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Danger: Diabolik (1968)

I can't think of a better way to kick off the new year than a review of one of the greatest cult films I have ever seen.  Danger: Diabolik a film that combines the brilliant feats of low budget director/cinematographer Mario Bava, the beauty and stage presence of Marisa Mell and the bizarre yet engrossing Italian comic book character protrayed by John Phillip Law of the anti-hero Diabolik!

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Cliff Note Reviews #11

Cliff Note Reviews is an ongoing series where I briefly state my thoughts on recent films I've watched but don't have the desire to create a full review surrounding.  Short and to the point opinions on films that might make decent weekend watchers when you have nothing else to do, films to completely stay away from, and occasionally a few highly recommended films that I simply don't feel need to be given a full review due to already overexposure.

A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
Ironically, as a big Eastwood western fan I don't know if I've ever seen A Fistful of Dollars in it's entirety before, the ending of course is iconic western cinema that has been duplicated in the likes of Back To Future Part III.  I had completely forgot this was a remake of Yojimbo by director Akira Kurosawa, a film I struggled to stay awake through almost a year ago.  Interestingly enough (according to IMDb.com) Kurosawa made more money off his 15% worldwide gross cut and certain exclusive distribution rights of A Fistful of Dollars in a handful of countries (which he obtained through a copyright lawsuit against the filmmakers) than he ever did off Yojimbo.  I can't say that's a surprise, considering I've sat through Yojimbo, which is definitely an acquired taste.  For me A Fistful of Dollars is highly superior in all regards, especially entertainment.  It's Eastwood's first big foray into a major starring role and undoubtedly jump started his film career that would go on to spawn two more Italian westerns with director Sergio Leone and an excellent catalog of American westerns.  And to think Clint Eastwood was behind a long list of A-list actors at the time (Henry Fonda, James Coburn, Charles Bronson) who were offered this role before he was eventually recommended by his Rawhide co-star who was offered it (and turned it down) before him! 9/10





For A Few Dollars More (1965)
Sergio Leone's follow up in The Man With No Name series sees Clint Eastwood return this time as a bounty hunter referred to as Manco (meaning one handed as Eastwood's character does almost everything, even fistfight, one handed, while the other hand is hidden behind his poncho and only used to quick draw).  Manco teams up with Col. Douglas Mortimer (Lee Van Cleef), another bounty hunter, as they go after recently escaped prisoner El Indio whose got a $10,000 bounty on his head.  Manco is in it purely for the money, Mortimer has a personal interest.  This time around Eastwood's role suffers slightly having not as much screen time due to co-star Van Cleef (who while a great presence in the film still doesn't match the grit of Eastwood), but For A Few Dollars More offers the same caliber of entertainment gained in A Fistful of Dollars which I slightly prefer.  8/10




Timecop (1994)
Jean-Claude Van Damme stars as Walker, a police officer whose recruited into a top secret government program that regulates time travel and prevents those from the present attempting to use it for personal gain.  When Walker gets wind that a politician overseeing the program, and who is seeking presidential election, is using time travel to attempt to procure his control of the United States, he has to find a way to stop him.  Personally I'm more of a Steven Seagal guy, and from what I've heard Seagal thinks Van Damme is pretty much a pansy, but I digress, Timecop is pretty enjoyable for what it is, pure action camp.  The writers don't try too hard to keep all the time travel non-sense very cohesive, but if you can overlook the series of plot-holes and are a fan of unadulterated action, then it's definitely worth checking out. 7/10


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The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)

Originally Reviewed
Monday December 12, 2005
 
This is the Bill Murray of old, the classic, the hilarious Bill Murray not the straight dark comedy Bill Murray, the one I find excruciatingly hard to sit through any of his films.  I don't find him funny anymore but I guess he's having more success with his new style and genre of film. The Man Who Knew Too Little ranks somewhere in the Top 10 funniest movies of all-time, it has to, because it's just that good. It's Wallace Ritchie's (Murray) birthday and he is coming to London to visit his brother. Bad timing because Wally arrives on the night of his brother's big business meeting and his brother knows how much Wally hates boring meetings, so he sets him up to participate in the Theater of Life. Something he expects he brother will enjoy since he's in the movie business... well actually he works for Blockbuster in Demoine, Iowa!

