Smallville Season 9 Episode 3: Rabid

In this episode, Smallville capitalizes on the current zombie trend with the good folk of Smallville and Metropolis infected with a blood-borne virus that transforms them into holdovers from Dawn of the Dead.

 Zombie-ism isn’t the only thing going around in this episode, however.  Premonitions and precognitive dreams are running rampant as Clark dreams of Lois standing at the Daily Planet copy machine with her back to him.  Before things veer towards Zach and Miri territory, Lois turns around sporting bloodshot eyes, black teeth, and a complexion so bad it makes Edward James Olmos look positively dewy. 

Clark wakes up from his nightmare to put out a fire (literally) as The Blur and arrive at the Daily Planet in time to engage Lois in some subtle, sexually frustrated banter. Before you can say “contrived plot,” the intrepid reporters are off and running in pursuit of the latest headline. Stately Luthor Manor has been broken into with Tess Mercer having been attacked by some seriously creepy dudes, landing her in the hospital.  Just goes to show you, it doesn’t matter if you’re Lex Luthor or his right-hand woman, it just wouldn’t be an episode of Smallville if someone didn’t compromise a million dollar mansion’s security system. Surveilance footage reveals a bunch of zombie-like dudes breaking in with Tess fending them off with her madd martial arts skills.