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OMG. The iTunes store is my new best friend: I didn't know until now that you could get SV there. It is so worth paying two bucks to have caps without that fucking CW logo! The caps are a little grainy when sharpened, but still!

And there were so many cool little flashes in the episode that I didn't notice until I capped it, which made me love it more. Especially the "Vessel" scene. The kids running directly through the Planet basement doors! The Superman logo flashing across the top of the "Vessel" kiss (SO. FREAKING. EPIC).

You can see a stream of (non-Doomsday) Kryptonian symbols running across the screen when Clark gets erased, with the Superman logo featuring prominently (I am going to take a stab and guess it's the message from "Rosetta"? anyone know?) which fade away as the camera closes in on Chloe enveloped in the Doomsday symbol.

And when Chloe takes Davis' hand, the Doomsday symbol flashes on top of the Superman symbol, like it's blotting Clark out.

Also loved how they remembered only to show the kisses Chloe remembers, I'd kind of forgotten she only remembers the first, "Magnetic," and "Vessel." Chloe is getting screwed, memory-loss-wise, that's half she's forgotten...

"What's going on...? This isn't what happened."

"Okay, I know this looks a little weird."
"What's going on, Chloe?"
"Jimmy's right. I have been drawing a few blanks."
"A few?!"
"Well, yeah, but I've just been kinda using this as... 'Chloe Sullivan's Crib Sheet.' And whenever I forget someone, like...my fiancee... I come here to remind myself of how we're connected."
"Listen to what you're saying. You've had to paste your entire life on these walls. There's something seriously wrong with you."
"I still remember you."

"The night that I saw you catch that car with your bare hands.... It changed my life. For the better. Clark, thanks to you, I've actually made an impact on the world. I wouldn't trade that for anything."

"Do you remember the name Kal-El?"
"...should I...?"
"What about Krypton? Or Brainiac?"
"Brainiac? Oh, people used to call me that when I was a kid! ...right...? What, I'm forgetting something important now! What don't I remember?! Look, Clark, this isn't gonna stop. I'm losing everything..."

"Got any advice for an MRI rookie?"
"It won't take long. You'd best better just close your eyes, and think of a place that makes you happy."

"I know you've been thinking about it all day. So I figured we'd just get it out of the way..."

"I can't lose you, Clark!"
"Chloe, I'll never leave you."

"Davis...?"
"Hey, Chloe."

"My memory's MIA."
"Then how could you know who I am?"
"I don't know! I just do! But you're the only one! It's like you've become my entire world!"
"Listen, Chloe, we should call your friends."
"No, no, no! I can't remember any of my friends! Davis, I don't trust anyone but you!"

(I lol'ed so hard here. Five years of nobody giving Chloe a second glance, and now that Lana's off the show, every guy in the room adores her more than anyone else. ABOUT DAMN TIME.)

"You've been the best friend and ally I could have had, Chloe. The truth is, you've saved me more than I ever could have saved you. I'm sorry to go back to hiding the truth from you. But the best way that I know how to protect you...is to let you go."

"I gotta get to Metropolis to drop off our check to the florist before they close."
"I'll make a run to the city for you."
"Are you kidding me? That's a good two hour trip, and you drive like an old lady."

"I heard you're not gonna be able to make it to my wedding. I'm really gonna miss you being there."
"Chloe, I lied. They don't need me at the hospital that day."
"Please tell me this isn't because of all the drama I put you through..."
"No. No. It's not you. You're...beautiful."

"There's some sort of connection between us, Chloe, and I know that you feel it, too."
"Okay, stop. Davis, this...this connection...it was never this."
"I understand. But I am not ready to let you go. I will wait for as long as it takes. You know where to find me."

"Your son is destined to fail. Soon a new age will dawn on Earth. An age of power and strength. And the fall of the House of El. Doomsday is coming!"

In conclusion: mindrape is bad, Clark is a dumbass, Chloe is absolutely awesome and is going to kick Clark's ass when she finds out, I love these two more than Clark loves pie, and did I mention how EPIC this episode was? EPIIIIIC.

Also, I HEART JAMES MARSTERS' VOICE. EPIIIIIIC.

"Bride" promo: The wedding color scheme in the promos makes it pretty clear as to the Brainiac question. Like Chloe would stand for orange and yellow as her wedding colors if James Marsters weren't the one still driving. SO FUG. Her wedding dress is gorgeous, though!

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Thanks for doing this. It helps me enjoy the episode so much more.

Awesome picspam! Even though I haven't watched in what feels like forever (considering my abusive relationship with SV) this episode totally made me want to get all caught up. Dayum, that was EPIC.

I totally missed all those quick flashes of the Vessel kiss! I didn't think that they showed it that much! And the fact that they used the Superman symbol. Weee! EPIC!

(The big picture of Lionel on the wall makes my Chlionel heart happy. Someone misses their Bastard most Magnificent and doesn't want to forget him!)

Great picspam! I seriously did not pick out half of those quick flashes. How awesome is it that Chloe's happy place is all of her kisses with Clark?

Oh, this is made of WIN. So many nifty details! Thank you for doing this! ♥

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chiri_chan. These caps are beautiful. I might actually start downloading them for itunes now.

