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Written by Doris Egan

Directed by Chris Long

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* BittersweetEnding: Clark manages to save some people from harm predicted in Cassandra's visions but Cassandra dies from seeing Lex's future ([[spoiler: as the BigBad]]).

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* BittersweetEnding: Clark manages to save some people from harm predicted in Cassandra's visions but Cassandra dies from seeing Lex's future ([[spoiler: as ([[spoiler:as the BigBad]]).

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* BittersweetEnding: Clark manages to save some people from harm predicted in Cassandra's visions but Cassandra dies from seeing Lex's future ([[spoiler: as the BigBad]]).



* HeroicRROD: When Cassandra sees Let's future, the experience is so traumatic that she dies of shock.

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* HeroicRROD: When Cassandra sees Let's Lex's future, the experience is so traumatic that she dies of shock.
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* HeroicRROD: When Cassandra sees Let's future, the experience is so traumatic that she dies of shock.
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Clark volunteers at a retirement home and befriends Cassandra Carver, an elderly woman with the power to see the future of anyone she touches. Cassandra touches Clark and tells him someone he loves will die soon. Harry Volk, another resident of the home, falls into a nearby pond lined with Kryptonite and comes out young again. However, Harry committed a sin in his youth and wants to punish the people via descendants who helped ruin his dream and life.

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Clark volunteers at a retirement home and befriends Cassandra Carver, an elderly woman with the power to see the future of anyone she touches. Cassandra touches Clark and tells him someone he loves will die soon. Harry Volk, another resident of the home, falls into a nearby pond lined with Kryptonite and comes out young again. However, Harry committed inflicted a sin in his youth and wants to punish the people via descendants who helped ruin his dream and life.
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Clark volunteers at a retirement home and befriends Cassandra Carver, an elderly woman with the power to see the future of anyone she touches. Cassandra touches Clark and tells him someone he loves will die soon. Harry Volk, another resident of the home, falls into a nearby pond lined with Kryptonite and comes out young again. However, Harry committed a sin in his youth and wants to punish the people via descendants who helped ruin his dream.

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Clark volunteers at a retirement home and befriends Cassandra Carver, an elderly woman with the power to see the future of anyone she touches. Cassandra touches Clark and tells him someone he loves will die soon. Harry Volk, another resident of the home, falls into a nearby pond lined with Kryptonite and comes out young again. However, Harry committed a sin in his youth and wants to punish the people via descendants who helped ruin his dream.dream and life.

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Clark volunteers at a retirement home and befriends Cassandra Carver, an elderly woman with the power to see the future of anyone she touches. Cassandra touches Clark and tells him someone he loves will die soon. Harry Volk, another resident of the home, falls into a nearby pond lined with Kryptonite and comes out young again.

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Clark volunteers at a retirement home and befriends Cassandra Carver, an elderly woman with the power to see the future of anyone she touches. Cassandra touches Clark and tells him someone he loves will die soon. Harry Volk, another resident of the home, falls into a nearby pond lined with Kryptonite and comes out young again. However, Harry committed a sin in his youth and wants to punish the people via descendants who helped ruin his dream.


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* DramaticIrony: Cassandra fortells that someone close to Clark will die soon. It turned out to be ''herself''.

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* ManInWhite: Lex in Cassandra's vision of [[PresidentEvil him as President of the United States]].


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* VillainInAWhiteSuit: Lex is wearing a crisp white suit in Cassandra's vision of [[PresidentEvil him as President of the United States]].
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* ClassicalMythology: In Greek Mythology, Cassandra was gifted with per-cognizance, but cursed with the condition that no one would believe her.
** When Lex arrives with a gift (a bouquet of flowers), she mentions, "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts."
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** When Lex arrives with a gift (a bouquet of flowers), she mentions, "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts."
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* ClassicalMythology: In Greek Mythology, Cassandra was gifted with per-cognizance, but cursed with the condition that no one would believe her.
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* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Clark's vision of the future? Himself, surrounded by the graves of his friends and family.
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* JackTheRipOff: Clark thinks one shows up after Harry was believed to be dead.
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%%* DisproportionateRetribution

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%%* DisproportionateRetribution* DisproportionateRetribution: Harry killed a professor's son because said professor didn't recommend him for the Metropolis Conservatory.



* ManInWhite: Lex in Cassandra's vision of him as President of the United States.

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* ManInWhite: Lex in Cassandra's vision of [[PresidentEvil him as President of the United States.States]].



* PresidentEvil: Lex in Cassandra's vision.
* {{Seers}}: Cassandra's meteor power.
* SinsOfOurFathers: Once he becomes young again, Harry targets the children of the jurors who sentenced him to jail, including Jonathan (though he settles for trying to murder Martha when he finds Jonathan isn't home).

