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July 1, 2009

The Sourcies Start! Vote for Favorite Newcomer!

All right folks, we've entered the voting phase of The Sourcies! We're going to kick things off with a hotly contested category: Favorite Newcomer. The nominees are:

Castiel
Supernatural

We were worried about this guy when we first heard about him -- an angel? Really? And is his presence going to mess up the bond between the boys? But he won us over from the first moment he appeared -- and now we can't imagine the show without him.

Davis Bloom
Smallville

What's not to love about Davis Bloom? We loved almost every minute that he was onscreen. He's a healer and a hottie, he can stand up to a prying Clark, and he generated some serious sparks with Chloe... OK, fine, he just happened to be the human face of the ultimate destroyer, but nobody's perfect.

Julian
One Tree Hill

It seemed like Julian would be a bad guy when we first met him -- but those first impressions were deceiving. We fell almost as hard for Julian as Brooke did -- smart, funny, snarky, great with Sam, a good head in a crisis, and ridiculously romantic. Swoon!

Liam
90210

Pardon us if we lapse into cliche, but we just can't help ourselves. Liam is the sort of guy who was born to prove the axiom that good (and not-so-good) girls LOVE bad boys. This smoking-hot, tortured adrenaline junkie injected just the right hint of danger into the show.

Nina
Reaper

Who knew a love-sick, sort-of-reformed demon could be so much fun? She started off trying to kill Sam, and ended up falling for Ben -- which was the cue to let the hilarity ensue. We can'thelp but love this girl!

So who do you pick? Voting is open for one week. Make your decision, and feel free to talk up your choice in the comments!

We'll post a new Sourcies category on Monday, July 6. Check back then for more Sourcies goodness!

NOTE: Fear not, Sourcies fans! The Video clips of the nominees will be appearing with the next category. Because we have such a full slate this time out -- and because our video production wizards do need to sleep every once in a while -- we're running the clips on Mondays and Fridays, and doing photo posts on Wednesdays.

June 24, 2009

Smallville: Meet the Big Bads

Smallville has cast another Big Bad for next season -- General Zod! British actor Callum Blue, best known for Dead Like Me and The Tudors, will be taking the general's role. This follows on the heels of the news that Brian Austin Green, late of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (and before that, the original Beverly Hills 90210) will be showing up as Metallo, a cyborg supervillian (and ace reporter!) powered by kryptonite. Clark is going to be busy!

Callum is stepping into some big shoes -- actor Terrance Stamp (who Smallville fans know as the voice of Jor-El) played Zod in 1980's Superman Ii; more recently, Smallville's own Lex Luthor (Michael Rosenbaum) played host to Zod's malevolent life force.

What's your take on the casting -- and on these villians showing up on Smallville? Are they big and bad enough to follow up on Doomsday, or does the show need more?

June 17, 2009

Mark Your Calendars: The CW Premiere Dates Are Here!

So many cliffhangers rounded out this past season: What is Dan and Serena's half brother up to? What -- or who -- did Annie hit? How the heck are Sam and Dean going to defeat Lucifer? Why did the-man-who-will-be-Super say "Clark Kent is dead?" And that's just the start of it! Well, now we know when we can expect answers: The CW has announced its fall premiere dates. Start counting the days now!

It all starts on Tuesday, Sept. 8 with the season premiere of 90210 and the series premiere of Melrose Place. Wednesday, Sept. 9 brings the two-hour season premiere of America's Next Top Model: Shorty Edition. Oh, the drama! We can't wait.

Winchesterites, you can breath again on Sept. 10. That's when Supernatural returns to the small screen, and when we start to figure out how (or if!) the boys can avert Armageddon. But before we get to them, we get introduced to Damon, Stefan and Elena as The Vampire Diaries makes its debut. Should be a spooky and satisfying night!

The Monday-night lineup returns on Sept. 14, with one slight change: One Tree Hill and Gossip Girl are changing places. Now OTH gets the first spot, and GG rounds out the night. The Beautiful Life makes its debut on Wednesday, Sept. 16, after ANTM.

