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Eternal
Series 8x18
Episode 170
Writer Brian Peterson & Kelly Souders
Director James Marshall
Broadcast Date April 2, 2009
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[edit] Summary

Tess fails in her attempt to kill Davis. In order to try and explain his destiny, she captures him and unveils his past with the Luthors. Meanwhile, Clark and Chloe discover Davis' secret.

[edit] Recap

(flashbacks are in green)

Tess looking in the book Veritas.
In the Luthor Mansion, Tess is looking at a picture of a spaceship. The first meteor shower in Smallville in 1989 is shown. Jonathan and Martha are driving their truck when a meteor skids across the road ahead of them. Lionel is seen looking for Lex and finds him lying in the middle of the field with no hair. Then Jonathan and Martha discover Kal-El and find his ship. A few inches away from it some kind of egg, where a liquid, flesh-looking shape forms into a young boy. Back at the mansion, Tess realizes the truth, that another boy landed on earth that day.
An egg that forms into a young boy: Davis
Clark visits Tess at the Daily Planet. He wants her to print an article about missing person cases. He realizes that there are similarities between them but people are ignoring it. Clark wants the Daily Planet to be the first newspaper publishing the story so that the people of Metropolis are warned. Tess explains that she needs proofs so she can't print it. Clark accuses Tess of sweeping this under the rug and Tess retorts that Clark is the one who constantly lies, not her.
Davis cooking for Chloe.
Davis is cooking dinner at Chloe's apartment to thank her for reprogramming his cell phone. The two of them talk and Chloe admits that Jimmy refuses to communicate with her. She states that she thought they were best friends but now she guesses that there was some stuff beneath the surface. Davis accidentally cuts his finger with the knife. When Chloe wipes the blood away, no cut can be seen and she looks at him suspiciously. Clark arrives to ask Chloe for help on his story and sees Chloe holding Davis' hand. Chloe and Davis arrange to have dinner another time. As soon as Davis leaves the apartment, he starts breathing hard and doubling over.
Tess blows up Davis and his truck
Davis is next seen in a muddy field with a shovel. He gets into his car and kisses the crucifix hanging from the mirror. He gets a call on his cell. As he answers it, he sees Tess Mercer standing in front of the car talking to him on the phone. She asks about a prayer of dismembering a body and then presses a button, which makes Davis' car explode.
Tess talking to an injured Davis.

Back at the Talon, Clark and Chloe go through the missing person cases. Chloe finally asks Clark why he's staring at her and Clark admits that he does not like Davis and is suspicious. He thinks Chloe is moving on from Jimmy pretty quickly. Chloe doesn't want his advice and insists they are just friends. Their argument is interrupted when Chloe gets news that a car matching Davis' license plate was found burned out and abandoned.

Young Lex and Davis talking.
Davis is covered in bloody bandages when he awakens in the Luthor Mansion. He is approached by Tess. She apologizes because she didn't expect him to end up like this, actually she tried to kill him. He barely speaks. Tess knows about his killing spree. She admires his selection of the victims as they were all criminals. Tess takes a book into her hands and explains she looked into Davis background. She thought she had reached a dead end, until she found Lionel Luthor's journal. It´s about a boy, that came down the very same day the meteor shower happened but she does not believe the boy came down alone.
Clark x-rays a field and spots dozens of corpses.
A young boy watching Jonathan, Martha and Clark. Seconds later, Davis is approached by a couple of soldiers but runs away. Nevertheless, as they follow him through the cornfield, he is soon trapped. Later, young Lex Luthor is chasing his pet bird and he hears a child's voice behind a locked door. He unlocks it and meets a young Davis Bloome. They make friends quickly as they discover they both like "Warrior Angel". Davis says that a man brought him here a few days ago and that he put needles in him. Lex invites his new friend, who doesn't know his own name, to play with him.
Clark and Chloe talk about Davis.
Tess finishes the story by stating that Lionel sent a search party for the Traveler and he didn't realize that there were two boys that fell to earth that day, the Traveler and Davis.
Tess tells Clark about her theories.
Chloe and Clark arrive at the field where Davis' car is getting towed away. The driver reveals that the truck was abandoned. Clark tells Chloe that this field is where his ship landed. Clark X-rays the field and to his shock, spots dozens of corpses. Davis wakes up, fully recovered and goes through the mansion, discovering old memories of sword-play with Lex. Davis asks about the little box on the desk in the library and Alexander explains that it is made of St. George's Armor and that he slayed dragons. Alexander shows us a bit of his true nature and commands that he is now St. George and Davis is the dragon, the beast, which wants to destroy the world and Alexander is the only one that can save it. Alexander opens up the box which is filled with meteor rocks, and Davis suddenly begins to scream in pain. Not realizing what actually happened, Lex closes the box and comforts Davis.
Davis begins to transform.

