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While trying to continue her awkward relationship with Jimmy at The Talon (the secrets; the lies!), Chloe spots an old Kryptofreak of the Week (from Season 1, no less), an apparent escapee from Belle Reve. Chloe follows the girl (who could control bees), and she tells Chloe that she's been cured by a brain surgeon who looks just like Dean Cain. Unfortunately, the doctor is also a stone-cold killer; he's killing girls and harvesting their organs to keep his lady love alive. He's also been working on Lex's Belle Reve patients, and taking some of them home to kill. Meanwhile, Lana makes Clark blueberry pancakes, because she's apparently living in sin on Kent Farm now. MamaKent would be so proud. Kara, who was just getting comfortable, has a run-in with Martian Manhunter, who shows up to warn Clark about his barely-clothed cousin. Kara claims that Martian Manhunter betrayed her family; he claims that Kara's dad was trying to kill Jarnelle. Chloe blows off a huge date with Jimmy to follow up with the surgeon about maybe curing herself of her meteor infection. The side effect is that she could lose a huge chunk of her memory. Even after Clark tries to convince her not to do it, Chloe decides to go ahead with the surgery. While trying to grapple with her surgery decision, she finds Jimmy helping Kara with some photos that Lois took of her ship. Even though he was "helping," all that Chinese food sure makes it look like a date. Lex and Surgeon Cain don't see eye-to-eye on the whole murdering thing. So Lex shoots him. The bullets don't take; it's then that we find out the doctor is immortal. He was also Jack the Ripper back in the day. Clark and Lex work together to try to find the guy. Lex happens to mention the $10 million Lana stole from him. Surgeon Cain tries to kill Chloe, and reveals her bra for the world to see. Clark comes in just in time to save her, but Cain's not that easy to kill. Instead, Martian Manhunter takes him somewhere, but apparently doesn't kill him. He tells Clark that he and Jarnelle had a "don't ask, don't tell" policy, and I'm supposed to just sit here and take that? Martian Manhunter and Kara exchange words again, and she takes off in a huff. Clark asks Lana about the $10 million, and she says that Lex is just trying to wreck their relationship. She claims she's spending to money to help save victims of Lex's experiments, but we see her go into her own secret surveillance center, where she seems to be monitoring Lex's every move. When did Lana become Chloe from 24? Chloe apologizes to Jimmy for being so weird lately, but she says that she can't promise things will ever be normal between them. Jimmy begs her to tell him what's going on, but Chloe can't. They break up. It's a little sad. Want more? The full recap starts right below!
It's a full moon in Smallville. And you know what that means...don't you? Because I really don't. We haven't seen a werewolf around here in a while. It's pretty, though. We pan down to the neon lights of the Talon's marquee. It just reads, "Karaoke Tuesdays." The marquee's not even trying anymore. I hate you, marquee. Inside, Chloe sits, looking so grim that it's almost a put-on, like she's trying to make a Jerri Blank face. Jimmy, holding two orange coffee cups and a plate with a muffin on it, says it must be true love if he's willing to fight caffeine-pumped preppies to get these treats for her. No. Not so much. Chloe says her inner chocoholic is going to hate her, but she's not really wanting that melted mocha muffin. Damn, that sounds good. I'll take it! Just toss it over here. No? All right, I tried.
Jimmy is sure something's up, but he's got more ammo in his love quiver. He shows Chloe two tickets that he scored for a concert. It really, really sucks that no band or artist is mentioned. These are just random tickets to Some Huge Concert. At least back in the day, Clark was cool enough to try to go to a Radiohead show. Is it that hard to just make up a band that Jimmy and Chloe would both want to see live? Chloe thinks he must have paid a ton for these "tickets." Jimmy says she's worth every dime. Jimmy thinks that a night on the town together may be just what the doctor ordered. Dr. Anonymous Musical Act. Chloe notices someone up by the counter, and her smile immediately fades. It's a girl with glasses. Jimmy says that Chloe is doing "that distant thing." The girl at the counter notices Chloe and makes a quick exit. Chloe tells Jimmy that she thinks an old friend just buzzed into town. Ah ha ha! Buzzed! Because it turns out this is Bee Girl from Season One's "Drone" episode. Chloe tells Jimmy to wait inside and goes after her. Jimmy sighs. This shit's getting old.
