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Arrival
Series 5x01
Episode 89
Writer Todd Slavkin & Darren Swimmer
Director James Marshall
Broadcast Date September 29, 2005
Production Code 2T6401
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[edit] Summary

Clark is transported to the North Pole after he unites the Stones of Power in the Kawatche Caves and uses the Crystal of Knowledge to form the Fortress of Solitude where he is greeted by Jor-El. The Disciples of Zod arrive in the Black Ship to locate Clark to release General Zod which Lana witnesses. Lois helps the Kents after their home is badly damaged by the second meteor shower.

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Clark enters the Fortress
Clark throws the newly formed Crystal of Knowledge into the snow, creating the Fortress of Solitude. When Clark enters, he is greeted by Jor-El. Jor-El tells him that the Fortress is a replication of Krypton's geography so that he can begin his training in order to save the world. However, Chloe was also transported to the Arctic, and followed Clark into the Fortress. Unable to withstand the extreme cold, she calls for Clark to help as she collapses. Jor-El insists that he must continue his training, but Clark won't let Chloe die. He makes a deal with Jor-El to save Chloe, but he must return before the sun sets or there will be grave consequences.

Lana sees two Kryptonians come out of the spaceship. They kill all the police officers around them with heat vision. Lex wakes up in the cave and finds the key in the Inner Chamber of the Caves. The Disciples super-speed into the cave and take the key from Lex, saying they are searching for Kal-El. When they determine that he is not Kal-El, they leave abruptly. Speeding back into town in his car, Lex almost hits Lana, who is wandering around dazed in the middle of the road. She tells Lex that she saw a spaceship and he tells her that she is delusional. He sends Lana back to the Luthor mansion, locates the ship, and stores it in Warehouse 15.

Clark takes Chloe to a hospital in Alaska, where she reveals that she's known about his powers since last year, but was waiting for him to tell her himself. Clark tells her that he's from Krypton
Chloe reveals she knows Clark's secret.
and Chloe promises that she will never tell his secret. While watching a news broadcast, Clark realizes his parents did not evacuate and rushes back to Smallville to help them.
Lionel is catatonic.

At the mansion, Lana awakens to see Lionel Luthor carving a kryptonian symbol into the hardwood floor. He tells her that green kryptonite is the Kryptonian's only weakness.

Lois goes back to the Kent house and finds it badly damaged. She helps Jonathan locate Martha under the rubble and takes the Kents to the hospital. When Aethyr and Nam-Ek show up at the hospital looking for Kal-El, Lois confronts them, and they choke her and throw Jonathan across a room. Lana appears and lures the Kryptonians to the mansion, saying she knows where Kal-El is. She tries to trick them into entering Lex's vault full of kryptonite-rock artifacts, but Nam-Ek managed to stagger away from the vault and regain his strength, long enough to replace the lead-lined door. The two recover and throw Lana across the room.

Clark arrives at the Mansion and they ask him to join them. When he refuses Aethyr throws a wrist ring off her arm to form the Phantom Zone vortex to trap Clark in it.
The Disciples of Zod in the Phantom Zone.
However, Clark strongly resists; they fight and Clark manages to trap them instead. The vortex forms into a giant shard of crystal and flies out of the window and into space. As the sun sets, Clark has the choice of taking Lana to the hospital or returning to the Fortress as he promised. He stays with Lana and his abilities are instantly lost. Clark goes to visit Lana in the hospital. She is reading a newspaper article detailing the "accidental deaths" of
Brainiac is formed from the ship.
Genevieve Teague and Jason Teague. Attached is a note from Lex stating that she "owes him". Clark asks her if she meant it when she said she loved him. She says yes and they decide to get back together. Clark tells his parents that he is fine with losing his powers and will enjoy being a 'human', but Martha and Jonathan are skeptical.

Lex shows up at the hospital in the Yukon to take Chloe back to Smallville, but also to find out what happened in the caves. He also checks on the progress of investigation of the ship in the warehouse. A black ooze drips out of the ship, taking the form of an entity known as Brainiac.

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  • "Precious" - Depeche Mode

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[edit] Notes

Kristin's name misspelled.
Clark's training sequence.
  • Chloe says "I know you are faster than a speeding bullet." This is an allusion to the famous opening of the Superman series "Faster than a speeding bullet"
  • This episode won the 2006 Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Editing For A Series.
  • The original broadcast of this episode was viewed by 5.9 million viewers.
  • At least five brief snippets of footage from Superman: The Movie are used during the Jor-El projected "training sequence." Glimpses can be seen of 1) an overhead shot of the Kryptonian city, 2) the red sun flaring, 3) Kryptonians highlighted in red fleeing the destruction, 4) the ship lifting off from Krypton and 5) the Kryptonians falling into the planet's core.
  • At the end, there is a "In Memory of" to Sam Loeb (1988-2005) – "A True Superboy." Sam, series writer and consulting producer Jeph Loeb's son, passed away on June 16, 2005, after a battle with cancer.
  • The Fortress of Solitude appears for the first time, located in what Chloe said to be the North Pole. (it has had varying locations in the comics and other media adaptations of Superman).
  • When Aethyr shoots fire from her eyes at the police car, the actress is clearly startled when the explosion goes off.
  • This episode marks the beginning of the new opening credits, with "Smallville" in red instead of orange, additional footage primarily from Season 4, Season 3, Season 2, and Season 1 and each of the stars' hair blowing in the wind, except for Michael Rosenbaum who doesn't have any hair. These are the first set of opening credits with Erica Durance as a regular cast member. In addition, Kristin Kreuk's name is misspelled as "Kristen" for the original broadcast, but corrected in subsequent reruns.
  • Although James Marsters is credited at the beginning, he only appears in the last few seconds of the episode and has no dialogue.

[edit] Continuity

  • The two unnamed Kryptonians are referred to in the script as Nam-Ek and Aethyr. In the comics, these are the names of two Phantom Zone prisoners from the Silver Age Superman era. They are seen again in the Season 6 premiere Zod where their names are finally mentioned.
  • The only officer to survive the shootout with the Kryptonians is Officer Greg Flynn, who appears in Lockdown.
  • Chloe informs Clark that she's known about his powers since she saw him "catch a car like it was a beach ball", which occurred in Pariah.
  • Although the first appearance of Brainiac was the episode Commencement, this is the first appearance of James Marsters as Brainiac.

[edit] Quotes

Jor-El: Kal-El, you have traveled far. One journey has ended. A new journey is about to begin. Welcome home, my son.
Chloe: (shivering) Hey. I think it's time you switch into Super Clark mode now.
Clark: Super Clark?
Chloe: I know you can run faster than a speeding bullet, Clark... Take me along for the ride.
Clark: How long have you known?
Chloe: I guess I've always had my suspicions. The quick exits, the miraculous recoveries, the lame excuses, but when I saw you catch a car like it was a beach ball... that kind of confirmed everything.
Clark: The meteor rocks... they didn't make me who I am.
Chloe: So you're saying you were born this way?
Clark: I wasn't born anywhere near Smallville. In fact, I wasn't born anywhere near this galaxy.
Chloe: Okay... okay so that would make you like an...
Clark: Yeah.
Chloe: Uh... but you look so...
Clark: Human? I'm still the same person.
Chloe: Clark, I... I think you're so amazing. You save peoples' lives and take zero credit. To me, you're more than just a hero-- you're a superhero.
Clark: Chloe...
Chloe: No, I'm serious, Clark. If more humans were like you, the world would be a better place.
Lionel: The disciples of Zod! They must be stopped!
Lana: You are referring to the people from the spaceship?
Lionel: Their home is their only poison.

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