Interest theory. I like it. Smallville made Lana's lineage very connected to Clark's. If anyone should be the Superwoman to his Superman, than its her.
Extremely late response 😅, but I agree with this one, she’d be very appropriate as his SuperWoman. But the Smallville writers didn’t care about doing something different and interesting.
I think this is one of the best character scenes in the whole episode. With so many hints that Lana might be part Kryptonian herself, with nascent powers of her own, they really could have gone places with an extended Isobel/SuperLana and Lionel/Jorel plotline. I'm surrised they cut this scene. Thanks for posting it.
Lana hating on Clark was bullshit. But her calling out Lionel on how he raised Lex was definitely deserved. And Lionel pulling out the kryptonite and ready to go for the kill on her considering what she did to him was also a nice touch. God I would have loved to seen this scene play out during the episode.
@@Renagade2332 oh you lean that she is soooo intelligent and straightforward to tell things as they are with no sugar coating it, yet so intelligent to face lex and lionel in the same manner they tried to project on others
I don't think it is, it just underlines that Lana and Clark don't share the same values, which was the whole point of the episode. This is an early version of the Clark/Ollie conflict, though in Ollie's case it ended with him following Clark's leadership rather than breaking up.
Also there is the scene in at the end of 'Power' where Lana tries to stop Tess from revenging on Lex. 'I don't want you to make the same mistake I did. I know how much you want to get revenge on Lex, and who can blame you? I have felt that exact same rage'. 'All that anger will lead you down a long tunnel that you will never find your way out of'. 'You may have gotten rid of the microchip ... but every second that you're consumed by hate is another second Lex is still in control of you. Don't be a victim anymore'. That means, Lionel's manipulation with Lana's feelings to Clark in 'Action' worked. And they made her feel guilty and refuse to revenge on Lex. Although, I don't see anything wrong what she did. Because all what she wanted was to _scare_ Lex, _not kill_ to prevent his following crimes. While Clark and Lionel didn't do anything to stop the villain.
This deleted scene directly correspondes with her later scene with Lex in the lab. It shows that she truly had feelings for Lex like Clark truly felt friendship for Lex but it also makes clear that this is in the past. Its a good scene and while not essential necessary to understand whats going on in the episode it delves into the characters and their motivs and emotional states.
Eh, a lot of people saying "This should've been left in," but I can see 2 reasons why it shouldn't have been. 1. He's still holding the chunk of kryptonite only like a foot away from her when it apparently loses its effect, and she speeds off. Seems a little inconsistent with established rules there. But more importantly 2. The way it plays out in the episode proper, Lana doesn't encounter that special kind of pain until the climax of the story. And it's well delivered. She seems genuinely surprised by the sensation as the cylinder with kryptonite in it slowly roles toward her. Like she thought she was unstoppable right up until that moment. It's the other shoe dropping. That scene doesn't work half as well if this scene still exists.
And Lana's words that it would be better if Lionel kill Lex instead of making him a monster should not be accepted literally. Because they were said to _humiliate_ him (Lionel). I compare this scene with another one in 'Phantom' when Lana was gonna leave Lex. She told him about his crimes towards _her_ (fake pregnancy, 'miscarriage'), not other people because she wanted to _humiliate_ him. In other words, you're such a monster and merciless even to your beloved ones, not only strangers.
MY OWN THOUGHTS ON THIS PART OF A SCENE THAT WAS REMOVED OUT OF THIS EPISODE: Now I really like this scene part. I wonder why this part was cut out of this episode called (Wrath)?
Lana was not a killer. For example, in ‘Persona’, at first she was hesitating before taking Bizarro’s hand because she couldn't kill even such a villain. Then she plucked up her resolve and put the kryptonite in his hand. I compare this scene with another one in 'Kara'. Lana treathened Lex to shoot him but at the last moment she didn't do it. Although no one would blame her because she was 'dead' for the whole world, plus she had 10 million dollars after her divorce, she could get away with her crime. Even Lex _knew_ she was not a murderer. So it’s obvious all the other times (‘Nemesis’ and ‘Wrath’) Lana’s purpose was not kill but _scare_ him. She wouldn’t let him die no matter. She even stopped Clark in ‘Requiem’, when he in the heat of passion was gonna kill Lex. Why she finally killed Bizarro but she couldn’t do the same with Lex? Probably, because deep down she was hoping Clark’s old friend would return. Lana indeed kidnapped Lionel and faked her death to get his son arrested because they could harm Clark after her leaving Lex. Again, she didn’t kill Lionel (although she was able to do that, and no one would blame her because she already was ‘dead’), punished only. So here she said the truth. She wanted to _protect_ Clark. Regarding Lana’s excusing her actions by the powers in this episode, she said because probably didn’t want Clark to know her true intention when he was gonna stop her from ‘killing’ Lex. There she accused him for not being able to put blood on his hands. But as I mentioned above, Lana wasn’t a killer and wouldn’t let Clark to be. Her true intention there could be giving him a trial. She wanted he proved _himself_ he wasn’t able to kill no matter what. That’s why she lied that it was the powers which made her to try to ‘kill’ Lex. Regarding Lana’s secret about ‘Isis foundation’. She hid it from Clark because she knew he wouldn’t let her spy on Lex. But she couldn’t let the villain to harm Clark. She was afraid he would make something bad to her beloved one after her leaving him in ‘Phantom’. So Lana kept her secret about the foundation to protect Clark only, not for her personal purposes. The fact that she decided to stop her spying in ‘Gemini’ proves Clark she was not obsessed with her investigation by Luthorcorp’s deals. Clark didn’t like her methods, so she decided to refuse them.
At the end of ‘Action’, there was a conversation between Lana and Lionel. The latter said her that actually wanted to revenge for HERSELF, not for Clark. And Lana was standing silent as if she was agreeing with him. As I mentioned above 👆 _Lana wanted to protect Clark, not revenge for herself. Otherwise, she would kill Lionel and Lex, or in ‘Requiem’, would allow Clark to kill Lex._ There, after Lionel’s words, Lana started doubting herself as if the conscience was tormenting her. _She was thinking that maybe even her good intentions weren’t an excuse for her actions (kidnapping Lionel and getting Lex arrested)._ Lionel, on the other hand, actually told her such words not because he believed they were true. At that time he became good and was also wanted to protect Clark. The fact is _he was trying to bring Lana to the true path; to say her that her revenge was not an option to solve the problem._ That’s why he told her that she was thinking about herself not Clark while revenging The Luthors. There is one similar scene at the end of ‘Scion’. Lionel-2 (bad version of this character) told Tess the similar words that all the good things she did were only to impress Clark. But deep down she would always remain The Luthor. And Tess (like Lana) was standing silent as if she was agreeing with him. _Tess proved her good intentions till the end of the series. Here she was silent and didn’t object to her father because she started doubting herself because she underrated her good deeds, not because her intentions weren’t sincerely._ Lionel-2 was a villain, and wanted her daughter would be like him bringing her to the wrong path.
To be fair if this happened in real life, the sounds would probably be a lot different than they were on screen. A punch in real life, no matter how powerful it is, always sounds like you're slapping wet meat. A gunshot no matter how big the caliber always sounds like a firecracker going off.
