Smallville (Season 6)

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This article will contain a complete summary of the sixth season of the American drama action/adventure sci-fi television series Smallville. The season began airing on September 28, 2006 on the CW Television Network.

Smallville Season 6
Country	USA
Network	The CW
Original runs	September 28, 2006 –
No. of episodes
DVD Release Date
DVD Format	-

No.	Title	Airdate
601	Zod	September 28
602	Sneeze	October 5
603	Wither	October 12
604	Arrow	October 19
605	Reunion	October 26
606	Fallout	November 2
607	Rage	November 9
608	Static	November 16
609	Subterranean	December 7
610	Hydro	January 11
611	Justice	January 18
612	Labyrinth	January 25
613	Crimson	TBA
614	Trespass	TBA
615	Freak	TBA
616	To Be Announced	TBA
617	To Be Announced	TBA
618	To Be Announced	TBA
619	To Be Announced	TBA
620	To Be Announced	TBA
621	To Be Announced	TBA
622	To Be Announced	TBA

[edit] Overview

• List of Smallville characters in Season 6

[edit] Episodes

[edit] Zod

• Original airdate: September 28, 2006
• Directed by: James Marshall
• Written by: Steven S. DeKnight
• Recurring role: Aaron Ashmore & Terence Stamp (voice)
• Guest roles: Leonard Roberts & Pascale Hutton

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Season 6 begins with Clark still stuck in the Phantom Zone without his powers and at the mercy of the criminals his father sent there. Martha and Lois crash land in the Arctic near the Fortress of Solitude; Chloe and Lionel are dragged into the streets of Metropolis by an unruly mob; Lex/Zod and Lana stand by and watch as Metropolis burns itself to the ground. Clark gets a little help from one of Jor-El's assistants, Raya (Hutton), in leaving the Phantom Zone. Zod informs Lana that she must sire him an heir, or die with the rest of the human race. Martha finds Clark's Fortress, and Jor-El instructs her on how to kill Zod. Meanwhile, Chloe runs into former flame Jimmy Olsen (Ashmore), a new intern photographer at the Daily Planet. Clark returns from the Phantom Zone and confronts Lex/Zod. After a fierce battle, with Lex/Zod gaining the upper hand, Clark is ordered to swear allegiance or watch everyone he loves die. Clark tricks Lex/Zod and traps him inside the House of El crystal that he received from Raya. After coming to terms with all the events that have passed in that past 24 hours, Clark realizes that "everything is changing" in the world he knew, and that he must learn to find his place. It also becomes apparent that Clark was not the only one to escape the Phantom Zone; a spirit is seen speeding out of the Iguazu Falls.

[edit] Sneeze

• Original airdate: October 5, 2006
• Directed by: Paul Shapiro
• Written by: Todd Slavkin & Darren Swimmer
• Recurring role: Justin Hartley
• Guest role: Lochlyn Munro

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With Zod banished to the Phantom Zone, Clark spends his nights clearing rubble and helping the rebuilding effort of Metropolis. By constantly overexerting himself, and possibly having been infected in the Phantom Zone, Clark catches a cold. An inadvertent sneeze blows the barn door off its hinges and across town, nearly striking Lois. While seeking the truth behind the falling door, Lois discovers a new love for investigative journalism. Lex is kidnapped and tortured due to his transgressions while possessed by Zod. Oliver Queen, one of Lex's old classmates, moves to Metropolis from Star City, keeping his true intentions a mystery. Lana's trust in Lex is put to the test when she discovers Lex’s surveillance tapes in the mansion including one of her undressing. Lana discovers where Lex is being held, and, after a little coaxing by Chloe, Clark learns to utilize his new ability to save both Lex and Lana.

[edit] Wither

• Original airdate: October 12, 2006
• Directed by: Whitney Ransick
• Written by: Tracy Bollomo
• Recurring role: Aaron Ashmore & Justin Hartley
• Guest role: Amber McDonald
• Featured music:
  • "It Ends Tonight" by The All-American Rejects
  • "Ache" by James Carrington

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Chloe and Jimmy stake out a "Make-out Point" to check on a tip that "strange things" were happening there. A scream is heard from the nearby woods, interrupting an intimate moment between the two. They investigate and find a girl dead in the woods, and her boyfriend presumably kidnapped. Meanwhile, Lex throws a costume charity ball to help raise funds for the restoration process after "Dark Thursday". Lana has conflicting feelings about trusting Lex, and she confides in Chloe. After mistaking Oliver Queen for an errand boy, Lois pays him a visit to apologize and ends up becoming Oliver's date to Lex's charity ball. Clark learns that others have escaped the Phantom Zone when he and Chloe discover that the men being kidnapped are being used to harbor the seeds of a female alien plant. With a little help from Chloe, Clark confronts the escaped criminal, Gloria (McDonald). As things become serious between Lana and Lex, romance begins to blossom between Chloe and Jimmy, and between Lois and Oliver.

