Forever

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Contents 1 Summary 2 Recap 3 Who's who 4 Recurring Role 5 Guest Cast 6 Featured Music 7 Note 8 Quotes 9 External Links

[edit] Summary

Clark must stop the school photographer after he sets up a fake high school and uses his ability to petrify people to kidnap students - including Chloe and Lana - to keep the glory days of high school going forever. Meanwhile, Lex and Lionel are kidnapped and tortured by the Teagues in an effort to find the Kryptonian artifact, revealing that Lana has it.

[edit] Recap

Chloe's preparing the last issue of the Smallville Torch and signing her photographer Brendan's yearbook. Puzzled by the lack of people outside, she goes out into the hallway and finds the place deserted. Going into the locker room, she finds a petrified girl seemingly frozen in wax. All of the doors are locked, the phones are dead, and the windows are simply lights – she's apparently in an abandoned factory. The Kents are unhappy that Clark plans on going to CKU and staying nearby so he can help out on the farm. Meanwhile, Chloe is trying to get outside internet access and finds two students who claim they are "playing along." She meets Brendan who clearly knows what's going on and doesn't want high school to end. When she wonders how he can keep them there, he petrifies one student the same way as the one earlier. At the real high school, Clark and Lana are discussing graduation and their plans – Clark reveals he's going to Central Kansas. Lana is happy about this, since she has decided to stay in Smallville. Clark and Lana are then fairly surprised when he discovers that Chloe and a number of students have not shown up to receive their graduation uniforms. Lex is preparing to excavate the cave when Jason shows up and darts him unconscious. They want the stone Lionel got hold of from Genevieve and plans to use.

Jonathan is determined to get along without Clark so he doesn't have to stay around – Martha believes they can't run it by themselves. Clark and Lana notice Chloe's absence while Lex wakes up bound to a chair... along with Lionel. Genevieve and Jason plan to use Lex for leverage.

Clark checks in with Lois who hasn't seen them, either, but puts him onto Brendan. At the high school, Lana has one of the stones and then Brendan petrifies her for his "collection."

Back at the faux school, Brendan reveals he has Lana and unpetrifies her. Chloe brings her up to speed and reveals they have a plan.

Jason and Genevieve begin torturing Lex with a hot poker and when they threaten to take out an eye, Lionel reveals that Lana has the stone, as she's the "Chosen One." Genevieve appeals to Jason to let her get the stone from Lana, but Lionel warns not to underestimate Lana due to Isobel. Clark and Lois check out Brendan's darkroom and find plans for the fake high school.

One of the captive students mentions to Brendan that Chloe has a crush on him, and she plays along long enough for Lana to knock him unconscious. They grab the keys and head for the door. They try to leave the factory but Brendan catches up to the third girl, Haley, and petrifies her. He then yanks off her head.

Lionel works on Jason to turn him against Genevieve by appealing to his feelings about Lana. Jason is torn between shooting him and going to get Lana and storms out. Lex and Lionel manage to get free and flee with Jason in pursuit. Jason gets ahead of them and a near shot sends Lionel tumbling, but Lex gets the drop on him and Jason flees to the edge of a cliff over a river. Jason confronts Lex with Clark's involvement in all the mysterious events but Lionel shoots him and he falls into the water below. Lex still doesn't trust Lionel and warns him that if anything happens to Lana there'll be hell to pay.

Clark and Lois get to the warehouse and Clark sends Lois off while he uses his strength to get in. He finds a petrified Chloe while Lois finds her own way in and is petrified by Brendan. He grabs a bat to break her but Clark blocks his strike and tries to talk him into facing reality. When Brendan grabs Clark, his powers backfire, slowly petrifying him. He tries to break Lana and Clark rescues her as Brendan falls to a shattering death. With Brendan's death, everyone reverts to normal. At the barn, Jonathan and Clark discuss his going to college and the fact that Jonathan stayed with the farm rather then go to college himself. On the last day of school, Chloe takes down her Wall of Weird and closes up the Torch. She, Lana, and Clark take off and Chloe finds out the other two are going to stay in Smallville.

[edit] Who's who

All of the kidnapped students, including Brendan, were on the Class of 2005 Senior "Who's who" list in the yearbook.

• Wendell Johnson was "Most likely to win a Nobel prize"
• Chloe Sullivan was "Most likely to succeed"
• Clark Kent was "Most likely to be drafted into the NFL"
• Lana Lang was "Most likely to be a cover girl"
• Haley Timmonds was "Most likely to be a Sharks cheerleader"
• Lisa Mason was "Most likely to be a movie star"
• Brendan Nash was "Most likely to be famous"
• Delia Watkins was "Most likely to be a rock star"

[edit] Recurring Role

• Lois Lane - Erica Durance
• Genevieve Teague - Jane Seymour

[edit] Guest Cast

• Brendan Nash - Steven Grayhm
• Haley Timmonds -Fiona Scott
• Wendell Johnson -Chad Krowchuk
• Delia Watkins -Stephanie Nudd

[edit] Featured Music

• "Anywhere With You" by Split Habit
• "Down" by Tim Cullen
• "Around The Way" by Wonderlife

[edit] Note

• Erica Durance and Jane Seymour are billed as Special Appearances.

• While Lionel and Lex are held captive, Lionel refers to Lana as "the Chosen One". This point is never explained or elaborated on in any subsequent episodes to date, and some consider it a major plot-hole. On the other hand, it may simply be that Lana was the chosen one for Isobel to have been reincarnated in.

• This episode marks the final appearance of The Torch on the series.

[edit] Quotes

Genevieve: I have a feeling that he'd sooner die than give up that stone. But all that might change if his own flesh and blood were at stake.

Lex: You obviously don't know my father as well as I do.

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Lois Lane: How cliché – an abandoned warehouse.

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Lionel: The Oedipal bond certainly has a habit of flourishing when it's... fed, doesn't it, Lex?

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Jonathan: Clark, your destiny lies far beyond those cornfields out there. And I'm not about to let you turn your back on that just because of us.

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Chloe: Brendan wants high school, we'll give him high school.

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Clark: Dad, this isn't about the kind of father you are. It's about the kind of son I want to be.

[edit] External Links

• TV.com

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