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Jimmy was coerced by Domestic Security into spying on Chloe. The Feds know Chloe is hacking into government systems, and they want to know why. Jimmy's going to help them or he's going to prison. It doesn't help that Chloe has been so distant and secretive -- Jimmy is almost willing to believe that she's up to something nefarious, especially when government-issued spyware reveals a whole bunch of illicit activity on the Isis computers.

We know why Chloe's been poking around where she doesn't belong, of course - she's trying to find Brainiac and Kara. Clark is so bent on curing Lana that he can't even bring himself to care that Lex has both Veritas keys and he's on the cusp of figuring out how to control Clark. So Chloe has to find satellite data that would track Brainiac and Kara when they disappeared into the sky - and to do that, she needs to attend a swanky opening-night gala what require black-tie apparel and the occasional hot tango. Whee!

Jimmy tries to do an end run around Chloe and get the information she's going for, but it's a trick - Chloe knew Jimmy was spying and sent him on a wild goose chase. That means it's time for the government heavy to step in and try to beat Chloe's plans out of her. Jimmy uses some of his new spy moves against his erstwhile masters and rescues Chloe. When they get back home, they make up... looks like Smallville's sweethearts are generating a bit of heat again!

Meanwhile, Clark is poring over Dr. Swann's journals, and he finds something odd -- a transmission that wasn't there before! He goes to the Fortress to try to decipher it, and discovers the voice belongs to Kara, not Jor El. She warns Clark that Brainiac is trying to kill him, and that he's got to save Lana and the fortress. Chloe's satellite snooping reveals a vortex when Kara and Brainiac disappeared -- what if he was somehow able to drag Kara into the past, to Krypton before it exploded? He's trying to kill Clark while he's still a baby!

Finally, Lex makes it to Zurich and opens the Veritas box... which is empty. Or is it? A secret compartment reveals a gizmo that seems to involve star charts and slots. What does it do? We're not sure, and before Lex can contemplate it deeply, the bank employee tries to kill him. It seems there are still people out there who want to protect the Traveler.

What did you think of the episode? Did you like the Chloe/Jimmy digression, or were you anxious to dig into the main story? What does Lex's new gizmo do? How will Kara get back from Krypton of the past? Talk about it in the comments!