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Smallville: Metallo
Reporter John Corben is out hunting the Blur when he's hit by a truck. He recovers consciousness to discover that someone has transformed him into a cyborg with a Kryptonite heart. While he seeks revenge against the Blur, Clark turns to Chloe for help, Lois helps the Blur track down Corben, and Tess tries to find the persons who transformed Corben.
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Episode Info
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Episode number: 9x2 Production Number: 3X5252 Airdate: Friday October 02nd, 2009 Alternate Airdates:
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Recap
Lois visits the Kent farm and discovers the counters covered in dust. Clark is apparently gone, but Lois soon realizes that someone has been feeding Shelby the dog. Lois is interrupted when John Corben calls to tell her that the Blur has apprehended two thieves at a jewelry store. He informs her that he's reporting the story and Lois invites him to go ahead, saying that there are plenty of Blur stories. Corben dismisses her admiration of the Blur, insisting that if the enigmatic vigilante screws up, there's no way to hold him accountable...Read the full recap
Episode Quotes
Lois: Are you still at the office?
John Corben: No, no. Sitting behind a desk just isn't the same without those pretty brown eyes of yours--I don't know--glaring at me.
John Corben: No, no. Sitting behind a desk just isn't the same without those pretty brown eyes of yours--I don't know--glaring at me.
Clark: I told you--there is no Clark Kent.
Chloe: No disrespect to your Kryptonian calling, but coming back to feed the dog is about as human as it gets.
Chloe: No disrespect to your Kryptonian calling, but coming back to feed the dog is about as human as it gets.
Lois: I just came to tell you that I'm not leaving the Daily Planet.
Tess: You were never leaving, Lois. I fired you.
Lois: Well, I'm not going to get into the whole "she said, she said" thing with you.
Tess: You were never leaving, Lois. I fired you.
Lois: Well, I'm not going to get into the whole "she said, she said" thing with you.
(Clark whooshes in)
Dr. Emil Hamilton: I understand it took Chloe... years to get used to your entrances.
Dr. Emil Hamilton: I understand it took Chloe... years to get used to your entrances.
Lois: Well, it looks like the night shift finally clocked in. What happened--try to shave in your sleep?
John Corben: Why do the electronic records in this place only go back a year.
Lois: Hello. Lois. Banter, banter, banter. What happened, did your snappy patter set with the sun?
John Corben: Where are the records?!?
Lois: A little less snap and a little more patter, please.
John Corben: Why do the electronic records in this place only go back a year.
Lois: Hello. Lois. Banter, banter, banter. What happened, did your snappy patter set with the sun?
John Corben: Where are the records?!?
Lois: A little less snap and a little more patter, please.
(to Clark)
John Corben: Control myself? That's easy for you to say. It doesn't take... much to stay in control when you watch from the shadows. You stand apart from the world... while the rest of us live in it. Even when it breaks your heart.
John Corben: Control myself? That's easy for you to say. It doesn't take... much to stay in control when you watch from the shadows. You stand apart from the world... while the rest of us live in it. Even when it breaks your heart.
Lois: Clark Kent. You're back. I was beginning to think your family lived on some distant planet.
Clark: Must have really missed me.
Lois: Uh, only because the guy who sat in your desk was a certifiable psychopath. Otherwise, I've been so busy, I didn't even notice you were gone.
Clark: Missed you, too, Lois.
Clark: Must have really missed me.
Lois: Uh, only because the guy who sat in your desk was a certifiable psychopath. Otherwise, I've been so busy, I didn't even notice you were gone.
Clark: Missed you, too, Lois.
Cultural References
Lois: Hunting down a real-life Terminator.
Talking about the 1984 movie The Terminator, and its sequels, that made Arnold Schwarzenegger a star with his portrayal of a cyborg sent back from the future to (at least initially) kill the man who would lead the rebellion against a machine army of conquest in the future.
Talking about the 1984 movie The Terminator, and its sequels, that made Arnold Schwarzenegger a star with his portrayal of a cyborg sent back from the future to (at least initially) kill the man who would lead the rebellion against a machine army of conquest in the future.
Lois: Since when did you becoming a living Lite-Brite?
Lite-Brite is a popular children's game/art tool where the user stick colored pegs into an outline on a black piece of paper fastened to a light panel. The light shines through the colored pegs but the not the black paper, making a pretty picture.
Lite-Brite is a popular children's game/art tool where the user stick colored pegs into an outline on a black piece of paper fastened to a light panel. The light shines through the colored pegs but the not the black paper, making a pretty picture.
Other Episode Crew
| • Developer | Alfred Gough | Miles Millar |
| • Executive Producer | Joe Davola | Mike Tollin | Brian Robbins | Kelly Souders | James Marshall (3) | Brian Peterson (1) |
| • Co-Executive Producer | Tom Welling | Tim Scanlan | Jae Marchant |
| • Supervising Producer | Turi Meyer | Al Septien | Jordan Hawley |
| • Producer | Anne Cofell | Rob Maier (1) |
| • Co-Producer | Don Whitehead | Scott Graham (3) | Holly Henderson | Tom Flores |
| • Associate Producer | Cristina Verano | Christopher Petry |
| • Production Designer | James Philpott |
| • Editor | Andi Armaganian |
| • Casting | Deedee Bradley | Coreen Mayrs | Heike Brandstatter |
| • First Assistant Director | Sandra Mayo |
| • Second Assistant Director | Steve Eathorne |
| • Music | Louis Febre |
| • Music Editor | Chris McGeary |
| • Costume Designer | Melanie Williams |
| • Camera Operator | Chris McMullin (2) |
| • Set Decorator | Andrea French |
| • Property Master | Mark Black |
| • Construction Coordinator | Tom Hunt (2) |
| • Assistant Editor | Donna Umali |
| • Supervising Sound Editor | Michael E. Lawshe |
| • Re-Recording Mixer | Gary D. Rogers | Dan Hiland |
| • Other | Jerry Siegel (Superman Created By) | Joe Shuster (Superman Created By) |
| • Director of Photography | Barry Donlevy |
| • Story Editor | Bryan Q. Miller |
| • Stunt Coordinator | Jacob Rupp |
| • Production Manager | Scott Graham (3) |
| • Sound Mixer | Rob Hanchar |
| • Key Makeup Artist | Tina Teoli |
| • Main Title Theme | Remy Zero |
| • Key Hairstylist | Sarah Koppes |
| • Special Effects Supervisor | Mike Walls |
| • Second Unit First Assistant Director | Ian Samoil |
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