Quest
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| SMALLVILLE EPISODE | |
| Quest | |
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| Series | 7x19 |
| Number | 151 |
| Writer | Holly Harold |
| Director | Kenneth Biller |
| Broadcast Date | May 8, 2008 |
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[edit] Summary
Lex is attacked by a cloaked stranger who carves Kryptonian symbols into his chest - a message for Clark. Chloe and Clark investigate and discover one member of the Veritas clan has survived and is hiding in a church. Clark and Lex race to be the first to find this mysterious Veritas member, who holds the key to Clark's survival.
[edit] Recap
Later, Lex is recovering in the Smallville Medical Center and sees the symbols, and realizes his attacker is looking for the cryptograph.
Jimmy returns to Chloe's apartment and reveals that he got a shot of Lex being admitted to the hospital. He shows Chloe the symbol, which she recognizes. She goes to the medical center to meet with Clark who identifies the symbols as the words for "Traveler" and "Savior." Chloe figures someone with Veritas is trying to get hold of the cryptogram and that Lex hasn't figured out that Clark is the Traveler yet. Clark goes to get answers from Lex, but the latter has already left.
The attacker has followed Milash to his shop and calls his superior to inform him he's found the cryptograph.
Clark and Chloe go to Isis and examine the camera footage. Clark feels guilty for endangering Lex, then notices that the two symbols overlap and form a third symbol: "sanctuary." Since St. Christopher is the patron saint of travelers, Chloe locates St. Christopher's Cathedral in Montreal.
Milash reveals to Lex that a German watchmaker who catered to European nobility made the cryptograph, and was hired by a mysterious employer to make a clock. Only one sketch of the clock existed and it disappeared during World War II and reappeared as a donation from Dr Swann to St. Christopher's Cathedral.
At St. Christopher's, Clark goes in and finds Kryptonian symbols inscribed on the basin. They direct him to other symbols underneath, but as Clark turns he finds a mysterious hooded figure who has been expecting him. The man identifies himself as Edward Teague, the last surviving member of Veritas, and now he wishes to serve the Traveler. He explains he went into hiding after the death of his wife and son, and he warns that Lex is too close to finding Swann's secret for controlling Clark. Swann's secret was scattered across the globe, and one clue is in the cathedral. Teague had his man carve the symbols into the chest so Clark would see them and reveal himself. Teague wonders why Clark hasn't taken care of Lex and realizes Clark doesn't want of fulfill his destiny.
Lex is flying to Montreal in his personal jet with Milash, who demands the truth. Lex explains that Lionel was part of the secret society and the cryptograph will give him the answer to what he needs to find out what was so important.
Teague has strapped the weakened Clark to an altar surrounded by liquid kryptonite and prepares an ancient Kryptonian ritual, believing Clark can be turned into a destroyer as easily as a savior. Jor-El himself sent a device to Earth to control Clark. Teague then carves a symbol into Clark's chest.
Lex arrives at the cathedral where he finds a clock.
Lex sends Milash back to his home then flies to Scotland, since the song that played was The Birks of Saint Kilda. The island on St. Kilda held a castle: the same castle Lionel had imported to Smallville stone by stone. Lex orders the plane to head for Smallville.
Chloe returns to her apartment and Jimmy announces that he sold his first story: he's determined that the Kawatche symbols of good and evil portray a resolution of the conflict between Naman, the Savior, and Sageeth, the Bringer of Darkness. He's discovered that Naman's journey ends in a final battle… and sold the story to Lex.
Chloe takes the information to Clark, who is worried that his abilities could destroy everything in the wrong hands. Chloe suggests that Clark kill Lex. Meanwhile, Lex has his researchers taking apart the manor. Deciphering the musical clue, he tells everyone to get out, then breaks open the mantle and finds a control device on it with a slot that matches the symbol he found in the clock in Montreal. He inserts the symbol and an orb floats into the air and generates a map of the world… which shows a location in the Arctic.
[edit] Guest Cast
- Edward Teague - Robert Picardo
- Milash - Donnelly Rhodes
[edit] Episode Title
- A quest is defined as a "search or pursuit made in order to find or obtain something". In this episode, Clark and Lex are both on a quest to find a device that can control the Traveler (Clark Kent).
- A quest also has significance to Medieval times; it can refer to an expedition specifically made by "a knight or knights to secure or achieve something: the quest of the Holy Grail." In this episode, Edward Teague dresses as a medieval monk who is a member of Veritas, an organization dedicated to protecting the Traveler.
[edit] Notes
- Lionel Luthor, Lois Lane, Lana Lang and Kara Kent do not appear in this episode.
- Edward Teague carves the symbol for the House of El into Clark's chest.
- When Clark's chest heals, the healing gives off a yellowish glow similar to when Chloe heals someone with her powers.
- When Jimmy comes into Chloe's Talon apartment late for their date, she is reading the book "The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference" by Malcolm Gladwell.
- When Chloe feigns skepticism at Jimmy's talk of crop circles, he comments that she goes "Scully on him'". This is a reference to X-Files co-star Dana Scully, played by Gillian Anderson; Scully is a voice of skeptical and rational thought, in contrast to Fox Mulder's belief in the unknown and supernatural.
- When Jimmy tells Chloe that he discovered Lex is in the hospital, Chloe shows no journalistic interest in the story at all. This continues a recent trend; in Descent, when Clark mentioned the Veritas locket shortly after Lionel's death, Chloe said, "What does a locket have to do with Lionel falling 40 stories from his office window?" and walked away. However, shortly after, both Clark and Chloe go to the crime scene outside of LuthorCorp to search for clues to Lionel's murder.
- This is one of the few episodes that portray how much of a genius Lex is. He had been able to figure out the answer to a mystery that no one, not even his father could.
[edit] Continuity
- This is the second time Clark has had the symbol for the House of El marked into his chest. The first time was when Jor-El used his powers to brand the symbol onto his chest (in Exodus), when he was trying to force Clark to go into training (Exile). This symbol disappeared after Jonathan Kent removed Kal's red kryptonite, and he had fulfilled his deal with Jor-El (Phoenix).
- The Naman and Sageeth mythology of the Kawatche from Season 2 is discussed.
- Chloe references an article Clark wrote at Smallville High.
[edit] Quotes
- Chloe: People have been playing with the Kawatche Cave paintings for years, just trying to get on the 6 o'clock news.
- Jimmy: Wow. Get a little competition in the story department and suddenly you go all Scully on me.
- Edward Teague: People want to see you as their savior but you can't be so naive. For every beacon of light in the universe, there is a pit of darkness. We must fight to keep that darkness from overwhelming us.
- Lex: You have no idea what its like to live every day of your life feeling like an afterthought. I've sacrificed too much.
- Edward Teague: No. Your sacrifice has just begun. The world can exist only in balance. If there is no Traveler, there can be no Destroyer.
- Lex: My father's obsession made me an orphan, long before he died.
- Clark: That's the last thing I need. Someone going around killing people in my name.
- Chloe: That's probably how God felt about the Crusades.
- Chloe: (to Clark) Whether you like being on this pedestal or not, you were put in this position. And some day, you're gonna have to play God.
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