Back in the present, Davis remembers his reaction to meteor rocks and tries to leave. Tess interferes and starts versing parts from the bible and referring to Christ and Judas and that Christ never would have raised from the dead if Judas had not betrayed him. She reveals to Davis, that there is a savior, whom he must betray. She implies that Clark and he are destined to kill each other. Davis' eyes turn red and he hits Tess so hard, she flies across the room.

Clark and Chloe arrive at the Planet, arguing about how Chloe was wrong to trust Davis. Chloe admits she was in denial and couldn't believe that he is the serial killer Jimmy warned them about. They realize that Davis' victims are all criminals and wonder if he's on some sort of vigilante mission. Clark mentions that Davis wouldn't be stupid enough to abandon his car next to a field full of evidence. He thinks someone took him. Chloe says, that someone has checked Davis' past before her and that he should question Tess.

Clark comes into Tess' hospital room and she reveals about that she has Lionel's journal and that he wanted to possess the Traveler, which is why he was in Smallville on the day of the meteor shower. She also implies that Lex and Lionel got the whole idea of the Kawatche Caves wrong. She talks about the painting of a two headed creature - Naman and Sageeth - and how Lionel and Lex thought they were trying to become worthy adversaries, but not realizing that there was another boy who came to earth with Clark that was destined to be his ultimate nemesis. Clark pretends he doesn't believe Tess' story. Tess replies that Lionel took Davis but then the boys tests didn't match that of the Traveler's. After five days, Lionel threw Davis onto the street after getting a phone call from Martha Kent asking for help with an adoption. Tess accuses Clark of being the reason for Davis getting abandoned the first time.

Chloe is at Isis researching the murders and waiting for Clark to return. She is surprised to be confronted by Davis instead. She tries to run but he grabs her and forces her to listen to him. Davis confesses that he is in love with her and wants her to help him. Chloe refuses to do anything for him and Davis pleads with her to help him die.

Clark thinks Tess is obsessed with him.

Clark comes in and realizes there has been a confrontation in the office and Chloe is missing. On her computer screen is a map to Dr. Groll's lab, where Davis is in a cell. Above the cell is a tank of liquid meteor rock. Davis has placed himself in the cage and is trying to convince Chloe to pull the lever. In tears, Chloe can't bring herself to do it. Clark rushes in and begs him not to kill himself, wanting to give Davis a second chance, because Clark feels guilty about Davis' past. Davis states that people always return to their true nature and that it's best for him to die. He tells Clark that he was sent to kill him. Davis begins to transform, his eyes turning red. When he lunges towards Clark, Chloe quickly switches the machine on. Davis is covered in the liquid meteor rock and flashes back to himself as a child, being dropped off by one of Lionel's workers. Young Davis transforms and kills the worker. In tears, Chloe watches Davis die, she rushes to the tank and puts her hand on the glass. Davis does the same and he slowly stops breathing. Clark watches and seems to feel guilty that there was something between them.

Davis is showered in green kryptonite.
Clark visits Chloe that night to see how she is. She is quiet and thoughtful, saying she has had better days. Clark spoke to Oliver Queen, who has taken care of the cover-up to explain Davis' disappearance. Chloe feels guilty about what she had done but believes she did it to protect Clark and his destiny as a world protector. Clark looks at a photograph of the two headed creature from the Kawatche Caves, remarking that he didn't have to fight the "ultimate destroyer" very hard. He throws the photograph into the fire. Clark states he always had a nightmare about never being adopted and Chloe points out that Clark's nightmare was Davis' reality.
Tess has possession of the orb.
Clark and Chloe talk about what happened.

Clark gets a visit from Tess in his barn. She hints about Clark saving people and reveals that she knows a bit more. Clark thinks she has the Luthors' obsession and states that he will never be that man she thinks he is. Tess thinks that Clark will never fulfill his destiny until he has met his greatest enemy. Clark retorts that Tess doesn't know anything about his life. Tess knows Clark is lying and states she will wait for Clark to come to her. As he leaves the barn, Tess addresses him as Kal-El. Back at the mansion Tess unlocks a little cupboard and takes out a suitcase. She opens it to reveal the orb.

As Chloe is arriving home, she hears a noise in the basement of the Talon. In the basement, she finds Davis. She is shocked to see him alive. As Faora had told him in Bloodline, what kills him makes him stronger so Davis admits the meteor rocks have now made him invincible. She says realizes that Clark is in danger and that Davis will kill him but Davis states that there is something about Chloe that calms down the murderer in him. He asks if she will stay with him. Chloe goes back up the stairs and after thinking for a bit decides to help Davis and locks the bolt.

