I enjoyed the show a lot up to this point. Smallville has had its ups and downs, some episodes that weren't as great as others, but this one takes the cake.
The episode overall is fine until the very end, when Clark voluntarily puts on the red Kryptonite ring for absolutely no damn reason. Not just that, it makes zero sense given how he is feeling at the time. He was feeling extremely guilty about what happened to his mom and blamed himself for hurting the people around him, yet somehow he decides to put on the ring that has caused him to hurt his loved ones in the past? (including punching his own dad and cheating on Lana in front of her??!!) It just doesn't make any logical, emotional, or storytelling sense. I really don't know what the writers were thinking, but this is where I draw the line.
I think I'll start using the expression "putting on the red ring" instead of "jumping the shark" from now on when it comes to TV shows taking a sudden dive in quality.
The episode overall is fine until the very end, when Clark voluntarily puts on the red Kryptonite ring for absolutely no damn reason. Not just that, it makes zero sense given how he is feeling at the time. He was feeling extremely guilty about what happened to his mom and blamed himself for hurting the people around him, yet somehow he decides to put on the ring that has caused him to hurt his loved ones in the past? (including punching his own dad and cheating on Lana in front of her??!!) It just doesn't make any logical, emotional, or storytelling sense. I really don't know what the writers were thinking, but this is where I draw the line.
I think I'll start using the expression "putting on the red ring" instead of "jumping the shark" from now on when it comes to TV shows taking a sudden dive in quality.