Bound
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| Bound | |
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| Series | 4x09 |
| Episode | 75 |
| Writer | Luke Schelhaas |
| Director | Terrence O'Hara |
| Broadcast Date | November 17, 2004 |
| Production Code | 2T5209 |
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[edit] Summary
Lex is accused of killing a young woman and Clark turns to Lionel for help. Meanwhile, Lana has a dream of her ancestor and a mysterious second woman - a dead ringer for Jason's mother Genevieve, who arrives to visit her son and his new girlfriend.
[edit] Recap
Lex is at a fundraiser in Metropolis when he spots a stunning woman across the room, listening to an mp3 player. He approaches her and asks her what she is listening to, and she offers him the headphones. They exchange few words and Lex takes her to a hotel room. The next morning, Lex is awakened to a hysterical screaming of the maid and finds the woman's bloody body in the bed next to him.
Lex's lawyer Corrine Hartford tries to field the media frenzy while she questions Lex about the evening. Lex says he was drinking, but he can't remember anything about the woman except that she had a pink mp3 player. She and her assistant, Shannon Bell, depart just as Clark comes to visit. Clark asks Lex how he's doing. Lex is embarrassed and tells Clark that one-night stands never happen to him. He says he knows he didn't kill her and he thinks Lionel is framing him.
Lana is having a strange dream in which she witnesses the execution of Isobel Thoreaux. In the dream, a woman is yelling at Isobel angrily. The next morning, she sees a woman at the Talon that looks just like the woman in her dream, who introduces herself as Jason's mother, Genevieve. Lana is shaken but decides to sit down and chat. Genevieve says she hasn't spoken to Jason since he left Paris and says she misses him. Lana is reluctant to get in the middle of their issues, but agrees to tell Jason that Genevieve is in town. Genevieve says she noticed that Lana looked at her like she recognized her, and says that Lana is so beautiful, it's no wonder she and Jason were destined to be together.
Clark goes to the prison to ask Lionel if he is framing Lex and Lionel tells him that his liver has been healed since he woke up on the floor of the prison during a riot. He tells Clark that he felt an energy course through him that healed him. He says it has destroyed the destructive power always inside him, the same thing that is consuming Lex. He also believes Lex is being framed and wants to help. He tells Clark that Lex has patterns with women and to start the search for the woman's car. Clark agrees, but he tells Lionel that he still doesn't trust him.
At school, Clark tells Chloe that Lionel gave him the lead and he thinks he's found the woman's car, but hasn't been able to find her name or address. Chloe warns him not to get caught up in Lionel's games, and Lex has a great lawyer.
Clark tells Chloe that he's starting to doubt Lex's innocence because he has lied twice. Chloe shows Clark security footage of Lex and Eve making out in the hotel elevator. She reveals that when they got on the elevator, she only had one earring on, but the police report says the body was wearing two. They surmise that she either found the earring or Lex was with two different women. They go to the elevator to reenact the scene and Chloe suggests the earring fell down the shaft. Clark telescopes his X-ray vision and finds it. He takes it to Lionel and asks him to help find the second woman. Lionel reveals that he too used to send his exes diamond earrings and tells Clark that the second woman is probably the killer and the diamond can be traced.
Clark and Chloe trace the diamond purchase to Shannon Bell and he hurries away to warn Lex. Shannon has tied Lex up and is pouring a bottle of wine all over him and the floor, ranting about how Lex slept with her more than once, then didn't even recognize her at the party nor as Corrine's assistant. She says she's stopping him from doing it again and drops a candle on the floor. The alcohol ignites and the flames surround Lex just as Clark superspeeds into the room. He uses his jacket to blow out the fire. He knocks Shannon out and superspeeds away unseen.
Lana admits to Jason that she met his mother, and that she didn't want to get in the middle, but his mom seemed really worried. Jason thinks his mother is manipulative and ruthless. Lana tells him that she dreamed about Genevieve before she met her. Later, he meets Genevieve in her car and she mentions again how serendipitous it is that Lana is in his life. Jason asks if he met Lana by accident or not, and Genevieve just says of course he did. She kisses his cheek and departs as Jason looks confused.
Clark expresses to his parents his disappointment in Lex because of the way he treated those women. He also tells them he went to see Lionel and that Lionel's liver has healed, but Lionel thinks it's a miracle. He is convinced Lionel has changed. Jonathan says neither Lex nor Lionel will ever change.
Lex goes to the prison and says he no longer thinks Lionel is guilty of framing him, but wonders what he wants in return. Lionel says he simply wants to be Lex's father. Lex just says not to expect another miracle and leaves. Lex goes to visit Clark in his loft to thank him for helping. Lex seems quiet and guilty, but Clark is still upset and says it seems like Lex only cares about himself and wonders what else he doesn't know about Lex. Lex is resigned and says Shannon might have been crazy, but she was right in that he treated the women terribly. He says when he thought he was going to die, he was almost relieved that the world would be rid of him. He asks Clark not to give up on him yet.
[edit] Guest Cast
- Corrine Hartford- Claudette Mink
- Shannon Bell- Cobie Smulders
[edit] Recurring Role
- Genevieve Teague - Jane Seymour
[edit] Featured Music
- "Chopin Etude, Opus 10, No. 3 in E Major: Lento, ma non troppo" - John Rusnak
- "I Want More: Part 2" - Faithless
- "Daddy's Little Girl" - Amanda O'Connor
[edit] Notes
- This is the first appearance of Jane Seymour as Genevieve Teague.
- In Lana's dream, Isobel says "Je vais dormir seulement un peu" which translates to "I am going to sleep for just a little bit". Duchess Gertrude says, "Tu m'as trahis Isobel, maintenant tu vas mourir," which translates to, "You have betrayed me Isobel, so now you are going to die." [1]
- Chloe says, "Lionel Luthor goes all 'Hannibal Lecter'," a reference to the character in the novel/movie The Silence of the Lambs in which imprisoned killer Hannibal Lecter directs an FBI agent to another killer.
- Lionel repeats the often-misquoted line, "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned," which actually reads "Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned," and is from William Congreve's play, The Mourning Bride. [2]
- What Shannon pours out of the wine bottles to burn Lex is unknown, but the resulting flames are much larger, hotter and more yellow that the relatively cool, bluish flames of an alcohol fire.
- When Shannon reveals her identity to Lex, she says "What's the matter, Lex? Don't you recognize me?" while undoing her hair and removing her glasses. This is a reference to Superman's disguise as Clark Kent, which famously consists of simply slicked-back hair and glasses.
[edit] Continuity
- Lionel's liver was healed when he switched bodies with Clark in the episode Transference.
- Clark's reluctance to shake Lionel's hand is because of the events of Transference, where Lionel and Clark switched bodies when they touched.
[edit] Quotes
- Clark: Last few days, Lex, I-- I thought your father was being more honest with me than you were. And I hated that feeling. I felt like we were enemies.
- Lex: Don't give up on me, yet.
- Jason: (about Lana, to Genevive) Did I meet her by accident or not?
- Lex: What do you want from me?
- Lionel: I want to be your father, Lex... if you'll let me.
- Lex: You've got your health, Dad. Don't expect another miracle.
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