"Smallville" Kara (2007)

Director:

James L. Conway

Writers:

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

TV Series:

"Smallville" (2001)

Original Air Date:

4 October 2007 (Season 7, Episode 2)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Clark and Lois discover Kara's spaceship but before they can open it, Kara appears and knocks Lois out...

Plot Keywords:

Smallville | Power | Meteor Shower | Kansas | Best Friend

Cast

Tom Welling	...	Clark Kent
Michael Rosenbaum	...	Lex Luthor
Kristin Kreuk	...	Lana Lang
Allison Mack	...	Chloe Sullivan
Erica Durance	...	Lois Lane
Aaron Ashmore	...	Jimmy Olsen (credit only)
Laura Vandervoort	...	Kara
John Glover	...	Lionel Luthor (credit only)
Michael Cassidy	...	Grant Gabriel
Kim Coates	...	Special Agent Carter
Terence Stamp	...	Jor-El (voice)
Tom McBeath	...	Lex's Lawyer
Peter Bryant	...	Lex's Assistant
Dean Redman	...	Policeman
Dawson Dunbar	...	Playground Kid Cody

Runtime:

42 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Company:

Smallville Films

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Kara makes reference to her family as being "dysfunctional". Assuming the episode takes place the year it was broadcast, 2007, it is established that Kara's knowledge is 18 years out of date. In 1989 the term "dysfunctional family" was not widely used; it entered the general vernacular in the 1990s.

Quotes:

Kara: [crushes Lois' cellphone] That's when happens when you touch my stuff.

Strange Visitor from another Planet

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

Smallville 7.02 provides the real introduction of a key character in the Superman mythos, Supergirl, played by the gorgeous Laura Vandervoort.

Lois and Clark discover an angular crimson ship downstream from the dam, exciting Lois for a new story before she gets knocked out by a mysterious flying figure. Reports surface that preschools are getting spooked by a blonde woman. As it turns out, this 19 year-old woman is Kara Zor-El from the planet Krypton, who is searching for the young boy Kal-El. Clark finally finds Kara, assures her that he is indeed the toddler that she is searching for to take care of on Earth, and convinces her that she has been in suspended animation after crash-landing in Reeves Dam 18 years earlier. Clark then works to convince Lois that she couldn't have possibly seen a spaceship. Meanwhile, humans take control of the ship. In addition, Lex, after getting released from prison, travels to China to visit a very familiar figure in his life, and the truth behind a shocking discovery is revealed.

This show was a fantastic follow-up to the great premiere, Bizarro. The audience learns about Supergirl, and sees that the relationship between Clark and Kara will be mutually beneficial as they both seek truth concerning different planets. In addition, the audience is kept wondering who seized the ship before its self-destruction. Laura Vandervoort is beautiful, if not a decent actor. Unfortunately, Michael Cassidy, as the Daily Planet's new editor, isn't so decent. Season 7 has been nothing but wonderful through the first two episodes.