Recruit
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| Recruit | |
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| Series | 4x13 |
| Episode | 79 |
| Writer | Todd Slavkin & Darren Swimmer |
| Director | Jeannot Szwarc |
| Broadcast Date | February 9, 2005 |
| Production Code | 2T5213 |
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[edit] Summary
Clark is approached by Metropolis University for recruitment and meets Geoff Johns, a former Smallville resident. It soon becomes apparent that he is using his powers to paralyze anybody who gets in his way... including Lois.
[edit] Recap
At Metropolis University, Lois is at a Frat party competing in a drinking contest against football player, Coop. When another football player, Geoff Johns, tries to break it up due to upcoming physicals Coop continues and loses against Lois. After the party a drunken Coop attempts to make his move on Lois. Once he grabs a hold of her shoulder, Lois kicks him to ground and walks away. The following morning Lois, in her dorm, is woken up to the knocking of police officers at her door with a hangover. Lois confirms the fact she knocked down Coop and is under arrest due to his paralysis.
At the Kent barn, Clark is preparing for his visit to Metropolis University. Jonathan does not feel Clark will be able to resist using his abilities in the pressured atmosphere of college football at Metropolis University. Geoff shows up to escort Clark to Metropolis University, after they stop by Smallville High
, and encourage him that he will be a great football player there.
Jason enters the Luthor Mansion and questions Lex Luthor's job offer. Jason does not like the fact that Lex was trying to break him up with Lana. Lex tells Jason that his true threat is his mother, Genevieve Teague. She has been researching about her ancestry which ties with Lana and her being possessed by a former ancestor, Countess Margaret Isobel Thoreaux. Lex is trying to convince Jason that Genevieve maybe the cause for the Countess's possession of Lana. Jason's assignment is to learn how much Genevieve and Lana know about the Countess. Jason convinced does not like the fact that he would have to spy on both his mother and his girlfriend about their ancestrally intimate bonds.
At the Hospital, Lois attempts to speak with a paralyzed Coop. Wanting to learn more about Coop, Chloe and Lois decide to look through his bouquets of flowers and get well cards. They figure they should meet his girlfriend, Monique, a sorority girl of Tri-Alpha.
Clark and Geoff enter the sorority house of the Tri-Alpha where a party has been thrown just for him. All the Sorority sisters run to the door to greet him and are willing to do anything to make him commit to Met U. Two of the girls bring Clark into a bedroom where they attempt to seduce Clark. An uneasy Clark tries to stall and hears a noise in the closet. He uses his x-ray vision on the closet and sees a person. He convinces the girls that he is both hungry and thirsty as he finds Lois in the closet. Clark questions Lois on why she is there to learn that she is reading Coop's girlfriend, Monique's, diary for clues. She discovers that Monique had suspicion that the football team has a secret. This resulted in Coop meeting with a reporter about it.
At the hospital Coop is visited by Geoff as he sees Coop's paralysis is wearing off. Geoff suspects that when Coop regains consciousness he will tell the world about his secret. So Geoff induces more paralysis and then smothers him.
At Met U Lois and Clark are looking for Geoff at his dormitory. Geoff teary eyed informs them that the coach just called to inform them that Coop is dead. Lois, fearing that she will be locked up for sure, tells Geoff she knows that Coop wanted to go to the newspaper to reveal something. After some tension between Geoff and Lois, Geoff tells Clark that Lois has done enough damage already.
At the Talon apartment, Lana is furious that Jason accepted Lex's job offer. Jason tells her he would use this to get to more about Lex as well as for his and Lana's research on the Countess. Lana fears that taking this job would be Lex and Genevieve's way of breaking them up. Jason tells Lana to trust him and she decides to see Lex for herself.
At Met U a wake is being held for Coop with Geoff giving a speech. Geoff begins drinking and tells Clark that being a Metropolis bulldog is a dream come true but it faces much pressure from everyone. Clark uses his super hearing when Geoff meets with a student, Marcus, outside of the room. He learns that Marcus has been paid to provide urine samples for physicals and witnesses Geoff momentarily paralyzing Marcus with his hands.
