Rewind!
Updated 2006-01-31 16:00:00
Big events happen this week. Clark confesses his secret to Lana by taking her to the Fortress of Solitude (quick, hide the ice dildos!). He then does the lump-of-coal-into-diamonds trick and solders the diamond to a gold band. With his eyes. He asks Lana to marry him, but gives her time to think about it. Lana thinks about it and decides yes, she will marry this big, dumb alien. At Bo Duke's election night headquarters, The Talon, Bo finds out he's won the senatorial election. Lana slips out to visit a depressed and drunk Lex, who sees Lana's engagement ring and flies off the handle, trying to get her to reveal Clark's secret. Lana flees, gets on an icy bridge and, while pursued by Lex, is run into by a school bus. Clark gets there late, but not too late to emote for once. Noooo! Lana! So Lana's dead.
But wait, there's more! Clark goes to the Fortress and learns from Jarnelle that unlike Cher, he actually can turn back time. Clark finds a way to go back in time to his asking Lana to marry him. Instead, he tells lies and alienates her even more. Clark tries to get Chloe to help protect Lana from her potential death, but Chloe totally drops the ball. The election night goes as planned except that Lois gets electrocuted, which is a red herring because she's totally fine. Lana goes to Lex's again, but this time he tries to put the moves on her and she flees in embarrassment. Clark stops the bus in time to save Lana. Bo gets a call from Papa Luthor, who is acting shady as soon as Bo is elected. Bo, meeting Papa Luthor in the barn, is confronted with a photo we don't see that Papa threatens him with; likely, it's evidence of Clark's powers. Bo talks smack and roughs up Papa Luthor. But it's Bo who is the more roughed-upon. He staggers out of the barn and falls just as Clark and MamaKent get home. He dies of a heart attack. Clark and MamaKent are devastated and we get a slow-motion snowy funeral that tops the similar one they had for Whitney so long ago. So, deleting all the exciting changes in the first half, we're sort of back to square one, minus Bo. Which doesn't seem like that fair a trade, to be perfectly honest.