The Theater of Life is a live action role playing drama where the customer is the main participate in a story made to appear real. Ironically Wally gets mixed up in something much bigger, an assassination plot to foil a treaty between two countries. Although the whole time Wally believes this is all an act, all part of the experience of the show. Wallace Ritchie soon becomes the main target of the resistance and is thought to be an American spy hired to foil the plot, but the whole time he's enjoying himself tremendously and has no clue whatsoever that his life is in great danger.

The Man Who Knew Too Little is one of the funniest movies I have seen, and it's no less amusing after the tenth time. Definitely the funniest Bill Murray film as he has no clue what's really going on yet he's outsmarting the bad guys who think he's some type of super agent. I highly recommend this film; you are guaranteed to laugh, if not see a doctor because something is wrong with you. One of the best written comedies ever, it flows extremely well and there is never a dull moment.

9/10

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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

Originally Reviewed
Friday May 19, 2006

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. This follow up film to the highly successful Raider's of the Lost Ark. Temple of Doom is well known for the drama it received due to its darker storyline and themes, so much so that after the release of the film it lead to the inception of the PG-13 rating. Over the years Temple of Doom appears to be people's least favorite of the Indiana Jones saga, but in my opinion there's no bad Indiana Jones film, sure Temple of Doom is a total 360 from Raiders of the Lost Ark, but that's what makes it great! 

The basic premise of Temple of Doom, for those of you who have lived underground your whole life and not seen an Indiana Jones film, is a little different than other two adventures. First off, technically Temple of Doom could actually be considered a prequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark as it is actually set before the events of the first film. The film sees our hero Indiana Jones, accompanied by Short Round, and Willie Scott (Kate Capshaw, Spielberg's wife) as they end up in a remote village in India after their plane is sabotaged and begins to descend towards the earth. The inhabitants of this village believe that they were sent to by their god to recover a sacred stone which was stolen from their village.

It is the belief of the villagers that a dangerous cult by the name of the Thuggee, have reemerged at Pankot Palace, they have kidnapped their children, stolen their sacred stone and are engaged in a series of evil rituals that could threaten all civilization. In fact it is true, the villager's sacred stone is one of five magical Shankara stones which is said to have immense power and bring forth fortune and glory. 

Indiana Jones sets off with his young sidekick and loud mouth lounge singer, to recover the lost Shankara stones and to bring back life into the small village. But he underestimates the power of the evil that lurks in the bowels of Pankot Palace, and he and his group is captured by the Thuggee and are at the risk of being sacrificed to the voodoo god. Can Indiana escape the mystical powers of Thuggee or will he be subjected to an everlasting nightmare!?!

What makes this film so great is that it's not comparable to the other two films. Lucas and Spielberg took a big risk on going in a different direction and it worked out for the better. Temple of Doom has my favorite intro out of all the films, I think the whole dance number in the Chinese club was brilliant, and really helps to incorporate all the main characters in the film as well as provide a very exciting and amusing side story. The only thing I didn't like was Indiana Jones drinking the poison, how stupid would you have to be to drink something that is given to you by a group of guys who attempted to rob and kill you the night before and are now trying to cheat you!?!  I guess that's why the villain states that the poison was faster than Jones... actually I think Jones was just stupid! 

Temple of Doom also offers up some of the best action packed sequences out of all three films, from the club scene, the entire mine sequence with the rock crusher and the mine cars, to the classic rope bridge sequence. And don't forget the classic dinner sequence with the baby snakes, the eye ball soup and chilled monkey brains! Overall, my only grips about the film are about Kate Capshaw, I thought at times her character was a little too annoying which at times drew away from the film, and made her character more of a nuisance than a love interest. In the end Temple of Doom is a worthy follow up Raiders of the Lost Ark, and my second favorite in the Indiana Jones trilogy!

9/10

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Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

 Originally Reviewed
Friday October 14, 2005

I'm not going to bother giving a summary of the plot, if you haven't seen Raiders of the Lost Ark yet... well you either aren't human or you have never left your house and probably don't own a TV. I think it's fair to say that the Indiana Jones Trilogy is quite simply one of the greatest adventure series of all-time and that Indiana Jones is easily one of the greatest film characters of all-time. If you want to take either of those statements to tasks then by all means do so, leave a comment.

Raiders of the Lost Ark is actually my least favorite of the three films, probably because I've have seen it dozens upon dozens of times and out of the three it's played the most on television. Don't get me wrong I still think it's a great film but not my favorite of the trilogy. Harrison Ford was made for this role and it is really hard to believe that Spielberg and Lucas originally offered Tom Seleck the lead, but he was advised to turn it down since he was just about to start his Magnum PI series... I bet he regrets that. Oh well, good luck for Harrison who was second in line and gladly excepted the role after being sky rocketed to fame in the Star Wars films.

