Tom Welling |
Clark Kent/Kal-El of Krypton |
Allison Mack |
Chloe Sullivan |
Cassidy Freeman |
Tess Mercer |
Justin Hartley |
Oliver Queen/Green Arrow |
Jessica Parker Kennedy |
Bette/Plastique |
Guest Star |
Brendan Fletcher |
Parasite |
Guest Star |
Anna Williams |
Eva Greer |
Guest Star |
Alessandro Juliani |
Dr. Emil Hamilton |
Recurring Role |
Mike Dopud |
Tess' Assistant |
Recurring Role |
Trivia: Tess' shape-shifting assistant, Eva Greer, shares her last name with Tina Greer, another shape-shifter introduced in the season 1 episode "X-Ray."
Tess: Well, you seem to be taking my open door policy a little liberally these days, don't you?
Clark: I guess I assumed after you ambushed me at my barn and accused me of being an alien Jesus, we had dropped any formalities.
Tess: You know, I can't say that the sarcasm adds to your core charm, but please, come in.
Dr. Emil: When it comes to affairs of the heart, everyone uses secrets and lies to protect the ones they love.
Oliver: You're always very perceptive. You know, I like that in a woman. It's a turn-on.
Tess: If I remember correctly, when it comes to the opposite sex, there's little that doesn't turn you on.
Oliver: All you cared about was saving the planet.
Tess: Oh, I still want to save the planet. It's just some of the people that I could do without.
Oliver: Put your ego aside. You have a responsibility.
Clark: My responsibility is to do what's right. Like it or not, we stand for something. We set an example for others to follow and if we don't, then we're no better than the people we fight.
Oliver: I'm not your enemy, Clark.
Clark: Then who are you?
Tess: But the truth is that's out of your hands now. You can't avoid your fate.
Clark: Lex did teach me one thing. The word "fate" is used by people who've lost sight of who they are.
International Airdates:
Norway: Saturday, May 23, 2009 on TVNorge
Sweden: Friday, October 9, 2009 on TV6
Czech Republic: April 13, 2010 on TV Nova
Turkey: July 25, 2010 on CNBC-e
Slovakia: June 21, 2012 on Markiza
Injoke: Clark mentions he's at the corner of Marshall and Beeman, a reference to James Marshall and Greg Beeman, producers on the show.
Neutron
Neutron first appeared in Action Comics #525 and was created by Marv Wolfman and Joe Staton. Petty thug Nathaniel Tryon was caught in a nuclear meltdown and transformed into sentient nuclear energy. Tryon was able to give himself a body of sorts using a containment suit, and has super-strength and the ability to project nuclear blasts.
Livewire
Livewire first appeared in Superman: The Animated Series and was voiced by Lori Petty. A Metropolis radio shock jock, Leslie Willis, the woman was struck by lightning during a rock concert and was transformed into a being of pure electricity. She was later introduced into the comic book continuity in Action Comics #835 by Gail Simone and John Byrne.
Parasite
In the comics, the Parasite first appeared in Action Comics #340 and was created by Jim Shooter. Raymond Maxwell Jensen was exposed to contaminated biohazard material and gained the ability to drain energies from individuals. He battled Superman on numerous occasions. Post-Crisis, Darkseid engineered another man, Rudy Jones, to gain similar powers. Typically, the Parasite has been a bald purple-skinned humanoid who can gain the superpowers, intellect, and memories of anyone he touches. The powers typically revert back to the person they're stolen from after an indeterminate period of time.
Erica Durance, Aaron Ashmore, and Sam Witwer are credited but don't appear.
Oliver: Something tells me that not having beauty to soothe the beast...
Referencing the traditional fairy tale La Belle et la Bête, first published in 1740. The plot has varied over the centuries, but basically tells the tale of a man who is required to give up his daughter as a gift to a horrendous humanoid Beast as recompense for trespassing. The daughter, Belle, falls in love with the Beast but eventually leaves. The lovers are reunited and the Beast is transformed back into a handsome prince. Many movie versions exist, the most famous being the 1946 version directed by Jean Cocteau, and the Disney animated version in 1991, as well as a loosely-based television series (1987-89).
Chloe: Clark, I just survived a Gothic romance with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
Referencing the novella, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, written in 1886 by Robert Louis Stevenson. In this novella, researcher, Dr. Jekyll, creates a serum that inadvertently unleashes the bestial side of the human personality by creating a second personality. Dr. Jekyll's second personality goes by the name, "Mr. Hyde." The novella has since inspired dozens of book, movie, and TV adaptations and parodies. For example, a Marvel comics villain with similar powers bears the name, Mr. Hyde. And this same literary character (Mr. Hyde) has also appeared in Alan Moore's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, where he met his death in the second volume.
Parasite: We should be hunting down Godzilla before he tears down Metropolis.
Referencing the most famous of giant Japanese monsters, who made his screen debut in Godzilla (1954). Originally a parable on the dangers of nuclear war in the aftermath of the World War II bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Godzilla spawned three separate movie series where he battled aliens and other giant monsters, and appeared in two TV cartoon series, several comics, and an American remake in 1998.
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