The Talon back alley. Chloe is calling someone on her cell. It's Belle Reve. She tells the person on the line that she thinks one of their patients is missing: Sasha Woodman. The person on the line doesn't seem to know the name. "Has a thing for bees?" Chloe tries. The person agrees to check the records. Chloe hangs up when asked for her name. "I didn't escape," Bee Girl says. She appears right behind Chloe, who holds up pepper-spray canister and tells Bee Girl to back off. Chloe threatens to go Black Flag on her ass. Bee Girl asks if she knows Chloe. Chloe reminds her that during freshman year of high school, Bee Girl tried to go "Queen Bee" on Chloe and tried to kill two of her friends. Three if you count MamaKent. Sasha the Bee Girl says she doesn't belong in Belle Reve and that she's no longer a meteor freak. Chloe flinches. "I've been cured," she says. So Bee Girl was actually Beefore Girl. This is now After Girl. Sasha pulls back her hair to show a small scar on her left temple. She says she had an operation a few weeks ago. Chloe asks who the doctor was. "Curtis Knox," Sasha says, lighting up with an obvious crush. Sasha doesn't remember what happened to her. The last six years of her memories are blank. Sasha apologizes for anything bad she might have done. She walks away down the scary alley by herself.
We cut to a parking lot. That's a long way to park for a muffin. Sasha is going to her beat-up old car. She fumbles with her keys as someone puts a hand on her shoulder. Scary music stumbles. Sasha is relieved to see it's just Dr. Knox. He says hoarsely that she has something he needs. We cut to a shot of his gloved hand holding a cloth with "CK" stitched on it. Not Clark Kent, I guess. The Curtis Always Knox Twice pulls the cloth onto Sasha's mouth as she struggles. Her feet, wearing high heels, kick in a puddle. She finally goes limp. Hey, it's Dean Cain! Lookin' pretty buff, my man. Knox carries Sasha off and nobody sees it.
Opening credits. Commercials. My wife is still disappointed that her cheesy casserole didn't turn out the way it looks in the Campbell Soup commercials even though she followed the directions. Stupid false advertising!
Kent Farm. Are these even the same cows anymore? What's the lifespan of a dairy cow in Kansas? Inside, Lana, wearing living-in-sin pajamas (ask for them by name!) is making pancakes. Whoah. Maybe we've misjudged Lana. She's come a long way from her parents' crushening if she can make flapjacks without bursting into tears. Way to go, Lana! Kara, wearing a barely-there white top and some sweats, compares Lana to Rachael Ray and Bobby Flay. We get it, Kara. You watch a lot of TV. You have studied our Earth culture. I'll be a lot more impressed if you can name all the Roger Waters Pink Floyd albums. Kara offers to help. Lana says she's making Clark's favorite, blueberry pancakes. There was a joke on the forum about how it represents Clark's ever-present blue balls, and I am not one to stand in the way of a perfect theory. You guys do know that Clark and Lana are probably totally doing it already, right? I'm sure they've already had the "Will I break your vagina?" conversation. (Lana's vagina. Although Clark's emotional vagina is always in danger of bruising.) Kara asks why Lana and Clark have taken so long to get together if they're so "ga-ga" over each other. If they were any more ga-ga, they'd be a Spoon album.
Well, Kara, it's like this. They're fucking stupid as hell. And they will never, ever, ever be happy as long as this show is around. There's your short answer. I just saved you six seasons' worth of DVD-watching. Lana says that as long as Clark kept his secret, it was impossible. Kara asks if it's a human thing to be so secretive and cautious. Lana thinks it's just a Clark thing. She says it's because Clark cares so much about protecting people. Clark bounds down the stairs wearing a bright red T-shirt. Damn, dude, it's early in the morning! Tone that color down. Clark is pleasantly surprised by breakfast, but Lana lowers the boom: they're out of maple syrup. Was she really looking for it in the refrigerator? I guess if you want solidified maple tar, that's where you keep it. ["Not to defend Lana, but real, actual maple syrup is supposed to be stored in the refrigerator after you open it, because if you don't store it in the refrigerator, it will grow the nastiest mold you have ever seen. Not that...this has ever happened to me." -- Miss Alli] Clark zips out and zips right back in. Lana asks if he just went to the store. "Vermont's finest," Clark says, holding up the good stuff. He may have had enough time to get syrup, but he sure didn't have enough time for a financial transaction. Stop! Maple syrup thief! Clark's got sticky fingers with that syrup. I guess that's what they mean by "Thick as thieves."
