Best. Episode. Ever.

So first before I get too far, I would like to give Jake and Wally a Spoiler Alert with regards to the Absolute Justice episode of Smallville. Now before I get to far into the review, I want to share my view of Smallville for the readers. Many of you know that I am a huge fan of Superman. It borders on obsession. Jake and Wally will tell that it is and I secretly agree. Ok I admit it is an obsession. You might be confused as to why a huge Superman fan is also a huge fan of a show based on his favorite character ever which is filled with inconsitancies of the Superman canon. I realize those and have accepted the show for what it is. A new telling of his origin, aimed at heavily pop-cultured generation. They need to use widely familiar charaters to keep interest in the show. I get it. Anyways here it goes:

*******Spoiler Alert********


Friday was a huge event for Smallville fans, with the airing of the Absolute Justice episode. It was a two hour event guest starring characters from the Justice Sosciety of America. Which JSA characters do you ask? Well, it was heavily centered around Hawkman, Dr. Fate and Star Girl but we also got glimpses of Sandman and Star Spangled Kid. Very exciting. Getting to see these iconic characters on TV.

Someone is killing JSA members with an icy tocuh. In the opening we see a meeting between Chloe and the Star Spangled Kid. He tells here he knows she's trying to get a team together and he's trying to re-unite his. Chloe only gets a bit of a confusing conversation before Star Spangled Kid throws her into a dumpster to protect her from an icy blast. After the icy battle concludes Chloe opens the dumpster to find a dead Star Spangled Kid with icy holes in his chest.

After some investigation, and some brief encounters with each other we see meetings between the alter egos of our heroes , Hawkman, Dr. Fate, Star Girl, meeting with Clark, Ollie, Chloe and John Jones, or if you prefer J'onn J'onzz.

The JSA and the early formings of the Justice Leage initially clash as Chloe's digital digging finds reports on all of the JSA mbrs being criminally charged. We get to see glimpses of Alan Scott, Jay Garrick and a few other iconic JSA characters. We even get to see parts of Hawkgirl, Green Lantern and Flash 's uniforms.

Once Carter Hall reveals they were all set up after they wouldn't unmask and work for the government, the teams realize that they need to work together to stop Icicle, who is the one who killed Star Spangled Kid and Sandman. But it is not the original Icicle. His son, who is working for Pamela Grier and Checkmate, has a personal agenda by getting revenge for the JSA putting his father into a vegitative state after a brutal battle that left Hawkgirl dead. Pamela Grier was an excellant choice to fill the role of this character. Also very exciting.


Here was the most exciting part of the episode for me. Dr. Fate touches Clark and we get to see his vision. The screen is flowing with red and then we see a glimpse of the "S" shield and realize it is Superman's Cape. I was in need of a towel after this scene.

One of my other favorite parts is getting to see a very brief shot of J'onn's martian form. Big fan of that.

The teams eventually work together to win the day and they all learns some valuable lessons.

Once you watch the episode you will realize I left out a lot of details. I only wanted to give you a taste to encourage you to watch this episode.

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There you have it. I realize this has been a long one but I still hope you enjoyed.

One more thing before I finish this edition. Since the begining of my quit smoking effort i have only smoked 11 cigarettes. Pretty good for a pack a day smoker. I am also happy to tell you that Saturday was my first completely smoke free day :)

Time to sign off.

L8R