CW Official "Descent" Episode Description

[marty2006]

I've read that he was signed for next season too. If it is only as flashbacks in a few episodes, I guess it will be better than not seeing him at all anymore.

I suppose it was inevitable, doesn't lex kill his parents in the comic books and thats what finally pushes him to the 'dark side'. I was just suprised because they showed you lionel being pushed out of a window in the promo and i didnt think they would have made it that obvious who was going to die, and also the fact we thought he had signed for another year.

[Angela V]

Whoa! That was awesome! Evil Lex so evil.


I don't think we have to worry about the writing. The staff taking over has already been there under Al Miles since I think season 2. They know what they are doing

[HyperCaz]

Now that I've actually seen the episode, I'm still upset about Lionel... because I was growing to like him. But I guess he can come back in episodes...I suspect future voice or image recordings left behind in more Kryptonian message thingies. That's probably what they plan, doin' it Terence Stamp style.

[the fifth man]

I'll take what I can get of Lionel.

As for Lex, I look forward to seeing him plunge even deeper into the dark side. He's finally becoming a proper villain.

[HyperCaz]

So agree - Lex is an awesome bad guy now. Before he was just blah, but now genuinely evil.

I think a shrink would have a field day with him... he did kind of psychologically kill himself.

[Cap116]

I suppose it was inevitable, doesn't lex kill his parents in the comic books and thats what finally pushes him to the 'dark side'. I was just suprised because they showed you lionel being pushed out of a window in the promo and i didnt think they would have made it that obvious who was going to die, and also the fact we thought he had signed for another year.

In the comics, Lex killed his parents similar to how Lionel killed his. Lex has always been on evil.

[SoulReaver]

Now that I've actually seen the episode, I'm still upset about Lionel... because I was growing to like him.

yeah but the old man had it coming. maybe he genuinely wanted to improve but it was a bit late for that, he was a Luthor anyway (his old habits never really died off - lies deceit underhand tactics etc. like having Clark captured & held in a kryptonite cage only 2 episodes ago) plus he did kill his own parents (for money no less)

in fact Lionel's lucky not to have gone through the same thing his parents did (falling off a very high story, kinda way better than roasting alive)

As for Lex, I look forward to seeing him plunge even deeper into the dark side. He's finally becoming (become ??) a proper villain.

in short he's finally becoming the real Lex Luthor (from DC comics). was about time too

remember long ago that old woman who had a vision of Lex standing in a field of tulips then the sky went dark & all the tulips went black & withered away ? (the vision gave her a heart attack & killed her)
that was the real Lex she saw



well I suppose Lex symbolically killed off whatever good was in him (is that even possible ?)
now Clark doesn't know this, but if he did then I guess it would be "safe" for him to kill Lex

[marty2006]

yeah but the old man had it coming. maybe he genuinely wanted to improve but it was a bit late for that, he was a Luthor anyway (his old habits never really died off - lies deceit underhand tactics etc. like having Clark captured & held in a kryptonite cage only 2 episodes ago) plus he did kill his own parents (for money no less)

in fact Lionel's lucky not to have gone through the same thing his parents did (falling off a very high story, kinda way better than roasting alive)

in short he's finally becoming the real Lex Luthor (from DC comics). was about time too

remember long ago that old woman who had a vision of Lex standing in a field of tulips then the sky went dark & all the tulips went black & withered away ? (the vision gave her a heart attack & killed her)
that was the real Lex she saw



well I suppose Lex symbolically killed off whatever good was in him (is that even possible ?)
now Clark doesn't know this, but if he did then I guess it would be "safe" for him to kill Lex

Clark wouldnt kill him even if he did know. The good side of lex was still the real Lex Luthor, he just gave in to the dark side by 'symbolically' killing his good side, thus becoming the evil Lex Luthor we all know.

[SoulReaver]

Clark wouldnt kill him even if he did know.

yeah I know, he's above that sort of thing. what I meant was, it would no longer be morally wrong if he did it (not too wrong anyway :-) now that it is known that Lex is pure evil & has absolutely no good left in him (at least from what I understood in this ep). it's like tossing away a rotten apple core, nothing edible left :|

[HyperCaz]

I think it would be more apt for Clark to finally defeat Lex with investigative reporting.