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Smallville – Jitters

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Smallville - Jitters

Smallville Saturday takes us back to the time Earl Jenkins (Tony Todd) took hostages at the Smallville plant demanding LuthorCorp fix his deteriorating medical condition he blames on mineral poisoning caused by an explosion at the facility which Lionel Luther (John Glover) covered up. While Earl is correct in all his claims, there’s a lack of evidence to support them. That, and the worsening of his condition, lead to Earl taking matters into his own hands in a desperate search for a possible cure. While the meteor rocks do have an effect on the guest-star of the episode, the differences to the script involving a worker exposed to questionable scientific experiments (and in making Earl a Kent family friend) make it a standout from the other meteor-freaks the show introduced over the first-half of the season, most of whom revel in their new powers.

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Smallville – Craving

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Smallville Saturday takes us back to the time Amy Adams came to Smallville. Guest-starring as an overweight teen obsessed with shedding pounds, Jodi Melville (Adams) gets her wish when her meteorite-infused vegetable shakes shed her body fat but also leave her with insatiable cravings. Making her a friend of Clark‘s (Tom Welling) offers early clues to what is going on, and the episode giving Jodi a crush on Pete (Sam Jones III) gives him something more to do in the episode as well.

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My Adventures with Superman – Zero Day

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The two-part “Zero Day” explores the reasons behind Task Force X’s bigoted and racist views on Superman (Jack Quaid) which continue in this episode as their controlled soldiers but the Man of Steel down. The major weakness of the show continues to be its villains which unfortunately is more evident when they are given more screentime. The big reveal in the episodes is apparently Kryptonians, or someone using Kryptonian technology, invaded Earth decades earlier doing rather minimal damage outside of a single government group that included Amanda Waller (Debra Wilson) and General Lane (Joel de la Fuente). Of course, the flashbacks we get don’t explain just who from Krypton might have been involved, what their goal was, or why  the short incursion simply stopped.

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Smallville – Hourglass

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Smallville Saturday takes us back to another episode of the series where those changed by meteor rock will affect Clark‘s (Tom Welling) life. While volunteering at the Smallville Retirement Center, Clark, Pete (Sam Jones III), and Lana (Kristin Kreuk) meet a pair of interesting people in Cassandra Carver (Jackie Burroughs), a woman who can see the future and foretells the death of someone close to Clark, and Harry Volk (George Murdock and Eric Christian Olsen) a murderer who is transformed into his younger self by the meteor-filled pond on the grounds and begins targeting the descendants of the jury who convicted him… including one named Kent.

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My Adventures with Superman – Kiss Kiss Fall in Portal

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“Kiss Kiss Fall in Portal” seeks to take advantage of the current interest in the multiverse in an episode that introduces us to Lois Lanes from across dimensions who banded together to form this series’ version of the Council of Ricks. A small group of Lanes intercept Lois (Alice Lee) and Jimmy (Ishmel Sahid) while elsewhere Clark (Jack Quaid) is being tricked by Mr. Mxyzptlk (David Errigo Jr.) into increasing his power. This version of Mxyzptlk isn’t so much the prankster seeking mischief, but a deceiver wanting to accrew great power.

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