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Mortal
Series 5x02
Episode 90
Writer Steven S. DeKnight
Director Terrence O'Hara
Broadcast Date October 6, 2005
Production Code 2T6402
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[edit] Summary

Having been stripped of his powers, Clark tries to pursue a "normal" life. But when those closest to him are taken hostage, he is forced to recover a serum from LuthorCorp's Level Three and save the day without his superhuman abilities.

[edit] Recap

Lex observes Lionel's catatonic state.

Lex is watching Lionel in his cell at Belle Reve. His expression is unreadable as Lionel wanders around in a straitjacket, unresponsive. He instructs the doctor to monitor him at all times. As he exits the facility, he bumps into Tommy Lee, a man with electrical powers. The guard doesn't notice Lee's restraints deactivate. Lee overpowers the orderlies and escapes with two twins with the ability to create a powerful forcefield together. They were part of an abandoned test group subjected to green kryptonite injections and have since become addicted to them. Eager for a fix, they devise a plan to make Clark Kent get it for them.

Smallville's citizens are raising a barn with Clark and Jonathan's help. Jonathan asks Clark how he is doing and he says that he doesn't mind being sore or in pain. Chloe also asks how he's adjusting, saying that she believes his destiny is more than farm life. Clark insists that he is glad to be free of his Kryptonian destiny and it's worth it because he gets to be with Lana. Lana talks about how the world seems to be off of Clark's shoulders. Lex arrives to talk to Clark and says he hopes they can rebuild their friendship. Clark and Lana go to the Kent barn to retrieve supplies and they discuss their relationship, agreeing to put the past behind them. Clark is more relaxed around Lana now that he is human.



Clark protests as Lee details his demands.

Lex finds Chloe in the Kawatche Caves examining the altar and again questions her on how she made it to the Yukon. He tries to force her to tell him what she knows and she counters that he knows more than he admits as well, because he is now claiming that the spaceship Lana saw was non-existent. She tells him to stop asking her questions or she will start asking him some of her own.



Lana, Martha, and Jonathan are held hostage.
Lana and Clark are making out in his loft but he suggests they slow down because he wants their first time to be special. They are interrupted by the three fugitives. The twins blast Clark with a bolt of psychic energy, pinning him to the ceiling. Tommy Lee talks about how everybody in Belle Reve knows about Clark and he's the only one who can get the injections for them. Jonathan and Martha drive up looking for Clark and Lee takes Lana hostage and tells Clark to get rid of them. Clark lies badly that Lana went to go lie down, but his parents notice his shirt on inside-out and realize he's lying. They go to investigate and find the three fugitives. They take Jonathan and Martha Kent hostage, too, and send Clark to find the drug, or else they will kill his family. Inside the partially-reconstructed Kent house, Sheriff Adams shows up because someone reported strangers close to the Kent property. Lee takes Martha for leverage and sends Jonathan and Lana out to get rid of her. She makes small talk for a few minutes, but notices something is amiss. She leaves to call for backup, and the Twins put up a forcefield.
Clark and Chloe try to save the day without his superpowers.

Clark enlists Chloe's help and she takes him to LuthorCorp. She comes equipped with a trunkload of spy gear and they use her laptop to break into the building during the security shift change. He sneaks into the ventilation duct and communicates to Chloe through an ear piece. They locate the serum in the facility, but they cannot get through the room in which they are stored because the lock is only activated with Lex's thumb print. Chloe remembers that Lex picked up her flashlight during their confrontation in the caves. She and Clark lift a fingerprint off of the flashlight. However, the room is still crossed with security beams and when Clark reaches for it, they burn his arm. He pulls back and Chloe somehow releases the security and Clark retrieves the serum.



Clark confronts Lex.
Back at the Kent farm, the police can only wait impatiently on the other side of the twins' forcefield. Clark arrives and asks the sheriff to let him handle things. She gives him a limited amount of time to do it. Clark gets inside and ends up fighting the fugitives with a sledge hammer and no super powers. He saves the day and the police arrest the three men.
Clark and Lana share an intimate moment.

As they are being hauled away, Chloe arrives and congratulates Clark's heroic act. She also reveals that someone was watching them break into the facility. Lex is watching a security tape at the Mansion. He is furious when he sees Clark being burned by the security beam. He looks up and sees Clark standing in his doorway. Clark stalks into the room and punches him, knocking him to the floor. Clark demands to know if he's happy to know that he's normal like everyone else. Lex still doesn't believe it and he punches Clark back. He realizes he was wrong when Clark's split lip bleeds.

