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Unsafe
Series 4x11
Episode 77
Writer Steven S. DeKnight & Jeph Loeb
Director Greg Beeman
Broadcast Date January 26, 2005
Production Code 2T5211
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[edit] Summary

Claiming to be cured, Alicia Baker is released from Belle Reve hospital and comes to Smallville to rekindle her relationship with Clark. Initially skeptical of Alicia, Clark finds himself enjoying dating someone who knows his secret, but when she pushes for more, he hesitates, causing her to use red kryptonite on him. Kal emerges and whisks Alicia off to get married in Las Vegas. Meanwhile, Lana decides to sleep with Jason in order to win him back. Lex is unimpressed with Lionel's moral makeover.

[edit] Recap

At the Talon, Clark is sitting alone studying.
Lana confronts Jason about their relationship
When two girls invite him to a party, he politely declines. Martha asks him why he doesn't go and he mopes that it's not worth starting a relationship with someone he'll have to lie to. Martha sympathizes and assures him he'll find someone. At Belle Reve, Alicia Baker is being released by her doctor, William McBride. He proclaims her cured and releases her to her parents.


Alicia approaches Clark who is alone in his loft. He is very surprised to see her and assumes she escaped. However, she tells him she was cured and released and drove her parent's car to visit him. She shows him a lead bracelet that she must wear to prevent her from using her powers. He reminds her that she tried to kill both him and Lana Lang and she reminds him that she was sick, but is better now. She tells him that she kept his secret for over a year
Clark and Alicia rekindle their relationship.
and the thought that someone different like her was out there was the only thing that gave her hope in the hospital. Clark enlists Chloe to make sure Alicia did indeed get released and they learn that her doctor proclaimed her cured. Against his parents' judgment, Clark asks Alicia on a romantic date.

On their date at the ice-skating rink, Clark and Alicia are having a great time until she spots her doctor lurking. She slips away from Clark to confront him. Dr. McBride tells Alicia to break up with Clark, claiming that her obsession with him in the first place was what caused her psychotic break. He indirectly threatens to put her back in Belle Reve if she doesn't stop seeing Clark. Alicia returns to Clark's side and begins to talk about running away to California, where nobody will know who she is or what she did. She begs Clark to come with her, but he is hesitant and a bit alarmed at her change in mood.

A newly-released Lionel Luthor pays a visit to Lex. He explains that he has a new lease on life and wants to start charitable organizations to share his good fortune. Lex is unimpressed by Lionel's new cause. Lionel explains that he is trying to make
Lana and Chloe discuss things.
the best of being penniless.

Alicia breaks into the Torch office and finds a red kryptonite class ring. She pries the gemstone out of the ring. Returning to Clark's barn, she tells him that she made him a necklace and wants to see him wear it before she goes. The necklace contains red kryptonite, and Kal takes over.

Lana goes to visit Jason at his school, but he is not happy to see her. He tells her that their relationship won't work because he doesn't think Lana is ready for "that kind of relationship." Lana is hurt and confused. Later, she goes to talk to Chloe about her relationship problems. She realizes that Jason wants to break up because he doesn't think she's ready for a sexual relationship and tells Chloe that she thinks that now she is. Chloe admits that she's surprised Jason and Lana haven't had sex yet, but tells Lana that she should make sure that Jason is worth remembering if she decides to sleep with him. Chloe also offers her own story-- admitting that she lost her virginity the summer she worked on the Daily Planet. She says it wasn't special and she sometimes regrets losing it too soon. Later, Lana invites Jason over, saying she actually is ready for an intimate relationship and Jason confesses that that's not the reason he broke up with her. He tells her his theory on how he thinks his mother orchestrated their whole relationship.

Alicia gets more than she bargained for with a very eager Red K Clark.
In Clark's barn, Alicia and Clark are getting into a very heated moment when she asks Clark to slow down, because she's a virgin. Red K Clark is not very interested in her trepidation, proclaiming, "That's great! So am I!" Eventually, he blurts that he wants Alicia to marry him and breaks her lead bracelet off. They teleport to Las Vegas and are married in a quickie ceremony. They rent a hotel suite to consummate their "marriage".
Clark is upset with Alicia for "drugging" him.

They chase each other around the hotel room while losing various articles of clothing. Making out on the bed, Alicia decides that she wants to be with "all of Clark" and takes his necklace off. Clark instantly goes back to normal and is horrified that Alicia "drugged" him to get him to do what she wanted. She says she was desperate to be with him and Clark realizes that she might not be better after all. They argue until Alicia teleports away.

