Rank 'em: Season 5

[AgentPat]

We're about two thirds of the way through S5 right now and I was curious to see where people's heads were at with the season so far.

I'll update this post with new episode titles as they're announced, but here's where we stand as of 2/10/06:

Aired eps
01 Arrival
02 Mortal
03 Hidden
04 Aqua
05 Thirst
06 Exposed
07 Splinter
08 Solitude
09 Lexmas
10 Fanatic
11 Lockdown
12 Reckoning
13 Vengeance
14 Tomb

Unaired
15 Cyborg
16 Hypnotic
17 Void
18 Fragile
19 Mercy
20 Fade
21 Oracle
22 Vessel

Rank 'em! Ga head, you know you want to.



Here's my list:

Hidden
Vengeance
Mortal
Splinter
Arrival
Reckoning
Solitude
Aqua
Exposed
Thirst
Lexmas
Lockdown
Fanatic
Tomb


BTW, my criteria for that order is solely based on how apt I am to rewatch any particular episode, because if I can watch it repeatedly, there must be *something* about it that I really enjoy.

 

[avidreader]

Hidden
Reckoning
Splinter
Vengeance
Arrival
Mortal
Solitude
Thirst
Lexmas
Fanatic
Lockdown
Tomb
Exposed
Aqua

 

[Kane]

Hmm I'd rather do it this way:

Season 5

1) Arrival 7/10

2) Mortal 8/10

3 Hidden 8/10

4) Aqua 6/10

5) Thirst 2/10

6) Exposed 6/10

7) Splinter 7/10

8) Solitude 8/10

9) Lexmas 6/10

10) Fanatic 5/10

11) Lockdown 7/10

12) Reckoning 7/10

13) Vengeance 5/10

14) Tomb 1/10

 

[user123456789]

03 Hidden
12 Reckoning
07 Splinter
08 Solitude
01 Arrival
04 Aqua
02 Mortal
09 Lexmas
13 Vengeance
11 Lockdown
10 Fanatic
06 Exposed
14 Tomb
05 Thirst

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

these are based on my ratings over at the Kingdom....

03 Hidden
01 Arrival
08 Solitude
09 Lexmas
12 Reckoning
07 Splinter
04 Aqua
11 Lockdown
06 Exposed
10 Fanatic
13 Vengeance
05 Thirst
14 Tomb

 

[Serene]

This is really hard for us old folks ( to Squatlow) with our bad memories and all..

Hidden
Reckoning
Splinter
Mortal
Lexmas
Arrival
Lockdown
Solitude
Vengeance
Thirst
Aqua
Fanatic
Exposed
Tomb

 

[boydston_14]

#1-512/Reckoning, followed by
#2-501/Arrival
#3-508/Solitude
#4-503/Hidden
#5-507/Splinter
#6-504/Aqua
#7-510/Fanatic
#8-502/Mortal
#9-511/Lockdown
#10-513/Vengeance
#11-505/Thirst
#12-514/Tomb

I still haven't seen Lexmas or Exposed yet, so the list could change after I see those, or when I see Cyborg on Thursday.

 

[mellyM]

Reckoning
Hidden
Splinter
Vengeance
Arrival
Mortal
Thirst
Solitude
Lockdown
Lexmas
Fanatic
Exposed
Aqua
Tomb

 

[Robin_Begins]

01 Arrival-10
02 Mortal-7
03 Hidden-9
04 Aqua-6
05 Thirst-0
06 Exposed-5
07 Splinter-10
08 Solitude-10
09 Lexmas-10
10 Fanatic-7
11 Lockdown-6
12 Reckoning-10
13 Vengeance-2
14 Tomb-0

 

[triplet]

Here's my list and the scores I gave each one in my reviews...

Interesting seeing it spelled out like this, btw. For example, I loathed most of Aqua but graded that on a curve because of Marsters most excellent introduction as Brainiac.

EDIT: changed my mind about some of these...

