"Smallville"
Exodus (2003)

Director:

Greg Beeman

Writers:

Joe Shuster (characters) &
Jerry Siegel (characters) ...

TV Series:

"Smallville" (2001)

Original Air Date:

20 May 2003 (Season 2, Episode 23)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

As Clark has finally begun dating Lana, Helen Bryce cancels her wedding to Lex after being told to by Lionel...

Plot Keywords:

Good Versus Evil | One Word Title | Shipper | Young Versions Of Characters | Best Friends

Cast

Tom Welling	...	Clark Kent
Kristin Kreuk	...	Lana Lang
Michael Rosenbaum	...	Lex Luthor
Sam Jones III	...	Pete Ross
Allison Mack	...	Chloe Sullivan
John Glover	...	Lionel Luthor
Annette O'Toole	...	Martha Kent
John Schneider	...	Jonathan Kent
Terence Stamp	...	Jor-El (voice)
Emmanuelle Vaugier	...	Dr. Helen Bryce
Rekha Sharma	...	Dr. Harden
Ivana Paduch	...	Lexcorp Cave Scientist
Arnie Walters	...	Reverend
Dan Payne	...	Lexcorp Airport Security

Runtime:

44 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Certification:

USA:TV-PG | Mexico:B

Filming Locations:

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Smallville Films

Quotes:

Lana Lang: Clark where are you going.
Clark Kent: Away from here.
Lana Lang: The Clark Kent I know wouldn't run away from his problems.
Clark Kent: The Clark Kent you know is a LIE.
Lana Lang: Why won't you let me in?
Clark Kent: Because Lana, you won't like what you see.
Lana Lang: [In tears] I am not giving up on you. Your parents need you. I NEED you... I love you Clark.
Clark Kent: I love you too... more than you'll ever know. That's why I have to leave.
Clark Kent: [Clark puts on the Red Kryptonite ring as the energy pulsates from his arm to his eyes and they glow red and turns to Lana] Come with me.
Lana Lang: Smallville's my home. It's your home too.
[...]

Soundtrack:

Main Title March

Whoa!!!

This finale of the second season of "Smallville" lives up to its billing; a finale that is the second-best overall, after Season 4's "Commencement" So much happens, and so much is yet to happen, in this classic Smallville-cliffhanger style episode.

Clark has finally won over Lana Lang. His life is perfect. However, it is anything but. What he wants- and has- now (Lana) tears at him with the responsibilities and call that his ship beckons. Meanwhile, Jonathan and Martha have miraculously learned that she is pregnant. Lex and Helen Bryce hold their marriage and take off on their honeymoon. However, the plane flight- well, it doesn't go quite as planned. Clark, wanting to forget his destiny, makes a drastic choice with regards to the ship that feeds terrible repercussions on his family. Feeling tragic from his fatal decision, he leaves Smallville, and most importantly, tries to flee his destiny, after exposing his alter-self by choosing to use the alien red substance that erases his true character.

What an amazing episode. Falls right in line with the intriguing development of the favorite American superhero, but shows that this hero struggled so much before he fulfills his destiny. And destiny is anything but what is on Clark's mind as the episode causes you to yearn for the next season.