After last week's false start, Smallville finally returns to explain exactly what it was that happened at Hawkman's funeral.  We also get the return of Chloe: Is she Doctor Fate or a probing alien… or both?

Well, don't just sit there, click through to read the spoilerific recap and my trenchant insights...  or trenchcoat insights.  Not sure which...

Aquaman and his wife, Mera show up to blow more stuff up.  Naturally Clark has to get involved, but does Aquaman have the right idea?  And Oliver gets waterboarded.  (A little.)

Full recap below the jump.  That means there are spoilers.   Don't blame me for your lack of self control....

Tonight, we get an adversary that Clark may not be able to defeat: a challenge that many men never overcome. The Potential Father-In-Law. And when that Potential Father-In-Law is General Sam Lane (played by Michael Freakin' Ironside), we might genuinely fear for Clark.

At least more than than we did last week.

Complete recap below- and as usual, spoilers abound!

After last week's stunning ratings victory (Smallville won it's time slot.  Really rare for a CW show), we get some more movement on the Lois and Clark and the Blur relationship front.

So, with the magic words: "Oh, Mighty Isis", school teacher Andrea Thomas 

oops. Reporter Lois Lane becomes the goddess Isis...

(But this time, she doesn't have to recite a rhyme to fly...)