Tomb

Season 5, Episode 14, Aired
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Chloe is possessed by the spirit of a young girl whose body is sealed in the Talon's walls, and goes searching for the girl's killer while Clark and Lois try to track her down.
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  • I like Chloe, but this is the worst Smallville episode ever.

    1.3
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    By nikomatic, Jul 05, 2010 Report Abuse
    I can't believe how dull this was! I fast-forwarded through some of the ep, and that's a thing I usually don't do.
    This episode was very badly written: Chloe gets possessed by the ghost of some girl whose body happened to be hidden in the wall of Lois' apartment - Or does she? In the end, the viewer doesn't know if Chloe's body was taken over completely or maybe just a little or if she just knew everything the dead wall-girl knew.
    Watching this episode, I had the hunch that they'd probably hired some writer who usually doesn't write television or movie scripts but the "warning!" labels for microwaves. Seriously, some of that dialogue came straigt from Hell...!

    What annoyed me the most is the by now copyrighted Lana-and-Clark-in-the-Barn moment at the end of the episode that the producers feel we need to have every time. Sure, it's necessary in order to keep the 13-year-old Kristin Kreuk fanbase watching, but for the rest of the viewers, it's just painful. Also, it made no sense at all this time.
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  • I liked the episode. It wasn't perfect, as the story was a bit shaky to begin with (I mean Chloe is possessed by a ghost and no one even finds it strange), but I love Smallville, and I still found this episode to be good in it's own way...moreless

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    By luvtheheaven, May 09, 2010 Report Abuse
    Well, it definitely wasn't the best episode ever, but I actually WAS really into it... Let me evaluate how much I actually liked i... It was suspenseful, exciting, and sweet witth a very unusual turn of events.
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    Looking back... They didn't explain how ghosts just all of a sudden are accepted as one of those "oh yeah, being possessed, forgot that might be a viable alternative explanation to being crazy" things. And ghosts aren't really "Smallville"'s thing. (More like "Supernatural".) So the episode wasn't perfect, but still...

    Bringing back the fact that Lex was in Belle Reeve and that Chloe's mom is in an asylum (and left her when she was young) always scores points with my rating system. I love continuity in episodes! I almost cried during the conversation between Clark and Chloe about her and her mom- and the ending scene was SO sweet!

    I loved the set-up. Lois wasn't too annoying on screen- and her love for Chloe is pretty cool to see displayed. I loved how Clark didn't save the day, even though he tried. I really enjoyed the dramatic irony in the beginning: when the audience knew that Chloe probably didn't cut her wrists and probably isn't crazy, when Clark knew that Chloe DOES have a history of mental illness AND has a secret she thinks she can't tell anyone, etc. There were so many of these parts that I loved that I have to say that the episode was really quite good. And the end- when Lana and Clark discussed what they didn't tell each other and re-established that they ARE a couple now... I don't even know what to think of that. It was good, I guess. And as for the episode- pretty good too!moreless

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  • This was a bad written and poorly acted eposode about a ghost getting revenge for a murder.

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    By Jim_TV, May 09, 2010 Report Abuse
    I started loosing interest in the first half of the show. I was already sitting at my computer before the show ended. I just never felt emotionally involoved with the characters because of the far fetched story line. Chloe was never going to commit suicide so the plot was fake. It was a bunch of friends doing weird things behind each other's backs for reasons they never understand. There is nothing in this episode that could not have been written into a bad Twilight Zone episode. Nothing was really related to Superman other than the the bracelet and that could easily have been substituted with some illegal drug. Come on now, let's starting writing better episodes where Clark continues to grow into the real Superman. Enough of these filler episodes.moreless

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  • Wow. You guys...

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    By RogerMarket, May 09, 2010 Report Abuse
    I'm only writing this because a lot of the reviews here are horrible. It's so sad to see that people don't know how (or don't care) to spell correctly or use any punctuation whatsoever.

    It's extremely difficult to take someone's opinion seriously when he or she can't get it out.

    That said, all the reviewers have pointed out some interesting things, and a lot of them are very critical of the episode, BUT I still liked it overall. Allison Mack is a wonderful actress, and Chloe is a great character. Despite its holes, this episode was great, visually. Though the writing was not the greatest, that is not the only thing I look for in a TV show; I heavily consider the artistic elements of the episode that have nothing to do with the story and the writing (special effects, lighting, camera movements that have symbolism, etc.).

    THAT said, I'm going to give this episode a 9.9. It may not deserve it, but it also doesn't deserve a 1.0 or a 2.0.moreless

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  • Pretty Average Episode

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    By superman8119, May 09, 2010 Report Abuse
    I thought this episode was ok, Chloe is in the bathroom and is getting ready, and a sprit makes her cut her wrists, so they send her to the hospital, and they want to put her in a sycotric ward, but Clark won't let that happen he takes her back to the talon, and Chloe says to Clark to look in the wall, and see if there is someone in there,so Clark looks in there and see a body,so they call they police, but Chloe gets possosed by the girl, and looks to confront her killer, so she finds him, and finds out Lois is being hold hostage also, so they are down there, and Chloe tells the guy how he killed the girl,and tricks him into trying to kill her again, But th girl takes the man's sprit and kills him, Prety Average typical episode.moreless

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    • In the final scene when Chloe is walking up to her mother, who has her back to her looking out of the window, in the different shots, the mother's hair goes from inside her dressing gown to outside to inside to outside again. Edit
    • After Clark tells Chloe to get some rest she dumps her purse and pulls out her drivers license and a "License to carry stun gun." However, in most states, Kansas included, stun guns and tasers do not require a license or permit. New York and New Jersey are the only states where they are prohibited. However, the state of Illinois does require a permit. Edit
    • Why wasn't there any follow up therapy visits for Chloe? Once again possession (even if it can't be proven) seems to be a free "Get Out of Jail Free" card in Smallville. Most likely she would be remanded to the psych ward for a full mental evaluation which would then determine her course of treatment. Edit

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    • Deleted Scenes: 1. Clark setting Chloe free before she is sent to Belle Reve. 2. Lois is asking Michael on how a dead body ended up in the walls. Michael tells her that a similar event happened before. 3. Lana thanks Lex for looking out for Chloe. Lex says that while he might not always go about it the right way, he just wants to help his friends. Edit
    • John Schneider is still credited as Jonathan Kent in the opening credits even though he isn't shown in the episode. Edit
    • Unlike most episodes, "Tomb" aired with a "Parental Discretion Advised" warning and was labeled TV-14. Edit

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    • Lois: (to Clark) Can you not do anything ridiculous for five minutes? Edit
    • Clark: Why haven't you gone to see her? Chloe: Well because, because I'm afraid. I mean what if I look in her eyes and I see myself? Clark: What if you wait too long and you never get the chance to look into her eyes again? She's your mother, she always will be. It's not going to change no matter what. Edit
    • Martha: There's an awful lot of your father in you. Clark: I hope so. Edit

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    • Lex: She'll have the best doctors this side of Vienna within the hour. An allusion to psychotherapist Sigmund Freud, who studied and practiced in Vienna. Edit
    • Lois: If it makes her feel better, I don't care if Daffy Duck whacks her with a mallet! This is an obvious allusion to Daffy Duck, the black duck in most "Bugs Bunny" cartoons, in which Daffy is usually competing with Bugs Bunny not to get shot by Elmer Fudd. He usually does this by trying to hurt Bugs with all sorts of objects (including mallets), but ends up hurting himself with those objects. Daffy Duck is owned by Warner Brothers, who also owns the Superman rights. Edit

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