Roulette
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| Series | 9x05 |
| Episode | 179 |
| Writer | Genevieve Sparling |
| Director | Kevin Fair |
| Broadcast Date | October 23, 2009 |
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[edit] Summary
Oliver is drugged and kidnapped by a woman named Victoria AKA Roulette, who tells Oliver that he's involved in a dangerous game and must fight for his life. After Victoria shows up dead and Oliver is arrested by the police, he turns to Chloe for help. Meanwhile, Lois berates Clark for not telling her about Oliver's suicide attempt.
[edit] Recap
Later, Oliver wakes up and finds himself in a sealed coffin. A sign on the inside of the lid says "game on."
Clark returns to the Kent farm and finds Lois doing laundry and preparing for movie night with him. Clark shoves her clothes and underwear off the couch and Lois tells him to settle down because he can't have anything else to do in Smallville. However, as she puts the movie in he hears a cry for help with his superhearing. Clark goes to get some popcorn and then runs to Smallville and stops the carjacker who is attacking the woman. He gets back with the popcorn and they watch the movie, but Lois notes that he's nervous.
Oliver finally manages to break out of the coffin and finds himself wearing a white suit, and locked in a warehouse. He hears a man yelling from another nearby coffin and finds the nameplate "Alexander Luthor" on it. He breaks it open and finds a pair of loudspeakers. The person at the other end laughs and Oliver figures that Toyman is involved. The man responsible tells him that Toyman isn't involved, and tells him he can use the safe word. When Oliver points out that he wasn't given the safe word, the man says that he didn't ask and hints that he's someone that Oliver destroyed. Oliver admits he's ruined a lot of lives. The man says he's going to keep it simple and releases a vicious dog in through the window. Oliver gets past it out the window and runs to a nearby car. He gets inside to safety but a truck slams into it.
At the Kent farm, Clark keeps going out, claiming to get food, and secretly rescuing people. He finally asks Lois why she's there but she insists that she's fine. Finally she breaks down and says that it's Oliver's birthday, and usually they celebrate. However, this time Oliver missed their annual get-together. She wonders if Clark knows something but he denies it and suggests they pay him a visit.
Oliver wakes up in the daytime, in a puddle of water near the wrecked car. He goes to a nearby phone booth and tries to call Chloe. The operator says he can't make the call and then informs him it won't be that easy. As Oliver slams the phone in frustration, he notices a dragon tattoo on his wrist. He goes back to the casino and finds a very nervous Victoria drinking. She kisses him and then tells him the people who have set the game in motion will kill them both. Men attack them and Oliver and Victoria take them out. They both run outside and she warns him that it's her job to take out the targets her employees designate. Victoria asks him who he might have hurt so bad that they want him dead, but Oliver states that there are too many to name. A shooter opens fire on them and they run down the street. Victoria is finally hit and she tells Oliver to let her go so she can be free. The police arrive and arrest Oliver for murder, tasering him unconscious.
Oliver tries to explain to the police what happened but they don't believe him. An FBI agent comes in and takes over the investigation, and then tells Oliver that they've been tracking the people responsible. They target wealthy individuals and keep them distracted, and then hack into their financial accounts and take their money. The agent gives Oliver a laptop computer to check his account, to which Oliver confirms that nothing has been touched. However, once the agent leaves, Oliver's finances plummet to zero. As he runs for the door, gas pumps into the room. Clark arrives and knocks down the walls, and Oliver realizes he's back in the warehouse and the entire thing was a setup.
Lois tries to track down the GPS tracker in Oliver's car and finds it parked on a street corner, abandoned. Victoria comes up behind her and claims that it's her car. She tells Lois to back off and when Lois refuses, she attacks. The two fight until Victoria draws a gun and takes her captive.
There's an explosion and Oliver hesitates for a minute, but then finally goes to rescue Victoria. He insists he won't let her die no matter what. Victoria smiles and then steps clear of the wreckage as the "flames" go out. Victoria explains that the person he destroyed was himself, and now that he's proven he's a hero, it's time to resurrect himself.
At the Watchtower, Chloe finds Clark watching the video again. He's confirmed with Jor-El that Alia is from Kandor and that other Kandorians may be there. As Chloe prepares to run a worldwide search to find more of the symbols, she tells Clark that Oliver is back. She finds similar Kandorian symbols scattered across the world.
[edit] Recurring Roles
- Alia - Monique Ganderton
[edit] Guest Stars
- Victoria Sinclair/Roulette - Steph Song
[edit] Featured Music
- "Daisy" - Brand New
[edit] Episode Title
- Roulette is a female DC Comics supervillainess character who runs a metahuman fighting place called The House.
[edit] Notes
- This is the second time a character named Victoria appears, and the interesting thing is that both Victorias' motives are to trick the billionaire's into something for their own gain. The first Victoria is Victoria Hardwick who appeared in 4 episodes in season 1 (Rogue, Shimmer, Hug and Leech).
