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Previously on Smallville
How do I stop someone who has all
my powers and none of my weaknesses.
It's can't be
from your ship.
But if this is
still on earth,
so is the Kryptonian
that left it.
As long as this ring
remains on your ring finger
you have no
power.
Destroy it.
Jor-El!
I�m your boss.
I just bought
the Daily Planet.
Clark, two weeks with no
call back.
What's going on?
My name is Julian Luthor.
If he found out the
truth, he could kill you.
You think that
this is Milton fine?
It's the brain
interactive construct.
If any part of him was left behind to
regenerate, then fine can be out there.
Clark, you're home.
You have chosen
to defy me.
This defiance cannot
go without consequences.
Hi.
What?
I just want to
remember this moment.
This should help.
We should go somewhere.
Why? I'm happy
right here.
No, I mean, we should
leave Smallville.
We should go see the world, Lana
All the places you've ever dreamed of.
How about Paris? We'll have
breakfast at the Eiffel tower.
- Yeah, right.
- I'll fly you there myself.
You have a lot of powers, Clark, but
last I heard, flying wasn't one of them.
You make me feel
like I can fly.
I'd better go.
I have a meeting
at the foundation.
I tell you what
I'll make us a
special dinner
Our very own Paris.
What a beautiful day.
I almost
forgot what the sun looked like.
The sun's got nothing on you.
Why
don't you close those curtains,
come back to bed?
I guess I could spare
a few extra minutes.
I love you, Clark Kent.
Smallville
- 7x10
"Persona"
Mr.
Luthor.
Ah, if you've come to complain about my
son's recent acquisition of your newspaper.
This isn't
about the paper.
It's about something a
little more personal
Paternity.
You know, I�ve dealt with
nuisances like this before,
but from the editor
of the daily planet?
I'm already late
for my meeting.
I admit I�m not above
embellishing a story,
but I couldn't cook
up something like this.
What if I told you the only
reason I�m standing here
is because Lex Luthor
missed his baby brother?
Pretty amazing, huh?
Using DNA from the cord
blood of your deceased son,
Lex created
a carbon copy.
Call me Julian dad.
Lex warned me
not to see you.
He thinks I�m risking my
life just standing here.
But I�m in control
of my life now,
and I plan to
attack it head-on.
A courageous
point of view.
If you've got a problem with
me, let's settle it right now.
Problem?
If you truly are my
flesh and blood
I'd like to get
to know you son.
Hey, beautiful.
What'd you find?
Another homeless man
was murdered today
The seventh in
the last two weeks.
The police think it was a serial killer,
but I think that we may have found
the Kryptonian
computer you mentioned.
Brainiac.
The brain
interactive construct.
Why do you
think it's him?
From the victims'
coroner reports.
All of the bodies were found
drained of their trace metals,
just like that
technician from Lex's lab.
Why do you think this thing
is killing random people?
It must be regenerating,
using the trace metals
from the human bodies.
Clark, you
have to stop it.
The problem is, if it
doesn't want to be found,
it can literally disappear
into the woodwork.
I might be able
to help with that.
All of the bodies were found randomly
scattered across the district,
so I triangulated
the attacks
to find a possible home
base.
Suicide slums.
I'm impressed.
Chloe's not the only one who knows
her way around a computer now.
What would I
do without you?
You've fallen far
from your ivory tower,
haven't you, professor?
You're not Kal-El.
I'm the
new-And-Improved version.
Don't fool
yourself, phantom.
You're nothing more than a failed lab
experiment dressed up in a Kryptonian's body.
- Where is the boy scout?
- Not sure.
His Martian friend
took me prisoner.
But I managed to escape.
When I got back,
Kent was gone.
So, I thought I�d
Step into his shoes.
You know what?
They fit perfectly.
Aren't you concerned
how Kal-El will react
when he comes home to find
you in bed with his girlfriend?
If Kent was alive,
he'd be back by now.
Trust me
He's long gone.
Well lucky you.
But there is one problem.
The yellow sun It
turns my skin to stone.
It's only a matter of time before
someone figures out that I�m not Kent.
I know how smart you are.
I thought you could help.
Hmm, try a good
sunscreen
Wide-Brimmed
hat, perhaps.
Kal-El nearly
destroyed you.
Help me, or I promise
I'll finish the job.
I'm in no condition
to help you.
But
There is someone.
A Kryptonian.
He came to earth
years ago and stayed.
His name is Dax-Ur
One of krypton's
greatest scientists.
He'll know
how to fix you.
How can I find him?
Well, when Kryptonians
traveled through a portal,
they carried a beacon so
they could be located
A small
shield-shaped device,
Synchronized to their
individual genetic code.
Dax-Ur's fell
into human hands.
Find it, and
you'll find him.
Are you, uh
Are you telling
me the truth?