One thing I ever understood is how Indiana Jones could teach a class while fighting Nazis and hunting for treasure. In the beginning of the film we see him teaching one of his archeology classes and then the next thing you know he's off to Egypt to save the world, well I guess they just had a substitute teacher. Anyhow, almost everything about this film is extremely well done and is what adventure films of present should model themselves after even though they'll never be able to achieve this type of success again.  I think The Mummy was about as close to quality Raiders of the Lost Ark you could get, but unlike this trilogy, The Mummy series only went downhill while Indy kept getting better (ignoring the 4th film of course).

9/10

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The Vampire Diaries - Season 2 (2010)

 
It's a rare occasion to find that one show which truly gets it all right and consistently hits it out of the ballpark on a weekly basis.  A show that you can sit down and re-devour an entire season in a couple of days and love it even more the second time around.  A show you grow a little homesick for when you have no more episodes to watch, for me that's been The Vampire Diaries, a show that's helped to bring vampires and werewolves back from the brink of Twi-hard destruction and place them in a more real world local.

If you thought Season 1 was a roller coaster ride, you've experience nothing yet!  Just when you began to question how far the writers could go, and what they could do to keep the show exciting and fresh they throw you a curve-ball. In fact the entire Season 2 is a series of unexpected twists and turns!

In Season 2 the werewolves are introduced. As teased at the end of Season 1 founding family decedent Tyler Lockwood quickly learns his family bloodline bears a horrible curse, a curse that is initiated if someone dies by his hand, causing him to transform into a wolf upon every full moon.  The arrival of his Uncle Mason not only stirs up questions in his mind but begins to stir up trouble in Mystic Falls.  Mason has returned to obtain a family relic, a moonstone, which is supposedly one of the ingredients to removing the curse of the sun and the moon.  If a vampire breaks the curse all vampires will be able to walk in the sun, if a werewolf breaks the curse all werewolves will have the ability to transform at will, or never at all. 

Chaos quickly ensues between the two species but the worst is yet to come.  Upon recently discovering werewolves actually existed our main characters learn some even more startling news, the existence of the originals.  The originals were the first ever vampires, and the head honcho Klaus, has his sights set on breaking the curse as well, but more than a moonstone is needed.  To break the curse one must have the moonstone, a witch to carry out the spell, a vampire, a werewolf and a doppelganger for sacrifice; that doppelganger is Elaina!

The plan is to then kill Klaus, unfortunately it's not very easy to kill an original, turns out the only way to do so is an overwhelming amount of supernatural power which would end up killing the witch who welded it, and even then it has to be done when Klaus at his weakest, which would be at the completion of the sacrifice.  So with Elaina's fate seemingly sealed she makes a deal with Klaus's former second in command, Elijah (the second known original) whose goal is also to kill Klaus.  Elijah agrees to protect her friends and family with the condition she doesn't attempt to do anything stupid that would prevent the sacrifice from occurring.  But Stefan and Damon refuse to let Elaina die without a fight.

The remainder of the season includes a more complete back-story on Stefan, Damon, Katerine, Elijah and Klaus; a large chunk devoted to werewolves and the revelation that a werewolf bite can kill a vampire (something that comes up a couple times); A LOT of people dying (even fairly main characters), a couple more vampire transitions, and some identities are revealed to a couple people in town that causes a lot of trouble.  

As with Season 1, Season 2 is the type of improvement one could only hope for from a premiere season that was already pretty outstanding.  What I enjoyed most about Season 2 is everything is ramped up; the action, the drama, the emotion, has all been stepped up a notch.  It's rare to find a series and a cast that gels so well together, and portrays a group of characters you actually care about.  The emotional sequences this season are truly some of the best I've seen in this type of genre, that's all due to the outstanding work of the writers and the performances of the cast.  Damon Salvatore (Ian Somerhalder) is still my favorite character, as the reckless and extremely hostile brother of Stefan.  His character has the widest range of emotions this season as he continues to deal with his jealously towards his brother, his personal demons, and losing someone he cares about.  I'm glad the writers were able to find a suitable balance for the character, giving him various opportunities to show he wasn't all bad, but at the same time not completely change his character.  I've also begun to get used to Bonnie, whom in Season 1 I was hoping they'd eventually kill off.

