"Smallville"
Cure (2007)

Director:

Rick Rosenthal

Writers:

Joe Shuster (characters) &
Jerry Siegel (characters) ...

TV Series:

"Smallville" (2001)

Original Air Date:

18 October 2007 (Season 7, Episode 4)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Dr. Curtis Knox says he can "cure" someone from being a "meteor freak," changing their lives. Chloe takes an interest in this...

Plot Keywords:

Shot Multiple Times | Shipper | Best Friends | Young Versions Of Characters | One Word Title

Cast

Tom Welling	...	Clark Kent
Michael Rosenbaum	...	Lex Luthor
Kristin Kreuk	...	Lana Lang
Allison Mack	...	Chloe Sullivan
Erica Durance	...	Lois Lane (credit only)
Aaron Ashmore	...	Jimmy Olsen
Laura Vandervoort	...	Kara
John Glover	...	Lionel Luthor (credit only)
Dean Cain	...	Curtis Knox, M.D.
Phil Morris	...	John Jonzz
Jovanna Huguet	...	Sasha Woodman
Natalia Minuta	...	Sophia
Jason Poulsen	...	Daily Planet Worker

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where Clark and Knox fight, Knox smashes his blue container with his weapon. Shortly after this, there is a shot where he is looking in horror at what he'd done and behind him, Chloe is struggling with her ankle cuffs. She appears to be wearing shoes in this frame, where-as before and after, she is barefoot.

Quotes:

Curtis Knox, M.D.: Mankind's greatest advances would never have seen the light of day if had the genius minds behind them been scrutinized under a microscope.
[pause]
Curtis Knox, M.D.: Leave the science to me.
Lex Luthor: Doctor, three of my patients are missing. You wouldn't happen to have any idea why someone with a brand new lease on life would suddenly disappear?

Dean Cain- not a Super man here

The 136th episode of the "Smallville" series welcomes former "Superman" actor Dean Cain back into a show about the Man of Steel.

However, he's not so great and super as he was in the early 90's with Teri Hatcher. In 'Cure,' he's a maniac doctor named Curtis Knox who knows how to do brain surgery on meteor freaks, removing their infection. However, he wants to kill them in the aftermath! Before any of the main characters realize this, Chloe Sullivan goes to see Dr. Knox to remove her infection. Only after a surprising helping hand from now-nemesis Lex Luthor is Clark able to resolve the problem.

It was great to see another actor from the "Superman" movie and/or TV story on the show. He marks the first actor from the Superman mythology on screen that wasn't in the Christopher Reeve films. All the others- Reeve, Margot Kidder, Annette O'Toole, Terence Stamp- all were from that era. In addition, as far as the plot went, it was interesting to see Lex actually assist Clark. Could a piece of Lex's heart actually have changed?