Smallville - S6E2

Sneeze
First Aired: Thursday October 5, 2006

While Metropolis and the world continue to reel from Black Thursday, Lana moves in with Lex, who is becoming paranoid. Clark, possibly as an effect of being in the Phantom Zone, has contracted his first cold ever, but it is no ordinary cold.

While Lex is transporting Lana to his mansion in Smallville because of the University being shut down, he notices he is being followed. Lana is able to pick up that something is wrong, but lets it go. At the Kent farm, Martha is watching a news report about the miraculous cleanup in Metropolis as Clark returns home. This is his handiwork, but it has begun to take a toll on his health. As he is doing his chores, he sneezes for the first time and blows the barn door off, which lands near a jogging Lois. As Martha and Clark deal with Clark's first cold, possibly due to the Phantom Zone, Lois shows up and notices it was their barn door. Lex, after consulting his P.I., goes to confront Lionel, who he thinks is the one having him followed. As he leaves Luther Corp, he is ambushed and taken away. Clark, also in Metropolis, tells Chloe about his problems and about how Lois is poking around. When he returns home, Lionel shows up to warm him Lex is missing and that he may still know Clark's secret. Clark begins to investigate, even going to the mansion and seeing Lana is there now, before overhearing Lana call the P.I. He goes to Chloe to get her help and he finds the man's apartment. There, Chloe suggests he huff-and-puff like the Big Bad Wolf, blowing the door off a secret room which has pictures of a warehouse. Elsewhere, Lana is also able to find out about the warehouse and gets there after Lex had revealed about the serum and Zod. Lana and Lex are able to get away from their captors, but a fire starts and they are trapped. Clark shows up and uses his new power to put out the flames. We also learn that these men were sent by Oliver, a old friend of Lex's, who saw video footage from Lex's Pentagon break-in. At Lex's mansion, Lana confronts Lex about the secret cameras, particularly the one in her room, and he says he will remove hers but the rest must stay. Lois, who had investigate the barn door, decided to write a story and try to get it published. It did, but in the Inquisitor, the tabloid-ish newspaper.

This was a good follow-up to the previous episode and introduced a new character; the Green Arrow! I think it was interesting to finally show Clark with a cold and it makes sense he got it in the Phantom Zone. It was also cool to finally see him use his "lung powers". I like how Chloe and him were close(er) in this episode as well. I am not too happy with Lana's living arrangements and she is becoming a bit of a bitch, but I am sure stuff will happen in future episodes. It is also good to see Lionel is still trying to "help".

Score: 4 / 5