Finally, Smallville swoops back onto our screens on Friday, Sept. 25. Why the wait? Your guess is as good as ours.

Get the schedule in an easy-to-digest form after the break.

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June 16, 2009

The Best and Worst of Times: Smallville, Season 8

We’ve discussed the Season 8 Finale of Smallville and throughout the season, we’ve talked about each episode, but we want to know your opinions on the best and worst moments of Season 8. Were there times when you felt the tears brimming? What about the times when you were mad at the direction of the show? Any moments you found yourself yelling at the television, “Why are you doing this, Clark?” We here at The CW Source have come up with our own list of favorite and most despised moments of Season 8 to lead the discussion, but we want to encourage all of you to tell us your thoughts.

The Best
Beginning with the positive things we liked about Season 8 seems the best way to open this discussion and we’ll start from the beginning.

  • At the end of “Odyssey”, Clark’s realization that he needs to leave the farm and embrace his destiny was a very nice touch of maturation for our hero. Though it leads us further from “Smallville” and closer to “Superman”, it was greatly needed.
  • The introduction of Davis Bloome in "Plastique".
  • We really enjoyed the back story of Oliver and his training with the bow in “Toxic.” The connection with Tess was icing on the cake.
  • In “Committed,” we hear Lois say that she loves Clark, regardless of her attachment to the lie detector or not. Their relationship throughout Season 8 might be one of the best things about this season.
  • In "Identity," Chloe/Brainiac giving Sebastian Kane a stroke to maintain Clark's secret identity.
  • We believe Clark rebuilding the Fortress of Solitude might possibly be the best scene this season, but definitely the best scene in "Abyss".
  • In "Legion," just having members of the Legion arrive and defeat Brainiac was good enough to make this list.
  • Besides Clark and Lana’s bed-breaking romp, "Requiem" provided us with the final ending to this love story.
  • The deception between Jimmy and Davis in "Turbulence" about whether or not Jimmy was going crazy was excellent.
  • Call us sick, but we enjoyed the scene between Davis, Clark and Chloe in "Eternal" where Chloe kills Davis with kryptonite.
  • Barring the disappointing fight between Doomsday and Clark, the episode "Doomsday" contained some incredible scenes between Oliver and Clark.

Our take on the worst? That's after the jump.

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June 12, 2009

Sourcies Nominations Are Open!

We asked for help, and boy, did you deliver! We got a ton of great category suggestions for The Sourcies 2009 -- almost 70 altogether! We wish we could use them all, but alas, we needed to winnow it down a bit. Some categories (best line, for example) gave us too much choice, while others (like best air guitar) gave us too little. (Nice try at getting us to nominate Jensen's Eye of the Tiger performance, though, The Driver Picks!)

In the end, we cut it down to 25 categories. Ladies and gentlemen, in no particular order, your Sourcies are:

1. Best couple
2. Best recurring character
3. Favorite fashion guru
4. Best hair (or hair accessory)
5. Most dearly departed (your favorite deceased character)
6. Favorite newcomer
7. I love to hate you
8. Best cliffhanger
9. Most heartbreaking moment
10. Best special effects
11. Favorite villain
12. Favorite friends forever moment
13. Most awkward moment
14. Best fight
15. Best finally! It’s about time! moment
16. Best kiss
17. Biggest WTF?!? moment
18. Funniest scene
19. Hottest moment
20. Most unexpected hookup
21. Voice of wisdom award
22. Most dramatic meltdown
23. Hooray! The bitch is back!
24. Best special episode
25. Best family drama
So now we've got even more work for you: Nominations! We want to know your take on each and every one of those categories. Who should make the list? Note: We're looking for nominations from the 2008-2009 season only.

Tell us in the comments, and stay tuned for more Sourcilicious goodness!

[Note: We've closed the comments, because voting has started!]


June 1, 2009

It's Sourcies Season, and We Need Your Help!

That's right, folks, it's time for the fabulous CW Sourcies! You know the drill: We pit scenes and moments from various shows against each other and let you vote to see what comes out on top! And we want your help!

