Smallville Season 5 Episode 20 : Fade
Synopsis
Clark saves a man who in gratitude decides to help Clark in return...by using his ability to turn invisible and his skill as a hitman to kill Lex so Clark can reunite with Lana. And Clark and Lana finally square off about Lana's new relationship.
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In Metropolis, the police are escorting a witness into a courthouse as a man looks on. Clark is accompanying Chloe on an assignment when Clark notices the man is about ready to be run over. Clark superspeeds to the rescue and saves his life, and the man notices Clark's name on his press badge. The police take the witness into a sealed holding room and find nothing, then lock him in. After they leave, the man Clark rescues appears behind the witness and strangles him to death. When the alarm goes off, the police burst in and find nothing but the dead witness, as the killer reappears outside in the hallway.
Clark and Martha return home and find Lois playing video games on a new big-screen TV. Someone had it delivered and the present simply has a card saying "Enjoy!" Clark suspects Lionel then goes to talk to Chloe who tells him about the dead witness. Chloe tries to track the sale but doesn't have any luck. Chloe almost manages to give away that she knows about Lana and Lex's secret but covers.
At the Kents, the man is watching Lois exercise and then appears out of nowhere to introduce himself as Graham. When Graham finds out Clark returned the TV, he's unhappy and Lois invites him to stay and wait for Clark. Lex returns home to find Lana waiting for him. He has been checking on Fine's background and hasn't found anything, and wonders if he's really working for the government. Then they admit they missed each other and kiss…while Clark arrives to see them without their noticing him.
He leaves and confronts Chloe about keeping it secret and in return Chloe advises him to let it drop since he broke up with Lana. Back at the loft, Clark is mooning over Lana's picture when Graham shows up. Graham insists he doesn't want to be in debt to anyone and convinces Clark to go to a party in Metropolis with him. Graham has also invited Lois who is there to get closer to Graham. Graham then gets Clark out on the balcony where a woman is waiting for him – Gia. Graham set her up with Clark but he quickly takes off. Graham is impressed by Clark's dedication to Lana and plans to help get them together. Graham is undeterred when he finds out Lex is Lana's new boyfriend and assures Clark things will work out.
At the manor, Lex is unaware that he's being watched by an invisible Graham who tries to strangle him. Lex fights back unsuccessfully and only Lana's intervention save him. Clark visits an unconscious Lex at the hospital and talks to Lana, who gives him a description of Graham.
Graham visits Lois at the Talon – she's reluctant to go out with him but he eventually prevails. Clark goes to Graham's apartment and confronts him, and when Graham attacks him Clark reveals his invulnerability and Graham turns invisible and escapes. Clark links up with Chloe who figure out Graham is a professional hit man with a meteor power. As they discuss Clark's weakness they're unaware that Graham is invisibly watching them.
Lois is taking a shower at her apartment when Graham sneaks in to watch her. Lois suspects something is up and opens the door to find Clark. He figures Graham was there and then uses his super-hearing to fix on Graham's heartbeat. Clark spots him leave after bumping into someone and goes outside to see him down the street. Clark grabs him but Graham has a piece of green kryptonite and leaves him to die while going after Lex at the hospital.
Lana is with Lex and Lex is melancholy over the fact Clark visited while he was unconscious. He also suggests that Lana should tell Clark about them before he finds out on his own. Lois is preparing to go on her date with Graham when Chloe comes in and tells her about Graham. They go outside and find Clark in a construction area where Graham buried him. Chloe secretly ditches the kryptonite and Clark tells them where Graham is heading.
Lex is alone in his room receiving a message from Fine asking if the "compound virus" is ready. Lex answers in the affirmative and then Lana comes in. Graham takes out Lex's guard and sneaks in but Lex notices him and opens fire. He scores a hit but Graham knocks Lex down and takes the gun, while they make a run for it. Clark arrives in time to intercept the bullet just as Graham collapses, dead.
The next day Lois visits Martha and complains about her luck with men. Clark visits Chloe at the Planet who has gotten her first front-page story for her story on Graham. Clark is reluctant about saving people but Chloe assures him he has to rescue who he can and not pick and choose. Clark apologizes to Chloe and then goes back to his barn to take down his telescope. Lana arrives and explains she's been spending time with Lex. Clark tries to explain she's in danger but she insists she doesn't need protecting and it was Clark's decision to break up, and he'll have to live with it.
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