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Crusade

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Crusade
Series 4x01
Episode 67
Writer Alfred Gough & Miles Millar
Director Greg Beeman
Broadcast Date September 22, 2004
Production Code 2T5201
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[edit] Summary

Clark returns to Smallville as Kal-El. Intent on fulfilling his destiny, he goes after a powerful Kryptonian crystal that Lex has obtained in Egypt. Meanwhile, newcomer Lois Lane arrives in Smallville to look into the death of her cousin Chloe, and Lana returns from Paris with a new boyfriend. Jonathan lies in a coma after the events of Covenant and Lionel must deal with his new life in prison.

[edit] Recap

A tall brunette is watching a video diary made by Chloe Sullivan. In the video, Chloe states that something must have happened to her and says that "Clark" is the only person that can learn the truth of her death.
Lois finds Clark naked and disoriented.
The young woman is now driving to the Kent farm, but she is lost. Her car is struck by lightning and she veers off the road and into the cornfield. Suddenly, a ball of light falls from the sky and a hole the shape of a pentagon is burned into the corn. In the middle lies Clark Kent, who is naked and claims not to know who he is. She offers to take him to the hospital, but he says he is fine. She introduces herself as Lois Lane.


They arrive at the hospital, but the orderly says that she has to stay with him until he can be identified. Lois decides to keep an eye on him to prevent him from wandering around the waiting room naked. She starts talking about why she's in Smallville, but Clark is apathetic and keeps trying to leave.
Lois takes Clark to the hospital.
Martha Kent is reading to an unconscious Jonathan Kent when Dr. Harden informs her that she needs to think about the future and that Jonathan is brain-dead. Martha declares that she will not give up on him. Clark wanders into the hallway and Martha is overwhelmed when she sees him, but he does not recognize her. Clark tells her he is waiting for the sign. She says that she can help him find the sign, but he must go with her immediately. Lois finds out that it is Clark, but he has already left.

Lex Luthor is in Egypt, where he obtains an artifact, an ancient statue. He pays a large amount of money to erase all the evidence of him visiting Egypt. He must have his blood purified every 72 hours or his organs will shut down. While in his airplane returning from Egypt, they hit some turbulence and the statue breaks, revealing a mysterious stone.

Kal-El flies away.

Lana celebrates her anniversary with her new boyfriend, Jason Teague. It is the day before her birthday and she goes to a church to do a tombstone rubbing of Countess Margaret Isobel Thoreaux for an art-history class. When she touches a symbol on the tomb, a great surge of bright energy flows through her body. The Mark of Transference appears on her lower back.

Martha takes Clark back to the farm. Shortly after, Lois arrives, having followed them home. She asks Martha about Clark and Chloe's relationship but Martha doesn't let her talk to Clark. Lois asks Martha to have Clark contact her and leaves. Martha takes Clark to his loft to try and jog his memory. She shows him a picture of Jonathan and says it's his father, but Clark just replies that Jonathan is dead to him. When she realizes that his behavior is probably due to Jor-El's influence, Martha grows upset and starts to scream and cry for her son to be returned. Suddenly, Clark hears an incredibly piercing sound in his head. He says that he is Kal-El of Krypton, and Clark Kent is dead. He declares that it is time to fulfill his destiny and to Martha's shock, launches himself into the sky and flies away from the farm. Kal-El flies up to Lex's plane and rips off the door at 20,000 feet. He steals the stone from Lex and flies away.

Martha holds the black kryptonite to Clark

Martha request to speak with Virgil Swann, but his emissary assistant Bridgette Crosby comes instead. She tells her that Clark flew away and Crosby realizes that he has completely embraced his Kryptonian destiny. She gives her black kryptonite, which will split Kal-El and Clark.

Lex questions Lionel in jail.
Lex visits his father in jail believing that he stole the Stone from him. They throw insults back and forth. Lionel tells him that he is chasing a fairy tale even though he himself has been extensively searching for the Stones by financing six expeditions over the last two years. Lionel says that those responsible for him being charged for murder will feel his wrath, but Chloe's death was an accident.
Kal-El chokes Clark.
Clark and Lois talk in the cemetery.

Kal-El goes to the Cave and activates three symbols around the octagonal hole which opens the pathway to the inner chamber. He places the first Stone on the table. On his way out, he encounters Martha. When she presses the kryptonite into his chest, Clark and Kal-El split and begin to fight each other for control. She throws it to Clark who stabs into Kal-El effectively destroying him. Simultaneously, Jonathan miraculously wakes up.

Lois goes to pay her respects to Chloe. Her headstone reads "Chloe Sullivan 1987-2004 Beloved daughter". She promises to find out who did this to her. She is surprised when she sees Clark behind her. Clark x-rays her coffin and discovers it to be empty. He announces to Lois that Chloe is still alive.

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[edit] Guest Cast

[edit] Featured Music

  • "Better Days Will Come" - Tahiti 80
  • "O Euchari" - Hildegard Of Bingen
  • "Plus Pres De Moi" - san.drine

[edit] Episode Title

  • "Crusade" refers to Kal-El and Lex's search for the Stones of Power.
  • It may also be referring to Lois' quest to find Chloe's killer.
  • Bridgette Crosby states the symbol burned into the Kents' field is the Kryptonian symbol for crusade.