[edit] Arrow

• Original airdate: October 19, 2006
• Directed by: Michael Rohl
• Written by: Kelly Souders & Brian Peterson
• Recurring role: Justin Hartley

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Lionel hosts a party for Martha and her bid for the U.S. Senate, and he loans her a priceless necklace. A mysterious thief crashes the party and steals the necklace from Martha. After a confrontation with Lois, the thief makes a getaway, but not before Lois grabs a small ring from his neck. Clark finally meets Oliver when he goes to Metropolis to find the necklace. Lois believes she's landed a new front page story with the Inquisitor, but her plans are spoiled when the thief comes back for the ring. With a little help from Lionel, Clark manages to confront the Green Arrow and he eventually discovers his identity. Also, Lex's darker side seems to be influencing Lana, as she blackmails one of his employees from "contracting out" to Lionel.

• Note:
  • This marks Justin Hartley's first appearance as "Green Arrow". Hartley also held the title role in the Aquaman television series, although it was not picked up by The CW.

[edit] Reunion

• Original airdate: October 26, 2006
• Directed by: Jeannot Szwarc
• Written by: Steven S. DeKnight
• Recurring role: Justin Hartley
• Guest role: Lucas Grabeel, Bryce Hodgson, & Ryan Overton

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Lex and Oliver attend their 10 year reunion, where the animosity between them is obviously rising as talk of Lex's deceased best friend, Duncan (Hodgson), brings tension. When Oliver's old friends begin to die one by one, right in front of him, he starts an investigation into who is responsible. Meanwhile, Clark and Chloe learn of an incident in which a mysterious individual destroys a town in India, and Clark asks for Oliver's satellite images of "Dark Thursday". In return, Clark agrees to help Oliver find out if Lex is behind the deaths of his friends. After talking to Lionel, Clark learns that Duncan is not dead, but has been in a vegetative state, receiving different treatments in the aim of restoring his consciousness. Lois and Clark discover that the latest set of treatments involves a kryptonite solution, which enables Duncan to use astral projection to get revenge on those he felt were responsible for his condition. Clark disrupts his mental projection, by setting off an arrow that releases an electromagnetic pulse, and Duncan's physical brain dies. Meanwhile, Clark learns from the satellite images that Raya escaped the Phantom Zone and is now on Earth.

[edit] Fallout

• Original airdate: November 2, 2006
• Directed by: Glen Winter
• Written by: Holly Harold
• Recurring role: Aaron Ashmore
• Guest role: Pascale Hutton & Bow Wow
• Featured Music:
  • "Fresh Asimiz" by Bow Wow

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An escaped phantom, Baern, takes possession of a young boy's body (Bow Wow), and sets his sights on finding Kal-El. As Clark is studying the satellite images he received from Oliver, he gets an unexpected visitor, Raya. The escaped "Zoner" locates Clark and arrives at the Kent Farm, but, after some resistance from Raya, is forced to retreat. Lana starts a game of "cat and mouse" with Lex when she gets her hands on the Kryptonian "black box." Clark and Raya must figure out a way to stop Baern, while Lex and Lana's relationship begins to strain over the box, even after Baern destroys the box by absorbing its energy.

[edit] Rage

• Original airdate: November 9, 2006
• Directed by: Whitney Ransick
• Written by: Todd Slavkin & Darren Swimmer
• Recurring role: Justin Hartley
• Featured music:
  • "Cain and Able" by Josh Kelley

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Things heat up between Lois and Oliver, but when a couple is being mugged at gunpoint Oliver must bail on Lois to save them. During the struggle, Oliver is shot in the chest. When Clark checks in on Oliver, Oliver has no visible signs of being shot and is acting very abrasive. Following his departure, Clark sees Oliver injecting an unknown substance into himself after he cuts his hand on broken glass. Oliver’s research facility has created a drug that allows the user to heal virtually any wound in a matter of seconds, but it has a side effect which may trigger anger and irrationality in its user. After learning that Lex co-opted Oliver’s scientist, Clark and Chloe go to the lab only to find all the drugs missing and the lead scientist dead. Clark sets out to find Lex before Oliver can get to him. Clark arrives in time to save Lex by using the drug, and Oliver learns that there is a line that should not be crossed when it comes to justice. Also, Lana makes the shocking discovery that she is pregnant.

