Shimmer

Season 1, Episode 10, Aired
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An invisible stalker is pursuing Lex and one of the household staff may, or may not, be responsible.
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  • An invisible stalker is at work, and seems to be trying to get rid of Victoria from Lex's life. Clark investigates and all signs point to the timid daughter of Lex's housekeeper, who has developed a crush on Lex. Not terrible, but hardly the best...moreless

    8.0
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    By Jay-Spacedust, Apr 27, 2011 Report Abuse
    This review contains spoilers.

    A few reviewers have commented on the similarity (certainly in the early stages) between this and the first season 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' episode "Out of Sight, Out of Mind" (sometimes known as "Invisible Girl"). 'Buffy' and 'Smallville' are often compared on a number of levels, but I did spot an interesting parallel that, when taking 'Buffy's double-length Pilot as a single entity (as opposed to two-part format), episode 10 of both show's revolve around an invisible enemy, and themes of people being ignored. What a fun coincidence.

    Anyway, "Shimmer" is an okay 'Smallville' instalment, but hardly one of the show's best offerings.
    I predicted early on that it was Amy's brother, not Amy herself, who has behind terrorising Lex and Victoria; but then the episode played out so persuasively that I was convinced it actually *was* Amy behind it. So late on when they pulled the twist and revealed it to be the brother, Jeff, all along that was kinda well done.

    The plot is fair I suppose, but one where the "teen drama" aspects (Clark almost getting his first kiss with Lana; the revelation that Whitney's father is very ill, etc.) outweighed the more mystery / adventure side of the story for my personal tastes, and felt that the whole "invisible enemy" element could have been developed more instead. The plot has some nice turns (though I did wonder how Lex's missing watch suddenly appeared in Amy's "shrine" not long after Clark actually sees her wearing it), but ultimately feels slightly flat.

    The idea of an invisible foe is interesting, and has some good moments, but I can't help but feel that something more could have been done with it. That said, it is far better than the first couple of episodes, where the "villain of the week" was almost tacked on as an afterthought and not fleshed out that much at all.
    I also felt that it would have been better if Lex's house staff, at very least the mother, had been introduced an episode or two previously, even just in the background, as previously to this we have never been given any indication as to Lex's staff, so it did rather stick out a mile in this story.

    Far from the worst hour of television I've ever seen; this one is perfectly watchable, but feels to be lacking an edge, that extra something. At most, it's one you'll sit through but likely won't come rushing back to re-watch. For its good points, I give "Shimmer" a reasonable 8 out of 10.moreless

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  • Someone is jealous of Victoria and tries anything to get her to leave Lex's mansion.

    7.8
    "Good"
    By GameraTrekkie, Apr 27, 2011 Report Abuse
    Shimmer is another episode that I didn't really care for, but also once again, I still liked the episode. The storyline is kind of predictable, but in a good way. I say that because if there wasn't a somewhat twist, it would have been the even more obvious conclusion and would have been even less satisfying. Who the invisible person turns out to be is really no surprise. The cool thing about this episode is that the meteor isn't even used for the villains power of invisibility. Instead, they become invivible due to a special flower. Pretty good episode, but nothing real memorable.moreless

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  • Another "okay" episode...

    7.9
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    By NoOneIsAlone, Apr 27, 2011 Report Abuse
    This is one of the last few episodes of Season 1, that I did not enjoy, because it is mostly since this point in which episodes begin getting better and better, but I am not revewing those episodes. So...

    In this episode, we see a girl named Amy that is in love with Lex Luthor. And someone apparently is using invisible makeup in order to attack all of the people who have bother them. The battle at the end was exciting but the rest was not. The first time I watch this episode, I knew that it would be to trivial to put Amy as the main villain and her quiet brother making "no-notorious" appearances, kind of convince of who the real killer was since the beginning. There are other episodes of Smallville with better plots and with better mysteries (such as "Suspect") but sadly this episode is not one of them...moreless

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  • Another great episode.

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    By sfviewer, Apr 27, 2011 Report Abuse
    Clark Kent faces an invisible person. Another kryptonite freak to deal with. this is really interesting. The writers can throw all kinds of stuff at Clark. It's cool when Clark gets weakened by the kryptonite when he gets close to it. We see the side of him that we rarely see. This is a very watchable episode. Well all Smallville episodes are good. This one included. The action keeps coming. We're treated with a cool adventure story. An invisible villain is another great bad person for Clark to deal with. It's nice to see a conflict happening each week, this episode promises just that.moreless

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  • Not that bad!

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    By OeTvGreat, Apr 27, 2011 Report Abuse
    This episode could have been much better, but since the beginning is pretty obvious that is Amy's brother the one killing and trying to kill Lex, because it is just does not seems right being Amy, they moved differently, and his brother was acting realy weird throughout the episode, but still it was good how was Clark able to knock him out, it was pretty cool, but this episode could have been a lot much better!moreless

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    • At the Beanery, Clark sees Lex's stolen watch on Amy's wrist. He and Lex promptly go to the Palmer residence to search her room. Despite the fact there's no indication Amy went there and left, and no time for her to have done so, Lex's watch is in the shrine. Edit
    • Lana is running a blood drive, and she, Pete, and Chloe all volunteer to donate. They're 15, but American Red Cross blood drives require you be 17 or older to donate. Edit
    • When Amy comes over to talk to Clark, he is seated at a table almost directly in front of the Jungle Lord pinball machine. In the preceding episode, the machine was in a different location, there was no lamp next to it, and the position of the machine is such that Lex couldn't have been standing in the previous episode where the table is this episode. Edit

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    • John Glover is billed as Special Guest Star. Edit
    • The original story for the episode involved the sabotage of the school play, but was changed partially for reasons of time. The story as it was intended was published in the 2nd young adults Smallville novel "See No Evil." Edit
    • Music: "When I'm With You" by Simple Plan, "Blend" by Something Else, "Poor Misguided Fool" by Starsailor, "If I Go" by Thrift Store Halo, "Evolution Revolution Love" by Tricky, "Galaxy" and "S.O.S." by Vigilantes Of Love, "Caught In The Sun" by Course of Nature. Edit

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    • Clark: What are you thinking, Chloe, that the locker room's haunted? Chloe: Not unless the meteor rocks can conjure up the ghost of dearly departed jock straps, which I seriously doubt. Clark: Well, it's nice to see you still have your standards. Edit
    • Chloe: Oh, quick! Pretend we weren't watching. Clark: Hey, Lana, how's it going? Lana: Not great, but thanks for the courtesy clueless. Edit
    • Victoria: Bye, Daddy. (hangs up the phone) He wants to know if you're selling this castle after we sell out your father. Lex: Why? Does he want to ship it back over to Scotland? Edit

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