Bizarro
- Episode aired Sep 27, 2007
- TV-PG
- 42m
When Clark Kent confronts Bizarro, the last wraith from the Phantom Zone, the ensuing fight causes the dam to break, unleashing a torrent of water.When Clark Kent confronts Bizarro, the last wraith from the Phantom Zone, the ensuing fight causes the dam to break, unleashing a torrent of water.When Clark Kent confronts Bizarro, the last wraith from the Phantom Zone, the ensuing fight causes the dam to break, unleashing a torrent of water.
- Jimmy Olsen
- (credit only)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFirst episode in which Michael Rosenbaum receives second billing instead of Kristin Kreuk.
- GoofsIn the under water scene of Lex trapped in the police cruiser the dome lights are flashing. The electrical system would have been shorted out under water, the dome lights could not have worked.
- Quotes
Clark Kent: Chloe, when I heard about Lana, I went to find Lex. And I wasn't gonna let him leave there alive. The irony is I think it was the first time I ever really understood Lex. Loving someone is hard. It's difficult. But hate... hate is so... clean.
Chloe Sullivan: Maybe you need to feel this right now. I mean, anger is a natural human emotion.
Clark Kent: Well, that's just it. 'Cause when that phantom was trying to kill me and I was staring into my own eyes, I saw the monster that I could become if I wanted to. It was a reminder that I am not human.
Chloe Sullivan: Tell that to every person you've ever saved. Clark, whether you wanna see it or not, you're one of us now. And the fact you're from a galaxy far, far away just... adds character. And you know I'm here, no matter what side of nature or nurture happens to be winning out.
Clark Kent: It goes both ways, Chloe.
- ConnectionsReferences Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
At the end of season 6 we were introduced to one of the best DC villains with Bizarro himself. Like most Smallville portrayals of comic book villains, this is a very different interpretation of Bizarro from the comics, but making the character more menacing and more serious fits the tone of the show better.
Some Smallville premieres focus so much on tying up the loose ends from the previous season, that all ground work for the upcoming season is pushed to the 2nd episode of the season. "Bizarro" had just the right balance. It tied up the season 6 finale, while putting just enough teases out there for what was to come, with Kara's introduction and Lex's desire for redemption. This eased into the rest of the season less awkwardly than some past ones had.
Lex and Clark's characters are given a bit of a shakeup here and in the rest of the season. Clark begins to doubt whether he's taking the right approach to being a hero, and there's more to come, with a lot of doubt placed on whether or not Clark has fully realized his potential. For Lex, after 2 straight seasons of him being a full fledged villain, it was an unexpected change of pace to have him hoping to redeem himself for his actions.
This was a great start to what I see as one of Smallville's most entertaining seasons, while not actually one of the most original.
- Colcatron
- Apr 13, 2011
Details
- Runtime42 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1