In an awkwardly bifurcated edition of Smallville, Clark and Lois spent the hour with a nutty backwoods cult, while Tess had her hands full with a rapidly-aging Alexander.

Clark took Lois off on a jaunt to cover a “cherry festival” — an excuse to keep her from attending the “anti-hero rally” being held in Metropolis. They encountered a group of so-called “Believers,” who, with blue Kryptonite in their water supply and a penchant for human sacrifice, temporarily overcame Clark and Lois. The villagers were old horror-movie cliches, complete with pitchforks and flaming torches.

The tedium was lifted briefly during Lois’ final speech to the Believers, in which she started riffing spontaneously about what Clark’s super-powers would do to them if they all didn’t kneel before his mightiness. Soon enough, however, Lois was cheerfully referring to this escapade as “our Stephen King romp.” Once again, Erica Durance made the most of her dialogue with a bright twinkle.

The other half of the hour was more pertinent to this last season of Smallville, a story line about READ FULL STORY »