Episode 9.07 – Kandor

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Written by: Turi Meyer & Al Septien
Directed by: Jeannot Szwarc
Original Air Date: November 6th, 2009

Official Description: JOR-EL APPEARS IN SMALLVILLE — Jor-El (guest star Julian Sands) mysteriously arrives at the Kent farm searching for his son, Kal-El, but meets Chloe (Allison Mack) instead. Convinced the Blur is Jor-El, Zod (Callum Blue) enlists Tess’ (Cassidy Freeman) help in finding him to force him to reveal the secret to his powers. Clark (Tom Welling) realizes Jor-El is alive and on Earth and races to find him before Zod does. (#3X5258)

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Clark Kent: I can’t believe my father’s been on Earth all this whole time and Jor-El didn’t tell me.
Oliver Queen: So… So when you say “Jor-El,” are we talking about the guy in your ice-crystal-palace thing?
Clark Kent: He must’ve known what it would mean to me to meet my own father… to speak to an actual person and not just some voice in the Arctic. But again, Jor-El kept me in the dark.
Oliver Queen: Well, I’m sure there’s a reason he didn’t tell you the truth.
Clark Kent: He’s probably afraid that in person, he’s worse than I thought he was.
Oliver Queen: You really mean that, or is that the anger talking?
Clark Kent: There’s… There’s a part of me that I don’t want to meet him at all.
Oliver Queen: Look, man, I… I can’t imagine what its like to live your life. But there is one thing I can relate to, and that’s growing up without parents. Clark, we don’t get a second chance to be with them. And I tell you what, I’d go to hell and back just to wrap my arms around my old man one more time.

Oliver Queen: You know, Clark, if you wanted to bury me in the desert for going on that date with Lois, you could’ve at least taken me to Nevada.
Clark Kent: Oliver, let’s not…
Oliver Queen:I mean, don’t get me wrong, I’m still gonna put up a fight, but maybe we could’ve hit the Strip before the main event, you know what I mean? Maybe a little Blue Man Group. Maybe a little Carrot Top. You know, what I’m getting you next year for Christmas is a sense of humor.

Council Member #1: Jor-El, you stand before the ruling council charged with treason.
Jor-El: The technology I created was intended to heal those afflicted by wars and disease, not to resurrect the dead through cloning.
Council Member #2: The orb will ensure that Krypton’s strongest will endure if our planet is ever destroyed.
Jor-El: But if we send the orb to Earth and it is opened, the clone’s inside will develop extraordinary abilities under their yellow sun. The humans will be powerless against them. We cannot doom another planet’s future to preserve our past.
Council Member #2: Perhaps you should’ve had more faith in your own race. You leave us no choice. The punishment for treason is death.
Zod: Council.
Council Member #1: Major Zod. Your presence is an honor, but this is a closed trial.
Zod: Well, I demand to be heard. I may have driven Black Zero back into the ice, decimating his ranks, but my accomplishments pale in comparison to this man’s. Jor-El… he’s the truest hero I have ever known. He has dedicated his life’s work not to death… or war… but to creation. When Kandor fell, many of our brightest and most promising citizens perished in an instant. Krypton lost mothers… fathers… daughters… sons. What good will come if you extinguish another life unnecessary? I implore you… let Jor-El live.
Council Member #2: Your passion is noted major.
Council Member #1: It is agreed. Jor-El, the council will spare your life. But you are ordered to complete the orb. You must include Major Zod’s DNA and your own. If that fateful day of judgment ever comes to Krypton, our survivors on Earth will be lead by two of our planet’s greatest heroes.
Jor-El: I, Zod, am in your debt.
Zod: Never forget that, my friend.

Chloe Sullivan: If you raced here to see me, it must mean the “I Love Lois” show was preempted this week.
Clark Kent: Come on, you know I always speed over when you call. Although, I may be responsible for your cousin vanishing from prime time.
Chloe Sullivan: I was wondering why she skipped town without saying goodbye. What’s up?
Clark Kent:I, uh… I kissed her.
Chloe Sullivan: Oh, yeah, that would definitely send her packing. I mean, no offense to you, Clark. It’s just Lois’ typical response to intimacy is usually to blow out of town.
Clark Kent: I just don’t know what happened, I went over to talk to her and the next thing I know, I couldn’t stop myself.
Chloe Sullivan: Yeah, I’m not surprised, Clark. You’ve had feelings for Lois since, like, the 1930s.

SUPERMAN REFERENCES

Jor-El’s clothing and general appearance is a strong resemblance to that of Marlon Brando in Superman: The Movie.

The rings that surround Jor-El during his trial strongly resembles those from Superman: The Movie and Superman II.

Chloe jokes that Clark and Lois’s relationship began in the 1930s, referencing that Clark and Lois met in the comics in 1938 (when Superman first debuted).

Clark uses his super breath which he didn’t use too often to reveal the House of El family crest hidden beneath the sand.

The episode references Black Zero, which is known as the terrorist group who destroyed krypton. The name Black Zero is a recurring name in Superman and Superboy comics. Black Zero was also the name of the man who “Destroyed Krypton”.

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