Rush
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| Rush | |
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| Series | 2x14 |
| Episode | 35 |
| Writer | Todd Slavkin & Darren Swimmer |
| Director | Rick Rosenthal |
| Broadcast Date | February 4, 2003 |
| Production Code | 175063 |
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[edit] Summary
Five people at the Kawatche Caves are infected with parasites that inspire extremely risky (even life-threatening) behavior. Pete and Chloe infect Clark with red kryptonite. Clark makes out with Chloe and hurts Lana. Meanwhile, Lex hires Dr. Walden to try to translate the the cave paintings, but he is badly injured.
[edit] Recap
Pete and Chloe arrive at a wild rave that is being held in the Kawatche Caves. Pete knows Clark will be worried and tries to protect the cave walls, but Chloe wants to have fun. She is suddenly accosted by Travis George, her nerdy chem lab partner. He kisses her passionately, exclaims that he's high on life, and climbs a tall scaffold. The crowd cheers him on as Travis jumps to his doom. Annoyed, Pete sits down near a wall and is stabbed in the neck by a sharp object. Suddenly, he jumps up to join the party.
The next morning, Pete rides his dirt bike up to Clark-- on the Main Street sidewalk, forcing pedestrians to jump out of his way. Clark yells at him to be careful and Pete tells him that life is too short to play it safe. He urges Clark to take his chances with Lana now that Whitney is dead, and speeds away. Clark goes into the Talon and he and Lana talk about what happened to Travis. Lana also talks about being a spectator in life, and Clark blurts that they should go on a date. Lana surprises him by accepting. He tells her he'll pick her up the next day. Later, Chloe goes to the Talon and asks Lana if she wants to go shopping tomorrow, but Lana admits that she has a date with Clark. She seems reluctant, so Chloe assures her that she doesn't have feelings for Clark anymore. Lana looks unconvinced.
Clark is cleaning up the Caves when Lex arrives. They talk about the cave paintings and Lex pulls a reference book out of Clark's backpack and sees that it is written by Dr. Frederick Walden, who researches hieroglyphics. He gives Clark unlimited access to the caves. Lex later meets with Dr. Walden and offers him a substantial amount of money to begin studying the cave paintings. Walden claims he cannot be swayed but changes his mind when Lex shows him photographs of the cave paintings.
Chloe and Clark talk about Pete's strange behavior. Chloe reveals that Travis had a puncture wound on his neck, along with two other kids who attended the rave and also died suddenly from extreme behavior. Clark is worried about Pete and finds him outside of the Talon, dodging traffic. Clark superspeeds to knock him out of the way and tries to get him to a doctor. Pete refuses to go and threatens to tell the gathering crowd Clark's secret. Unsurprisingly, the crowd is unfazed by Pete's rantings about Clark being an alien, and Clark watches in dismay as Pete runs off screaming. Clark and Chloe go back to the caves, where Chloe sticks her hand in a crack and is pierced with something. Just then, Dr. Walden and Lex approach. Walden says that nobody can have access to the caves, including Clark. Clark goes to collect Chloe, who is petulant and rude to Dr. Walden. After they leave, Dr. Walden reveals that they found a parasite in the cave wall.
The three teens go back to Clark's barn, where he demonstrates his powers for Chloe. Lex interrupts them to tell Clark that Dr. Walden still won't agree to let Clark into the caves. Clark tells him he'll go into the caves whenever he "damn well pleases." They leave and Clark and Chloe make out in the backseat while Pete drives dangerously fast. Chloe and Clark continue the make-out session at the Talon and Chloe suggests they play strip poker (with imaginary cards) and takes Clark's shirt off. His senses returned, Clark jumps up away from Chloe and she gets angry. He X-rays her and sees that she has the parasite too, but Chloe forces a kiss on him at the same time that Lana walks in. Lana starts to cry, but Clark can't stay to explain because Chloe and Pete are in danger. Outside the Talon, he tries again to get them help, but Pete punches Clark with a meteor rock and knocks him out.
Clark is sprawled on the ground in the entranceway to the café, so Lana pours a bucket of water on him to wake him up. He speeds away to find them. He catches Pete's car just as they drive it off a cliff and gets them to the hospital. He visits them later and is relieved to learn that Chloe has no memory of their adventures. He runs into Lana, but she doesn't want to talk to him. She tells Chloe that Clark screwed up his date by making out with another girl, but doesn't tell Chloe who.
At home, Jonathan is talking to Clark about what Chloe knows and Pete comes to apologize. Clark later goes back to the Talon to apologize to Lana again, bringing her a rose. Lana is still upset and demands answers. She thinks Clark and Chloe still have feelings for each other but Clark says they are just friends. Lana asks if that is so, why was he kissing her. Clark doesn't answer and leaves silently, and Lana throws his rose away.
Lex takes the parasite to Cadmus Labs and finds out that it is alien in origin. He tells Dr. Walden that Clark gets access to the caves because he is sure Clark knows more about them.
[edit] Guest Cast
- Dr. Frederick Walden - Rob LaBelle
- Travis George - Shaun Sipos
[edit] Featured Music
- "Never Gonna Come Back Down" - BT
- "Somewhere" - Stephen Phillips
- "Integrity" - Amy Drum
- "Just Wanna Be Loved" - AM Radio
- "Forever Yours" - Bosshouse.
- "Bread and Water" - Sheila Nicholls
- "Don't Dream It's Over" - Sixpence None The Richer
[edit] Notes
- The working title of the episode was "Adrenaline". [citation needed]
- "Bad Girl Chloe" calls Dr. Walden a "cunning linguist", a play on words and a reference that is questionably appropriate for a family show.
- Chloe jokes that "a little Moby" won't hurt the caves, a reference to techno/electronica musician Moby. Actually, BT, another popular techno musician, is playing.
- Pete refers to Clark as a boy scout, foreshadowing his future role in the Justice League.
- On the Talon Banner it says Morning Rush, a reference to the episodes title
- Lionel Luthor doesn't appear in this episode.
- Pete carring a kryptonite around to handle Clark Kent is something that Batman does in the Comic Books.
- This episode once again features red kryptonite and while under the influence of the parasite, Chloe and Pete wear a lot of red.
[edit] Continuity
- The parasite from the cave would later be shown again in Covenant and the comic book story Rampage.
[edit] Quotes
- Pete: Try and touch me, you freak.
- Clark: Pete, you're coming with me whether you want to or not!
- Pete: You think because you have all those powers, you always get your way! News flash! I know your weakness.
- Lex: You wouldn't be keeping secrets from me, would you, Clark?
- Pete: Clark, I know your worried about me. You're my boy. You always have been. But I figured it out. In your world, green means stop. And red-- (he slips a red meteor rock into Clark's shirt pocket) Red means go.
- Chloe: My own personal superhero. I always knew there was something special about you, Clark Kent.
- Clark: (to Lex) Let me give you some [advice]. If you know what's good for you, stay the hell away from me.
- Chloe: Hey Clark. What other superpowers you got?
- Clark: Why don't you come back here and find out?
- Pete: Hey, hey, hey, this isn't a pimp mobile!
- Chloe: (to Lex) You know, I always wondered. For a boy who has all the money in the world, you'd think he could afford a good toupee.
- Clark: We should go on a date. Together. In the near future.
- Lana: Are you serious?
- Clark: I was. But if you don't want to go...
- Lana: When?
- Clark: You mean you'll go?
- Lana: Yeah. I assume that was the answer you were looking for.
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