Adam Knight

[serafina20]

So ...

Do you think Adam was dead when his character was originally conceived? Or during the first episode he was on? Because (without having rewatched the episode) I'm wondering if the IV he was hooked to when Lana visited him in his room was really a saline solution (or whatever they use to treat dehydration) or if it was the kyptonite solution that kept him going. And how much Lionel had to pay the nurses/doctors/etc. to keep them from freaking out that there was a dead guy in their hospital.

Speaking of which (she continues, warms up to the subject, completely ignoring the fact that she actually missed anything pertaining to this arc) isn't that some sort of health code violation? And, did the solution jump start his heart, or was his blood all congealed and motionless behind his skin, leaking out at inconvienent moments? Or did the solution make his heart beat, too.

Wow. That's some kryptonite solution. Or was it Clark's blood mixed with the kryptonite? Or ....

Maybe I should just rewatch it. Or not. Whatever.

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Comments

[capnzebbie.livejournal.com]

I know the solution was partly Clark's blood. That was big deal at the beginning of S3 with Lionel wanting the vial of Clark's blood--his scientists were working on the serum.

About Adam's character being dead, ultimately he was supposed to be dead before he ever came on the show, and he was reanimated with the magical solution. But I'm not sure if that's what the writers of the original Adam story intended for the character. Smallville has some continuity problems, and I sometimes wonder if the various writers communicate with each other at all--do you ever wonder about that?

[serafina20.livejournal.com]

I know the solution was partly Clark's blood.

Yeah, I knew that,and then it completely slipped my mind as I was writing the post. I think it's partly because I'm caught up in the fact Garner from Sommerholt was experimenting with Kryptonite and forgot Lionel had other intrests.

But I'm not sure if that's what the writers of the original Adam story intended for the character.

Oh, I know that's not originally what Adam's story was supposed to be. Ian S. even said that they changed his arc after the first three epsiodes, and there's such a disconnect between how he was introduced and what he eventually became.

I sometimes wonder if the various writers communicate with each other at all--do you ever wonder about that?

Well, I think they communicated with each other. Not to the extent that, say, Joss Whedon's staff communicated, perhaps, but they're all following a master plan. What's bugging me isn't so much the arc was changed, but there was no reverse continutity check to explain the hows of getting a dead person checked into a hospital without it somehow leaking or causing a problem.

[sage]

Somerholder said in an interview that TPTB completely changed his character's direction after the 3rd ep he shot. From that, I got the impression that as originally written, Adam didn't start out as dead at all...much less a killer.

As for the rest, I have no idea. ;)

[serafina20.livejournal.com]

Somerholder said in an interview that TPTB completely changed his character's direction after the 3rd ep he shot.

I remember that, and it was incredibly frustrating to hear just because the character had such a disappointing end after so promising a beginning. And now I'm frustrated that the writers didn't even attempt to explain how a dead person was admitted to the hospital without problem.