Smallville - S6E4

Arrow
First Aired: Thursday October 19, 2006

The Green Arrow (Queen) finally makes his Smallville debut.

During a gala event for Martha Kent set up by Lionel, The Green Arrow shows up and steals a Luthor jewel from Martha. Lois, at the even with Oliver Queen, chases after the bandit and is able to snag a ring before he makes his getaway. Lionel's security company grills Lois afterwards, but when he leaves, she tells Oliver about the ring she got and about the story she is going to write. Clark shows up shortly after and he sizes up Oliver before Lois gets annoyed and leaves. At the Luthor mansion the next day, Lex allows Lana to know what is going on with the alien artifact (piece of the ship) that a scientist is researching. Later in the day, she has a meeting with Lionel, who tries to persuade her to steer away from Lex. On the elevator from his office, she sees the scientist and threatens him about when Lionel will try to buy him off. While telling Chloe the scoop on the Arrow and showing her the ring, the Arrow shows up and takes the ring back after using a gas arrow. From Lionel, Clark learns only one more person is left on the list by the security agency, so he stakes the place out. The Arrow shows up and Clark confronts him. The Arrow is able to slip away, though. Lois has her article published about how she will unmask the Arrow, but she is kidnapped by the security firm, thinking she knows who he is already. Clark and Oliver both show up at Lois' place after she is taken. Chloe lets Clark know there was an emblem on the ring and Clark realizes the crest was in Oliver's loft. Going there, he finds Olivier's secret room with his Arrow gear. Elsewhere, Arrow shows up and saves Lois but when he wakes her up, she becomes hostile. Seeing this, Clark creates a diversion for him to get away. On the streets below, they meet and reveal they know each others powers. Oliver also reveals that all of the items he stole were purchased on the black market. The next day, Chloe tells Clark the items the Arrow stole were returned to their rightful museums. She deduces he knows who the Arrow really is, but he won't tell her. At the Luthor mansion, Lex and Lionel share a drink while talking about how they were testing Lana. The episode ends in Clark's loft when Oliver shows up to tell Clark that when he is ready to look beyond just helping his friends, The Arrow will be ready.

This was an above average episode thanks to the interesting take on the Green Arrow. While I still don't care much for Oliver Queen, I think the look and actions of the Arrow makes up for him. Lois has always sort of bugged me, but this episode continues my dislike of her. As for the whole Lex/Lana/Lionel "test", I am still trying to figure out what is going on, but I am not enjoying what I will further dub Dark Lana; she it becoming evil. Also, it is coming to light that Lionel's being nice with the Kent's may just be an act. While I was a bit confused by all of this, I still think this will be good drama in the future episodes. Finally, I liked how it was Chloe and Clark in this episode again without Jimmy trying to butt in.

Score: 4 / 5