"Smallville" Aqua (2005)

User Rating:

8.3/10   

Director:

Bradford May

Writers:

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

TV Series:

"Smallville" (2001)

Original Air Date:

20 October 2005 (Season 5, Episode 4)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Clark meets Arthur "AC" Curry, a young man with extraordinary powers underwater. AC is in Smallville hoping to sabotage a Luthorcorp experiment that is threatening sea life. While in Smallville, AC forms an attraction to Lois.

Plot Keywords:

Reference To Groucho Marx | Reference To Karl Marx | Smallville | Power | Kansas

Cast

Tom Welling	...	Clark Kent
Kristin Kreuk	...	Lana Lang
Michael Rosenbaum	...	Lex Luthor
Erica Durance	...	Lois Lane
Allison Mack	...	Chloe Sullivan
John Glover	...	Lionel Luthor
Annette O'Toole	...	Martha Kent (credit only)
John Schneider	...	Jonathan Kent (credit only)
James Marsters	...	Milton Fine
Alan Ritchson	...	Arthur Curry
Nathaniel DeVeaux	...	Commander
Shirane Haas		(as Shiraine Haas)
Kenneth W. Yanko	...	Admiral (as Ken Yahko)

Runtime:

41 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Mexico:B | USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Smallville Films

Trivia:

In the fifth season episode "Aqua" Arthur curry/Aquaman is wearing mostly orange and green, the same colors as the outfit of his comic book namesake.

Goofs:

Continuity: The water level in the glass that Lex taunts Aquaman with changes levels throughout the scene

Quotes:

Lois Lane: You don't even know me.
Arthur Curry: What's to know? You're abrasive, sarcastic, and you never shut up.
Lois Lane: Yeah, those are my good qualities.

Movie Connections:

References Flipper (1963)

Soundtrack:

Waiting For Your Letter

Meet Arthur Curry... Hero. Protector. Aquaman.

A key DC Comics character comes to town in this exciting episode.

The young main characters are at Crater Lake, when Lois gets knocked unconscious while diving into the lake. However, she is saved by a young man named Arthur Curry. As Clark discovers, contrary to Clark's initial belief of being some sort of terrorist who is just playing on Lois' infatuation, Arthur Curry has unique superpowers when underwater, and works to save the world beneath the surface. "AC" tells Clark that Lex is building a lethal naval weapon called Levithian, which combats opposing submarines underwater, but exterminates all sea life around it. AC convinces Clark to stop this weapon, leaving Lex to wonder what the second streak of water other than AC's came from.

This episode is thrilling because it introduces Aquaman, and because it continues to explore Lex's ethically questionable projects, increasing the already-strenuous relationship of Clark and Lex.