Line #14 Recap/SmallvilleS04E20Ageless


1	Originally aired May 4, 2005
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3	Written and Directed by Creator/StevenSDeKnight
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5	Clark and Lana find an abandoned baby in a cornfield, and the baby, named "Evan," turns out to be a metahuman with rapid aging powers. Genevieve threatens to kill Lex unless Lionel gives her one of the Kryptonian stones.
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7	!!Tropes present in the episode:
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9	* AngerBornOfWorry: Lana displays this towards Evan after he returns to the Kents' farmhouse after running off earlier.
10	* CallBack: Near the end of the episode, when Evan tells Clark he's lucky he was found by him, Clark replies "I don't think we found you; I think you found us," echoing Martha's words to Jonathan in the pilot after they found Kal-El.
11	* DeathByChildbirth: Happens to Evan's mother, Karen, in the teaser when she gives birth to him, letting out an energy blast that vaporizes her and her car. All that's left afterwards when Clark and Lana come by the area is a crater and the surviving baby.
12	* DeliberatelyCuteChild: Evan as a child.
13	* TheDiaperChange: Clark does this to Evan, who nearly pees on him.
14	* DisappearedDad: Tanner, Evan's birth father who wants nothing to do with his son.
15	* HopeSpot: Luthor suggests a bone marrow transplant that could save Evan, and his birth father Tanner is the right match. Not only does Tanner refuse to help, but Teenage!Evan [[AccidentalMurder accidentally kills]] him. They needed a ''live'' donor.
16	* IHaveNoSon: Tanner refuses to accept responsibility for his son, much to Clark's dismay and anger.
17	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Tanner accidentally gets fatally impaled on a mechanic's tool during a tense moment with Evan.
18	* LukeYouAreMyFather: Teenage!Evan goes to see his birth father Tanner and tells him he's his father. It doesn't end well.
19	* MaternalDeathBlameTheChild: Tanner sees Evan as "the thing that killed Karen".
20	* PapaWolf:
21	** Clark develops this attitude toward Evan, to the point where he gets aggressive with Tanner when the latter denies any kind of relationship to Evan.
22	** After Genevieve threatens to kill Lex if he doesn't hand over one of the Kryptonian stones, Lionel poisons her and withholds the antidote from her as she lays on the floor, reaching for it and gasping for air.
23	--->'''Lionel:''' Parenthood--it's an interesting phenomenon, isn't it? The lengths we go to to protect our children. No limits.
24	--->'''Genevieve:''' ''[drops the wine glass and collapses, choking]'' What are you--
25	--->'''Lionel:''' The wine you've just drunk will kill you in a matter of minutes. I'm told that the pain will be excruciating. How about a trade? You give me the stone that you stole from Bridgette Crosby, and I give you the antidote. One more thing--you go near my son, and anything that happens to him happens to you. Is that understood?
26	* ParentsForADay: Clark and Lana become the surrogate parents of Evan.
27	* ScreamingBirth: Karen, Evan's mother, in the teaser.
28	* SoapOperaRapidAgingSyndrome: Evan's power, explained by him building up energy and expending it through rapid cell division.
29	* WithholdingTheCure: Lionel does this to a poisoned Genevieve as she reaches for the antidote he holds and he demands one of the Kryptonian stones.
30	* YoureNotMyFather: Evan says this to Clark after an argument over his birth father Tanner, who doesn't want to see him.

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