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* PresidentEvil: Lex in Cassandra's vision.
vision at the end.
* {{Seers}}: Cassandra's meteor power.
Cassandra can see the future of anyone she touches.
* SinsOfOurFathers: Once he becomes young again, Harry targets the children descendants of the jurors who sentenced him to jail, including Jonathan (though he settles for trying to murder Martha when he finds Jonathan isn't home).



* VillainOfTheWeek: Harry Volk, who becomes young again and targets the children of the jurors who sentenced him to prison.

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* VillainOfTheWeek: Harry Volk, who becomes young again and targets the children descendants of the jurors who sentenced him to prison.
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* BigNo: Clark's reaction when he sees a vision of himself standing in a graveyard surrounded by millions of grave markers, including ones for his parents, Lana, and Pete.

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* BigNo: Clark's reaction when he sees a vision of himself standing in a graveyard surrounded by millions of grave markers, including ones for his parents, Lana, Pete, and Pete.Chloe.



* EvilOldFolks: Harry, when he's actually old.

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* EvilOldFolks: Harry, when he's actually old. But mostly harmless, until...
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* SkywardScream: Clark lets one out during a vision of seeing all his loved ones dead.
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* BigNo / SkywardScream: Clark's reaction when he sees a vision of himself standing in a graveyard surrounded by millions of grave markers, including ones for his parents, Lana, and Pete.

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* BigNo / SkywardScream: BigNo: Clark's reaction when he sees a vision of himself standing in a graveyard surrounded by millions of grave markers, including ones for his parents, Lana, and Pete.



-->'''Cassandra''': Well, that's for you to figure out. You can fear the future or you can embrace it. The choice is yours.

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-->'''Cassandra''': Well, that's for you to figure out. [[CallToAdventure You can fear the future or you can embrace it. The choice is yours.]]
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-->'''Cassandra''': Clark, I've seen you. Before we ever met. More than once, I've touched people and I've seen such pain and despair, but then you were there and the pain was gone. I think that's your destiny, Clark--to help people, to save them from fear and darkness.
-->'''Clark''': How?
-->'''Cassandra''': Well, that's for you to figure out. You can fear the future or you can embrace it. The choice is yours.
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Clark volunteers at a retirement home and befriends Cassandra Carver, an elderly woman with the power to see the future of anyone she touches. Cassandra touches Clark and tells him someone he loves will die soon. Harry Volk, another resident of the home, falls into a lake lined with Kryptonite and comes out young again.

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Clark volunteers at a retirement home and befriends Cassandra Carver, an elderly woman with the power to see the future of anyone she touches. Cassandra touches Clark and tells him someone he loves will die soon. Harry Volk, another resident of the home, falls into a lake nearby pond lined with Kryptonite and comes out young again.



* BlindSeer: Cassandra was blinded by the 1989 meteor shower, but gained precognitive abilities.

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* BlindSeer: Cassandra was blinded by a meteor that crashed in her backyard during the 1989 meteor shower, but gained precognitive abilities.



* FountainOfYouth: A combination of Kryptonite and electricity turns the lake by the retirement home into one for Harry.

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* FountainOfYouth: A combination combo of Kryptonite chunks and electricity turns the lake pond by the retirement home into one for Harry.



* SinsOfOurFathers: Once he becomes young again, Harry targets the children of the jurors who sentenced him to jail, including Jonathan.

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* SinsOfOurFathers: Once he becomes young again, Harry targets the children of the jurors who sentenced him to jail, including Jonathan.Jonathan (though he settles for trying to murder Martha when he finds Jonathan isn't home).
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* AlliterativeName: '''C'''assandra '''C'''arver
* BigNo / SkywardScream: Clark's reaction when he sees a vision of himself standing in a graveyard surrounded by millions of grave markers.

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* AlliterativeName: '''C'''assandra '''C'''arver
'''C'''arver.
* BigNo / SkywardScream: Clark's reaction when he sees a vision of himself standing in a graveyard surrounded by millions of grave markers.markers, including ones for his parents, Lana, and Pete.



* EvilOldFolks: Harry Volk

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* EvilOldFolks: Harry VolkHarry, when he's actually old.



* VillainOfTheWeek: Harry Volk, who becomes young again and targets the children of the jurors who sentenced him to jail.

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* VillainOfTheWeek: Harry Volk, who becomes young again and targets the children of the jurors who sentenced him to jail.prison.
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Clark volunteers at a retirement home and befriends Cassandra Carver, an elderly woman with the power to see the future of anyone she touches. Cassandra touches Clark and tells him someone close to him will die soon. Harry Volk, another resident of the home, falls into a lake lined with Kryptonite and comes out young again.

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Clark volunteers at a retirement home and befriends Cassandra Carver, an elderly woman with the power to see the future of anyone she touches. Cassandra touches Clark and tells him someone close to him he loves will die soon. Harry Volk, another resident of the home, falls into a lake lined with Kryptonite and comes out young again.



* BigNo: Clark's reaction when he sees a vision of himself standing in a graveyard surrounded by millions of grave markers.

