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Series 5x03
Episode 91
Writer Kelly Souders & Brian Peterson
Director Whitney Ransick
Broadcast Date October 13, 2005
Production Code 2T6403
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[edit] Summary

Gabriel, a former Smallville High student, hacks into missile codes and prepares to eliminate krypto-mutants in Smallville once and for all. A powerless Clark confronts him and is shot, and only Jor-El can save him.

[edit] Recap

Gabriel Duncan comes unhinged.
Gabriel Duncan strong-arms his way into a missile launch facility and forces the guards to turn over their keys. He then shoots the two soldiers and sets the launch for one hour. Then he places a call to Chloe Sullivan, who is packing to move to Metropolis University. She is happy to hear from him-- he did computer work on the Torch-- until he warns her to get out of Smallville before it is destroyed. Clark and Lana are enjoying the newest aspect of their relationship. They mistakenly oversleep and wake up in Clark's bed. Clark tries to sneak Lana out of the house before his parents wake. Much to their chagrin, Jonathan and Martha are both already awake. They send Lana home and give Clark a stern lecture on responsibility. Clark reasons that he is eighteen, and since he's been in love with Lana since he was seven, he's not thoughtlessly rushing into anything. Just as Lana hurries out, Chloe comes to visit to tell the Kents about Gabriel's strange call. Jonathan goes to warn the sheriff and Clark and Chloe head out to investigate.
Lana gets caught spending the night.

Lana returns to her Talon apartment and finds Lex rummaging through her things and admiring her sketches of the spaceship she saw. Lex attempts to find out what she saw in the field the day of the meteor shower. Lex reveals he sent an expert to the site and he believes something other then a meteor was responsible. Lana is angry because Lex did not corroborate her story, making her look crazy, and claims she has not told anyone about it, not even Clark.

Jonathan finds Sheriff Adams, who is conducting some sort of military operation. She tells Jonathan that it is simply a drill, but it is actually a covert raid on the Hampstead farm, where they think Gabriel is. Unfortunately, Gabriel figured out how to divert dummy signals to multiple silos to throw the military off of his trail.
Clark and Chloe discover a bizarre collection.

Chloe and Clark break into Gabriel's house, and learn Gabriel's father, Colonel Duncan, was the “lighthouse keeper” for the local nuclear missiles. They find a room completely filled with articles about meteor freaks. Further exploration reveals Gabriel's father dead on the floor. They formulate a plan to draw Gabriel out-- Chloe calls him and says that her car is stuck and she can't get out of town. When Gabriel comes to help, Clark confronts him and Gabriel shoots Clark in the abdomen. He forces Chloe to go with him and leaves Clark bleeding to death in the middle of the road. At the missile silo, Chloe unsuccessfully tries to talk Gabriel out of destroying Smallville. Gabriel tells Chloe that the article collection belonged to his father, and that he begged Gabriel to kill him because the last meteor shower turned him into a meteor freak.

Lex is frustrated with his scientists' failure to open the spaceship. When he notices a strange symbol that was not there before, he goes to Lionel, who is still in a trance. Lionel has drawn symbols all over his padded room. Lex demands that he tell him what the symbols mean and how to open the ship. Lionel just says that only “he” can open it.

Clark disables the missile.
A nearby farmer heard the gunshot and Clark is rushed to the hospital. When he is stabilized, Lana enters. She talks tearfully about how Clark is always trying to be the hero. Clark regains consciousness for a moment, smiles at Lana, then flatlines. Dr. Harden and a crash team attempt to revive Clark and start shocking his chest. At the same time, Lionel's cataracts clear as he snaps out of his trance and uses sudden super-strength to punch through the glass of his cell and superspeed out of Belle Reve. After failing to revive Clark, the doctor pronounces him dead and gives the news to Jonathan and Martha, but returns to find Clark's body gone.

At the silo, Chloe gets free and knocks out Gabriel, but with a minute left, she can't stop the launch sequence. Gabriel recovers consciousness and the two of them fight over the gun, and Gabriel is shot. The missile launches as Chloe can only look on in horror.


Clark and Lana reunite.
Clark suddenly wakes up at the Fortress of Solitude. He sees Lionel Luthor, who has been inhabited by Jor-El. Jor-El explains that he resurrected Clark and returned his powers because his destiny is too important to sacrifice. However, he warns him that he cannot change fate-- for Clark to return, someone else's life must be exchanged. Clark protests, saying Jor-El should just let him die. Jor-El explains that Clark has already made the decision when he chose to disobey him. In Lionel's body, Jor-El embraces him and says that he will always love Clark. Super-powered once again, Clark then superspeeds back to Smallville just in time to jump on to the missile. He rides it into the sky and disables it before it harmlessly crashes back to Earth.

