It’s fall in Smallville, and that means it’s time for the Harvest Festival. A time for the time capsule to be opened. A time for beauty pageants. And a time for meteor freaks to run rampant over the town.
Clark and Kara are at the festival, as Clark tries to get Kara acclimated to Earth. Kara wants nothing of it, she wants to find the crystal and do her mission, but Clark tells her that he’s on it, and she should try to fit in. So, she decides to enter the Miss Sweat Corn pageant.
On cue, enter three new contestants for the pageant, including the winner of the last season America's Next Top Model. You can tell they’re bad – they enter with bad theme music.
Meanwhile, Lana reunites with Clark. They embrace, they talk about why they both lied to the other, and Clark is put in the awkward position of being the person who needs saved. His awkwardness is intensified when Kara enters in a bikini. Fortunately, he is able to quickly explain to Lana that Kara is his cousin. When Kara gets dressed at super-speed, Lana jokes about knowing which side of the family she comes from.
Lana leaves, and Kara and Clark get into a fight about how to fit in, or not. And how to enjoy your life.
Then one of the three wicked contestants goes into a flower shop. She’s on the phone with someone, talking about how she’ll get the money and get away. As soon as she enters, the room is completely iced over. Kara finds the body, and the police are called. As a result, Jimmy is on hand to take pictures, and gets the chance to overhear the police talking. The Weather Girls see this, and try to freeze him as soon as he enters his car. Fortunately, the new Kryptonian in town is smitten with Jimmy, and Kara comes to his rescue.
Chloe is back in town as well, since the new Editor of the Daily Planet, Grant wants her to go and cover the new meteor freak story for the Planet.
Back at LuthorCorp, we see that Lex is still wearing his wedding ring. Agent Carter wants to know why Lex is showing around the pictures that Lex drew of Kara. Lex stonewalls him, but later on tells him that the girl saved his soul.
Kara, meanwhile, is in the pageant with a vengeance. Clark has, after all, done nothing but chide her for her behavior. The Weather Girls approach Kara to help them. It turns out that they’re not really here for a beauty contest. They travel and use events like the pageant to cover big heists. And they want Kara’s help. But they show Kara a picture of the treasure, and Kara sees that it’s Kryptonian in nature. So she ditches them and steals the map out of the time capsule herself.
Returning to the Kent farm, Lex drops by to see Lana. He’s had her cleared of all charges for the crimes she committed. Lex has made her a free woman again, and he asks for her forgiveness. Lana finds this hard to accept and so Lex prepares to leave. But not before asking about Clark’s cousin, and mentions how much he is looking forward to meeting Clark’s new cousin.
The Weather Girls get the treasure. One of them whips up a storm, but this storm has a core of Kryptonite in it, which lays Clark low. But before they can capitalize, Kara arrives and saves Clark. Clark, for his part, apologizes to Kara for being a jerk about how she should try to fit in. The two Kryptonian teens share a tender moment
Clark and Kara go back to investigate the artifact, further confusing the question of how long Kryptonians have been coming to Earth. Kara suggests that Earth may play a bigger role in Krypton’ former plans. Kara also gives Clark the harsh reminder that he is not human, no matter how much he plays at it.
Finally, Lex goes to the Talon to wait for Kara. Kara has become a new employee of the Talon, and Lex is her boss as a result. Lex thanks her for saving him, and reveals that he knows her secret. He reassures her that he hasn’t told anyone, and has in fact protected her identity. He also suggests that he’d have saved others if they just trusted him with their secrets. People like Clark and Lana, presumably.
How does Kara react to this news? She lies to Lex, stating that he is mistaken.
Lex is having nothing of it, however. He doesn’t believe in coincidence after all, and knows that he has been pulled from the brink of death twice now by Kents. Lex tells Kara that he will find the truth, and leaves with the question: “Are you here to be our savior? Or are you a warning?”
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