Smallville

1. S01E01PilotOctober 16, 2001 8.0In rural Kansas, teenage Clark Kent saves the life of Lex Luthor after a car accident.
2. S01E02MetamorphosisOctober 23, 2001 7.2A bug-loving teen is infused with superpowers after a bizarre accident, and the boy sets out to steal Lana's heart and dispose of her curren
3. S01E03HotheadOctober 30, 2001 7.4The Smallville High School football coach asks Clark to join the squad, something Jonathan fears may jeopardize the teen's secret and the sa
4. S01E04X-RayNovember 6, 2001 7.8Clark battles intense headaches as he tries to adjust to his emerging power of X-ray vision, an ability that he cannot control. Also, Lex is
5. S01E05CoolNovember 13, 2001 7.5After falling through the ice and nearly drowning, a teen finds that he cannot keep himself warm without extracting heat from an outside sou
6. S01E06HourglassNovember 20, 2001 8.0Clark volunteers at a nursing home, where he meets a blind woman who claims that she can see the future---and that someone close to him will
7. S01E07CravingNovember 27, 2001 7.4An overweight teen becomes excessively thin after eating vegetables tainted with kryptonite, but she also develops a voracious appetite for
8. S01E08JittersDecember 11, 2001 7.8An old Kent family friend, who suffers from uncontrollably violent convulsions after working for Luthor Corp., shows up at the farm after ac
9. S01E09RogueJanuary 15, 2002 8.0A corrupt Metropolis police detective sees Clark stop an out-of-control bus barreling toward a homeless man, and the cop threatens to expose
10. S01E10ShimmerJanuary 29, 2002 7.3A teen whose family lives and works in the Luthor mansion has a crush on Lex, and her jealousy of the tycoon's new girlfriend brings forth v
11. S01E11HugFebruary 5, 2002 7.9A crooked businessman who can get people to do whatever he wants by touching their hands sets out to buy the Kent farm so he can build an in
12. S01E12LeechFebruary 12, 2002 7.6Clark's superpowers are transferred to a fellow student after a bolt of lightning strikes the future Man of Steel while trying to rescue the
13. S01E13KineticFebruary 26, 2002 7.8Chloe is seriously injured during a robbery at Lex's mansion that is perpetrated by three masked young men who can pass through walls. Meanw
14. S01E14ZeroMarch 12, 2002 7.5An incident from Lex's past returns to haunt him when a man he believed died in a shooting incident returns from the grave to ruin his reput
15. S01E15NicodemusMarch 19, 2002 7.8Dr. Hamilton irradiates an extinct flower with meteor radiation, releasing an infection that causes uninhibited behavior, coma, and death...
16. S01E16Season's bestStrayApril 16, 2002 8.4The Kents take in a mysterious youngster who can read minds, after he is accidentally struck by their pickup truck while fleeing from a murd
17. S01E17ReaperApril 23, 2002 7.5A fall from a tall building embeds a kryptonite fragment into a man's arm, and he develops the ability to burn his victims to death with his
18. S01E18DroneApril 30, 2002 7.5Clark decides to run for class president after Pete nominates him, but the teen faces off against a candidate with the secret ability to con
19. S01E19CrushMay 7, 2002 7.8Clark finally learns that Chloe has a crush on him and he begins to question how he feels about her. But his indecisiveness leads to her int
20. S01E20ObscuraMay 14, 2002 7.9A head injury gives Lana the ability to see through the eyes of a kidnapper who abducts Chloe and keeps her bound and blindfolded in a dark
21. S01E21TempestMay 21, 2002 8.3Lionel Luthor announces plans to close the LutherCorp plant in Smallville, but Lex won't let his father shut it down without a fight. Meanwh

