Barbarians at the Planet (1)

Season 1, Episode 19, Aired
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The Daily Planet is financially troubled and Lex buys the newspaper to get closer to Lois. After saving everyone's jobs, he makes some changes : Jack and Jimmy are now working downstairs in the printing room, and hires a young just graduated man named Chip to be Perry's boss. Perry gets really mad and leaves the Planet. Lex plants a bomb in the Planet which explodes. He blames Jack, who gets arrested. Lex proposes to Lois, and Clark tells her he loves her, but she says that loves him too but only as a friend. When Lois asks if she and Superman have a chance to stay together, he says to Lois they can't stay together because she only loves him because he's Superman. Then, Lois accepts Lex's proposal.moreless
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  • Lex Luthor proposes marriage to Lois, but Lois can't decide because of what it will mean to her friends and carrer. So Lex makes the decision for her by taking both out of the equahion, though his ruthless tactics.moreless

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    We see all these characters at their best. We witness how far Lex's evil extends and affects those around him. Sort of like how termites would eat up trees little by little until they fall down. He goes step by step ruining the good guys lives just to get what he wants. From buying off the Daily Planet and giving everyone including Perry White crummy new jobs. Down to the most dramatic measures which is destroying the Daily Planet building. You can't help but feel a sense of pathos for these characters seeing their lives getting destroyed but mainly for Lois and Clark as everything that has happened is begining to alienate Lois from not just her friends but Clark. They start to suffer a rift in the relationship, from the new job she's taking down to one moment of truth when we hear Clark admit he loves her. But of course she is unable to think of him beyond friendship. And of course in the final moments we see more of how far his villiany goes when during the proposal to Lois we see clips as to what happened in between certain events, we know it's obvious that Lex is wrong for her since right now he's lying to the one he loves and know Lois's life could be destroyed by saying yes. But as cruel as fate is sometimes she says yes and we can't help but feel the hurt Superman feels, a broken heart can be more devestating and painful than Kriptonite.moreless

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    • Nitpick: When Lois calls the clothing catalog company, she gives her home phone number with a 217 area code. This is currently the area code for Springfield, Illinois. Edit

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    • Tracy Scroggins, who plays Cat, does not appear in this episode. Edit

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    • Jack: (to Luthor) Who died and made you king. Edit
    • Lex: Is that Kryptonite in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me? Edit
    • Jack: Well, I guess it's back to a life of crime for me. Edit

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    • Barbarians at the Gate usually refers to the Roman Empire and its fall to barbarians. The title is a variant on a book about a corporate take over, "Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco." Edit

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