"Smallville" Reckoning (2006)

Director:

Greg Beeman

Writers:

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

TV Series:

"Smallville" (2001)

Original Air Date:

26 January 2006 (Season 5, Episode 12)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Clark reveals his secret to Lana, Jonathan and Lex learn the results of the senatorial election, and there is a tragic car accident on the highway that takes the life of someone Clark loves, forcing Clark to appeal to Jor-El for help.

Plot Keywords:

Smallville | Power | Kansas | Meteor Shower | Alien

Cast

Tom Welling	...	Clark Kent
Kristin Kreuk	...	Lana Lang
Michael Rosenbaum	...	Lex Luthor
Erica Durance	...	Lois Lane
Allison Mack	...	Chloe Sullivan
John Glover	...	Lionel Luthor
Annette O'Toole	...	Martha Kent
John Schneider	...	Jonathan Kent
Terence Stamp	...	Jor-El (voice)
Marrett Green	...	TV News Announcer
Kimani Ray Smith	...	Bus Driver
Vanesa Tomasino	...	Secretary
Preston Cook	...	Angry Young Suit
Chris Shields	...	Courier

Runtime:

43 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Mexico:B | USA:TV-PG | Netherlands:6

Filming Locations:

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Smallville Films

Trivia:

When meeting with Chloe after going back in time, and Clark tells her that he has done so, Chloe says, "What did you do? Spin the earth backwards on it's axis?" This is tie in to the original Superman movie when Superman flies around the earth to reverse it's direction and time to save Lois Lane from being killed in an earthquake.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Both times (before and after Clark reverses time) Lex throws his alcoholic beverage and glass into the fire in his mansion, their is a burst of flames that just appear to be larger. This burst should be blue as alcohol burns blue.

Quotes:

Chloe: [after Clark has revealed he has traveled back in time] All right, McFly, do you wanna start with how, or why?

Movie Connections:

References Back to the Future (1985)

Soundtrack:

You're Beautiful

Best episode ever?

This may quite possibly be the best Smallville episode of the entire epic series. The writers and director really went for broke with cinematography, the score, and the soundtrack. The twist within the episode is quite compelling as well.

The entire episode is so intensely dramatic, that one finds themselves gasping for air at several points during the episode, particularly during the last sequence when that heart-wrenching Peter Gabriel song is playing. A song originally from the soundtrack of City of Angels, a movie I didn't enjoy with a soundtrack that is phenomenal.

Also, I really like Lana in most of this episode, which is more than I can say for most of the series...personal bias I suppose. Everyone is great in this episode. If you want to get someone into this show without starting from the beginning, this would be a great episode to introduce anybody to this high quality television show.