Just wondering about this Trivia thing: "Dr. Knox claims he is Jack the Ripper. He might be referring to the serial killer that murdered prostitutes in 1888, London. The killer was never caught." Why "might be"? How many other Jack the Rippers could he be referring to? ^^'
-- Toa-Nuva (Benutzer:Toa-Nuva / Benutzer_Diskussion:Toa-Nuva / homepage) 22:04, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
- Good catch! Feel free to change this (and any other small changes) on the wiki itself! "Be Bold" or whatever that saying is that Wikipedia has in their guidelines. :-) --Kanamekun 03:47, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
- All right, I just thought there's probably a reason why it was written this way. ;-)
- -- Toa-Nuva (Benutzer:Toa-Nuva / Benutzer_Diskussion:Toa-Nuva / homepage) 05:54, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
Featured Article Aug/Sept 2008[]
Cure is the fourth episode of Season Seven. It aired on October 18, 2007. This episode was written by Al Septien and Turi Meyer and directed by Rick Rosenthal.
Cure introduced the character of Curtis Knox, a doctor who was working with Lex Luthor to cure meteor-rock infected humans of their psychosis with brain surgery at his BCE Clinic in Metropolis. He and Lex attempted the procedure on several patients from Belle Reve saintarium, including Sasha Woodman. Although they were working together, the two were extremely distrustful of each other. A side effect of the procedure was several years of memory loss, which Dr. Knox speculated Lex orchestrated to remove the patients' memories of his involvement. Lex, in turn suspected that Dr. Knox was running questionable tests and unknown wherabouts of some of the patients.
Chloe Sullivan, having been recently diagnosed as meteor-infected, learned about the procedure, and, despite the serious side effects, seriously considered it as an option. At her consultation, Dr. Knox indicated that the meteor-rock concentration was in her heart and indicated that she would be a sucessful candidate. However, shortly after Chloe decided to undergo the procedure, Lex discovered that Dr. Knox was indeed killing his patients. He and Dr. Knox battled and Lex was saved from Dr. Knox only due to Clark Kent's timely arrival. Chloe also realized too late that Dr. Knox was killing patients and harvesting their organs so that he might make his ailing wife Sophia immortal like himself. Clark and Lex discovered that Dr. Knox, had in fact been alive for at least three hundred years. They worked together to track down Dr. Knox just as he prepared to cut Chloe's heart out. Chloe was left with the repercussions of her decision as her boyfriend Jimmy Olsen asked if they could have a normal relationship, away from the strange goings-on of Smallville. When Chloe could not promise him this, he broke up with her.
Additionally, Cure contains an appearance of Martian Manhunter, an alien being that helped Clark's biological father Jor-El capture intergalactic criminals. Martian Manhunter warned Clark that his newly-resurfaced cousin Kara could not be trusted, and Clark was left indecisive as to who he should believe. Additionally, Martian Manhunter warned Clark that just like Dr. Knox, he was destined to outlive all the humans he cares about and will eventually be faced with the same situation. Clark was trying to rekindle his relationship with Lana Lang with a basis of honestly. However, Lana was simultaneously creating an elaborate and secret laboratory in order to spy on her ex-husband Lex.
Guest star Dean Cain's turn as Dr. Curtis Knox is significant to Superman fans because Cain played Superman/Clark Kent on the television show Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman from 1993-1997.
Who do you think Chloe was referring to?[]
Chloe tells Knox, who's about to kill her, that she has someone she wants to live to see again.
So? Is it Clark or Jimmy?
I think context clues indicate it has to be Clark. Knox responds that it's a "schoolgirl crush" and calls it quaint. Now obviously Knox doesn't know the players, and to him any relationship between mere mortals is just a schoolgirl crush, but the writers DO know the players involved, so it's significant they'd have him use those words. They definitely indicate Clark.
Then we have to consider that both before and after this scene, Chloe has a fight with Jimmy; while before and after this scene, she has moments with Clark that indicate something deeper and serious - first his "You won't remember ME" line, then the looks they share immediately after he rescues her. It seems clear she was thinking about what she'd just said - she was looking right at the man she'd wanted to live only to see again.
Plus of course the whole part where she doesn't trust Jimmy enough to have told him anything.
It's actually difficult to characterize her relationship with Olsen, knowing (as we do) that she was as madly and as devotedly in love with Clark as someone can be. She seems to be trying to move away from him or give herself something else to fall back on should the expected final disappointment come. Or maybe trick herself into loving someone she considers more in her league. Or then again maybe she's just trying to keep busy and not seem too available. After all, if you're with someone, then Clark not asking you out has an explanation that has nothing to do with him not liking you. Plus as science has proven, people in relationships are more attractive than those not in relationships - perhaps she was trying to make Clark jealous and seem viable to him - which in fact happened, IMO (at least until the new people took over in season 8).
And for anyone who would doubt this interpretation (that, at least under the real showrunners, she never loved Jimmy, and never stopped loving Clark), I would point out - really her every appearance, but especially the season 6 episode Crimson. She goes stone silent and gets furious and defensive - enough to cause a break up with Jimmy - when he broaches the subject of her feelings for Clark, or suggests that Lois would be good for Clark (Chloe seems to acknowledge that Lana has rights to Clark, but beyond that, and beyond other Kryptonian types [watch her face fall when she meets Raya] I don't think she thought anyone else was viable competition). It's clearly something sacred to her.
Original Episode Title[]
There's an entry in the Notes section that says this episode was originally titled "Savage." I was around back then and very online, but I don't recall this at all. Does anyone have a source or memory of this?
- That's the first I've hear of it.KylieMfever (talk) 10:45, 17 September 2023 (UTC)