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

1. S02E01VortexSeptember 24, 2002 7.9Clark rescues Lana from a destructive twister that tears through town, but his good fortune is short-lived as he discovers that his dad is m
2. S02E02HeatOctober 1, 2002 7.9Lex impulsively marries a woman two weeks after he meets her, unknowingly moved by her ability to control a man's mind by emitting a kind of
3. S02E03DuplicityOctober 8, 2002 7.8Clark tells Pete about his extraterrestrial powers after Pete finds Clark's spaceship and insists on hiding it in a shed in his own yard, bu
4. S02E04RedOctober 15, 2002 8.1Clark's behavior radically changes after getting his school ring, which has a red kryptonite stone in the setting. His reckless conduct thre
5. S02E05NocturneOctober 22, 2002 7.5A teen who is kept locked in the basement of his parents' house during the day sneaks out at night and leaves love letters for Lana at her p
6. S02E06ReduxOctober 29, 2002 7.4Family secrets abound as Martha goes behind Jonathan's back to ask her father for money after the family's bills pile up; and Lana finds pic
7. S02E07LineageNovember 5, 2002 7.5A woman arrives in Smallville and tells Clark that she's his biological mother and informs Lex that Lionel is the father. Plus, she wants Cl
8. S02E08Season's bestRyanNovember 12, 2002 8.3Clark rescues a teenage mind reader from a laboratory where a maniacal scientist performs cruel cognitive experiments on the youngster. Mean
9. S02E09DichoticNovember 19, 2002 7.5A Smallville honor student who can clone himself at will kills a teacher to avoid a bad grade, then develops a romantic interest in Chloe an
10. S02E10SkinwalkerNovember 26, 2002 7.1Clark meets a Native American girl in a cave and discovers drawings on the walls from the girl's ancestors that tell a tale mirroring Clark'
11. S02E11VisageJanuary 14, 2003 7.3One of Clark's former adversaries returns to Smallville and causes a rift between Lana and Clark. Elsewhere, Lex accuses a woman he's dating
12. S02E12InsurgenceJanuary 21, 2003 7.6Lex hires goons to plant listening devices in his father's Metropolis office, but things go awry when the thugs decide to rob the tycoon's v
13. S02E13SuspectJanuary 28, 2003 7.8Lionel Luthor is shot by an unknown assailant and Jonathan Kent is arrested for the crime after the police find him with a gun and a bottle
14. S02E14RushFebruary 4, 2003 7.7A strange parasite invades Pete's body and feeds on the teen's adrenal glands, causing him to shake off his inhibitions and engage in wild a
15. S02E15ProdigalFebruary 11, 2003 7.4Lex finds his long-lost brother, Lucas, and tries to persuade his sibling to help him stage a financial coup against their father. Unfortuna
16. S02E16FeverFebruary 18, 2003 8.0Martha is hospitalized after becoming seriously ill from exposure to kryptonite spores in the Kent's storm cellar, and Jonathan learns there
17. S02E17RosettaFebruary 25, 2003 7.8After seeing a newspaper photo of a Kryptonian symbol burned into the side of the Kents' farmhouse, a reclusive physicist takes an interest
18. S02E18VisitorApril 15, 2003 7.5Clark thinks an awkward new student who claims to be an extraterrestrial might be telling the truth after he sees the teen start a fire with
19. S02E19PrecipiceApril 22, 2003 7.6Clark is arrested and his family faces a civil lawsuit after the teen defends Lana by hurling an unruly college student onto the hood of an
20. S02E20WitnessApril 29, 2003 7.7Clark witnesses a popular Smallville baseball player steal a shipment of refined kryptonite from a LuthorCorp truck to enhance his athletic
21. S02E21AccelerateMay 6, 2003 7.5Lana thinks she sees the ghost of a childhood friend who died years before when she's visited by a 10-year-old girl, so Clark sets out to fi
22. S02E22CallingMay 13, 2003 7.8Part 1 of two. Clark kisses Lana, then he hears a cryptic message from an unknown source that matches the ranting of a crazed linguist who w
23. S02E23ExodusMay 20, 2003 8.2The conclusion of a two-part episode in which Clark learns the mysterious voice calling to him belongs to his Kryptonian father, who tells h

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

1. S03E01ExileOctober 1, 2003 7.3Part 1 of two. Clark, who was last seen donning a red-kryptonite ring and fleeing to Metropolis on a motorcycle, faces pressure to return ho
2. S03E02PhoenixOctober 8, 2003 7.2In the conclusion, crime boss Morgan Edge tracks down Clark to get the package he took from LuthorCorp. Elsewhere, Lex confronts Helen about
3. S03E03ExtinctionOctober 15, 2003 7.3A teenager is hunting down Smallville residents who were altered by kryptonite rocks, and he inadvertently discovers Clark's abilities when
4. S03E04SlumberOctober 22, 2003 7.0Clark has a dream that his new neighbor, whom he hasn't met, is being haunted by a mysterious demon-like figure.
5. S03E05PerryOctober 29, 2003 7.3The future Daily Planet editor-in-chief Perry White, who's working as a tabloid TV reporter researching meteor phenomena, suspects Clark has
6. S03E06RelicNovember 5, 2003 7.2After Clark sees visions of a 40-year-old murder involving Lana's great-aunt and great-uncle, he begins an investigation into the past that
7. S03E07MagneticNovember 12, 2003 6.7Lana's sudden attraction to a teen with magnetic powers arouses Clark's suspicions that the boy is able to control her mind. Elsewhere, Lex
8. S03E08ShatteredNovember 19, 2003 7.6Lex tells Clark that assassins tried to kill him and that he recently met with the presumed-dead Morgan Edge, but Clark is skeptical of his
9. S03E09Season's bestAsylumJanuary 14, 2004 7.7Clark tries to prove Lex's sanity and prevent Lionel from forcing electroshock therapy on his son. Also, Lana meets a mysterious guy in the
10. S03E10WhisperJanuary 21, 2004 7.3Clark loses his sight and gains superhuman hearing, which he can't control, when he attempts to stop a jewelry-store robbery involving a tee
11. S03E11DeleteJanuary 28, 2004 7.5Clark and Lana unwillingly attack Chloe on separate occasions after being hypnotized by subliminal e-mail messages. In other events, Lana gr
12. S03E12HereafterFebruary 4, 2004 7.5Clark befriends a teen who has uncontrollable premonitions about the future whenever he comes into contact with other people. Elsewhere, Lan
13. S03E13VelocityFebruary 11, 2004 7.1Pete gets in over his head when he gets involved in illegal street racing using Kryptonite-fueled cars; Lana confronts Adam about his myster
14. S03E14ObsessionFebruary 18, 2004 7.6A student who has the ability to teleport herself---as well as anything she touches---develops a crush on Clark after he reveals his own pow
15. S03E15ResurrectionFebruary 25, 2004 7.2Clark befriends a teen whose brother is mysteriously raised from the dead after succumbing to liver disease. Also: Jonathan learns he must u
16. S03E16CrisisMarch 3, 2004 7.4Clark gets a panicked phone call from Lana in which he hears her being killed. When he finds out the call is from the future, he tries to ch
17. S03E17LegacyApril 14, 2004 7.5Lionel makes a deal with Dr. Virgil Swann, hoping to uncover the secrets behind the Indian cave drawings. Elsewhere, Jonathan continues to s
18. S03E18TruthApril 21, 2004 7.7A chemical accident at the LuthorCorp plant gives Chloe the ability to make people tell her the truth. When Lionel learns of Chloe's new pow
19. S03E19MemoriaApril 28, 2004 6.8Lex undergoes a series of experimental procedures with Dr. Garner to try and retrieve the memories he lost while he was delusional. Elsewher
20. S03E20TalismanMay 5, 2004 7.2A Kawatche grad student gets superpowers similar to Clark's when he picks up an ancient knife found in the Indian caves. Elsewhere, Lana and
21. S03E21ForsakenMay 12, 2004 7.3Clark decides to reveal his secret to Lana, hoping his show of trust will persuade her not to leave Smallville, but before he can tell her,
22. S03E22CovenantMay 19, 2004 7.4A mysterious stranger with powers similar to Clark's arrives at the Kent farm and tells the Teen of Steel that she's from Krypton and was se

