Smallville Season 4 - Episode 21: Forever
Synopsis
Clark must stop the school photographer after he sets up a fake high school and uses his ability to petrify people to kidnap students - including Chloe and Lana - to keep the glory days of high school going forever. Meanwhile, Lex and Lionel are kidnapped and tortured by the Teagues in an effort to find the Kryptonian artifact, revealing that...Lana has it.
Full Recap
Chloe's preparing the last issue of The Torch and signing her photographer Brendan's yearbook. Puzzled by the lack of people outside, she goes out into the hallway and finds the lace deserted. Going into the locker room, she finds a petrified girl seemingly frozen in wax. All of the doors are locked, the phones are dead, and the windows are simply lights – she's apparently in an abandoned factory.
The Kents are unhappy that Clark plans on going to Central U and staying nearby. Meanwhile, Chloe is trying to get outside internet access and finds two students who claim they are "playing along." She meets Brendan who clearly knows what's going on and doesn't want high school to end. When she wonders how he can keep them there, he petrifies one student the same way as the one earlier. At the real high school, Clark and Lana are discussing graduation and their plans – Clark reveals he's going to Central Kansas and so is Lana. Lex is preparing to excavate the cave when Jason shows up and darts him unconscious. They want the stone Lionel got hold of from Geneieve and plan to use
Jonathan is determined to get along without Clark so he doesn't have to stay around – Martha believes they can't run it by themselves. Clark and Lana notice Chloe's absence while Lex wakes up bound to a chair . . . along with Lionel. Genevieve and Jason plan to use Lex for leverage. Clark checks in with Lois who hasn't sent them, either, but puts him onto Brendan. At the high school, Lana has one of the stones and then Brendan petrifies her for his "collection."
Back at the faux school, Brendan reveals he has Lana and unpetrifies her. Chloe brings her up to speed and reveals they have a plan. Jason and Genevieve begin torturing Lex with a hot poker and when they threaten to take out an eye, Lionel reveals that . . . Lana has the stone, as she's the "Chosen One." Genevieve appeals to Jason to let her get the stone from Lana, but Lionel warns not to underestimate Lana due to Isabelle. Clark and Lois check out Brendan's darkroom and find plans for the fake high school.
One of the captive students mentions to Brendan that Chloe has a crush on him, and she plays along long enough for Lana to knock him unconscious. They grab the keys and head for the door and out into the factory but Brendan catches up to the third girl, Haley, and petrifies her then yanks off her head.
Lionel works on Jason to turn him against Genevieve by appealing to his feelings about Lana. Jason is torn between shooting him and going to get Lana and storms out. Lex and Lionel manage to get free and flee with Jason in pursuit. Jason gets ahead of them and a near shot sends Lionel tumbling, but Lex gets the drop on him and Jason flees to the edge of a cliff over a river. Jason confronts Lex with Clark's involvement in all the mysterious events but Lionel shoots him and he falls into the water below. Lex still doesn't trust Lionel and warns him that if anything happens to Lana there'll be hell to pay.
Clark and Lois get to the warehouse and Clark sends Lois off while he uses his strength to get in. He finds a petrified Chloe while Lois finds her own way in and is petrified by Brendan. He grabs a bat to break her but Clark blocks his strike and tries to talk him into facing reality. When Brendan grabs Clark, his powers backfire, slowly petrifying him. He tries to break Lana and Clark rescues her as Brendan falls to a shattering death. With Brendan's death, everyone reverts to normal.
At the barn, Jonathan and Clark discuss his going to college and the fact that Jonathan stayed with the farm rather then go to college himself. It's the last day of school and Chloe's taken down her Wall of Weird and closed up the Torch. Her, Lana, and Clark take off and Chloe finds out the other two are going to stay in Smallville.
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