Smallville Season 5 - Season 2: Mortal
Synopsis
Jor-El strips Clark of his power, leaving his son free to pursue a "normal" life. But when those closest to him are taken hostage to force him to recover a serum from LuthorCorp's Level 3, Clark must save the day without his superhuman abilities.
Full Recap
Lex comes to Belle Reve to visit his father, who is locked up in a cell and kept in a straight jacket. Elsewhere, a heavily guarded trio of prisoners are being escorted away – a big guy and a pair of bald twins. The big guy, Lee, bumps into Lex and somehow manages to release his electro-manacles. Seconds later he breaks free, displaying the ability to channel electricity. He frees the twins who can touch their hands and fire force projections. Together the three of them make their escape and head for…Smallville.
Jonathan and a non-powered Clark are helping their neighbors put up a new barn and Chloe pays a visit to commiserate over Clark’s new found mortality. Chloe wonders if he’s avoiding his destiny but Clark is happy, and gets together with Lana. Clark heads back to the Kent farm to get some nails and Lana goes with him, but not before Lex arrives to have a heart-to-heart with Clark. Lex thinks they’ve been given a second chance and they both dance around rebuilding their friendship before Clark heads out with Lana. En route, they decide to focus on the future and ignore their respective pasts. Clark and Lana get to his loft and go into a makeout session, but not before confessing they’re both virgins. They’re interrupted by the three prisoners, and the twins immobilize Clark to the roof. The leader announces they want…Clark.
The escapees take Clark and Lana into the partially rebuilt Clark household, while Chloe goes to the caves and the secret chamber with the key pedestal. The chamber is dead and Lex arrives to confront her about how she ended up in Alaska, and taunts her with the knowledge of Lana and Clark together. Chloe mentions the disappearance of the spaceship and Lex denies knowing about it, and Chloe threatens she’ll investigate if he doesn’t drop it.
The escapees reveal they want Clark to go into Level 3, a top secret research facility at LuthorCorp. The prisoners were in Level 3 and were subjected to green kryptonite injections – now they’re addicted. The place is guarded against them, but they think Clark can get in. Then Martha and Jonathan show up and Clark tries to get rid of them, without much success. They get taken hostage and Clark has no choice but to head for the LuthorCorp facility and get the serum in two hours.
Clark and Chloe manage to get inside, thanks to Chloe’s skills, while Sheriff Adams drops by. Lee holds Martha hostage to ensure their good behavior. Sheriff Adams wonders about Martha’s absence and decides to hang around for some coffee. Meanwhile Clark is climbing through the air vents under Chloe’s guidance, but triggers a lockdown protocol and ends up in Level 3. Sheriff Adams is getting ready to leave when she notices Lee’s cigarettes and figures out the prisoners are there. She alerts the police but Lee fries her and then Jonathan drops him. Lana slugs the twins and manages to pin one to the wall by his hand with a nail gun. The twins are psychically linked but they manage to knock Lana out and Lee punches out Jonathan. The police arrive but the twins seal off the farm with a force barrier, but they’re surrounded.
Clark pokes around Level 3 and lets Chloe in, then figures out they can bypass security using Lex’s fingerprint from the flashlight he was using in the cave and that Chloe kept. The twins are starting to weaken but Lee calls them, demanding the serum, just as they open the vault. However, there’s a laser barrier and Clark is injured, with no way to get by. Clark drives back to the farm and asks Adams to withdraw her men. She reluctantly agrees and Clark calls in so they’ll let him in. Clark has a suitcase and gives it to Lee, but when he opens it there’s one of Chloe’s tear gas grenades inside. Clark leaps aside and Lee accidentally nails the twins, then Clark cuts the power he’s drawing on and punches him out.
Chloe shows up to reveal that someone was watching them on the cameras, as they broke into the lab. Clark goes to confront Lex, who is watching the video. Clark slugs him and then hits him again. Lex denies it. Clark figures that Lex helped the prisoners get free and Lex punches him back – he’s confused when Clark bleeds. Clark meets up with Lana later at her apartment to commiserate and the two end up together.
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