Was watching Smallville Season Seven episode 9, 'Gemini', and there's this wonderful scene where Jimmy Olsen and Chloe are having a conversation about her being a meteor freak. It's a touching moment because Chloe finally feels she can trust Jimmy enough to tell him. He's trying to guess what power she has, and he asks her if it's her intelligence / analytical ability / general all-round geek braininess, and then she says, "No. My nerd is all natural."
(sorry the picture is badly taken, used my hand phone and snapped my tv while the dvd was paused)
For some reason, I just love those lines..."My nerd is all natural." Regardless of what word class the word "nerd" belongs to in this usage, the lines just fit the moment, and it's great characterization, because it's so Chloe. Coming from a show that has a few great moments against a backdrop of baffling, 'what were they thinking?!' moments, it brought a smile to my face. Kind of weird too, that the first time I feel compelled to write something about Smallville it turns out to be about Chloe and Jimmy Olsen! But Chloe's a great character, and someone who has remained relatively consistent throughout the show... unlike the lady with the alliterative name and who isn't a reporter for the Daily Planet.
Oh, since we're on that topic, I wonder if anyone ever made a conscious decision to have Clark always fall for girls with the initials LL? Lana Lang, Lori Lemaris, Lois Lane... any I missed?
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