I'm smaller on the outside

for the purpose of this poll, things like "animation" and "musical" are not options here because those are mediums and can be any genre! i also sort of felt like inclusion of either of these would result in them dominating this particular poll. so instead, think of which of these selections MOST sums up the movie you're thinking of. it's okay if multiple of these apply, but just pick the one that would sum it up best.

Everything's wrong. The stress of my modern office has caused me to go into a depression.

Lex, sweetie, let me please rehome you in some other, nicer universe where people who claim to be your friends won't abandon you to get your brain fried.

Just- how the fuck the Kents can look Lex in the eye and shake his hand after spending all of last episode all gung-ho for leaving him indefinitely imprisoned in Belle Reve despite knowing he was being falsely imprisoned- the sheer unmitigated fucking gall of it.

Anyway, so, Lex's offer here. Clark reads it as an attempt to 'fix' Clark, which- okay, I'm not sure that's not a part of it, given Lex has grown up around Lionel 'I will absolutely risk my son's life because a dead child is preferable to a disabled one' Luthor, but- what Lex actually offers here is just to get Clark in touch with the doctors he consulted about Lionel's condition, which- if we cast our minds back to S2, Lex there was focusing on helping Lionel to adjust to his newfound (and as it turned out temporary) disability, rather than attempting to 'solve' it'. Which- would suggest that that's probably what he's getting at here. Like- I get Clark's point about his newfound disability not being a problem to be solved, but something he has to learn to live with, but- given Lex doesn't know the alien thing right now on account of having got his brain fried, getting Clark some additional medical advice and maybe some of the therapists that Lionel kept complaining about back in season 2 to help him do that isn't a bad idea.

And- taken out of context, what results is- actually a pretty sweet little bonding moment between Clark and Lex about the way they both feel marked out right now - Clark by his blindness, and Lex by his recent institutionalisation. In context, however, the line about the almost medieval prejudice against the mentally ill is- yeah, there is, and it's a prejudice which is fucking everywhere in this show, with Lex himself being a paramount example.

Anyway, Lex is planning on going back to work for his dad, which- 'Shattered' and 'Asylum' really brought me down hard on the side that Lex's return to LuthorCorp this season was always part of a long-game plan to bring Lionel down, and Lex is just very good at making honest feelings do dishonest work. Clark- doesn't know any of this, but- quite aside from warning Lex that the job offer's a sham, doesn't seem to consider for a moment that Lex going back to work for the guy who just drugged him into a mental breakdown and had him subjected to electroshock to erase his memories might be dangerous for him, particularly as Lex lacks that context and may well try and work against Lionel again. Which Clark really should know that Lex will do, because Lex has been fighting back against Lionel in one form or another for as long as Clark has known him. Lex needs to know what he's risking for his own safety, and, again, Clark can tell Lex about what Lionel did to him without Clark's powers coming into it at all! Just- I swear to god, Clark claims later that he's 'protecting' Lex by not telling him, but Clark isn't even protecting himself at this point! He's just deliberately letting his alleged best friend walk right back into that danger when Clark knows how much more dangerous it is than Lex realises!