"Smallville" Crusade (2004)

Director:

Greg Beeman

Writers:

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

TV Series:

"Smallville" (2001)

Original Air Date:

22 September 2004 (Season 4, Episode 1)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Three months later. Lois Lane, the neurotic, klutzy, and stuttering second cousin of Chloe Sullivan...

Plot Keywords:

Smallville | Power | Kansas | Meteor Shower | Alien

Cast

Tom Welling	...	Clark Kent
Kristin Kreuk	...	Lana Lang
Michael Rosenbaum	...	Lex Luthor
Jensen Ackles	...	Jason Teague
Allison Mack	...	Chloe Sullivan
John Glover	...	Lionel Luthor
Annette O'Toole	...	Martha Kent
John Schneider	...	Jonathan Kent
Erica Durance	...	Lois Lane
Margot Kidder	...	Bridgette Crosby
Ona Grauer	...	Dr. Gabrielle Vaughan
Dan Joffre	...	Hospital Receptionist
Rekha Sharma	...	Dr. Harden
Mina E. Mina	...	Arab Digger
Bill Meilen

Runtime:

43 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Mexico:B | USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Smallville Films

Trivia:

Erica Durance's first appearance as Lois Lane. She received guest star billing during season 4 but became a regular cast member at the beginning of season 5.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Lana traces the likeness of Countess Margaret Isobel Thoreaux, she clearly starts on the left chest area, yet the first view of Lana's work is that of the Countess' face.

Quotes:

Martha Kent: This was a mistake. I never should have called. I wish that Clark hadn't contacted Dr. Swann in the first place.
Bridgette Crosby: Your son's destiny was set in motion long before their paths crossed.
Martha Kent: You don't know anything about my son.
Bridgette Crosby: You're right. You're right. I don't. But I do know what it's like to love somebody whose calling's greater than your own.
Martha Kent: You and Dr. Swann?
Bridgette Crosby: In a different lifetime. Martha, I can help you if you'll let me. Now, where's your son?
Martha Kent: I don't know. He flew. He flew away.
Bridgette Crosby: So he's... He has completely embraced his Kryptonian destiny.
Martha Kent: Do you know what that destiny is?
Bridgette Crosby: No, but the symbol burned into your field three months ago, that's the Kryptonian symbol for 'crusade'.
[...]

Soundtrack:

Plus Pres De Moi

Martha Kent, the Heroine

Three months later the last episode, Lois Lane (Erica Durance), the cousin of Chloe Sullivan, drives to Smallville trying to find Clark Kent to help her to find the responsible for Chloe's murder. After the strike of a ray, she loses control of her car, and finds Clark naked with amnesia in a cornfield. She brings him to Smallville Medical Center, where Martha is with Jonathan Kent, who is in a hopeless coma. Martha brings Clark back to the farm, expecting him to retrieve his memory. Meanwhile, Lana Lang has an American boyfriend in Paris, Jason Teague (Jensen Ackles), and is having good time with him. Lex Luthor's blood is poisoned and he travels to bring an ancient object retrieved from an excavation.

The first episode of the Fourth Season shows news characters (Lois Lane, Jason Teague and Bridgette Crosby) and situations. I loved to see Margot Kidder again, the unforgettable Lois Lane of "Superman". Pete Ross left the show, and we do not know what has happened with Chloe. The effect of the black kryptonite is very different and in this episode, the greatest heroine is to Martha Kent, who saves her son and her husband. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Cruzada" ("Crusade")