Witness

Season 2, Episode 20, Aired
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Clark runs up against super-strong robbers who are apparently tied to LexCorp. And Chloe begins to ally with Lionel, while Lana and Henry Small bond.
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  • this was a really good ep

    8.5
    "Great"
    By cube2k8, May 10, 2010 Report Abuse
    in this ep of smallville clark sees a truck being robbed by robbers he does not think nothing much until they show that they have incredialbe strenth and knock him quite a distance. clark tells his family and wants to investgate so him and pete go look at the baseball feild because clark reconizes one of the people an they go to smallville. so he goes and watches one of them hit and how he can hit monster home runs. he hit s one at clark to send a message. clark decides to follow them and leads to a bandoned building were clark sees them using loads of krytponite refinding it and then inhealing it. clark gets over powered by them and they through clark into a incineratorer. clark comes out of it and clark tells the police and he gets taken in by them but clark had realized earler they were luthor corp trucks that were doing it lex sets something up but its only so help his benfit to see what his dad is doing it back fires but clark was laready in the truck . and saves the day and the guy gets sent away. this was a really cool ep i thougt.moreless

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  • Masked thugs rob a Luthercorp truck on a dark road, and toss Clark into the ditch when he attempts to intervene. One is a Smallville High student, and Clark must fight to find the source of his super-powers and put the perps down.moreless

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    By cxtasy, Sep 04, 2008 Report Abuse
    Clark attempts to foil a late-night truck robbery, only to be thrown aside easily; the crooks can match his super-powers. Clark spots one of the thieves in school, and we see that a meteor-rock inhalant is the power source.

    Lionel is back to congratulate Lex on his engagement to Helen Bryce, and sees Chloe's Torch article (with easy-to-spot punctuation errors) about the truck robbery being linked to Luthorcorp, but Lex denies involvement. The side story has Lana getting closer to birth-pop Henry Small (Patrick Cassidy).

    Clark and Chloe battle over the Torch deadlines - or is it really Lana? - and Clark packs his files and quits. Our thugs are brewing up small beakers of meteor-tock cocktail in an oddly-outsized furnace, giving them the ability to fling Clark into the kiln, but he just won't be fired - although his clothes will.

    Jennifer clues Lana into her pending divorce, virtually blaming Lana for absorbing all Henry's time. Lionel meets Chloe, but rebuffs her attempt to get details on the truck robbery cargo. Lex tries the same on jailed perp Eric, who has strung up the Kents in their own barn. Has Clark met his match? Lex reveals to Clark (in the midst of some annoying steadicam spinning) that the cargo was meteor rocks, and he sets a trap for the thieves, but Clark intervenes anyway, and the stunt crew takes some mighty hard knocks before Clark prevails.

    Lana's story with Henry wraps with her urging him to reconcile with Jennifer. Lionel offers a donation to Chloe's journalism efforts, but is he trying to influence her to go easy on the Luthorcorp exposes? Of course! Other than the Lionel - Chloe relationship being established, this episode is pretty routine. Re-run rating C.moreless

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  • Clark is a Snitch...and Chloe's a B!%@#

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    By lenzinoH20, Apr 15, 2008 Report Abuse
    Witness-Clark runs up against super-strong robbers who are apparently tied to LexCorp. And Chloe begins to ally with Lionel, while Lana and Henry Small bond. A very entertaining episode that sees Clark being tested physically by some worthy opponents. Most of the meteor freaks up to this point have been barely a match for Clark and it's nice to have ones that actually are. Continuing the Home Improvement reunion this season, Zachery Ty Bryan guest stars and gives a good performance as Eric Marsh. The action set pieces are aslso great throughout the episode, like the big fight towards the end. This is the first time Clark actually strategizes during a fight and I loved how he used his other powers to win. It was very Superman-eqse.

    I also liked the sub-plot with Lana (surprise, surpise!) It was a tough situation for Lana to be in as she had to sacrifice her own father so she could save his marriage. It's great character development for the character and shows Lana making a tough but right decision. My only grip with the episode Chloe! The whole fight between her and Clark was yet another jelous Lana induced spat. The issue of Clark not being there for Chloe becuase of Lana was already addressed in the first season! Do we really need a weepy, angry Chloe walking around whinning about that again? Yet at the same time, this is where the Lionel and Chloe partnership begins and becomes a great little side storyline for the rest of the season into Season 3. All and All, a pretty solid episode with good opponents and developments despite Chloe being an unbearable b!%@# throughout.moreless

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  • Great Episode

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    By Beer75, Aug 22, 2007 Report Abuse
    A group of thieves hijack a LuthorCorp van, and steal a shipment of refined green meteor rock. Clark stumbles upon the robbery, but is no match for them. It turns out that they are manufacturing and inhaling liquid kryptonite, which leads to enhanced strength. Lionel offers to fund the Torch and a position at the Daily Planet, if Chloe does an investigative report on Clark. In this episode, Lana Lang is the pivot of two separations, between Clark and Chloe, and between Jennifer and Henry. The conclusion of the story is flawed, since Eric Marsh and his gang see the abilities of Clark Kent without any further consequences.moreless

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  • Action packed

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    By sazloo07, Apr 12, 2007 Report Abuse
    Plenty of action in this episod which is always good :) Some guys are becoming superstrong by inhaling Kryptonite. I enjoyed the scene towards the end when Clark kicks there butts, but usually when Clark his hit with something like a pipe, it breaks, especially with that force. I am a big chloe fan, but this episode is the beginning of her annoying me for a few episodes, her teaming up with Lionel is nothing but jealousy over Lana and Clarks relationship. And Lionel is a slippery weasel! - 'You know journalists are the midwives of history. Perhaps with my help we could... make history together.' Thank god she sees sense!moreless

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    • When Clark was thrown into the furnace by Eric and his gang, Eric opened and closed the iron door of the furnace with bare hands. Even if he was super strong, Eric's hands should have been burnt. Edit
    • There's some liquid kryptonite outside the fire chamber, but Clark isn't weakened by it. Edit
    • When Clark is thrown into the furnace, the thieves make a getaway in their truck. You can hear the usual sounds of an accelerating engine as it's driving away. However, the brake lights are on. Edit

  • Notes

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    • This marks the final appearance of Patrick Cassidy as Henry Small. Edit
    • Music: "Room To Bleed" by Ben Lee, "Anybody Listening" by Marty Irwin/Peter Northcote, "The World Outside" by Paloalto, "Gone Away" by Stretch Nickel, "Swing, Swing" by The All-American Rejects, "Safe Enough To Wake Up" by The Ben Taylor Band, and "No Blue Sky" by The Thorns. Edit

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    • Lionel: You know journalists are the midwives of history. Perhaps with my help we could... make history together. Edit
    • Pete: Meanwhile, in Lana Land, it looks like your ship's finally come in. Clark: Oh, me and ... Pete: ...just friends. You better invest in a new set of cue cards, Clark. I've never seen her so happy. Edit

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    • Sheriff Adams: The driver--he came to long enough to tell us about the "aliens" that trashed his truck. Don't worry now. You can use your one call to phone home. "Phone home" is a sly reference to the movie E.T. which has the line, "E.T. phone home." Edit
    • Pete: I didn't know quitting was an option. Alludes to the line in True Lies, "Fear is not an option." It also echoes the line in Apollo 13, 'Failure is not an option." Edit
    • Clark: When did he go from zero to hero?
      Clark's line matches the promo line for Disney's Hercules movie, with the superstrong Greek hero. Edit

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