Hidden - 5
Reckoning - 5
Vengeance 4.5
Splinter 4.5
Arrival - 4.5
Solitude - 4.5
Mortal - 4
Lexmas - 4.5
Thirst - 4
Aqua - 4
Lockdown - 4
Fanatic - 4
Tomb - (grade still pending, but probably will be a 3.5)
Exposed - 3

 

[Red]

Arrival
Hidden
Reckoning
Solitude
Splinter
Vengeance
Lexmas
Mortal
Lockdown
Fanatic
Thirst
Tomb
Aqua
Exposed

 

[The Caped Knight]

1. Solitude 10/10 - BEST EPISODE (of Season 5) so far

2. Splinter 10/10

3. Exposed 10/10

4. Lexmas 10/10

5. Aqua 9/10

6. Arrival 8/10

7. Reckoning 7/10

8. Vengeance 6/10

9. Hidden 6/10

10. Lockdown 5/10

11. Fanatic 4/10

12. Tomb 4/10

13. Mortal 3/10

14. Thirst 1/10 - WORST EPISODE

 

[KalKai]

1) Arrival
2) Hidden
3) Reckoning
4) Splinter
5) Solitude
6) Vengeance
7) Mortal
8) Thirst
9) Aqua
10) Exposed
11) Lexmas
12) Lockdown
13) Fanatic
14) Tomb

 

[Red]

1. Solitude 10/10 - BEST EPISODE (of Season 5) so far

2. Splinter 10/10

3. Exposed 10/10

4. Lexmas 10/10

5. Aqua 9/10

6. Arrival 8/10

7. Reckoning 7/10

8. Vengeance 6/10

9. Hidden 6/10

10. Lockdown 5/10

11. Fanatic 4/10

12. Tomb 4/10

13. Mortal 3/10

14. Thirst 1/10 - WORST EPISODE

You mad?

 

[KalKai]

1. Solitude 10/10 - BEST EPISODE (of Season 5) so far

2. Splinter 10/10

3. Exposed 10/10

4. Lexmas 10/10

5. Aqua 9/10

6. Arrival 8/10

7. Reckoning 7/10

8. Vengeance 6/10

9. Hidden 6/10

10. Lockdown 5/10

11. Fanatic 4/10

12. Tomb 4/10

13. Mortal 3/10

14. Thirst 1/10 - WORST EPISODE

You mad?

 

[The Caped Knight]

You mad?

Aqua , I gave it 9 for,

(1)Overall Good story

(2) like Sv's version Of Aquaman,

(3)First appearnce of James Marsters as Pros. Milton Fine / Brainiac,

(4)The scene Where Lex captured Arthur trying to get infomation out him was (a great Lex Luthor moment.)

(5) I like the underwater fight between Arthur & Clark.

(6) Loved seeing Lois in The Red Bikini, then The Blue & yellow one.

(7){Not much Clana}

\8/ And I really enjoyed The ending, Lois & Clark Forshadowing.

 

[Red]

You mad?

Thats my line.

 

[The Caped Knight]

You mad?

Exposed

(1) Lois & Clark episode

(2) Lois Undercover as Stripper (The scene was hot & Funny)

(3) Lois once showing she not a A Damsel in Distress (kicking The diplomat ass, before getting tasered, and again while in The helcopther

(4) Lots of Forshadowing

(5) Tom Wopat & John Schneider (I'm a huge fan of The Dukes of Hazzard Tv series)

(6) Seeing Jonathan/John Schneider driving Dodge Charger / General Lee

(7) NO LANA LANG

\8/ The ending with Lois & Clark (more forshadowing Of their Future together


Lexmas

(1) Lana Luthor - (I loved KK, She gave an outstanding preformance. I found this version of Lana to be a beautiful peaceful angel, she was really happy,Kind & Sweet.
She was nothing like her pain in the ass, self centered teenager version.

(2) Lex Luthor - (We finally got to see Michael Rosenbaum in Lex, Which was just so damn funny. Lex driving a old beat up car, Lex trying to put the carseat in the car. Lex & The Christmas tree)

(3) The Christmas theme - I was happy for once Smallville had a Christmas theme.

(4) Lionel Luthor - John Glover preformance both in Lex's dream & in The hospital scenes were awesome.

(5) Clark as Santa that was Funny - remind's me of a Lois & Clark Christmas episode.

(6) Clark showing The real Santa, that Christmas is still meaning full and he shouldn't give up.

 

[AgentPat]

I gave one point for each level, so the ep at the bottom of everybody's list got one point, while the ep at the top got 14. (There have been 14 episodes so far.)