Kara asks what happened to not showing off your powers. She turns, and just then, Martian Manhunter, his red eyes blazing, puts a choke on her. He tells her to step away from Kal-El. Step away from the farmboy! He has maple syrup! Things could get really messy up in here! Kara says that MM may have been able to bully her on Krypton, but not here. She throws his hand off and takes a swing at him. Clark is right there to catch her fist. The angle looks really awkward. That was not a great edit. Clark asks if they know each other. Kara accuses MM of having broken into her family's home in the middle of the night and kicking them out. So he was a landlord? Martian Manhunter says that after what her father did, they were lucky. Kara asks what he's doing here. Clark says that MM saved his life. He's a friend. Kara says that Clark's not very good at picking friends. Lana, in the background, should have said, "Hey!" Kara tells Kal-El to watch his back. Kara zips out at superspeed, exiting through the back door behind Lana. Lana asks if MM is from Krypton. He looks a little sheepish. "Mars, actually," Clark says. Lana, looking stunned, tells Clark that the two of them can catch up. She says she's going to meet Aunt Nell in Metropolis. She kisses Clark. And I guess all these delicious pancakes and the stolen syrup are just going to go to waste. What awful timing Martians have.
The Barnness of Eavesdropitude. Kara, who seems to have a crazy bright light shining on her when she uses her superhearing, is listening to what Clark and Martian Manhunter are saying. MM is warning Clark that Kara's arrival can't be taken lightly. We cut to Clark and MM on the front porch of the house. Clark says that Kara is his only family besides a disembodied voice in the arctic. Well, can't Clark just consider MM as a kind of...brother? MM tells Clark that Kara could use Clark's loneliness against him. He says she's dangerous. Martian Manhunter says that Kara's dad tried to assassinate Jor-El. Even though they were...brothers. MM says their hate for each other was stronger than their family bonds. Clark is like, "Well, fuck me, great. Anything else I need to worry about when one good thing happens in my life?" MM asks if Kara has her crystal. She has a crystal. She got it at the mall at Things Remembered. It's on a pewter Hello Kitty keychain. Clark says the crystal is missing and that they've been trying to find it. MM warns that if Kara finds the crystal, everything good in this world could be lost. Friday Night Lights could be cancelled. The Red Sox might win the World Series. Crazy Rudy Giuliani might win the '08 election! Nooooo! MM tells Clark to find the crystal before Kara does. What is this, The Legend of Zelda? MM tells Clark that trust isn't a luxury he can afford. Kara's light disappears as she stops listening.
Stately Luthor Manor. Depressing music is playing. No crap rock this week. Lex enters his lair, apologizing to Dr. Knox for being late. Knox tells him that Mussolini once killed a train conductor for being late. Nice to meet you, too. Asshole. Knox says he's more patient than "Il Duce." The douche? Lex says that Mussolini went down in defeat. Yeah, no wonder, with a name like "Douche." Lex isn't about that shit. Knox toots his own horn about curing meteor freaks and compares himself to Lex's incompetent scientists. Lex says the results are impressive, but that Knox's practices concern him. Knox says that he cuts their cerebral wiring, Lex pays him, end of story. That's a pretty short story. Lex says that Knox has been conducting unauthorized tests involving meteor rock concentration in patients' organs. Knox blah blahs about how geniuses always have to push the envelope. He touches a switch over on Lex's bookshelves. Someone in a dungeon just got killed because of that. Knox tells Lex to leave the science to him. Lex holds up some papers and says that three of his patients are missing. He asks if the doctor knows where these newly cured patients went. Knox blames Lex for making them take away all the memories of their stay at "Hotel 33.1." Lex says he wanted them all to be able to start new lives without being burdened by disturbing memories. Knox adds that those memories would have incriminated Lex. He excuses himself. Lex is confounded! Dramatic music plays.
A very old building in what appears to be downtown Metropolis. Inside, Knox is playing an album of classical music on a very cool-looking old phonograph. He strides across the exquisitely candle-lit room to a canopy bed. A pretty woman lies on the bed, asleep. "I have good news my love," Knox says. I got a guest-starring role on a prime-time show. The bad news, though, is that it's on the CW. On a Thursday night. We pan across a bunch of beakers connected by tubes. They seem to be filled with liquid Kryptonite. Knox tells the sleeping woman that he's found another piece of the puzzle. A pump in glass is moving nearby. Knox kisses the woman's forehead. He goes back across the room and puts on a very heavy brown apron in front of a full-length mirror. In the mirror, we see Sasha tied to a stretcher, struggling. Knox approaches her. He taps at her belly and tells her to relax. He says she's here to serve a greater purpose. Sasha whimpers. We gaze across Knox's very scary array of sharp knives and scalpels. He picks one near the end. Creeeeeepy-man!