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

1. S04E01CrusadeSeptember 22, 2004 8.1Lois Lane arrives in town to investigate her cousin Chloe's death and discovers an amnesiac Clark in a cornfield after she veers off the roa
2. S04E02GoneSeptember 29, 2004 7.5Lois and Clark go to the safe house to investigate Chloe's death and end up running from military men. Later, Lois returns to her cousin's g
3. S04E03FacadeOctober 6, 2004 7.7Clark tries out for football again and learns that Jason is the new assistant coach---but Clark doesn't know Jason is also Lana's boyfriend.
4. S04E04DevotedOctober 13, 2004 7.5When two cheerleaders develop a love potion that arouses feelings of extreme devotion and jealousy, it causes a football player to attack Ja
5. S04E05RunOctober 20, 2004 7.6After a boy with superhuman speed saves Jonathan---and steals his wallet---Clark tracks him down and discovers he's a homeless kid who uses
6. S04E06TransferenceOctober 27, 2004 8.3Clark switches bodies with Lionel after Clark interferes with the exchange of a Kryptonian stone that was meant for an unsuspecting Lex. Con
7. S04E07JinxNovember 3, 2004 8.4Clark accidentally injures another player when foreign-exchange student Mikail Mxyzptlk uses a form of telepathy to make him trip during a b
8. S04E08SpellNovember 10, 2004 6.9Lana, Lois and Chloe are possessed by the spirits of witches who were burned at the stake in the 17th century. Later, the girls crash a surp
9. S04E09BoundNovember 17, 2004 7.5Lana meets Jason's mom and is surprised to discover that she looks like a woman from a dream she had about Isobel, the 17th-century witch wh
10. S04E10ScareDecember 1, 2004 7.5The town's residents are infected by a toxin that causes unconsciousness and horrific nightmares when the LuthorCorp plant loses control of
11. S04E11UnsafeJanuary 26, 2005 7.7A teen with teleportation abilities who was obsessed with Clark is released from the Belle Reve asylum and tracks him down. Though apparentl
12. S04E12PariahFebruary 2, 2005 8.3Lana is attacked at her apartment and Alicia is the prime suspect. Clark believes she's innocent, but later has to accept that she may be gu
13. S04E13RecruitFebruary 9, 2005 8.2Lois is arrested for severely injuring a Metropolis University football player who harassed her. Meanwhile, Clark visits the school on a rec
14. S04E14KryptoFebruary 16, 2005 7.3Clark takes in a dog with superpowers after Lois accidentally hits the pooch with her car. While looking for its owner, he discovers the dog
15. S04E15SacredFebruary 23, 2005 8.2The day after Dr. Swann dies, Clark receives a note from the professor leading him to a message from Jor-El that instructs him to find two s
16. S04E16LucyMarch 2, 2005 7.6Lois's younger sister, Lucy, arrives in town, and Clark learns that she has a shady past when he catches her stealing money from the Talon's
17. S04E17OnyxApril 13, 2005 7.5A kryptonite-based explosion at the Luthorcorp lab creates an evil clone of Lex, and the sinister twin tries to prevent the process from bei
18. S04E18SpiritApril 20, 2005 8.1On the night before the prom, a popular student crashes her car into a kryptonite-filled ravine and her spirit ends up taking over other peo
19. S04E19BlankApril 27, 2005 8.3Clark's entire memory ends up getting erased when he confronts a thief who has a kryptonite-based ability to wipe out people's short-term me
20. S04E20AgelessMay 4, 2005 8.3Lana and Clark take care of a baby they find in a crater and are shocked when he ages seven years right in front of their eyes. They then tu
21. S04E21ForeverMay 11, 2005 8.2A teen who has the power to turn people into stone wants to stay in high school forever, so he keeps students captive in a fake school that'
22. S04E22Season's bestCommencementMay 18, 2005 8.6The town is evacuated on graduation day in preparation for an impending meteor shower, and Jor-El warns Clark that the entire planet is in d

