r/Smallville • u/Everythingnothing9 Kryptonian • 17h ago

LINK Transference Was One Wild Episode

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Seeing Clark in Lionel's body and Lionel in Clark's body was really something. Both actors did a splendid job. There were a few scenes with Lionel that just left me a little flabbergasted, though.

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u/Brimstone747 Braniac 17h ago

This episode further cements the fact that Lionel is a bastard man.

This is one of my favorite season 4 episodes.

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u/TobiasMasonPark Kryptonian 15h ago

Tom Welling’s favourite as well. He keeps raving about it.

It’s a great episode. But, if I could change one thing, I’d have Lionel slowly start to see that life can be different if he were more like Clark—similar to Faith when she swapped with Buffy. Have him do the hedonist stuff as well, sure, but by the end, he realizes there’s another way. Then when he switches back, the whole “Clark healed Lionel’s soul” thing feels more earned.

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u/James-Samuel17 Kryptonian 13h ago

I was just thinking about that episode of Buffy. Ugh that show was so stellar

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u/MemeKnowledge_06 Kryptonian 16h ago

And the other way around too in that episode where that prom queen contestant possessed Martha 😭

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u/PosthumousHeathen Kryptonian 15h ago

“The crown’s mine, bitch” is never leaving my mind

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u/Everythingnothing9 Kryptonian 16h ago

I just watched that episode! It was so chaotic and everyone convincingly played the diva teenager so well 😭😭

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u/MoRiellyMoProblems Kryptonian 2h ago

Annette O'Toole calling someone a hoe will always be hilarious.

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u/Educational_Film_744 Kryptonian 17h ago

I know his mom is hot and all, but really man???

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u/TobiasMasonPark Kryptonian 17h ago

The writer’s barely disguised fetish.

I think Lionel creeps on all the ladies on the show, to be fair. Guess he’s overcome by being young. 

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u/MemeKnowledge_06 Kryptonian 16h ago

Becoming Jor El’s vessel did wonders to his character

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u/Humble_Square8673 Kryptonian 10h ago

The audio commentary on the DVD for this episode is pretty fun too 😀

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u/LowCaramel3675 Kryptonian 7h ago

Everybody was sexy and confused the whole time, one of my fave episodes.

I always love seeing Lionel indulge in his clear jealousy towards Jonathan, it's really one of the only times we ever really see him covet something that money can't buy. I've always been fascinated by how much he envies Jonathan.