Cut to Chloe at The Daily Planet. She's looking at a web page that features a bio of Dr. Knox. It's on CreepyVillainsWhoUsedToBeSuperman.com. Apparently, he works for BCE Clinics. Jimmy comes in, asking if Chloe is ready to rock. He asks if she wants to get food at Chang's on the way (P.F. Chang's?) or get chili dogs at the arena. For, uh...for what band? Chloe knows Jimmy spent a lot of money on these tickets, but she can't go. She asks if she's the worst girlfriend in the world if she asks for a rain check. Oh, sure. Jimmy will just call the (anonymous) band and ask them to move the concert to a day that's more convenient for Chloe. Totally fine! Just keep being an awesome girlfriend. Chloe promises to make it up to Jimmy. She says she's chasing a lead on someone who's meteor-challenged. Jimmy asks if this can't wait until tomorrow. It totally can. Jimmy complains that everything is about meteor freaks lately. Chloe is a little offended by the terminology. Jimmy plows ahead, saying that if those "freaks" were in Belle Reve, maybe he'd get to see Chloe once in a while. He walks away.
Chloe stands there as a gust of wind blows her hair back. It's Clark. What if Jimmy had been standing right there? Clark tells Chloe that he needs her help with something. Chloe complains that Clark needs a bell around his neck so she'll know he's coming. Clark barks orders, trying to get Chloe to help with the crystal search. Chloe blows Clark off: she says he's going to have to fly solo on this one. Clark tells her this is important. "I'm sure it is," she tells him, "I'm sure that from Mt. Olympus, the view must look like us mere mortals have nothing better to do than to help you look for your crystal," but that she has important stuff to do, too. So put that in your pipe and smoke it. Or suck it. Or connect it to a water hose and drink it. Sucka! Clark watches helplessly as Chloe walks way.
Metropolis. Dr. Knox, wearing a lab coat, enters his exam room. He asks Chloe how he can help her. "I'm a meteor freak. And...I want to be cured," she tells him. Drama!
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Kent Farm. The cows are off-camera, at the craft services table. Lana is typing on a laptop up in the loft. She's using the worst instant-messaging client ever, one that opens up a new window for every message sent or received. The top window says, "Hope Metropolis location met your approval." Lana types, "Perfect. Money being wired." Clark comes in. Lana makes all the million little stupid windows disappear. Lana, seriously. You of all people need a Mac. Clark apologizes to her for the "clash of the Titans" that morning. And for not eating her parents. I mean, pancakes. Lana says Clark's home early from trying to find the crystal. Clark asks if Chloe has opened up to Lana about anything. Have the two of them even seen each other? Lana says that Chloe's been working 24/7 to impress her new "Wonderboy editor." I call him Boy Editor for short. Clark mentions that Chloe is doing research on Dr. Knox. "Curtis Knox?" Lana asks. Lana says he's a neurosurgeon, and that she heard a rumor he's helping meteor-infected people. Clark asks how Lana knows all this. She says she's been doing her own research and that the people who've been hurt by Lex need help. She wants to do what she can. Lana tells Clark that Knox is doing brain surgery to remove the meteor freaks' powers. Clark says this explains a lot. Lana says a headline like this could change Chloe's life. "Yeah," Clark agrees, not bothering to elaborate.
Daily Planet. Jimmy is selling his concert tickets to a guy he's standing with on the stairs. He tells the potential buyer that if the seats were any closer, he'd be arrested for stalking the band. Which band, now? "I'm scorin' big points with the boyfriend," the guy tells Jimmy. "Ring that bell," the guy says, and holds up a fist for Jimmy. Jimmy reluctantly seals the deal. That guy's openly gay! Nice one, show! It's the Gayest Dap of the Episode. Kara comes down the stairs just as Jimmy is stewing in a big pot of hetero-dating jealousy. She's wearing an extremely tight red top with lots of cleavage. She calls out for "James." They just let her in the building, too? She doesn't even have any Earth ID. She asks if Jimmy has seen Lois. She was sent to the City Of Angels to get a quote for the DUI of the week, Jimmy tells her. Lois gets to travel on the company dime already? Kara asks about the spaceship videotape that Lois had shot. She tells Jimmy she's an E.T. junkie. Jimmy's impressed. He tells her he used to sit in the backyard and try to pick up Martian signals on his HAM radio. Kara says Martians use infrared. Jimmy laughs that one off. He tells her the stuff Lois shot was nothing but static. Kara thinks Jimmy's so smart that he might be able to extract something useful. Jimmy is flattered, broke, and almost single. He promises to try to crunch a few pixels. Kara says, "You are my hero." She writes down her cell number for Jimmy and says she'll be here in a blink when he calls. She kisses him on the cheek. Li'l Jimmy is rock-hard.
