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Tom Welling | ... | ||
Michael Rosenbaum | ... | ||
Kristin Kreuk | ... | ||
Allison Mack | ... | ||
Erica Durance | ... | ||
Aaron Ashmore | ... | ||
Laura Vandervoort | ... |
Kara
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John Glover | ... |
Lionel Luthor
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Michael Cassidy | ... | ||
Tim Guinee | ... | ||
Jason Diablo | ... |
Office America Delivery Man
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Elyse Levesque | ... | ||
Anna Galvin | ... | ||
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Doreen Ramus | ... |
Daily Planet Mail Delivery Lady
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Dave Cote | ... |
Lector Villa
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As Christmas draws near, Lois receives a call from an anonymous man claiming that Chloe is attached to a bomb, and the only way he won't let it blow is if she reports the truth of Lex's atrocious experiments about the mysterious 33.1. Lois tries to find a way on her own to stop the mysterious person who is linked to both Lex and Grant Gabriel. Chloe and Jimmy end up getting stuck in an elevator at the Daily Planet with the bomb ticking, prompting Chloe to reveal her secret meteor-rock power of healing to him. Meanwhile, Clark returns from his enforced imprisonment from the Fortress of Solitude. With Kara still missing, Clark uncharacteristically wants Lana to re-open her Isis program of spying on Lex with the intent of taking him down, and wants to become closer to Lana when he has been distancing himself from her. But what exactly does 'Clark' have in mind? Written by Anonymous
Clark, and Kara are all on the side lines in this episode (for the most part), which allows for the show's supporting characters to have their stories move forward. While Chloe, Jimmy, Lois, Grant and Lana's personal stories wouldn't normally be interesting enough to hold an entire episode, especially one that initially aired after a month long break, and would be followed by a month and a half long absence due to the writers strike, this episode surprisingly holds up as one of the strongest of the season. While this many supporting stories could have resulted in this episode being an instant dud, it's saved and driven forward by 2 elements. First, the connecting plot revolving around a bomber in the Daily Planet, and secondly the choice that was made to play this episode out almost entirely in real time. Those two elements make this episode exciting from start to finish, even though it's mostly wall to wall dialogue scenes involving secondary characters.