Adam Knight
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| Adam Knight | |
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| Family | Parents (deceased) |
| Occupation | None |
| Played By | Ian Somerhalder |
| Status | Chad: Deceased (5-6 months before), Adam: Deceased (Crisis) |
| Appeared In | Asylum, Delete, Hereafter, Velocity, Obsession, Resurrection, Crisis |
Adam Knight, who was known as Chad Nash, was a resurrected teenager used by Lionel Luthor to spy on Clark Kent and Lana Lang.
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[edit] Early Life
As Chad, he learned martial arts, computers, and piano. He died from a liver disease five months before the events of Velocity (airdate: 02/11/04). He was resurrected by Lionel Luthor and Lia Teng through the Lazarus Serum. He was renamed Adam and sent to Smallville to become Lana's best friend and learn everything she knew about Clark Kent.
[edit] Season Three
Lana met Adam in physical therapy after being trampled by a horse. He provoked her to stop playing the victim and to make an extra effort. Adam told her that he had lost his parents in a fire, and he was receiving treatment for injuries received when he tried to save them.
Adam and Lana started to grow closer and hang out together. Adam displayed some unusual talents that raised Lana's suspicions. Adam decided to stay in Smallville, and Lana rented him an upstairs apartment at the Talon. Lana discovered that he was identical to Chad, who had been dead for five months, but Adam refused to talk about it.
Chloe saw Adam injecting a mysterious substance, and thought that he was a drug user. She snooped around his apartment and found a vial. She had it analyzed and discovered he was taking a serum made from unusual blood platelets. Lana did some snooping in his apartment and discovered a journal of notes proving that he was spying on Clark and Lana. Lana tried to evict him, but Adam refused to leave. Lana asked Lex for help, but before Lex could do anything, Lionel collected him.
Disappointed that he alienated Lana, Lionel declared that he was no longer a participant in this research program. Dr. Teng was horrified by the decision and snuck Adam the drugs he needed to survive. Adam was in pretty bad shape when Lex found him, but when Lionel closed down the lab, Dr. Teng gave Adam the last dose she had and let him go. Furious that she didn't have any more serum, he strangled Dr. Teng to death. When the rest of the lab staff discovered his crime, he killed all of them and made his escape.
Adam returned to Smallville to obtain the serum that he left in his apartment. He needed Lana to take him to the storage facility where she sent his things. He used Chloe to discover Lana was hiding out at the Kent Farm. He threatened to kill Jonathan and Chloe if Lana didn't come with him. When they searched his things, all the serum was gone, and Lana attempted an escape. He ran after her with a gun and tried to kill her for lying to him, but she really didn't know where the serum was. Clark arrived just in time to take the bullet meant for her, in full view of a dying Adam. Adam suddenly realized why Lionel sent him to spy on Clark. Just before he died, Adam admitted that Lionel had sent him to watch Clark.
[edit] Appearances
- Season Three: Asylum, Delete, Hereafter, Velocity, Obsession, Resurrection, and Crisis.
[edit] Trivia
- When Adam was first introduced, fans speculated that he might be a teenage Bruce Wayne, the alter-ego of Batman. As well as the obvious details of his status as an orphan and his skills in such diverse aeas as martial arts and computer hacking, his first name Adam is the same as the actor Adam West, who portrayed Batman in the 1960s television show, and his last name Knight could have been a nod to Batman's nickname: The Dark Knight.
- The Lazurus Serum which was used to resurrect him may also be a reference to Batman villain, Ra's Al Ghul, who uses alchemy and science in the form of Lazurus Pits, which can grant a person extended youth.
