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Turns out Davis is Clark’s soulmate…if soulmates were destined to murder each other, that is.

Tess finds a book of Lionel’s that tells the story of how another boy was found in the field with Clark’s ship, but when tested he appeared to be normal so Lionel left him on the street. That boy grew up to be Davis Bloome, who is also Doomsday, a Kryptonian creature created to kill Kal-El. Tess believes that Clark won’t be able to fulfill his destiny as Earth’s savior unless he confronts his greatest challenge, but Clark won’t even acknowledge who he really is. Tess tries to kill Davis by blowing him up in his vehicle at the field where the ship landed. It doesn’t work, so instead she tells him about his past, which brings up memories of being in the Luthor mansion as a child and being hurt by Kryptonite.

Clark and Chloe check out Davis’ destroyed vehicle and Clark sees dozens of dead bodies underground, and Chloe realizes Davis really is the serial killer Jimmy claimed he was. Davis decides to try to kill himself with Chloe’s help, so she puts him in a Luthorcorp machine that drowns him in Kryptonite fluid. But he just comes back, stronger than ever, and Chloe agrees to stay with him since she’s the only one who seems to be able to keep Doomsday at bay.

This episode mainly served as a setup for the inevitable showdown between Clark and Doomsday, which will undoubtedly take place during the season finale. Even so, it was a decent episode, which makes me hopeful that the remaining shows will lead to a solid ending for the season (although, based on the previews, I don’t have high hopes for the next show).

Whenever they bring something in about Veritas now, I dread it for some reason, but more often than not they’ve come through with a good story. Considering I don’t like the Davis character much at all, they’ve actually made him into a conflicted, gray-area figure. He could have easily been a standard over-the-top, cardboard villain. The background story they give actually makes you feel sorry for him, just as Clark did once he found out about it.

Chloe’s relationship with Davis has also been very interesting and at some points so subtle that I didn’t see things coming. I have to admit they had me totally fooled with the whole wedding storyline. Not only did Chloe end up with Davis, but she did so with the full knowledge that he nearly killed her husband on their wedding day.

On the other hand, it almost seemed like they forgot about the storyline they started with Chloe going back to being the Justice League’s “Watchtower.” It seems like the right job for the character, but I don’t know how much they’re going to be able to fit it into the show.

But with only a few shows left this season, that will be a problem for the next one.

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