Episode
Smallville: Turbulence
Overview
Tess invites Clark to a press conference in New York but when an explosion rocks the private jet they are on, Clark must figure out how to save them without Tess learning his secret. Unbeknown to Clark, Tess orchestrated the explosion to get Clark to reveal his powers. Meanwhile, Davis discovers a surprising way to control the monster within.
Details
- Series
- Smallville
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 2009-03-19
- Runtime
- 42 min
Episode context
Turbulence is Episode 16 in Season 8 of Smallville. It aired on 2009-03-19. The runtime is 42 min.
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Episode 15: Infamous
Linda Lake returns to Metropolis and threatens to expose Clark’s secret unless he promises to give her exclusive information on the red-blue blur so she can become a star reporter again. Refusing to be blackmailed, Clark tells Lois his secret and asks her to write his story for The Daily Planet.
Episode 17: Hex
At Chloe’s birthday party, a mysterious magician named Zatanna grants Chloe’s wish to be more like Lois and switches the two into each other’s bodies. Zatanna searches for her father’s book of spells so she can conjure up his spirit but not before also granting Clark his deepest wish.
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