Pariah

Season 4, Episode 12, Aired
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When a mysterious killer strikes at both Lana and Jason, Alicia is the leading suspect and even Clark comes to doubt her innocence. Feeling betrayed, she secretly tricks Clark into revealing his powers in front of one of his friends. And Genevieve returns to town with an offer for Lex, who in turn has an offer for Jason.moreless
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  • An ultimate burial of such a beautiful character!

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    By BigTony8719, Apr 20, 2011 Report Abuse
    You know this was just a burial for the Alicia character all because they wanted to get Clark and Lana back together for season 5. And the fact that see was killed off by a nobody just insults the fans intelligence. This is one of the worst episodes i've ever seen particulary on the fact that this really wasn't an episode to begin with. It was just to kill her off, forget about her and then focus back on Clana. Only good thing in this ep was that Alicia showed Chloe Clarks secret other than that not a very good episodemoreless

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  • Excellent episode with emotional depth.

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    By kuratowski, Jan 08, 2011 Report Abuse
    The pariah of the title is Alicia, who in this episode concludes her guest appearances. She's a little unpopular at Smallville High. After all, she is recovering from treatment for mental illness, and she did previously try to kill Lana and Clark. So she is treated with hostility and suspicion by everyone except Clark (Clark, uniquely, seems to have forgiven her for her past actions, even the red kryptonite incident). So when first Lana and then Jason are attacked by a mysterious person who can sneak past locked doors, Alicia is the prime suspect. After finding her scarf in Jason's car, even Clark starts to suspect that Alicia is guilty.

    The episode does a lot to make Alicia a sympathetic character, a tall order after her previous outings. And it is well constructed to make maximum impact when Alicia gets murdered. Clark's grief at Alicia's death is genuine, he clearly had strong feelings for her. As far as he's concerned he has now lost the one person his own age with whom he could be completely open about his abilities.

    Of course at this stage he is unaware that Alicia has revealed his secret to Chloe. Chloe doesn't spend long over the dilemma of whether to publish (massive story for a journalist) or whether to protect Clark's privacy. Chloe's loyalty to Clark wins the day, of course.moreless

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  • Best in season 4 (excluding commencement)

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    By kal915, Sep 24, 2010 Report Abuse
    I love this continuation of Unsafe. There is, however, something I don't like. Why did they have to kill Alicia? She was the perfect girlfriend for Clark, and it would have increased tension between the already candidates: Lois, Chloe, and Lana. The rest was very good, and it was about time that Chloe found out about Clark's secret. Alicia did say she was going to keep Clark's secret, but by telling Chloe she helped Clark in the future. So Alicia did something that made her memorable throughout the series. I loved Alicia, now I wont have anything else to hope for. Nevertheless, it is a great episode!moreless

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  • they diddnt have to kill her ...

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    By FEVERRR, Apr 29, 2010 Report Abuse
    i dont know why the writers choose to do what they did.. i loved seeing clark and alica ...finally a fresh relationship in clarks life but no wait he cant carry that on cause hes gotta go running to boring dull lana againwho's gonna talk in her strange voice and trying being ms good too shoesI liked alica cause she had this dark side to her which was amazingly matched by clark's pure persona I really wish they had kept her as a regular on the show.....dude why...i dont get it and i'm pretty unhappy about where the story went... and what my mind fails to understand is why the writers are so scared of carrying on stories and the characters. they always have to start and finish a story in one episode.....and then start something different it would be so much better if they learned to build suspense and keep the good characters...sad to see alica goo...she won us over in just 2 episodes what lana has failed to do in over a zillion..moreless

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  • Best episode from season 1-season 4. Only episode of smallville(so far what I have saw) that I found is moving,and Alice is so far the best character in it. A tragic.moreless

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    By pr0teu5, Apr 28, 2010 Report Abuse
    With Alicia cure,our superman have first true(with no lies) relation with a girl. But with their "las vegas" trip,and some odd mystery attack on Lana and Jason,Alicia becomes prime suspect. Which Clark is torn between her and everyone else that tell him that Alice is insane as befor. The main plot continut on Genevieve Teague "playing game" with Lex and Lex in turn try to manipulate Jason.
    It end with tragic,even when Lois help Clark to findout the trues,Clark was not fast enough to save the girl he love. I saw 4 season of smallville so far. The show is ok/good,but it missing some powerfull moment that is moving or sad. I find Lana quite a beauty but annoying sometimes,the same problem is with Chloe. Maybe is because this show mainly is for young people(moreless

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    • Lana takes a shower with candles. One could understand baths with candles but what girl takes a shower with them? Edit
    • When Alicia teleports Chloe into the car, they go from a standing position (at the Torch) immediately to a sitting position (in the car). Why didn't Chloe re-appear in a standing position in the car? Alicia is the teleporter and she knows where's she's going, but she didn't give Chloe a heads-up that they were going to be sitting in a car. Edit
    • Jason is in enough of a rush to find out what's going on with Lana, by breaking down the bathroom door. However, he's not in so much of a rush when he sees her laying down in the tub with the shower curtain wrapped around her. He just kneels down next to the tub and looks at her for a handful of seconds before trying to help her. Edit

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    • When Clark is visiting Alicia's grave, there is another grave nearby with the name Allison Dunn on it, which is the name of the set decorator. Edit
    • This is presumably the last appearance of Sarah Carter as Alicia Baker. Edit
    • Music: "I Love Rock 'N' Roll" by Joan Jett (covered by Allison Mack and Erica Durance), "To Die For" by Dan Zweben. and "Deeper Water" by Minnie Driver. Edit

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    • Alicia: What would you do if somebody told you that you couldn't use your abilities? Clark: I don't know, but I would, I would give them away in a second before I'd use them to hurt someone. Edit
    • Chloe: Lois, if you found out something, something someone didn't want you to know about them, would you tell them? Lois: That depends. Is that person someone you care about? Chloe: Yeah. Lois: And does keeping the secret hurt anyone? Chloe: No. Lois: Then my answer is no. If I really cared about that person, I wouldn't tell them that I knew. But I would go out of my way to be supportive of them so that hopefully, one day, they would be comfortable enough to tell me themselves. Edit
    • Alicia: Chloe Sullivan, ace reporter. You write all these articles about the people you call freaks and you don't even realize that someone close to you is one of them. Edit

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    • Clark: (catching the car)
      When Clark catches the car that Alicia and Chloe were driving in, the way he's standing, the way he holds the car and the camera angle make a recreation of the cover if Action Comics #1--the first appearance ever of Superman. Edit
    • Lois: And the name Alicia Baker came up more than once in a bunny-boiler kind of way.
      In the movie Fatal Attraction Glenn Close's character Alex boils a pet bunny as part of her revenge campaign against Michael Douglas' character, Dan. Edit
    • Sheriff Adams: You flip-flop more than a politician, Kent.
      Reference primarily to Senator John Kerry, who during the 2004 Presidential Election, changed several of his stances on various subjects depending on who he was addressing. The Republican party dubbed Kerry's change in stances as a "flip-flop." The Democrat party responded by claiming Bush flip-flopped, and so it went... Edit

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