Oh good god, ZOMBIES.  They're just scarier in all-caps, aren't they?  Unfortunately, we've seen them all before - books, movies, plaguing the street while on the prowl for a cup of coffee at seven in the morning.  Now, we're seeing them on Smallville and I'm thinking it's not such a wise move for the CW show.

The recent episode "Rabid" kicked off with a Clark (Tom Welling) surveying Metropolis in a sort of post-apocalyptic state.  He has one thing in mind: Lois.  Speeding off to the Daily Planet, he finds her crouched over a copier.  Clark approaches, but if the bloody handprint on the glass door didn't clue him in, he's doomed.

Now imagine hundreds of these, only without Erica Durance's body.  Very creepy.

So zombies on Smallville might not have done too well to develop the story, but it certainly attributed to the Clois relationship.  That's practically the only thing "Rabid" accomplished, since there's just nothing new to the zombie idea here.  Other than that, it's probably Clark risking his identity to Zod since the villain has our hero's blood and can track him.

See, Zod releases a virus to infect the whole town and Clark saves the day (again) because the only way to transform the zombies back to people is through his blood.  Also, Jimmy's death is still lingering in everyone's minds.  Oliver keeps blaming himself, Chloe keeps busy by helping get rid of the virus and Clark multitasks as usual.  "Rabid" hardly offers anything fresh, but it does get the Clois thing going.

I suppose the in-betweens of Clark and Lois are the only things the fans can rely on with "Rabid."  There's the all-nighter at the Daily Planet and the coffee, plus battling the undead side by side, and those few minutes at the Kent farmhouse.

The vulnerability Lois showed him at that point was enough to make Clois fans go rabid themselves.  It gets even more extreme when they share a moment during the rainshower, which holds the antidote containing Clark's blood.

Lois turns human again, and as she wakes up in Clark's arms she just has to realize that the Red-Blue Blur can't compare.  Since it's the same guy anyway.  Tada, more Clois, and even more when she refers to him as her hero.  But I'm still thinking Tess was simply awesome with the samurai sword.  I just thought I should add that in.




-Maria Gonzalez, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source: The CW
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