Smallville Season 4 - Episode 7: Jinx
Synopsis
Mikail Mxyzptlk, a foreign exchange student and bookie, has the power to control others and uses it to sabotage football games, including the one Clark is quarterbacking. Clark and Chloe figure out his secret, but he threatens to kill Chloe unless Clark throws the next game. Mikail came to Smallville via LuthorCorp, and Lex will do almost anything to learn his secret.
Full Recap
During a football game Clark is sent in while Chloe meets with a bookie, Mikail Mxyzptlk. She bets on Smallville and when Clark runs a play, Mikhail secretly uses some power to force a fumble and then a trip. Clark scores the touchdown but stumbles into an opposing player, injuring him. Jason is suspicious, thinking Clark might be taking performance-enhancing drugs.
Mikail meets with Lex, who reveals Lionel brought him over and awarded a scholarship despite his poor grades. Mikail then visits Chloe and offers her a personal view of his involvement in the gambling circuit for an article she's working on. He offers to take her to a game in Metropolis and get her some money. Meanwhile, Jonathan is concerned about Clark's apparent lack of control and Clark prepares to resign from the team. When he goes to the victory party he is lauded and can't bring himself to quit. Chloe does well and Mikail tries to stall her then forces her to kiss him with his ability to control others, then get her to drop the article.
Clark works on his game without his powers (weakening himself with a bit of kryptonite), but Martha insists he investigate what is going on. Reviewing the tape, he connects with Chloe and they put two and two together. They do a web search and find a reference to Kltpzyxm (Mikail's last name spelled backward), a bloodline of people who can control luck and were driven out by a horde of locust. Clark goes to Lex who reluctantly agrees to check it out, while Jason reveals he lied to the head coach about Clark passing a drug test.
Lex tells Mikail his visa is being revoked and Mikail offers a wager – a bet on Clark's next game. Mikail will reveal his power if Clark wins, and Lex will set him up with a million if Clark loses. Mikail visits Clark and threatens him with his power so he'll go on the field and avoid warning anyone. if he goes on the field or warns anyone.
Chloe figures out that locust emit a low-grade energy wave and Mikail's powers may be on the same frequency. Clark is forced to take the field over Jonathan's initial objections while Chloe sneaks into the sound equipment room and uses a frequency jammer to scramble his powers. Clark does great but Mikail figures out the source of the signal and confronts Chloe. He overpowers her and threatens to kill her if he doesn't throw the game on the last play. Clark uses his x-ray vision to spot where Chloe is, makes a winning pass, then superspeeds to her rescue, knocks out Mikail, then gets back in less then an eye blink. Mikail is arrested and Clark and Chloe reconcile.
Mikail is turned over to Lex who takes him to a mysterious level 33.1 beneath the Metropolis LuthorCorp building and tells him, "He's not alone." Clark gets his scholarship but Jason is fired. Clark meets with Lex, believing he got Jason fired. Lex did, but just smiles when Clark asks him why he did it . . .
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