Hug 

Bob Rickman is an evil businessman with a supernatural power of persuasion, which he uses to buy the Kent farm despite Jonathan's repeated refusals. Clark recruits Rickman's reclusive former business partner to help undo the damage.

Director:

Chris Long

Writers:

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

Stars:

Tom Welling, Kristin Kreuk, Michael Rosenbaum

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Tom Welling	...	Clark Kent
Kristin Kreuk	...	Lana Lang
Michael Rosenbaum	...	Lex Luthor
Eric Johnson	...	Whitney Fordman
Sam Jones III	...	Pete Ross
Allison Mack	...	Chloe Sullivan
Annette O'Toole	...	Martha Kent
John Schneider	...	Jonathan Kent
Kelly Brook	...	Victoria Hardwick
Rick Peters	...	Bob Rickman
Gregory Sporleder	...	Kyle Tippet
Ben Cotton	...	Paul Hendrix
R. Nelson Brown	...	Toby - Lex's Private Doctor (as rnelsonbrown)
Mark Lukyn	...	Deputy #1
Leanne Adachi	...	Lex's Private Nurse

Storyline

Bob Rickman is an evil tycoon who intends to build a highly polluting plant in Smallville, and he needs to buy Jonathan Kent's farm. Rickman is famous because of his capacity of convincing people, but indeed he has a powerful gift of changing people's mind with his shake of hands, and he uses his new kryptonite power of persuasion against Jonathan. Meanwhile, the hermit Kyle Tippet, who was the former business partner of Rickman, helps Clark and Lex against the powerful and greedy industrialist. But Clark's quick kinship with Kyle causes a rift between him, Lana and Whitney who both dislike the mysterious hermit.

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

Lex Luthor mentions Atticus Finch from "To kill a mockingbird" by Harper Lee. In the comics "To kill a mockingbird" is Clark Kent's favorite movie.

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Goofs

(At18:00) The newspaper that Chloe is holding is obviously fake as we can see the photo has been glued to the paper instead of being printed on it.

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Quotes

Clark Kent: It's weird. I get shot at, and the bullets are fired by my best friend.

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Connections

Featured in Smallville: Blank (2005)

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Soundtracks

Slow Down
(uncredited)
Written by Rodney Reaves
Performed by Wayne

User Reviews

A Persuasive Shake of Hands

The evil tycoon Bob Rickman (Rick Peters) intends to build a very pollutant plant in Smallville, and he needs to buy Jonathan Kent's farm. Rickman is famous because of his capacity of convincing people, but indeed he has a powerful gift of changing people's mind with his shake of hands, and he uses his power against Jonathan. Meanwhile, the eremite Kyle Tippet (Gregory Sporleder), who was the former partner of Rickman, helps Clark Kent and Lex Luthor against the powerful industrialist.

"Hug" is another good episode of Smallville. In this episode, Clark Kent realizes that he is invulnerable to bullets, and that Lex Luthor is his best friend. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "O Aperto de Mãos" ("The Shake of Hands")

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 February 2002 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Vancouver Technical Secondary School, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tollin/Robbins Productions, Millar Gough Ink, DC Comics

Technical Specs

Runtime:

44 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1