Vengeance

Season 5, Episode 13, Aired
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Clark discovers that the new assistant at the Daily Planet, a bespectacled, bumbling woman named Andrea, is actually a mysterious female vigilante who stalks Suicide Slum. Her path crosses Clark's as they both seek the same criminal. Meanwhile, Clark's bottled-up grief threatens to get the best of him and LuthorCorp experiences a shakeup.moreless
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  • Vengeance Wears A Mask!

    7.5
    "Good"
    By lenzinoH20, Apr 23, 2011 Report Abuse
    Vengeance-Clark discovers that the new assistant at the Daily Planet, a bespectacled, bumbling woman named Andrea, is actually a mysterious female vigilante who stalks Suicide Slum. Her path crosses Clark's as they both seek the same criminal. Meanwhile, Clark's bottled-up grief threatens to get the best of him and LuthorCorp experiences a shakeup.

    While not the strongest follow-up to "Reckoning", you can't really write off "Vengeance" as features the saddest scene in Smallville history. Although the A plot was surprisingly average, considering it introduces the Smallville's first full fledge superhero in the form of the Angel of Vengeance. But the only thing awesome about the character is her superhero name. Denise Quinones does nothing special in the female vigilante and the character seems too much like the Clark Kent/ Superman double identity which I'm sure that's what the writers were going for, but it doesn't work. Also, the shots of Angel of Vengeance leaping the buildings of Metropolis look really fake, which takes away from the epic, feel the writers trying to pull off. I do give credit to the writers for trying to create their own superhero, but why couldn't they have used the Huntress instead, whom the Angel of Vengeance resembles a lot like. But what really holds this episode together is Martha and Clark dealing with life after Jonathan's death. The scenes between mother and son hold very strong with Tom Welling giving a great performance throughout. The episode ends with probably the saddest scene of Smallville as Clark enters his home to find Martha watching an old video of him and his father when he was a child. Just the sight of Clark tearing up then breaking down in his mother's arms as see the still image of Jonathan in the back ground was so moving that even I began to tear up and Smallville never makes me cry! If there's any reason you should watch "Vengeance" it's for that scene alone. A truly powerful piece of acting from Tom Welling that I think he has never topped 'til this day!moreless

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  • Catwomen meets Superman meets and acuve ad...patheticly sad epsisode...probably the worst I've ever seen!

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    By violageek, Jan 17, 2011 Report Abuse
    This episode was stupid and pointless...Lana and Clark need to get back together or the show ain't worth watching anymore.



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  • If you want to use Batman, why not just use Batman?

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    By MrRollyPollyCat, Jan 17, 2011 Report Abuse
    Let's see, she's a superhero who does her thing because of her dead parents, she uses the phrase "blind as a bat", she's all about the importance of brains, and let's remember this, whenever that big old strings theme comes up, it's the theme from "Batman: The Animated Series".

    But she ain't Batman, cause Batman's way cooler than this chick, and frankly, not everyone has to be some kind of meteor person. So it comes down to the question, why not just make it Batman, who's got olympic class everything, plus he's a genius, and could humble Clark a bit because he's just a normal person and he does way more than Clark. This way, you could also just avoid her offing the guy and have Clark convince Bruce in the end that he shouldn't take vengence. Clark moves past his father's death, Bruce never becomes a killer, we get to see a twenty-something Batman. Everybody wins!moreless

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  • After the 100th episode I expected something much better, smallville went high at episode 100th and suddenly got down, as in a roller coaster.

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    By milo76, Jan 17, 2011 Report Abuse
    I really waited for this episode and it disappointed me. This serie started quite OK, but now I am getting tired of the little adventures used as fillers, If this continues I'll quit this show

    Seeing this Cat woman, Zorra girl, or whatever was wasted time, if I see her again I'll change the channel.

    Better luck for the next episode.

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  • Clark's grief.

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    By costas22, Dec 07, 2009 Report Abuse
    It's hard to follow an episode like Reckoning. Where do you go from there? How do Clark and Martha get on with their lives? I think that Vengeance turned into a very good episode. Clark's grief was handlev very well and it felt realistic. Martha(being the older and more mature one) also grieved, but you could tell how differently she was handling it. This episode achieved something very vital. Clark got over his grief, but at the same time hept his morality intact and showed why the future Superman's ethics are second to none. Hopefully the Angel of Vengeance will take some pages of his book. Another great thing about this episode was Chloe's role. Season 5 was a time when she was practically part of the Kent family. It hasn't been the same ever since unfortunately.

    Undoubtedly, the best part of this episode is the final scene. It was a gold scene. Everythig fell into place perfectly: Annete O' Toole's and Tom Welling's reactions as well as the sad music. It was the saddest scene in Smallville history, but one that featured Tom Welling's best acting on this show to date. Fantastic scene.

