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Injustice

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Injustice
Series 8x21
Episode 173
Writer Al Septien & Turi Meyer
Director Tom Welling
Broadcast Date May 7, 2009
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[edit] Summary

Chloe returns and begs Clark to kill Davis, claiming she can no longer keep the beast under control. Tess has assembled a team of meteor freaks , including Plastique, to track down Davis so Clark can kill him. However, things get out of hand once Tess’ team discovers she is double-crossing them.

[edit] Recap

Tess and Clark at the Daily Planet.
Tess is at her office at the Daily Planet telling someone to wait over her cell phone when Clark comes in to confront her over her running articles on Davis' killing spree. Tess points out that Clark is the one endangering people, and once Davis kills someone else, Clark will know where to find him and kill his arch-nemesis. Clark refuses to be Tess' white knight and claims Chloe is a hostage, but Tess wonders if he's afraid to find Davis because he can't face what he'll have to do. She tells him to embrace the inevitable. Clark suddenly hears someone calling his name and asking for help. He superspeeds out the office to investigate. Someone is in pursuit of Chloe, chasing her in the woods. Chloe screams for Clark's help. Then, as she stands on a road watching an oncoming truck, Clark superspeeds in and saves her before she gets hit. Chloe hugs him as Clark assures her it's okay. He's unaware that a woman wielding electrical powers is watching from the shadows, along with Bette (Plastique) and two other men.
Chloe about to get hit by a truck.
Clark and Chloe talk about what happened.

Later, at the Kent farm, Chloe explains that she and Davis were staying in a hotel, but Davis wouldn't let her leave. When they left and stopped at a gas station, she ran away. However, Chloe warns that even with Clark, she's not safe. She tells Clark that he needs to destroy Doomsday.

Plastique and one of the men, Parasite, are called in to help the woman with electrical powers, Livewire. The fourth man, Neutron, was recently killed by Doomsday. Tess arrives and reminds them that she trained the team of four to work together until she could call in the Traveler. Livewire wants to leave the team, but Plastique points out that Tess helped them all out and gave them a chance to do good. Livewire doesn't believe it. Then, before she can walk away, Parasite sneaks up behind her and absorbs her powers. Plastique promises they won't let Tess down. Livewire wonders what Tess is going to do with her.

Tess is confronted by Livewire.

Clark checks in with Oliver who says that his team hasn't found any sign of Doomsday. Clark thinks there's something that will work but he needs Oliver's help, and even Lex Luthor's help. He thinks Tess has the black kryptonite from Lex's research and needs Oliver to steal it. Oliver agrees to help and says that Clark can always count on him. He then talks about how they sometimes have to do what's necessary, no matter what.

Clark goes to the barn and removes the hidden crystal. Chloe emerges and asks what he's doing. He explains that he plans to save Davis and wasn't going to tell her until afterward. Clark also says that he lied to get Oliver out of the way. He plans to use the black kryptonite to split Davis from Doomsday and then send Doomsday to the Phantom Zone. Chloe insists she was wrong when she stopped Clark from doing that earlier, but Clark insists the plan will work and he needs to find the last bit of good in Davis to save. Dr. Emil sends Clark a message saying Doomsday has struck again.

Dr. Emil helps Clark and Chloe.

At a garage in Granville, Clark and Chloe meet with Emil, who is digging out a bone spur. There are two corpses present, and Emil confirms that the bodies were both meteor-infected and hunting Doomsday. He points out that Livewire was killed by a small, temporal-lobe GPS implant that exploded and was triggered by her employer. Chloe seemingly panics and says she's going outside, overriding Clark's concerns. Emil says that something else is going on and Chloe came to him looking for a cure. Outside, Chloe calls Plastique and meets with her and Parasite. They confirm that Livewire was alive when they left, but Chloe warns that Tess may be lying to them. Parasite and Plastique defend Tess but Chloe wonders if Tess chipped all of them when they were at Black Creek. The others leave.