Overall, Season 2 is amazing, rarely a dull moment and more shocks and surprises than you'll find in most series.  I ended my review of Season 1 expressing my concerns questioning how the writers could keep the show fresh and not run out of ideas going at such a fast pace, well Season 2 proved they could do it, and now I'm wondering how they can pull it off again, is there even room for improvement?

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 Aired 2/17/11
Damon's provided with the only known weapon that will kill and original and plans to use it on Elijah during a dinner party he's holding, but the weapon has a catch that the giver failed to warn him of.  Meanwhile Stefan is attempting to persuade Elaina not to give up and recounts to her the story of when he first became a vampire.

 Aired 10/21/10
After he outed them to the sheriff, which almost lead to their death, and they learned he was working with Katherine, Stefan finally agrees with Damon that Mason Lockwood has to be dealt with once and for all.  Caroline learns from Tyler that Mason is now in possession of the moonstone and Bonnie, Stefan and Damon set out to capture Mason and discover where he's hidden it.  Once on the trail Damon is left alone to finish Mason off, a decision that may backfire when Katherine finds out.

Aired 10/28/10
Katherine's angry about Stefan and Damon sabotaging her plans and reclaiming the moonstone, and they quickly learn they don't want to make Katerine angry when she threatens to go a killing spree.  With the Lockwood's annual masquerade party scheduled they decide it might be the perfect opportunity to lure Katherine to them under the guise of giving her the moonstone, and then finally killing her.  Problem is Katherine's thought of everything, and she's surely thought the Salvatore brothers might try and pull one over on her.  She's also got Matt compelled to initiate Tyler's family curse.

Aired 2/24/11
After escaping from the tomb Katherine becomes the Salvatore's unwelcome house guest, promising to assist them in protecting Elaina.  Elijah's two witches finally get what they deserve after messing with the Salvatore's and Elaina for the last time.  Alaric suggests to Elaina that it might be a good time to fill her Aunt Jenna in on what's going on, as her suspicions have been growing.  And Matt finally discovers why Caroline has been acting so strangely.

Aired 5/5/11
The episode prior to the finale, that in my opinion would have ended the season on a little more of a cliff hanger.  Damon attempts to prevent a potentially disastrous mistake he created when he decided to take matters into he own hands and attempt to insure Elaina would survive the sacrifice.  Hoping to delay it he rescues Klaus's vampire and werewolf, but things go horribly wrong when the werewolf begins to transform and bites Damon on the arm sealing his inevitable death.  To make matters worse this attempt at bravery accomplishes nothing, as Klaus whose been attempting to break the curse for 500 years, reveals he had a backup werewolf and vampire, and the vampire is someone no one expected.  With the sacrifice still a go, their last chance to kill Klaus is right after he breaks the curse, and everyone is putting their trust in Elijah to follow through, no matter what.

9/10

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About a Boy (2002)

  Originally Reviewed
Friday June 2, 2006
"In my opinion, all men are islands. The important thing in island living is to be your own activities director. And I find the key is to think of the day as units of time, each unit consisting of no more than 30 minutes. Full hours can be a bit intimidating and most activities take about a half an hour."
Watching About A Boy: 3 units. Taking a bath: 1 unit. Thinking about what to write: 1 unit. Writing, reading, reviewing and completing this review: 2 units.
"It's amazing how the day fills up, and I often wonder to be absolutely honest, if I'd ever really have time for a job. How do people cram them in?"
Will Lightman (Hugh Grant) is an island, Ibiza to be exact. See Will really doesn't do anything, and before that...well he really didn't do anything then either. In fact, Will hasn't worked a day in his life, yet he manages to live quite comfortably and well off. That is all because of this one Christmas song that his father had written, Santa's Super Sleigh, which he essentially lives off the royalties, which surprisingly seems to be pretty large. But the only problem with island living is that every once in a while you have to come inland, and mix with the locals. Will hasn't had much success in that, especially in terms of women, what's the point, they'll just end up leaving when they find out his life is pretty "blank". So usually Will ends up breaking off the relationship and in turn causes him to be the bad guy, that is until he found out about single moms.

Will figures single moms are great, they look at you as a great guy because they were once hurt by some jerk before you, you treat them good, and you can have guiltless fun and then a clean breakup because they aren't ready for a long term relationship! So Will decides to make up a kid and go to a SPAT (Single Parents Alone Together) meeting to meet tons of beautiful single moms...well at least single moms. Will meets one single mom though who is rather attractive and goes out on a date with her, she brings along her little girl and an older kid, her friend's son Marcus. 

