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Written by Todd Slavkin & Darren Swimmer

Directed by Tom Welling

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Written by Todd Slavkin Creator/ToddSlavkin & Darren Swimmer

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Directed by Tom Welling
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-->'''Maddie''': (''uses her powers to aim glass shards at Tyler'') Don't worry, Clark. I'm not gonna let him hurt any more people.
-->'''Clark''': Maddie, no. Don't. Maddie, [[LampshadeHanging if you kill him, you'll be just like him]]. You don't have to turn into your father.
-->'''Maddie''': Maybe I don't have a choice.
-->'''Clark''': Just because you're his child does not mean that you're destined to follow in his footsteps.
-->'''Maddie''': But I don't want him to hurt any more people.
-->'''Clark''': Your father has already destroyed his life. Don't destroy yours.

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-->'''Maddie''': (''uses -->'''Maddie:''' ''[uses her powers to aim glass shards at Tyler'') Tyler]'' Don't worry, Clark. I'm not gonna let him hurt any more people.
-->'''Clark''': -->'''Clark:''' Maddie, no. Don't. Maddie, [[LampshadeHanging if you kill him, you'll be just like him]]. You don't have to turn into your father.
-->'''Maddie''': -->'''Maddie:''' Maybe I don't have a choice.
-->'''Clark''': -->'''Clark:''' Just because you're his child does not mean that you're destined to follow in his footsteps.
-->'''Maddie''': -->'''Maddie:''' But I don't want him to hurt any more people.
-->'''Clark''': -->'''Clark:''' Your father has already destroyed his life. Don't destroy yours.
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Written by Todd Slavkin and Darren Swimmer

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Written by Todd Slavkin and & Darren Swimmer
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-->'''Maddie''': (''uses her powers to aim glass shards at Tyler'') Don't worry, Clark. I'm not gonna let him hurt any more people.
-->'''Clark''': Maddie, no. Don't. Maddie, [[LampshadeHanging if you kill him, you'll be just like him]]. You don't have to turn into your father.
-->'''Maddie''': Maybe I don't have a choice.
-->'''Clark''': Just because you're his child does not mean that you're destined to follow in his footsteps.
-->'''Maddie''': But I don't want him to hurt any more people.
-->'''Clark''': Your father has already destroyed his life. Don't destroy yours.
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* [[IHaveYourWife I Have Your Mother]]: Tyler briefly takes Martha hostage.

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* [[IHaveYourWife I Have Your Mother]]: IHaveYourWife: Tyler briefly takes Martha hostage.



* VillainOfTheWeek: Tyler [=McKnight=]

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* VillainOfTheWeek: Tyler [=McKnight=][=McKnight=], Maddie's father with glass telekinesis.

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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Maddie getting along with The Kents is this trope and it becomes a bit of a darker variation, when her father threatens Clark and Martha.
* CuteMute: Maddie, initially. Clark helps her overcome that.

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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Maddie getting along with The the Kents is this trope and it trope. It becomes a bit of a darker variation, variation when her father threatens Clark and Martha.
Martha.
* BigBrotherMentor: Clark plays this role to Maddie.
* CuteMute: Maddie, initially. Clark quickly helps her overcome that.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Clark serves this role to Maddie.

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* BigBrotherInstinct: BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Maddie getting along with The Kents is this trope and it becomes a bit of a darker variation, when her father threatens Clark serves this role to Maddie.and Martha.
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* VillainousBSOD: Tyler has a brief one after Clark stops Maddie from killing him.
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* EyeScream: When you have a man who can manipulate glass under arrest, having a man wearing glasses escorting him is a ''bad'' idea.
* HiddenInPlainSight: Seven expensive diamonds, set into a stained glass window.

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Clark and Martha take in Maddie, a young girl whose foster mother was murdered. Clark befriends Maddie and learns that, not only can she control glass, but that her power is connected to the first meteor shower that hit Smallville years ago. Lex and Lana's relationship takes a shocking turn.

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Clark and Martha take in Maddie, a young girl whose foster mother was murdered. Clark befriends Maddie and learns that, not only can she control glass, but that her power is connected to the first 1989 meteor shower that hit Smallville years ago.shower. Lex and Lana's relationship takes a shocking turn.



* ArchnemesisDad: Tyler, to Maddie.



* CuteMute: Maddie, initially.
* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: Clark uses this to talk Maddie down from killing her father.

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* CuteMute: Maddie, initially.
initially. Clark helps her overcome that.
* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: Clark uses this to talk Maddie down from killing her father.Tyler.



* MindOverMatter: Both Tyler and Maddie share this power.

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* MindOverMatter: Both Tyler and Maddie share this power.have telekinetic control over glass.



* RaisedByGrandparents: Maddie goes to live with her grandmother.
* RedHerring: It looks like Maddie accidentally killed her foster mother. Her father turns out to be the true culprit.

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* PowerIncontinence: Maddie suffers from this for most of the episode.
* RaisedByGrandparents: Maddie goes to live with her grandmother.
grandmother at the end of the episode.
* RedHerring: It For much of the episode, it looks like Maddie accidentally killed her foster mother. Her father It later turns out to be that her father Tyler [=McKnight=] is the true culprit.
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Written by Todd Slavkin and Darren Swimmer

Directed by Tom Welling
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Clark serves this role to Maddie.
* CuteMute: Maddie, initially.


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* [[IHaveYourWife I Have Your Mother]]: Tyler briefly takes Martha hostage.


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* RaisedByGrandparents: Maddie goes to live with her grandmother.
* RedHerring: It looks like Maddie accidentally killed her foster mother. Her father turns out to be the true culprit.
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* DirectedByCastMember: This episode marks Tom Welling's directorial debut.
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* InTheBlood: Maddie inherited her powers from Tyler [=McKnight=].

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* InTheBlood: Maddie inherited her powers from her father, Tyler [=McKnight=].
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* InTheBlood: Maddie inherited her powers from Tyler [=McKnight=].
* MindOverMatter: Both Tyler and Maddie share this power.
* VillainOfTheWeek: Tyler [=McKnight=]
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!!Tropes present in the episode:

* DirectedByCastMember: This episode marks Tom Welling's directorial debut.
* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: Clark uses this to talk Maddie down from killing her father.
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Originally aired April 13, 2006

Clark and Martha take in Maddie, a young girl whose foster mother was murdered. Clark befriends Maddie and learns that, not only can she control glass, but that her power is connected to the first meteor shower that hit Smallville years ago. Lex and Lana's relationship takes a shocking turn.
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