"Smallville" Wither (2006)

Director:

Whitney Ransick

Writers:

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

TV Series:

"Smallville" (2001)

Original Air Date:

12 October 2006 (Season 6, Episode 3)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

One of the Phantom Zone escapees is up to no good in the local forest. Clark is jealous of Chloe's new boyfriend from the paper. Meanwhile, Lana and Lex finally sleep together and Lois falls in love with Oliver Queen, Martha's benefactor.

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 (credit only)
Annette O'Toole	...	Martha Kent
Aaron Ashmore	...	Jimmy Olsen
Amber McDonald	...	Gloria
Justin Hartley	...	Oliver Queen
Darren E. Scott	...	Doctor
Chelsea Florko	...	Jenny
Jake LeDoux	...	Paul Bennett
Carrie Fleming	...	Becky (as Carrie Anne Fleming)
Danielle Kremeniuk	...	EMT #1

Runtime:

42 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Company:

Smallville Films

Quotes:

Clark Kent: What are you?
Gloria: I'm just a girl that loves nature.
Clark Kent: You're not human. You're not even from this planet.
Gloria: No. But I think I'm gonna like it here.
Clark Kent: Wherever you're from, go back. Now!
Gloria: I can't. My world is gone. It was paradise. It was lush and green and full of life. But towers of steel replaced the forests, upsetting the balance of nature. So I tried to correct it.
Clark Kent: At the cost of how many lives?
Gloria: They didn't understand me either. They branded me a criminal and imprisoned me in a desolate wasteland where the suns never set and nothing ever grows.
Clark Kent: The Phantom Zone.
Gloria: I knew I'd seen you before. You're the Kryptonian that opened the gateway.
[...]

Movie Connections:

References Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

Soundtrack:

Dark

Park Ranger? Try Alien!

Clark battles the first Phantom Zone escapee, and relationships grow stronger, in 'Wither.' Mysterious deaths have been occurring in a national park near Smallville. Clark is suspicious of the reason behind it, and he's right- Gloria, the park ranger, is more than meets the eye. Meanwhile, Lex holds a costume ball with all proceeds going towards the revamping of Metropolis in the aftermath of Dark Thursday. Oliver Queen attends, and takes Lois Lane with him. The audience also finds out that Chloe Sullivan has a little thing going with a familiar name from the Superman story... Jimmy Olsen.

The appeal of this episode is the arrival of the first Phantom and a hint at Green Arrow's ability. Not a great episode, but a good one.