On the one hand - determined Bruce, working all the angles. Doesn't matter the reality.
On the other? Whether Clark knows it or not, he just kicked Luthor in the nads for kicking Bruce in the nads. So I guess now we know that Luthor knows who Bruce is - which would fit. Also, depending on which version of Lex this is? There's enough in his own past he knows he can never change / people he can never get back. Things that are done and over and wishing won't change it.
Turning the fans and larger community against Zucco, nudging politicians to not want to be associated with someone in that much trouble? Is, well, genius - as a last resort (or one of them). All the high powered friends in the world? Usually only want to do the favour to keep things quiet - before a public hoohah. When things hit public? They'll save their own skins, status, reputations - Zucco's just a hanger-on.
I liked the touch of self-serving honest human worry with J.Duffy. Worry about repercussions cause of Zucco's connections, her own future, etc. The unpleasantness of the world that makes honesty and justice so high priced to achieve; the invisible taxes.
Also loved Clark telling Dick it'd be the one last time his friends get to treat him like a kid. That quiet - you aren't really a kid anymore once you've seen and dealt with something like that. You might lack experience of maturity, but kiddom/childhood, that's a state wherein there's no major loss.
Heck, a child loses a pet larger than a goldfish or a bird, after a certain age and they aren't 'the baby' anymore either. Once the knowledge of loss meets actual loss?...
Also noting? Clark not realizing that Bruce needed/accepted the moment of skin contact/comfort.
Meanwhile; I don't now how Lex ever thought Bruce would let it drop? Heck, I'm surprised given the background set-up that Lex would let it drop at all - especially if he felt guilty. But maybe that's just my take on Lex?
The hammer blows of Lex vs S(CK) having this as a foundation is unexpected. Clark as the man who sees too much - but in a different way.
Also, I don't envy Lex when Dick learns the truth. Was Lex even thinking of that? "How can you call my parents family, but you won't even fight for them!" - From a PR standpoint alone!
And lastly... I admit confusion with Barda. I mean, I get she's emotional and she thinks it's cheap. Or maybe she just thinks it has to be a business decision because it's Lex. But the show does have obligations to perform and Lex wants the audience and public to know that in spite of that - they're dealing with a loss. That they felt something real for their fellow performers.
Saying what individuals mean to you after they're gone? Is basically a memorial.
So I'm stuck on the performers not taking the chance to publically tell/share with a large group of the departed's fans, who won't get to go the funeral, that the loss echoes.
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On the other? Whether Clark knows it or not, he just kicked Luthor in the nads for kicking Bruce in the nads. So I guess now we know that Luthor knows who Bruce is - which would fit. Also, depending on which version of Lex this is? There's enough in his own past he knows he can never change / people he can never get back. Things that are done and over and wishing won't change it.
Turning the fans and larger community against Zucco, nudging politicians to not want to be associated with someone in that much trouble? Is, well, genius - as a last resort (or one of them). All the high powered friends in the world? Usually only want to do the favour to keep things quiet - before a public hoohah. When things hit public? They'll save their own skins, status, reputations - Zucco's just a hanger-on.
I liked the touch of self-serving honest human worry with J.Duffy. Worry about repercussions cause of Zucco's connections, her own future, etc. The unpleasantness of the world that makes honesty and justice so high priced to achieve; the invisible taxes.
Also loved Clark telling Dick it'd be the one last time his friends get to treat him like a kid. That quiet - you aren't really a kid anymore once you've seen and dealt with something like that. You might lack experience of maturity, but kiddom/childhood, that's a state wherein there's no major loss.
Heck, a child loses a pet larger than a goldfish or a bird, after a certain age and they aren't 'the baby' anymore either. Once the knowledge of loss meets actual loss?...
Also noting? Clark not realizing that Bruce needed/accepted the moment of skin contact/comfort.
Meanwhile; I don't now how Lex ever thought Bruce would let it drop? Heck, I'm surprised given the background set-up that Lex would let it drop at all - especially if he felt guilty. But maybe that's just my take on Lex?
The hammer blows of Lex vs S(CK) having this as a foundation is unexpected. Clark as the man who sees too much - but in a different way.
Also, I don't envy Lex when Dick learns the truth. Was Lex even thinking of that? "How can you call my parents family, but you won't even fight for them!" - From a PR standpoint alone!
And lastly... I admit confusion with Barda. I mean, I get she's emotional and she thinks it's cheap. Or maybe she just thinks it has to be a business decision because it's Lex. But the show does have obligations to perform and Lex wants the audience and public to know that in spite of that - they're dealing with a loss. That they felt something real for their fellow performers.
Saying what individuals mean to you after they're gone? Is basically a memorial.
So I'm stuck on the performers not taking the chance to publically tell/share with a large group of the departed's fans, who won't get to go the funeral, that the loss echoes.