When it
comes to finding Big Damn Hero moments, the youngest Smith is at a
disadvantage. Due to the show’s
sadly-truncated fifth season, she’s only in six episodes, and she’s a baby for
most of the first one. That doesn’t
leave her a huge amount of time in which to be awesome, but Sky still pulls it
off! (Spoilers.)
Turning from Miss Myers (Series 5, Episode
2: “Sky – Part 2”)
Sky’s
first big moment remains my favorite, just because it’s so lovely. Born to be a devastating weapon, Sky is
expected, by her terrible piece-of-work mother, to end a war she knows nothing
about with extreme prejudice. Sky has
only just been aged out of infancy and has a hard time controlling her unstable
powers, but in the end, her desire not to be a force for destruction is enough
to hold back the other forces within her, and she chooses life in a very
uplifting way.
Discovering the Curse (Series 5, Episode
4: “The Curse of Clyde Langer – Part 2”)
Sky’s
alien biology protects her from the curse that causes everyone to turn against
Clyde at the sound of his name. Even
though she’s still new to being alive and doesn’t fully get how humans act, she
almost immediately twigs that something isn’t right. With Clyde run out of the neighborhood, she’s
on her own as she puts the pieces together, recognizing that it’s his name
that’s the key.
Convincing Sarah Jane and Rani of the Curse
(Series 5, Episode 4: “The Curse of
Clyde Langer – Part 2”)
Okay, so
deciding that repeating Clyde’s name aversion-therapy-style is the key to breaking the curse is something of an
intuitive leap that’s more plot shorthand than anything else, but I still like
Sky’s tenacity here. Sarah Jane and Rani
are being immovable in their utter detestation of Clyde, but Sky keeps at them
until she finds a way to snap them out of it.
Catching Serf’s Glitch (Series 5, Episode
5: “The Man Who Never Was – Part 1”)
When it
comes to Sky, even when her powers are greatly diminished, the show still
focuses a lot on her being an alien. It
comes in handy here, as her electrical sensitivity allows her to notice the
Serf hologram’s live glitch, tipping her off that the tech mogul isn’t what he
seems. Bonus points for being able to
locate the exact moment of the glitch in the security footage, proving to the
others that she and Luke are right.
Operating Serf (Series 5, Episode 6: “The Man Who Never Was – Part 2”)
I already
mentioned this in Luke’s Big Damn Hero write-up, but it bears repeating. Smith kid tag-team for the win! Sky is terrific running the Serf hologram
with her brother while the Skullions are making their getaway. While Luke handles motor functions, Sky takes
care of the speech department, going a little overboard with the cowboy routine
when Luke reminds her that Serf is supposed to be American (she’s been watching
Toy Story again.) Ha!
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