    Bring on Tomb.moreless

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    • Andrea stated that she had her heart transplant six months ago and one of the thugs later explained that it was Lionel Luthor who hired him to kill Andrea's mother. Six months ago, Lionel was in a catatonic state at Belle Reve from the events of "Commencement" so he couldn't be behind it. Edit
    • In the beginning when the muggers attack Martha, they throw the box and cloths that she brought on the ground. After the Angel saves Martha and takes off, the camera zooms out and the clothes and box are nowhere to be seen. Edit
    • When Chloe is typing up her story about the vigilante, she's also typing up the headline in big, front page-style letters. However, she's just a writer, who has no say in how the story looks (or where it's located) once it's printed. She should just be typing it up in a regular word processor so it can be sent to the Layout department, who are the ones who handle that sort of thing. Edit

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    • Injoke: Angel of Vengeance is wearing glasses while she's posing as Andrea Rojas, the same as Superman was while he was posing as Clark Kent in the original movies and comics. Edit
    • The title of this show as shown on "Tivo" was called "Vengenance." Edit
    • John Schneider receives his normal up-front credit but is only featured briefly in pre-recorded original (rather then recycled) video footage near the end. His final words on the videotape are, appropriately, "Bye bye." Edit

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    • Clark: I should've listened to you, Chloe. You tried to warn me. I had my hand around that guy's throat. And I thought that if I just kept squeezing the life out of him, it would make everything right again. Chloe: God, Clark. But you didn't. Clark: No. Chloe What made you stop? Clark: My dad's voice. (smiles) This is gonna sound weird, but I...I could hear him. He was always the one who kept me from going over the edge when I was too close. Chloe: It's too bad Andrea didn't step back in time. I think Metropolis could really use someone like her right now. Edit
    • Martha: He's trying to find those guys, isn't he? Chloe, I know you have a lot of secrets you have to keep, but this isn't one of them. Chloe: He feels really guilty about the watch. Martha: And me? Chloe Well, honestly, I think right now he's willing to feel anything except for the pain of saying goodbye. Martha: But that doesn't keep it from being real. The more he refuses to go through this, the worse it's gonna get. Chloe I know. I'm trying to do everything I can, but I don't think denial's that unusual. Martha: But Clark is. He's gotta take all those emotions out somewhere. Chloe: Or on someone. Martha: And when he does, I'm afraid of what might happen. We both know what he's capable of. Edit
    • Andrea: Sorry, but there are people down there who need a lot more help than finding some missing Timex. Clark: It belonged to my dad. Andrea: You lost him, didn't you? And you can't say goodbye. Clark: What makes you say that? Andrea: Because I've never been able to. My mom and I were coming home from my gymnastics meet. And these two guys mugged us. I didn't even feel the knife go into my heart. When I looked up, I saw her lying there. And they walked away, laughing. Clark: Is that why you do this? Andrea: She dedicated her life to this group, Akrada. They fought the gangs, the dealers, even the suits who wanted to tear down our homes. She was this... little woman, but she was a badass. Clark: It's not fair. It's not fair to have someone like that just ripped out of your life. Edit

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    • Andrea: Way to put the pieces together, Brenda Starr. Brenda Starr is a comic strip that was introduced in the 1940s by Dale Messick for the Chicago Tribune Syndicate. Brenda is an attractive and audacious reporter with an active romantic life. Edit
    • Batman Allusions There are several Batman allusions scattered throughout the episode, including: 1) When we are introduced to Andrea in Suicide Slum and several times thereafter, the music cue references either Danny Elfman's music cues for Batman in Batman(1989). or the subsequent "borrowing" of those cues for the various Batman animated series. 2) Andrea describes herself as being "blind as a bat" without her contacts 3) Andrea's outfit resembles that of Zorro - Bruce Wayne was inspired to become Batman in part from the Zorro stories 4) Andrea was inspired to fight crime because of the death of her parent at the hands of a mugger. 5) Batman is driven in part by vengeance, which often puts him in conflict with Superman in the post-Crisis universe. Edit
    • Lionel: You know, General MacArthur wore this when he came back to the Philippines. Douglas MacArthur became a brigadier general and the most decorated war veteran of World War I. His fame grew when he was forced to retreat from the Philippines in WWII, vowing, "I shall return". In several years, he did -- as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, he was in charge of the entire war in the Pacific, and later was placed in charge of the occupation of Japan. Subsequently, during the Korean War, he was the obvious person to lead the UN forces there. Direct confrontations with Harry Truman over the conduct of the war eventually led to Truman firing him for insubordination. In his farewell address, he uttered the classic line, "Old soldiers never die, they just fade away." Edit

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