Smallville Extra: I Hate Lana Lang
Funny, isn’t it, how a character previously unseen can go from not at all hated to universally loathed by all sane viewers within one hundred short episodes. Or, if not funny, certainly very tedious and stupid indeed.
Let’s see how Lana went from reasonably likable to an object of hatred and scorn, huh?
How do I hate thee, Lana, let me count the ways
Highlights and Lowlights of the First 100 Episodes
There are numerous periods where Lana grew slowly more and more worthy of one’s loathing (see Season 4 for example), but there are some specific points where she made huge strides worthy of extra despising. The graph above shows those points. And, to be fair, it also shows those few points where she pegged back the loathing somewhat. We are nothing if not fair when it comes to our venomous hatred.
- Episode 4 (Season 1, Episode 4) – Dabbles in lesbian romance with Morph Lass – low point of hatred!
- Episode 11 (Season 1, Episode 11) – Falls off a horse like an idiot
- Episode 13 (Season 1, Episode 13) – Begins to save The Talon
- Episode 14 (Season 1, Episode 14) – Red bikini episode!
- Episode 21 (Season 1, Episode 21) – Gets sucked up by a twister like an idiot
- Episode 26 (Season 2, Episode 5) – Falls for a poetry-wielding kryptovillain
- Episode 30 (Season 2, Episode 9) – Falls for a multiple-body kryptovillain
- Episode 32 (Season 2, Episode 11) – Return of lesbian lover Morph Lass
- Episode 38 (Season 2, Episode 17) – Bizarre sisterly pact with TIAC
- Episode 40 (Season 2, Episode 19) – Faintly erotic slo-mo kick-boxing training
- Episode 42 (Season 2, Episode 21) – Has a small ghost girl as a best friend
- Episode 48 (Season 3, Episode 4) – Skinny-dipping
- Episode 50 (Season 3, Episode 6) – Plays her own great-aunt
- Episode 51 (Season 3, Episode 7) – Falls for a magnetic kryptovillain
- Episode 52 (Season 3, Episode 8 ) - Gets stomped on by a horse like an idiot
- Episode 55 (Season 3, Episode 11) – Catfight!
- Episode 56 (Season 3, Episode 12) – Defies pre-destined death
- Episode 60 (Season 3, Episode 16) – Defies pre-destined death
- Episode 66 (Season 3, Episode 22) – Decides (for no good reason) to move to Paris
- Episode 69 (Season 4, Episode 3) – More girl-on-girl action
- Episode 74 (Season 4, Episode 8 ) - Turns into a witch
- Episode 81 (Season 4, Episode 15) – Turns into a witch again
- Episode 86 (Season 4, Episode 20) – Raises an exploding baby like an idiot
- Episode 90 (Season 5, Episode 2) – Shags the Kryptonian
- Episode 93 (Season 5, Episode 5) – Turns into a vampire
- Episode 95 (Season 5, Episode 7) – Turns into an astronomer
- Episode 97 (Season 5, Episode 9) – Defies pre-destined death
- Episode 100 (Season 5, Episode 12) – Defies pre-destined death, Bo dies instead!
Of course, she continued to do loathsome things after episode 100, but once you’re maximally loathed, there’s nowhere else to go…
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Posted: February 10th, 2007 under smallville.
Tags: hate-o-meters, hatred, kick boxing training, lesbian romances, red bikinis, smallville extra
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