Possibilities, Possibilities
BeBe 4 LC
This message is dedicated to all my fellow FoLCs out there who feel
betrayed and letdown by I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU. To the ones who feel
betrayed, let me say I do understand and I would probably feel that way
too except I enjoyed the episode way too much. To the ones who feel
letdown and feel this was the 'worst' episode of L&C so far, let me say I
would probably feel that way too if I could get past all the nice little
'possibilities' they left us dangling with. Instead of offering my
opinion, however, let me make some observations and ask you to think about
the 'possibilities.' I'll leave some spoiler space for those who haven't
gotten the show yet.
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First, the episode appeared to have a definite romantic B plot & the
dreaded villianous A plot. More to the point it appeared to have a Part 1
& a Part 2, with the two overlapping a bit. Part 1 was all the wonderfully
WAFFy scenes of them getting ready to be married. Part 2 was the whole
clone story business and that 'wedding.' No one appears to have a bit of
problems with Part 1. In fact, most seem overjoyed with it, including me,
so let's set it aside and concentrate on Part 2, beginning at the very end
and working backwards. I'm also going to stick with the cloning business
and ignore that wedding ceremony. That oddly very much un-L&C wedding
cermony.
Second, promos in L&C have ALWAYS been misleading. So forget them also for
the moment and only think about what we actually saw, or didn't see, in
the episode. We are left with the impression Clark has just married a
clone which automatically raises three possibilities, at the very least.
[A little side note: a friend has dubbed the Lois clone with the name
Clonis, and I love it, so hereinafter that's what I'm going to call her.]
1. Clueless Clark married Clonis. A definite possibility with our beloved
L&C version of Clark. In fact, it's almost too obvious. But it is
believable...
2. A not-so-clueless Clark pretends to marry Clonis to trick SOMEONE. Not
nearly as possible. Then again, this IS based on a comic book character.
You know, a superhero who's supposed to not be so clueless, at least some
of the time... But when did he pick up on it all?
3. Lois ate a frog. Admittedly a gross idea, but, hey, this is fantasy.
Not my idea of fantasy, mind you, but I didn't have to eat the frog. Mine
would run more along the lines of Lois not wasting time going into the
bathroom or letting Clark take his clothes off by himself... um, I
digress. But would Lois eat a frog and... more to the point of
possibilities, WHY would she?
Continuing with more intriguing possibilities:
4. The dedication to Siegel, one of Superman's creators. Several have
mentioned in posts how very comic book-like INPY was and that dedication
sure makes it look extremely intentional by the writers. Comic books love
to mislead. In fact, they are specialists at it to the point of that being
just about all they do. Interesting idea that - everything being
misleading.
5. The parting shot: "Stand by to be stunned." Was 'she' simply speaking
to a waiting Clark or were the writers using Lois' voice to warn, or
tease, or even calm, the fans? That frog in her mouth was enough of a
stunner for me, why warn us after that?
6. 'Her' slurping down that frog. Conveniently, this really dumb, gross,
but oh so visual idea of using frogs as the clone's favorite snack is the
ONLY evidence at this point that the 'Lois' going to join Clark IS Clonis.
Extremely good evidence, admittedly, but still the only evidence.
7. Lois leaving with that 'man' to sign the marriage license. Obvious
opportunity for her to be switched with Clonis. But was it the first and
only one? Big observation here, EACH opportunity for trickery in INPY and
future episodes is just as much a chance for Clonis to be switched as the
reverse. Of course, that would mean... Nah, couldn't be... The writers
would never be that twisted! I have another question, when did Perry sign
the license? For that matter, we didn