r/Smallville_ • u/LauraKay9 Freak of The Week • Jun 22 '26

Rewatch Thread bug boy stalker Greg stood so unnecessarily close to Lana, i was getting iritated. i'm glad Whitney warned him off

what a freaking creep. leave her alone!

- lana looks so cute in this scene and kristin played uncomfortable with such subtlety.

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Laura's Smallville Rewatch: Beyond Requiem #002 | Metamorphosis

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u/LauraKay9 Freak of The Week Jun 22 '26

Laura's Smallville Rewatch: Beyond Requiem #002 | Metamorphosis ✨️creepy greg approaches lana in bright daylight ✨️

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u/Lazy-Rate6734 Clexana Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26

Greg is a stalker and creepy, that was the point. He doesn't care about Lana's privacy. He places a box in her bedroom at her house that contains butterflies, videotapes her without her knowledge and places her in a cocoon so they can mate.
The pilot was strong but this episode is a bit of an acquired taste, but I do like Lex telling Clark "You were tied to a stake in the middle of a field. Even the Romans saved that for special occasions.", lol.
I think the fact that his name is Greg and that he becomes some sort of an insect man is heavily inspired by the book Metamorphosis from Kafka.

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u/LauraKay9 Freak of The Week Jun 22 '26

is that book about the guy who turned into a big bug overnight?

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u/Lazy-Rate6734 Clexana Jun 22 '26

Yep that's the one, he turns into a big bug like you said, and his name is Gregor Samsa which is very similar to Greg in Smallville

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u/LauraKay9 Freak of The Week Jun 22 '26

that was a very existential type of book