Clark returns to Smallville and tries to find Alicia. Making calls in the barn, he is approached by Dr. McBride. McBride threatens to shoot Clark to get him out of the way and Alicia teleports in front of the bullet. She tells Clark she would keep his secret no matter what.
Alicia protects Clark from exposing his secret.

At the hospital, Clark and Alicia talk about what happened. She apologizes profusely, but he breaks up with her and leaves her lead bracelet, silently asking her to put it back on. Back at home, Clark has to face the music from his parents. Jonathan is too angry to talk to him, but a disappointed Martha gives him a stern lecture about the sanctity of marriage and how she expects him to be more responsible. Clark reminds her in defense that he was on Red K and tearfully confesses that Alicia makes him feel free to be himself. Understanding, but still let down, Martha tells Clark that she wants him to use better judgment from now on. Alone in the barn, Clark gets one more visit from Alicia, who is back on her feet. She says she just wanted him to know that he made her a better person and that she is truly sorry. Clark is clearly still angry at her, but she says she loves him and turns to leave. Clark gives her one last hug as she cries in his arms and they get back together.

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[edit] Featured Music

  • "Laura" - Scissor Sisters
  • "Beautiful Soul" - Jesse McCartney
  • "Life for Rent" - Dido
  • "Welcome To My Life" - Simple Plan
  • "It's Now Or Never" - Elvis Presley
  • "Funny Little Feeling" - Rock N Roll Soldiers
  • "Break So Easy" - Jonathan Rice

[edit] Episode Title

  • un·safe [unsāf]- adjective: involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm, lacking in security or safety.
  • Unsafe is a portmanteau of the prefix "un", meaning not, and "safe". Alicia and Clark are drawn to each other despite the fact that their relationship is "not safe" for either one of them, neither physically nor emotionally.
  • Alicia's love for Clark brought out her obsessive and impulsive tendencies; she even risked getting shot for him. By his own admittance, Clark was strongly attracted to her; even before she exposed him to red kryptonite, he dated her against his parents' wishes and despite her past actions.

[edit] Notes

  • The original airing of this episode included a public service announcement by Allison Mack urging teens to practice safe sex and included the website teenpregnancy.com.
  • Clark and Alicia's marriage was not legal since it would have been impossible to obtain a marriage license so quickly. Also, since Clark is 17, Nevada law would have required him to have either a parent or guardian present or written, notarized permission to marry. With no official document or legal permission, they probably just paid the church to simply perform a ceremony.
  • While they are arguing, Clark refers to the necklace as red kryptonite instead of "red meteor rock," suggesting that perhaps Clark told Alicia of his true origins, but he was shocked that Alicia knew how it would affect him. How she knew is not explained, she simply tells him, "I know everything about you."

[edit] Continuity

  • Alicia Baker and Clark Kent first met in the third season episode Obsession. Her fate is revealed in the next episode, Pariah.
  • Chloe previously told Lana that she made up the story about a relationship during her internship to make Clark jealous in Heat, but confirms in this episode that she did indeed meet someone. However, she could have kept it a secret because she expressed regret over losing her virginity. It was speculated that the boy was Jimmy Olsen and confirmed when Chloe and Jimmy reunited in the show's sixth season premiere Zod.

[edit] Quotes

Alicia: Okay, Clark. You may be impervious to the cold but I'm turning into a human Popsicle.
Clark: Well, I do have heat vision.
Lionel: Corporate maneuvering doesn't interest me anymore.
Lex: So, what now, trying to kill me is going to be a full-time job?
Alicia: Okay. Can we just slow down a little? I want this to last forever.
Kal: I'm not sure that's one of my abilities but I'll do my best.
Alicia: Okay just one minute, all right?
Kal: What? What is it?
Alicia: I'm a virgin.
Kal: That's great, so am I!
Alicia: Really? It's just that... we don't have any kind of commitment or anything...
Kal: Oh, baby, nobody's more committed to making this happen than me!
Minister: Do you, Clark Kent, take this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife?
Kal: Hell yes!
Clark: I wanted you with or without that rock.
Alicia: Past tense noted.
Martha: Marriage is sacred, Clark! It's about two people who trust each other and are willing to go through life no matter how difficult it gets! I thought we taught you that! (softer) You're an amazing young man, Clark. You make life and death decisions every day, but you turn around and... and you do this. Why did you do it?
Clark: (crying) Mom, there's a part of me that never feels freer than when I'm with Alicia. She makes me feel normal and special at the same time.
Martha: I know how badly you want to be with somebody. I want that for you too. I guess I just expect you to use better judgment.

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