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1	Originally aired April 13, 2006
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3	Written by Creator/ToddSlavkin & Creator/DarrenSwimmer
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5	Directed by Creator/TomWelling
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7	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 1989 meteor shower. Lex and Lana's relationship takes a shocking turn.
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9	!!Tropes present in the episode:
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11	* ArchnemesisDad: Tyler, to Maddie.
12	* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Maddie getting along with the Kents is this trope. It becomes a bit of a darker variation when her father threatens Clark and Martha.
13	* BigBrotherMentor: Clark plays this role to Maddie.
14	* CuteMute: Maddie, initially. Clark quickly helps her overcome that.
15	* EyeScream: When you have a man who can manipulate glass under arrest, having a man wearing glasses escorting him is a ''bad'' idea.
16	* HiddenInPlainSight: Seven expensive diamonds, set into a stained glass window.
17	* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: Clark uses this to talk Maddie down from killing Tyler.
18	-->'''Maddie:''' ''[uses her powers to aim glass shards at Tyler]'' Don't worry, Clark. I'm not gonna let him hurt any more people.
19	-->'''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.
20	-->'''Maddie:''' Maybe I don't have a choice.
21	-->'''Clark:''' Just because you're his child does not mean that you're destined to follow in his footsteps.
22	-->'''Maddie:''' But I don't want him to hurt any more people.
23	-->'''Clark:''' Your father has already destroyed his life. Don't destroy yours.
24	* IHaveYourWife: Tyler briefly takes Martha hostage.
25	* InTheBlood: Maddie inherited her powers from her father, Tyler [=McKnight=].
26	* MindOverMatter: Both Tyler and Maddie have telekinetic control over glass.
27	* NatureVersusNurture
28	* PowerIncontinence: Maddie suffers from this for most of the episode.
29	* RaisedByGrandparents: Maddie goes to live with her grandmother at the end of the episode.
30	* RedHerring: For much of the episode, it looks like Maddie accidentally killed her foster mother. It later turns out that her father Tyler [=McKnight=] is the true culprit.
31	* VillainousBSOD: Tyler has a brief one after Clark stops Maddie from killing him.
32	* VillainOfTheWeek: Tyler [=McKnight=], Maddie's father with glass telekinesis.

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