- This episode is a homage to the movie The Game
- Tess Mercer and Major Zod don't appear in this episode.
- Jor-El is mentioned in this episode and it seems he helped Clark with the information about Alia, but he hasn't been seen in the episode.
- Lex's full name was seen on top of a casket, but no mentioning of him in the episode.
- Clark's reference to an "anti-life equation" refers to DC Comics' character Darkseid, a major enemy of Superman who seeks the Anti-Life Equation, a key to universal domination and subversion of the will.
- The storyline for this episode is somewhat similar to Season Eight's Committed, which was also the fifth episode of the season, and Season Five's Mercy. In both cases, characters are taken hostage and forced to play some sort of test.
- At the end of the episode, Oliver offers to hook Clark up with a tailor and create a costume with a little more color. This references Clark's Superman costume, which definately has more color in it.
[edit] Continuity
- Clark and Chloe see Alia on the Ace of Clubs footage from Oliver's speech; this occurred in Echo.
- Oliver is suited as Green Arrow by the end of the episode, making it the first time this season Oliver has worn his costume, he burned one of his costumes back in Rabid, and the first time since Doomsday we have seen Green Arrow.
- Lois uncovers the footage Oliver stored in his laptop about his suicide attempt which occurred in Echo.
- The "game" that Oliver takes part in is similar to the one that Lionel Luthor and Martha Kent were forced to take part in during Mercy.
[edit] Quotes
- Roulette: Now, that's the face of a guy who's down on his luck.
- Oliver: I think my luck's about ready to turn around. I don't remember seeing you earlier.
- Roulette: Maybe not. But I've seen you before. Your type.
- Oliver: And what type is that exactly?
- Roulette: The player who can't find a game to satisfy him.
- Oliver: I'll admit I've lost a certain lust for life... but luckily not other things.
- Roulette: Then play a game with me.
- Oliver: I'm all in.
- Lois: About time you got home. Shelby's great and all, but the conversation... a little one-sided.
- Clark: Shouldn't you be riding a mechanical bull somewhere? It is Friday night.
- Lois: Correction. It's movie night. I hope you like sharks. We're gonna start with my favorite one.
- Clark:You have your hands full with all your laundry. Maybe we should make movie night another weekend.
- Lois: It's called "multitasking." You should try it sometime.
- Clark: I hope i have enough detergent. How do you even have anything left to wear?
- Lois: Most guys wouldn't complain if I suddenly found myself shirtless.
- Clark: The name of the club is Roulette. He met a woman there named Victoria.
- Chloe: At the risk of taking a belly flop into an awkward pool, what kind of game puts people through hell?
- Oliver: The kind that starts with being buried alive and ends with bankruptcy.
- Clark: That was quick.
- Chloe: It looks like the two clues are one and the same. Meet Victoria Sinclair, a.k.a. Roulette.
- Chloe: On a scale from one to chernobyl, how big was the fallout?
- Clark: Let's just say if there was an antilife equation, i think i found it.
- Roulette: You didn't play by my rules. Why should i play by yours? You were supposed to shoot her.
- Oliver: That's what i don't understand. You could have killed her yourself. You could have shot me when i walked through the door. Why set the scene?
- Roulette: One can tie up loose ends with a simple square knot or one can choose the more elegant cloverleaf.
- Oliver: What the hell is this?
- Roulette: You kept asking me who did this to you. My question was always the answer. "Who did you destroy?". I hear you're some sort of hero. One that tried to bury that part of himself. You've just proven that that hero is still alive. Now it's time to resurrect him.
- Oliver: Nice to play. I just started asking myself who knew about Lex, about Toyman. The things I'd given up, what i tried to do. Then it all occurred to me. Dinah shattered the glass in the warehouse, Bart rescued me from the car, Victor faked the computers, and Watchtower kept an eye on the whole thing. Right?
- Chloe: You were living like you had a death wish. You had to face your demons if you were ever gonna make it out alive, and i had to push you over the ledge in order to pull you back.
- Oliver: Did you have to push with a 3-ton truck?
- Chloe: I didn't think a tricycle would be a strong enough point.
- Lois: So... what was that about?
- Oliver: Uh-oh. I've seen that look before, usually right before you sock me in the jaw.
- Clark: I heard you were back.
- Oliver: You do know, of course, you look absolute ridiculous in that, right? And I got a great tailor, hook you up with a little color, maybe.
- Clark: Nice to see you finally discovered something worth living for after all.
- Oliver: Yeah. More like a rediscovery, actually. You've done a hell of a job keeping the world safe on your own, Clark. I'm here to help you now.
- Clark: Good. Something tells me... soon the world will need all the help we can get.
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