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* BigNo: BigNo / SkywardScream: Clark's reaction when he sees a vision of himself standing in a graveyard surrounded by millions of grave markers.

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* DisproportionateRetribution: When Harry was passed up for a scholarship at the Metropolis Conservatory, he murdered the student who did get the scholarship.

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* DisproportionateRetribution: When Harry was passed up for a scholarship at the Metropolis Conservatory, he murdered the student who did get the scholarship.%%* DisproportionateRetribution



* PresidentEvil: Lex in Cassandra's vision.



* VillainOfTheWeek: Harry Volk

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* TimeShiftedActor: George Murdock plays Harry as an old man, while Eric Christian Olsen plays his younger self.
* VillainOfTheWeek: Harry VolkVolk, who becomes young again and targets the children of the jurors who sentenced him to jail.

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* RevengeByProxy: Once he becomes young again, Harry targets the children of the jurors who sentenced him to jail, including Jonathan.


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* SinsOfOurFathers: Once he becomes young again, Harry targets the children of the jurors who sentenced him to jail, including Jonathan.

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Clark volunteers at a retirement home and befriends Cassandra Carver, an elderly woman with the power to see the future of anyone she touches. Cassandra touches Clark and tells him someone close to him will die soon. Harry Volk, another resident of the home, falls into a lake lined with kryptonite and comes out young again.

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Clark volunteers at a retirement home and befriends Cassandra Carver, an elderly woman with the power to see the future of anyone she touches. Cassandra touches Clark and tells him someone close to him will die soon. Harry Volk, another resident of the home, falls into a lake lined with kryptonite Kryptonite and comes out young again.



* AlliterativeName: '''C'''assandra '''C'''arver
* BigNo: Clark's reaction when he sees a vision of himself standing in a graveyard surrounded by millions of grave markers.



* FountainOfYouth: A combination of kryptonite and electricity turns the lake by the retirement home into one for Harry.

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* FountainOfYouth: A combination of kryptonite Kryptonite and electricity turns the lake by the retirement home into one for Harry.


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* MeaningfulName: ''Cassandra'' is the name of a Greek seer whose prophecies were ignored by others.


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* {{Seers}}: Cassandra's meteor power.
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* RevengeByProxy: Once he becomes young again, Harry targets the children of the jurors who sentenced him to jail, including [[spoiler:Jonathan]].

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* RevengeByProxy: Once he becomes young again, Harry targets the children of the jurors who sentenced him to jail, including [[spoiler:Jonathan]].Jonathan.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: When Harry was passed up for a scholarship at the Metropolis Conservatory, he murdered the other student.

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* DisproportionateRetribution: When Harry was passed up for a scholarship at the Metropolis Conservatory, he murdered the other student.student who did get the scholarship.



* RevengeByProxy: Once he becomes young again, Harry targets the children of the jurors who sentenced him to jail.

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* RevengeByProxy: Once he becomes young again, Harry targets the children of the jurors who sentenced him to jail.jail, including [[spoiler:Jonathan]].

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%%* DisproportionateRetribution
* FountainOfYouth: A combination of kryptonite exposure and electricity turns the lake by the retirement home into one of these for Harry.

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%%* DisproportionateRetribution
* DisproportionateRetribution: When Harry was passed up for a scholarship at the Metropolis Conservatory, he murdered the other student.
* EvilOldFolks: Harry Volk
* FountainOfYouth: A combination of kryptonite exposure and electricity turns the lake by the retirement home into one of these for Harry.


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* ManInWhite: Lex in Cassandra's vision of him as President of the United States.
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* {{Herald}}: Cassandra tells Clark she thinks his destiny is to save people.


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* VillainOfTheWeek: Harry Volk

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Clark volunteers at a retirement home and befriends Cassandra Carver, an elderly woman with the power to see the future of anyone she touches. Cassandra touches Clark and tells him someone close to him will die soon. Meanwhile, Harry Volk, another resident of the home, falls into a lake lined with kryptonite and comes out young again.

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Clark volunteers at a retirement home and befriends Cassandra Carver, an elderly woman with the power to see the future of anyone she touches. Cassandra touches Clark and tells him someone close to him will die soon. Meanwhile, Harry Volk, another resident of the home, falls into a lake lined with kryptonite and comes out young again.again.
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* BlindSeer: Cassandra was blinded by the 1989 meteor shower, but gained precognitive abilities.
%%* DisproportionateRetribution
* FountainOfYouth: A combination of kryptonite exposure and electricity turns the lake by the retirement home into one of these for Harry.
* RevengeByProxy: Once he becomes young again, Harry targets the children of the jurors who sentenced him to jail.
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Originally aired November 20, 2001

Clark volunteers at a retirement home and befriends Cassandra Carver, an elderly woman with the power to see the future of anyone she touches. Cassandra touches Clark and tells him someone close to him will die soon. Meanwhile, Harry Volk, another resident of the home, falls into a lake lined with kryptonite and comes out young again.
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