"Smallville" Forever (2005)

Director:

James Marshall

Writers:

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

TV Series:

"Smallville" (2001)

Original Air Date:

11 May 2005 (Season 4, Episode 21)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

On the last day of Smallville High before graduation, the emotionally disturbed and frustrated photographer of the Torch...

Plot Keywords:

Smallville | Power | Meteor Shower | Kansas | Best Friend

Cast

Tom Welling	...	Clark Kent
Kristin Kreuk	...	Lana Lang
Michael Rosenbaum	...	Lex Luthor
Jensen Ackles	...	Jason Teague
Allison Mack	...	Chloe Sullivan
John Glover	...	Lionel Luthor
Annette O'Toole	...	Martha Kent
John Schneider	...	Jonathan Kent
Erica Durance	...	Lois Lane
Jane Seymour	...	Genevieve Teague
Steven Grayhm	...	Brendan Nash
Fiona Scott	...	Haley Timmonds
Chad Krowchuk	...	Wendel
Stephanie Nudd	...	Student #1
Keira Kabatow	...	Student #2

Runtime:

43 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Mexico:B | USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Smallville Films

Goofs:

Continuity: When the students become wax their eyes move indicating that they are aware of their surroundings, such as Wendall and Lana. However, that would mean the Chloe, who opens "Forever" would have to have been unconscious when she was turned into wax and taken from the school, to the fake school, without knowing her surroundings.

Movie Connections:

References "The Waltons" (1972)

Soundtrack:

Around The Way

Oedipus Complex

On the last day of the Smallville High, the frustrated photographer of the Torch, Brendan Nash (Steven Grayhm), feels rejected by the Universities and decides to abduct some schoolmates to stay with him forever in a replica of the school. He uses his power of Medusa Touch and brings Lana Lang, Chloe Sullivan and other successful mates to the place. Meanwhile, Genevieve and Jason Teague kidnap Lionel and Lex Luthor trying to retrieve the stone Lionel took of them.

"Forever" is one of the best episodes of the Fourth Season of Smallville. The villain Jason does not hesitate to jeopardize the safety of Lana due to his Oedipus complex for his dominating evil mother. He deserved the sad end in the waterfalls. I only do not understand how the writer of this series does not give much care to the support characters, like for example, Haley Timmonds: she dies, killed by Brendan, and when Lana and Chloe are safe with Clark in the end of the episode, none of them is sad for the death of their schoolmate. In spite of this serious flaw in the screenplay, my vote is ten.

Title (Brazil): "Eterno" ("Eternal")