Chloe's apartment. She's putting the finishing touches on a plain white envelope that says "Jimmy" on the front in huge letters. Clark appears, not having knocked. He asks how Chloe's article about Dr. Knox is going. Chloe lies that she doesn't think there's a story there. Clark calls her a liar and says she's gotten good at lying by keeping his secret. Clark thinks Chloe wants the procedure for herself. Chloe says she's already planning on having the surgery by the end of the week. Clark warns her that she doesn't know anything about the doctor. For all she knows, he could have been on some TV show playing Superman! Chloe says it's her one shot at having a normal life. Clark doesn't think brain surgery is the way to do that. He thinks years of horrible repression, self-doubt and blue balls are a better path.
Chloe says that going psycho isn't the only thing she has to worry about. She tells Clark that when she healed Lois in the dam, it almost killed her. Clark asks what the side effects are of the procedure. Chloe says it's just a little memory loss. She says it's worth giving up a little bit of her past to have a future. Clark says she'll forget her friends and her experiences. He has a realization. "You're gonna forget me," he says, genuinely hurt. He repeats it because he's just that sad. Chloe, almost teary, says her friends will be there to fill in the blanks, and that in time, she'll be fine. What about losing six or seven years of pop-culture references and being up on the latest gadgetry? That'll probably hurt a lot more. Chloe tells Clark that he can only save her by letting her go. Take that, Clark!
We're at some misty place at night that we can only assume is a place where Dr. Knox dwells, or at least where he hides dead folks. He opens the trunk of his car. It contains a body within a big roll of bubble wrap. Knox pulls the body out of the trunk and lets it fall hard on the ground. He drags it along. Ew. There to meet him is Lex. Lex applauds Knox for his ingenuity. Apparently, he was going to grind the body into fertilizer to spread that DNA all over Kansas. Damn, that corn sounds delicious now. Knox wishes Lex were a typical billionaire, chasing women across the globe. When you're a billionaire, I think they chase you. Also, wrong gender, doctor. Knox thinks Lex is messing with science he doesn't understand. Lex warns Knox that his killing spree stops now. Lex says he's not going to let Knox hurt one more person. Knox says that the patients he murdered are the chosen few. They're all Jewish? Knox says the whole brain-surgery thing was just a front to find what he was looking for among Lex's collection of meteor freaks. Lex pulls a gun on Knox and threatens to shoot him. Knox just laughs. Knox pulls back his arm to swing and Lex shoots him, about six times, right in the heart. Knox falls. Lex breathes heavily. Knox raises his head and grunts, "Son of a bitch!" He's alive! Knox stands up, plucking bullets out of his wounds. He tells Lex that he's been speared by Mayan warriors, and he's survived Mongols' arrows and Crusaders' blades. He asks what makes Lex thinks that bullets from a nine-millimeter could slow him down. Knox smacks Lex across the head with his flashlight. Lex goes down. Does he get a prize for one-millionth concussion? Lex falls. Knox moves to swing again. Clark is there first, punching Knox into an electrical panel, which sparks up. Knox is electrocuted. Clark picks up Lex and whooshes him out of there. After Clark is gone, we see Knox open his eyes. There can be only one Dean Cain!
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It's still a full moon in Metropolis. That's a pretty big moon. Inside the Daily Planet, specifically Jimmy's photo den, Kara is trying to eat Chinese. It's not going well. She snaps her chopsticks and sends broccoli flying. She scoffs. Jimmy says she's no Mr. Miyagi. Thank goodness for that! Mr. Miyagi and Jimmy would make an awful couple. However, life lessons would be learned. Jimmy explains how to use chopsticks: don't let the noodles intimidate you. She learns quickly. Kara says Jimmy is a really patient teacher. They have a moment. On screen, Jimmy's photo rendering is done. "That's not the ship," Kara says. However, there's another clue embedded in the image. The logo is of "Flintlock," a technology contractor for the government. It sounds almost as ominous as "Blackwater." Jimmy thinks it means there's an Area 51 in Kansas. He can't wait to tell Chloe. Kara asks him not to. Kara makes up the excuse that Chloe would tell Clark and Clark would give her a hard time about her UFO obsession. Jimmy says that this headline is exactly what Chloe needs for her new editor. Kara makes Jimmy promise to keep it a secret. Jimmy smiles goofily. Uh-oh, it's Chloe! She's standing in the doorway! Hide! Jimmy stands awkwardly. Kara, nonplussed, asks if Chloe wants some Chinese. Not helping! Kara says Chinese is good, but they really make you work for it. Shut up, woman! Jimmy approaches Chloe. He looks really guilty and says he can explain. Then do so, young man. Quickly! Chloe says there's no need. She goes away. Jimmy swears it's not what it looks like. Chloe just says, "Bye." She throws her letter to Jimmy in a nearby trashcan. Jimmy, of course, is going to retrieve it. Chloe must know that on some level.
