Craving

Season 1, Episode 7, Aired

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A weight-obsessed teen dieting on kryptonite-infected vegetables gains her fondest dream...but must feed on the fat of others to maintain her enhanced appearance.
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  • An overweight, weight-obsessed girl at the highschool begins dieting on vegetable drinks affected with Kryptonite, which makes her drastically lose weight and the need to feast on animal or human fat to stay alive. A fair plot, but not well executed...moreless

    7.5
    "Good"
    By Jay-Spacedust, Mar 22, 2011
    This review contains spoilers.

    Although I don't out-and-out dislike "Craving", I would say that I would probably rate it as the weakest episode of 'Smallville' up to this point. There is a decent plot mixed in there somewhere, but I found it to be poorly executed, and results in an episode that, compared with the quality of most of the other episodes of the season, comes off feeling much weaker than usual.

    A then unknown Amy Adams plays the weight-obsessed Jodi (complete with fair but very obvious "chubby" make-up job at the start of the episode), who finds herself suddenly thin after drinking the Kryptonite-shakes. Although this could have been an interesting concept, I personally found that it took too long to get the point of the story. Okaaay... she's suddenly thin... now what? What's the "angle"? The whole fat craving thing (be it from food, animals or humans) was introduced far too late in the story for it to have the oomph it should have, and never really feels to be used to it's full effect.
    I know that 'Smallville' has a blend of elements making up it's episodes, but with this one, it felt far too "teen drama"-heavy for me, and left me wishing for much of the time that it would hurry up and get to the real "threat of the week".

    There is the secondary plot, of Lana's birthday, where she is left dateless due to Whitney suddenly being called out of town (which it is subtly suggested that Lex is behind), leaving Clark to jump in and be her date. Naturally, with fat-sucking-girl on the loose, he doesn't make it in time. Although these elements aren't my favourite parts of the series at the best of times, personally, with my wishing that the real "threat of the week" would hurry up and kick in, I did find much of this secondary plot a bit tedious to be honest.

    And I wasn't sure about the whole resolution regarding Jodi. She attacks Clark in the greenhouse; greenhouse blows up, with Clark getting her and himself out just in time... and we hear she has been taken off to hospital. Whaa? Did I miss something? She's a fat-sucking monster; surely just taking her away to hospital won't help? This is one thing that really stuck out to me, and I felt to be wrapped up very ambiguously and poorly.

    The ending, with Clark finally giving Lana her birthday present (drive in Bugs Bunny cartoons, to recreate a childhood memory she had of her parents) is nice I suppose, but I was mostly just left pondering the dodgy tying up of the main plot.

    Although I always try to resist comparing 'Smallville' to 'Buffy' (as I feel there is usually no point; both shows have their own strengths), I do feel that 'Buffy' handles metaphor stories, such as the one that seems to be attempted here, much better.

    All-in-all, it is watchable, and definitely not one of the worst hours of TV I have seen, but for all of the dodgy points I've mentioned, I can only give this episode a lower than usual score of 7.5.moreless

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    By CancerTheCrab, Mar 22, 2011
    ok so the story line itself wasnt that impressive but i liked pete in this one and that is why its rated so high. the girl honestly did not look that bad other than the fact that her fat didnt seem all that real. i like the fact that pete stood up for her. and when she asked him to the party he acted so cute! though i did kind of wonder if he liked her like that before she was thin or just cuz she got thin. i would like to think the first one. i was kinda glad that the mean kid got what he deserved, also felt bad for him though too, come on im not heartless. glad she tryed to spare pete and i was glad that she went to get help in the end. and i am so tired of lex being interested in clark, its nice how he likes him and all but i am afraid its just cuz clark is special...moreless

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    By Beer75, Mar 22, 2011
    Jodi Melville is tired of being over-weight, so she creates her own diet, which consists of meteor-rock infected vegetables. The new diet causes her to shed weight faster than she can handle, which forces her to suck human fat to satisfy her ravenous hunger. When Pete arrives to pick her up for the school dance, her hunger gets the better of her and she tries to feast on Pete. Chloe and Clark discover the truth about Jodi's weight loss, and Clark rushes to her house to save Pete. Clark stops Jodi from killing Pete, and gets her the help she needs to maintain a healthy weight. Lex becomes interested in the affects of meteor rocks, and funds a study on the green meteor fragments.moreless

  • An over-weight girl drinks kryptonite and loses weight, only to have a hunger that is never satisfied. The only way it can be, is to suck all the fat out of others, humans and animals alike.moreless

    7.6
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    By GameraTrekkie, Mar 22, 2011
    This is your typical story of the picked on kid getting their wish come true, only for it to backfire and this go wrong. Once again, I didn't hate this episode, it's just been done a lot. It is just an alright episode that has nothing really much to be said about it. The girl's ability is that her jaw becomes huge as she tries to bite people as the "fat sucking vampire". Pretty cool special effects are used for this, and especially for the victims. Yeah, like I said, there just isn't much to say about this particular episodemoreless

  • Great ending!

