Smallville: "NEMESIS"

In tonight's episode, Lex Luthor was trapped in underground tunnels by an angry woman who claimed that Lex lied about her husband's death and secretly kept him locked away in one of his facilities. Lex's captor had set off a bomb, trapping Lex in there with her. The explosion went off near Lionel and banged him up pretty badly. When Lionel is found by police, he talks Clark into going down after Lex because the police won't go until the area is secured and wiped clean of explosives.

While Clark Kent is looking for Lex, Mr. Luthor is having a talk with his captor. He tells her that her husband didn't die in a chopper crash as she'd been told, but he had died from an M-16 being fired at close range. In her anger, she sets off another bomb, killing her and covering Lex in rubble. When Clark gets there, he is thrown back by the bomb and meteor rocks come crumbling down all around him.

When Clark gets up and finds Lex, the two have a heated conversation while Clark bandages up his arm. (Because of the meteor rock all throughout the tunnels, he is in bad shape and bleeding, giving no sign of his true invincibility.)

While all of this is going on, Lana meets with Lionel Luthor in the hospital and demands to get some answers about why he threatened her and trapped her in a marriage with Lex. Lionel tells her that he was only protecting Clark.

Lex and Clark, now on a mission to get out of there before the timed bombs set to explode in less than 20 minutes, start making their way through the tunnels. They come to a gate that is locked and stop. Clark sits down, and seconds later a bunch of rubble comes falling down onto him, trapping him underneath it. The rubble also breaks the gate open, and Lex leaves Clark to fend for himself.

It is at this time that Chloe finds out that the tunnels are filled with kryptonite rocks and dust. She goes to the Luthor mansion in search of Lana. Lana, who obtained a case from her husband's car about the tunnels, finds the blueprints to the tunnels inside the case and the plans that Lex has for them. When Chloe arrives, she tells Lana about Clark's impending doom, so Lana shows Chloe the schematics. It is clear that Lana had no intention of turning the blueprints over to the police. But when Chloe tells Lana about Clark being in danger, Lana moves quickly into action.

Clark is pinned down by the rubble and can't move it by himself no matter how hard he tries. But just when he is about to give it one more shot, Lex returns with a pipe to lift the rubble off of Clark. Surprised, Clark gets up and follows Lex down the tunnel, up a ladder, and out of the underground just in time.

When police arrive on the scene, Lana is there to greet Clark first. But soon she sees Lex and walks into his embrace. When Clark is going over the blueprints and plans that Lex had for the tunnels, he comes to the conclusion that Lex may have actually been doing some good by wanting to build a water treatment center.

Lana visits Lionel Luthor once more and asks how his threatening her into a marriage with Lex was a way to protect Clark. Lionel doesn't tell her, but instead asks her to trust him. That night Lana talks with Lex about her meeting with Clark before their wedding day. He had found out about it from Clark in the tunnels. Instead of telling the truth, Lana trusts Lionel and tells Lex a lie about how she felt something was wrong with the baby and didn't know if Lex would love her anymore if she lost it. Lies, Lies, LIES!!! Their marriage is built upon it!

At the end of the episode, we get the truth about Lex's captor's husband. Lex is housing him alive in his facilities and doing tests on him.

The last three episodes are to come - Noir, Prototype, and Phantom!!! Keep Watching!!!