"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:

One Man Army | One Word Title | Shipper | Best Friends | Good Versus Evil

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:

Apologize

Decent story, with disappointing results

I was SO excited about Pete coming back, I really expected this episode to be much better than it was.

Instead, it was a story that seemed to have been originally written for a one-off character (perhaps another DC comics alumnus; won't say which one, that would be too much of a spoiler), but altered slightly to allow Pete's return; then altered a lot to make sure that the entire episode revolved around GUM!

I don't mind that there were product placements, they've done that before and it didn't distract from the story much (maybe you roll your eyes for a couple seconds, but this time they were riffing off of the company's slogans).

All in all, this episode had so much potential, completely WASTED. Sam Jones left the show because his character was being wasted; I guess we can say good bye to Pete for good.