"Smallville"
Arctic (2008)

Director:

Todd Slavkin

Writers:

Alfred Gough (creator)
Holly Henderson (writer)
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TV Series:

"Smallville" (2001)

Original Air Date:

15 May 2008 (Season 7, Episode 20)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Clark feels that Kara is under the effects of red kryptonite when he discovers that she is the reason...

Plot Keywords:

Good Versus Evil | Young Versions Of Characters | Shipper | Wet Jeans | One Word Title

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
Laura Vandervoort	...	Kara Zor-El
James Marsters	...	Milton Fine
Robert Picardo	...	Edward Teague
Ari Cohen
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Glover	...	Lionel Luthor (credit only)
Adam Lolacher	...	DDS Agent

Directed by
Todd Slavkin

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Alfred Gough		creator
Holly Henderson		writer
Miles Millar		creator
Don Whitehead		writer

Produced by
Tom Flores	....	co-producer
Alfred Gough	....	executive producer
Holly Harold	....	co-producer
Miles Millar	....	executive producer
Tim Scanlan	....	supervising producer

Original Music by
Mark Snow

Costume Design by
Melanie Williams

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Christopher Petry	....	second unit director

Art Department
Kristina Lyne	....	graphic designer
Daniel Scarcello	....	head sculptor

Sound Department
Jessica A. Dickson	....	adr editor
Jessica A. Dickson	....	dialogue editor

Visual Effects by
Geeta Basantani	....	lead compositor
Geeta Basantani	....	matte painter
Jon Cowley	....	visual effects supervisor: Entity FX
Glenn Curry	....	digital effects artist: EntityFX
Rizza Go	....	VFX Producer: Entity FX
Graham Houston	....	visual effects artist
Nathan Ilejay	....	I/O coordinator: Entity FX
Brenda Ilic	....	visual effects producer: Entity FX North
Aaron N. Leichter	....	I/O coordinator: Entity FX
Andrew Lema	....	digital effects artist
Jack Noriaki Matsumoto	....	lead 3D artist: EntityFX
Steve J. McLeod	....	digital effects artist
Jeremy Renteria	....	junior compositor
Emily Sage	....	visual effects production assistant
Patrick Thompson	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Crystal Dalman	....	stunt double
Chris Webb	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
James M. Jackson	....	rigging electrician
Randal Platt	....	director of photography: second unit
Jason Tidsbury	....	light balloon technician

Casting Department
Tiffany Mak	....	casting assistant (uncredited)

Other crew
Winica Dewangga	....	office production assistant
Troy Rudolph	....	assistant: Michael Rosenbaum
Gareth Ryan	....	production assistant

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Alfred Gough		creator
Miles Millar		creator

Art Direction by
James Philpott
Mark Soparlo
Sandi Tanaka

Set Decoration by
Erik Gerlund
Laura Killam

Costume Design by
Cynthia Ann Summers		(as Cynthia Summers)

Makeup Department
Anji Bemben	....	key hair stylist
Kathleen P. Campbell	....	hair stylist
Joel Echallier	....	makeup applicator
Joel Echallier	....	makeup effects supervisor
Rachel Griffin	....	special makeup effects artist
Lisa Love	....	makeup artist
Lisa Love	....	makeup supervisor
Harlow MacFarlane	....	special makeup effects artist
Ryan Nicholson	....	special makeup effects artist
M. Brando Pero	....	hair stylist
Jessica Rain	....	hair stylist
Bill Terezakis	....	special makeup effects designer
Barbara J. Wozniak	....	assistant hair stylist
Vince Yoshida	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Karin Behrenz	....	trainee assistant director
Warren Hanna	....	first assistant director: second unit
Warren Hanna	....	second assistant director
Debra Herst	....	second assistant director (season 5)
Brad Jubenville	....	second assistant director (as Brad Jubenvill)
Douglas Mitchell	....	second assistant director: second unit
Sean Osmack	....	trainee assistant director
Wayne Rose	....	second unit director
Tanya Tagman	....	trainee assistant director (as Tanya Tagmann)
Paul Turner	....	daily assistant director
Paul Turner	....	first assistant director: second unit
Richard Worden	....	first assistant director: second unit

