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Beast
Series 8x20
Episode 172
Writer Genevieve Sparling
Director Michael Rohl
Broadcast Date April 30, 2009
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[edit] Summary

Clark discovers that Davis is still alive and confronts Chloe about protecting him. Oliver discovers Jimmy breaking into Chloe's apartment, but things get rapidly worse after Davis jumps from the shadows and attacks both of them. Meanwhile Clark and Davis face off in the Fortress.

[edit] Recap

Chloe's nightmare.

Davis calls Chloe, telling her to come down to the Talon basement because he had a nightmare. When she goes, she finds that the room is filled with candlelight and flowers. About to leave, Davis thanks Chloe for helping him so much when none ever would. Davis hands Chloe a red rose and while she tries to dismiss the gesture, he comes closer to her and kisses her. She kisses him back and then notices blood on the floor. She follows the trail and is horrified to see Clark's corpse hanging from the ceiling. His body has been ripped apart at the waist. Chloe gasps with horror only to find that all of it was just a nightmare.

Clark tells Chloe that Davis may be alive.

The next day Davis calls Chloe to the basement. Just then Clark arrives with a copy of the Daily Planet and tells her that Tess named Davis a serial killer. Chloe assures Clark that Davis is dead despite any "evidence" to the contrary, but Clark is concerned that there has been another murder with the same marks of Doomsday.

Oliver talks with Jimmy about his obsession with drugs.

Oliver, at the Ace of Clubs, is sought after by Jimmy who asks for $600.00 after being "let go" of his job. When Oliver refuses, Jimmy gets angry and leaves.

Chloe meets Emil Hamilton to ask him to find a cure for Davis. She gives him a sample of Davis' saliva and the doctor gets to work. When she leaves Dr. Hamilton, Davis meets Chloe visibly shaken as he had just tried to control the monster in him but acknowledges that the only way to do so is to have Chloe physically present with him.

They return to the Talon basement where Chloe proposes that the best thing for everyone is for both of them to run away from Smallville. "You have done more for me in a couple for weeks than anyone else in all my life!" Davis says to her. Chloe then replies that she can close a few accounts and disappear any paper trail and that they could be off on the highway by sunset.

Emil and Chloe discuss Davis's DNA sample.

Clark goes to Oliver and asks for his help with keeping Chloe safe from Doomsday after he went to the grave and saw that Davis had clearly dug his way out from the inside. Clark decides to go to the Fortress to see how to send Doomsday to the Phantom Zone but Oliver tells Clark that he must kill Davis and finish him once and for all. Clark says he will not take a life, not even Doomsday and that since it is his problem, he will take of it.

Clark talks with Chloe.

Chloe talks with Dr Hamilton via webcam asking him about how to help Davis, but the doctor explains to her that he had never seen such a genetic make up because the nucleus kept mutating and that when he killed a cell it somehow became stronger. He mentions that serious body changes can be triggered by strong emotions such as love and hate and tells Chloe that Davis' control rests in her hands. Just as she finishes her conversation, Clark comes in and tells her that he plans to lure Davis to the Fortress because he has a crystal that can open the portal to the Phantom Zone. Chloe objects to the idea of Clark using any item made by Brainiac and that Clark could even get sucked into the Zone himself. Realizing that he will not back down, Chloe sends Clark to Alaska on a false lead.

Oliver confronts Chloe about protecting Davis.

Oliver goes to Chloe's apartment to discover that Jimmy has broken in, attempting to steal money from Chloe. Davis comes in and attacks them. He holds them captive in the basement and when Chloe calls he tells her what has happened. Jimmy begins to taunt Davis but Oliver tries to cool them off. Davis grabs Jimmy and his eyes turn red as he starts to almost crush Jimmy's skull but he stops himself, saying that Jimmy means too much to Chloe and she would never forgive him for killing him. Instead, he knocks Jimmy unconscious and decides to kill Oliver instead. He grabs Oliver's neck and begins to choke him. Clark comes into the Talon looking for Chloe but using his super-hearing finds Oliver and Davis and at super speed he runs off with Davis.

Clark opens the Phantom Zone portal and fights Davis.

Chloe comes in to find the paramedics taking Jimmy out on a stretcher, who tells her to stay away from the monster. Oliver and Chloe argue; she says she has the situation under control, but he tells her that her plan was flawed. She explains that keeping him near is the only way to keep him from killing people but Oliver is still skeptical. He tells her that Clark took him.

