Smallville - S6E10

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First Aired: Thursday January 11, 2007

A reporter with an interesting ability catches find first about Lana's reservations about Lex's proposal and then about Clark's identity. Also, Lois believes she has found out who the Green Arrow is: Oliver.

Chloe is working at the Daily Planet when a higher-up reporter requests her to do copying. Chloe refuses, though, since she is a reporter and not an intern. As the reporter, Linda, is leaving the planet, the subject of her latest story shows up and threatens her life. Using water-based powers, Linda is able to kill the man. The following day, Lana visits Chloe and tells her about her issues with Lex's proposal. Unbeknownst to either of them, Linda is spying on them from the water cooler and writes a story the next day about how Clark is the reason Lana hasn't answered yet. Elsewhere, Lois buys some Green Arrow pictures from Jimmy. At the coffee house, Chloe has to let Clark know what is on the front page of the paper, as does Lex to Lana at the mansion. Clark shows up at the mansion shortly after, finding out about the pregnancy from a vindictive Lex. Lana visits Chloe and at first believes Chloe was the source of the story. She allows her doubt while they try to figure out how Linda got the story. Lois sees an injury on Oliver that is similar to one on Jimmy's pictures, so she goes to Clark and tells him she is going to out Oliver. Clark goes to Chloe and Lois' apartment to get the picture, confronting Chloe in the process. While first made at Chloe, he relents when Chloe rants about how it is hard to keep his secret. From the bathtube, Linda is listening, since Lex had paid her to find out more about Clark. Clark consults Oliver and they come up with a plan within Lois' plan. Lois wants to stage an attack, but when the Green Arrow shows up, it is Clark in the costume. When Olive shows up, Lois is stunned that the Green Arrow is also there, especially after she kissed the Arrow. Lana and Chloe set up a web camera to get a video confession from Linda, which they do, but Chloe destroys the computer just as Linda is about to reveal Clark as an alien (since Lana was listening). Linda chases Chloe into the street, where Lana inadvertently hits her, though she turns to water. The next day, Chloe has Clark listen to Lois' gushing of the Arrow, especially his kissing. Lana finally comes and talks to Clark in the loft. She tries to extract the secret he has with Chloe, but Clark shrugs it off because the baby has changed everything. She returns to the mansion and tells Lex the answer is yes.

This was a half and half episode; I enjoyed the Green Arrow side of the story, but not so much the Linda Lake side. While it was something to show Lana that Chloe is in on the secret, it really wasn't anything great. She died from geting hit by a car? But she turned to water, how could she die? Unless she comes back ... As for the Oliver/Arrow story, I liked it but I think Lois should be let in on it soon. I understand that by possibly finding out about Olvier would lead to the revealtion of Clark, especially now that Clark used his powers to protect Oliver. The only thing I can see happening now is that he dies just as she finds out. Dark Lana ... all I gotta say is "Boooo!"

Score: 3 / 5 (The Arrow storyline saved this from a 2)