Art Department
John Alvarez	....	assistant art director
Peter Bodnarus	....	art department assistant/model builder
Tim Dagley	....	on-set dresser
Jennifer Donaldson	....	set designer
Dustin Farrell	....	assistant art director
Phil Gough	....	property master
Mark Howes	....	lead set dresser
Denise Hutniak	....	on-set dresser (2002) (2003)
Terry Joseph	....	assistant set decorator
James Minchau	....	props
Tiara Motem	....	property buyer
Kimberley Regent	....	property master
Ric Walkington	....	assistant property master
Loree Wershler	....	graphic designer
Loree Wershler	....	illustrator
Ling Yang	....	storyboard artist
Gary Young	....	sculptor

Sound Department
Gregg Barbanell	....	foley artist
Charles Bruce	....	sound effects editor
Gabrielle Gilbert Reeves	....	dialogue editor
Jeremy J. Gordon	....	adr editor
Jeremy J. Gordon	....	sound editor
Eric Gotthelf	....	adr mixer
Dave Griffiths	....	boom operator
David M. Horton	....	sound effects editor
Eric C. Hosmer	....	sound effects editor
Carolyn Motyer	....	boom operator: second unit
John Motyer	....	sound mixer: second unit
Rory O'Neill	....	sound assistant: day call
David Raines	....	adr recordist
Gary D. Rodgers	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Gary D. Rogers)
Graham Timmer	....	day call sound assistant
Lisa K. Wolf	....	assistant sound editor

Special Effects by
Chris Bignell	....	on set supervisor
Dan Cervin	....	special effects first assistant
Gary Heidrick	....	special effects assistant
Ian Korver	....	special effects assistant
James Kozier	....	special effects supervisor (season 1)
Tim Storvick	....	special effects coordinator (season 1)
Joel Whist	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Simon Ager	....	digital compositing artist
Brian Bell	....	digital artist
Dan Blank	....	digital compositor
Neill Blomkamp	....	3D animator
Joseph Brattesani	....	digital compositor
Nathan Brunskill	....	tape operator
Michael Carter	....	digital compositing artist
Trevor Cawood	....	lead 3D animator
Matthew Collorafice	....	digital compositor: EntityFX
Rick Cortes	....	digital fixes and clean-up
Dominic Daigle	....	digital artist
John Decker	....	CG supervisor: R!OT Pictures
Chris Doll	....	digital compositing artist
Eyal Erez	....	senior effects animator
Larry Ewing	....	visual effects producer: View Studios
Ben Funk	....	digital compositing artist
Don Greenberg	....	digital compositing artist
Jay Grunfeld	....	digital compositor
John H. Han	....	CG supervisor: EntityFX
John H. Han	....	lead 3D artist: EntityFX
John H. Han	....	lead compositor: EntityFX
John H. Han	....	visual effects on-set supervisor: EntityFX
Marlan Harris	....	digital artist
William Higgins	....	compositor: EntityFX
Yoshiko Hirata	....	compositor: EntityFX
Simon Holden	....	digital compositor
Eli Jarra	....	compositor: EntityFX
Michael Kaelin	....	digital compositor
Sara Lee	....	visual effects
Kymber Lim	....	visual effects producer: EntityFX
John Mitchell	....	3D artist: EntityFX
Kenneth Nakada	....	senior matte painter: R!OT Pictures
Rik Panero	....	3D artist: EntityFX
Rik Panero	....	data I/O manager
Brian Petras	....	compositor: EntityFX
Tricia Pifer	....	visual effects coordinator: EntityFX (as Tricia Hefferman)
Paul Patrick Quinn	....	visual effects producer
Madhava Reddy	....	roto artist
Diego Riestra	....	match move artist
Gregory S. Scribner	....	digital artist
Andrea Shear	....	3D artist: EntityFX
Rick Shick	....	digital compositor: compositing and rotoscoping
Terry Shigemitsu	....	lead animator: EntityFX
Trent Smith	....	digital producer: EntityFX
Mark Spatny	....	visual effects producer/supervisor: Modern VideoFilm
Christopher Stewart	....	3D animator
Cory Strassburger	....	digital artist: View Studio
Takashi Takeoka	....	digital compositor
Adrian Van Der Park	....	3D animator
Grant Viklund	....	digital artist
Jeff West	....	storyboards
Jeff Zaman	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Mark Aisbett	....	stunt double
Fraser Aitcheson	....	stunt actor
Nick Allen	....	stunt double: Kyle Gallner
Charles Andre	....	stunts
James Bamford	....	stunt double
Barb Bartos	....	stunt double: Martha Kent
Chad Bellamy	....	stunt double
Byron Briscoe	....	stunts
Gavin Buhr	....	stunt orderly
Sylvain Cameron	....	stunt double: Lex
Yves Cameron	....	stunt football player #5
Kirk Caouette	....	utility stunts
Raymond Chan	....	stunt double
Morris Chapdelaine	....	stunt double
Colby Chartrand	....	stunt double
Mike Ching	....	stunt actor
Laura Lee Connery	....	stunt double: Allison Mack
Mike Desabrais	....	stunt double
Mike Dopud	....	stunt football player #6
Jim Dunn	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Jim Dunn	....	stunt double
Marny Eng	....	stunt double: Kristin Kreuk
Kylie Furneaux	....	stunt double
Corry Glass	....	stunt double
Alex Green	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Alex Green	....	stunt driver
Brian Ho	....	stunt double
Dave Hospes	....	stunt double
Gaston Howard	....	assistant stunt coordinator (2 episodes)
Gaston Howard	....	stunts (2 episodes)
Kim Howey	....	stunt double
David Jacox	....	stunt football player #4
Trevor Jones	....	stunt double: Joe Morton
G. Peter King	....	stunts
Ken Kirzinger	....	stunt football player #3
Jon Kralt	....	stunts
Don Lew	....	stunt double: Principal Kwan
Brad Loree	....	stunt deputy
J.J. Makaro	....	stunt coordinator: pilot episode
Kit Mallet	....	stunts
Phillip Mitchell	....	stunt double
Jovan Nenadic	....	stunts
Scott Nicholson	....	stunts (seasons 1 & 2)
Shawn C. Orr	....	stunt double
Ron Otis	....	stunts
Rick Pearce	....	stunt double: Coach Walt
Fred Perron	....	stunt double
Darryl Quon	....	stunts
Dan Rizzuto	....	stunt performer
Jeffrey C. Robinson	....	stunt double: Michael Rosenbaum
Ron Robinson	....	stunt double: Earl
Justin Sain	....	stunt double: Sean
Jeff Sanca	....	utility stunts
Chad Sayn	....	stunts
Christopher Sayor	....	stunt coordinator
Chris Sayour	....	stunt double: Clark Kent
Trish Schill	....	stunt double: Martha Kent
John Schneider	....	stunt driver
Sharon Simms	....	stunt double
Andrew Simpson	....	stunt double
Heath Stevenson	....	stunt double: Jonathan Kent
Lori Stewart	....	stunt double
Angela Uyeda	....	stunt double
Angela Uyeda	....	stunts
Mike Vézina	....	stunt football player #2
Clay Virtue	....	stunts (season 5)
Marshall Virtue	....	stunt double: Whitney

