Smallville Season 5 - Episode 4: Aqua
Synopsis
At a party at Crater Lake, Lois is saved from drowning by Arthur "A.C." Curry. Arthur has incredible swimming abilities, but also a secret agenda aimed at...Lex. Meanwhile, Professor Fine discussed Lex's weapons-manufucturing operations with Clark.
Full Recap
At Crater Lake, the local teens are having a party and Clark is applying suntan lotion to Lana when Chloe and Lois show up. Lois goes for a dive off a pier but strikes her head on a board and is knocked out. Clark spots her and dives in to rescue her, but another boy has already got there, knocking Clark aside with his speed. He gets Lois to shore and administers emergency aid and Lois wakes up to take in her rescuer, who introduces himself as Arthur “A.C.” Curry, while Clark briefs Chloe on A.C.’s underwater speed.
Clark arrives late for his first class in Introduction to World History, where Professor Milton Fine seems to focus on Clark and talk about the future, and individuals such as Lex Luthor who have made an early name for themselves. Fine compares Lex to Hitler and Stalin and Clark defends him, and Fine is impressed.
At the Talon, A.C. stops in to chat with Lois while she waitresses and challenges her to go swimming with him. Clark confronts Fine after class and they discuss Lex further, with Fine dropping more hints about Lex’s sinister agenda. Lois and A.C. enjoy a swim at Crater Lake but A.C. suddenly hears some high-pitched noise that Lois can’t, and falls into the water. He swims toward its source, some kind of underwater projector, but is repelled and collapses back on shore, his ears bleeding. Dead fish start to surface on the water.
Lex is getting a briefing from an assistant on the project, codename “Leviathan,” and is hoping to sell it to the military despite its effects on fish. A.C. dismisses his symptoms and goes for a kiss, which Lois eventually accepts. Clark interrupts them and later Chloe checks his record – he’s a student at the University of Miami, majoring in marine biology. He got a criminal record for releasing dolphins but otherwise has a clean record. He’s never been in Smallville before so he isn’t a meteor freak, but Clark notes that Bart (from “Run”) was also super-powered but not a meteor freak.
Clark confronts A.C. as he’s talking to Lana and Lois, and A.C. passes it off and reveals he’s checking out on the fish deaths. When Clark gets confrontational, Lois reads him the riot act. A.C. takes off and Clark covertly follows him into a secret underwater base. A.C. plants an explosive charge but Clark shows up and absorbs the charge. He confronts A.C. in the water, but his opponent generates a water ball. The two have a brief fight until A.C. sends Clark flying out of the water with another blast then escapes.
Clark tries to explain to Lois but she doesn’t believe him, accusing him of jealousy. A.C. shows up and explains the weapon, Leviathan, is responsible for the dead fish, and Lex is responsible. There’s another demo coming up and A.C. plans to destroy the weapon but Clark isn’t interested and stops him from leaving. Clark insists they confront Lex and the two of them go to meet him. A.C. confronts Lex over Leviathan, who denies everything and claims it’s some kind of agricultural project. A skeptical Clark leaves, and Lex picks out A.C. on an underwater video tape. At the dock Lex has A.C. darted into unconsciousness.
Later Lex gives A.C. a stimulant to wake him up and it is clear A.C. is dehydrated. Lex taunts him with a glass of water but doesn’t get any answers and leaves him for the demo. Clark super speeds in and turns on the sprinkles, rejuvenating A.C. and letting him break free. Clark offers his help and the two of them go after the weapon. Lex is meeting with the admiral but the weapon self-destructs and the admiral stalks off – Lex goes to the window to see A.C. swim off.
Later Clark visits Lex, who claims his agricultural project was ruined. They dance over who was involved until Clark leaves in disgust. A.C. and Clark meet up and A.C. agrees to avoid using explosives, but will continue his eco-campaign. The two depart as friends, and back at the college Clark meets with Professor Fine and offers to take his position as a research assistant, working to expose LuthorCorp – Fine accepts.
A.C. bids goodbye to Lois, who hopes that he’ll come back and they can link up. Later she meets up with Clark and they both kind of apologize.
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