Cure (18 Oct. 2007)

Lex hires Dr. Curtis Knox who claims that he can "cure" someone from being a "meteor freak," changing their lives. Chloe takes an interest in this, but Dr. Knox may have another secret as ... See full summary »

Director:

Rick Rosenthal

Writers:

Jerry Siegel (character created by: Superman), Joe Shuster (character created by: Superman),

Stars:

Tom Welling, Michael Rosenbaum, Kristin Kreuk

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Tom Welling	...	Clark Kent
Michael Rosenbaum	...	Lex Luthor
Kristin Kreuk	...	Lana Lang
Allison Mack	...	Chloe Sullivan
Erica Durance	...	Lois Lane (credit only)
Aaron Ashmore	...	Jimmy Olsen
Laura Vandervoort	...	Kara
John Glover	...	Lionel Luthor (credit only)
Dean Cain	...	Curtis Knox, M.D.
Phil Morris	...	John Jones
Jovanna Huguet	...	Sasha Woodman
Natalia Minuta	...	Sophia
Jason Poulsen	...	Colin

Storyline

Lex hires Dr. Curtis Knox who claims that he can "cure" someone from being a "meteor freak," changing their lives. Chloe takes an interest in this, but Dr. Knox may have another secret as Clark finds out that Dr. Knox is an ageless immortal who needs blood from kryptonite-infected people to keep his young wife eternally young. Meanwhile, Kara makes an alliance with Jimmy to find out where her spaceship crystal is being held, while John Jones warns Clark that Kara is dangerous and tells him to find the Kryptonian crystal before Kara does. Elsewhere, Lana secretly watches Lex through her Isis Foundation to help meteor freaks.

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Plot Keywords:

shot multiple times

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 October 2007 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Smallville Films, Tollin/Robbins Productions, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

42 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Dr. Knox claims he is Jack the Ripper . He is referring to the serial killer that murdered prostitutes in 1888, London. The killer was never caught.

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Goofs

In the scene where Clark and Knox fight, Knox smashes his blue container with his weapon. Shortly after this, there is a shot where he is looking in horror at what he'd done and behind him, Chloe is struggling with her ankle cuffs. She appears to be wearing shoes in this frame, where-as before and after, she is barefoot.

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Quotes

Lex Luthor: My apologies for keeping you waiting.
Curtis Knox, M.D.: Mussolini once killed a conductor for not keeping a train on schedule. Fortunately, I'm infinitely more patient than Il Duce.
Lex Luthor: Mussolini went down in defeat, doctor. I won't accept that in what we're undertaking.

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Connections

References E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

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Soundtracks

"Cello Suite No. 1 in G major"
By Johann Sebastian Bach

User Reviews

Dean Cain- not a Super man here

The 136th episode of the "Smallville" series welcomes former "Superman" actor Dean Cain back into a show about the Man of Steel.

However, he's not so great and super as he was in the early 90's with Teri Hatcher. In 'Cure,' he's a maniac doctor named Curtis Knox who knows how to do brain surgery on meteor freaks, removing their infection. However, he wants to kill them in the aftermath! Before any of the main characters realize this, Chloe Sullivan goes to see Dr. Knox to remove her infection. Only after a surprising helping hand from now-nemesis Lex Luthor is Clark able to resolve the problem.

It was great to see another actor from the "Superman" movie and/or TV story on the show. He marks the first actor from the Superman mythology on screen that wasn't in the Christopher Reeve films. All the others- Reeve, Margot Kidder, Annette O'Toole, Terence Stamp- all were from that era. In addition, as far as the plot went, it was interesting to see Lex actually assist Clark. Could a piece of Lex's heart actually have changed?