Starvation

**Starvation** is the seventh episode of the first season of The CW's superhero drama *Mighty-man*.

## Synopsis

Jodi Melville, an overweight teen obsessed with losing weight, begins a diet plan of vegetables shakes. These vegetables were grown in Template:Meteor rock contaminated soil, and she is losing weight so fast that regular food doesn't fulfill her cravings. She must suck the fat out of others. Meanwhile Alex becomes interested in Template:Katie's theory that all the weird stuff that happens in Brookcity can be traced to the Template:Meteor shower. He begins funding the research of a controversial mineralogist.

## Plot

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At her family nursery, a chubby Jodi Melville is working in the greenhouse, harvesting carrots. There are several bright green meteor rocks in the soil in which the vegetables are growing. Her father complains that she doesn't want to eat his spaghetti, and she explains that her latest weight loss plan consists of eating only vegetables. She wants to look her best for Nelly Watson's birthday party. Her father expresses concern that she is much too focused on this party.

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At school, she is cutting the heads off pictures of supermodels and pasting their bodies into her scrapbook with pictures of her own head when Katie Jones and Jack Diamond approach and ask for help with their algebra assignment. Sam is too busy with Nelly. When they offer to buy her lunch, they are introduced to her vegetable drink. Dustin Crenshaw approaches and adds a cutting remark about her weight, and Pete defends her gallantly. Back home, after only a day on her new diet, Jodi gets dramatic results. She watches in the mirror as her double chin recedes. She checks her weight again and loses 29 pounds as she watches the numbers on the scale go down!

At the Luthor Mansion, Alex is just finishing up a physical examination. The doctor is surprised by an unusually high white-cell count, but he doesn't suspect leukemia. Alex explains that he never gets sick, but he used to have asthma until he lost his hair. The doctor says that he sees "a lot of this in Brookcity." Some people think that it is because LuthorCorp's fertilizer plant contaminates the environment. Later, Alex checks out the *Brookcity Torch* website and sees one of Katie's stories about Brookcity being one of America's strangest towns.

Aunt Nat is planning for Nelly's birthday party while Sam and Nelly study for the math midterm. Nelly explains that the party is more than she wants. Template:Derreck shows up to tell Lana that he got the chance to try out for the New York State football team, so he's going to miss her party.

Back at school, Jodi works up the courage to ask Jack to Nelly's party. Nelly arrives at the Jackson Farm with the produce order for the party. While she is there, Sam offers to be her escort at the party. Nelly accepts, but makes him promise that unlike last time, he will actually show up. Jodi makes herself another shake and checks her weight. She watches as her waistline melts away, and loses another 27 pounds in seconds. Initially, she is elated, but then she feels an overwhelming craving and rushes to the kitchen. She eats frantically until she's stuffed. She spies her vegetable shake and guesses that it is responsible for her insatiable appetite. She throws it against the wall in rage.

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Jodi is eating hamburgers and milkshakes while driving her car in pouring rain. A deer steps out on the road. Jodi tries to stop, but she hits the deer. Unharmed, she gets out of the car and approaches the deer. Her stomach rumbles, her face contorts and she seems to uncontrollably devour the deer.

Sam is spying on Nelly in his loft when Derreck gives her a book for her birthday. Katie walks in and teases him about spying. Then she tells him about a mysterious story in the paper about a deer found dead on Route 5. They are listing the cause of death as "unknown." Katie wants Sam to go down to animal control and help her check it out. They find the deer, take some pictures, and check the lab report, which says that it lost eighty percent of its body fat. They jokingly guess that it has been liposuctioned to death by a fat-sucking vampire.

Jodi hides from her dad in the bathroom, surrounded by hamburger wrappers and pizza boxes.

