I could take or leave the actual plot of “Siren,” where Dinah is a mercenary who stops criminals out of an unbending sense of justice for no good reason that’s ever explained, and who’s change of heart is equally flimsy. There were also actually precious few Green Arrow/Black Canary in-jokes here, though the reference to Superman: The Movie was hilarious.

BUT, that they got the little yellow stripes on the gloves and boots, a la Dinah’s Birds of Prey costume, made me happy to no end. It’s the little things.

I was nervous about the revamped status quo and look of Black Canary, and while the face paint did look a bit ridiculous and the mercenary bit seemed a tad easily discarded, I enjoyed the actress who played her–and Justin Hartley’s return as Green Arrow–so much that I’d be down to see more.

As a side note, what a crazy JLA line-up the Smallville world has: Green Arrow, Aquaman, Impulse, Cyborg & Black Canary with Superman and sorta-Oracle as reserve members. That’s funky.

It was kind of stupid; the makeup face was dumb (but a good switch from a mask), and her super-acrobatics were not only a lame addition to the character, but they were really poorly executed.

I have never watched an entire episode and I have no reason to. I loved the initial premise — a sort-of real-world Superboy without costumes and nonsense. But the integration of DC superheroes IN COSTUMES in the last few seasons seems to kill the mood of the show altogether. I now have NO reason to care. Blech.

It wasn’t as terrible as I thought it’d be, but the face paint still was ridiculous. As an episode in the larger series, it sort of just treaded water.

I watched LOST instead.

The best part for me was the insane “Gun Kata” fight between Lex and Green Arrow. Clearly, someone watched “Equilibrium” before setting up the VFX for this episode. And when did Lex become bad ass enough to get all ninja on Ollie like that?

Beyond that, it wasn’t bad. Alaina Huffman did a fine job, though her motives and switch of allegiance were more than a little contrived. They should’ve just introduced her as a hero and built conflict that way. I also can’t believe that Black Canary’s sonic scream is enough to clown Superman, a guy with Eardrums of Steel.

Smallville is what it is. If you go into it understanding that it’s a radically different continuity with different interpretations of the characters (Lana as a Machiavellian power broker ex-wife of Lex, for example), you can enjoy it.

She, from the costume to the actress’ face itself…looks just like a Frank Miller drawing.

Better than an average episode.

Black Canary was OK - and I thought the actress looked totally different with the brunette wig - so like Sydney Bristow, I think a wig does a better job as a disguise than a man’s pair of glasses anyday.

Did anyone else think they cast her because when she opened her mouth it was quite big?

I really like how GA has fit into the series, of course if you picture him as Bruce Wayne it would be even cooler.

Also agree on the WTF Gun-Fu stuff with Lex…but that typical slow-mo scene with the 4 of them shooting/throwing always rocks and I never get sick of it…just imagine what a Flash TV show would look like today.

And I still say Erica Durance is playing the BEST Lois Lane ever. I love Margot Kidder but always thought that Lois was hotter, but not so mean like Terri Hatcher.

Although I am sure I am in the minority, any time the mass world gets invited to our party, no matter how wrong the end result is, I’m still happy that people are being introduced to characters like Black Canary, Green Arrow and Martian Manhunter through this show.

Is this the last season? And how many more episodes before this season is over because of the strike?