"Smallville" Noir (2007)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Jeannot Szwarc

Writers:

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

TV Series:

"Smallville" (2001)

Original Air Date:

3 May 2007 (Season 6, Episode 20)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

After a secret meeting with Lionel, Lana is shot at the Daily Planet by a mysterious gunman. Jimmy is...

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 (credit only)
Aaron Ashmore	...	Jimmy Olsen
Alan C. Peterson	...	Senator Ed Burke
Richard Kahan	...	Brennan
Audra Ricketts
Benjamin Ayres	...	Jason Bartlett (as Ben Ayres)
Kelly-Ruth Mercier	...	Operator
Peter Kelamis
Kasper Michaels	...	Policeman #1

Runtime:

42 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Company:

Smallville Films

Goofs:

Continuity: Lana is shot in the left shoulder. When she's in the hospital at the end of the episode, her right arm is in a sling.

Movie Connections:

Features The Big Sleep (1946)

Not Lovin' this one

This episode takes a new turn compared to the normal "Smallville"-type of episode with a film noir-style presentation.

In the Daily Planet, Lana gets shot. Jimmy Olsen works to investigate. However, before he can use a clue to come upon a critical discovery, he is knocked out by a mysterious, silhouetted figure. This puts him in a 1940s-era dream where he is the star, Clark is a bumbling reporter, Lana is a femme fatale, Lois is a sultry singer, Chloe is a toots reporter, Lionel is the wise bartender, and Lex- well, Lex is still the bad guy. The dream continues for about 30 minutes with the mystery that a film noir movie delivered during that time.

This episode was not so exciting. It was kind of funny to see the directors put together a film noir movie with the recognizable actors usually seen in an action/science-fiction show. But it did not do much for the season overall, and is one of the least interesting episodes of the series.