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

1. S05E01Season's bestArrivalSeptember 29, 2005 8.3Two superpowered Kryptonian villains arrive as the town struggles to recover from the meteor shower. Elsewhere, Clark's Fortress of Solitude
2. S05E02MortalOctober 6, 2005 7.5Clark is forced to steal a serum from a heavily guarded LuthorCorp research facility by three superhuman Belle Reve escapees who are holding
3. S05E03HiddenOctober 13, 2005 8.0Clark is shot and Chloe is kidnapped by a computer wiz who has programmed a missile to annihilate Smallville in hopes of ridding the world o
4. S05E04AquaOctober 20, 2005 7.8Arthur Curry, better known as Aquaman, arrives in town to destroy a new sonar weapon designed by LuthorCorp. Meanwhile, Clark meets Prof. Mi
5. S05E05ThirstOctober 27, 2005 6.8Lana pledges a sorority, unaware that its members are vampires. Elsewhere, Chloe sets out to impress the Daily Planet's editor-in-chief; and
6. S05E06ExposedNovember 3, 2005 7.5Tom Wopat makes a guest appearance as a state senator---and old friend of the Kents---who is linked to the murder of an exotic dancer. The w
7. S05E07SplinterNovember 10, 2005 7.8After Clark is pricked by a splinter of silver kryptonite, he becomes paranoid and thinks that everyone is conspiring against him---includin
8. S05E08SolitudeNovember 17, 2005 7.6When Martha is struck by a mysterious flash of light, Clark thinks it may have something to do with Jor-El's prediction that he'll lose some
9. S05E09LexmasDecember 8, 2005 7.5Lex is shot by muggers on Christmas Eve and, while unconscious, dreams that he has become a middle-class family man who's happily married to
10. S05E10FanaticJanuary 12, 2006 7.6One of the volunteers on Lex's campaign staff is far too devoted to the cause, and takes matters into her own hands, hatching a scheme that
11. S05E11LockdownJanuary 19, 2006 7.6Lex and Lana are at the mercy of a deranged Smallville deputy who plans to keep them captive until Lex reveals the location of the Kryptonia
12. S05E12ReckoningJanuary 26, 2006 7.6The results of the election are revealed, and Clark returns to the Fortress of Solitude to appeal to Jor-El.
13. S05E13VengeanceFebruary 2, 2006 7.5A mysterious female vigilante stalks the Suicide Slums, and her path crosses Clark's as they both seek the same criminal; meanwhile, LuthorC
14. S05E14TombFebruary 9, 2006 7.7When a young girl's body is found hidden behind a wall of the Talon, Chloe begins acting weird and Lois goes on the trail of the girl's murd
15. S05E15CyborgFebruary 16, 2006 7.4Clark befriends Victor, the unwilling victim of a cybernetics experiment at LuthorCorp, but Lex wants him back. Meanwhile, Martha may be the
16. S05E16HypnoticMarch 30, 2006 7.0Clark is manipulated by Simone, who possesses a magical, hypnotic jewel that makes him love her. Meanwhile, Dr. Fine reappears in Honduras,
17. S05E17VoidApril 6, 2006 7.0Lana gets hooked on a dangerous serum made of green kryptonite; Clark searches for Prof. Fine in Honduras, and discovers Lionel knows his se
18. S05E18FragileApril 13, 2006 8.0A little girl who possesses telekinetic powers is befriended by Clark, who discovers the talent runs in her family and is tied to the first
19. S05E19MercyApril 20, 2006 7.4Lionel Luthor finds himself the victim of a mysterious tormentor who uses a series of life-or-death riddles and puzzles that eventually pit
20. S05E20FadeApril 27, 2006 7.3Clark saves the life of Graham, a hit man with very unusual skills who is determined to repay the favor by eliminating Lex so Clark can win
21. S05E21OracleMay 4, 2006 7.5Suspicions about Lionel Luthor's intentions are raised when Clark and Martha receive ghostly visits from Jonathan, who tells them that Lione
22. S05E22VesselMay 11, 2006 7.5Clark's Kryptonian origins sow seeds of sorrow and destruction on Earth as forces affecting Lex, Lionel, Lana and Clark are set in motion, c

