History Recap / SmallvilleS07E10Persona

* RemakeCameo: Marc [=McClure=] (Dax-Ur) played Jimmy Olsen in the Creator/ChristopherReeve ''[[Film/{{Superman}} Superman]]'' movies.

* HorribleJudgeofCharacter: Lana never suspects Bizarro isn't the Clark she knows.

Written by Holly Henderson & Don Whitehead

Directed by Todd Slavkin

* HalfHumanHybrid: Dax-Ur's son Max, who's half-Kryptonian and half-human.
** Although Max is half-Kryptonian, his father was under the Blue Kryptonite at the time of his "beginning," so he is just like a normal human child.

-->'''Dax-Ur''': My work led to the creation of the Brain [=InterActive=] Construct. I realized much too late that my technology could lead to the destruction of worlds.
-->'''Clark''': So, you came to Earth.
-->'''Dax-Ur''': To clear my conscience.

-->'''Bizarro''': Look at yourself. You can barely catch a rat.
-->'''Brainiac''': I am the Brain [=InterActive=] Construct. No matter my form, my intellect remains formidable. Do not underestimate me.

-->'''Dax-Ur''': (''after Clark introduces himself as "Kal-El"'') The House of El...you always were survivors.

-->'''Bizarro''': (''hiding from the sunlight'') The sun's got nothing on you. Why don't you close those curtains, come back to bed?.
-->'''Lana''': I guess I could spare a few extra minutes.(''Closes the curtains and joins him in bed'')

-->'''Lionel''': You may be his employer, but, uh, you can't claim him as if he were a piece of property. Do you believe you have the right to recycle your dead brother as if he were part of some sick vanity project?
-->'''Lex''': Well, I only did what you never had the guts to do.
-->'''Lionel''': What you've done is depraved. You disgust me!
-->'''Lex''': You're telling me you wouldn't want to see Julian again? To look into the eyes of the son you lost?
-->'''Lionel''': It's you I've lost. It's you I've lost. (''leaves'')

* BedTrick: Bizarro seems to have had sex with Lana while impersonating Clark.

* TheAtoner: Dax-Ur fled to Earth hundreds of years ago because he feared that his creation, the Brain [=InterActive=] Construct (Brainiac), had the potential to destroy entire worlds.

* {{Bookends}}: The episode opens with Bizarro and Lana sharing a warm and intimate moment in bed together, and ends with an emotionally distant Clark and Lana silently getting into bed together.
* ByThePowerOfGrayskull: Dax-Ur's shield is activated by holding it and speaking his name aloud.
* ChekhovsGunman: Dax-Ur, who was previously mentioned in "Fierce," makes an appearance in this episode.
* DisappointedInYou: Lionel's words to Lex when confronting him about Grant being a clone of Julian.

* SkywardScream: In the final act, Lex lets one out after he receives word that the assassin he hired successfully killed Grant.
* XanatosSpeedChess: Brainiac pulls one to track down his creator Dax-Ur. First, he directs Bizarro to find Dax-Ur; this leads Bizarro to search for Dax-Ur's shield, which leads him to the Fortress, alerting Jor-El to his return and prompting him to free Clark from his icy imprisonment. Clark then goes to [=LuthorCorp=] and speaks with Brainiac disguised as Lionel, who tells him how to use the shield. After obtaining the shield from Chloe (who kept it from Bizarro because she correctly suspected he wasn't Clark), Clark activates it, causing it to emit a beacon that allows Brainiac to later find Dax-Ur.

Written by Holly Henderson and Don Whitehead

* BookEnds: The episode opens with Bizarro and Lana sharing a warm and intimate moment in bed together, and ends with an emotionally distant Clark and Lana silently getting into bed together.

* HalfHumanHybrid: Dax-Ur's son Max.

-->'''Brainiac''': I am the Brain InterActive Construct. No matter my form, my intellect remains formidable. Do not underestimate me.

* BecomingTheMask: Bizarro seems to have undergone that.

* MindProbe: Brainiac does this to Dax-Ur to obtain the information he needs to repair himself.
* PlotDevice: Dax-Ur's shield, which takes anyone who activates it to its owner's location.

* RemakeCameo: Marc [=McClure=] (Dax-Ur) played Jimmy Olsen in the Creator/RichardDonner/Creator/ChristopherReeve ''[[Film/{{Superman}} Superman]]'' movies.
* SkywardScream: Lex lets one out after he receives word that the assassin he hired successfully killed Grant.
* XanatosSpeedChess: Brainiac pulls one to track down his creator Dax-Ur.

* BookEnds: The episode opens with Bizarro and Lana sharing a warm moment in bed together, and ends with an emotionally distant Clark and Lana silently getting into bed together.

* AntagonisticOffspring: In the final act, Brainiac attacks and kills Dax-Ur, his creator, to gain the information he needs to repair and upgrade himself.

Posing as Clark, Bizarro tracks down a severely-weakened Brainiac to seek a way to remain as Clark permanently, but Brainiac seizes an opportunity to repair himself. Jor-El frees Clark from captivity so he can confront Bizarro.

* TheAtoner: Dax-Ur fled to Earth hundreds of years ago because he feared that Brainiac had the potential to destroy entire worlds.

* BookEnds: The episode opens with Bizarro and Lana sharing a warm moment in bed together, and ends with an emotionally distant Clark and Lana getting into bed together.

* SkywardScream: Lex lets one out after he receives word that the assassin he hired successfully shot and killed Grant.

* BookEnds: The episode opens with Bizarro and Lana sharing a warm moment in bed together, and ends with a distant Clark and Lana getting into bed together.

* InterspeciesRomance: Dax-Ur married a human woman and had a son with her.

* ActingForTwo:
** Tom Welling plays both Clark and Bizarro.
** John Glover plays both Lionel and Brainiac in Lionel's form.