Details
DETAILS
Written by: Brian Peterson & Kelly Souders
Directed by: Kevin Fair
Original Air Date: September 25th, 2009
Official Description: BRIAN AUSTIN GREEN (“TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES’ GUEST STARS AS JOHN CORBEN — Clark (Tom Welling) tells Jor-El he’s ready to start his training, but Jor-El sends him back to Metropolis to cut ties with Lois before he can begin. Chloe (Allison Mack) is shocked when Lois (Erica Durance) suddenly reappears after having been missing for weeks, but Lois has no recollection of vanishing into thin air with the Legion ring. While investigating a monorail crash, Lois meets John Corben (guest star Brian Austin Green), a new reporter at The Daily Planet, with a negative attitude toward the Red-Blue Blur. Chloe begs Clark to use the Legion ring to go back in time to save Jimmy, but he refuses, driving a wedge into their friendship. Meanwhile, Oliver (Justin Hartley) continues down a dark road, and Zod (Callum Blue) arrives at the Luthor mansion.(#3X5251)
Stars:
| Tom Welling as Clark Kent/Superman imdb.com |
Allison Mack as Chloe Sullivan imdb.com |
| Erica Durance as Lois Lane imdb.com |
Cassidy Freeman as Tess Mercer imdb.com |
| Callum Blue as Zod imdb.com |
Justin Hartley as Oliver Queen/Green Arrow imdb.com |
Guest Stars:
| Brian Austin Green as John Corben/Metallo imdb.com |
Terence Stamp as Jor-El (voice) imdb.com |
| Alessandro Juliani as Dr. Emil Hamilton imdb.com |
Monique Ganderton as Alia imdb.com |
| Sharon Taylor as Fiona imdb.com |
Adrian Holmes as Basqat imdb.com |
| Mike Dopud as Security Guard George imdb.com |
Melissa Robertson as Nurse imdb.com |
| Jason Benson as Police Officer imdb.com |
Primo Allon as Referee imdb.com |
| Fraser Aitcheson as Fighter imdb.com |
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Music
MUSIC
“Siegfried’s Funeral Music” by Richard Wagner
TV Promos/ TV Ratings
TV PROMOS
l Promotional Trailer l Savior Preview Clip |
Ratings
TV RATINGS
RATINGS
Total Viewers: CBS: 8.41 million, NBC: 5.93 million, ABC: 5.30 million, Fox: 2.69 million, CW: 1.83 million
Adults 18-49: CBS: 2.0/7, NBC: 1.4/5, ABC: 1.7/6, Fox: 1.0/4, CW: 0.8/3
The premiere of SMALLVILLE scored CW’s best performance in the Friday 8pm hour among adults 18-34 (1.0/4), adults 18-49 (1.0/4) and total viewers (2.5mil) in a year (Sept. 26 2008 – Smackdown). Versus premiere night last year, Smallville outperformed CW’s comedies by +25% in adults 18-49 and +25% in total viewers.
Final ratings:
HH week of: 1.6/3
A18-49 Week of: 1.0/4
A18-34 Rtg./Shr: 1.1/4
Total Viewers: 2.573 million viewers
Live+7 ratings:
Persons Live+7: 3,389 million viewers
Persons Live+SD: 2,576 million viewers
Increase from Live+SD to Live+7: 24%
Rank: 4
Quotes/References
QUOTES
Jor-El: Kal-El, my son, you are distracted. When you decided to return to your training, I assumed you were ready.
Clark Kent: I’ve been coming here for weeks. I’ve done everything you’ve asked. Why are you questioning me now?
Jor-El: Until today, you had focus. You had cleared your mind and heart of those who had kept you tethered from your human realm.
Clark Kent: If there’s anything that’s keeping me tethered, it’s that I still can’t fly. Have I not earned the same powers that Kara has?
Jor-El:: Your powers lie within you, Kal-El. Your physical composition is no different than your cousin’s.
Clark Kent: You’re saying it’s all in my head?
Jor-El: You still see yourself as a human.
Clark Kent: You’re wrong. I gave up everyone I cared about. I gave up everyone who was important to me. I wear the symbol of our family everyday to remind me that I have a different destiny.
Jor-El: Perhaps you tried to move on too quickly. The test of a true hero is to struggle with feelings of loss and to overcome them, not to avoid them. Something or *someone* is holding you back.
Clark Kent: No. I’ve come this far, and I’m not looking back. I can do this.
John Corben: The infamous blur. You know, the ends doesn’t always justify the means.
Lois Lane: You might want to stick with your night job, detective. Graffiti’s not exactly the Red-Blue Blur’s style.
John Corben: You’re right. It never used to be, back when the guy was happy pulling off a few modest saves, but then suddenly there was no red or blue. It was just the blur. Now he feels he needs to leave his mark all over the city to – I don’t know – to prove something.
Chloe Sullivan: Did Ollie send you? I’ve been calling him nonstop lately.
Dr. Emil Hamilton: I know. But you can stop calling. Obviously, he’s not gonna answer. They’re gone, Chloe. All of them.
Chloe Sullivan: They’re not gone. Ollie, Bart, Dinah – They just vanished off the grid, but they’re…
Dr. Emil Hamilton: They don’t want to be found. Jimmy died because they turned on each other, and now they have to live with that guilt.
Chloe Sullivan: I’m sure that Jimmy’s death is haunting Clark every day, but he still does everything he can to make sure that the streets of Metropolis are still protected.
Dr. Emil Hamilton: He seems to be doing an adequate job without his sidekick.
Zod: I have always been truth to my world and I will find the answers we are looking for or I will die in the quest
SUPERMAN REFERENCES
Clark catches a failing train which is a nod to SUperman’s catchphrase “stronger than a locomotive.”
Clark starts his kryptonian training in the fortress of solitude with Jor-El.
Clark wears a new hero costume in homeage to the suit which Superman wore after the fight with Doomsday in the comics. Furthermore you see the Superman S symbol on his chest.
Clark flying from New York’s Empire State Building even though it was a trail programm from Jor-El.
Zod saying his famous three words – “Kneel Before Zod”.
John Corben kissing Lois but Lois doesn’t approve that like in the comics. Furthermore, John Corben works at the Daily Planet and hates the Blur like in the comics where he hates Superman.
Oliver’s downfall into darkness like in the comics.