The wedding color scheme in the promos makes it pretty clear as to the Brainiac question. Like Chloe would stand for orange and yellow as her wedding colors if James Marsters weren't the one still driving.

This made my night.

Chlark is my happy place when it comes to ships.

Found this via chiri_chan. These caps are so amazing! Thanks for sharing! I love the detail they put into the memory flashes, and I love you for posting caps of it! Fascinating that there were still flashes of SuperClark in Chloe's head even after she lost the secret.

These caps are actually making me interested in seeing S8 (on DVD, as my computer monitor is screwed), despite the lack of Lionel and the elder Kents. Thanks very much for sharing!

Yeah, I didn't think the show would survive losing Lionel and Lex in one blow, but the new characters are great and the season arc is the tightest they've had in a long time (provided they, um, don't screw it up in the end, as SV is apt to do). :3

Chlionel icon! Eee!

Ooh, I didn't even think about that. ...though I wonder if the show was really thinking about it either. XD

I love your Pocky icon!

Yeah, same. And it's Chloe's happy place too, apparently. :3

I'm kind of tempted to buy the iTunes season pass just because the CW logo and ads are getting so out of control, but I'll want the DVDs too in the future, so it's like paying twice. I feel like there are slightly better things to spend my money on, but I'll probably cave. XD

You're welcome! Thank you for commenting! :D

Yeah, this is my cunning plan - see how badly they screw it up before starting to watch.

I miss the Chlionel. I'm still trying to figure out how Lionel got an unconscious Chloe home to the Talon without anyone bothering. Which is possibly proof that he was her bf and doing strange things with her there all the time.

I love that Lois and Lana don't rate screens (though I can see Lana pasted on the wall, but no Lois! Chloe's standards match with my own!), but Lionel and the Kents rate the flatscreen TV monitors.

I wonder what her writeup for Lionel's profile is like. "Has great hair. Tendency to invade personal space. Has tried to blow me up in the past, but brought me flowers to make up for it, so all is forgiven!"

He totally has keys to the Talon and apartment. Like when he sneaked in to threaten Lois in "Noir"? I am convinced he swiped the keys to copy from Chloe during their sekrit sexytimes. (I think she's smart enough not to actually make copies for him herself.)

OMG YOUR ICON. IT IS TRUFAX.

And you're welcome~!

Thank you for posting this beautiful picspam. It shows so much of the detail that I missed whilst watching this episode especially Chloe's memories.

Well, he went in there and cleaned up Genevieve's body in Commencement too. Doesn't he technically own the place?

Anyway, I suspect his shady past in the Suicide Slums has made him a fairly deft lockpick.

Well, Lex does, though I doubt Lex would give him the keys. I guess it all depends on whether one thinks the sekrit sexytimes started.

This is true, too! Lionel is hardcore. XD

You're welcome! Thank you for taking the time to comment :D

You're welcome! :D

Oh, S2. But Chloe didn't start living at the Talon until... when? S6?

He's the man.

(Where have you been pimping this that so many people below say they got here through you? XD)

I almost screamed when it jumped to Dark Thursday and she was in that coat again. I can't believe it hasn't even been half a season since she got fired from the DP, it feels like an eternity.

I can't totally hate Clark either, because I realize in his own deeply stupid Clark way, he did it out of love. But at the same time, I want to smack him because he doesn't listen to anything she says. Like, in his own Clark-morality-bubble, I realize this makes sense, but it was just a few weeks ago that Chloe was yelling at him for acting morally superior because of his powers, and just the same day when she said she didn't want to forget. I can't help wanting to throttle him for not even thinking about what she would want. This is all about his guilt complex.

But at the same time I recognize that the day that Clark can step outside his guilt complex will presumably never come, and this is really the best I can expect from him. I do still want Chloe to be mad and for him to grovel a bit when it all gets solved, though.

I loved seeing her hair back in S5!mode too. When they ironed it out again, it looked exactly the same as in Vessel.

Ohh, I totally blanked on the fact she remembered Devoted! But I can understand why a mindwhammied kiss didn't quite rate in her top five list. XD

I still love how two of the people on the screens are dead, and yet they still rate flatscreen monitors over Lois. I can see Lana pasted on the wall, but no Lois at all. Chloe's priorities clearly mesh with my own.

I know! I actually do think I saw like one screen with Lois? But I mean, in comparsion to like the five screens of Clark and Lionel, I can easily ignore it. (And no Lana! Bwah!)

I'm pretty sure that writeup also must have included the yam passing. Like "Has tried to kill me several times. However, also shared yams so I think we're good?"

In secret, secret places! :P

Dark Thursday was AMAZING! I really do think it's a reminder that Chloe's going back to a saved DP.

Yes, it's Clark's deeply stupidness but it's in character. But I mean he watched her being completely erased and thus *looks at reckoning* Stupid move, to the extreme. He really needed Martha to be a talk point against him there at the end, and I think his characterization suffered for the lack of it.

I so think she's growing her hair out.

Yes, she forgot Devoted but that was the only one.

HAHAHA! Oh man, I missed Lana on the wall. That's fantastic.

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