Camera and Electrical Department
Bruce Borland	....	gaffer: second unit
Bruce Borland	....	rigging gaffer
Rob Bruce	....	camera operator
John Carron	....	playback operator
Bradley S. Creasser	....	camera operator (as Brad Creasser)
Jack Cruikshank	....	grip
Rusty Deluce	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Geoffrey James Dixon	....	electrician
Cameron Drinkle	....	video playback operator
Rod Frew	....	electrician
David Goyer	....	generator operator
David Gray	....	still photographer
Aaron Haesler	....	camera trainee (season 5)
Junichi Hosoi	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Junichi Hosoi	....	steadicam operator
Dale H. Jahraus	....	camera operator: "a" camera, second unit (season 5)
Scott Kozak	....	best boy grip: second unit
Ross Long	....	key rigging grip
Noah Richoz	....	digital video assist operator (2001)
Gary Stamford	....	lamp operator (season 2)
Matthew Tichenor	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Max Torroba	....	playback operator

Casting Department
Doreen Ferreira	....	co-extras casting associate
Sandra-Ken Freeman	....	extras casting
Marty Manifold	....	extras casting assistant (seasons 1-2)
Edward D. Rea	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lynne Maureen Curtis	....	wardrobe supervisor
Marco Daxton	....	key assistant costume designer
Shane Deschamps	....	costume set supervisor
Steve Oben	....	set costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Jessica E. Newman	....	post-production assistant (2009)
Jim Towne	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Cedric Lemoyne	....	composer: theme song "Save Me" and "Perfect Memory"
Ernie Mannix	....	music editor
Gregory Slay	....	composer: theme song "Save Me" and "Perfect Memory"
Cinjun Tate	....	composer: theme song "Save Me" and "Perfect Memory"
Shelby Tate	....	composer: theme song "Save Me" and "Perfect Memory"
Theory of a Dead Man	....	music performers: "Invisible Man"
Jeffrey Cain Thompson	....	composer: theme song "Save Me" and "Perfect Memory" (as Jeffrey Cain)

