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* UncertainDoom: Ian was tossed into a wall by Eric when he had Clark's powers, so we're probably supposed to assume he's dead. But it's never confirmed InUniverse, and other characters have survived as bad or worse injuries so it's not inconceivable that he survived.
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*ArtisticLicenseLaw: One wonders how Van, Ian, and Eric ended up in a mental institution, as none of them fit the definition of criminally insane, and insanity pleas are far more difficult to pull off in real life than in movies.
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* TookALevelInJerkass: It's clear Eric's imprisonment in Belle Reeve has made him more psychotic and evil, whereas in his last appearance he was a TragicVillian.
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* TookALevelInJerkass: It's clear Eric's imprisonment in Belle Reeve has made him more psychotic and evil, whereas in his last appearance appearance, he was a TragicVillian.TragicVillain.
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* TookALevelInJerkass: It's clear Eric's imprisonment in Belle Reeve has made him more psychotic and evil, whereas in his last appearance he was a TragicVillian.
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* RewindReplayRepeat: The episode ends on a devastated Lionel replaying a clip of Lex telling Clark he knows his secret, forced to realize he's just blown his best chance at finding it out himself.
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Written by Todd Slavkin & Darren Swimmer
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* CharacterDeath: Ian kills Van After Van manages to get a piece of Kryptonite to use against Clark. Ian is later betrayed by Eric and tossed aside into a wall, presumably killing him.
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* CharacterDeath: Ian kills Van After after Van manages to get a piece of Kryptonite to use against Clark. Ian himself is later betrayed by Eric and tossed aside into a wall, presumably killing him.
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* NeverMyFault: Arguably applies to Ian, who claims that he could be a co-ed at Harvard with a girl on each arm if it wasn't for Clark, overlooking the fct that he killed a man before Clark took a serious interest in his activities.
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* NeverMyFault: Arguably applies to Ian, who claims that he could be a co-ed at Harvard with a girl on each arm if it wasn't for Clark, overlooking the fct fact that he killed a man before Clark took a serious interest in his activities.
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* NeverMyFault: Arguably applies to Ian, who claims that he could be a co-ed at Harvard with a girl on each arm if it wasn't for Clark, overlooking the fct that he killed a man before Clark took a serious interest in his activities.
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* CharacterDeath: Ian kills Van After Van manages to get a piece of Kryptonite to use against Clark. Ian is later betrayed by Eric and tossed aside into a wall, presumably killing him.
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* PyrrhicVictory: Lionel succeeds in wiping Lex's memories and ensuring the secret of the death behind Lionel's parents is kept a secret. But, he doesn’t find out until afterwards that Lex knew Clark's secret, and wiping his memories included all knowledge of said secret.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Eric and Ian never appear again or are ever mentioned again. The last time Ian is seen is being tossed aside by Eric into a wall, so he could presumably be dead.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness:
** Ian kills Van after he gets a piece of Kryptonite for him and Eric to use against Clark.
** After Eric steals Clark's powers again he tells Ian they were never friends and tosses him aside into a wall, presumably killing him.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness:
** Ian kills Van after he gets a piece of Kryptonite for him and Eric to use against Clark.
** After Eric steals Clark's powers again he tells Ian they were never friends and tosses him aside into a wall, presumably killing him.
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Institutionalized in Belle Reve, Lex begs Clark to break him out of the mental hospital. Lionel plans to have Lex's memories erased. Three of Clark's past foes scheme to steal his powers so they can break out of Belle Reve. While in physical therapy, Lana befriends Adam, a mysterious young man.
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Institutionalized in Belle Reve, Lex begs Clark to break him out of the mental hospital.out. Lionel plans to have Lex's memories erased. Three of Clark's past foes scheme to steal his powers so they can break out of Belle Reve. While in physical therapy, Lana befriends Adam, a mysterious young man.
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* BloodFromTheMouth: Lex, after Ian beats him up with a baton while Clark is being dragged away.
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* BloodFromTheMouth: BloodFromTheMouth:
** Lex, after Ian beats him up with a baton while Clark is being draggedaway.away.
** Also Clark, after he's beaten by Ian's clone with a chunk of Kryptonite.
** Lex, after Ian beats him up with a baton while Clark is being dragged
** Also Clark, after he's beaten by Ian's clone with a chunk of Kryptonite.
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* QuitYourWhining: This trope pretty much sums up what Adam tells Lana when they first meet. Lana's having a hard time in physical therapy, but Adam tells her to push through the pain and stop feeling sorry for herself, deeply offending Lana.
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* QuitYourWhining: This trope pretty much sums up what Adam tells Lana when they first meet. Lana's having a hard time in physical therapy, but Adam tells her to push through the pain and stop feeling sorry for herself, deeply offending Lana.Lana at first.
