Smallville 8.03 Toxic (2008, TV) – 4/10

Tom Welling: Clark Kent Allison Mack: Chloe Sullivan Erica Durance: Lois Lane Cassidy Freeman: Tess Mercer Samuel Witwer: Davis Bloome Justin Hartley: Oliver Queen Writer (Characters’ Creator) Superman: Jerry Siegel Writer (Characters’ Creator): Joe Shuster Developer for Television: Alfred Gough Developer for Television: Miles Millar Ron Selmour: Writer: Caroline Dries Director: Mairzee Almas

Smallville 8.03 Toxic (2008) Oliver Queen, realising he’s been poisoned and has twelve hours to live, decides to waft into a trendy bar and quaff some champagne before collapsing in an incoherent heap in front of dozens of gleeful photographers. You know, instead of going to hospital. Luckily, Clark was there and he and Chloe set about trying to save him but the secret to Queen’s life lies in his past. 4/10 While this is another weak episode, it’s not quite as offensively or brain-cell-killingly bad as the previous couple of episodes and features a couple of strong scenes while raising intrigue levels regarding Chloe’s new super brain powers and new characters Tess Mercer and random paramedic Davis Bloome. The strong scenes come, most unusually, courtesy of Erica Durance who has always worked well with her Oliver Queen relationship (if nothing else). Nice to report that Tom Welling occasionally looks much more interested this week. This Smallville episode contains strong gun violence, melee violence. Links Previous episode: Plastique Next episode: Instinct

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