Afterward, Clark goes to Lana's Talon apartment for comfort. He doesn't tell her about his and Lex's fight, but he talks to her about the uncertainty he feels, indirectly saying that he thought his life would be different or easier without his powers. Lana takes care of his wounds and they make love for the first time.

[edit] Guest Cast

[edit] Recurring Role

[edit] Featured Music

  • "A Message" - Coldplay

[edit] Episode Title

  • Mortal is defined as "liable or subject to death".
  • In this episode, Clark experiences life without his powers and can be killed.
  • Clark is also in mortal danger, as Tommy Lee and the Twins threaten not only his own life but also those of his girlfriend and his family.

[edit] Notes

  • Clark uses no abilities in this episode because Jor-El stripped him of them.
  • Kristin Kreuk's name in the opening credits is fixed, it was spelled as "Kristen" in the season premiere.
  • Lois Lane does not appear in this episode.
  • This is one of the only times since they were written off the show where Pete Ross, Jason Teague, and Alicia Baker have been mentioned.
  • Sheriff Adams reports a "10-11" out at the Kent farm on her police scanner; this is the code for identifying a radio frequency. [1]
  • Tommy Lee calls the Twins "Heckle and Jeckle", the names of two twin cartoon magpies popular in the 1950s.
  • On the episode "Goodbye Love" (4x20) of fellow WB series Everwood, main characters (and platonic friends) Amy and Ephram are discussing what they want their first times to be like. Amy says she would rather just "get it out of the way." Ephram remarks that it "doesn't have to be all candles and Coldplay," but it should be special. In this episode, Clark and Lana lose their virginity to candles and Coldplay.
  • When the Kent house structure is being lifted, we may see a brief glimpse of a camera on the right of the truck.

[edit] Continuity

  • Clark mentions the time Pete found Clark's spaceship, which occurred in the second season episode Duplicity.
  • The doctor treating Lionel also appears in the sixth season episode Combat, where her name is revealed to be Dr. Albright.
  • This episode marks the end of Clark and Lex's friendship.

[edit] Quotes

Clark: (in pain) What do you want?!
Tommy Lee: What every freak in Belle Reve wants Clarky boy. (points at him) You!
Clark: This will only take a second.
Lana: (sits down) No hurry. I think I need a break anyway.
Clark: (picks up box) Found them.
Lana: (laughs) You know, sometimes taking your time isn't a bad idea.
Clark: (apologetically) Sorry.
Lana It's okay. Umm, we should probably be heading back anyway.
Martha: (to Clark) Why is your shirt on inside-out?
Clark: Chloe, where'd you get all this stuff?
Chloe: eBay.
Clark: Is that a flash bang grenade?
Clark: Are you sure this is gonna work?
Chloe: You got a better plan?
Clark: Well, I mean, normally I'd just rip open the door, then superspeed past the surveillance cameras and somehow open the vault or whatever with my... heat vision.
Chloe: So what you're saying is that now that you're human, you have absolutely no useful skills?
Clark: Not so much.
Chloe: Take your next left.
Clark: (pants; sighs)
Chloe: Come on Clark, left!
Clark: (crawling through ventilation ducts) I'm goin' in circles!
Chloe: No, you're not. It just feels that way because you're in a confined space with no visual markers.
Clark: This is impossible, it's a million degrees in here!
Chloe: Gosh, Clark, I didn't realize super-whining was one of your powers!
Clark: Pete was a lot better at pep talks in these situations.
Chloe: Pete!?
Clark: (hits his head) Ow!
Chloe: You told Pete your secret?!
Clark: I kinda had to-- he saw my ship.
Chloe: What?! Pete got to see your spaceship?!
Officer: What the hell is this, Sheriff?
Sheriff Adams: (sighs) Another day in Smallville.
Tommy Lee: I guess all the talk about you is true, kid---you really are outta this world.
Clark: You have no idea.
Sheriff Adams: (to Tommy Lee) Keep moving, Sparky!
Clark: I thought we could start over, Lex. But you're too obsessed with the past. With me! But I'm different now and I'm through playing games with you! You wanna test me? You wanna see what I'm really made of? Do it yourself, you coward.
Clark: (to Lana) After everything that's happened, I thought I knew what my life would be like now. I thought it... it would be easier. But I guess you can never be certain what's gonna happen tomorrow... can you?

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