Smallville Medical Center. Lex wakes up with a pretty nasty wound to his left eye. He winces. Clark is in a chair, leaning forward, just staring at him. Blueberry pancakes are no match for a sexy man in a flimsy hospital gown. It's the Gayest Look of the Episode. Lex is surprised that Clark saved him. Clark explains that he was following a lead on Lex's "butcher." Lex thinks Clark must have found out from Lana. "Don't bring Lana into this," Clark warns. Lex says he knows Lana is trying to uncover company secrets, and that she's probably using the $10 million she stole from him. Busted! Lex just couldn't wait to get that out. Clark squints. Lex says it was money well spent; if Lana hadn't tipped Clark off, he'd be dead. Clark says Lex is just as guilty as the doctor. Clark says he feels sick taking a life for Lex. "Knox isn't dead, Clark," Lex tells him. Lex tells Clark about the six bullets he put into the dude's chest. "You're saying Knox is still alive," Clark confirms. Dude, he just said that. Maybe if you had some super-comprehension to go with your superhearing. Lex tells Clark that Knox is killing his patients one-by-one. Killing them in pairs might be more efficient.
Knox's office. He's at his desk holding an expensive-looking pocket watch. His lab coat and white shirt are a little open, showing off some Cain Chest. Chloe walks in. He smiles, because she's right on time. This is a pretty late appointment. Chloe's happy that her test results showed she could have the procedure. Knox tells her that the concentration of meteor rock in her heart is extraordinary. "In my heart?" Chloe asks. Knox tells her to relax. He picks up a little bottle that's probably chloroform. Chloe looks around and asks where the rest of his staff is. It's like midnight. Maybe they're home, asleep. Knox lies that they'll be here shortly. Knox opens the bottle and keeps a cloth near it. Chloe asks what that is. She realizes something's up and runs. Knox gives chase. He catches her and puts the cloth to her mouth as she struggles. He shushes her to sleep.
Chloe's desk. Jimmy is searching through her stuff. Clark comes in, asking where Chloe went. Jimmy tells "C.K." that they had a major misunderstanding. Jimmy doesn't know where she went, but he does have her letter. He reads it: "After tonight, I might not remember you, so don't let me forget why we belong together." Jimmy asks what's happening tonight. Scary music.
Chloe, her shirt open to reveal some Chloevage, is wheeled into the room with Knox's lady friend. Chloe is strapped down with a thick leather belt around her neck. It's a tiny bit kinky. Chloe asks what Knox is doing. Knox, wearing the leather apron, says he's taking Chloe's heart and giving it to Sophia. Why couldn't he have just kept Chloe unconscious? Knox says that thanks to Chloe, his love will last forever. Well, that sounds like a fair trade-off, then.
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Knox's medical office. Clark finds the pocket watch on the floor. The offices are all disheveled. Lex, already discharged from the hospital, shows up with his thugs. Clark asks where Knox took Chloe. Lex says he wants to stop Knox, too, but that all the addresses he has for Knox are dead ends. Lex says that Knox has had a lot of experience covering his tracks. Lex calls someone on his smartphone and tells whomever to send the pictures of Knox. Lex says he used face-recognition software to run an image search. He found a bunch of photos of Knox posing with Teri Hatcher in the mid-'90s, for some reason. Lex shows Clark a picture from the 1940s. Clark says that Knox wasn't alive during World War II. On the contrary, Barnaby! Lex shows Clark a picture of Knox from 1888. Then he's in a panting from 1675. Is he riding a unicorn? That's pretty gay. Lex says Knox has had a thousand names and has lived for centuries. He says Curtis Knox is immortal. Clark says he couldn't have gotten far. He's immortal and he couldn't have gotten far? Jeez, Clark. Nice guesswork, there. Dinkus. Clark shows Lex the timepiece, which stopped an hour before. On the back, it's engraved, "Este perpetua." "May you live forever," Lex says. It's a Roman greeting. Just like in Spanish, "¡Este vato!" is an acknowledgment of when your homie is being silly. Lex finds another picture in his phone with that phrase. It's the Victorian Arms. Lex says that Knox was a robber baron who lived there in the '20s. "Maybe he never moved," Clark says. Let's go!
