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| Zod | |
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| Series | 6x01 |
| Episode | 111 |
| Writer | Steven S. DeKnight |
| Director | James Marshall |
| Broadcast Date | September 28, 2006 |
| Production Code | 2T7701 |
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- This article is about the Season 6 episode. For the Kryptonian General's character page, see General Zod. For General Zod's younger clone, see Major Zod.
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[edit] Summary
Thrown into the Phantom Zone, a Kryptonian jail created by Jor-El, Clark finds himself without powers and surrounded by revenge-seeking criminals sent away by his father. Meanwhile, having taken over Lex's body, Zod keeps Lana captive with a demand to sire him an heir and begins his plans to turn Earth into a Krypton-like planet using the alien ship's hard drive. After Lois and Martha's plane crashes near the Fortress of Solitude, Jor-El tells Martha how to kill Zod. Back at the Daily Planet, Chloe reunites with an old flame, Jimmy Olsen.
[edit] Recap
She explains that Jor-El founded the Phantom Zone as a prison for Kryptonians as well as intergalactic criminals from the "28 known galaxies". Most of them lose their corporeal bodies and become Phantoms, but as Krypton was being destroyed, Jor-El put her in the Phantom Zone for a chance for her to survive. Raya says a stone Jor-El gave her is her only weapon against the phantoms. Clark tells her that Zod has returned to Earth, but she doubts that Clark can stop him. She also explains to Clark that there is an exit out of the Phantom Zone, a gateway designed by Jor-El in case anyone in his family were imprisoned there.
Lionel rescues Chloe from an angry mob and they seek safety in the LuthorCorp building, only to discover Zod/Lex has kidnapped Lana and flew away. They try to decide how to stop Lex as Zod. Lionel knows that Jor-El gave Clark a dagger and says he will go back to the Kent farm to retrieve it. Chloe is surprised that Lionel will resort to killing Lex and suggests they try to read the Kryptonian symbols, but Lionel knows that Clark is the only one who can read them. He says the connection he felt at the Fortress is gone. He gives her a gun, tells her to take care of herself, and leaves for the Kent Farm. Chloe goes back to the Daily Planet to try to decipher the symbols. At the Planet, Chloe is shocked to run into Jimmy Olsen, with whom she had a summer romance while in high school. He is now a photographer at the Planet.
Zod keeps Lana captive and drags her to the Black Ship. She realizes that Lex has been taken over and watches as Zod touches the ship and makes it disappear. He tells her that he intends for her to sire him an heir and begin his plans to turn Earth into a Krypton-like planet using the alien ship's hard drive. Lana tries to stop Lex/Zod and he keeps her in place by pinning her hand against the wall with a knife. He leaves to infiltrate the Pentagon, where he plans to control Earth's satellites. When he leaves, Lana is able to pull the knife out and free herself.
Lois and Martha's plane crashes near the Fortress of Solitude. Martha drags an unconscious Lois to the Fortress and has her first conversation with Jor-El. She accuses him of crashing their plane, but he explains that she was, in fact, taken by Milton Fine and he saved them. He tells her that Clark is banished forever by Zod. He tells Martha about the dagger he gave Clark and how Zod must be stopped and killed in order to save the world. He thanks Martha for being such a good mother for his son and transports them back to Smallville.
Lionel shows up at the Kent farm and Martha explains what she must do. Lana also arrives, looking for Clark and having realized now why Clark was talking about killing Lex. She reasons that she is the only person that would get close enough to use the dagger and offers to kill Lex. She takes the dagger back to the Luthor Mansion, where Zod is waiting. She tells him that she has agreed to sire his heirs and they start kissing. Thinking he is distracted, she tries to stab him, but he is too quick. Angry, he uses the hard drive to activate a satellite which starts an earthquake. He then chokes Lana until she passes out.
Before Zod could choke Lana to death, Clark arrives. He blasts the hard drive with his heat vision, which deactivates the satellite and stops the earthquake. They fight and Zod picks Clark up and flies out the window with him. They land in a field and battle. Zod gains the upper hand and commands Clark to kneel before him. He tells him that if they join forces, he will spare the human lives that Clark cares most about. Clark appears to accept his offer and takes Zod's hand. However, in his hand is Jor-El's emblem. Zod is sucked out of Lex's body and into the emblem, Lex falls unconcious.
Clark goes to the Planet to check on Chloe, who was extremely worried about him and is relieved to see him. When she runs into his arms, he tries to bring up when she kissed him, but she blows it off and says it won't change their friendship. This is confirmed when she introduces him to Jimmy. It is obvious that Jimmy and Chloe share something, and Clark looks surprised and a little hurt.
Back at home, Martha tells Clark that Lionel claims that his connection to Jor-El is gone. Clark tells Martha that he went to the Fortress to talk to Jor-El along with the emblem, but he didn't answer-- it was like the Fortress was dead. He confides in his mother that he doesn't know what to do now, everything has changed. His father is dead, Jor-El is gone, Lex has become his enemy and Lana won't speak to him. She tries to comfort him, but he just looks lost and alone.
