Stiletto starts this episode of
Smallville with a frustrated Lois Lane trying to gain access into an exclusive event. While Lois discusses what it must be like to be a superhero, Chloe, who just left Lois' side, is mugged for her keys. On command, Lois performs some power moves and knocks down both attackers. One would-be mugger takes off in Chloe's car with her laptop in the back; the other mugger is pressed to the ground by Metropolis' newest hero: Stiletto (Lois with backlight). Clark attempts to get information from Lois about Stiletto, hoping to recover the laptop which contains a great deal of information on himself and the members of the Justice League, but she decides to keep the heroine's whereabouts a secret.
Next, we see an almost-forgotten Jimmy Olsen bartending at the Ace of Clubs for the same goons who jumped Chloe and Lois. Bruno Mannheim, the mugger who got away, decides his current crime lord is too soft, so he shoots him and usurps the throne. Meanwhile, Lois makes a patent leather costume (who knew she could sew?) and contacts Jimmy to take action photos of her for her breaking news article covering the mysterious Stiletto.
In a discussion of love, Chloe attempts to convince Clark that finding Stiletto might not be a bad idea for him because he could finally have a companion that would understand him. The next scene has Clark and Lois sitting across from each other at the Daily Planet and both make glances to their respective bags which contain their "costume". When a crime report comes across the police scanner, the two of them both take off. Stiletto arrives at the scene (oddly, before the police) after the Red-Blue Blur has already caught the thief and wrapped him in a drainage pipe. Hilarity ensues as Clark arrives and Lois tries to hide behind her mask, saying, "Well, I should get back to my cave." (yet another Batman reference?...hmmm). While Lois tells Clark who the muggers worked for, Jimmy is getting beat down for having a camera full of pictures of Stiletto and not telling Mannheim who she is.
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