Episode 3.2: Phoenix

Given powers by Jor El, Jonathan Kent tries to convince Clark to come back home, the hard way. When the Kent family are reunited they are left with a whole load of problems to clean up in the wake of Clark’s recent behaviour malfunction. The item that Clark was hired to steal from Lionel by Morgan Edge turns out to be the blood sample that was taken from him by Helen. Edge still wants it. And so does Lionel.

The first thing that needs to be said about this episode is that the ‘super-fight’ between Clark and his dad is awesome! They are throwing each other through walls, off buildings, hitting scaffolding and everything. It is the first real super-fight in Smallville and they went all out to make it special.

The Kent boys are not the only ones kicking butt in this episode either. Lana totally owns one of Morgan Edge’s goons, ending in yet another death on the Kent property. How the FBI is not investigating the Kent family by now I’ll never know. Regardless of that, it's great to see that the self defence classes Lana took, in last season's 'Precipice', are still informing her character..

The episode culminates in a shootout between Lionel and Edge, and their respective goons, while Lex turns the tables on Helen. Both of these confrontations make for a satisfying conclusion to one of Smallville’s finest multi-episode arcs.

10/10.