Smallville - A Retrospective - 12.

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Season 2 Episode 16: Fever (original air date 2-18-03).

Martha Kent takes the flour canister to the cellar and buries it under old paint cans. While she is digging she gets a dose of microscopic spores into her lungs. When she goes into the house she passes out in the kitchen. Martha stops breathing and is rushed to the hospital. Meanwhile Clark starts doing her errands for the fund raiser. Lex's girlfriend is taking care of Martha. She tells Jonathan that she is worried about Martha and the baby. Baby! The D.C.A. (Desease Control Agency) has been called out because of the unknown infection in Martha. And they are going to search the farm. Clark speeds home to remove the ship and get a dose of spores in the process. The D.C.A. searches the cellar, gets a hit on the spores and finds the flour can and disk. Martha (who can hardly breath) tells Jonathan that she thinks that the ship healed her. Clark (infected) passes out while talking to Lana. Helen makes a house call for Clark. She takes a blood sample and realizes that he is special. Jonathan tells Clark that his mom might not make it through the night and he might not either. Then Jonathan heads to the D.C.A. to get back the key. Jonathan breaks in and gets the key. He is helped by a sick Clark to escape. The military Chase Jonathan and Clark but when caught it's not them. It's Pete! Later with the ship in the hospital parking lot, the key (disk) is placed in the ship. The ship starts up. a wave of energy shoots out and cures Clark. a newly dead Martha Kent is revived as well. Later, the baby is healthy. Lex buys the file on Martha Kent. He also asks Helen to move into the mansion.

Season 2 Episode 17: Rosetta (original air date 2-25-03).

Clark has a dream that he is flying. during the dream, Clark flies through clouds and into caves. He puts the key into the impression in the cave wall. he wakes up out on the highway only to be almost run over by Lex. Dr. Walden shows up at the mansion. Lex gives him three days to make a break through. Clark is hearing things and it leads him to hid dads tool box. Inside he finds the key. Clark takes the key and places it into the impression in the cave wall. A charge of power shoots out of the wall and goes through Clark. Lex wakes Clark up on the floor in the cave. Lana and Chloe get into it over Clark again. At the farm, Clark hears the noise again. His heat vision goes out of control and he burns a cave symbol on the barn wall. At the Talon, Clark is drawing cave symbols (and their definition) on a place mat. When he throws it away Lex gets it out of the trash. Dr. Walden thinks Clark's understanding of the language is flawed. Clark gets an e-mail by a Dr. Virgil Swann. While investigating the cave walls Dr. Walden finds the disk. He puts it into the cave slot and is thrown into the cave wall and knocked unconscious. He winds up in the hospital when Clark finds him and the disk. Lex confronts Clark about the language being of alien origin. Clark goes to NYC to meet Dr. Swann. Dr. Swann shows Clark a message that came down with the meteor storm. The message says: This is Kal-El of Krypton our infant so our last hope. Please protect him and deliver him from evil. Dr. Swann knows it's Clark. He tells Clark that he is the only one. Clark takes the key and places it in the ship. The Kryptonian language starts moving around the ship. The message tells Clark to conquer the planet.

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