[edit] Static

• Original airdate: November 16, 2006
• Directed by: James Conway
• Written by: James Morris & Shintaro Shimosawa
• Guest role: Aaron Ashmore, Batista & Elias Toufexis

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After level 33.1 patient Bronson (Toufexis) breaches the mansion, Lex and Lana move to the panic room. Before they can reach it, Lex is transported to another frequency plane. Clark learns of another escaped Phantom Zone criminal (Batista) and heads to Seattle to find out more. When he arrives he learns that the criminal rips the bones from his victims and devours them. As Lex watches from another plane, Chloe and Lana search his computer for a security feed that could show what happened to him. Chloe discovers another person was in the room when Lex disappeared, and at the same time Lana receives a call from Bronson. He informs Lana that Lex has been experimenting on meteor infected people at the secret level 33.1. Clark realizes the House of El crystal doesn’t work on Phantom Zone criminals that are not actually "phantoms" when he confronts the escaped “Zoner.” After Lana learns where Lex is, and that he can hear her, she returns to the mansion and informs him that she’s pregnant. Bronson then holds Lana captive and threatens to kill her if Lex doesn’t tell him where he moved the other level 33.1 patients. Jimmy triangulates their positions and pulls Lex, Lana and Bronson out of the alternate frequency, but not before Lex kills Bronson. Clark gets some aid from a shadowy source as he battles the “Zoner.” Clark’s only clue to his identity were Oreo cookies left behind as the figure seemingly flies away. Lex, after discussing Lana’s pregnancy and level 33.1, proposes to Lana.

• Note:
  • Although the "shadowy source" was not identified in the episode, his true identity was revealed in interviews that preceded the episode. Sources identified the figure as another DC comics character Martian Manhunter.^[1] Clues to his identity were left for fans in two scenes: Oreo cookies. Oreos were a famous trademark snack of the character, before copyright laws required DC comics to change the name to a fictional cookie "Chocos."

[edit] Subterranean

• Original airdate: December 7, 2006
• Directed by: Rick Rosenthal
• Written by: Caroline Dries
• Recurring role: Aaron Ashmore
• Guest role: Tyler Posey, Maria Dimou, Zak Santiago & John Novak
• Featured music:
  • "Prelude 12/21" by AFI

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Jed McNally (Novak) is forcing illegal aliens from Mexico to work on his farm in Smallville. Javier (Posey), who has come to Kansas to search for his mother, manages to escape, but his friend vanishes during the attempt. When Clark finds Javier in his barn, he tries to help him find his friend and ends up discovering a mass burial ground underneath McNally's farm. After Chloe discovers that the farm is owned by Luthorcorp, Clark confronts Lex about the undocumented workers. McNally is taken into custody, but he displays the ability to burrow through the ground and escapes. Martha tries to save Javier and his mother from being deported, while McNally catches up to Clark.

[edit] Hydro

• Original airdate: January 11, 2007
• Directed by: Tom Welling
• Written by:
• Recurring role: Justin Hartley
• Guest role: Tori Spelling

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[edit] Justice

• Original airdate: January 18, 2007
• Directed by: Steven S. DeKnight
• Written by: Steven S. DeKnight
• Recurring role: Justin Hartley
• Guest roles: Kyle Gallner, Alan Ritchson, & Lee Thompson Young

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[edit] Labyrinth

• Original airdate: January 25, 2007
• Directed by: Whitney Ransick
• Written by: Al Septein & Turi Meyer
• Guest role: Aaron Ashmore

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[edit] Crimson

• Original airdate:
• Directed by: Glen Winter
• Written by: Brian Peterson & Kelly Souders
• Guest role: Aaron Ashmore

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[edit] Trespass

• Original airdate:
• Directed by: Rick Rosenthal
• Written by: Tracy A. Bellomo
• Guest role: Aaron Ashmore

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[edit] Freak

• Original airdate:
• Directed by: Michael Rosenbaum
• Written by: Todd Slavkin & Darren Swimmer
• Recurring role: Aaron Ashmore
• Guest role:

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[edit] External links

• Official Promotional Trailer for Smallville's 6^th season from The CW website

[edit] References

• kryptonsite.com

Smallville
Episodes: Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | Season 4 | Season 5 | Season 6
Characters
Clark Kent | Lana Lang | Lex Luthor | Chloe Sullivan Lionel Luthor | Lois Lane | Martha Kent | Jonathan Kent Pete Ross | Jason Teague | Whitney Fordman
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Seasons: Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | Season 4 | Season 5 | Season 6
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