We're compiling the categories for this year's competition, but it occurred to us that hey, why should we have all the fun? So we want your input: What categories do you want to see your fave shows compete in this year? Are you looking for perennial favorites, like best fight, best kiss, best villain? Or do you have something more out-there in mind?

So here's our challenge to you: Use the comments to tell us what categories you want to vote in this year. If you see something you think is brilliant, second that emotion. We'll pick the categories that you love, that tickle our fancy, and that will make the Sourcies better than ever this year. Get commenting! We can't wait to see what you come up with!

Note: Wow! You guys rock! We've picked out categories for this year, so the comments are now closed. Now go nominate your favorites!

Smallville: A Call To Arms

So, you’ve had a couple of weeks to sit back and think about all things Smallville, especially how Season 8 concluded. Essentially, we saw the conclusion of the Doomsday storyline with both Doomsday and Davis Bloom being rotten as all get-out and consequently dying at the hands of Clark and Jimmy, respectively. Just as Jimmy discovers Clark’s secret, he dies. Just as Clark and Lois are beginning to share some moments, she’s transported somewhere in time by the Legion ring. Just as we thought Tess would be killed off, she becomes the purveyor of Zod’s arrival. The fragile relationship between Clark and Oliver Queen has been strained to the breaking point. And as for Chloe, she lost a friend in Lana, her wicked smarts with the removal of Brainiac, a husband in Jimmy, a cousin in Lois and her best friend in Clark. Oh, and what about her power of ultimate healing? Did she lose that too (because she didn’t heal Jimmy’s pipe-through-the-gut wound)?

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May 21, 2009

CW Fall Schedule Announced!

Vamps and models and Melrosites are flooding The CW's fall schedule -- and we can't wait! The network announced its 2009-2010 schedule today, and we had a few surprises. Yes, we knew about Melrose Place, but The Beautiful Life took us by surprise. A couple of shows we thought were a lock didn't end up on the schedule at all, and a few more shows we hoped would return have been dropped. But the biggest -- and most welcome -- surprise? All of the new shows on the sched look likely to rock!

The three new shows we can look forward to in the fall are Melrose Place, The Beautiful Life and The Vampire Diaries. We got a chance to talk to cast members from all three new shows, and we'll have an in-depth look at the series later. For now, here's a quick look, plus our impressions:

Melrose Place is taking the post-90210 spot on Tuesday nights. You know the drill: A bunch of glamorous 20-somethings share their lives and loves in a faboo apartment complex off LA's storied Melrose Ave. In the original incarnation, the show started off almost a little slow, then embraced its soapy elements a season or two in. This version seems to intend to go over the top from the get-go -- and that has us salivating.
Our Take: We can't wait to see Katie Cassidy as an acid-tongued, bisexual publicist; Ashlee Simpson as a sweet, naive small-town girl who's willing to scheme to get what she wants; and Shaun Sipos as the troublemaking spawn of original Melrose resident Michael Mancini. Plus, Sydney is back from the dead -- and how are they going ot pull that off? We can't wait to find out!

Find out about The Beautiful Life and The Vampire Diaries after the jump!

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May 15, 2009

Smallville: D-Day Finale

And here it is! Season 8 of Smallville is now officially in the books with the episode "Doomsday." Rokk arrives from the future to give Clark another Legion ring, telling him that if he doesn't send Doomsday to the future where the Legion can fight him, Clark will die the next day. A foreboding prophecy that somehow manages to not come true even though Clark does not use the ring. The future is fickle that way, no?

Chloe and Davis share a star-gazing scene on the hood of Davis' car and Tess finds that her precious Kandor Orb has been stolen. It's mentioned that the explosion to her vault was from the inside, so we're left thinking the Orb escaped on its own. More on this later.

In the Daily Planet, Clark is writing a goodbye letter to the city of Metropolis when Lois arrives and heckles him for not looking for Chloe. He disappears and calls Lois' desk as the Red-Blue Blur, delivers the goodbye letter to her and explains that he no longer thinks he is invincible. The next day, Clark reveals his plan to separate Davis Bloom from Doomsday to both Black Canary and Impulse. Ollie arrives to chastise Clark's ethics once more, saying, "Some people aren't worth saving." Clark reveals to the group that Ollie killed Lex Luthor and is no longer part of the team.

