"Smallville" Hero (2008)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Mike Rohl

Writers:

Joe Shuster (characters) &
Jerry Siegel (characters) ...

TV Series:

"Smallville" (2001)

Original Air Date:

13 March 2008 (Season 7, Episode 13)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Pete Ross returns to Smallville and finds a number of surprising changes since his departure four years earlier...

Plot Keywords:

Cult Favorite | One Word Title | Place Name In Title | Best Friends | Town Name In Title

Cast

Tom Welling	...	Clark Kent
Michael Rosenbaum	...	Lex Luthor
Kristin Kreuk	...	Lana Lang
Allison Mack	...	Chloe Sullivan
Erica Durance	...	Lois Lane (credit only)
Aaron Ashmore	...	Jimmy Olsen
Laura Vandervoort	...	Kara
John Glover	...	Lionel Luthor
Sam Jones III	...	Pete Ross
Mark Wynn	...	Lex's Bodyguard
Andrew Fallows	...	Night Club DJ
Anna Galvin	...	Gina

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Trivia:

Pete's temporary elastic powers originally belonged to Jimmy Olsen in the comics.

Quotes:

Chloe Sullivan: Unauthorized surveillance is totally unethical.
Lex Luthor: Pretty big words from a cub reporter. Shouldn't you be using them to write stories?
Chloe Sullivan: Good idea. I think "office espionage" has a nice ring to it.

Movie Connections:

References "Inspector Gadget" (1983)

Soundtrack:

Stop and Stare

Welcome back, Pete Ross

Memorable Smallville character Pete 'The Boss' Ross is back for an episode that has a silly premise but a story that improves on the premise.

Pete Ross (Sam Jones III) is back in Smallville while on the tour with One Republic. While at the concert, a kryptonite piece of Stride gum causes him to develop a power, which allows him to save Kara. This power causes him to want to share it with the public and use it to help people, rather than living in the shadows like Clark usually lives. Back in town, Pete learns that many things have changed, including Clark's relationship with Lionel and the fact that others know about Clark's secret. However, Lex uses his power as CEO of the Daily Planet to monitor Chloe's computer and turns Pete's compassion for Chloe against him to retrieve an important piece of jewelry related to Kara, who gets closer to Lex in her jaded trust of him.

Looking past the premise, this episode does just enough, due to including undercurrents of the major threads to this season's story, to break it away from most "fillers" that are the 13th episodes of Smallville seasons. A lot of this can be attributed to the return of Pete Ross, a favorite character among fans of the show.