Chloe lies on the slab, her shirt unbuttoned and pulled back. Her white bra stands at attention. Not that I was looking. All right, internet perverts: start screen-grabbin'! Chloe says that if Sophia is sick, Chloe might be able to heal her. Knox says that Sophia is perfectly healthy. He put her in a coma to reduce her stress before the procedure. Chloe says that he put her in a coma because she'd freak if she knew he was playing fatal games with people's lives. Maybe Sophia is just as evil as Knox; did you ever think about that? Knox says that Chloe's been around for two decades. He asks what she knows about true love. It's a fair point. Chloe says there's someone she wants to live to see again. I'm not even sure it's Jimmy she's talking about. Knox calls her schoolgirl crush very "quaint." Man, this Dean Cain guy sure can act. Maybe he should be Superman! Knox says Chloe won't be able to say goodbye. He begins the procedure. Chloe starts to freak a little, saying she doesn't want to be cut open by some Jack the Ripper wannabe. Knox picks up a knife and smiles ruefully. "I was Jack the Ripper," he says. Awesome.
Knox starts to cut into Chloe's chest, just above her bra. Chloe yelps. We see a small bead of dark blood. Clark whooshes into the room, grabs Knox and swings him back across the room, knocking furniture over. Clark tries to untie Chloe, but the nearby Kryptonite vials are making him queasy. Knox picks up a handy nearby antique axe. Hey, Clark! I'd like to axe you something! Knox says that Clark may have powers, but that he's met his match. They clash. Clark, weakened, has trouble holding that axe back. He vows not to let Knox kill anyone else. Knox grunts and says that he'd kill a thousand more to never have to be alone. He smacks Clark in the face with the axe handle. Knox says that Clark has no idea what it's like to live centuries and watch the women you love grow old and turn to dust. He comes at Clark with the axe pointed horizontally at his face (er, dude...I know you're way older than me and I hate to tell you your business, but that's not how you swing an axe). We see a very weird slow-motion effect as he does so. Clark dodges as the axe goes into the wall and gets stuck there. "You and I are more alike than you think," Clark says. Clark is also an insane killer? "I won't go through it again!" Knox yells as he swings the axe for real this time. Instead, he breaks his own damn machinery. Knox realizes what he just did. We hear a flatline. "My God. What have I done? No, no, no!" he says. He goes over to Sophia. She's dying. Chloe pushes away the cart holding all the Kryptonite vials. They lose their glow. Chloe's chest is magically un-bloodied. Maybe she healed herself. She covers up her exposed bosoms. Clark stands. He and Chloe exchange a look. "No," Knox moans, holding his woman's face. "Please, look at me," he says. She dies. He cries. Clark...does not fly. Knox gives Clark an anguished look. The tears fall down his face. Come back soon, Dean Cain! You were so damned good in this episode.
The Barnness of WhatDidWeLearnThisWeekitude. Clark is still working on that ancient broken tractor. In his toolbox, he finds an old picture of Lana wearing her horse-riding gear. She looks about twelve. Clark dusts it off and smiles. We hear a loud whoosh. Martian Manhunter is standing there. Clark asks what he did with Knox. "Your father and I had a 'don't ask, don't tell' policy when it came to crime and punishment," says MM. Wow, I wish I hadn't sold my HoYay Meter on eBay last year. I really didn't think we needed it anymore. Anyway, Clark knows all about that policy. Or at least he used to. Clark agrees not to ask questions. Then he breaks the policy. "You didn't kill him, did you?" he asks. Don't ask, don't tell, dude! MM says that you can't kill Knox. He's immortal. MM says that Clark will outlive all the people here who he loves. He says that when those people are gone, Clark still has a destiny to fulfill. He asks if Clark has found the crystal. Clark says he got sidetracked. "What is red-eyes still doing here?" Kara asks. She's standing on the stairs. Kara insists that Martian Manhunter is the one who can't be trusted. He glowers. Kara asks him to tell Clark what he did to her family. "Your father was a traitor," MM says. Kara doesn't believe it. Kara asks who Clark is gonna believe: family or "this Martian Manhunter?" Clark doesn't answer. Kara says she guesses this family reunion is over. She turns and flies out of the loft window, spiraling like a football. Clark blinks.
Commercials. I had no idea football players loved soup so much. It must be, like, their official food and drink.