Tess is monitoring Chloe's call to Plastique when Oliver comes in and offers wine for a celebration of a new geo-thermal center. Tess doesn't care and Oliver notes that she used to care about such things. Tess tells him to leave despite Oliver's best efforts, and he does. In the elevator, Oliver gets her fingerprint from the wine bottle with a handheld scanner.
Oliver and Tess.
Clark discovers that Chloe was Eva Greer.

At Isis, Chloe is going over photos when Clark arrives to ask why she left without telling him and ignored his calls. Chloe apologizes, but Clark wonders if he can trust her and asks what's going on. Chloe admits that she knew Livewire, aka Leslie Willis, and discovered she was part of a team assembled by Tess. One of them is Eva Greer, Tess' assistant who was meteor-infected and who Tess betrayed. Before Chloe can say anything further, she clutches her head in pain and collapses. Dead on the floor, she turns into Eva Greer. Clark calls in Emil, who explains Eva was a shapeshifter. He warns that Chloe could be caught in the crossfire, and that Tess may kill the other members of the team. Clark asks him to isolate the GPS signal so they can track Tess' team.

In Metropolis, Plastique tries to get hold of Eva via cell phone but is unsuccessful. Clark tracks her down and offers her his help. He tells her that Tess killed Eva and Livewire, but Plastique doesn't believe him until he shows her the GPS tracker. She vows vengeance on Tess but Clark refuses to let her get revenge. Parasite then emerges and grabs Clark. He drains Clark powers and is knocked back a bit by the intensity of his abilities. Parasite remarks that he thought Clark's only power was super-speed. Parasite is about to attack Clark again, but Plastique says that Clark can do nothing to stop them. He whisks Plastique away as a powerless Clark looks on.

Oliver as Green Arrow breaks into the manor, knocking out Tess' assistant. He goes to Tess' room and opens the hidden safe using the duplicated fingerprint he retrieved. Inside he finds many of Lex's relics, including the black kryptonite. He then hears Tess come down the hallway. Tess finds an undressed Oliver in her bed. She tells him to leave, and he gets out of the bed naked. He reminds her of a vacation they spent together where they were naked and suggests she still has some feelings for him. Suddenly the wall explodes and Oliver is knocked out by the flying debris. Parasite and Plastique come in and Parasite explains he used Livewire's power to knock out the implants. He then knocks Tess out.

Oliver is knocked out.
Tess is confronted by Plastique and Parasite.

Clark and Emil try to call Tess and warn her but are unsuccessful. So, Emil lends Clark a car to get to Smallville. Tess wakes up tied to a chair in the study. Parasite tortures her, but Tess claims Eva and Livewire betrayed him and Plastique. Plastique wants the Black Creek files so they can form their own league. Clark then comes in and warns them away. Plastique knocks Tess out while Parasite moves in. Clark tries to get through to Plastique but is unsuccessful. She tells him she'd rather be with the bad guys. Suddenly, Green Arrow shoots Plastique through the shoulder, swings in, and uses Lex's kryptonite ring on Parasite. He viciously beats him, but Clark tells him to stop. Clark then grips Parasite, who gives Clark back his powers to stop the pain. Parasite passes out from the strain and Clark turns to see Green Arrow carrying Tess out.

Clark gets his powers back.

The next day, Clark visits Oliver at LuthorCorp as the latter puts away the black kryptonite. Oliver explains that Plastique and Parasite are securely locked away. Clark wants to know why Oliver has a kryptonite ring, and Oliver explains that he took it from Lex after killing him. Clark wonders if Oliver plans to use it on him if Oliver disagrees with his decisions, but Oliver insists that Clark will do the same thing when he has to kill Davis. Clark tells him that he'll handle Davis on his own and takes the black kryptonite. Oliver realizes that Clark isn't going to kill Doomsday, but Clark explains his plan. Oliver wonders how many more lives he's willing to sacrifice, but Clark insists they can't descend to the level of the people they fight.

