Smallville Hostage (Season 9, Episode 20)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Smallville

Hostage (Season 9, Episode 20)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Clark is desperate to find the Book of Rao before Zod can find it. If it falls into Zod's hands, he will take over Earth. He's asking Chloe for her help. She is hampered by Tess's ravaging of her Watchtower equipment. Lois tells Clark she ...See moreClark is desperate to find the Book of Rao before Zod can find it. If it falls into Zod's hands, he will take over Earth. He's asking Chloe for her help. She is hampered by Tess's ravaging of her Watchtower equipment. Lois tells Clark she has a sure-fire way of getting their jobs back, but he is too preoccupied to listen. Her feelings are hurt. She says she needs a mission in life. In the midst of all this, Clark's mom returns unexpectedly with Perry White, whom she has been dating. Lois is smitten with Perry and shows him her hot lead - a photo of the Red/Blue Blur and tales of an alien race that is looking for the Book of Rao. She holds up a picture of it. Perry's jaw drops. He reaches into his briefcase and pulls out a copy of the same symbol. He tells her that they have a shared story. He is investigating an explosion of a secret government complex in the Rocky Mountains but has been blocked by someone with the code name, Red Queen. Meanwhile, Maxwell Lord has imprisoned Tess, demanding that she hand over the Book of Rao. As Chloe tries to help Clark search for the book, the Red Queen locks her computers. At an uncomfortable "family" dinner, Lois informs Clark that she's breaking up with him. Tess awakes from the mind manipulation that Lord has been using on her to get the Book of Rao. She grabs his gun and escapes. She heads home to get Rao from her wine cellar hiding place. But the real Red Queen - Martha Kent - holds her at gunpoint, knowing she would go for Rao when she fled Lord. Tess is forced to hand it over. Perry and Lois's story collapses, but his good word to the Planet editor gets Lois and Clark their desks back. At the Kent farm, Clark tells his mom that he knows now she is the Red Queen. She answers back that she has never stopped trying to protect him. If he uses the knowledge in the Book of Rao to exile all Kryptonians to another plane, it will exile all Kryptonians from Earth, including himself. She hands the Book of Rao to him. Written by Garon Smith See less

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11 cast members

Name	Known for
Tom Welling Clark Kent Clark Kent See fewer	Smallville (2001)
Allison Mack Chloe Sullivan Chloe Sullivan See fewer	Smallville (2001)
Erica Durance Lois Lane Lois Lane See fewer	The Butterfly Effect 2 (2006)
Cassidy Freeman Tess Mercer Tess Mercer See fewer	The Righteous Gemstones (2019)
Callum Blue Zod (credit only) Zod (credit only) See fewer	The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)
Justin Hartley Oliver Queen Oliver Queen See fewer	This Is Us (2016)
Annette O'Toole Martha Kent / The Red Queen Martha Kent / The Red Queen See fewer	Superman III (1983)
Michael McKean Perry White Perry White See fewer	This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Gil Bellows Maxwell Lord Maxwell Lord See fewer	Patriot (2015)
Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe Vala (as Crystal Lowe) Vala (as Crystal Lowe) See fewer	Final Destination 3 (2006)
Ian Gregson Man with Dog Man with Dog See fewer	R.L. Stine's the Haunting Hour (2010)