Season 5 ranked & reviewed

1. S06E01ZodSeptember 28, 2006 7.3Clark is imprisoned in the Phantom Zone, deprived of his powers. Meanwhile, Lex/Zod keeps Lana captive so she can sire him an heir; Lois and
2. S06E02SneezeOctober 5, 2006 7.0Clark thinks he's developed a cold, but it turns out to be a symptom of a new superpower; Lois gets a job at the Inquisitor, a local tabloid
3. S06E03WitherOctober 12, 2006 7.4A guilt-ridden Lex throws a charity ball for the town and hires the All-American Rejects to perform; Clark and Chloe pursue a creature who u
4. S06E04ArrowOctober 19, 2006 7.6The Green Arrow draws the attention of Lois after she sees him steal a rare diamond necklace off Martha's neck; Clark discovers Oliver Queen
5. S06E05ReunionOctober 26, 2006 7.7An old prep-school incident involving the apparent death of a schoolmate returns to haunt Lex and Oliver, and the consequences could be dead
6. S06E06FalloutNovember 2, 2006 7.4Clark and Raya face another escapee from the Phantom Zone, Baern, who knows the secret of the Kryptonian Black Box and will be unstoppable i
7. S06E07RageNovember 9, 2006 7.6Lex is covertly involved in the production of an experimental drug that Oliver Queen is taking. It gives Oliver superhuman powers to heal hi
8. S06E08StaticNovember 16, 2006 7.6Lex disappears in front of Lana's eyes but nobody, including Lionel and Lex's security team, seems to believe her; Clark finds another refug
9. S06E09SubterraneanDecember 7, 2006 7.5An illegal immigrant from the nearby McNally farm seeks help from Clark, who soon discovers a sinister secret buried in the farm's cornfield
10. S06E10HydroJanuary 11, 2007 7.5The Planet's gossip columnist, Linda Lake, makes life miserable for Lana, Lex, Chloe and Clark; Lois begins to suspect a connection between
11. S06E11Season's bestJusticeJanuary 18, 2007 8.3The Green Arrow, Impulse, Aquaman and Cyborg try to destroy LuthorCorp's secret laboratory, but Impulse is captured and tortured by Lex, pro
12. S06E12LabyrinthJanuary 25, 2007 7.8Clark finds himself trapped in a strange alternate reality, where he is stripped of his powers and under observation at an insane asylum, ab
13. S06E13CrimsonFebruary 1, 2007 7.6It's Valentine's Day in Smallville, where love blooms and hearts are broken, but not for the usual reasons---red kryptonite is infused into
14. S06E14TrespassFebruary 8, 2007 7.5A revealing photograph of Lana is sent to her, making her realize that she's being stalked; Jimmy breaks up with Chloe, forcing her to reeva
15. S06E15FreakFebruary 15, 2007 7.7Clark and Chloe discover that a young man who was blinded in the meteor shower and has the ability to identify "meteor freaks" is being used
16. S06E16PromiseMarch 15, 2007 7.6On the day of Lex and Lana's wedding, Lex receives a call from Dr. Langston, who threatens him; Lana has second thoughts; and Clark decides
17. S06E17CombatMarch 22, 2007 8.2A Zoner called Titan turns up in a secret fight club that broadcasts its battles on the Internet. When Lois investigates, she's kidnapped an
18. S06E18ProgenyApril 19, 2007 7.5Chloe discovers she's being manipulated by someone with meteor-enhanced abilities. Meanwhile, Lana laments the loss of her child; and Chloe'
19. S06E19NemesisApril 26, 2007 7.6Lex and Clark are trapped in an underground maze that's rigged with explosives, and the two reveal secrets about each other that were best l
20. S06E20NoirMay 3, 2007 6.9Lana is shot after secretly meeting with Lionel at the Daily Planet. As Jimmy studies photos of the scene, he's knocked unconscious and drea
21. S06E21PrototypeMay 10, 2007 7.4Lex's secret efforts to use DNA from meteor freaks to turn Wes Keenan into a "super soldier" may be exposed by a corrupt senator, so Lex sen
22. S06E22PhantomMay 17, 2007 8.1In the sixth-season finale, Clark learns how Lionel got Lana to marry his son; Lana tells Lex that it's over; Martian Manhunter helps Clark

