Smallville Australia (est. 2003)

Lois gives Martha a ride home in the evening and drops her off at the farm. A wind springs up and Shelby senses something – an energy burst shoots out of the sky and hits Martha. Clark hears it from the barn, rushes out, and finds his mother lying unconscious in the driveway. She wakes up and thinks she’s fainted, and doesn’t remember anything of what happened.

The next day Clark is at the Daily Planet checking weather reports with Chloe, but there was nothing unusual. Clark suspects that Jor-El was involved, and he relates how Jor-El warned one of his loved ones would have to die.

Lex is holding a photo shoot at the Talon and Lois is unimpressed. Clark goes to Fine and asks for more information on Jor-El. Fine already knows about Clark’s deal with Jor-El but refuses to tell more despite Clark’s insistence. Clark reveals Fine’s true identity to his parents and Jonathan is suspicious of Fine based on the other Kryptonians they’ve had problems with. Martha’s hand goes numb and she has a strange burn pattern on her left shoulder.

At the hospital the doctors don’t have any answers about Martha and release her. At the Planet, Lionel drops in on Chloe and gives her flowers and congratulations. He also drops a story about a super-powered person at C&M Universe…Professor Milton Fine. Clark confronts Fine, who reveals that Jor-El caused similar injuries to political dissidents on Krypton, and was a ruthless dictator who imprisoned anyone who opposed him, including the rebel Zod. Jor-El destroyed the planet and sent Clark to Earth to conquer its people and recreate Krypton.

Fine examines Martha who is showing further symptoms then goes into convulsions. Fine advises treatment with a meteor rock, which Jonathan does and relieves her symptoms…temporarily. Fine warns that within a matter of hours she’ll be dead. Clark prepares to go to see Jor-El but stops to tell Jonathan about the deal he made with Jor-El. Jonathan tells him to go and Clark superspeeds off to the Fortress. There he establishes contact with Jor-El, who denies having done anything but warns that Clark can’t alter destiny.

At the manor, an underling reports to Lex that an electromagnetic tidal wave is emerging from the ship when Lionel arrives. He reveals he knows about the warehouse and warns that the public won’t tolerate a politician obsessed with little green men.

At the university, Chloe is following Professor Fine as he leaves while Clark tends to Martha, who tries to reassure her. Lois meets with Chloe and insists she try to come up with a way to bring down Lex. Chloe reveals she followed Fine to a LuthorCorp warehouse and they go off to investigate. Lois lures the guard away while Chloe sneaks in and sees a pool of liquid metal leave the ship and form into Professor Fine, holding a black crystal spike. Another guard comes up behind her and when she turns back Fine is gone. Lois hears the radio call, knocks out her car, and rescues Chloe.

Clark confronts Fine at the university and the professor suggests Clark destroy the Fortress and break Jor-El’s hold on Martha. Chloe meets with Jonathan at the farm and tells him what she’s seen, and warns he’s not as helpful as he claims. Clark and Fine go to the cavern and insert the key, teleporting them both to the Fortress. Fine tells Clark to stick the black crystal into the Fortress. Clark puts it in and the Fortress begins to collapse, at which point Clark collapses when Fine exposes him to green kryptonite. Fine reveals he was created by Kryptonians and that Zod is the one true Kryptonian, and now he’s free to recreate Krypton on Earth. He leaves the kryptonite on Clark’s chest and goes to welcome Zod, who is appearing out of the same prison the other Kryptonians were banished to by Clark (in “Arrival”).

Chloe arrives at the cavern and uses the key to teleport to the Fortress. She take the kryptonite off of Clark and he pulls the black spike out, sealing Zod back away. A fight ensues between Clark and Fine, who tries to stab Clark with the black spike. Clark sends him flying, impaling him on crystal spikes, and he disappears in a burst of light. At the same time the spaceship vanishes from the warehouse and Martha is completely cured.

Clark and Martha share a moment, then Chloe and Clark share a moment and she brings him up to speed on Fine, and Clark reveals the spaceship is gone. Lionel visits Lex, who accuses him of stealing the spaceship. Lionel denies it and express concern that Lex is giving in to his “delusions” again. Lois is determined to bring Lex down and gives the impression she plans to continue the story…possibly as a reporter. Jonathan and Clark share a moment