Meanwhile,Lionel is at his office writing Kryptonian symbols, he is astonished at what he does and writes "POWER" underneath it. Lex returns to the mansion and opens his laptop to find a part of the object Zod had taken from the ship, half destroyed. In Argentina, a phantom rises from the water and speeds away.
[edit] Recurring Roles
- Voice of Jor-El - Terence Stamp
- Jimmy Olsen - Aaron Ashmore
- General Zod - Michael Rosenbaum
[edit] Guest Cast
[edit] Episode Title
- "Zod" refers to the main villain of the premiere, the Kryptonian General Zod.
[edit] Notes
- This episode introduces new opening credits, with footage from Season Five and Season Six, and is the first set of credits without John Schneider/Jonathan Kent.
- In the DVD version the scene recap from the previous episode is removed, but it is intact on the Blu-ray version.
- This episode features Smallville's version of General Zod. Zod is traditionally one of Superman's more powerful archenemies in the comics. He is a minor villain in the first Superman film, Superman: The Movie, and the primary villain in the second Superman feature film, Superman II and there are several references from the films. In the film and the episode, Zod continually refers to himself in the third person and frequently commands people to "kneel before Zod". The way Clark tricked Lex/Zod is similar to how Superman tricked Zod in Superman II. Also, Raya says that Jor-El created the Phantom Zone to hold criminals from the "28 inhabited galaxies". In Superman: The Movie, Jor-El also says that there are 28 known galaxies.
- In addition, the image of Zod's face escaping Lex's body is that of Terence Stamp, who played Zod in the Superman II and currently voices Jor-El's spirit on the show.
- This is the first appearance of Jimmy Olsen. The Jimmy character traditionally refers to Clark as "C.K." in other versions of the Superman story.
- The medallion that Raya hands to Clark bears the famous "S" logo that Superman will wear on his suit and cape.
- The ending scene with the released phantom is subtitled "Iguazú Falls, Patagonia, Argentina." However, the Iguazú Falls are located in the border between Argentina and Brazil, a few thousand kilometers away from Patagonia.
- This is the only time so far that Martha has spoken to Jor-El.
- When Martha speaks to Clark while cleaning up the barn, the stitches on the right side of her head are briefly seen on the left side.
- The scenes of the satellites in space can also be seen in the film Batman & Robin.
- When this episode is aired before 9:00, a part of the fight between Clark and Zod is cut out where Zod continually punches Clark in the face until it bleeds. Instead, Zod simply pounds Clark into the rock, mocks him as an 'idealistic fool' then throws him onto the field.
[edit] Continuity
- The two that attack Clark and Raya just before they escape the Phantom Zone are the Disciples of Zod, banished by Clark to the Zone in the fifth season episode Arrival. Leonard Roberts reprised his role as Nam-Ek.
- Jimmy Olsen is the boy Chloe told Lana about in the Season 4 episode Unsafe, to whom she lost her virginity after a summer romance when she was 15 in between Season 1 and 2. Jimmy may have been the charming journalist Chloe referred to in Heat.
- Raya's fate is revealed when she returns to help Clark fight another escaped Phantom Zone prisoner in Fallout.
- When the phantoms come out from the Phantom Zone, one can only see 7 shooting stars, though there are 8 escapees. The eight include Gloria, Raya, Baern, Aldar, Dr. Hudson, Titan, Bizarro, and Clark.
- The phantom seen at the end of this episode is the same phantom seen in Nemesis and Prototype on a DVD. It is captured in Phantom and becomes Bizarro in Bizarro.
- Brainiac appears as the black ship and the Kryptonian black box in this episode meanwhile, James Marsters is seen as Brainiac, via, archive footage.
- This is the first episode that we first see the Superman Symbol of Justice 'S' on the Necklace used to Capture the Zoners, and on the Gateway from the Phatom Zone.
- This is the second season premiere where Lana tries to save Earth by defeating the Kryptonian villain and is subsequently saved by Clark.
[edit] Quotes
- Martha: All right. Send me back.
- Jor-El: Everything you have done for Kal-El, you have my deepest gratitude. I could not have wished for a brighter light to guide my son. Farewell, Martha Kent.
- Clark: If there was a way to save everyone you love, wouldn't you risk dying?
- Jimmy: My first official day at the Planet and the world decides to end!
- Chloe: Clark! Oh my God, I thought you were dead! (she runs into his arms)
- Clark: Hi. Um... So did I, for a while there.
- Chloe: What happened? Where did you go?
- Clark: A place I never want to go again. Are you okay?
- Chloe: Yeah, everything's great now that you're here. (they embrace again)
- Clark: Chloe... before I left, there was this moment that we, um...
- Chloe: You mean when I laid one on you? Don't worry, Clark. It was the end of the world, it's not like I'm expecting us to hook up.
- Clark: Um, yeah. Me... me neither.
- Clark: Everything's changing. Dad's gone. I can't talk to Lex. And Lana's... I don't know where to go from here.
- Martha: Every world needs its heroes, Clark. They inspire us to be better than we are. And they protect from the darkness that's just around the corner.
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