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* TheBadGuyWins: Lionel succeeds in wiping Lex's memory of the past several weeks despite Clark's efforts to prevent it. Clark even invokes the trope in the final act. The only good thing that comes out of it is that Lionel finds out too late that Lex knew Clark's secret before his memories were erased.
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* TheBadGuyWins: Lionel succeeds in wiping Lex's memory memories of the past several weeks despite Clark's efforts to prevent it. Clark even invokes the trope in the final act. The only good thing that comes out of it is that Lionel finds out too late that [[SecretKeeper Lex knew Clark's secret secret]] before his memories were erased.
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* BloodFromTheMouth: Lex, after Ian beats him up with a baton.
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* BloodFromTheMouth: Lex, after Ian beats him up with a baton.baton while Clark is being dragged away.
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* TerribleTrio: Eric, Ian, and Van, though Ian and his duplicate kill Van after he supplies a piece of Kryptonite, and Eric turns on Ian near the end.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: In the teaser, when Clark refuses to break Lex out of Belle Reve, Lex angrily reacts.
-->'''Lex''': I'll never forgive you for this, Clark! Never! NEVER!!!
* ThisIsUnforgivable: In the teaser, when Clark refuses to break Lex out of Belle Reve, Lex angrily reacts.
-->'''Lex''': I'll never forgive you for this, Clark! Never! NEVER!!!
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* TerribleTrio: Eric, Ian, and Van, though Ian and his duplicate kill Van after he supplies them with a piece of Kryptonite, and Eric turns on Ian near the end.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: In the teaser, when Clark refuses to breakLex him out of Belle Reve, Lex angrily reacts.
reacts angrily.
-->'''Lex''': Bastard! I'll never forgive you for this, Clark! Never! NEVER!!!
* ThisIsUnforgivable: In the teaser, when Clark refuses to break
-->'''Lex''': Bastard! I'll never forgive you for this, Clark! Never! NEVER!!!
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* BloodFromTheMouth: Lex, after Ian beats him up with a baton.
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* TheBadGuyWins: Lionel succeeds in wiping Lex's memory of the past several weeks despite Clark's efforts to prevent it. Clark even invokes the trope in the final act.
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* TheBadGuyWins: Lionel succeeds in wiping Lex's memory of the past several weeks despite Clark's efforts to prevent it. Clark even invokes the trope in the final act. The only good thing that comes out of it is that Lionel finds out too late that Lex knew Clark's secret before his memories were erased.
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Written by Todd Slavkin & Darren Swimmer
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Institutionalized in Belle Reve, Lex begs Clark to break him out of the mental hospital. Lionel plans to have some of Lex's memories erased. Three of Clark's past foes scheme to steal his powers so they can break out of Belle Reve. While in physical therapy, Lana befriends Adam, a mysterious young man.
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* TheBadGuyWins: Lionel succeeds in wiping Lex's memory of the past several weeks. Clark even invokes the trope.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Lionel plans to have Lex subjected to a radical electroshock treatment to erase his memories of the past few weeks.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Lionel plans to have Lex subjected to a radical electroshock treatment to erase his memories of the past few weeks.
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* TheBadGuyWins: Lionel succeeds in wiping Lex's memory of the past several weeks. weeks despite Clark's efforts to prevent it. Clark even invokes the trope.
trope in the final act.
* BedlamHouse: Belle Reve
* TheGlassesComeOff: After gaining Clark's powers, Eric ditches his glasses.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Lionel plans to have Lex subjected to a radical electroshock treatment to erase his memories of the past fewweeks.weeks and thus keep the truth about his parents' deaths hidden.
* QuitYourWhining: This trope pretty much sums up what Adam tells Lana when they first meet. Lana's having a hard time in physical therapy, but Adam tells her to push through the pain and stop feeling sorry for herself, deeply offending Lana.
* TerribleTrio: Eric, Ian, and Van, though Ian and his duplicate kill Van after he supplies a piece of Kryptonite, and Eric turns on Ian near the end.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: In the teaser, when Clark refuses to break Lex out of Belle Reve, Lex angrily reacts.
-->'''Lex''': I'll never forgive you for this, Clark! Never! NEVER!!!
* VillainOfTheWeek: Eric Summers, Ian Randall, and Van [=McNulty=].
* BedlamHouse: Belle Reve
* TheGlassesComeOff: After gaining Clark's powers, Eric ditches his glasses.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Lionel plans to have Lex subjected to a radical electroshock treatment to erase his memories of the past few
* QuitYourWhining: This trope pretty much sums up what Adam tells Lana when they first meet. Lana's having a hard time in physical therapy, but Adam tells her to push through the pain and stop feeling sorry for herself, deeply offending Lana.