Lying to you would be
like lying to a mollusk.
There's no point.
If this doesn't
check out,
I'll shove you back into
the test tube myself.
Looks like some
people lost their jobs.
Casualties of the new
commander in chief, Lex Luthor.
Out with the old, in with
the new and easily controlled.
- What's up?
- I need you to help me find someone
- A Kryptonian scientist.
- Another Kryptonian?
Jeez, Clark, I�m starting to think
that earth was your home planet's
top tourist destination.
- How'd you hear about
this guy? - Jor-El told me.
Look, Clark, usually, I�m right there to
help, but right now, my hands are so full.
And, uh, no offense, but Kryptonians
aren't exactly low maintenance.
Chloe, the only way I�m gonna find this
guy is to hunt down the tracking device.
Now, there's a rumor
that some people found it.
I thought the planet's
archive might show a record.
Clark, look around.
Lex launched a torpedo through
the hull of the daily planet,
and I�m just barely
hanging on to the lifeboat.
- Can't this wait?
- It will only take a second, Chloe.
As soon as I find out who has this
shield, I'll be out of your hair.
Shield?
Don't you already
have one of those?
The Kryptonian S.
O.
S.
From the time capsule?
- Remember, beauty pageant, gorgeous gold diggers?
- Yeah.
Why don't you go home and just take
a breather, and I�ll call you later?
Where is it, Chloe?
I'm sorry.
I just
really need to find it.
I was hoping you
could jog my memory.
You never
forget anything.
Your mind's like
a titanium trap.
Look, do you remember where
I put the shield or not?
Sorry, Clark.
I
can't help you.
Dad.
Boundaries.
Lex, what is so damn important you
had to pull me out of a crucial negotiation?
Well, according to the
Luthorcorp visitors' log,
Grant Gabriel came
to see you yesterday.
He did, yes,
to discuss one of your latest projects.
Mr.
Gabriel is at the center of it.
You've always shunned
newspapers, dad.
You used to tell me they're
nothing but lies delivered daily.
I may have underestimated
the power of the media.
And I was curious about
your trusted lieutenant.
- And what'd you think of him?
- Insightful courageous direct
Your exact opposite, Lex.
Yeah, well, keep
your distance.
I'll deal with grant
myself from now on.
You say that as if
he belongs to you.
Now, grant Gabriel
is an adult.
You may be his
employer, but, uh
You can't claim him as if
he were a piece of property.
You know, don't you?
Do you believe you have the
right to recycle your dead brother
as if he were part of
some sick vanity project?
Well, I only did what you
never had the guts to do.
What you've done is
depraved.
You disgust me!
You're telling me you wouldn't
want to see Julian again?
To look into the eyes
of the son you lost?
It's you I�ve lost.
It's you I�ve lost.
- Lana.
- Chloe.
What are you doing here?
I was actually looking for Clark.
He came by the daily planet,
and he was acting
beyond weird.
Have you noticed anything
different about him recently?
Yeah, I have.
He's finally opened
up and let me in.
Chloe, he's more
understanding than ever.
Lana, he insisted that I help him find
a Kryptonian shield that he already has.
The Clark I know would never
forget something like that.
Well, maybe you don't know
him as well as you think.
After everything
he's been through,
I think he's just taking some
time to focus on his own happiness.
His priorities
are different.
Well, his priorities may be different, but
his personality is in a whole other universe.
Lana, I�ve been a part of Clark�s
inner circle for a while now.
I know when
he's not himself.
Chloe, maybe it's time for
you to let go of him a little.
I'm not hanging on.
There's
something wrong with him
Hey.
Chloe, you seem
a little tense.
Did you tell her
about the move?
What move?
I wasn't gonna say anything
until it was official,
but after Lana and I
tie up a few loose ends,
we're leaving
Smallville
together.
I don't know what to say.
Actually, I think
I should just go.
Is she okay?
She thinks that there's
something wrong with you.
She says that you went to see
her and you completely forgot
about this Kryptonian
shield that you have.
I didn't forget anything.
I
just can't find it anywhere.
I think Kara might
have taken it.
Well, if it's Kryptonian, do you think
that she brought it up to the fortress?
Right.
The fortress.
Jor-El?
I'm searching
for something.
I think Kara may
have brought it here.
Leave here at
once, phantom.
And what if I don't?
You're just a
voice, Jor-El
An echo from the past.
What are you gonna do,
lecture me to death?
You are not welcome here.
Don't worry, Jor-El.
I'll find it
sooner or later.
The lost phantom
has returned, Kal-El.
You must defeat him.
Lana?
Lana?
- Lana?
- Clark, what is it? I'm right here.
Thank god you're okay.
Of course I�m okay.
You've only been
gone an hour.
Lana, I�ve been
gone for weeks.
Clark, I know that time's different
in the fortress, but check the clock.