Marcus could be the birth child of a member of the Beatles and a Vulcan, mixed with the fashion sense of a homeless person. It turns out Marcus's mom is quite a nut job, she sits around at home all day and cries, and attempts to commit suicide, so needless to say Marcus has quite a screwed up life, not to mention he has no friends and continuously gets picked on by the kids at school. Marcus begins to gravitate towards Will, possibly because of the fact that Will doesn't seem "too awful" and since he does nothing maybe he would enjoy doing nothing with someone else.  Plus Marcus doesn't want to come home from school to the pitiful depression cycles of his mother. So Marcus pushes himself upon Will, especially after he figures out that Will doesn't really have a kid.

Will is put off at first by this kid's persistence and nerve but eventually begins to enjoy the company, and tries to give Marcus helpful tips in fashion, music and girls, but shies away from getting involved with his life and his mess of a mother. Surprisingly things begin to go well, Marcus actually meets a girl that likes him, even though she looks like something out of Mad Max, and Will meets someone very beautiful and interesting, Rachel (Rachel Weisz). The only problem is Will doesn't see much of a chance since soon the question of what it is he does, which is nothing, will come up and that will immediately end the conversation, and it does until Will interjects a statement that leads Rachel to believe he has a son. Wanting to get to know her better Will doesn't correct her and goes along with alluding to the fact that indeed he does have a son and his name is Marcus.

Throughout the rest of the film Will must come to grips with his life, tell Rachel the truth, try and set Marcus's mother straight, and prevent Marcus from committing social suicide in singing a love song for his mom at the school rock concert. In the end, Will has to make the attempt to get off of his island and let some other people into his life, to truly find out what he has been missing.

About A Boy is a really entertaining film, and Hugh Grant, as always, doesn't fail to provide an entertaining and comedic performance. They picked a great kid for the role of Marcus; his Spock like look really sets him apart from the rest of the kids and does a great job in spotlighting him as the loner/strange kid. The chemistry between the two of them was great as well and brought forth many a laughs. Toni Collette who plays Marcus's mother also fit the part perfectly and looks very homely and nutty.

Overall, About A Boy is a great story that is well written and well developed, the characters are great, the music is great and the film moves along rather quickly. Having seen this at least five times, my favorite scene is still the rock concert when Marcus performs his song, and Will comes and saves him from making a complete fool out of himself by accompanying him on guitar. In the end, About A Boy is almost perfect, my only complaint is the overuse of useless profanity which seemed to be a little too much for a PG-13 film, on the flip-side in did get a kick out of some of their English equivalents which were constantly used throughout the film like "bugger off" and "wally". So in closing, if you didn't like my review just "bugger off" you "wally"!  

9/10 

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Smallville: Season 3 (2003)

 Originally Reviewed
Tuesday March 20, 2007

Season 3 takes a complete 180 degree turn from Season 2 as we begin to see Smallville get a little darker and grittier and everyone's life begins to take a complete down-slide. Clark must come face to face with the consequences of running off to Metropolis. Lex makes it off the island he crashed on only to be institutionalized by his father who makes him appear to be insane. Chloe is stuck under the thumb of Lionel Luthor, but has the necessary information to put him away although at the same time also potentially putting her life in danger. Pete begins to experience the negativity of knowing Clark's secret as his life is put in danger on countless occasions. Jonathan Kent begins to experience serious heart problems due to his bond with Jor-El which he made in an attempt to bring Clark back from Metropolis. And Lionel Luthor discovers he's on deaths door which makes him more dangerous and desperate than ever before! In my opinon Season 3 has the best story-lines in the series, even the side episodes which don't try to fit into the main plot of the season, turn out to be quite entertaining.
 
Character Development:
Clark Kent: Clark begins to experience the consequences of his irrational actions during his three month fling in Metropolis when he was hopped up on Red-K. His relationship with Lana, which had finally happened prior to him leaving, was now pretty non-existent, and he now has renowned crime boss Morgan Edge on his back. Throughout the rest of the season Clark begins to get that much closer to discovering the truth behind his past, though the closer he gets the more it seems to have a negative effect on the lives of those around him.

