"Smallville" Reckoning (2006)

User Rating:

9.1/10   

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 | Best Friends | Meteor Shower

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
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

Filming Locations:

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Smallville Films

Quotes:

Lana Lang: [Clark is sitting in his loft on a cold winter's morning rehearsing in his head what he's about to say as Lana walks up quietly] I brought gloves and a scarf like you asked.
Clark: [Clark gets up, his heart is racing] I'm glad you came.
Lana Lang: Well to be honest, I don't think a mystery date is exactly what our relationship needs right now.
Clark: That's why I called.
Lana Lang: [Feeling his chest] Oh my God! Your heart is racing.
Clark: That's because I'm terrified.
Lana Lang: What's going on?
Clark: Lana, the way you've been looking at me... I already know that I'm losing you...
Lana Lang: Clark...
Clark: ...and it's not your fault. There's something I should have shown you a long time ago.
[...]

Movie Connections:

References E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

Soundtrack:

I Grieve

Very sad yet beautifully written

This is the first episode in Smallville that got me on the verge of tears, and the best so far in the whole series. When a sad story is mixed perfectly with detective, emotional, mysterious auras, there are very few hearts out there that could not be moved at all.

Standing out with other motion pictures that dealt with time travel, Reckoning has an advantage, and that is a hidden reveal of a life philosophy, which tells people that now, the present, shadowed by events and decisions one had in the past, casts shadows to the future.

Ten stars might be involved with my emotions, but it is indeed the first one that happened to be my favorite.