I loved reading your thoughts on this episode. I really enjoyed this episode and I think I would have been good with just the opening scene. I will never understand how someone could see Erica Durance not think she's gorgeous. Sidenote: I was watching with my fiance and she also brought up the fact that Clark (and Tom) don't seem to realize how attractive they are and how that makes him more attractive to her. I'm pretty sure we spent the first five minutes drooling. I also enjoyed the fact that it was clear Clark and Lois have been all over each other since Harvest aired. I always found it unbelievable that it seemed like none of the other couples on the show (except the Kent's) liked to have sex. Of course I never had to urge to see Clark and Lois with other people or any of the other couples having sex, but I still found it kind of silly.
Onto the rest of the episode I really love that when Lois and Clark fight I can usually understand both sides of the situation. They were both right and wrong to me. I've actually been on both sides of the situation when my fiance and I met each others parents. I understood why Lois wanted to keep things quiet because the same thing happened to when me I first introduced my fiance (back then girlfriend) to my mother. My mother never liked any of my girlfriends so I was terrified the same would happen with my fiance and kind of did the same thing Lois did to Clark. Ironically it turned out that she really did like my fiance, but wanted to see if I would stand up for her much like the General tested Lois. I really loved that I could see my situation in Lois and understand where she was coming from. I've seem some complaints about Lois not standing up to the general sooner and I have to say I can see why she didn't. As strong a person as Lois is, she still has insecurities like the rest of that and they are going to come out sometimes. It's part of the reason I love her as a character so much.
As I mentioned before I have also been in Clark's position so I also understood where he was coming from. When I met my fiance's family, I didn't have any trouble with my her mothers side of the family, but I did have trouble with her father. It it is frustrating to try so hard to get someone to like you for the woman you love, but have it not really work out. Thankfully it worked out better for Clark than it did for me.
The one thing I would have liked to see would have been more of what Lucy had been up to since we last saw her. What kind of job she had or something like that. I am glad that Lois and Lucy ended on better terms than they did back in season 4 though.
I agree with you on how Clois was resolved. While I would have liked to see them make up, (mostly because I wanted to see them kiss again)I don't think it was something that was crucial for us to see. Lois has always been the one person on the show (other than Clark & the Kent's of course) that admits when she is wrong. So I knew she would apologize for what happened.
I also agree about the Thanksgiving scene it was nice seeing a believable group of people eating together as opposed to the one in Season 6. It still really bugs me that they had Chloe and Lionel sitting next each other as if he had never tried to kill her. I also think having Lionel there period was a terrible idea considering how much Jonathan hated him.
Not onto the scene with the Clark asking the General for Lois' hand. I love that he's the kind of guy that still does that. I know a lot of people find that kind of thing lame, I think its great. Something that I've found kind of hilarious is the speculation that Clark wasn't asking the General for his permission to marry Lois. I've seen some say he was asking him to dinner (despite the fact that the general mentions them getting to eat dinner) or to carve the turkey (which still doesn't make sense since he prefaced the question by mentioning him and Lois). Anyway while I did think they would likely get engaged this season, I never expected them to address the it onscreen so boldly. Although considering there are still a lot of people that don't believe that it will happen, I guess it wasn't.
I really love that we are finally getting the chance to delve into Lois' past more this season.
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Date: 2010-11-07 02:45 pm (UTC)Onto the rest of the episode I really love that when Lois and Clark fight I can usually understand both sides of the situation. They were both right and wrong to me. I've actually been on both sides of the situation when my fiance and I met each others parents. I understood why Lois wanted to keep things quiet because the same thing happened to when me I first introduced my fiance (back then girlfriend) to my mother. My mother never liked any of my girlfriends so I was terrified the same would happen with my fiance and kind of did the same thing Lois did to Clark. Ironically it turned out that she really did like my fiance, but wanted to see if I would stand up for her much like the General tested Lois. I really loved that I could see my situation in Lois and understand where she was coming from. I've seem some complaints about Lois not standing up to the general sooner and I have to say I can see why she didn't. As strong a person as Lois is, she still has insecurities like the rest of that and they are going to come out sometimes. It's part of the reason I love her as a character so much.
As I mentioned before I have also been in Clark's position so I also understood where he was coming from. When I met my fiance's family, I didn't have any trouble with my her mothers side of the family, but I did have trouble with her father. It it is frustrating to try so hard to get someone to like you for the woman you love, but have it not really work out. Thankfully it worked out better for Clark than it did for me.
The one thing I would have liked to see would have been more of what Lucy had been up to since we last saw her. What kind of job she had or something like that. I am glad that Lois and Lucy ended on better terms than they did back in season 4 though.
I agree with you on how Clois was resolved. While I would have liked to see them make up, (mostly because I wanted to see them kiss again)I don't think it was something that was crucial for us to see. Lois has always been the one person on the show (other than Clark & the Kent's of course) that admits when she is wrong. So I knew she would apologize for what happened.
I also agree about the Thanksgiving scene it was nice seeing a believable group of people eating together as opposed to the one in Season 6. It still really bugs me that they had Chloe and Lionel sitting next each other as if he had never tried to kill her. I also think having Lionel there period was a terrible idea considering how much Jonathan hated him.
Not onto the scene with the Clark asking the General for Lois' hand. I love that he's the kind of guy that still does that. I know a lot of people find that kind of thing lame, I think its great. Something that I've found kind of hilarious is the speculation that Clark wasn't asking the General for his permission to marry Lois. I've seen some say he was asking him to dinner (despite the fact that the general mentions them getting to eat dinner) or to carve the turkey (which still doesn't make sense since he prefaced the question by mentioning him and Lois). Anyway while I did think they would likely get engaged this season, I never expected them to address the it onscreen so boldly. Although considering there are still a lot of people that don't believe that it will happen, I guess it wasn't.
I really love that we are finally getting the chance to delve into Lois' past more this season.