[edit] Notes

  • This is the first appearance of Erica Durance as Lois Lane, and Jensen Ackles as Jason Teague.
  • Margot Kidder's portrayal as Bridgette Crosby is significant to fans of the Superman films because Kidder played Lois Lane in the first four films.
  • These are the first opening credits without Sam Jones III (Pete Ross) and with Jensen Ackles (Jason Teague). During the original run of this episode, Allison Mack was not in the opening credits to give the illusion that Chloe Sullivan had died.
  • This is the first episode that features black kryptonite.
  • In the beginning, when Clark--as Kal-El--is lying in the pentagon shape in the cornfield and electricity was flying everywhere, the electricity formed an 'S' shape for a short few seconds; coupled with the pentagonal shape, this closely resembled the iconic symbol on Clark's future costume as Superman.
  • When Clark appears on the radar, the pilot says, "What is it? A bird, a plane?" referring to the famous line from the Superman TV show starring George Reeves.
  • Chloe's gravestone clearly lists her birth year as 1987. However, she turns 18 in Spell, indicating that either the gravestone is a production error, or Spell actually takes place several weeks after its November 2004 airdate, in early 2005. Or, perhaps those in charge of faking her death were unconcerned with accuracy.
  • This episode further fleshes out the relationship between Clark's different personalities. There is Clark's normal personality, the result of his biology, experiences, and upbringing. Then there is "Kal", or Clark when he is affected by red kryptonite. He is unconcerned of any repercussion or consequence for his actions, and is incredibly uninhibited, wanting to share his powers with the world in a boastful way. Finally, as revealed in this episode, there is Kal-El, a militant permutation set on fulfilling the destiny that Jor-El formulated. He is very objective, having little concern for those around him, only for his mission.
  • This is the first and only episode as of yet to feature Clark using his ability to fly, not counting when he floated in Metamorphosis and when he woke-up on a road after dreaming about flying in Rosetta. He may have also flown to escape being sucked into the Phantom Zone in Arrival.
  • Also when Kal-el flew his arms were at his sides unlike superman who is known for putting one arm straight in front of him.
  • This is the last time the symbol that Jor-El burned on Clark's chest is seen. It can be seen when Kal-El and Clark are fighting, and Kal-El has the symbol of his ancestors on his chest. It is later carved into Clark's chest in Quest, by Jason's father Edward, whose family is introduced for the first time in this episode.
  • After Martha says "Trust me, that can happen to the best of us" about falling for a "farm-boy type", Lois replies "Not me, give me a nerd with glasses any day of the week". In the comics, Clark Kent wears glasses to seperate his appearance from Superman's.
  • The idol that Lex finds in the Egyptian pyramid, has Kryptonian inscriptions behind, which translated say "THIS IS THE FIRST CRYSTAL OF KNOWLEDGE"
  • The exterior footage of church shown where Lana and Jason enter is the famous cathedral Notre Dame although it is not named and the internal scenes are filmed elsewhere.

[edit] Continuity

  • Jor-El imposed a artificial personality on Clark exactly as he did with the deceased human female Lindsey Harrison in Covenant; giving Clark's body the ability of flight just as he did with Harrison's human body. Like he did with Harrison, Jor-El dumped Clark, possessed by the Kal-El entity, naked in a field. Jor-El had the artificial entity in Clark call itself after a relative, "Kal-El", just as he did with the entity in Lindsey Harrison calling herself "Kara", Clark's cousin and Jor-El's niece.
  • Dr. Harden has appeared in six other episodes: Stray, Vortex, Exodus, Onyx, Hidden and Reunion.
  • Bridgette Crosby will reappear in the episode Transference. Her fate will be revealed in Spirit.
  • This is the third time Clark has been found naked (or nearly so) in a corn field. The Kents found him the day he arrived as a toddler, and Lex found him when he was made the Scarecrow as a freshman in high school in the Pilot.
  • Lex's illness was the result of his father poisoning his brandy in Covenant.

[edit] Quotes

Lois Lane: Look, I didn't come here fishing for thanks. I think Clark might know something about my cousin Chloe's death.
Martha Kent: I'm so sorry for your loss.
Lois: Yeah. Were she and Clark ever an item?
Martha: Oh, I think for a minute...
Lois: It's funny, I never thought she'd fall for the farm boy type.
Martha: Trust me, that can happen to the best of us.
Lois: Not me. Give me a nerd with glasses any day of the week.
Martha: Clark has many sides.
Lois: Yeah, I've seen several of them already.
Kal-El: I am Kal-El of Krypton. It is time to fulfill my destiny.
Kal-El: You talk a lot.
Lois: Well, I'm just not comfortable with uncomfortable silence and you're not exactly keeping up with your end of the conversation.
Bridgette Crosby: Now, where's your son?
Martha: I don't know. He flew. He flew away.
Bridgette Crosby: That means... That means he's completely embraced his Kryptonian destiny.
Lex: But apparently, I'm not ordinary.
Lionel: No, you're not. You're my son.
Lex: God help me.
Lois: Glad to see we've moved beyond the clothing-optional stage of our relationship.
Pilot: What is it? A bird? A plane?
Jonathan: Clark, your mother tells me you... can fly?
Clark: Kal-El can fly. Clark Kent is still Earth-bound.

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