Unsafe

Superman does not have a Las Vegas wedding.

That is just how it is. I don't care if he is on red kryptonite; that just does not happen.

Alicia is supposedly the first person that Clark loves since Lana. Well, if that's the case, then he wouldn't love her for making him entirely vulnerable by putting him on red K.

Yet, despite this atrocity, Clark seems to forget that she forced him to have a Vegas wedding in the next episode. That's a bit of error in writing. What is sad is that Superman comics officiant Jeph Loeb wrote this episode.

I loved this episode. I love the character Alicia Baker. For some reason, people are forgetting that this is the path most teenage girls would take if they had a super power. Their first crush or puppy love is very powerful and if it's not returned, the object of their affection would represent the worst part of their life...which, unfortunately for teenage girls, is the last 2-3 hours...every 2-3 hours.

Alicia also helped show us the vulnerability of Clark by representing the desire to be reunited with someone of his own race/kind. That's something that he tries to repress because of the tragic confrontations with his birth father. He's afraid of what he will find out about himself. Alicia represents a safe alternative.

I can't get over the final scene. It's heartbreaking and at the same time, beautiful. It is what most people who screwed up their first real love would want a chance to do or say. Up until now, I have been rooting for Chloe but I'm backing a new horse.

I know this comment is about 3-4 years late but I'm a recent convert, mainlining "Smallville" and I couldn't help but comment on this episode.