You just saw me before you went
up there to find the shield.
No, Lana.
That wasn't me.
It was the phantom.
Lana, he looks
exactly like me.
Jor-El trapped me in the fortress.
He released me to stop the phantom.
No.
I'm sure it was you.
Clark, it had to be.
Chloe said that you've been
having troubles with your memory.
Just think, Clark.
Remember in bed when you said
you were going to fly me to Paris?
We were going to leave
Smallville together.
It wasn't me, Lana.
Oh, god.
I'm sorry.
This
is all my fault.
I
- I need to get you out of here.
There's not much time.
He could be back any second.
Change of plan.
We have a problem.
Having trouble
finding your scientist?
The boy scout's back.
The prodigal son of
krypton has returned.
I need to kill him.
When I get near green kryptonite,
I drain him of his power.
That's not a
problem.
I'll do it.
Look at yourself.
You
can barely catch a rat.
I am the brain
interactive construct.
No matter my form, my
intellect remains formidable.
Do not underestimate me.
You should continue
your search for Dad-Ur.
Not before I get
Lana away from Clark.
Fall prey to the same human
emotion as your counterpart,
you open yourself up
to the same weakness.
Perhaps you two aren't
so different after all.
He's nothing like me.
Well, then strategy dictates
that we divide and conquer.
Once I divert Kal-El, you can fetch
the young object of your affection.
Lionel, the
phantom's back.
He's been living with Lana while
I�ve been trapped in the fortress.
- Oh, my god.
Is she all right?
- She's a little shaken up.
I took her to Oliver
queen's apartment.
I need to get rid of
this thing for good.
I don't know
how to defeat it.
You're Jor-El's emissary.
Do you have any ideas?
The only way to
destroy the phantom
is to expose it
to blue kryptonite.
I don't understand.
Everything affects
us in opposite ways.
If blue kryptonite takes away my
abilities, won't it make him stronger?
Yes, but his power will
increase exponentially.
His body won't be
able to contain it.
It's like a light bulb being
powered by a nuclear reactor.
Jor-El's ring was made of blue
kryptonite, but it was destroyed.
How am I supposed
to find more?
Clark, I believe there is another
Kryptonian living here on earth.
Dad-Ur.
He is a scientist who came to study the effect
of the yellow sun on Kryptonian minerals.
If you can find him,
he will have
what you need.
Why didn't you tell
me about him before?
He disappeared.
He made a journey here over a
century ago, and then he vanished.
The shield.
It's a Kryptonian S.
O.
S.
I found it in a time capsule that
was buried over a hundred years ago.
It may belong to
this scientist.
You may have
found his beacon.
If you activate it,
It should lead you
directly to him.
I don't know
how to work it.
Sound recognition.
Put it in your
hand.
Speak his name.
I believe that the
device will do the rest.
Chloe.
Thank
god you're okay.
Okay? I just found out you and
Lana are leaving Smallville.
I am nowhere near okay.
No, Chloe.
That wasn't
me.
That was the phantom.
I've been trapped
in the fortress.
That would definitely
explain the bizarre behavior.
How do I know you're
the real Clark?
Chloe, it's me.
Now, look, I know how
to destroy the phantom.
I just need the Kryptonian
shield in order to do it,
but I can't
find it anywhere.
That was what the other
Clark was looking for.
Chloe,
look me in the eye.
Nice try.
But from what I�ve heard, everything
about the two of you is exactly
the same, right down
to your baby blues.
If I was the phantom,
direct sunlight
Would make my
face change.
It's me.
Oh, my god.
Thank
god it's you.
Your domineering double
had me seriously worried.
I need to destroy him,
But I can't do it
without that shield.
I think I can help.
The way you were acting, I didn't know
what would happen if you found this thing,
so I went to the farm and
I kind of borrowed it.
You saved me
again, Chloe.
Please be careful, Clark.
Kryptonians don't exactly
roll out the welcome mat,
and if this guy ditched his
S.
O.
S.
, he may not want to be found.
I don't have a
choice.
Stay back.
Dad-Ur.
Good luck.
Excuse me!
Can I help you?
I'm looking for someone.
Well, if they live
all the way out here,
I probably know them.
Dad-Ur?
Dexter? No.
No, uh
- Nobody from around here by that name.
- Actually, he's not from around here.
He's from krypton.
So am I.
I'm Kal-El.
The house of el.
You always
were survivors.
So, tell me, how did
you leave krypton?
I thought the portals
were destroyed.
My father
He built a ship.
- I was found by a family in Kansas.
- Daddy!
Max! How you
doing, buddy?
- Hey.
What's for lunch today?
- Sandwiches.
Sandwiches? Just
a minute, grace.
I didn't know you had customers,
so we'll wait out back.
Oh! Come on.
You have a family.
You live like a human.