Exhausted and disheveled, Clark returns home and bitterly tells his parents that he is no longer "human". He is guilt-ridden and subdued, and when Jonathan asks if Jor-El wanted something in return, Clark lies and say "no". A grief-stricken Lana comes in and sees Clark standing there. They simply embrace wordlessly.

Clark tells Chloe what happened.
Later, Lana storms into Lex's office and hands him Clark's medical record, telling him that all of Clark's tests were normal. Lex counters that Lana can believe Clark's lies, but normal people don't rise from the dead. After she leaves, Lionel shows up. He is out of his trance, but denies remembering anything that has happened in the last few weeks. Lex is bewildered that Lionel seems perfectly healthy with no recollection of carving symbols into the floor, but Lionel is nonchalant

Chloe finds Clark in his loft and correctly guesses that he got his powers restored and saved Smallville again. Clark, quiet and sad, tells Chloe everything that happened and shows her where he is completely healed from the gunshot. Chloe reasons that Clark can't have a relationship with Lana without telling her the truth, but Clark says he can't expect her to react the same way that Chloe did. He is unwilling to face life without her and does not want to lose her. Full of guilt and fear, Clark admits that he made a terrible mistake by giving up his powers in the first place.

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[edit] Featured Music

  • "Breathe (2 AM)" - Anna Nalick
  • "Collide" - Dishwalla
  • "Disappearing World" - David Gray
  • "Supernatural" - Wild Whirled

[edit] Episode Title

  • Hidden means "concealed from view".
  • In this episode, the Sheriff, Clark, and Chloe are all looking for Gabriel Duncan, who is hiding in an old missile silo.
  • Lana is also looking for the Black Ship, which Lex has hidden in Warehouse 15.

[edit] Notes

  • Lois Lane does not appear in this episode.
  • Clark's time of death is 7:18 AM.
  • Although he may not have technically flown, when Clark leaps to the rocket, the same special effects are used as when he flew in Crusade.
  • After Clark is shot, and falls to the ground, he lies on his back with his arms spread, with blood flowing from the gunshot wound on the left side of his body. This evokes the image of the crucified Jesus Christ after he was pierced in the side by a Roman centurion.
  • Clark dying and his body suddenly disappearing after he is pronounced dead resembles a scene of the same nature in the film Superman Returns.
  • When Clark died, he was wearing a blue t-shirt and jeans. Then at the hospital he was wearing hospital pants. Then when Jor-El as Lionel took him to the fortress, he was wearing his classic blue shirt - red jacket combination.
  • In the missle launch control room, the screen displayed DEFCON 1 - this refers to maximum readiness for the United States Armed Forces. It is reserved for imminent or ongoing attack on US military forces or US territory by a foreign military power. DEFCON 1 represents expectation of actual imminent attack, and is not known to have ever been declared. During the Cold War, DEFCON 1 was feared because it would most likely precede an all-out nuclear war.

[edit] Continuity

  • Dr. Harden appears in six other episodes: Stray, Vortex, Crusade, Exodus, Onyx, and Reunion.
  • Lionel says the last thing he remembers is arguing with Lex in the library, which occurred in Commencement.
  • Jor-El's warning to Clark about exchanging a life force for his comes true in Reckoning.
  • When Lionel is the vessel of Jor-El, he strangely has a British accent, similar to Jor-El's.

[edit] Quotes

Lana: Mr. and Mrs. Kent!
Clark: I can explain!
Lana: Clark and I made this decision together, so... if... you're angry... you should be angry at both of us.
Martha: W-we're not mad. It- um, but this is, uh... you're both... in new territory.
Chloe: Knock knock. Hey, I just saw Lana flying out of here. What would she be doing here at 6:30 in the morning?
(Clark shifts uncomfortably)
Chloe: Oh...
Chloe: I know how much you've dreamt of having a bland, mundane, generic life, but being normal is highly overrated. Besides, it makes my whole sidekick role a lot easier if you can bring super-duper strength to the table.
Jor-El: The life force that has been returned to you will soon be taken from someone you love. You are about to face your darkest hour, my son. But remember, the lessons that we learn from pain are the ones that make us the strongest.
Jonathan: It's not easy to sacrifice the things you want most to save other people. We're so proud of you, Clark.

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