Episode 3.13: Velocity

Pete Ross goes all Dominic Toretto and starts illegal street racing. When he nearly hits Clark and his mother during a race it sends Clark into big brother mode as he goes all out to convince Pete to stop racing, even going so far as to threaten forcefully stopping him if he has to. Meanwhile, Jonathan recovers from his heart attack, Clark blames himself for putting Jonathan in the position of having to make a deal with Jor-El, Lex recruits a biologist who has oddly been working with Adam and Lana gets to see Adam's temper when she starts to ask too many questions.

Pete Ross comes across as a total douche in this episode. Clark also comes off as a little sanctimonius at times, picking up some of his dad's not so perfect traits. Still, thanks to Pete's actions, he is put into an impossibly difficult position when he has to steal Lex's porsche. Pete just seems like a child spitting his dummy out because he can't get what he wants. He disrespects Clark and then uses him and it's easy to understand Clark walking away from him in the closing moments.

It is an interesting plot development to think that Jonathan's diminished health might be related to the strain his body was put under at the start of the season when Jor-El gave him powers, especially in hindsight of knowing what happens to him in season 5's 'Reckoning'.

This is a fairly solid episode, even if the whole street racing plotline is a bit silly. I can't imagine a particularly huge boy racer community in a small town like Smallville. We're still not given a right lot of answers for Adam's erratic behaviour but it does at least feel like it may be going somewhere.

7/10