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    By bracques, Mar 22, 2011
    Interesting how the writers produced an episode that really relates to society dilemmas. On this eppy, it takes on an often-traveled road of obesity or weight issues. A girl named Jodie is desperate to lose weight so she went on a diet involving plants that were involved in a meteor shower. What did you expect? She became a model wannnabe overnight. Of course, when you get a great body, there's always the consequence. Her organs can't keep up with regular food because of some fast metabolism thing. That's kind of what Chloe said anyway. She needs body fat. Jodie has no choice but to get them from a deer or her fellow human being which were really disgusting, btw. Kind of a teenage lesson that we should accept things as they are.

    Anyway, in Kent World, there's Lana's birthday party and Whitney can't take her so Clark grabbed the opportunity, thanks to Lex. I like the way how Lex is helping Clark win Lana's heart. As usual, Clark never got the chance to escort her because of his save-the-world brigade. Sacrifices. Clark can't deal with the fact that she let Lana down again so he gave her a gift from the heart. It turned out to be Lana's best birthday gift ever. Fralalalalalala.
    Hmmm. Good episode, really.moreless
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    • When Chloe and Clark are inspecting the dead deer, Clark closes the blinds so they're not seen. When he does so, the shadow of the camera can be see clearly on the blinds' left side.

    • When Jodie is making her shake at the start of the episode, she adds some ingredients, blends them, then adds some more, but does not blend them again. However, when she pours the shake, there are no large lumps in it.

    • Several times during the episode people say that Lana's birthday party is on Saturday. Whitney has his tryout on Saturday with the Kansas Sharks, Lana's "big day". However, later on in the episode, Clark and Chloe see Jodie pigging out in the school's cafeteria. She makes a comment about "being nervous about the party tonight". U.S. schools don't have regular class on Saturdays.

    • Jodi's scale calculates her weight down the first time, but then calculates it up the second time.

    • The letter Lex receives from Dr. Vargas is sent from "Metropolis, KA". There is no postal code "KA" - if they meant Kansas, it should be "KS".

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    • Lex: I heard the quarterback couldn't make it. Too bad. Lana: I knew you'd be devastated.

    • Dr. Hamilton: Don't touch that! You're not sterile and you're not me.

    • Clark: I can't believe we're creeping around looking at road kill...

    • Chloe: I don't get it. Pete: Women dig me – get used to it.

    • Pete: Clark, I'm telling you, this is good news for you. Clark: Kansas State gives Whitney a full scholarship and Lana gives him a tongue bath. How is that good news?

    • Jodie: I was wondering, do you have a date for Lana's party? (Pete stares at her) Clark: (taps Pete) No, he's still free. Jodie: Would you like to go with me? (Pete grins like an idiot) Clark: (pokes Pete) He'd love to.

    • Clark: (doesn't see Lana) Dad. I got the posts in the west field. I hit some granite, but I jammed it through. (sees Lana, pauses) Lana: Very impressive. Clark: I had a sledgehammer.

    • Clark: Well, if you like, I could be your escort on Saturday--you know, so I can fend off the throngs of adoring fans.

    • Dr. Hamilton: What you're looking for... could take years. Lex: I'm a patient man. Dr. Hamilton: Tell me: why does a billionaire's son care so much about a bunch of rocks that fell out of the sky twelve years ago? Lex: I save that story for the people I trust.

    • Martha: "Escort to fend off the throngs of adoring fans"? Clark: What's wrong with that?

    • Chloe: Getting your morning Lana fix? Clark: Chloe, don't you ever knock? Chloe: It's a barn, Clark. Clark: Is there a reason you're here early or do you just enjoy busting my chops? Chloe: Little of both.

    • Chloe: This is Smallville, Clark. Land of the weird, home of the strange.

    • Lex: I hear you're escorting the birthday girl. Nice work. Clark: (monotone) We're just going as friends. Lex: Sure you are. Hope you got her a nice gift.

    • Clark: Time to revisit the fat-sucking vampire theory. Chloe: You know if you hadn't been there, he probably would have died, Clark. Clark: What I can't figure out is why anyone would want to steal body fat. Chloe: I know, it takes eating disorders to a whole new level.

    • Lex: I don't care about the past - I believe in the power to reinvent yourself.

    • Chloe: Cutting the heads off supermodels. It's kind of redundant, isn't it?

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