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May 11, 2009

Finale Countdown: Smallville and Supernatural

It's two potential world-ending events for the price of one this week on The CW Thursday night! We're counting down to the end of the season for Smallville and Supernatural -- and the tension is killing us! Fortunately, we have some clips and an exclusive tour to keep us occupied while we wait!

First, Smallville promises us doom, and lots of it, in its season finale:



And Supernatural? Well, we've got the fight to stave off the end of the world:



Perky, isn't it? But wait, there's more! After the jump, we have more clips from both shows -- and an exclusive tour of the Daily Planet set with Jimmy Olsen!

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May 8, 2009

Smallville: Injustice for all

Smallville did it again! This week’s episode, "Injustice," managed to bring forth the best these actors have to offer, all while offering a massive amount of action. Are we the only ones dreading the end of the hour while the show is on? We want more! With only one episode left this season, we’re bracing ourselves for something spectacular, but also for the wait until Season 9.

But back to what happened in last night’s episode. Clark essentially gives up hiding his identity from Tess as she tells him she is making sure he’ll face the inevitable battle with Doomsday. Rushing out to save a screaming Chloe, Clark fails to realize they are being watched by a group of Tess’ meteor-mutated minions (anyone for alliteration?). He is surprised by Chloe’s change of heart in wanting him to destroy Davis Bloome now.

Tess’ gang consisting of Plastique, Live Wire, Neuron and Parasite is down by one after Doomsday makes quick work of Neuron. When Live Wire shows signs of dissension, Parasite saps her powers and Tess finishes her (oops, getting ahead of ourselves).

In one of several great scenes between Clark and Ollie, Clark asks Ollie to steal a piece of Black Kryptonite from Tess so that he can kill Doomsday.

Ollie: “Believe me, I know how difficult this is. We’re supposed to be the good guys, but sometimes we have to get our hands dirty; do what’s necessary. It’s the only option.”
Clark: “We need to kill Davis Bloome.”

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May 1, 2009

Smallville: Release the Beast!

Davis Bloom
With only three episodes remaining, Smallville has kicked it into high gear with Beast. Seriously, this was one of the best acted, most high-intensity episodes in a while, and completely worth a watch and a re-watch. We start with Chloe being romanced by Davis. After some hot and heavy kissing, Chloe looks up to see…? That’s right, a trail of blood. What a rookie mistake! FYI: If you’re trying to woo a woman AND you have a serial killer beast inside you, at least take the time to clean up the blood trails. Chloe follows the trail to a mutilated upper half of Clark. She screams and wakes up. Whew! Everything is okay. That day, Clark informs Chloe of his suspicions that Davis is still alive. Chloe makes an incredibly bold move by saying, “Clark, Davis is dead and the only thing keeping him alive in your mind is fear.” That’s a powerful lie to tell your best friend.

Jimmy asks Ollie for money, but Ollie’s no fool. He offers to set Jimmy up in a drug rehab program, but Jimmy denies his addiction and storms out of the Ace of Clubs. In a car, Chloe informs Dr. Emil Hamilton of Davis’ existence and asks him to search for a cure. Davis arrives when the doctor leaves and tells Chloe that it’s becoming harder to keep Doomsday in check, that he has to be with her at all times. In her basement, the two discuss leaving Smallville behind and Chloe agrees to do anything for Davis.

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April 30, 2009

Smallville Sneak Peak: Beast

Things are coming to a head on Smallville: Clark knows Doomsday is still alive, and that means something's got to give! Check it out as Clark and Ollie discuss what they'll have to do to protect themselves -- and the world -- from Doomsday for good:


What do you think? Talk!

April 24, 2009

Smallville: These Boots Were Made For Kicking

Lois -- or Stiletto?
Stiletto starts this episode of Smallville with a frustrated Lois Lane trying to gain access into an exclusive event. While Lois discusses what it must be like to be a superhero, Chloe, who just left Lois' side, is mugged for her keys. On command, Lois performs some power moves and knocks down both attackers. One would-be mugger takes off in Chloe's car with her laptop in the back; the other mugger is pressed to the ground by Metropolis' newest hero: Stiletto (Lois with backlight). Clark attempts to get information from Lois about Stiletto, hoping to recover the laptop which contains a great deal of information on himself and the members of the Justice League, but she decides to keep the heroine's whereabouts a secret.

