"Smallville" Talisman (2004)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

John Schneider

Writers:

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

TV Series:

"Smallville" (2001)

Original Air Date:

5 May 2004 (Season 3, Episode 20)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Lionel calls Professor Joseph Willowbrook (Gordon Tootoosis) to the Kiwatche caves to show a recently found ancient object...

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
Allison Mack	...	Chloe Sullivan
John Glover	...	Lionel Luthor
Annette O'Toole	...	Martha Kent
John Schneider	...	Jonathan Kent
Gordon Tootoosis	...	Prof. Joseph Willowbrook
Nathaniel Arcand	...	Jeremiah Holdsclaw
Teryl Rothery	...	Real Estate Agent

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

Quotes:

Lex Luthor: You know, I've been thinking a lot about this prophecy. I've got a new interpretation. Want to hear it?
Clark Kent: Sure.
Lex Luthor: This Naman guy is supposed to come from the stars, have the power of ten men, and shoot fire from his eyes, right?
Clark Kent: It's just an allegory, Lex.
Lex Luthor: I know. But if one person could do all that, he would be a formidable enemy. He could conquer the world. He could become a tyrant if nobody kept him in check.
Lex Luthor: So I've been thinking. Anybody who'd be willing to fight him would have to be pretty brave. Clark, did it ever occur to you that maybe the hero of the story... is Segeeth?

Soundtrack:

Reason Why

The Protector becomes the Adversary

The intended talisman of a Kryptonian weapon becomes the man that Clark must stop in this average episode of the season.

Lionel Luthor, Professor Willowbrook, and Willowbrook's special student Jeremiah Holdsclaw, the future chief of the Kawache tribe, are in the cave exploring what it can do when the cave produces a long Kryptonian knife. Winding in the hands of Jeremiah, Jeremiah acquires the abilities of a Kryptonian and sends Lionel crashing on the ground on his way to rule others and destroy the enemy that the blade is intended to kill. Professor Willowbrook tells Clark that Jeremiah was empowered because he is intended to be the protector of the weapon until Naman (Clark) can get it to destroy his nemesis. However, the new powers that he has corrupts Jeremiah. Jeremiah is convinced that the enemy is Lionel, that Clark is a false prophet, and a good finish to the episode is the result.

The story of this episode is really interesting, but the actor who plays Jeremiah is quite frankly a fairly awful actor. For that reason alone, the episode merits an "8" rating, rather than a "9."