ZOD (Callum blue) RETURNS IN JUSTIN HARTLEY'S DIRECTORIAL DEBUT EPISODE - Tess (Cassidy Freeman) learns that General Slade was found unconscious on a street corner, proof that someone has gained access to the Phantom Zone's escape portal and sent him back. Clark (Tom Welling) decides to return to the exiled land to make sure other phantoms are not fleeing and is furious when Oliver (Justin Hartley) tricks Clark into taking him along. With Clark's powers gone, the two are immediately captured by the Zoners who take them to their new leader, Zod (Callum Blue), who is thirsting for revenge on Clark for banishing him to this Kryptonian jail. Meanwhile, Lois (Erica Durance) learns Clark trusted Tess with a secret, but didn't tell Lois.
Justin Hartley directed with story by John Chisholm.
Editorial Prediction time: Hopefully this is wrong, but the notion that Clark told Tess something that he didn't tell Lois is going to create cracks in their relationship, resulting in Lois saying, "Maybe I don't know you as well as I think I do...maybe we should hold off on the wedding." This is, it should be emphasized, based on nothing but a gut reaction.