Subterranean

This episode aims to make another connection with what Clark Kent is all about, but fails to deliver in this episode about helping illegal Mexican immigrants.

Clark comes upon a boy named Javier, who escaped from farmer Jed McNally near the Kent household. He learns from Javier that McNally treats the illegal immigrants who work for him terribly. Clark realizes that he himself is the world's biggest illegal immigrant. Upon this realization, he helps Javier escape the farm, expose McNally, and reunite with his mother.

This episode is one of the worst of the season thus far. It makes an interesting point in reference to Superman, but the point is hard to digest since not many Americans can truly say they support illegal immigrants.

Oh boy. If there's any Smallville tradition more boring than the "Lana Gets Possessed" episodes, it's the always dull "Clark Becomes Big Brother to a Troubled Youth" episode. This time the troubled youth comes free with a heavy handed and very forced immigration story. Like pretty much every other TV show, when a political message gets tacked on to what's supposed to be an entertainment show it just gets annoying. If you want to add a political or social message to a show, make it entertaining at least. This is about as boring as season 6 gets. There is a bit of a bright moment. We are treated to another small peek at Lex's level 33.1 after the tease in the previous week. It would have been a little better if this peek came back in season 4 when it was originally introduced.

The material for this episode seems to be under fire from US citizens, and like-wise Mexicans, as the story is about an illegal Mexican immigrant boy...But really, the point of the episode was highlighting what Superman stands for...Hope and Justice for all, help others selflessly! That is why I have always considered Superman to be the perfect superhero! Alright, granted that the script for this episode is not very strong...But the direction is top-notch for a TV show! V even get to see one of Superman's to-be enemies...! The ending scene with Lex Luthor walking down the hallway with all the hands groping at him from behind the bars is chilling, and the soundtrack is a true killer! But then again, I've always liked Mark Snow as a Music Director, and his choices are usually very fitting! Don't miss those ending scenes for anything! You really get to see the Lex Luthor we all know he is going to become...! Overall, a nice episode.

This episode is just okay, definitely not great. It handles some interesting issues about immigrants and portrays some real world problems, but it falls down badly in the final act. There's really no tension and the bad guy isn't the slightest bit threatening towards Clark. We see him defeated in barely a second. It would have made much more sense to see Clark having to at least race to save other people, but instead, there's zero tension.

The rest of the episode was good and it was interesting to see Martha and Clark at odds since that's pretty rare at this point. It was also good to see what a fantastic friend Chloe is once again.

The illegal Mexican immigrant Javier escapes from the slave labor in McNally Farms and hides in the barn of Kent Farm while his friend Francisco is caught by a mysterious subterranean creature. Clark investigates and finds a buried cemetery under the cornfields of McNally, while Chloe discovers that the place is owned by Luthorcorp – actually part of the 33.1 secret project.

In "Subterranean", Clark imposes for the first time his point of view to the reluctant Martha that in the end feels that her son is correct. Lana empirically finds that money is power proving that she really deserves Lex. The creepy conclusion with Lex walking through the corridors of the 33.1 shows how dark and evil this character is. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Subterrâneo" ("Subterranean")