Summary
Clark walks into a dark Kent house and is suddenly surprised
with a “surprise!” from Martha, Chloe, and
Lois. Clark is introduced with a red and blue cake, along
with a couple of presents. One holds special significance,
coming from Jonathan. Before his death, Jonathan had bought
tickets to a baseball game, and Martha found the gift among
his things.
So Clark visits his father’s grave, and he’s
suddenly surprised to find himself face-to-face with the
late Jonathan Kent. The elder Kent doesn’t offer
up much sympathy, and the cold, dark cemetery is the perfect
setting for a stern warning from Clark’s father.
To save the world, Clark has to kill Lionel Luthor. And,
with that, he’s gone.
In the barn the next day, Martha tries to explain to Clark
that he didn’t really see Jonathan. Clark uses his
near-death experience to prove that the vision was for
real. And Martha is worried about what would make Jonathan
want to kill.
At the Planet, Clark and Chloe discuss the vision. But
Chloe doesn’t think there’s anything Lionel
could be doing that would make Clark kill.
At the Mansion, Lionel confronts Lex about Milton Fine.
Lionel knows that Lex is smuggling viruses into the country,
and he tells his son to destroy the viruses. Lionel knows
that Fine is dangerous, but Lex continues to defy his father.
As Lex leaves, Lionel has a seizure, and he rushes to write
Kryptonian symbols on a piece of paper.
Chloe and Clark break into Lionel’s office, and
Chloe breaks into Lionel’s computer. In his calendar,
she finds several meetings about something called “The
Weapon.” Clark determines that he must be the Weapon.
At the Mansion, Lana tells Lex that Lois knows about them,
but the conversation quickly turns to his plan with Fine.
He’s going to let her in on everything, and he takes
her to a secret laboratory. He tells her he’s been
collecting viruses in order to create the ultimate vaccine
that could protect anyone from the deadliest viruses in
the world. He also tells her that he doesn’t really
trust Fine, and he believes that Fine might be an alien
that came out of the ship.
Lionel leaves a mysterious message on the Kent’s
answering machine, and before Martha can call back, she
sees the ghostly figure of Jonathan Kent sitting in the
living room. Instead of a tearful reunion between husband
and wife, Jonathan immediately accuses Martha of having
an affair with Lionel. Again, the ghost of Jonathan Kent
tells Martha that Clark has to kill Lionel, or millions
of innocents will die. With that, Jonathan disappears.
But outside, we see that it is actually Milton Fine masquerading
as her husband.
Lex is trying to track down Milton Fine when the professor
walks into the Luthor’s office. The two have a showdown
of wits, and Lex admits that he knows Fine has been lying.
And Fine lets Lex know that he’s been chosen because
of Lex’s inability to trust or fail. Fine wants the
vaccine, but Lex has a trick up his sleeve: a piece of
Kryptonite. But the meteor rock doesn’t work on Fine,
and soon he’s holding a blade to Lex’s neck.
Chloe gives Clark one final piece of information: Lionel
was with Jonathan when he died. Armed with all that, Clark
goes to confront Lionel. Clark angrily throws Lionel across
the room, accusing him of killing Jonathan. And as Clark
has his hand around Lionel’s neck, Jonathan appears
again and tells Clark to finish it. Lionel argues back,
saying that Jonathan would never make Clark a murderer.
But as Jonathan grows angrier, Clark decides Lionel is
telling the truth. With a quick burst of heat vision, Clark
sends Jonathan flying into the air.
Fine, realizing the game is up but staying in character,
throws a tractor at Clark and speeds behind him. Fine tells
Clark he could easily kill him, but he still needs him.
But when things look bad, suddenly, Jonathan/Fine screams
in pain. Standing behind him is Lionel in a Kryptonian
trance. He walks up to Fine and touches his face, and instantly
the professor is destroyed. And suddenly, Lionel returns
to his normal self with no memory of what had happened.
In Lionel’s office, he offers a surprise to Clark.
He opens up a safe and shows Clark hundreds of drawings.
He’s been scribbling Kryptonian symbols for months
now, and he shows them to Clark.
Clark brings them to Chloe, and Lionel tells them both
that the Fortress might hold the key to figuring out the
messages. Chloe decides to scan the symbols to look for
a pattern, as Lionel lets the two into Lex’s plan.
But Lionel doesn’t think the virus is the end of
the plan; he thinks it’s just the beginning.
Lana comes home to find Clark in her room, going through
her things. Clark tells Lana he’s trying to protect
her and Lex, and she seems to finally believe him.
Lex shows Fine the laboratory, and he accuses Lex of working
behind his back. Lex counters with the idea that he just
wanted to protect humanity from Fine’s attack. But
Fine says he never wanted to mass-produce the virus; he
just wanted one dose. With that, he grabs Lex by the arm
and injects him with the vaccine and punches the generator
to destroy the lab.
A doctor tells Lex that the vaccine hasn’t affected
him; in fact he’s never been healthier. Clark arrives
and tells Lex that he should’ve listened to his father’s
warning. But Lex says that everything is fine; the viruses
were all destroyed and LuthorCorp has the ability to recreate
the vaccine. Before Clark leaves, Lex tells Clark to come
to him when he needs something; not to try and sneak through
Lana.
Lionel shows up at the farm, wanting to confess to Martha
that he was there when Jonathan died. But Martha can’t
even turn around to look at Lionel, let alone forgive him.
At the Mansion, Lex and Lana discuss what happened with
Fine. When he’s up to get something to drink, he
sees a strange Kryptonian symbol on his hand. And when
he’s opening the bottle, he slices his finger open,
but it quickly closes back up and heals. Apparently, the
vaccine has extra properties.
In the barn, Lois visits Clark and berates him for breaking
into Lana’s dorm. Lois tells him that Lana has moved
on, and he needs to move on as well. Chloe arrives and
Lois leaves, leaving Clark to talk with the junior reporter.
Suddenly, Chloe brings out the decrypted message and shows
it to Clark. Three symbols repeated over and over, and
Clark quickly deciphers the message.
“Zod is coming.”
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