episode season finale season original series episode originally aired wrote script directed episode narrative attempts forge destiny away whitney leaves marines discovers clark secret attempts expose world pulled tornado director attempted create visual theme characters parallel approaching storm episode mark departure return special guest seasons finale pulled half viewership attained pilot episode favorably received critics nominated awards plot shows plant announces management failure forced shut plant effectively blaming problem informs son wants return metropolis clark pete plans spring formal whitney informs enlisting marine_corps leaves basic training day dance tries initiate employee convinces employees mortgage homes help provide financial resources complete learns plans buys immediately property employees miss payments tests clark abilities setting bomb truck inside nixon confronts clark coffee shop clark behalf nixon follows clark home conversation clark ship storm cellar missing piece ship nixon goes mansion steals octagonal key immediately returns storm cellar video camera clark pete arrive dance whitney leaves training weather begins deteriorate storm picks takes whitney bus stop martha decide head storm cellar seek cover storm discover nixon octagonal disk ship nixon attempts escape chases storm ship ground flies storm cellar says goodbye whitney drives home way storm winds force road right tornadoes touched students dance alerted sighted clark races sure right tornadoes merge large tornado direction clark arrives truck tornado vortex clark speeds tornado rescue production thinking end season things clear final episode school tornadoes inspired created contains event tornado hits pair insist tornado idea came story radio tornado hit high school night episode mark departure series star return special guest seasons filming director filmed episode tone thematically similar rising storm according episode start calm begin build explains began wind helicopter landing arrives shut plant wanted set mood storm coming starts builds camera starts circle storm arrives builds fever pitch episode steady graceful arc chaos tried control hard filming controlling buildup wanted build drama visuals wind storm brought jet powered wind machines movie simulate high velocity winds storm going blow wind introduced arrives pick clark begins gentle introduction built little little progressing scene time drops whitney bus station wind strong dilemma faced keeping performances realistic believes proves exactly thought seen experienced point view teenager explains love head heels love scared terrified sad grief emotions strong doesn mean performances departure whitney causes distress experimental relationship clark trying figure love fights protect family battle father son saw events opera performances needed match tone going construction coordinator production designer busy episode scenes filmed farm zero avenue road runs canadian border scene tornadoes touch work shattering windows mansion final confrontation band single save opening theme asked perform episode band quickly learned filming live performance television straight forward sounds order able film band playing volume scene times quiet pretend play dance actors exchanged dialogue times loud effects worried filming moment beam breaks inside mansion wind generated storm lands crew knew beam going fall know cut beam sure intended shoot scene day shooting came worked stunt double initial impact beam stepped scene fell beam wind effects created potential danger cast crew recalls smallest piece debris flying high speeds cause damage similar experience scenes storm cellar races storm nixon special effects crew jet fans dry leaves simulate winds coming outside dry leaves face character development episode featured lot character development actors waiting jealousy clark going begins come believes want jealous wants able support clark newfound feelings according whitney finally gets johnson wishes audience able sooner whitney gives private dance knowing able leaving town add depth character previously seen decided send whitney war instead killing character outright idea sending whitney war came midway season knew want kill wanted ability bring point future came noble heroic send character episode featured moment finally began life like father longer sees moment free father support beam collapses moment audience gets hint evil man know day brief moment let father die certainly turn dark reception premiered achieved nielsen rating meaning approximately percent television equipped households tuned episode putting episode viewership week episode went nominated awards win golden reel award best sound editing television episodic received nomination work reviews positive felt season finale gave element star treatment cliffhanger ending leave reviewer anticipation summer long season premiere sullivan rank fifteenth best television episode reviewer felt episode season strongest thanks focus characters taking referred slam bang season ending cliffhanger believed proved utilize supernatural metaphor teenage life finale managed theme entire season brought plot point head closed ending sure bring viewers second season super entertainment author little mixed opinion felt episode accomplished better previous episode aired season episode lacked anticipation based character actions
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