Smallville Season 5 - Episode 1: Arrival
Synopsis
Clark is transported to the Fortress of Solitude and must choose between saving the planet or saving Chloe from freezing to death. Meanwhile, Lana confronts two Kryptonians who emerge from the spaceship that landed during the meteor shower, aliens who spread devastation as they search for Kal-El.
Full Recap
The stone spins through the aid and crashes into the snow, and the ground shakes. A huge crystalline fortress emerges from the ground. Clark enters and one small crystal floats up to him. Jor-El addresses him and warns him that a new journey is beginning.
At the crash site in Smallville, Lana looks on as a burst of light flares from the ship and two figures, a man and woman, emerge. They confront Lana but before she can do anything police arrive. Lana limps off as the newcomers use superpowers like Clark’s to take out the police. Afterward they say they must find Kal-El, and they have tattoos similar to the one Lana had on her.
Lois arrives at the Kent house which has been hit by a meteor, and helps Jonathan find an injured Martha and take her to the hospital. In the Indian cave, Lex wakes up and looks for Chloe, but only finds her phone. He also finds the secret chamber and the octagon key. He then turns and spots the two newcomers, who use x-ray vision to determine Lex has the key and then take it. They want to know if he’s Kal-El but determine he isn’t and toss him casually aside before superspeeding away.
Chloe wakes up in the Arctic as well and spots the fortress. Clark is speaking with Jor-El, who reveals the geography of Krypton has been replicated for his training. Jor-El warns that a dark force from Krypton poses a danger to everyone, and Clark must study to learn what he needs to save the planet. Chloe comes in and sees Clark, but a wind springs up and quickly freezes her as she calls out for Clark. Clark hears her and goes to her but Jor-El warns he cannot stop his studies. Jor-El agrees but warns Clark must return before the yellow sun sets or the consequences will be grave. Chloe wakes up enough to let Clark know she knows about his superpowers and he superspeed-runs her to a nearby hospital.
Lex is driving along and finds a shocked Lana, who warns him about the aliens and reveals they came out of a spaceship before collapsing. Chloe and Clark discuss how she knew about his powers, and he reveals he’s an alien. Clark hears a TV newscast about Smallville and a shot of his parents, and Chloe tells him he needs to go for them, which he does.
Lana wakes up at Lex’s mansion and finds Lionel drawing symbols on the floor. A seemingly blind Lionel speaks of the “disciples of Zod” and warns they can only be stopped by their home planet, which is poison. He points Lana toward the vault containing kryptonite. Martha wakes up at the hospital and Lois shows up, but they’re interrupted by explosions and the two aliens step in and demand Kal-El and know Jonathan knows of him. Lois intervenes and gets attacked, but Lana arrives and tells them Kal-El is at the mansion. They release Lois, release Lana, and leave.
Clark arrives at his house where Lex brings him up to speed then asks about Chloe. He claims that Clark was at the cave when the meteors hit but Clark denies it despite Lex’s asking for honesty. Afterward Clark meets Lois at the hospital and she warns him they were looking for Kal-El and went to the manor. At the manor, Lana leads them to the vault where they collapse but manage to stagger out and seal the door. They knock out Lana but Clark arrives and announces he’s Kal-El. They reveal they are the last survivors of Krypton and want him to join them in conquering the world. Clark refuses and the woman throws a bracelet-like device that creates some kind of portal to some kind of prison-dimension – the other one then knocks him into it but Clark manages to grab hold but is still slowly pulled in. When they turn away he manages to pull himself clear and throw them in. The portal-prison then turns into a rectangle and flies out the window, while Clark goes to help Lana as the sun sets. He spots the key but when he cuts his finger on glass he realizes he now powerless.
Martha and Jonathan return to the farm and Clark reveals he’s lost his powers, but that he’s happy he normal. Lex tracks Chloe down to the hospital in the Yukon and comes to take him home. Clark goes to visit Lana, who has received a message from Lex saying he covered up the deaths of Jason and his mother. Lana admits she meant it when she told him she loved him, and Clark reciprocates the feelings. Lana tells him about the spaceship and he goes to see it – it’s gone. At a LuthorCorp facility, the spaceship is in a secret hangar and is leaking a black oil. The oil streams away from the spaceship, and forms into a humanoid figure.
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