* TerribleTrio: Eric, Ian, and Van, though Ian and his duplicate kill Van after he supplies a piece of Kryptonite, and Eric turns on Ian near the end.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: In the teaser, when Clark refuses to break Lex out of Belle Reve, Lex angrily reacts.
-->'''Lex''': I'll never forgive you for this, Clark! Never! NEVER!!!
* VillainOfTheWeek: Eric Summers, Ian Randall, and Van [=McNulty=].
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* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:Lionel succeeds in wiping Lex's memory of the past several weeks]]. Clark even invokes the trope.
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* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:Lionel Lionel succeeds in wiping Lex's memory of the past several weeks]].weeks. Clark even invokes the trope.
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* VillainTeamUp: Van [=McNulty=] (from this season's "Extinction"), Eric Summers (from Season 1's "Leech"), and Ian Randall (from Season 2's "Dichotic") join forces to escape from Belle Reve by having Eric take Clark's powers. [[spoiler:However, Ian and his clone kill Van after he supplies a piece of Kryptonite, and Eric turns on Ian.]]
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* VillainTeamUp: Van [=McNulty=] (from this season's "Extinction"), Eric Summers (from Season 1's "Leech"), and Ian Randall (from Season 2's "Dichotic") join forces to escape from Belle Reve by having Eric take Clark's powers. [[spoiler:However, However, Ian and his clone kill Van after he supplies a piece of Kryptonite, and Eric turns on Ian.]]
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* VillainTeamUp: Van [=McNulty=] (from this season's "Extinction"), Eric Summers (from Season 1's "Leech"), and Ian Randall (from Season 2's "Dichotic") join forces to escape from Belle Reve by having Eric take Clark's powers. [[spoiler:However, Ian and his clone kill Van after he supplies a piece of kryptonite, and Eric turns on Ian.]]
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* VillainTeamUp: Van [=McNulty=] (from this season's "Extinction"), Eric Summers (from Season 1's "Leech"), and Ian Randall (from Season 2's "Dichotic") join forces to escape from Belle Reve by having Eric take Clark's powers. [[spoiler:However, Ian and his clone kill Van after he supplies a piece of kryptonite, Kryptonite, and Eric turns on Ian.]]
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Institutionalized in Belle Reve, Lex begs Clark to break him out of the mental hospital after learning that hospital. Lionel plans to have him given electroshock therapy.some of Lex's memories erased. Three of Clark's past foes scheme to steal his powers so they can break out of Belle Reve. While in physical therapy, Lana befriends Adam, a mysterious young man.
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Institutionalized in Belle Reve, Lex begs Clark to break him out of the mental hospital.hospital after learning that Lionel plans to have him given electroshock therapy. Three of Clark's past foes scheme to steal his powers so they can break out of Belle Reve. While in physical therapy, Lana befriends Adam, a mysterious young man.
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* TheBadGuyWins: Lionel succeeds in wiping Lex's memory of the past several weeks. Clark even invokes the trope.
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* TheBadGuyWins: Lionel [[spoiler:Lionel succeeds in wiping Lex's memory of the past several weeks. weeks]]. Clark even invokes the trope.trope.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Lionel plans to have Lex subjected to a radical electroshock treatment to erase his memories of the past few weeks.
* VillainTeamUp: Van [=McNulty=] (from this season's "Extinction"), Eric Summers (from Season 1's "Leech"), and Ian Randall (from Season 2's "Dichotic") join forces to escape from Belle Reve by having Eric take Clark's powers. [[spoiler:However, Ian and his clone kill Van after he supplies a piece of kryptonite, and Eric turns on Ian.]]
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Lionel plans to have Lex subjected to a radical electroshock treatment to erase his memories of the past few weeks.
* VillainTeamUp: Van [=McNulty=] (from this season's "Extinction"), Eric Summers (from Season 1's "Leech"), and Ian Randall (from Season 2's "Dichotic") join forces to escape from Belle Reve by having Eric take Clark's powers. [[spoiler:However, Ian and his clone kill Van after he supplies a piece of kryptonite, and Eric turns on Ian.]]
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!!Tropes present in the episode:
* TheBadGuyWins: Lionel succeeds in wiping Lex's memory of the past several weeks. Clark even invokes the trope.
!!Tropes present in the episode:
* TheBadGuyWins: Lionel succeeds in wiping Lex's memory of the past several weeks. Clark even invokes the trope.
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Originally aired January 14, 2004
Institutionalized in Belle Reve, Lex begs Clark to break him out of the mental hospital. Three of Clark's past foes scheme to steal his powers so they can break out of Belle Reve. While in physical therapy, Lana befriends Adam, a mysterious young man.
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Institutionalized in Belle Reve, Lex begs Clark to break him out of the mental hospital. Three of Clark's past foes scheme to steal his powers so they can break out of Belle Reve. While in physical therapy, Lana befriends Adam, a mysterious young man.
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