Smallville (TV Series) Slumber (2003) User Reviews

A Nightmare on Kent Farm

[claudio_carvalho · 9/10 · 3 May 2006]

Clark Kent has a nightmare with a girl called Sara Conroy (Katharina Isabelle) being chased by a weird creature called The Traveller (John De Santis) and sleeps for thirty-six consecutive hours. When he wakes up, he finds that Sara Conroy has just moved with her uncle and tutor Nicholas Conroy (Christopher Shyer) to the house on the next door that belonged to Lana Lang. Intrigued with the situation, he visits Sara with Lana Lang and see that the girl has been in coma for six years, increasing the mystery.

Blending reality with dream, like in "A Nightmare on Elm Street", and with the participation of Katharina Isabelle of "Ginger Snap" trilogy, "Slumber" is a great episode of "Smallville". The sexy beginning, with Lana Lang bathing naked in the lake, would suffice to make "Slumber" a worthy story. My vote is nine.

Title (Brazil): "Adormecido" ("Asleep")

Great episode with a sleepy feel.

[andyego · 8/10 · 2 November 2011]

I am still yet to find a bad episode of Smallville. I do not know how the writers manage to keep me utterly engrossed for the duration but with the quality of actors in the main roster as well as guest appearances it must sure help the situation.

Katherine Isabelle was outstanding as sleeping girl Sara. She looked so believable with a real unique beauty displayed in her innocence. I will certainly be checking out her back catalogue of roles. Christopher Shyer who plays Sara's uncle also puts in a fantastic yet creepy performance.

As with every episode I felt closer to the characters and the storyline just oozed with good feeling. The sleepy feel of the episode (sort of plodding on rather than moving superhero speed) made for a nice change and got the best out of the actors in difficult roles.

Best quote: « when you're rich, you're not crazy, you're eccentric »

[m-47826 · 8/10 · 3 August 2022]

Slumber has two things I love, R. E. M. Songs and horror. Scream queen Katherine Isabelle, guest stars as a young girl in a coma, who's taunted by her greedy uncle. It's a glorified filler episode, but one of my favorite of the whole series, for using songs from « In Time » best of R. E. M. CD, a lot of fans like me. Bought after watching it. And that fantasy/horror feel, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, pulled with its first season's « Nightmares ». It's a great episode that keeps you guessing, with an opening scene as good as any. And a deliciously creepy atmosphere. As opposed to season 2, season 3 starts strong. After a perfect premiere, with lots of juicy revelations, that make us see previous season events in a different light. It grates us with two standalone episodes, that have the show almost back to its first season greatness. And a Chloe character who finally sees the light and stop being irritating.

A mimir!!!

[felipeandresrodriguezberrocal · 10/10 · 27 February 2020]

This introspective and psychological chapter introduce us into the mind of Clark and Sara, teaching us that only us can defeat our nightmares if we try.

Inception meets Nightmare on Elm Street

[dting-56925 · 8/10 · 25 December 2020]

This is such an original episode. It is so eerily creepy and mysterious. A great ending as well.

A Slower Episode

[Rcwilkinson123 · 6/10 · 13 November 2007]

'Slumber' is an accurate description of this episode, besides just describing the storyline. This episode kind of sleeps its way through from beginning to end, with nothing incredibly compelling about it.

Somebody has bought the Lana house. It is a girl named Sarah and her 'watchdog' uncle. Lana and Clark visit the house one day, and realize that Sarah's uncle is drugging her to remain asleep. However, due to Sarah's unique meteor-infected powers, Sarah reaches out to Clark in her dreams for help in overcoming the "Traveler."

This episode is solid, but not memorable at all. Perhaps there is one rather exciting special effects-related scene near the end of the episode.