'Smallville': Clark conquers Zod's Zombieland
"Smallville" joins that elite fraternity of great television shows that feature a zombie themed episode. On the whole, it ranked slightly below the effort by "Dallas," but certainly better than the forgettable effort done by "Hill Street Blues."It's the end of the world as we know it, and aside from a needle bruise, Clark feels fine. Everyone else... not so much. You see, one of Zod's loyal subjects took it upon himself to spread quite the nasty zombie virus. First up in the Metropolis Metropolitan Area rampage is Tess, who can't be saved despite the worst bodyguards this side of the Mississippi AND a turn as Beatrix Kiddo.
Lois and Clark, for the lack of anything better to do, decide to visit Tess in the hospital. It's here that it becomes painfully obvious she has something a bit more severe than the swine flu. After getting tossed across the room, Lois decides there's an actual story here and saunters off to the Daily Planet. Clark swipes a blood sample and delivers it to Chloe and Dr. Hamilton at Watchtower. Even this advanced technology takes a while to determine an active enzyme in the zombie blood can be linked back to none other than Davis Bloome. The good doctor determines he can kick out an antidote in no time... if only there was someone else in the world with Davis' blood type. Hmmm...
Speaking of Clark, he arrives at the Planet just in time to help Lois kick some zombie tail. Bodies fly all around, but Lois and Clark emerge victorious in the Battle for Newspaper superiority. The win comes at a cost as Lois is found to be bleeding from the arm. Analysis from Dr. Hamilton reveals she'll be fine, so long as she stays awake. Obviously, Clark needs to save the world, so he leaves his lady love in the hands of the quite capable Oliver Queen... except no, not so much. More on the continuing self-destruction of the Green Arrow in a moment.
Lois has transformed into the beast Clark feared, and boy do they have it out in the Daily Planet newsroom, even spilling out into the streets. Before it gets too ugly, Chloe and Dr. Hamilton literally fly in to save the day. Using Clark's blood (drawn from a liquid kryptonite needle, no less), they seed the rain clouds covering Metropolis with the antidote, saving the city from certain doom. Good thing too, because Clark was really growing tired of Lois' mean left hook.
As for Oliver... well we see him descend further into a pitiful shell of his former self. He initiates a police pursuit out of apparent sheer boredom, still pissed that Clark didn't off Davis Bloome when he had the chance. He's such a mess that when he beds the arresting officer, she doesn't believe him when she spots a hidden camera in his belt buckle. If only he knew Chloe was spying on him, hoping he would get the League back together to save himself AND the world. Of course, that's pretty hard to do when you're drunk and burning your superhero costume in an alley.We do eventually get to see Zod, as the flunky who spread the virus did so without the Major's knowledge. This foot soldier is about to meet a swift death, until he reveals the grand plan; apparently he knew the antidote would come from a fellow Kryptonian's blood-inspired rain shower... so now they've been able to confirm the presence of the son of Jor-El. Good for Zod, not so good for the kneeling underling as the Major kills him anyway. He seems inspired by an old-school king, I think.
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Maybe someone else should be recapping Smallville. You are obviously not a fan and you completely missed the fact that Season 9 is fast becoming the best season of Smallville ever. Not only can't I believe this is actually Smallville but they finally are going full-tilt Clois and it's amazing! The epic love story is here at last and I can't wait for more.
Lois was bleeding from a wound in her thigh, not the arm. Made for quite a sexy little scene when Clark bandaged it with a piece of his shirt.
Wow, you seem very bored writing this. Which of course makes for a not so fun review.
How can anyone possibly think this is the best season of smallville, the earlier seasons were obviously a lot better (just take a look at the ratings difference) because it was something different now it is just "lois and clark the new adventures of the red blue blur" which was done a lot better by dean cain and teri hatcher. The only people that like this show now are clark and lois fans because that is all that is left. Seriously if it was any other woman fighting zombies with clark u would think this storyline was terrible and it is going to be the same with every other episode of season 9 u think its great because it is all lois and clark if u open ur eyes to the real storylines and take erica durance and tom welling out of the picture u would not like it this show.
@wtf25... I actually think this is shaping up to be one of the better seasons in quite a while. If you think the show is so bad just don't watch it. And with the extra time you will have on your hands, you should take a class on using puncuation in your sentences. That way they can be read instead of deciphered.
I still don't think that Green Arrow's downward spiral is justified by the storyline.
I agree, this is the best season of Smallville. Who knew, after eight years it could be reinvigorated. It feels like a new show. The direction, the coherent storylines. The show even looks better (lightening, shots, etc.). This is the first time in a very long while that I've been impressed with this show. I can't wait to see what happens this season. But I do agree with some of the people above, I'm not sure if you even watched this episode.
The series has taken a turn for the better.Mr welling has put sometime in the gym and its to great effect hes looking more like the character should.Additionally in taking more off-camera responsibility Tom is putting himself on the line.The storylines are a joy for any fans of "Superman"
I have not seen it as i am @ the Uk. It must be a good episode if everyone says so :)
Dude, I agree with KaceyKat and Le. You seem unenamoured with the show. And there wasn't even a recap last week, was there? Or is it hidden somewhere, b/c I never saw it pop up.
I'm still sucked into this show, and I'll watch it 'til the end. But man, they have got to trim Dr Hamilton's sideburns. Alessandro Juliani is looking like a Elvis impersonator! LOL