Clark rescues Lana from the giant tornado and
takes her to the hospital. When he returns home, Clark
learns the ship is gone, and that his father chased Roger Nixon into the storm.
Lex is wracked with guilt over not helping his father sooner, who is now in the
hospital, and makes a decision that costs his father his eyesight. Jonathan and
Nixon attempt to dig themselves out of the crypt they fell into after a mobile
home dropped out of the sky on top of them. Clark
shows up before the two men lose all oxygen, but the meteor rocks weaken him.
Nixon takes advantage of the situation, and kidnaps Clark.
Lex shows up and saves Jonathan's life by shooting Nixon before he can kill
Jonathan.
EPISODE #2 – HEAT
Clark (Tom Welling) goes
into hiding after he discovers a startling new power that quickly gets out of
control and accidentally harms Lana (Kristin Kreuk). However, after a hot new
teacher (guest star Krista Allen) uses kryptonite-enhanced pheromones to
convince Lex (Michael Rosenbaum) to marry her, then spellbinds Jonathan (John
Schneider), Clark must get a grip on his new
power in time to keep Jonathan from killing Lex.
EPISODE #3 – DUIPLICITY
After
Pete discovers the spaceship in a cornfield, Clark
goes against his parents' wishes and reveals his secret to Pete. Pete's
reaction makes Clark begin to regret his
decision. Dr. Hamilton, suffering from overexposure to the meteor rocks and
exhibiting the same tremors as Earl Jenkins, steals Clark's
ship. When Lex refuses to believe his rants about a ship, Dr. Hamilton seeks
support from Lionel Luthor. Pete's loyalty is tested when Dr. Hamilton kidnaps
him in an effort to find out how to open the ship. Clark arrives, but Hamilton's overexposure
to the meteor rocks sends him into deadly convulsions.
EPISODE #4 – RED
The school unknowingly
uses red kryptonite in the class rings and its effect on Clark (Tom Welling)
stuns his friends and family as he turns into a rebellious and dangerous
teenager who decides to use his powers for evil instead of good. Jonathan (John
Schneider) and Martha (Annette O'Toole) scramble to find the truth behind Clark's behavior before he exposes his true identity,
while Lana (Kristin Kreuk) finds herself drawn to the "new" Clark who
declares his love for her.
EPISODE #5 – NOCTURNE
Lana
finds a secret admirer in a boy named Byron. However, Byron is a former test
subject for one of LuthorCorp's projects run by Lionel Luthor. After an
encounter with Byron's parents, Clark and Lana come to the conclusion that
Byron is being abused, and decide to rescue him from his parents. When they
release Byron from his room, the sunlight turns him into a violent creature
with superhuman strength. Clark tracks down
Byron and during a fight the two fall down a well shaft. The darkness returns
Byron to normal long enough for Clark to get
Byron to the hospital. Martha takes a position as Lionel Luthor's personal
assistant.
EPISODE #6 – REDUX
After realizing the farm
is in financial trouble, Martha (Annette O'Toole) goes to her estranged father
(guest star George Coe) for help. Clark (Tom Welling) is thrilled at the
prospect of meeting his grandfather but Jonathan's (John Schneider) refusal to
see the man prompts Clark to force a reunion
that doesn't go exactly as planned. Meanwhile, Lana (Kristin Kreuk) discovers
an old photograph that suggests her father may still be alive.
EPISODE #7 – LINEAGE
A
woman named Rachel Dunleavy shows up claiming to be Clark's
biological mother. Dunleavy kidnaps Lex and threatens to kill him if Lionel
doesn't reveal the truth about Clark's
adoption. Lana finds her biological father, Henry Small, and confronts him,
only to find out that he is not interested in her. Jonathan reveals to Clark
that he made a deal with Lionel Luthor, in an effort to make sure he and Martha
could adopt Clark, which enabled Lionel to buy
the Ross Creamed Corn factory. Rachel witnesses Clark
using his abilities and realizes that he isn't her son. Lionel admits to Lex
that he did father another child, but that it died as an infant.
EPISODE #8 – RYAN
Clark (Tom Welling) pushes
his abilities to the limit to save his telepathic young friend Ryan (guest Ryan
Kelley) from an evil doctor who wants to control the boy's abilities.
Meanwhile, Nell (guest star Sarah-Jane Redmond) tells Lana (Kristin Kreuk) they
are moving to Metropolis.
EPISODE #9 – DICHOTIC
When Clark (Tom Welling)
tries to warn Lana (Kristin Kreuk) and Chloe (Allison Mack) about Ian (guest
star Thomas), an overachieving student who is surreptitiously dating both
girls, they accuse Clark of jealousy but
realize too late that he was right. Meanwhile, frustration with his father
(John Glover) causes Lex (Michael Rosenbaum) to lose his temper and attack a
parking attendant's car with a golf club, landing him in an anger management class
where he meets an interesting new woman.
EPISODE #10 – SKINWALKER
When Clark (Tom Welling)
tries to warn Lana (Kristin Kreuk) and Chloe (Allison Mack) about Ian (guest
star Thomas), an overachieving student who is surreptitiously dating both
girls, they accuse Clark of jealousy but
realize too late that he was right. Meanwhile, frustration with his father
(John Glover) causes Lex (Michael Rosenbaum) to lose his temper and attack a
parking attendant's car with a golf club, landing him in an anger management
class where he meets an interesting new woman.