Clark and Tess in the barn.
At the barn, Clark puts the black kryptonite away. Then, he goes to get the crystal, only to discover it's gone. Tess is there, with the knowledge Eva passed on to her. Tess claims Lex implanted the chips and they malfunctioned, but Clark doesn't believe her. She tells him that she destroyed the crystal so that Clark would have no choice but to kill Davis and insists she's doing it for Clark so he can face his destiny. Clark points out that she's no different than Lex and walks away. Tess tells him that she won't turn her back on Clark the way that Lex did and that the decision is no longer Clark's. He wonders why she wants Davis dead, and Tess says an entire civilization's survival depends on it. Tess walks away, leaving Clark to wonder what she means. At the manor, Tess finds a glowing purple light in the study. She goes in to see the orb glowing with energy. It lifts into the air and a voice asks if Clark is ready to fulfill the prophecy. The orb glows again and the voice tells her she'll be the savior of Kandor.
Tess listens to the voice of the orb.

[edit] Recurring Roles

[edit] Guest Cast

  • Parasite - Brendan Fletcher
  • Livewire - Anna Mae Routledge
  • Neutron - Nathan Witte

[edit] Episode Title

  • The title refers to the injustice of Tess double-crossing her team by implanting chips in their heads making them believe that they were important to the world.
  • Bette tells Tess that after she gives them access to the other Black Creek prisoners, they will "reach out to everyone who has suffered Tess' injustice, and form their own league."
  • In the episode, Tess has formed her own team of supervillains, and they are the Smallville version of the Injustice league

[edit] Notes

  • Tess has been gathering meteor freaks since taking over at LuthorCorp.
  • This is the first appearance of Livewire, Neutron, and Parasite, which are all based on the comics. This is also the first apearance of the Injustice League of the comics.
  • Chloe Sullivan, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, and Davis Bloome do not appear in this episode.
  • Although Allison Mack appears, she does not play the real Chloe but rather Eva Greer in the form of Chloe. This is, therefore, the first time (the true) Chloe has not been in an episode since Season 4.
  • Emil leaves a powerless Clark a Lamborghini to get to Smallville with. This could be a possible nod to the car Bruce Wayne drives in Batman Begins and The Dark Knight.
  • Clark uses a PSP as a GPS device to find Plastique.
  • While walking down a street, Clark says he's at the corner of Marshall and Beeman, a reference to two directors of Smallville, James Marshall and Greg Beeman.

[edit] Continuity

  • Bette Sans Souci was recruited in Plastique.
  • Emil Hamilton was the doctor who saved J'onn J'onzz's life after he was shot in Bulletproof and also was helping Chloe to try and cure Davis Bloome in Beast.
  • Oliver uses Lex's kryptonite ring in this episode after he took it in Requiem after Lex's death.
  • Clark discovers in this episode that Oliver was the one who killed Lex in Requiem.
  • Tess uses the orb, which Lex first found in Quest and was revealed to be in Tess' possession in Eternal.
  • The black kryptonite was last seen in Onyx
  • Tess gets absolute proof of Clark's secret in this episode through Eva's insider information after months of speculation.
  • Kandor was first mentioned by Kara in Season 7 and first seen in Lara. Kara left Smallville in Bloodline to find it but ironically the key to its salvation is in Smallville with the Orb.
  • The Injustice League are searching for Doomsday after he left town with Chloe in Beast.
  • Emil leaves a powerless Clark a Lamborghini to get to Smallville with. Clark also stole and drove a Lamborghini briefly in Exile.

[edit] Quotes

Parasite: The pain! It's killing me! Make it stop!
Clark Kent: Then give me back my powers!...
Clark Kent: This isn't your battle.
Tess Mercer: So you admit that it's yours?
Oliver Queen: I'm not your enemy Clark!
Clark Kent: Then, who are you?
Plastique: He's found her. Now it's time to make our move.
Emil Hamilton: When it comes to affairs of the heart, everyone uses secrets and lies to protect the ones they love.
Oliver Queen: You're always very perceptive. You know, I like that in a woman. It's a turn-on.
Tess Mercer: If I remember correctly, when it comes to the opposite sex, there's little that doesn't turn you on.
Orb: Is Kal-El ready to fulfill the prophecy?
Tess Mercer: I did as you asked. The crystal has been destroyed.
Orb: Then you shall be the savior of Kandor.

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