Originally aired April 24, 2008
Written by Caroline Dries
Directed by Whitney Ransick
Jimmy is blackmailed by a government agent into helping her bring down Chloe.
Tropes present in the episode:
- Blackmail: Agent Webber threatens Jimmy with jail time unless he helps them arrest Chloe.
- A Day in the Limelight: This episode focuses more on Jimmy than it does on Clark.
- Cold-Blooded Torture: Agent Webber is convinced Chloe is a sleeper agent and interrogates her by beating her. Jimmy rescues her before Vanessa can take it any further.
- Deal with the Devil: Jimmy ends up making one with Lex to protect Chloe from the DDS.
- Inspector Javert: Agent Webber.
- The Masquerade Will Kill Your Dating Life: Chloe repeatedly lies to Jimmy about her superhero activities, driving a wedge between them.
- Mundanger: Agent Webber has no superhuman powers.
- San Dimas Time: As Kara tries to contact Clark in the present, a new entry in Dr. Swann's journal appears that Clark was sure wasn't there before she left with Brainiac.
- Shout-Out: Clark And Chloe find out Brainiac's plan is to go back in time and kill baby Clark before he left Krypton.
- Villain of the Week: Vanessa Webber, a DDS agent out to get Chloe for hacking into government computers.