Season 6 ranked & reviewed

1. S07E01Season's bestBizarroSeptember 27, 2007 8.0As the seventh season begins, Clark faces his most deadly enemy---his Bizarro doppelganger---after Lex's secret lab at Reeves dam is destroy
2. S07E02KaraOctober 4, 2007 6.9Clark meets his cousin Kara, but decides that there is nothing for him in Smallville without Lana, so he heads to the Fortress of Solitude t
3. S07E03FierceOctober 11, 2007 6.7Clark hopes Kara will keep a low profile, but three meteor-infected girls want to use her as part of their scheme after one of them sees Kar
4. S07E04CureOctober 18, 2007 7.7Lex employs Dr. Curtis Knox to cure the meteor-infected, and Chloe ends up a patient. Meanwhile, John Jones warns Clark that his cousin Kara
5. S07E05ActionOctober 25, 2007 7.0Clark saves the life of a starlet on a film shoot in Smallville when a stunt car's brakes fail, but what happened was no accident. Meanwhile
6. S07E06LaraNovember 1, 2007 7.5In the process of trying to get the crystal back, Kara is captured and sedated with a kryptonite serum; Clark follows and tries to release h
7. S07E07WrathNovember 8, 2007 7.2Lana absorbs Clark's powers and uses them to go after Lex, first trying to expose his secrets in the Daily Planet, then moving on to a more
8. S07E08BlueNovember 15, 2007 7.3Clark makes a huge mistake when he releases Lara from the crystal, because Zor-El is also released. Elsewhere, the relationship between Lois
9. S07E09GeminiDecember 13, 2007 7.0Clark comes home and tells Lana that Kara has vanished, and that they should work together to stop Lex; and a man named Adrian, infected wit
10. S07E10PersonaJanuary 31, 2008 7.7Clark is frozen in the Fortress and Bizarro takes over his life, starting with Lana, who shares information about Brainiac. Elsewhere, Grant
11. S07E11SirenFebruary 7, 2008 7.4Chloe runs afoul of the Black Canary when she procures one of Lex's project files for Oliver. Lex suspects the Green Arrow and retaliates, w
12. S07E12FractureFebruary 14, 2008 7.6Lois trails Lex to Detroit, where he has found Kara suffering from amnesia. A busboy obsessed with Kara shoots Lex so he can't take her away
13. S07E13HeroMarch 13, 2008 7.2Former Smallville resident Pete Ross, now a roadie for the band OneRepublic, accidentally chews kryptonite-laced gum and gets superpowers. C
14. S07E14TravelerMarch 20, 2008 7.8Lionel kidnaps Clark and holds him in a kryptonite-lined cell at a Luthorcorp facility; Chloe and Lana confront Lionel, who blames Lex, and
15. S07E15VeritasMarch 27, 2008 7.5Kara teaches Clark how to fly to help him fight against Brainiac, but Brainiac seems to be a step ahead of them.
16. S07E16DescentApril 17, 2008 7.7The secret of the Veritas society leads Lex into a collision course with Clark; and a death rocks Smallville.
17. S07E17SleeperApril 24, 2008 6.8Clark searches for Brainiac, who is the only one who can reverse Lana's condition; Chloe accidentally sets off alarms as she hacks into gove
18. S07E18ApocalypseMay 1, 2008 7.5Clark, through a series of messages sent by Kara from Krypton, discovers what Earth would be like had he never arrived: Jonathan is still al
19. S07E19QuestMay 8, 2008 7.6A cloaked stranger attacks Lex, leaving him with Kryptonian symbols carved on his chest. They were intended as a message for Clark, who inve
20. S07E20ArcticMay 15, 2008 8.0In the seventh-season finale, Brainiac impersonates Kara, whom he has imprisoned in the Phantom Zone, and in her guise he takes Lex to the F

Season 7 ranked & reviewed

1. S08E01OdysseySeptember 18, 2008 7.6In the eighth-season opener, the Justice League searches for Clark, but is stymied by the new CEO of Luthorcorp, Tess Mercer; and Chloe is h
2. S08E02PlastiqueSeptember 25, 2008 7.0Clark starts his new job at the Daily Planet, where he is partnered with Lois for a story on a bus explosion. Meanwhile, paramedic Davis Blo
3. S08E03ToxicOctober 2, 2008 7.9Oliver falls ill at a charity event and Clark and Chloe discover their friend has only hours to live. Oliver soon descends into delirium and
4. S08E04InstinctOctober 9, 2008 7.2Maxima, a queen from planet Almerac, arrives on Earth after being accidentally summoned by Tess. Thinking that her soul mate called her, Max
5. S08E05Season's bestCommittedOctober 16, 2008 8.2A psychotic jeweler kidnaps Jimmy and Chloe after their engagement party and subjects them to a shocking lie-detector test. Posing as a coup
6. S08E06PreyOctober 23, 2008 7.6Clark suspects a recent murder at a theater may be the work of a meteor-infected serial killer, and he demands that Chloe give him names of
7. S08E07IdentityOctober 30, 2008 7.9Clark fears his identity may be revealed after Jimmy snaps a photo of him saving Lois from a mugger. Clark asks Chloe for help to prevent th
8. S08E08BloodlineNovember 6, 2008 7.7The Arctic crystal is anonymously delivered to Clark, and it sends him and Lois to the Phantom Zone, where they run into Kara. She returns L
9. S08E09AbyssNovember 13, 2008 7.6Brainiac slowly takes over Chloe's mind until the only person she remembers is Davis. In an effort to save her, Clark rebuilds the Fortress
10. S08E10BrideNovember 20, 2008 8.1Chloe has concerns that Davis will try to stop her wedding. Instead, the ceremony comes under attack by Doomsday, who tries to kidnap the br
11. S08E11LegionJanuary 15, 2009 8.2Doomsday kidnaps Chloe, and Clark searches for her while battling the Persuader with a little help from three superheroes known as the Legio
12. S08E12BulletproofJanuary 22, 2009 7.7Clark goes undercover as a cop to discover who shot John Jones. Meanwhile, Lana unsettles Tess with her opinion on Lex, prompting Luthorcorp
13. S08E13PowerJanuary 29, 2009 8.2Clark learns from Tess that Lex is alive and may have kidnapped Lana. She also reveals what Lana went through after her coma. Elsewhere, Tes
14. S08E14RequiemFebruary 5, 2009 7.9An explosion at LuthorCorp injures Oliver, who suspects Lex is at fault. But Clark and Lana discover the culprit is Oliver's former employee
15. S08E15InfamousMarch 12, 2009 7.9Reporter Linda Lake attempts to blackmail Clark for information on the "Red-Blue Blur" in hopes of regaining journalistic fame. Clark choose
16. S08E16TurbulenceMarch 19, 2009 7.7Tess tries to manipulate Clark into revealing his powers by staging a midair plane accident as they fly to New York for a press conference.
17. S08E17HexMarch 26, 2009 7.7The magician Zatanna comes to town and grants Chloe's birthday wish to be more like Lois, resulting in the two switching bodies. She also gr
18. S08E18EternalApril 2, 2009 7.5Tess reveals Davis' childhood with the Luthors when she turns to Clark for help after she fails to kill Davis. Meanwhile, Davis seeks Chloe'
19. S08E19StilettoApril 23, 2009 7.3Pretending she is the superhero Stiletto, Lois secures her star-reporter status by scoring exclusive interviews with the city's newest crime
20. S08E20BeastApril 30, 2009 7.9Clark discovers Davis is alive and confronts Chloe about her role in hiding him. Meanwhile, Oliver and Jimmy are attacked by Davis at Chloe'
21. S08E21InjusticeMay 7, 2009 7.6Unable to control Davis, Chloe asks Clark to kill him. Seizing the opportunity, Tess gathers Plastique and a crew of meteor freaks to track
22. S08E22DoomsdayMay 14, 2009 7.6Oliver takes the lead when Clark exhibits resistance to killing Doomsday, and Chloe finds herself caught in the middle of the situation. Mea

