Season One Episode Guide

Pilot

Episode #: 101
Air Date: 10.16.01
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The rural town of Smallville, Kansas is changed forever when a meteor shower brings an alien child to Earth. Ten years later, a teenage Clark Kent is the only one who can stop a young man who was given inhuman abilities by the meteor rocks.

Metamorphosis

Episode #: 102
Air Date: 10.23.01
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A young insect collector is mutated into a bug-like creature by meteor rocks, and turns his eye toward Lana.

Hothead

Episode #: 103
Air Date: 10.30.01
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The high school football coach discovers that he has the ability to cause spontaneous combustion, and Clark is the only one who can stop him in his rush for glory.

X-Ray

Episode #: 104
Air Date: 11.06.01
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When Lex is charged with robbing the local bank at gunpoint, Clark must rely on a newly emerging power to discover who is impersonating the townsfolk.

Cool

Episode #: 105
Air Date: 11.13.01
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A football player must drain the heat from others in order to stay alive after a freak accident with meteor rocks, and soon goes after Clark's friends and family.

Hourglass

Episode #: 106
Air Date: 11.20.01
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An elderly criminal is rejuvenated into his younger self by meteor rocks, and goes on a killing spree. Clark experiences a haunting vision of death.

Craving

Episode #: 107
Air Date: 11.27.01
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A young girl rapidly loses weight due to a diet of vegetables affected by meteor rocks, and must find a way to satisfy her ravenous hunger.

Jitters

Episode #: 108
Air Date: 12.11.01
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A disgruntled janitor takes Clark's class hostage inside a LutherCorp plant, claiming that he's been affected by a mysterious contaminant.

Rogue

Episode #: 109
Air Date: 01.15.02

A crooked police officer learns about Clark's powers, and threatens to reveal it unless Clark helps him. An old flame re-enters Lex's life.

Shimmer

Episode #: 110
Air Date: 01.29.02

Clark must face an invisible enemy at the Luther Mansion when a teenage girl with unnatural abilities becomes enamored with Lex. Lana turns to Clark when Whitney pushes her away.

Hug

Episode #: 111
Air Date: 02.05.02
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A con man with the ability to make others do anything he wants with a handshake arrives in Smallville, and convinces Jonathan to sell the farm.

Leech

Episode #: 112
Air Date: 02.12.02
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When Clark is struck by lightning, his powers are transferred into another man -- leaving him an ordinary teenager. But the young man becomes a danger to the whole town as he explores his new-found superpowers.

Kinetic

Episode #: 113
Air Date: 02.26.02

Clark and Lex must stop a gang of thieves who can walk through walls after the mansion is robbed. Whitney becomes the gang's newest recruit.

Zero

Episode #: 114
Air Date: 03.12.02

Lex's past returns to haunt him when the victim of a nightclub shooting shows up alive and well in Smallville.

Nicodemus

Episode #: 115
Air Date: 03.19.02

A strange flower infects Clark's loved-ones with its spores, ridding them of their inhibitions -- and leaving them in comas.

Stray

Episode #: 116
Air Date: 04.16.02

The Kents take in a young boy with the ability to read minds, and Clark takes him under his wing. Lex's father offers him a job in Metropolis.

Reaper

Episode #: 117
Air Date: 04.23.02

A young man attempts to end the suffering of the sick and elderly by turning them into ashes -- and Whitney's dying father may be his next victim.

Drone

Episode #: 118
Air Date: 04.30.02
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Clark encounters a woman who can control a swarm of killer bees, and who uses them to exact revenge on her enemies.

Crush

Episode #: 119
Air Date: 05.07.02
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Clark must decide which of his romantic interests to pursue when Chloe becomes involved with an old friend -- one who has gained the ability to move things with his mind. Lana begins to question her relationship with Whitney.

Obscura

Episode #: 120
Air Date: 05.14.02
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An accident allows Lana to see through the eyes of a criminal -- who kidnaps Chloe. Lex finds evidence that more than meteors hit Smallville 10 years ago.

Tempest

Episode #: 121
Air Date: 05.21.02
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Disaster strikes Smallville when a massive tornado interrupts the spring formal. A reporter discovers Clark's hidden spacecraft, and Whitney makes a life-altering decision.