Kent Farm. The cows are back from their break. In the dining area, Lana is putting pretty flowers into pots. Nice, uh...helping the meteor-infected, there, Lana. Clark enters the room. Lana says she heard the police shut down BCE Clinic and that Curtis Knox went AWOL. She asks if Clark had anything to do with that. Clark says glumly that he was killing his patients and that Chloe's story got her in over her head. Over her chest, too! Lana asks if she's all right. Clark says there's not a lot that can keep her down. Like when you kick her in the teeth over and over again for six seasons? Girl doesn't go down. Lana says they're all lucky (including Chloe) to have someone like Clark in their lives. We should all make Clark pancakes. Lana smiles. Clark's mood darkens. Lana asks what's wrong. Clark reveals that Lex helped him with finding Knox. Lana says Lex must have an ulterior motive. Clark says Lex told him Lana stole $10 million. Lana takes a long time to look worried and tell Clark that Lex is trying to destroy what she and Clark have. Right. Now, about that $10 million...that money can buy a lot of new tractors, you know. Clark gives her the stink-eye. Lana says that money was part of the divorce settlement. (Liar!) Lana adds that she's using that money to help the meteor-infected who've been hurt by LuthorCorp. She asks Clark not to let Lex's lies come between them. But what about Lana's lies? They hug. Lana tells him she'd never hide anything from Clark. But she looks really worried. Clark makes his face hard.
Sad music plays. We go to Metropolis. We see an office door to a Room 618. Lana enters and turns on a light. It's a big, cavernous room. Lana goes through some double doors in what looks like a private eye's office. And maybe it is. Lana keeps walking until she reaches a giant control center with seven big flat-screen monitors creating a ridiculous computer array. The monitors are displaying security footage from Stately Luthor Manor. Lana sits down in front of a circular keyboard console where a smaller monitor sits nearby showing vital stats of I-don't-know-what. Lana is watching Lex in his office. Who's the creepy, paranoid rich person now? Did Lex's evil taint Lana? Ha. I said "taint."
As the song by Missy Higgins continues to play, we watch Jimmy absently brushing the lens of his camera with a little brush. He's at his computer at The Daily Planet. Chloe walks in. Jimmy is surprised to see her. "Remember me?" he asks. He's wearing his weird brown vintage shirt. Chloe does. Jimmy brings up the letter Chloe wrote. He tells her he brought something to show her why they belong together. It's a cigar box full of mementos. There's a cocktail napkin where Chloe write down her phone number at a Fourth of July party. There's a strip of pictures from a photo booth they took at the Granville Carnival. Chloe says it was the best first date ever. Jimmy pulls out a piece of glass he says is his favorite. It's a piece of stained glass from the weird earthquake at work last year. Chloe doesn't get that one. Jimmy explains that they lost touch for a long time and that it was the day they bumped into each other, and that for him, the world shook. Awww. He claims that it was a sign. Chloe apologizes for all the craziness she's put him through recently. Jimmy says they should just agree for things to be normal in the future. Chloe says sadly that she doesn't think she can make Jimmy that promise. She says she doesn't think things will ever be normal between the two of them. Just tell him! Jimmy stands. He's upset. Chloe watches him. Jimmy asks if this is about Kara. Chloe doesn't answer right away. Jimmy complains that Chloe has run off to help Clark a lot and he'd hate to think Chloe is holding it against him that he helped Kara once. Chloe finally says it's not that. "This is entirely me," Chloe says. She stands. Jimmy asks what's going on. "Um," Chloe says, unable to speak. Jimmy asks her to try sign language or subtitles if she can't say it. Chloe tears up. "I can't. I'm sorry," she says. Jimmy says he's trying really, really hard to be the understanding boyfriend, but that there's only so much a guy can take. Chloe doesn't know what to say. Jimmy says maybe the earthquake wasn't a sign. He says maybe it was a fluke, just like this relationship. Chloe rolls her eyes sadly. "Maybe you're right," she says, her chin quivering. Jimmy shakes his head. He says he can't do this anymore. He's close to crying, too. He leaves the room. He walks out in slow motion as Chloe watches him go. Hey, Jimmy. That's your office. You're gonna have to come back at some point. We go to black as the sad song concludes.
Dean Cain, who was magnificent, comes back to promote the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation. He's in the barn, which is much more brightly lit in PSA form. He's wearing the Superman tags you can find at christopherreeve.org or that you can call about at 800-225-0292. Nice job, Dean. You're welcome back anytime.
week: The meta, "We're filming something in Smallville!" episode.