Aired: 10/16/01
Rescue Lex, avoid Lana's killer green necklace, stop an avenging scarecrow man and don't reveal your powers to anyone. Who says being a teen hero is easy? Clark also learns he's not exactly from the neighborhood.
Rescue Lex, avoid Lana's killer green necklace, stop an avenging scarecrow man and don't reveal your powers to anyone. Who says being a teen hero is easy? Clark also learns he's not exactly from the neighborhood.
Written by: Alfred Gough & Miles Millar Directed by: David Nutter
Episode 2- Metamorphosis Aired: 10/23/01
Is Lana fated to a cocoon of doom? A nerdish bug collector is transformed into a monster by the irradiated bugs of Smallville - and he wants Lana for his bug-world queen.
Written by: Alfred Gough & Miles Millar Directed by: Michael Watkins & Phillip Sgriccia
Episode 3- Hothead Aired: 10/30/01
He has a burning desire for victory! A win-at-any-cost football coach turns deadly when unexpected exposure to Kryptonite gives him the power to cause his critics to be engulfed in flames.
Written by: Greg Walker Directed by: Greg Beeman
Episode 4- X-Ray Aired: 11/06/01
Clark is startled to discover he has the power of X-ray vision - a power that may be useful when he confronts a changeling-like student who can take on the appearance and emotional traits of anyone.
Written by: Mark Verheiden Directed by: James Frawley
Episode 5- Cool
Aired: 11/13/01
He's the coolest guy in school - and a stone-cold danger to everyone he meets. A fall into icy, Kryptonite-laced Crater Lake turns a student into a hypothermic monster who seeks to rob others of their body heat.
Written by: Michael Green Directed by: Jim Conter
Episode 6- Hourglass
Aired: 11/20/01
A plunge into Kryptonite-infused waters acts like a fountain of youth for a retirement home resident, who is restored to the murderous ways of his sinister past. A fortune-teller foresees Lex in the Oval Office.
Written by: Doris Egan Directed by: Chris Long
Episode 7- Craving Aired: 11/27/01
A teen's amazingly successful weight-loss regimen gives her a crazed hunger for high-fat munchies! So she munches on a deer here, a boyfriend there - she's a fat-sucking fiend and a menace to all Smallville!
Written by: Michael Green Directed by: Phillip Sgriccia
Episode 8- Jitters Aired: 12/11/01
An ex-LuthorCorp employee insists that the spasmodic rages that sometimes grip him are the result of an incident that occured on the plant's secret Level 3. But if there is a Level 3, why doesn't Lex know anything about it?
Written by: Cherie Bennett & Jeff Gottesfeld Directed by: Michael Watkins
Episode 9- Rogue Aired: 1/15/02
The secret is out-perhaps. Clark performs a lifesaving act of superheroism, thinking there are no witnesses. But a nearby cop sees everything, and he has blackmail in mind.
Written by: Mark Verheiden Directed by: David Carson
Episode 10- Shimmer Aired: 1/29/02
A servant is supposed to be invisible to his employers. But someone at Lex's mansion takes that axiom literally when he uses an invisibility potion to cloak himself during a manor-wide terror spree.
Written by: Michael Green & Mark Verheiden Directed by: D.J. Caruso
Episode 11- Hug Aired: 2/05/02
His Kryptonite-infused handshake seals the deal! A manipulative, wheeler-dealer entrepreneur exerts a mysterious power over Smallville residents - and even convinces Clark's dad to sell the family farm.
Written by: Doris Egan Directed by: Chris Long
Episode 12- Leech Aired: 2/12/02
Let's see how the other 99.999999% live. After a fluke lightning strike, Clark experiences the joys and pains of a normal human existence, and a classmate suddenly has the powers once wielded by Clark.
Written by: Tim Schlattmann Directed by: Greg Beeman
Episode 13- Kinetic Aired: 2/26/02
Whitney falls in with the wrong crowd - ex-jocks turned thieves whose Kryptonite-saturated tattoos alter their molecular structure so they can pass through walls... and rob banks and Lex's mansion with ease.
Written by: Phillip Levens Directed by: Robert Singer
Episode 14- Zero Aired: 3/12/02
A nemesis presumed to be dead for three years resurfaces in Smallville and stalks Lex. Chloe uncovers intriguing information about Clark's adoption.
Written by: Alfred Gough & Miles Millar Directed by: Michael Katleman
Episode 15- Nicodemus Aired: 3/19/02
Johnathan turns against his son, Lana becomes a sexy flirst and Pete sets out to settle a score with Lex. They all exhibit unusual behavior after coming into contact with a strange, toxic flower - and there appears to be no antidote to the flower's poison.
Written by: Greg Walker Directed by: James Marshall
Episode 16- Stray Aired: 4/16/02
A child who can read minds escapes his cruel parents and finds happiness with the Kents. But that joy may be bried when his parents come looking for the boy so they can use his psychic gifts in a life of crime.
Written by: Phillip Levens Directed by: Paul Shapiro
Episode 17- Reaper Aired: 4/23/02
Angel of mercy or death? After a Kryptonite-related incident gives a young man the ability to kill via mere touch, he sets out to use his newfound power on people who are gravely ill.
Written by: Cameron Litvack Directed by: Terrence O'Hara
Episode 18- Drone Aired: 4/30/02
Running on a platform of "truth, justice and... other stuff," Clark vies for class president. But a beekeeping rival contender vows Clark and the other aspirants will feel the sting of her candidacy.
Written by: Michael Green & Phillip Levens Directed by: Michael Katleman
Episode 19- Crush Aired: 5/07/02
After a hit-and-run accident that destroys his drawing hand, a cartoonist is left with bitterness, pain... and an unexpected gift of telekinesis that he turns into an instrument of revenge.
Written by: Phillip Levens & Alfred Gough & Miles Millar Directed by: James Marshall
Episode 20- Obscura Aired: 5/14/02
Lana has eerie visions involving a kidnapping of Chloe. Lex's ongoing inquiry into the mystery surronding Clark takes an intriguing turn when a crop duster reveals what he saw fall from the sky during the Smallville meteor shower.
Written by: Greg Walker Directed by: Terrence O'Hara
Episode 21- Tempest Aired: 5/21/02
A reporter closes in on Clark's Secret: Chloe may depart Smallville: LuthorCorp is forced to close. At least the school dance will provide carefree moments for Clark and his friends. Then the twister hits.
Written by: Phillip Levens Directed by: Greg Beeman