[edit] Recurring Roles

[edit] Guest cast

[edit] Episode Title

  • Eternal means everlasting without beginning or end. In this case, it refers to Doomsday being immortal meaning that he will last forever after he became immune to Kryptonite.

[edit] Notes

  • Lois Lane, Oliver Queen, and Jimmy Olsen do not appear in this episode.
  • After surviving the Kryptonite cage, Davis claims to be immortal. If true, Davis is the second character on the show who is truly "immortal". The first such character was Curtis Knox. Clark is actually not immortal; Kryptonians on Earth can be killed, as evidenced by the deaths of Raya and Dax-Ur. Davis's immortality as Doomsday is true to the comics as Doomsday in the comics could regenerate every time he is killed and adapts so that he could not be killed the same way. The only way Doomsday could die is to completely obliterate every part of him.
  • Lionel Luthor, Martha Kent, and Jonathan Kent are seen in archive footage. Lionel hasn't been seen since. Descent or heard since Odyssey while Jonathan and Martha were last seen in archive footage in Odyssey, although they actually left the show in season 5 and 6 respectively.

[edit] Continuity

  • Connor Stanhope played Young Lex in the Season 7 episodes Fracture, Veritas, and Descent.
  • This is the second time that a kryptonite-lined cell was used. The first was in Traveler when Lionel imprisoned Clark. This cell was designed to be filled with Liquid Kryptonite, not lined with kryptonite.
  • Davis still has the onyx cross in his ambulance that was first seen in Prey after Doomsday murdered the nun that owned it. It was also seen in Turbulence.
  • Tess blows up Davis' truck. Roger Nixon did the same to Clark in Season 1 episode Tempest.
  • Tess mentions the drawings in the Kawatche caves, which were discovered in Skinwalker.
  • The meteor shower that was shown in Pilot is revisited from Davis' perspective. Faora first revealed that Davis arrived in the meteor shower in Bloodline.
  • Tess discusses Lionel's involvement with Veritas, which was first mentioned in Fracture, while the extent of Lionel's involvement was revealed in Veritas.
  • This is the second time that Davis Bloome has died. The first time was in Bloodline, after Faora killed him.
  • Tess somehow came hold of possession of the Orb last seen in Arctic.
  • Clark tells Chloe that Davis collects crime scene photos and is always first to arrive on the scene, which he discovered in Prey.
  • This is the first time that every CEO of LuthorCorp (Lionel,Lex, and Tess) has appeared in an episode even though Lionel was shown through Archive Footage and Lex was in a flashback as a young boy.

[edit] Discontinuity

  • Young Lex and Davis are seen playing in the Luthor Mansion in 1989 several days after the first meteor shower. However, in the Pilot Clark told Lex, "I remember trucks rolled through town for weeks but no one ever moved in."
  • Young Lex tells Davis that the box was forged from the armor of St. George. Lionel told him this story during his 12th birthday party in Memoria. The flashbacks seen in this Eternal happen directly after the meteor shower, making Lex nine years old and already knowing the story.
  • Tess' interpretation of the Numan and Sageeth legend, in which she concluded that Davis Bloome was Sageeth, contradicts Talisman, which revealed that Numan's enemy would either be Lex or Lionel. However, this is merely another interpretation of the legend.
  • Davis' foster record birthdate is a few months after Clark's. Lex is about seven years older than Clark legally, so Davis would still be a toddler around 3 years old, as Clark was, at this time. [1]
  • The gaurds chasing Davis were armed with Heckler and Koch MP7's, which were not put into production until 2001.

[edit] Quotes

  • Tess Mercer: (to Davis) Lionel was too blind to see the truth. There was another.
  • Clark Kent: (to Davis) Everything that's happening to you is because of me.
  • Young Davis: Are you him? Are you a Warrior Angel?
  • Young Lex: No. But I want to be.
  • Tess Mercer: I've been asking myself that question for the last few hours. What do you do when you find Judas in your midst? Who would Christ have been if Judas had not betrayed him? Maybe we would remember Jesus as only a teacher roaming the desert.
  • Davis Bloome: I don't quite understand what you're getting at.
  • Chloe Sullivan: (about Davis) He could have killed you, Clark. I won't risk the safety of the world because of your code of ethics... because you refuse to stop the things that threaten you.
  • Clark Kent: Jor-El said he was the ultimate destroyer. Didn't turn out to be much of a fight.
  • Tess Mercer: I have this feeling that you'll never fulfill your great destiny until you meet your greatest challenge.
  • Tess Mercer: Just know that I'll wait for you, Clark. I'll wait for you to come to me.
  • Clark Kent: It's gonna be a long wait.
  • Tess Mercer: It'll be shorter than you think, Kal-El.

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