Spell

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Contents 1 Summary 2 Recap 3 Recurring Role 4 Guest Stars 5 Featured Music 6 Note 7 Continuity 8 Quotes 9 External Links

[edit] Summary

After Lana touches a spell book written in the 1600s, she, Lois and Chloe become possessed by witches that had been burned at the stake. The three witches come back seeking revenge and searching the Stones of Power, wreaking havoc on the town in the process. Clark attempts to stop the witches but they strip him of his powers and force him to reveal the location of the stone he hid in the cave.

[edit] Recap

In France in 1604, three women, Countess Margaret Isobel Thoreaux, Madelyn Hibbins, and Brianna Withridge, are about to be burned at the stake, after having been convicted of practicing witchcraft. The leader, Isobel, is approached by Magistrate Wilkins, and she asks him if he has come to enjoy his handiwork. He then strikes her across the face and tells her she may yet escape the pyre's flames if she tells him of the three stones of power. When she asks for her spellbook, she spits blood onto the marked page, directly onto an illustration that is identical to the tattoo on Lana Lang's back. She casts a Latin spell and a tattoo identical to Lana's appears on her back. As the three witches are burned, Isobel curses the crowd and vows to rise again, stating that the stones and vengeance will be hers. In Smallville, Lana and Jason are sitting by the fire in her Talon apartment. She shows him a spellbook belonging to the Countess Thoreaux, saying she maxed out her credit card to buy it on eBay. When Lana touches the page stained with Isobel's blood, the fire roars up and her eyes shine violet. When Jason asks if Lana is all right, she says she's never been better.

Lois pulls up outside the Kent barn carrying boxes of party decorations. She informs Clark that the barn is the new venue for Chloe's upcoming surprise birthday party the next day. Clark objects, saying his parents are out of town and he has a representative from Princeton University coming to visit. Lois doesn't care and begins to unload the party goods.

Lois and Chloe show up at Lana's apartment, where they find her doing a strange chemistry experiment, making some sort of potion. Lois notices Lana's behavior and reminds her that it's her job to keep Chloe busy until the party. Lana/Isobel, preoccupied with her ingredient list, waves Lois off. The next ingredient on the list is "hair of two virgins." She takes a hair out of her own head, then one from Lois. Lois' turns out to be unacceptable, so when they leave, Lana heads out to find another virginal hair.

She walks into the Kent home to find Clark wrapping a large present. She offers to help him with it, then proceeds to try and kiss Clark. Confused, he backs away. Lana sidles up to him and, using the gift-wrapping shears, tries to cut a lock of his hair off. The scissors break and Clark asks what she's doing. She sputters that she needs a lock of his hair for a scrapbook she's making. Annoyed, Clark gives her some of his hair and she promptly leaves to get the next ingredient on her list.

At the Luthor mansion, Lana/Isobel observes Lex practicing his piano-playing. She asks Lex if he has any vintage wine, "for the party". Lex produces a bottle, but then Isobel notices the manuscript displayed in Lex's study. Angry, she casts a spell that makes it disappear, then freezes Lex in place. Explaining that the map wasn't meant for Lex, she releases him and casts a spell, bewitching Lex to play the piano forever.

Chloe and Lois find Lana/Isobel in the woods assembling her potion. Isobel convinces them to drink a toast. When they do, they are possessed by Isobel's fellow witches, Madelyn (Chloe) and Brianna (Lois). She explains that they will continue their quest to find the Stones of Power, but Madelyn and Brianna point out that this is the quest that got them killed in the first place. They convince Isobel to let them attend Chloe's party first.

At the Kent barn, a worried Clark tries to keep the wild party under control. When the three witches show up, they decide to liven up the party. They cast a spell and all the party goers, including Clark, are suddenly dancing in various states of undress. As scheduled, the Princeton representative comes to interview Clark and Clark makes a "great" first impression.

The day after, Clark awakens in the barn to the aftermath of the wild party. He realizes he blew his interview and goes to talk to Lex for help. He finds Lex, his fingers bloody, still playing the piano. He breaks the spell by physically removing him from it. Lex tells him that Lana is the one who cast the spell, so Clark leaves to try and stop the three. He finds Lana/Isobel at her apartment, where he arrives just in time to catch Jason, whom Isobel has thrown out the window.

