Lionel Turns Over a New Leaf Sep 08 '06 (Updated Sep 16 '06)    Write an essay on this topic. Tweet Popular Products in Toys Lionel Angela Trotta Christmas 6-39336 M From $57 Lionel The Polar Express O Gauge Train S From $225 The Bottom Line If Lex must go bad, at least Lionel can go good... Guess who is currently engrossed in the fourth season of Smallville? I am very happy to be watching new episodes again after two months of waiting, and last night's was one of the most intriguing yet. I may be reading too much into it, but given what my brother has told me about the rest of the season - heck, even judging by the blurb on the back cover - this sixth episode appears to be a crucial turning point for Lionel, and perhaps for Clark as well, as it is the first time he has healed and redeemed rather than rescued, albeit inadvertently. Lionel is already my Character to Watch for the season, and he's poised to be the most intriguing aspect of the show's fourth outing for me. I shudder to think of Lex becoming thoroughly vile, but Lionel's redemption would be some consolation... Metamorphosis You were cunning and conniving. You were suave and debonair, And your fortunes were as thriving As your lustrous locks of hair. Then you harshly were reminded You were fallible and weak. So it was when you were blinded That you first began to seek. As you blundered in the darkness, You endeavored to endure, Probing enigmatic Clark In hopes that he might hold your cure. With fair Martha, you sought solace, But she brushed aside your charms, And your son became more callous Though you offered open arms. In long years of empty living, Lex learned what you always taught: That if he should be forgiving, He would soon be cruelly caught. When at last your eyes were opened, You saw what you had to do. Malice mingled with your hope As your grim machinations grew. Like a predator, you waited, Never dreaming that the day Soon was dawning when the hated Hunter would become the prey. All at once, the balance shifted And your wealth was meaningless. Your disease would not be lifted; You were bathed in bitterness. Ragged fear and desperation Carved out craters in your face As you seethed in caged frustration, Wholly haggard and disgraced. There was vitriolic fervor In your plot to stay alive. Though the Kent boy had the nerve to Thwart you, through him, you'll survive. All the mysteries that plagued you Were spread out before your eyes. You've forgotten, but he's saved you, And you tremble in surprise. He restored your health and vigor, And although that was your goal, He did something so much bigger. Clark Kent gave you back your soul.

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