Season 8 ranked & reviewed

1. S09E01SaviorSeptember 25, 2009 7.1Season 9 opens with Clark ready to begin his training with Jor-El, who instructs him to first end things with Lois. Elsewhere, Lois returns
2. S09E02MetalloOctober 2, 2009 6.7John Corben is mysteriously transformed into a man-machine with superhuman strength after being hit by a truck. He uses his new powers to hu
3. S09E03RabidOctober 9, 2009 6.3Lois is infected by a zombie plague unleashed on the city by Zod. Its cure lies in the blood of a Kryptonian, and Chloe begs Clark to help,
4. S09E04EchoOctober 16, 2009 6.9The Toyman crashes a Queen Industries party that Oliver is attending, and threatens to bomb the gala if Oliver doesn't admit he killed Lex.
5. S09E05RouletteOctober 23, 2009 6.5Oliver is kidnapped by a woman named Victoria, aka Roulette, who warns him his life is in danger. Later, Oliver is arrested after Victoria i
6. S09E06CrossfireOctober 30, 2009 7.1Oliver is double-crossed by Mia, aka Speedy, a young girl he tries to get off the streets by offering to train her. Meanwhile, Lois turns to
7. S09E07KandorNovember 6, 2009 6.9Jor-El meets Chloe at the Kent farm while searching for Clark. Meanwhile, Zod sets out to track down Jor-El, whom he believes is the Blur, a
8. S09E08IdolNovember 13, 2009 7.2Clark decides to admit he is the Blur after botched crime-fighting assistance from superhero twins Zan and Jayna lands him in trouble with t
9. S09E09PandoraNovember 20, 2009 8.0Lois is kidnapped by Tess and forced to reveal what she learned during the weeks of her disappearance. She witnessed a future with Metropoli
10. S09E10DiscipleJanuary 29, 2010 6.7Oliver squares off against the Dark Archer, his revenge-minded former mentor, whose nefarious plans endanger Lois, Chloe and Mia.
11. S09E11Absolute JusticeFebruary 5, 2010 7.8Clark and Chloe discover that someone is stalking and killing former criminals. Further research uncovers that the "criminals" are heroes of
12. S09E12WarriorFebruary 12, 2010 6.6Clark runs into the magician Zatanna at a comic-book convention, where a magical comic book is stolen by a young man who develops special po
13. S09E13PersuasionFebruary 19, 2010 7.0Clark is unwittingly infected with wish-fulfilling Kryptonite on Valentine's Day. When he tells Lois he wishes they had a more conventional
14. S09E14ConspiracyFebruary 26, 2010 7.3A once-dead doctor used by the Kandorians for experiments escapes with hostages to prove that aliens exist on Earth. Lois ends up kidnapped
15. S09E15EscapeApril 2, 2010 6.4A romantic getaway turns awkward when Clark and Lois bump into Chloe and Oliver at a bed-and-breakfast. Things grow worse when the Silver Ba
16. S09E16CheckmateApril 9, 2010 6.5Tess kidnaps the Green Arrow and leaves him in the hands of Amanda Waller, but he escapes with his secret identity intact. Oliver, Clark and
17. S09E17UpgradeApril 16, 2010 6.5John Corben rescues Lois from an explosion at one of Tess' labs. While investigating the explosion, Clark is infected with red Kryptonite an
18. S09E18CharadeApril 23, 2010 6.5The Blur's picture is snapped while rescuing Lois from a gun-wielding Raymond Sacks, the former DA she was questioning about his early priso
19. S09E19SacrificeApril 30, 2010 6.9Chloe becomes trapped inside Watchtower with Tess and tries to stop the Kandorians from accessing information on Watchtower's servers. Meanw
20. S09E20HostageMay 7, 2010 6.2Martha surprises Clark when she returns to town with her boyfriend, Perry White; Chloe and Clark search for the Book of Rao, which may help
21. S09E21Season's bestSalvationMay 14, 2010 8.1In the Season 9 finale, Zod claims to be the Blur and asks Lois to steal the Book of Rao from Clark; Lois asks Clark for full disclosure, bu

