Episode
Smallville: Reckoning
Overview
Clark reveals his secret to Lana, Jonathan and Lex learn the results of the senatorial election, and there is a tragic car accident on the highway that takes the life of someone Clark loves, forcing Clark to appeal to Jor-El for help.
Details
- Series
- Smallville
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 2006-01-26
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Reckoning is Episode 12 in Season 5 of Smallville. It aired on 2006-01-26. The runtime is 43 min.
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Episode 11: Lockdown
Lex and Lana are at the mercy of a deranged Smallville deputy who plans to keep them captive until Lex reveals the location of the Kryptonian spaceship. Meanwhile, the Kents can't see eye-to-eye on campaign financing.
Episode 13: Vengeance
Clark discovers that the new assistant at the Daily Planet, a bespectacled, bumbling woman named Andrea, is actually a mysterious female vigilante who stalks Suicide Slum. Her path crosses Clark's as they both seek the same criminal. Meanwhile, Clark's bottled-up grief threatens to get the best of him and LuthorCorp experiences a shakeup.
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