Chloe is filling out her financial aid form with Lois in the dorm as Clark comes in. He tells them that Geoff paralyzed Coop and that he passes his physicals using Marcus's urine sample. Then that Geoff must have the ability to paralyze other people with the touch of his hand. Concluding that he must be meteor infected. Lois tells Clark that no one beyond the Smallville City limits would believe that the Metropolis football star has superhuman powers. Lois finds Marcus obliquely asking him where she can find a clean urine sample. Marcus denies this and Geoff comes from behind. Lois attempts to leave but is completely paralyzed by Geoff. He tells her that in high school he played football fairly but once he entered college there was too much pressure to win. Now that Lois knows too much Geoff decides to take matters into his own hands. He drags her into his truck as her shades fall from her pocket and he drives away.
Chloe looks for Lois in the parking lot and sees Geoff's truck drive by finding Lois's shades now broken in her hands. Chloe races to find Clark and tells him what happened. Clark knows that if Geoff is in his truck there is a way to track him down due to the tripstar system. But in order to hack into the system from a computer they need Geoff's pin. Clark impersonates Geoff on the phone and after discovering the truck's location he super speeds away leaving Chloe alone in the room.
Down in the sewers Geoff is carrying the paralyzed Lois in his hands and places her on the ground. He apologizes for never meaning to hurt anyone and turns on the valve slowly flooding the floor as he leaves Lois. Geoff heads towards his truck until Clark gets a hold of him. Geoff's paralysis ability is ineffective against Clark and Geoff confesses that his ambition to win is what led him to use his abilities out in the field. He lightly paralyzes any football players that come in his way. He had to resort to killing those that would expose beginning with Coop. He confesses where Lois is and Clark heads down the sewers. Lois is still fully paralyzed on the ground submerged in water losing consciousness. Clark incinerates the gate using his heat vision
and lifts Lois from the water.
Lex meets Lana at the Talon apartment and tells her how Jason was brought up knowing about the Countess. This causes Lana to reevaluate how well she knows Jason.
Lois visits Clark at the Kent Farm to thank Clark for saving her. Lois ended up being cleared of all charges but was kicked out of Met U for having been drinking underage and not being the first time. Lois guilts Clark into inviting her back to living with the Kents.
At the Met U football stadium Clark stands alone staring all around him at what could have been his... then slowly walks away.
[edit] Recurring Roles
- Lois Lane - Erica Durance
[edit] Guest Cast
- Geoff Johns - Chris Carmack
- Coach Quigley - John Novak
- Coop- Colby Johannson
[edit] Featured Music
- "Wonderful Night" - Fatboy Slim
- "It's All Behind" - Anthony Michaelanglo
- "The Thunderer" - APM Music.
- "Finding Out True Love Is Blind" - Louis XIV
- "Wild West Show" - Big & Rich
- "Untitled" - Simple Plan
[edit] Notes
- Clark uses the following abilities in this episode: super-strength, super-speed, heat vision, x-ray vision, and super-hearing.
- Geoff Johns is the name of a writer for DC Comics. He was a regular writer on Teen Titans and 52. He is currently working on Green Lantern and JSoA. He is also co-writing with Superman: The Movie and Superman II director Richard Donner on Action Comics, one of the flagship Superman titles. He also wrote the season 8 episode Legion, featuring the Legion of Superheroes.
- At the beginning of the episode, while Geoff Johns is riding with Clark in the truck, at about the time he says, "You have to be better than good", a Canada Post truck can be seen driving by in the opposite direction through the window. Although Smallville takes place in Kansas, it is filmed in Vancouver.
- Similarly, several Canadian flags can be seen on the buildings outside Clark's passenger-side window.
- The navigation device on Geoff's dashboard is labeled TripStar, a parody of OnStar.
- Lionel Luthor does not appear in this episode.
[edit] Quotes
- Clark: Lois. Whoever thought I'd be relieved to hear your voice?
- Chloe: I just have a feeling you're destined to do a lot more in this world then just score touchdowns.
- Clark: Chloe, you've been saying a lot of weird things to me lately. What makes you think I'm destined to do anything?
- Chloe: Just a hunch...
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