Collateral is another relatively strong
Smallville episode, bringing Allison Mack for her second episode of the five she is returning in (although the actress may also be in talks for the finale) as Chloe Sullivan, and providing a strange
Matrix twist on proceedings when the VRA- I won't spoil who they are and what they stand for- capture many of Clark's heroic friends, Lois and himself included inside a virtual reality. Enter Chloe, who must get her oldest friend to trust her again after she departed for a few stories (wait and see why) with the help of the love of his life. There are definitely a few quite memorable scenes in
Collateral including Oliver's apparent insanity and Chloe disrupting the virtual world with her mind. That said, it still doesn't do anything previous episodes haven't, and doesn't expand on the main plot arc at all, and this being such precious time the show is now living on, that's as annoying as ever. You'll want to watch
Collateral, sure, and there's nothing too much wrong with it, but the plot blatantly steals from
The Matrix and bears very little relevance to Clark's destiny, so in that sense it's a bit of a let down.
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