Next, we see an almost-forgotten Jimmy Olsen bartending at the Ace of Clubs for the same goons who jumped Chloe and Lois. Bruno Mannheim, the mugger who got away, decides his current crime lord is too soft, so he shoots him and usurps the throne. Meanwhile, Lois makes a patent leather costume (who knew she could sew?) and contacts Jimmy to take action photos of her for her breaking news article covering the mysterious Stiletto.

In a discussion of love, Chloe attempts to convince Clark that finding Stiletto might not be a bad idea for him because he could finally have a companion that would understand him. The next scene has Clark and Lois sitting across from each other at the Daily Planet and both make glances to their respective bags which contain their "costume". When a crime report comes across the police scanner, the two of them both take off. Stiletto arrives at the scene (oddly, before the police) after the Red-Blue Blur has already caught the thief and wrapped him in a drainage pipe. Hilarity ensues as Clark arrives and Lois tries to hide behind her mask, saying, "Well, I should get back to my cave." (yet another Batman reference?...hmmm). While Lois tells Clark who the muggers worked for, Jimmy is getting beat down for having a camera full of pictures of Stiletto and not telling Mannheim who she is.

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April 23, 2009

Smallville Sneak Peak: Stiletto

We're counting down to new episodes of our Thursday shows! Last week, we gave you sneak peak at the new Supernatural. Now, we've got a glimpse of the new Smallville, in which Lois decides to to go undercover as a superhero in hopes of drawing out the Red-Blue Blur. Take a look!

April 17, 2009

Smallville Talkback: Arrows and Bats

Last week, all of you Smallville fans blew up the comments section and hashed out a good deal of great theories and ideas. This week, we would like to hear just as much from you, but on an entirely different topic. Many of you have commented that one of your favorite current stories on Smallville is the Justice League. We keep getting tastes of them: they’re here taking down Luthercorp strongholds, they disband to keep low profiles, they begin reforming but the Doomsday storyline completely dwarfs them, etc. But let’s go back to the formation of the team by Oliver “Ollie” Queen, a.k.a. Green Arrow. Since Smallville is based on the DC Comics’ Superman storyline, how did you feel when Green Arrow founded the Justice League rather than the Man of Steel? A little research on the comic history shows that Green Arrow had to be convinced joining such a team was not “soulless”. With no slight to Justin Hartley’s portrayal of Green Arrow (he is very convincing as a guy trying to do the right thing but without Clark’s cumbersome ethics), does this deviation work for you?

We’ll use this to segue into another idea we mentioned in two different polls from past weeks: Batman (or other Justice League members). When asked who you thought would be the next Justice League member to make an appearance on the show, the votes were almost evenly split between Batman and Green Lantern. The following week, when asked if we would ever see Batman on Smallville, the overwhelming choice was, “Never happen -- the movie franchise is too strong, and they won't release the character.”

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April 10, 2009

Smallville Talkback: With Our Powers Combined...

Chlois?
The next new episode of Smallville will not air until April 23rd, so we like to take opportunities like this to look at some of the recent comments by you, the readers, and really open up the floor for discussion. Looking back a couple of weeks at the episode “Hex”, we received several differing opinions on the Chlois theory, and this feels like a good place to start.

As most of you may know, the theory is simple: Chloe Sullivan is Lois Lane from the comics. Chloe has dreamed of being a reporter for the Daily Planet since she was a child, has shown tenacity in her coverage of all the meteor strike incidents, worked hard to get a position at the Daily Planet (before being fired by Lex Luthor) and in general, shows the same iconic strengths as Lois Lane from the comics. Mix all of this with emotionally powerful on-screen scenes between Chloe (Allison Mack) and Clark (Tom Welling) and you have a recipe for what many fans want: the ousting of Lois Lane (Erica Durance) and the unfolding destiny of Chloe Sullivan.