Oliver gives Jimmy hope.

At the Fortress, Clark battles Davis and uses one of the Fortress' crystals to open a portal to the Phantom Zone. Davis declares that he will not be sent to a world without Chloe and that if he is going, then he is taking Clark with him. As they struggle, Chloe comes in and tells Clark that she won't allow him to condemn Davis to an eternity of hell. She takes out the crystal and leaves with Davis using Clark's key.

Clark uses the Isis computers to search for Chloe and Davis.

Jimmy comes to Oliver again, this time at the LuthorCorp building where Oliver offers him a job on his staff team. Jimmy refuses at first, but after Oliver compliments his courage for facing the monster, Jimmy accepts.

Chloe sadly says a farewell to Clark.

At the Isis Foundation Clark is using the computers to find Chloe when Oliver comes in and tells him that one day Clark will have to make the tough decision because that is what every hero does. Then the phone rings, and it is Chloe calling Clark telling him that they are fine. They have stopped at a gas station and Davis is inside. Chloe tells him that she doesn't want him to come to find her. Clark is upset and tells her she is in danger but Chloe insists that she knows what she is doing. Clark asks if she has feelings for Davis but she says she will sacrifice herself to keep Clark safe. Clark tells her that he will not stop looking for her. She ends the call and Clark smashes his phone down in frustration. Chloe quickly wipes her tears away before Davis returns. He gives her a heart-shaped lollipop and they get in the car and drive away.

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[edit] Featured Music

  • "What You Feel" - Chris Levy

[edit] Episode Title

  • Jimmy realizes that Davis was the creature at his wedding, calling him "the beast."

[edit] Notes

  • Lois Lane and Tess Mercer do not appear in this episode.
  • In Chloe's nightmare, Clark's corpse has a red "S" painted across his chest, reminiscent of when Clark was made a Scarecrow in the Pilot. This also alludes to the Superman symbol.
  • Clark is seen wearing a blue shirt with a blue jacket (though the special effects still show a red-blue blur) for the first time in a long time instead of a red shirt with blue jacket or blue shirt with red jacket; he has worn all blue before, but not in a few years. This is possibly because his blue shirt and red jacket combo has become his unofficial "Red-Blue Blur" costume.
  • Clark tries to stop Doomsday without killing him and send him to the Phantom Zone. This is similar to the Justice League Unlimited episode "The Doomsday Sanction", Superman and the Justice League send the nearly unstoppable Doomsday into the Phantom Zone after his capture.This usage of the Phantom Zone, effectively sentencing Doomsday to life imprisonment without trial, presented massive arguments about the Justice League's right to make such judgments. Batman was especially troubled by this move.

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[edit] Quotes

Clark: Davis must have done something to her. Chloe would never lie to me if she weren't trapped.
Oliver: Either that, or she can't resist tall, dark, and Doomsday.
Oliver: Any idea who did this?
Jimmy: Not to sound like a broken record, but it was Davis Bloome.
Jimmy: Then kill me. Because you've taken everything from me, all that's left is scar tissue.
Chloe: Look, either I keep him with me or innocent people die.
Clark: It'll send you to a world where you don't have to hide who you are any longer.
Davis: A world without Chloe? No, you better have a "plan B" because I'm not losing her.
Clark: I don't want to hurt you, Davis.
Davis: Don't worry, you can't.
Chloe: (on the phone) Look, everything I've ever done, right or wrong, I did for you.
Clark: By running away? (gets emotional) Admit it Chloe, you have feelings for Davis, that's why you're protecting him.
Chloe: I'm protecting you! I meant what I said. Condemning Davis to a life as that monster is worse than killing him.
Clark: But what about you, Chloe? Chloe, I'm gonna spend every second looking for you, I will find a way to save you!
Chloe: Clark, you're not here to save one person, you're here to save all of us.
Clark: And you think sacrificing yourself will help me do that? Chloe, you're wrong. ...You're wrong, Chloe!
Chloe: I must have thrown a million green rocks away and I've never really saved you. Now I can.
Clark: Chloe listen to me, this is your life that we're talking about. Don't do this!
Chloe: Clark, if there's one lesson I've learned from you, it's that choosing the greater good is never a sacrifice.
Oliver: The only way that any one of us are going to be safe again is if Doomsday is destroyed for good!

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