Lex Luthor: After his plane crashed on a deserted island Lex probably didn't believe his life could get much worse, but it was about to. In his return he discovers his father had setup his meeting with the woman he ended up marrying, the woman that tried to kill him in a plane crash. This leads Lex to progress the family feud to an even greater level. He discovers that his grandparents had been killed in fire before he was born and that his father and Morgan Edge were the ones responsible. In an attempt to get his father put in prison Lex makes a deal with Edge to confess to the murders, but Lionel soon gets wind of Lex's plan and begins to make Lex appear insane. After Lionel has Lex committed and his memory of the past couple of months erased Lex spends the rest of the season attempting to get back the months of his life his father stole from him.

Lana Lang: Growing tired of the small-town life and the ups and downs of her failed relationships Lana has begun to not be so open to heartbreak. The breakup with Clark hurt worse than anything else due to the fact he refused to be honest with her and kept pushing her away even though at times it was clear Clark really did care for her. Near the end of the season she finally begins to come to grips with her emotions and makes an attempt to break free of Smallville.

Chloe Sullivan & Pete Ross: Chloe's decision at the end of Season 2 in agreeing to help Lionel dig into the past of Clark Kent turns out to be a major mistake on her part. While it got her an internship at the Daily Planet, it also locked her into the demands of Lionel Luthor. In an attempt to get out of her position Chloe is able to obtain Lionel’s confession to the murder of his parents, but blackmailing a Luthor isn't a wise move. With Chloe's life now on the line she turns to the only person who can protect her...Lex. As for Pete Ross, he's quickly learning that being the cover-man for Clark Kent's secret isn't all he expected it to be. Eventually Pete's life is put on the line because of his knowledge of Clark; it's all too much from him to bear.

Lionel Luthor: This season Clark and the mysterious caves become Lionel’s obsession. While Lex is off attempting to dethrone Lionel by recovering his lost memories, Lionel is attempting to open the secrets that lay within the mysterious underground caves. Much like Lex, Lionel believes Clark Kent knows much more than he leads on about, and the secrets that live inside the cave walls could mean life or death for Lionel.

Top 5 Episodes
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Aired 1/14/04
Lionel has Lex admitted to Belle Reve and schedules him for a highly deadly shock therapy in hopes of erasing Lex's memories of the past few months but the result could potentially fry his brain. Clark plans on breaking Lex out before the procedure begins but runs into trouble when he reunites with a few fellow meteor infected classmates he helped put in Belle Reve.

Aired 4/28/04
Lex is being haunted by the memories of his youth, specifically ones involving his younger brother Julian, who died as a baby. These flashbacks of his youth all seem to be linked to an experimental treatment he is undergoing at the Summerholt Institute which is supposed to help recover the last few months of his life that his father had erased. But instead of recovering those past months Lex remembers the truth behind the death of brother, a secret kept buried inside of him for so long that he had forced himself to forget. Clark attempts to prevent Lex from going through with the treatment but falls into a trap set by Lionel.
 
 Aired 11/19/03
Morgan Edge returns from the grave but has had a total facial reconstruction done and now looks and sounds like a completely different person. Lex finds him and coerces him into confessing to having assisted his father in the murdering his grandparents years ago. After that Lex's life is suddenly turned upside down and he believes someone, possibly his father, is out to kill him. The video tape confession of Morgan Edge is stolen   and there is no evidence of an attack on him at the Luthor mansion. It all seems like an elaborate plan to make Lex look mentally unstable, but Clark believes Lex is telling the truth only helping him get to the bottom of it ends up putting Lana's life in danger and revealing his secret.

Aired 10/01/03
After Season 2's shocking conclusion Clark's guilt leads him to Metropolis on a long term Red-K high, and there's no stopping Kal-El. Clark's Red-K alter ego leads him to a life of crime and gets him mixed up with Morgan Edge, Metropolis's leading crime boss, who hires Clark to steal something from Lionel Luthor, something that turns out to be a vial of Clark's own blood! Lana goes to Metropolis in an attempt to bring Clark back and is furious at Chloe whose known where he was at the entire time. Jonathon Kent makes a deal with Jor-El in an attempt to bring Clark back and Lex tries to stay alive and escape the island he's been stranded on for 3 months.

Aired 5/19/04
A girl claiming to be from Krypton arrives at Clark's doorstep claiming she was sent to bring him to Jor-El to prepare him for the next stage of his journey. Lionel informs Lex he's dying from a rare liver disease, Clark terminates his friendship with Lex when he discovers Lex has continued to investigate him after he claimed he had stopped. Lana moves to Paris, Clark agrees to follow Jor-El to save the life of Jonathon Kent, and a handful of main characters meet their possible doom at the hand of Lionel Luthor whose still able to pull strings even behind bars. 

 9/10

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