 Three months after the last episode, Lois Lane (Erica Durance), Chloe Sullivan s cousin, drives to Smallville trying to find Clark Kent to help her to find Chloe s murderer. After being struck by a ray, she loses control of her car, and finds Clark naked with amnesia in a cornfield. She brings him to Smallville Medical Center, where Martha is with Jonathan Kent, who is in a hopeless coma. Martha brings Clark back to the farm, expecting him to retrieve his memory. However, Clark is completely dehumanized. Meanwhile, Lana Lang has an American boyfriend in Paris, Jason Teague (Jensen Ackles), and is having good time with him. Lex Luthor s blood is poisoned and he travels to bring an ancient object retrieved from an excavation.