Smallville - S6E8

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An emergency at the Luthor mansion leads to Lex being trapped in another dimension. Clark travels to Seattle to follow a lead on a possible Zoner.

This episode begins in Lana's room where Lex shows up to impart his feelings to her. They are interrupted when an alarm in the mansion sounds and they head for the panic room. Along the way, something happens to Lex and he disappears. The next day, Lana tries to get answers first from Lionel and then Chloe. Chloe tells Clark about Lex, but Clark opts instead to go to Seattle where a freighter came into port with a possible Zoner on board. Chloe and Lana try to find out what they can about something called 142 through Lex's computer. Somehow, Lex is also in the room with them, but can't communicate or touch them. Chloe is unable to hack the hard drive, so she takes it with her. Lionel, after Lana's visit and discussion about 142, makes a mysterious phone call. Clark shows up an Seattle and finds out that the victims on board the freighter had their bones completely removed. He encounters the man/thing, but it reveals that it isn't a Zoner before knocking Clark away, making his getaway. Back at the Daily Planet, Chloe gets into the files and her and Lana see the video footage of Lex disappearing. Lana then receives a phone call from the man responsible for Lex's disappearance. They meet and he reveals that he was affected by the meteor storm the previous year, able to move between frequency dimensions, and she wants to show Lana the secret lab Lex created to experiment on the freaks. When they get to 33.1, everything is gone. The man becomes angry with Lex and demands to know where the experiments went, but Lex doesn't know. At the Planet again, Jimmy tells the girls he found Lex's voice and that he could possibly jam the frequency to bring him back. In Seattle, Clark faces down the thing again, but is saved by something/someone new. When he confronts the new person, its eyes light up and he flies away, leaving Clark stunned. At the Luthor mansion, Lana hopes Lex is listening when she reveals that she is pregnant. The man with the powers then shows up and threatens her life if Lex doesn't tell him where 33.1 is now. Jimmy shows up and knocks the guy away from Lana, but he and Lana go to Lex's frequency while Jimmy and Chloe try to bring them back. Lex is able to get the knife away from the guy and kills him right before the frequency is jammed. Chloe goes to the Kent residence to find Clark, who is agitated by the new hero. The episode ends with Lex proposing to Lana.

This was a better than average episode and I liked the concurrent story lines. It was nice to see someone other than Clark take on the meteor freaks for once. It certainly was an interesting concept in having the frequency's be different dimensions and it turned out that Jimmy had the bright ideas. Dark Lana is spiraling further and further from being good, as she is starting to alienate even Chloe. The proposal wasn't a shocker, but I am not sure what happens next. As for the Clark story, I am beginning to wonder how the Zoners are so much more powerful than Clark. He is Superman; shouldn't be able to at least be on equal footing with them? As for the mystery guest, I am very intrigued as to who/what this is. Glowing eyes and flight ... no clue.

Score: 4 / 5