Leaping Right Back In

Years ago (and we're talking years, back when the CW was the WB... God, I feel old), I used to watch Smallville. I made it through the meteor metahumans, the Wall of Weird villains of the week, Lex's royal mindscrew at the hands of his father, the appearance of Lois Lane and Oliver Queen, all that fun stuff. Somewhere around Lana's dip into bipolarhood, something shiny playing in the same time slot attracted my attention and I stopped watching regularly.

Oh, sure, I dropped back in every now and then... Lex and Lana's wedding kept my attention for awhile, and then I watched an episode here and there when Chloe's powers were awakening and whatnot. Oddly enough, I never really felt lost - which is probably a good sign for a long-running series. That, or a very bad one.

In any case, tonight is the special premiere of Absolute Justice, a two hour Friday night event. And I figured, heck, there's nothing else on, unless I want to torture myself with Caprica or What Not To Wear, so let's see if I can leap right back in.

So far, all the important parts are intact. Clark still has his overinflated sense of righteousness, Chloe's still using her brain to play loyal maybe-a-step-above-sidekick, and Oliver Queen is still hot. And for someone whose knowledge of the DC universe comes from around ten years of Batman: The Animated Series, the following Superman series, and Justice League, this was probably the best episode to possibly come in on. I mean, Michael Shanks as Hawkman (yeah, I was a Stargate fan, too - right until Stargate Universe, may it die a quick and sudden death). Sure, he looks ridiculous in the outfit (who wouldn't as a live-action Hawkman?) and he's doing this weird wheezy gruff voice, but it's Michael Shanks. This episode also has Fate and allusions to the Flash (or at least, his winged Hermes helmet), Hawkgirl, Green Lantern, Wildcat, and a whole slew of others.

Yeah, I'm totally geeking out over it.

If they keep it on Friday nights, I might just keep watching...