"Smallville" Memoria (2004)

User Rating:

8.7/10   

Writers:

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

TV Series:

"Smallville" (2001)

Original Air Date:

28 April 2004 (Season 3, Episode 19)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Lex is trying to recover his missing memory of the past few months by going to Summerholt, which results in him having flashbacks from his childhood...

Plot Keywords:

Smallville | Power | Kansas | Best Friends | Meteor Shower

Cast

Tom Welling	...	Clark Kent
Kristin Kreuk	...	Lana Lang
Michael Rosenbaum	...	Lex Luthor
Sam Jones III	...	Pete Ross (credit only)
Allison Mack	...	Chloe Sullivan (credit only)
John Glover	...	Lionel Luthor
Annette O'Toole	...	Martha Kent
John Schneider	...	Jonathan Kent (credit only)
Terence Stamp	...	Jor-El (voice)
Martin Cummins	...	Dr. Garner
Wayne Dalglish	...	Young Lex Luthor
Alisen Down	...	Lillian Luthor
Andrew Airlie	...	Mr. Woodward
Matthew Harrison	...	Tech
Elizabeth Thai	...	Mary

Runtime:

43 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:

Continuity: In this episode Lex mentions how he found Clark asleep in the middle of Route 8 one night last year, this occurred in the episode, "Rosetta."

Goofs:

Continuity: When Lionel Luthor shows Clark the video clip of Belle Reve from “Asylum” (3.09), Lex says "I know your secret Clark". However, in “Asylum” he simply states "I know your secret".

Quotes:

Lionel Luthor: Lex... things would have been so different between us.
Lex Luthor: Yes, Dad. You might have actually loved me.

Soundtrack:

My Immortal

Poor Childhood

Lana Lang witness Lex Luthor having a nightmare with his baby brother Julian in the edge of the balcony of his castle and saves him from falling. She tells Clark Kent, who finds that Lex is submitting to an experimental treatment with Dr. Garner (Martin Cummins) in the Summerholt Institute trying to retrieve his seven weeks of lost memory. Clark looks for Lionel Luthor trying to save his friend, but he is betrayed by Lionel and delivered to Dr. Garner to reveal his secret in a kryptonite memory tank.

"Memoria" is certainly the best episode of the Third Season of Smallville. The dramatic story discloses the traumatic childhood of Lex, what happened with Julian and the reason with Lionel hates him so much. Clark also recollects his mother Lara in Krypton, and her concern with him. In the end, we see two opposite origins, one full of love and the other full of hate. Consequently, a hero and a villain are born. My vote is ten.

Title (Brazil): "Lembranças" ("Remembrances")