At school, Sam finds Alex reading the Wall of Madness. Alex explains that he stopped by to talk with the principal about a new computer lab. He says that since the plant manager, Gabe, is always talking about his daughter and her work at the *Torch*, he stopped by to check it out. Sam explains Katie's theory that everything weird in Brookcity can be traced back to the meteor shower. When Katie arrives, Alex tells her that he likes her theory. Katie tells him that only Dr. Hamilton shares her opinion, but he's been reduced to selling plastic meteor chips to tourists. Alex goes to visit Dr. Hamilton and offers to fund his research as a mineralogist. Dr. Hamilton refuses Alex's offer.

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At school, Jodi isn't feeling well. When Dustin walks by, he makes another snide remark about her lost weight. Jodi takes the opportunity to seduce him. They sneak away to the football stadium and slip into a dark room. Jodi transforms again and attacks Dustin.

Also at the stadium, Nelly is telling Sam that she hasn't had a happy birthday since her parents took her to a drive-in when she was three years old. Sam hears a noise and investigates with his X-ray vision. When he enters the boiler room, he finds Dustin in very bad shape. Back at school the next day, Katie tells Sam that Dustin is in a coma. His body went into shock from the loss of all his body fat. He probably would have died if Sam hadn't found him when he did. They join Jodi in the cafeteria, who is eating ravenously.

Just as Sam is getting ready to go to Lana's party, Katie shows up at the Jackson Farm. She shows Sam a work order from the Brookcity Body and Fender for bodywork done to Jodi's car. They guess that she probably hit the deer and her behavior must be related to her rapid weight loss. Jack arrives at the Melville house to pick up Jodi. Just as they start to leave the house, Jodi's stomach grumbles. Jack wants to take her to the hospital, but Jodi runs back into the house. She asks Jack to leave her alone, but he follows her into the house. She attacks him, knocking his head against the floor and rendering him unconscious, but Sam arrives before she can do him any further harm. She flees through the back door and hides in the greenhouse.

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Sam follows her but finds the place full of Template:Meteor rocks. She bashes him over the head with a shovel. When she goes for the killing blow, she catches sight of her reflection and is repulsed by what she was about to do. She goes into a rage, bashing in what appears to be a gas line, and then smashing the lights, making sparks, which ignites the gas, creating a terrific explosion. Sam grabs her and protects her from the blast just as Jack comes to and joins them behind the house.

Meanwhile, at the Luthor Mansion, Nelly is hiding from her guests. She is obviously disappointed that Clark didn't show up. Lex opens some mail from Dr. Vargas. He goes to see Dr. Hamilton and tells him that he has been given a clean bill of health. He gives Dr. Hamilton a check for $100,000, insisting that he continue his research regarding the link between meteors and human health.

Sam tells his parents that Jodi is on her way to the hospital, then leaves to visit Nelly. Nelly gives him a hard time for not showing up at her party, but she lets him give her his present. He has recreated her last happy birthday with a drive in movie, popcorn and Bugs Bunny cartoons.

## Cast

### Starring

* T.J.Williams as Samuel Jackson
* Devenity perkins as Nelly Watson
* Jace Norman as Alex Luthor
* Andrew Caldwood as Derreck Fordman
* Sean Ryan Fox as Jack Diamond
* Maeve Tomalty as Katie Jones
* Angel Parker as Marie Jackson
* Adrian Holmes as Jefferson Jackson

### Guest Starring

* Madison Iseman as Jodi Melville
* Sarah-Jane Redmond as Nell Potter
* Malcolm Stewart as Mr. Melville
* Joe Morton as Dr. Steven Hamilton

### Co-Starring

* Alex Rae as Dustin Crenshaw
* Damonde Tschritter as Dustin's friend
* Jeff Seymour as Dr. Vargas

## Trivia

* In this episode, Jodi Melville is overcome by intense hunger for food. She is only able to satisfy her craving by sucking the fat out of other people.

## References

1. ↑ Naomi Episode Titles - SpoilerTV
2. ↑ Naomi Listing - The Futon Critic