Originally aired May 18, 2005
Written by Todd Slavkin & Darren Swimmer
Directed by Greg Beeman
Clark's high school graduation is interrupted by an announcement that another meteor shower is due to hit Smallville. He turns to Jor-El for answers, and Jor-El tells him he must find the remaining Stones of Power.
Tropes present in the episode:
- Apathetic Citizens: Lex finds Lionel in the mansion sipping a glass of wine moments before the meteors start falling, and has this to say to his dad:Lex: What happened to your survival instincts, Dad? Fire and brimstone are about to rain down from the sky and you're sipping a cocktail like it's Sunday at the country club.
- Asshole Victim: Genevieve dies stabbed by Isobel. Her evilness makes that moment unsympathetic.
- Blood Magic: Isobel uses the Crystal of Air to stab Genevieve in the heart, staining the crystal with human blood that triggers the second meteor shower.
- Bond One-Liner: Lionel's remark when Lex returns to Lana's apartment and finds Genevieve's body missing and everything cleaned up.Lionel: You know, for a woman without a heart, Genevieve Teague certainly did have a lot of blood.
- Cataclysm Climax: Season 4 ends with another meteor shower hitting Smallville.
- Character Death: Genevieve Teague is killed by Isobel in the teaser.
- Cliffhanger: The episode (and Season 4) ends with Lionel in a catatonic state, Jason and the Kents in the farmhouse as a meteor strikes the house, Chloe enveloped in white light as Lex enters the chamber in the Kawatche Caves, Lana finding a black spaceship, and Clark in the Arctic.
- Death from Above: Another meteor shower strikes Smallville. One of the victims is Jason.
- Dramatic Irony: Jason has no idea that his mother's dead, and that she was killed by a possessed Lana.
- Event Title: The title of the episode refers to Clark and Chloe's graduation from high school.
- Gotta Catch 'Em All: Jor-El tells Clark to collect all of the Stones of Power.
- Instantly Proven Wrong: Lionel claims passionately to not have the stone just about 5 seconds before it bursts violently out of his pocket, leaving him catatonic
- It's Up to You: Jor-El tells Clark only he can unite the Stones of Power and save Earth from destruction.
- Killed Off for Real: Genevieve Teague is killed off in this episode, and she never returns.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Jor-El tells Clark outright that his failure to unite the Stones of Power in time is what triggered the second meteor shower.Clark: Tell me what you've done!Jor-El: It was you who brought this upon yourself, Kal-El.Clark: What did I do?Jor-El: I sent you here to unite the three elements.Clark: The stones? They have nothing to do with me!Jor-El: But they do, Kal-El, for the knowledge of the universe is meant for you only, yet you chose to deny your heritage. Today, you shall witness the consequences.Clark: So you send a meteor shower?Jor-El: I have done nothing, Kal-El. Human blood has stained one of the stones and awakened a great danger from the darkness of space.
- Pillar of Light: Clark is encircled in one as he communicates with Jor-El.
- Sanity Slippage: Jason gets increasingly unhinged throughout the episode
- Season Finale: The show's fourth.
- Vagueness Is Coming: Jor-El tells Clark that Genevieve's blood stained one of the Stones of Power and awakened "a great danger from the darkness of space."
