"Smallville" Jinx (2004)

User Rating:

8.2/10   

Director:

Paul Shapiro

Writers:

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

TV Series:

"Smallville" (2001)

Original Air Date:

3 November 2004 (Season 4, Episode 7)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

A mysterious bookie with powers of manipulation has a strange, even dangerous, effect on Clark and his friends. Meanwhile, Lex causes friction by using his influence on Jason and Lana's relationship.

Plot Keywords:

Smallville | Power | Kansas | Best Friends | Meteor Shower

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 (credit only)
Annette O'Toole	...	Martha Kent
John Schneider	...	Jonathan Kent
Trent Ford	...	Mikhail Mxyzptlk
Kevan Kase	...	Danny Crozer
Rob Freeman	...	Coach Quigley
Graham Young
Karina Christianson	...	Cheerleader
Adam Thomas	...	Blues Player
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Emy Aneke	...	Robert Pontius

Runtime:

42 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Mexico:B | USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Smallville Films

Trivia:

In this episode, a character named Mikail Mxyzptlk appears with mind control powers. He is overcome by a tip from a Google search that asks if "KLTPZYXM" was meant. In the Superman comics, Mr. Mxyzptlk was a being from the fifth dimension that occasionally annoyed Superman and could only be temporarily defeated by causing him to speak his name backwards.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Clark is in the barn throwing footballs through the tire. He starts out with four footballs on the rack, but after he throws two, there's only one ball left.

Soundtrack:

Reach For The Sky

Manipulation

The student from the Balkans and bookmaker Mikhail Mxyzptlk (Trent Ford) has the power of manipulation, using his abilities to gamble. Chloe Sullivan is writing an article about the underworld of bets, and gets closer to Mikhail. The bookie stakes with Lex Luthor against The Crows, threatening Chloe and Clark to win the bet. Lex discloses the relationship of Lana Lang, and Jason Teague is fired, in spite of winning the championship.

"Jinx" is a great episode of "Smallville", apparently giving new directions to the show. The friendship of Clark Kent and Lex Luthor is very unstable; Jason Teague is no longer the coach of The Crows; Lana Lang is upset again with Clark Kent; and Clark is following a career of successful football player and idol and leader of his team. My vote is nine.

Title (Brazil): "Azar" ("Jinx")