Here are the numbers:

01 Arrival 10 10 10 9 10 10 14 9 14 9 11 14 11 = 141
02 Mortal 12 9 8 11 9 8 7 2 8 11 12 8 10 = 115
03 Hidden 14 14 14 14 13 14 13 6 13 14 13 12 14 = 168
04 Aqua 7 1 9 4 2 5 2 10 6 6 7 3 4 = 66
05 Thirst 5 7 1 5 8 6 4 1 7 2 3 4 8 = 61
06 Exposed 6 2 3 2 3 1 1 12 5 5 4 7 5 = 56
07 Splinter 11 12 12 12 12 11 10 13 11 12 5 11 13 = 145
08 Solitude 8 8 11 7 7 9 11 14 10 13 14 9 6 = 127
09 Lexmas 4 6 7 10 5 7 8 11 4 7 10 10 7 = 96
10 Fanatic 2 5 4 3 4 3 5 4 2 4 1 5 2 = 44
11 Lockdown 3 4 5 8 6 4 6 5 3 8 6 6 3 = 67
12 Reckoning 9 13 13 13 14 13 12 8 12 10 9 1 12 = 139
13 Vengeance 13 11 6 6 11 12 9 7 9 3 8 13 9 = 117
14 Tomb 1 3 2 1 1 2 3 3 1 1 2 2 1 = 23

User ratings are listed in posting order and taken from the lists posted by AgentPat, avidreader, boyscouT, Serene, mellyM, triplet, Red X, Kal-El 8, KalKai, Crisis Superman, Brainiac 8, vyperman7 and rumpuso.

I couldn't factor in the following users because:

Hulk: incomplete list (Mortal)
boydston_14: incomplete list (Lexmas & Exposed)
Robin_Begins: not in order of preference
superboy13_bt: not in order of preference

(Just a reminder, it doesn't matter what criteria you chose to rank the eps, but the lists need to be complete and in ORDER of preference if you'd like your numbers factored into the big picture. Giving them a 2/10, or 10/10 doesn't help if more than one episode shares the same rating on the same list.)

Okay, so here are the results:

01 Hidden 168
02 Splinter 145
03 Arrival 141
04 Reckoning 139
05 Solitude 127
06 Vengeance 117
07 Mortal 115
08 Lexmas 96
09 Lockdown 67
10 Aqua 66
11 Thirst 61
12 Exposed 56
13 Fanatic 44
14 Tomb 23


Very interesting! A lot can be deduced from this list, I think.


(Edited to update numbers)

 

[Serene]

Really interesting stats, Pat!

I hope more people add to the list.. I find this fascinating.

 

[Kane]

01 Hidden 115
02 Reckoning 107
03 Splinter 104
04 Arrival 96
05 Solitude 85
06 Vengeance 84
07 Mortal 74
08 Lexmas 62
09 Aqua 46
10 Lockdown 44 (tie)
10 Thirst 44 (tie)
11 Exposed 35
12 Fanatic 32
13 Tomb 17

It is actually interesting though Reckoning should be a lower and Mortal should be higher...and Vengeance way lower. Anyways Ill rate them in my order then, downward spiraling from good to dreadful:

Hidden
Solitude
Splinter
Mortal
Reckoning
Arrival
Lockdown
Lexmas
Aqua
Exposed
Fanatic
Vengeance
Thirst
Tomb

And I followed the Agent's method of listing them in the order that Id actually prefer to watch them over in (the eps Id watch over again at the top and the ones I never want to see again at the bottom.)

 

[Red]

Great idea Pat, glad to see Hidden's in the lead.

 

[Brainiac 8]

Solitude
Hidden
Mortal
Arrival
Lexmas
Reakoning
Vengeance
Aqua
Lockdown
Splinter
Exposed
Thirst
Tomb
Fanatic

 

[AgentPat]

After adding Crisis and Brainiac's numbers to the list, Mortal has pulled ahead of Vengeance by two points, and we no longer have a tie between Lockdown and Thirst (the former took the lead over the latter). Hidden is still #1, and WAY out front. It's followed by Reckoning, Splinter, Arrival and Solitude, all of which are separated by no more than five points respectfully. Vengeance and Lexmas mark the halfway points. Episodes below that mark have less than half the amount of points as the corresponding episodes in placement above them.

Interesting "race" we have here.

 

[mellyM]

Its kind of hard to really rank, because there are more than I few I pretty much like equally, its been a good season