Isobel leaves Clark a message to meet him at the barn. He meets the three witches and is initially able to stand up to them by using his heat vision and speed. Despite this, they use magic to strip Clark of his powers and force the location of the Stones of Power from him.

Leaving Clark chained up, they depart for the Kawatche Caves. Jason helps Clark escape and he goes after them. In the caves, Isobel tries to obtain the relic, but it glows and burns her hand. Clark shows up and catches the relic before it hits the ground, restoring his powers. Before the witches can take his powers away once again, Clark burns the spellbook with his heat vision and all four teens are knocked unconscious from the explosion. Upon waking, everybody has been restored to normal. Lana, Chloe, and Lois are confused, but alright.

Clark has to explain the raucous barn party to his parents. He also remarks that magic can hurt him. Lex goes to see Lana at her apartment at the Talon and explains to Lana that he was the one to get Jason fired, not Clark. Saying he had only her best interest in mind. Lana comes to apologize to Clark as he is cleaning up the barn. She tells him the whole story of the Countess and shows him the tattoo. She asks Clark what it means and he lies that he doesn't know.

In the caves, Lex studies the cave drawing identical to Lana's tattoo.

[edit] Recurring Role

• Lois Lane - Erica Durance

[edit] Guest Stars

• Madelyn Hibbins- Lara Gilchrist
• Brianna Withridge- Melanie Papalia
• Mr. Jacobson - William Taylor

[edit] Featured Music

• "Blame" - Black Toast Music
• "What You Waiting For?" - Gwen Stefani
• "We Might As Well Be Strangers" - Keane

[edit] Note

• Lex is being forced to play "Impromptu No. 2 In E Flat" by Schubert.

• In a deleted scene, Chloe unwraps Clark's large blue present, which is also from Lois; it is an antique typewriter of the same model used by Nellie Bly, Chloe's historic journalist idol.

• Clark's weakness to magic is revealed in this episode. In the comics, Superman is also vulnerable against magic.

• This episode has actor commentary on the Season 4 DVDs. According to Allison Mack, Tom Welling is actually a very good dancer.

• In Crusade, Chloe's gravestone clearly lists her birth year as 1987 meaning it would be her 17th birthday in 2004. This episode proves the birth year on the gravestone to be a production error because Lois tells Clark the party is for Chloe's 18th birthday, and Chloe states the same in the deleted scenes. Also, it is unlikely Chloe would start her high school senior year at age 16.

• This episode confirms that both Lana and Clark are still virgins, in spite of Clark's time as Kal under the uninhibiting effects of red kryptonite in Metropolis. This confirms what the bartender at the Atlantis nightclub said in Exile about Clark always going home alone.

[edit] Continuity

• The manuscript that Lex acquired in Run is obviously of extreme value to Countess Margaret Isobel Thoreaux.
• The search for the Stones of Power will be continued in the episode Sacred.

[edit] Quotes

Lois/Brianna: I'm gorgeous. Look at these. (fondles her own breasts)

Lana/Isobel: Yes. They're very nice.

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Chloe/Madelyn: Ah, the woods of France. I'd know them anywhere.

Lana/Isobel: We're in Kansas, Madelyn.

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Lois: Why are we lying in the dirt?

Chloe: And what the hell are we wearing?

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Clark: (as Jonathan quizzically holds up a bra he found in the barn): It was magic!

Martha: I'm sure it was!

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Clark: Isobel was... aggressively sexy.

Lana: Oh great, possessed by an evil slut.

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Lana/Isobel:(Isobel, Madelyn and Brianna have just arrived at Chloe's birthday party): We don't have time for this.

Chloe/Madelyn: Time is the only thing we do have, isn't that what you said right before the angry mob set us on fire?

Lana/Isobel:You're really not gonna let that go are you?

[edit] External Links

• TV.com
• Deleted scenes on YouTube (copyright Warner Home Video)

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