I hate being me with a brain

[serafina20]

Skinwalker finally hit rock bottom for me. I always thought it was just a mediorcre episode. Not good, not horrible, but okay in it's own right. Until I started writing it and hit a wall. Namely:

Why wasn't Clark arrested on suspicion of murdering Kyla? I mean, people know she's dead. She died in his arms. Her blood was on him. No, there wasn't any evident murder weapon or motive, but he should have at least been taken in on *suspicion* right?

*bangs head on desk*

I don't know what to do!!!!

Comments

[goth-clark.livejournal.com]

You could always have that they investigated but found no evidence that he killed her. I always thought there was a lot more going on that we never see. Like with this past new episode. Boy did they skip a ton of things.

[lady-alys.livejournal.com]

Keeping in mind that my knowledge of criminal legal matters comes almost entirely from Law & Order...

It's my understanding that, in general, the police don't arrest people for crimes (especially felonies like murder) unless they're pretty sure they've got the case locked up and ready for court. Taken in for questioning, yes, but if the evidence isn't solid there's always the scene where Assistant District Attorney of the Day comes in and says, "But that's not enough for a conviction."

So, maybe there was a missing scene where the sheriff's department (which is running neck and neck with the Sunnydale Police Department for the Most Oblivious Law Enforcement Organization Ever Award) questions Clark about what happened, then determines he didn't kill her, so lets him go.

[velvetglove.livejournal.com]

Pardon my inappropriate gleeful squeeing, but that's always been one of the most glaringly inappropriate scenes on SV, as far as I'm concerned.

Basically, a dog jumps through a window, injuring itself in the process, and then a young woman dies gruesomely. The logic gap between an injured dog, on the one hand, and a young man clutching the partially disemboweled nude corpse of the woman he was romantically involved with, on the other, wouldn't be an issue to be handled by Animal Control in most jurisdictions.

It was actually pretty creepy. They're pretty easy about death in Smallville.

[serafina20.livejournal.com]

Pardon my inappropriate gleeful squeeing, but that's always been one of the most glaringly inappropriate scenes on SV, as far as I'm concerned.


No problem. I'm just amazed that I haven't seen it in other places AND I hadn't thought of it before. Now it really bugs me.

The logic gap between an injured dog, on the one hand, and a young man clutching the partially disemboweled nude corpse of the woman he was romantically involved with, on the other, wouldn't be an issue to be handled by Animal Control in most jurisdictions.

Yeah. The way I'm thinking, even without a murder weapon, the DA or whoever would have a pretty good case against Clark. He doesn't have an alibi (unless Lionel fess up to having heard his voice, if that's even admissable), doesn't have a good excuse for being in the woods with Kyla, and has possible motive. It seems like this should have hung around for *months* after.

[pepperjackcandy.livejournal.com]

Bearing in mind I haven't seen Skinwalkers:

Well, there's no clear-cut evidence of foul play.

Clark wasn't holding the shard of glass or any other weapon, and the police had just seen Clark moments before. There wasn't enough time for him to have killed her and ditched the weapon.

Clark followed the wolf into the woods, and the next thing the police knew, he was holding Kyla's wounded body. They may well have written it off as Kyla was murdered by the wolf.

[sabershadowkat.livejournal.com]

I agree with pepperjackcandy. The police were there and saw Clark go off into the woods, and probably followed him pretty quickly. With the amount of blood and lack of evidence (no murder weapon and no fingerprints on her other than wher Clark held her), even if they did suspect Clark, there wouldn't be enough probable cause to charge him with allegedly committing the crime. They probably indeed wrote it off as the wolf having attacked Kyla and/or an unknown assailant, case unsolved.

Of course, this is SV, where caves exist in Kansas and corn grows year round. You can make up your own reasons and have them be believable.

[serafina20.livejournal.com]

I forgot the police were there in the room. Thanks