Season 9 ranked & reviewed

1. S10E01LazarusSeptember 24, 2010 7.3In the Season 10 opener, Lois saves Clark's life by removing the blue kryptonite incapacitating him. Elsewhere, Chloe hunts for Oliver while
2. S10E02ShieldOctober 1, 2010 6.8Cat Grant is hired by the Daily Planet to replace Lois, who has left for Egypt. When Clark saves Cat from an assassin named Deadshot he unco
3. S10E03SupergirlOctober 8, 2010 7.1A powerful dark force threatens Smallville, prompting Jor-El to send Kara, aka Supergirl, to town as backup for Clark. Meanwhile, an anti-he
4. S10E04HomecomingOctober 15, 2010 8.0Clark attends his high-school reunion and is visited from the future by Brainiac. He reveals truths about Clark's past, present and future,
5. S10E05IsisOctober 22, 2010 7.2Lois activates an artifact that turns her into a goddess with superpowers just as she decides to tell Clark she knows his secret. Cat witnes
6. S10E06HarvestOctober 29, 2010 7.3Upset with Clark's well-intended meddling, Lois insists she can protect herself, but soon ends up in danger when she becomes stranded with a
7. S10E07AmbushNovember 5, 2010 6.8Lois' sister and dad visit unexpectedly for Thanksgiving. Tensions rise when the General bad-mouths superheroes and informs Clark of his eff
8. S10E08AbandonedNovember 12, 2010 6.5Lois views a video her mom made for her before her death. The tape prompts Lois to make a major decision about Clark, which leads to her enc
9. S10E09PatriotNovember 19, 2010 7.0The truth behind the Vigilante Registration Act is revealed when Oliver is jailed and subjected to harsh testing by Col. Slade after he volu
10. S10E10LuthorDecember 3, 2010 7.2Clark is transported to a parallel universe by a kryptonian box that once belonged to Lionel Luthor. In this world, he has been adopted by t
11. S10E11IcarusDecember 10, 2010 7.3Anti-superhero citizens attack the Green Arrow as he tries to stop a mugging, and Clark learns the attackers all have a darkness tattoo. Els
12. S10E12CollateralFebruary 4, 2011 7.4The VRA releases Clark, Oliver, Lois and Dinah, who all have flashbacks of Chloe's involvement in their capture. Trust becomes an issue when
13. S10E13BeaconFebruary 11, 2011 7.2Clark sees his mom get shot while watching her speak at a pro-vigilante rally on TV. To raise his spirits Lois and Chloe share videos in sup
14. S10E14MasqueradeFebruary 18, 2011 7.4Oliver and Chloe are kidnapped while investigating a rash of murders carried out by Desaad, who then attempts to sicken Chloe with the darkn
15. S10E15FortuneFebruary 25, 2011 6.9Everyone loses their memory after drinking spiked champagne, courtesy of Zatanna, at Clark and Lois' bachelor and bachelorette parties. Whil
16. S10E16ScionMarch 4, 2011 7.2Clark and Lois receive a stunning gift from Tess. Meanwhile, Tess and Lionel struggle for control of the Luthor name.
17. S10E17KentApril 15, 2011 7.2Lois turns to Emil for help after Clark Luthor sends Clark back to the alternate reality, where he encounters an irate Jonathan Kent. Meanwh
18. S10E18BoosterApril 22, 2011 7.2Lois advises Clark on how to distinguish himself from the Blur, but when a fame-seeking superhero from the future begins stealing the limeli
19. S10E19DominionApril 29, 2011 7.3Oliver tricks Clark into taking him to the Phantom Zone to investigate its escape portal. Once there they discover that Zod has taken over a
20. S10E20ProphecyMay 6, 2011 7.3Lois walks in Clark's shoes for a day when Jor-el bestows Clark's superpowers on her as a wedding gift. But when the Toyman returns to Metro
21. S10E21Finale (1)May 13, 2011 7.6In Part 1 of the two-part series finale, Clark tries to persuade runaway bride Lois to still marry him. Meanwhile, Lionel kidnaps Tess, and
22. S10E22Season's bestFinale (2)May 13, 2011 8.4In the conclusion of the series finale, Clark Kent's 10-year journey to become the Man of Steel culminates as Lex Luthor pays a visit to Sma

Season 10 ranked & reviewed