Clark tells Jor-El he's ready to start his training, but Jor-El sends him back to Metropolis to cut ties with Lois before he can begin. Chloe is shocked when Lois suddenly reappears after having been missing for weeks, but Lois has no recollection of vanishing into thin air with the Legion ring. While investigating a monorail crash, Lois meets John Corben, a new reporter at the Daily Planet, with a negative attitude toward the Red-Blue Blur. Chloe begs Clark to use the Legion ring to go back in time to save Jimmy, but he refuses, driving a wedge into their friendship. Meanwhile, Oliver continues down a dark road, and Zod arrives at the Luthor mansion.
A great start to the season and possibly the best season opener since the fifth IMO. It would seem that the showrunners actually have a plan for this season so we'll have to watch and see if they do. Lots of stuff happened in this episode, sowing the seeds for the rest of the season and potentially setting up a colossal finale come May. I loved Zod, read a theory on another board that these Kryptonians are actually clones produced from blood samples contained in the Orb as a failsafe Jor-El planned should Clark not have survived the trip from Krypton. It actually explains their behavior and Major Zod. Remember the real Zod and the rest of his followers are still trapped in the Phanton Zone and this Zod seems to have no memory of being on Earth two years ago. The ninja assasin who atttacked Lois but was really after Clark is interesting, she seemed to have intimate knowledge of him and be romantically involved somehow since she had Jonathon's watch...unless she stole it from him or something. Her name is credited as being Alia by the way. John Corben is interesting. The next episode's title is Metallo so it would seem we will be seeing his alter ego quick. Lois's vision at the end is very interesting....indeed. Any thoughts on it?
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