Line #22 Recap/SmallvilleS08E05Committed


1	Originally aired October 16, 2008
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3	Written by Creator/BryanQMiller
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5	Directed by Creator/GlenWinter
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7	After Chloe and Jimmy are kidnapped, Clark and Lois pose as a newly engaged couple to try and find the kidnapper.
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9	!!Tropes present in the episode:
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12	* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: In the teaser, Lois gets tipsy at Chloe and Jimmy's engagement party, and gives a questionable speech about relationships.
13	* BrickJoke: After Clark and Lois find the KinkyCuffs presumably prepared by Jimmy, [[IGaveMyWord Macy keeps his word]] and frees Jimmy and Chloe when they pass his test. [[OhCrap Then Chloe realizes it's not over...]] when she sees ''the handcuffs.''
14	* ContinuityNod:
15	** When Lois wakes up at the Kent farm, she is wearing Clark's high school football jersey, No. 8, sponsored by Luthor Corp.
16	** While he and Chloe are being tortured, Jimmy brings up kissing Maxima in the [[Recap/SmallvilleS08E04Instinct previous episode.]]
17	** Chloe mentions to Lois how she crashed Lana and Lex's engagement in [[Recap/SmallvilleS06E13Crimson Crimson]] - also worth noting is the mention of a "Music/WhiteSnake singalong", which is the same band on Lois' CD from that episode.
18	* ElectricTorture: Macy subjects his victims to a Kryptonite-enhanced version of this to prove their fidelity to one another.
19	* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: Oliver and Tess get into a heated sparring match with gaff sticks that ends with them in bed.
20	* KinkyCuffs: [[CovertPervert Olsen isn't that wholesome after all]].
21	* KnightTemplar: Macy believes he's actually helping couples.
22	* KryptoniteIsEverywhere: In Smallville, it might have been justified, but a random guy in Metropolis just so happening to wear a Kryptonite-studded bracelet?
23	* LieDetector: Macy uses one while interrogating couples.
24	* MalevolentMaskedMan: Macy wears a creepy plastic mask when he's doing his interrogation.
25	* ModestyBedsheet: Oliver is seen wearing one after his night with Tess, who's already gotten dressed.
26	* {{Mundanger}}: Macy, who has no special powers to work with.
27	* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Presumably all of the former victims failed the test - once Chloe and Jimmy get through it, he sets them free, pretty much sealing his own fate.
28	* NotStayingForBreakfast: PlayedWith. Oliver wakes alone in bed, but Tess is still in the room finishing getting dressed. But when he tries to get romantic, she shoots him down and tells him to leave.
29	* SexyDiscretionShot: After [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence their sexually charged sparring match]], Tess and Oliver start kissing passionately and the camera cuts away from them. The next time we see them, it's already the morning after.
30	* SexyShirtSwitch: Lois wakes up wearing Clark's football jersey and freaks out for a bit thinking she may have slept with him, but Clark is quick to assure her they didn't and she changed clothes on her own while drunk.
31	* SlapSlapKiss: Tess and Oliver engage in this just before their date.
32	* ToplessnessFromTheBack: Tess briefly before she finishes putting her robe on.
33	* TranquillizerDart: Macy uses this to incapacitate his victims.
34	* UndercoverAsLovers: Lois and Clark in order to bait Macy.
35	* VillainOfTheWeek: Macy, crazed jeweler.
36	* ViolenceDiscretionShot: At the crucial moment, Clark sets off a steam pipe that clouds the whole chamber and prevents Lois from seeing how he owns Macy. Unfortunately, neither do we.
37	* YouLookFamiliar: David Lewis, who plays Macy, previously appeared in Season 2's "Calling."

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