Ageless
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| Ageless | |
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| Series | 4x20 |
| Episode | 86 |
| Writer | Steven S. DeKnight |
| Director | Steven S. DeKnight |
| Broadcast Date | May 4, 2005 |
| Production Code | 2T5220 |
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[edit] Summary
Clark and Lana discover an abandoned baby and take him back to the Kent farm. However, when the baby, Evan, ages from a newborn to a seven-year-old in less than a day, it becomes clear he is aging at a rapid rate and they turn to Lex for help. Meanwhile, Genevieve suspects Lex has the Chinese Kryptonian artifact and orders Lionel to either recover it, or risk putting Lex in danger of his life.
[edit] Recap
Genevieve Teague visits Lionel Luthor, intending to collect on his debt he owes her for getting him out of prison. She wants the Crystal of Air, but Lionel maintains that neither he nor Lex have it and suggests that Jason does. Genevieve suggests something might come to harm Lex if Lionel doesn't produce the stone. Lionel asks Lex about the Stone and reveals that Genevieve had Bridgette Crosby killed.
At school the next day, Clark asks Chloe to track down the 911 call. Clark and Lana babysit the baby, who they have decided to name Evan, since they found him in Evan's Field. Clark is very good at taking care of the baby, but he then decides that he probably shouldn't get too attached just in case the father is still around. Lana reasons that the father abandoned the baby and he is an orphan, like them. Just then, the lights flicker and Evan ages from an infant to age seven instantly. Clark and his parents talk about what to do next while Lana watches Evan in the loft. Evan already knows how to talk and read, and appears to be brighter than most seven-year-olds. He tells Lana that he read the encyclopedia all the way to the letter "W" and says he wants to see a real windmill one day.
They decide to take him to Lex's lab at LuthorCorp and after an evaluation, Lex's doctors determine that Evan is storing energy at a high rate and expels it in one large burst, causing him to grow alarmingly quickly. Lex suggests a bone marrow transplant might slow the energy storage, but he needs a match from a biological parent. On the examination table, Evan grows again, to about age 16, dispersing energy and wrecking the lab. He begs Clark and Lana to take him home. Evan quickly realizes that he will not live very long if he continues to grow at such an accelerated pace and Clark and Lana unsuccessfully try to quell his fears.
Clark leaves Evan with Lana to try to track down his father. Chloe traced the 911 call to a Smallville High student, Karen Gallagher, who used to short out computer monitors. Apparently, she went to a party one week before and hooked up with a boy. Chloe uses an online invitation to track down Evan's father. Clark goes to the garage where the father, Tanner Sutherland, works as a mechanic. He confronts him and lectures him on responsibility. Tanner denies having a son and tells Clark about how Karen claimed the baby was his after a one-week pregnancy. He is also not interested in helping Evan.
Clark returns and admits to Evan that he found his father. Evan is devastated that his father doesn't want anything to do with him and runs away. Lex reveals that the next time Evan grows, he will release enough energy to kill everybody around him, including himself. Lex wants to confine Evan to minimize the damage he will cause. Evan goes to Tanner's garage and the two argue. In the scuffle, Tanner accidentally falls back onto a mechanic's tool and is killed and Evan runs away in horror.
Lex and Clark find Tanner's body and sadly realize that Evan has no donor now. Evan shows up back at the Kent Farm and confesses to Lana that he's done something awful. He is also starting to feel pain as his next energy release nears. He begs Lana to take him to see the windmill at Chandler's Field. Clark learns from Chloe that power losses are occurring in a string around Smallville. They trace them to the windmill, where Lana and Evan are standing high above the field. Clark urges Lana to climb down, as Evan doubles over in pain. Clark climbs up to be with Evan as he rapidly ages. Evan tells Clark that he is glad it was he and Lana that found him, with Clark replying that it was Evan who found them. Clark shields the blast with his body as Evan expels one more burst of energy, killing himself and destroying the windmill.
After Evan's death, Lana and Clark talk about how she felt like she had a purpose while caring for him. Clark's parents talk to him and he shares his fears that since he is not even human, he won't ever know what it's like to be a father. Martha and Jonathan point out that they are parents even though they couldn't have children and Clark looks thoughtful.
Lionel pays Genevieve a visit and pours her a glass of wine. When she starts choking and collapses, Lionel reveals that he has poisoned her wine and dangles the antidote in her face. He tells her that if she ever threatens him or his family again, there will be dire consequences. He also forces the location of the Crystal of Water out of her.
[edit] Recurring Roles
- Genevieve Teague - Jane Seymour
- Sheriff Nancy Adams - Camille Mitchell
[edit] Guest Cast
- Evan (age 7) - Colin Ford
- Evan (age 16) - Jeff Ballard
- Karen Gallagher - Pascale Hutton
- Tanner Sutherland - Matt Ellis
[edit] Notes
- Jason Teague does not appear in this episode because Jensen Ackles was filming the pilot for his show Supernatural.
- Clark and Lana finding Evan in a field parallels Jonathan and Martha's experience when they found Clark in the Pilot, even down to the part where Lana slams on the brakes. In addition, Clark's response that Evan found him is identical to Martha and Jonathan's perception that they didn't find Clark: Clark found them.
[edit] Continuity
- Evan's ability of rapid cell growth is harnessed and perfected by Lex to create clones. The later results are Project Ares and Project Gemini, as seen in Prototype, Kara, Gemini, and Persona.
[edit] Quotes
- Chloe: I found an arrowhead in Evan's Field once, but never a baby.
- Martha Kent: You never know what the future will bring you.
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