I understand the only way to
do that is with blue kryptonite.
I didn't put
it on overnight.
When I first arrived,
I wanted to be alone.
Why?
Sometimes a scientist can
get caught up in theories.
My work led to the creation of
the brain interactive construct.
I realized much too late
that my technology could lead
to the destruction of worlds.
So, you came to earth.
To clear my conscience.
I planned to study the yellow sun's
effect on Kryptonian minerals but
discovered it was the sun's
effect on me that really mattered.
I could save
the human race.
You gave up your
abilities for grace.
It must have been a
difficult decision.
I knew in the span
of a heartbeat.
The blue kryptonite
Do you have any more?
What's her name?
It's okay.
It's not every day a fellow
Kryptonian asks me for help.
Lana?
I was just calling you.
Did Lionel know anything?
We have a problem.
The phantom found Brainiac, and
now they're working together.
I can't take them
both down on my own.
It's all my fault.
I
led them right to it.
None of this is
your fault, Lana.
Lana, we should get you
out as soon as possible.
They could be anywhere.
Let me just
go get my bag.
Come on, Lana.
We got to go now.
I'll be right there.
Guess my secret's out.
- Lana, please.
- Stay away from me.
I would never hurt you.
I'm the same person you've
been with all this time.
You're a monster.
You told me that you're
happier than you've ever been.
I made you feel that
way, Lana, not Clark.
You pretended to be him
just so that you could
Listen, when I first came to Smallville, the
only thing that mattered was my own survival,
But that all changed
when I met you.
What are you doing?
- Will this destroy him?
- Yeah.
But take it and go, Lana.
Around blue kryptonite, I lose my
abilities.
I won't be able to protect you.
I'll do it myself.
- Lana, no!
- Clark, stay back.
You spent the last
month telling me
that you finally felt like we were meant
to be together.
Don't listen to him, Lana.
I know what's in his mind, Lana.
He doesn't love you like I do.
- That's a lie!
- You're lying, Clark To yourself!
You're so worried about doing the
right thing, you don't even see it.
You know he won't commit
his life to you like I will.
You know that.
He's right, Clark.
What?
I've never been more in love
than I have the past month.
Only it wasn't with you.
It was with him.
Nothing will ever
come between us again.
I love you.
It's okay,
Lana.
He's gone.
Good evening, Dad-Ur.
Who are you?
Uh, you should know.
You created me.
It took two superpowered
beings to find you.
If they weren't so busy
trying to destroy one another,
they might have figured
out I was using them.
Don't lose
your bracelet.
Why are you here?
I'm damaged.
And you're the only one
who knows how to repair me.
You're on your own.
All I need is the
information in your mind.
I'll never tell you.
Oh, you don't
have to talk.
You're so busy, you
can't return my calls?
I barely have
time to do my job.
I don't know how you expect
me to run a world-Class paper
- with such a limited staff.
- I don't.
You're fired.
Excuse me?
I told you not to go near
my father.
He's dangerous.
Lionel would have found out
about me sooner or later,
And I wasn't
gonna hide forever.
I trusted you.
- You shouldn't have told him.
- Why not?
He's made a reservation for the two of us
tonight at the best steak house in metropolis.
Seems dad wants to
get to know me better.
You know, for a newspaper
man, you are shockingly naive.
Do you really think you can build
a relationship with that man?
- Don't be stupid.
- What's wrong, Lex?
You afraid I�ll
become the favored son?
- That I�ll accomplish something you couldn't?
- I'm afraid he could have you killed.
Look, you need to leave
metropolis for your own safety.
I set you up with a spot on the
international desk of the London times.
Don't do me any favors.
You never help
anyone, big brother.
Lex only looks
out for Lex.
Don't walk away from me.
Haven't you gotten used to
it People leaving you?
How many times have you
been married now, anyway?
You ungrateful
son of a ***.
If it wasn't for me, you'd still
be a smudge in a Petri dish.
Yeah, you're some genius.
You're so lonely and pathetic, you
had to build yourself a brother.
I gave you everything!
You turn your back on
me, you throw it all away.
I'm not throwing
anything away.
Go ahead, kick me
out of my office.
It gives me more time to enjoy the
full benefits of being a Luthor.
Last I heard, I was practically
made for this family.
There's nothing like a
good New York sirloin.
Dry-aged for 35 days
and enjoyed over
- Thanks, Lionel.
- Yeah, well, after a good dinner,
one can forgive
anybody
Even one's own
relations.
Huh?
That's not me.
That's Oscar Wilde.
I bet Oscar Wilde's brother
didn't cook him up in a lab.
Grant I don't care how
you came into this world.
You're a Luthor
You're my son.
Give me your money now.
All right.
All right.
We
don't want any trouble.
Now!
Okay, okay.
Just, please,
take it and get out of here.
Julian?