"Smallville" Nemesis (2007)

Director:

Mairzee Almas

Writers:

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

TV Series:

"Smallville" (2001)

Original Air Date:

26 April 2007 (Season 6, Episode 19)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

After Jodi Keenan, the wife of a Special Forces soldier, sets off a pipe bomb in one of Lex's secret labs...

Plot Keywords:

Smallville | Power | Meteor Shower | Kansas | Best Friend

Cast

Tom Welling	...	Clark Kent
Kristin Kreuk	...	Lana Lang
Michael Rosenbaum	...	Lex Luthor
Erica Durance	...	Lois Lane (credit only)
Allison Mack	...	Chloe Sullivan
John Glover	...	Lionel Luthor
Annette O'Toole	...	Martha Kent
Emily Holmes	...	Jodi Keenan
Tahmoh Penikett	...	Wes Keenan
Richard Keats	...	Doctor
Benjamin Ayres	...	Jason Bartlett (as Ben Ayres)
Dean Redman	...	Fire Chief
Michelle Brezinski	...	Tourist in Video
J. Douglas Stewart
Noah Beggs

Runtime:

41 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Company:

Smallville Films

Goofs:

Factual errors: When Jodi Keenan and Lex Luther are down in the tunnels, Lex comments that a cell phone won't work because they are too far underground. Jodi says that her's will and hands him a satellite phone. Those phones require a line of sight to the satellite and wouldn't work inside a building much less underground.

Quotes:

Martha Kent: Clark, what really happened down there?
Clark Kent: When Lex pulled me out of that rubble, I saw a glimpse of something I hadn't seen in years. My friend.

Movie Connections:

References "MacGyver" (1985)

Soundtrack:

Tanhauser Overture

The Clark-Lex relationship hits a Climactic Point

This episode rivetingly addresses the world famous Clark Kent-Lex Luthor friendship-turned-rivalry in this thrilling episode.

Jodi Keenan, wife of a special forces soldier from Afghanistan, wants revenge on Lex. Despite news reports that he died in a plane crash during the war, or, according to Lex, died in combat, she insists that her husband Wes is still alive, and Lex is holding him. In vengeance, she sets a time bomb in a secret maze of tunnels that only Lex- and Lana- know about, because Lex is working a secret operation there. Yes, it is another branch of the evil 33.1 franchise. However, in his incredible goodness, Clark goes down there to save his former friend. However, the tunnels are laden with kryptonite, making Clark normal at best. As a result, the two adversaries must rely on each other and help each other if they both want to get out of the sub-civilization maze alive.

This episode is thrilling. It is great to see Clark deal with a life-threatening crisis with his powers. As a result of this loss of abilities, it is intriguing to see rivals have no choice but to help each other. In addition, these circumstances indicate that Lex may yet have a bit of goodness left in him. Also interesting is the fact that Lana knows where the tunnels are, though she doesn't tell anyone until she learns that Clark, not just Lex, was down there. A fabulous episode, the second or third best of the season.