In honor of Lex's Napoleon the Great watch, this weeks GAYLEs are sparkly timepieces, tailored to the recipient.
Gayle -- Awarded by Omar in the recap to Clark for bringing the look of extreme joy on Lex's face when delivering flowers. Clark gets a candy watch because, according to my housemate Snow, "He's just so sweet."
GAL -- "She doesn't seem like your type." from Clark and Pete's "Let's hit the showers." are locked in a tie.
HoNay! -- You'd think that it would go to our least favorite Villainess. But no, this week the HoNay (and I do mean ho. No one with even a modicum of decency does the 'backup boyfriend' thing she was trying to do with Whitney and Clark) goes to Lana. Her prize is a mirror faced watch with no hands to spoil the bloody preternatural prettiness of her overly made-up face when she looks at it. And yes, I know bitterness doesn't become me.
PHOC -- As always there are votes for the pool cue. And Omar thought he saw a Ty Nant bottle hiding away on the bar. But it's the tulip. As handled by Lex. The very erect tulip with it's swollen head that bursts open from the sheer joy of springtime. (All right, I'm back. And all better now.) Since we know that Lex is interested in ancient empire builders, we're giving him a genuine Roman water clock.
SWOLI -- Martha will be getting a new sundial for her organic garden courtesy of "Tell her you have a problem with needles which, technically, is true."
The BLOW -- While most people thought the line "Miss. Hard. Wick." deserved it, that was mostly the inimitable delivery of John Glover. So, I'm joining Brooding Soul in awarding it to Amy the stalker's line to Miss Hard Wick: "You don't deserve him." We've taken Amy's favorite picture of Lex and put it on a watch face. As soon as she gets out of the hospital, we'll present it to her.
The Juvie --So many to choose from. But the mutual Lana/Clark "we missed it," is my favorite.
The Platypus -- Awarded by Omar in the recap (and most of us agreed with him) to Bo Kent for the line: "I can't believe I'm actually going to say this - I guess you can't always be honest with people." Bo come pick up your homemade potato alarm clock. Like you, it's simple, organic, and tasty.
Occasionals:
The Acting!Lana -- Many nominations, but ultimately a no. What's more, if she keeps behaving this skeevy we may take away all her good intentions points, too.
The Yea! I finally have something to Do! -- Dr. No suggested that it go to Lex's Mama because he keeps mentioning her, but I think I'm going to rule that the recipient has to be alive. This week's goes to Whitney. He doesn't get a watch however as, in the words of my housemate, Lucy, "He'll use Lana's watch so that she doesn't get upset that he's paying attention to something other than her."
The DICK -- No contest. All we ask is that next time Clark is shown in just a towel, they use one of the little towels my mom puts out for houseguests. Clark' candy watch will melt under all that heat, though.
The DRILL -- Anathema in another thread said re Lex: "I'm not really objective. I think I'd find Lex flossing regularly to be DAMN hot." But standing there in that grey sweater received several nominations. However, the winner is Bondage!Lex whom I expect to see featured in many fanfics wearing his brand new Queen Victoria pendant watch.
The DRIP -- For this week only goes to Built!Pete who gets a waterproof Swatch for all the showers we're going to insist he take.
The LEXUS -- Backpack peeping gets so many nominations, but I think that I'm going to have to agree with sour smarties who said, "Saving BMC. You could've let her die, Clark. You don't have to show off for Lex." Preaching to the choir.
The PSHAW -- Many have suggested it; many have vetoed it. I think it's a no, but very close. Try again next week, writer's room.
BLASST -- See PHOC above. I mean didn't that huge spray look like that to you?
The Arglefuffle -- Well, in the first scene I thought she said "Kids, I want to have a passel." But then Lex said something about moving them stone by stone back to Scotland, so I think I was wrong. Tresca's suggestion about "Oh my head, I can't do math." is eliminated because both Lionel and Lex appeared to comprehend it as "I'll go run us a bath." Therefore The Arglefuffle goes to "I'll arglefuffle airy" Which sounded to me like "I'll go have some Boo Berry." Why? Because Lionel looks at her like she's mad and just says "Swell." Poor guy hasn't a clue. And in honor of her outstanding achievements in this regard, we present Victoria with a bright shiny stop watch set for 15 minutes. Darling, it's already ticking.
The HUG -- This brand new award was created by amory for Lex's swoon into Clark's arms just before they investigate the blacklight room. Let us know where to send the kitchen clock when you two set up housekeeping.
And by popular demand, the Big Cheese Award has been promoted to an occasional. Pete gets it for saying to Clark, "You're not the flying kind." Yeah, Clark's Superman. We've heard.
The Hammer -- 'He says it's a big chess game between him and Boobs. It must be like playing checkers against a particularly dense cactus.' I was so glad to know that I wasn't the only who thought that Victoria seemed to be an inappropriate opponent for chess. The way she's coming across I think Twister may be an intellectual challenge for her. (Sorry, I know there's a retract mechanism on these claws somewhere.)