Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Smallville - A Retrospective - 19

Greetings Friends,



Season 3 Episode 7 Magnetic (original air date 11-12-03).


Lana's lab partner Seth runs a booth at the fair. When he has an altercation with a thug, he gets hit with a snow globe. Inside the snow globe is Kryptonite flakes. When the snow globe breaks against his head some of the Kryptonite flakes enter into his blood stream. After an MRI he gets powers over Lana and gravity. At the mansion, Lex's man Darius has info about his (dead) grandparents. Chloe Sullivan has been looking into the Luthor past also. Lana agrees to go out with Seth. On their date at the closed fair, Seth shows Lana his power over metal by turning on the fair rides. When Clark shows up Lana accuses Clark of stalking her. At school, Clark tells Seth to leave Lana alone. Seth tells Clark to stay out of his way. At the hospital, Chloe and Clark scan Seth's files and conclude that the MRI affected him. At the Torch, Lex's man Darius steals Chloe's computer and wrecks the place. At the Talon, Seth offers to take Lana away using his power. she agrees. Lana is caught by Lex as she takes the Talon's money. He can't stop her. Clark uses his heat vision to melt the road and stop them in their stolen car. Seth gets away but Lana goes to jail. Chloe confronts Lex about the theft but he tells her that his man is now dead. At the jail Seth uses his power to break Lana out. Clark locates Seth and Lana at the fair grounds. As a fight breaks out Seth shoots Clark to no effect. Clark uses electricity on Seth and shorts him out. Later Lana, doing community service at the hospital,  gets her job back from Lex. Chloe comes clean to Lex telling him that his dad was black mailing her to spy on Clark. Chloe is looking into Lionel to black mail him. She tells Lex that Morgan Edge was his father's closest boyhood friend. At the barn,  Lana comes by to apologise to Clark.


Season 3 Episode 8 Shattered (original air date 11-19-03).


Morgan edge is back! But with a new face and voice. Lex convinces him to confess that he and Lionel killed his grandparents for the insurance money. Morgan confesses on tape. While watching the video play back in his office, two ninjas try to kill Lex. He narrowly escapes. Lex hides out at the Kent farm and tells Clark what has happened. Clark goes to the mansion to get the contents of the safe. It is gone and all the debris from the skirmish has been cleaned up. Clark tells Chloe that she is in danger. Back at the Kent farm, Lionel is there looking for Lex. He says that Lex has had a psychotic break. Clark covers for him. Later Clark finds Lex in the barn tending to blankets like they were a baby. He tells his parents that Morgan Edge is back with a new face. And oh yeah, Lex is crazy. He over hears them. Lex tells Clark "your either with me or against me." Clark leaves with Lex to find Morgan Edge. Clark and Lex search a factory where Lex saw Morgan. Now it's a sweat shop. At the mansion, the psychiatrist Dr. Claire Foster and Lex's dead man try to bring Lex to the hospital. He's not having it. Lex and Clark go hide. Later, Chloe tells Clark that Lex has had a break from reality before when his younger brother Julian died. At the barn Lex gets away from Lana but Lana is trampled by a horse. Lana goes to the hospital. Lionel meets Clark at the hospital and berates him for not giving up Lex. Clark conclueds that Lex was drugged at the mansion. Was it food or drink? Clark takes down Darius (Lex's man). He admits that he was paid to do it. At Luthor Corp a deranged Lex confronts Lionel about killing his grandparents. Morgan Edge is tracked down by Lex. Morgan Edge tells Lex that Lionel was behind it all: Killing his parents. Drugging Lex. Repairing the damage at the mansion. And setting up the sweat shop. Before Lex can kill Morgan, Clark breaks in to stop him. Morgan has Kryptonite rocks which he punches Clark with. Lex shoots Morgan. Morgan makes it to his car and tries to run down Lex but Clark saves him by pushing him out of the way. Lex sees the car get destroyed when it hits Clark. Lex " I was right about you all along Clark. Your not even human." Dr. Foster doesn't believe Lex and takes him away.


Good Stuff!

Keep Watching. I will.

D.L.     

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