EPISODE #11 – VISAGE
Whitney
Fordman returns from overseas, to everybody's surprise. Claiming to have lost
some of his memory during battle, he tries to get back together with Lana,
ignorant of the Dear John letter she sent. Not wanting to hurt him, Lana
submits to his attempts to win her back, but Clark
discovers that Whitney is actually Tina Greer. When Clark
confronts Tina, she immobolizes him using green meteor rock. Left helpless in
the Kents' storm cellar, Clark is saved by his spaceship. During a later
confrontation with Clark, Tina injures herself
and dies.
EPISODE #12 – INSURGANCE
After Lex (Michael
Rosenbaum) discovers that Lionel (John Glover) installed cameras in the
mansion, he hires some thugs to bug Lionel's office, but things get out of
control when Lionel and Martha (Annette O'Toole) surprise the thugs and are
taken hostage. Clark (Tom Welling) must figure out a way to save his mother
without exposing his powers and sees his chance on an adjacent tall building -
if only he could make the leap in a single bound.
EPISODE #13 – SUSPECT
Lionel
is mysteriously shot at the Luthor mansion, leaving behind a huge list of
suspects with various motives to want him dead. Jonathan, who is found unconscious
in his truck with a bottle of tequila and a gun in his hand, is arrested as the
prime suspect. Clark and Pete investigate, and discover an elaborate plan
orchestrated by Sheriff Ethan.
EPISODE #14 – RUSH
Pete
and Chloe are infected by bug-like creatures that burrow into the necks of
those who get close enough. The bugs cause people to engage in extremely risky
behavior. Pete uses red meteor rock to get Clark
to join them. The red meteor rock is incidentally removed, and ClarkKawatcheCaves. manages to get both his friends to the hospital.
Lex hires Dr. Frederick Walden, an expert in ancient glyphs, to try to
translate the language found on walls of the
EPISODE #15 – PRODIGAL
ex (Michael Rosenbaum)
finds Lucas (guest star Paul Wasilewski), the son Lionel (John Glover) gave up
for adoption, and brings him home in the hope that the two of them can unite
against Lionel. When Lionel's machinations end up putting all three of them in
a dangerous situation, Lex is left to wonder whom he can really trust.
Meanwhile, Clark (Tom Welling) decides to take a job at the Talon.
EPISODE #16 – FEVER
Martha,
who has been hiding the key to the spaceship, becomes extremely sick from
inhaling dust of green meteor rock that was underground. The Kent farm is
quarantined, and the key discovered. Clark, who inhaled the meteor dust as
well, falls sick too. After testing his blood, Dr. Helen Bryce realizes that Clark is different. Martha is revealed to be pregnant
after the ship removes her poisoning.
EPISODE #17 – ROSETTA
Clark decides to place the key into a slot in
the cave wall. Upon inserting the key, the wall downloads him with the language
of the cave. Dr. Walden discovers the key and uses it himself, but the
information overload puts him in a coma. At home, Clark's
heat vision forces him to etch a symbol onto the barn door. He is contacted by
Dr. Virgil Swann, who educates Clark about
Krypton, his home planet. Using the key on the ship, he uncovers a hidden
message from his biological father stating that his destiny is to conquer
Earth.
EPISODE #18 – VISITOR
A
classmate at school, Cyrus, displays abilities similar to Clark's.
Clark discovers that Cyrus believes he is an alien who arrived during the
meteor shower, leading him to believe Dr. Swann was wrong when he told Clark he was the only Kryptonian on Earth. Cyrus shows Clark the transmission tower he is building to contact
his alien parents, but evidence surfaces that proves that Cyrus is human.
EPISODE #19 – PRECIPICE
After Lana (Kristin Kreuk)
is almost assaulted by a college student (guest star), Clark (Tom Welling)
loses control and injures the boy. When the Kents (John Schneider, Annette
O'Toole) are sued for punitive damages that could cost them the farm, Clark begins to question his powers while trying to find
a way out of the lawsuit. Meanwhile, Helen's (Emmanuelle Vaugier) ex-boyfriend
arrives in town intent on winning her back, but when she turns him down, he
stabs her, prompting Lex (Michael Rosenbaum) to take the law into his own
hands.
EPISODE #20 – WITNESS
A
group of thieves hijack a LuthorCorp van, and steal a shipment of refined green
meteor rock. Clark stumbles upon the robbery,
but is no match for them. It turns out that they are manufacturing and inhaling
liquid kryptonite, which leads to enhanced strength. Lionel offers to fund the
Torch and a position at the Daily Planet, if Chloe does an investigative report
on Clark.
EPISODE #21 – ACCELERATE
Lana
thinks she is seeing ghosts, when an old childhood friend, Emily, who died six
years prior, appears. Clark discovers that the
child is indeed real. By moving extremely fast, the girl seems to disappear and
walk through walls. Clark learns that Emily's
father has been cloning her, with the help of green meteor rock. The flaw with
the Emily clone is that she has no sense of morality, which eventually puts
Lana in danger. Meanwhile, Lex prepares for his wedding with Helen.
EPISODE #22 – CALLING
Dr.
Walden wakes up from his coma, and tells Lex and Lionel that Clark
is an alien that must be destroyed. A romantic encounter between Clark and Lana
is quickly dismissed when Chloe finds out they are together. During a rehearsal
for Lex and Helen's wedding, Clark hears a
strange voice calling from the storm cellar.
EPISODE #23 – EXODUS
The
will of Clark's biological father, Jor-El, informs Clark
he must leave Smallville. Not wanting to leave his family and friends, Clark steals Lionel's copy of the spaceship key made out
of refined green meteor rock and sticks it into the ship, destroying it. The
blast from the explosion causes Martha to lose her baby. Grief stricken, Clark decides to leave Smallville. During his honeymoon
flight, Lex wakes to find the plane going down and Helen and the pilot missing.
