loves Clark, sending millions of readers to the message boards with “I Hate Lois” venom running through their blood.
Clark, however, is able to escape the machine before he has to answer the question. Aw, boo! In other romantic entanglements, Tess and Oliver go on a date that ends up being a sparring match. After sparring in the gym, they – um, spar in between the sheets. Ollie think it’s all good but Tess reminds him he cheated on her with a hostess.
She claims this whole encounter was just her scratching an itch. Is that what they call it these days? And what happened to that whole “turning over a new leaf” after leaving the island? Ah, I guess that just applies to crimefighting. Green Arrow is a womanizer in the comic books too, so this scenario fits perfectly.
Oh, and Jimmy reveals his “horrible secret” to Chloe. He never knew his mother and his dad’s an alcoholic. That’s your secret, Jimmy? Your betrothed is possessed by a hostile alien intelligence. That’s what we call a secret in Smallville, Jimmy.
Actually, there are alot of clois fans out there who loved the episode. If Lois had said she didnt love clark and he got shocked the lois-haters would have still gone ahead and found a reason to bash her. its ridiculous. Clark and Lois always end up together. Chloe is a smallville creation, not a superman one. Her role isnt to end up with clark. She’s got her own thing going on, i guess alot of people would rather see chloe running around clark like a lapdog…
There was talk about bringing Chloe into the Superman books, but that plan was scrapped. Guess DC didn’t figure it would translate to any more readers.