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Depressed from losing his scholarship, Whitney joins a gang of thieves. He gets a kryptonite-laced tattoo and gains the gang's power of phasing through walls. They rob Luthor mansion and seriously injure Chloe, who is interviewing Lex.

Director:

Robert Singer

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
David Lovgren	...	Derek Fox
Kavan Smith	...	Wade Mahaney
David Coles	...	Scott Bowman
Sarah-Jane Redmond	...	Nell Potter
Kwesi Ameyaw	...	Lex's Security Guard Darius

Storyline

After losing his college scholarship, a depressed Whitney falls in with a group of three former jocks from Smallville High who have tattoos made from kryptonite-laced paint that give them the power to walk through walls and commit various robberies around town. While Clark tries to track down the robbers, without getting physically close to them because of their tattoos, Chloe is seriously injured during a robbery of Lex's mansion when she is thrown out a window. Lex has his own plans to find the robbery trio when they steal an incriminating computer disk from his mansion. Also, Lana learns that Lex is the one who bought out the old movie theater and Nell's flower shop.

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

Evangeline Lilly: As Wade's girl/lemon shot girl.

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Goofs

When the thieves look at the monitor and the one with the plastic arm says "Check this out", they walk to him. While they come to him, the guy's lips move again and form the "Check this out", but you can't hear any voice.

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Quotes

Lex Luthor: Just remember, boys - you keep my secret, and I'll keep yours. And If you don't, you'll find out you're not the only ones who can reach through walls.

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Soundtracks

Set It Off
(uncredited)
Written and Performed by P.O.D.
[plays during Wade, Scott and Derek's breaking into Lex's house at the beginning of the episode]

User Reviews

Whitney's having a tough time

Whitney Fordman falls in a rough crowd after losing his college scholarship for football. He joins other thugs who use a powerful green substance as tattoos on their bodies to walk through walls and commit robberies.

Meanwhile, Chloe Sullivan gets seriously injured during the thieves' robbery of Lex's mansion. Clark must save the day without letting his secret be seen by Lex or Chloe.

This episode is interesting because it focuses primarily on Whitney, a character whose story in "Smallville" is essentially wrapped up one episode into Season 2.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 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:

43 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1