*smiles* Splinter rocks out as one of my favourite Season 5 episodes. I love, love, love it to bits. If I remember correctly, I had to split my meta post on that ep into two parts I was so squeeful about it! And I totally concur on Lex/Lana--they parallel them so well in Season 5. Lana's journey mirrors that of Lex's in earlier seasons--you can see where it's all headed.

When he smiles at Lex holding a gun on him -- that's so freaking hot, man.
It was the most disturbingly sexy ep ever. *nods*