"Smallville"
Lara (2007)

Director:

James L. Conway

Writers:

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

TV Series:

"Smallville" (2001)

Original Air Date:

1 November 2007 (Season 7, Episode 6)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Clark learns Kara is in Washington searching for the crystal. Kara is captured after she breaks into...

Plot Keywords:

Good Versus Evil | One Word Title | Shipper | Young Versions Of Characters | Best Friends

Cast

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
Helen Slater	...	Lara-El
Christopher Heyerdahl	...	Zor-El
Kim Coates	...	Special Agent Carter
Chris Kelly	...	Technician
Heather Doerksen	...	Isis Receptionist
Kristian Bakstad
Anna Louise Sergeant

Trivia:

Helen Slater appears as Lara, Kara's aunt (Kal-El/Clark Kent's mother). She played Kara in Supergirl (1984).

Quotes:

Kara: What if we get caught, Lara? Are this people here right now?
Lara: No, they're attending a spiritual celebration called Church. It's one of their traditions.
Kara: It sure smells a lot better in here.
Lara: I believe they're cooking..."Sunday Roast". It is so peaceful here compared to Krypton. It's a true home.
Kara: I don't know... It's kinda... small and cleathered.
[Kara lifts an object]
Lara: Be careful Kara, we must leave no trace of our visit. I don't wanna influence them in any way. They're destined to raise my child, it's important they feel secure.
Kara: Have you given your baby a name yet?
Lara: No. With everything happening on Krypton Jor-El and I have yet to discuss one.
Kara: He'll be so far from home... Our Sun will be nothing but a distant star... Maybe you could name him Kal-El. That way when he looks at the sky, he can think of us.
[...]

Family Rifts Abound

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

There's a mix of dazzling scenes, important bits of mythos, and plot holes in the sixth episode of "Smallville's" seventh season.

Clark's biological cousin Kara feels a longing toward her home of Krypton, and knows that the only connection that she can still make with her home is by recovering the crystal taken from her destroyed ship by the government. She goes on a journey to discover the crystal's whereabouts, and finds it in Washington, D.C. However, when Kara locates where the crystal should be, it is gone! The government then captures Kara and injects kryptonite in her bloodstream as a sort of truth serum to learn about her past. As Clark arrives to save her, a touch to her injection allows him to see the same thing.

There were so many exciting moments to this episode, like a near-collision with Kara and an airplane in the sky, and a surprising development of plot at the end of the episode. However, there was one major plot hole involving Lionel arriving to Washington in time to save Clark and Kara, both weakened by kryptonite. How did he know that they were going to be there at that time? This is a point that was unexplained. However, it was interesting to see Kara learn that her father was indeed dangerous and a threat to the House of El, as Clark had been telling her.