From the comments, Carrie feels the introduction of Chloe as Watchtower for the Justice League is not exciting and only shoves Ms. Sullivan into a role of hero support rather than cutting-edge reporter. On the flipside, commenter Mariko says:

“Watchtower is okay for now, because heroes often have a crisis of faith, and Chloe has a long way to go. But Chloe is a reporter, they've told me that from the very beginning of the story, and this Chloe fan won't accept any other fate for her.”

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April 3, 2009

Smallville: That Which Does Not Kill Us...

In this week’s episode of Smallville, “Eternal” continues the Davis/Doomsday storyline and even takes time to touch on Chloe’s departure from Jimmy. Tess begins the episode by reading from Lionel Luther’s diary and we see the meteor strike hitting Smallville. While Clark is being swept up by the Kents, Davis is hatched from some gooey egg and chased down by Lionel’s S.W.A.T.-esque men.

Next, Clark enters Tess’ office with a story pitch about a serial killer, based on more than a dozen missing persons. Tess blows him off and Clark accuses her of sweeping the story under the rug. Meanwhile, Chloe and Davis are cooking dinner together and he asks her for an update on Jimmy. She tells him about the ugly emails. Clark barges in to talk about his news story. Davis excuses himself and apparently offs another victim, as we see him throwing a shovel in his car -- the same car that immediately gets blown up by Tess.

Clark tells Chloe that he doesn’t trust Davis, and then reads of his car burning. The next morning, Davis awakes to find himself covered in bandages in Tess’ place. She tells him she admires his choice of victims. “It’s like keeping bats around to wipe out the parasites that prey on the city.” Okay, we’re not trying to jump to any incredible conclusions, but could this be foreshadowing a Batman cameo? Please?! Maybe Clark just gets a phone call from Bruce Wayne. Is that too much to ask?

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March 27, 2009

Smallville: Freaky Thursday

Last night's Smallville episode should have pleased Chlois and Clois fans alike. Wish granting, body-swapping and power removal, and a light-hearted comical feel meant this episode really had something for everyone.

Clark skips Chloe's birthday party because he's "on assignment " Then Lois leaves the party to pursue a lead of her own, leaving Chloe and Oliver Queen. Chloe begins waxing nostalgic on who she used to be and when everything started to change. It was great to walk down memory lane with Chloe and be reminded of the girl we all fell for so long ago.

Enter Zatanna, daughter of the late Givioni "John" Zatara, a magician who gave his life to save Zatanna. She approaches Oliver and mentions granting him a wish, but he has to leave on business and directs Zatanna to Chloe, saying that she deserved a wish to be fulfilled. Now, you 'd lthink that since, just last week, Jimmy said that marrying Chloe was the biggest mistake of his life, you'd think her thoughts would be a little more oriented towards fixing this problem. However, when told to make a wish, Chloe sees an image of her cousin, Lois Lane, and BAM! The next morning, Chloe looks and talks like Lois.

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March 20, 2009

Smallville: Deceptions Run Deep

If you didn’t catch last night’s episode of Smallville, make it a priority tonight…or read our recap and then watch it for yourself! Last week’s episode was, let’s face it, a filler. Yes, it brought back Lois for all the Clois fans, but everything that happened was undone when Clark went back in time. This week, not so much. We have Tess trying to play Clark, Jimmy trying to expose Davis, Davis trying to cover his tracks, and all sorts of greatness between Chloe and Jimmy!

“Turbulence” begins with Davis Bloom in a confessional telling a priest that he has tried to rid the world of evil to keep his own evil in check. The priest tells him, “Stay on your righteous path, my son. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.” Easy to say to someone when you don’t know they’re Doomsday and they’re breaking people’s necks.

Clark has apparently been running around town making sure cameras catch the Red-Blue Blur, but Chloe shows concern that an accident could lead to his identity leak. When they discuss Jimmy’s condition, Chloe says he should be fine, but there’s doubt in her eyes. The next scene has Chloe and Jimmy talking in the hospital and though Jimmy says they’ll be together forever, Chloe looks doubtful.

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