Other crew
Anton Agerbo	....	production assistant (season 4)
John K. Alexander	....	assistant location manager
Ron Blecker	....	technical advisor
Jaap Broeker	....	stand-in: John Schneider and Tom Welling
Ken Brooker	....	assistant location manager
Mike Browne	....	production assistant
Nate Campbell	....	stand-in: Tom Welling
Dan Carr	....	assistant location manager
Morris Chapdelaine	....	stand-in
Simon Chin	....	extras wrangler
Rupert Cole	....	assistant to writer
Kendra Crowther	....	executive assistant
Michele Cummins	....	production assistant
Richard Cummins	....	stunt car mechanic
Richard Cummins	....	stunt car preparation: Dodge Charger
Ian Doig	....	animal trainer
Byron Drinkle	....	playback coordinator (2002-2004)
Dana Dubé	....	animal trainer
Rick Dugdale	....	assistant location manager (season 2-3)
Angeline Duran	....	assistant: Mike Tollin
Brad Erickson	....	trainee assistant location manager (season 5)
Maggie Evans	....	co-production coordinator
Abraham Fraser	....	location manager
Simon Hall	....	video synchronization operator
Debbie Heimowitz	....	writing intern
Danny Ho	....	video & computer playback supervisor
Jared Howitt	....	second assistant production coordinator
Sharon Ingram	....	production coordinator
Nathane Jackson	....	body double: Tom Welling
Bonnie Judd	....	animal coordinator
Bonnie Judd	....	animal trainer
Kaleena Kiff	....	assistant to producer
Marian Koprada	....	production assistant
Kurt A. Langenhahn	....	script coordinator (as Kurt Langenhahn)
David Langtry	....	computer playback operator
Tom J. Lawson	....	production assistant
Lukasz Madziag	....	production assistant
Marty Manifold	....	trainee assistant location manager
Sheri Mayervich	....	assistant location manager
Sian McArthur	....	production assistant
Michelle McKay	....	assistant to co-executive producer
W. Robert Millar	....	assistant location manager: second unit
Len Murach	....	location manager
Christina Ollson	....	production assistant (seasons 3-4)
Darren Robertson	....	playback coordinator
Lisa Rose	....	publicist (2003)
Andrew Simpson	....	animal coordinator
Julie Slater	....	trainee location manager
Ryan Steacy	....	armorer
Emily Thierry-Gray	....	production assistant
James Thompson	....	assistant location manager (seasons 3-4)
Daniel Thomsen	....	assistant to writer
Ross Woo	....	office production assistant

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Trivia:

This is Michael Rosenbaum and Kristin Kreuk's final appearances as regular cast members.

Goofs:

Factual errors: At the end of the 7th Season Finale when Lex and Clark are at the Fortress, it is dark. However, in May, on the North Pole, it would be light all day long.

Not the best Season Finale, but Epic in parts

'Arctic' does not represent the finest Smallville finale the show and its fans have ever seen, but it does enough to leave viewers intrigued as to how Season 8 will conclude what has been left in this episode.

Kara suspiciously persuades Lex to travel to the Arctic with the knowledge that the cube-like object created by Kryptonians will protect him. Clark discovers that BrainIAC was in fact personifying his cousin, and Kara is really trapped in the Phantom Zone, a place where he once occupied for a short while. Once BrainIAC sends his best friend Chloe into a comatose state, he makes a confrontation with perhaps his most difficult foe. However, a quickly-becoming greater foe in his former friend, Lex, discovers that the Traveler is in fact Clark.

Lex discovering that much of his father's love was diverted for Clark's sake, is an epic moment that comes at the end of the show. For the character's sake, it was good to see important elements come into play, story-wise: Lana's break up with him, once she has been freed from her comatose state; Lois' increased affections for him; and his willingness to step up for his friends who have been potentially ruined by one of his foe's actions.

The episode is full of special effects; it's obvious that the Smallville creative team saved much of their budget for this episode. However, it lacks the fire that all of the other Smallville finales have had, especially with the prior knowledge that Lex's portayer Michael Rosenbaum will not be around for the show's final season. That potentially causes some big problems, as far as the story resolution goes with regard to Clark and Lex's confrontation in the Fortress of Solitude.