Line #30 Recap/SmallvilleS04E09Bound


1	Originally aired November 17, 2004
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3	Written by Creator/LukeSchelhaas
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5	Directed by Creator/TerrenceOHara
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7	Clark turns to Lionel for help when Lex is arrested for the murder of a young woman. Lana meets Jason's mother Genevieve, who bears a striking resemblance to a woman in a nightmare she had the night before.
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9	!!Tropes present in the episode:
10	* AbusiveMom: Genevieve Teague certainly won't be winning any "Mother of the Year" awards anytime soon.
11	* ArchnemesisDad: Lex asserts this to be the case between himself and Lionel when Clark challenges his suspicion that Lionel set him up for murder.
12	* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Shannon rants to Lex that they slept together twice and he never once recognized her, even when she did it at the party to frame him.
13	* ClarkKenting: Shannon Bell, the true culprit, wears a pair of glasses when she is next seen after Lex hooks up with her. It is doubtful Lex would have recognized even without this trope in play as he generally doesn't pay much attention to the faces of his one-night stands.
14	* ClearMyName: Lex is framed for the murder of a young woman, so Clark sets out to clear his name.
15	* ConsultingAConvictedKiller: Clark speaks with Lionel in prison to get help in clearing Lex's name, and Lionel gives him helpful advice. Chloe even jokingly compares this to [[Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal Lecter aiding the investigation of a murder]].
16	* TheDogWasTheMastermind: Shannon Bell, an assistant to Lex's attorney, is the one who framed Lex for murder.
17	* ElevatorGoingDown: Lex during the intro. Clark and Chloe later awkwardly try to reenact it during their investigation.
18	* EvilMatriarch: Genevieve Teague, Jason's mother who had her son lead Lana to Isobel's tomb.
19	* FrameUp: Perpetuated by Shannon Bell against Lex.
20	* LadyInRed: Shannon is first seeing wearing a red dress, obviously with the intent of catching Lex's attention.
21	* {{Mundanger}}: Shannon Bell has no special powers.
22	* TheMurderAfter: After Lex sleeps with a woman during the intro he wakes up to to find her dead body in bed with him. It's later revealed that the woman he went to bed with and the woman he woke up with are two different people.
23	* NotHelpingYourCase: Clark starts to doubt Lex's innocence when he finds out that Lex's one-night stand was not a one-off occurrence as he claimed. Clark's faith in Lex's innocence is further tested when he finds Lex trying to dispose of evidence at Eve Andrews's home.
24	* NotMeThisTime: Lionel is not the one setting up Lex.
25	* OrgyOfEvidence: Lex's guilt is very believable considering he was found next to the victim's body by a maid. The fact he had a previous sexual encounter with her only makes him look like a more believable suspect.
26	* ReformedButRejected: Lionel, fresh off his experience with the Crystal of Water, tries to mend fences with Lex in the final act, but Lex just rebuffs him.
27	-->'''Lex''': You've got your health, Dad. Don't expect another miracle.
28	* StalkerWithACrush: Eve Andrews, the victim, is revealed to have been one of many women who were stalking Lex. He had actually slept with her prior to the events of the episode and she had been obsessed with him ever since.
29	* VillainOfTheWeek: Shannon Bell, a jilted lover of Lex's.
30	* WomanScorned: Shannon Bell, to Lex.

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