Pilot:
1-1
Original Airdate: 10-16-01
A meteor shower in Smallville, Kansas leaves behind a future superhero in the shape of a young boy (Tom Welling) who is taken in by Jonathan (John Schneider) and Martha (Annette O'Toole) Kent. As his extraordinary powers begin to emerge, a teenage Clark faces the tribulations of high school and destiny changing relationships with his future nemesis Lex Luthor (Michael Rosenbaum) and first love Lana Lang (Kristin Kreuk).
Metamorposis:
1-2
Original Airdate: 10-23-01
Clark (Tom Welling) discovers that a fellow high school student (guest star Chad E. Donella) has taken on the "eat, molt, mate, die" life cycle of an insect with Lana (Kristin Kreuk) as his prey, and Clark must rush to save her without revealing his superpowers. Meanwhile, Lex (Michael Rosenbaum) holds Lana's kryptonite necklace in his possession and ponders what to make of the strange stone.
Hothead:
1-3
Original Airdate: 10-30-01
Fathers and sons come to a standoff as Clark (Tom Welling) joins the football team despite his father's (John Schneider) wishes, ultimately discovering the coach (guest star Dan Lauria, The Wonder Years) has been altered by kryptonite and is using his fire-starter abilities to hurt anyone who gets in his way of winning. Lex (Michael Rosenbaum), meanwhile, goes saber to saber with his father (guest star John Glover, Batman & Robin) over the control of LuthorCorp.
X-Ray:
1-4
Original Airdate: 11-06-01
Clark (Tom Welling) reels from his first flashes of x-ray vision and the shock is compounded when he witnesses an inexplicable bank robbery by his friend, Lex Luthor (Michael Rosenbaum). Unsure how to control this new power, Clark discovers the reason for its arrival as a Smallville teen who has developed shape-shifting abilities threatens Lana (Kristin Kreuk).
Cool:
1-5
Original Airdate: 11-13-01
Clark (Tom Welling) has a chance at an evening out on the town with Lana (Kristin Kreuk) thanks to Lex's (Michael Rosenbaum) matchmaking, but the evening is interrupted when Clark faces an icy enemy (guest star Michael Coristine): the high school lady killer who has a kryptonite-induced case of permanent hypothermia and has to feed off of body heat to survive - starting with Chloe (Allison Mack).
Hourglass:
1-6
Original Airdate: 11-20-01
Clark (Tom Welling) is rocked by haunting visions when he meets an old woman (guest star Jackie Burroughs) who can see the future, while a scheming Lex (Michael Rosenbbaum) uses the seer's gift to glimpse his own destiny and learn more about Clark's secret. Meanwhile, a bitter old man (guest star George Murdock) discovers a "fountain of youth," and once restored to his teenage self (guest star Eric Olsen), seeks revenge on jurors who decades ago put him in jail for murder.
Craving:
1-7
Original Airdate: 11-27-01
Clark (Tom Welling) must save Pete (Sam Jones III) from literally being devoured by a female classmate (guest star Amy Adams) whose crash diet of kryptonite-infected vegetables causes her to shed weight faster than she can handle and must somehow satisfy her ravenous hunger. Meanwhile, Lex (Michael Rosenbaum) gets one step closer to the truth about Clark after funding a study on the green meteor fragments.
Jitters:
1-8
Original Airdate: 12-11-01
Clark (Tom Welling) and Lex (Michael Rosenbaum) team up to rescue Clark's high school class after a janitor (guest star Tony Todd) takes them hostage in LuthorCorp. He claims his deadly "jitters" were caused by a mysterious contaminant and threatens to kill everyone unless he is shown a secret sublevel - which Lionel Luthor (guest star John Glover, Batman & Robin) denies ever existed.
Rogue:
1-9
Original Airdate: 1-15-02
Clark's (Tom Welling) secret identity is at stake when a bad cop (guest star Cameron Dye) witnesses him use his superhuman powers and coerces Clark to join forces with him; however, when Clark double-crosses the cop, he is not prepared to deal with the consequences for him and his family. Meanwhile, Lex (Michael Rosenbaum) receives an intriguing proposal from an old British flame (guest star Kelly Brook, The Big Breakfast).
Shimmer:
1-10
Original Airdate: 1-29-02
A teen girl's (guest star Azura Skye, 28 Days, Zoe...) obsession with Lex (Michael Rosenbaum) turns life-threatening when invisible attacks in Luthor Mansion pits Clark (Tom Welling) against an undetectable enemy. Meanwhile, Clark is thrilled when Lana (Kristin Kreuk) looks to him for companionship after Whitney (Eric Johnson) inexplicably pushes her away.
Hug:
1-11
Original Airdate: 2-05-02
Clark (Tom Welling) is stunned when a pesticide magnate who has kryptonite-enhanced powers of persuasion somehow convinces Jonathan (John Schneider) to sell the family farm to make way for a new plant. Clark teams up with the local hermit whose mysterious past holds the key to the town's future.
Leech:
1-12
Original Airdate: 2-12-02
When Clark (Tom Welling) rescues his classmate Eric (guest star Shawn Ashmore) from harm during an electrical storm, they are both struck by lightening, resulting in all of Clark's superpowers transferring to Eric. While Eric relishes his new life as "Superboy," Clark is torn between his happiness at finally being normal and his growing concern for the town's safety as Eric starts to abuse his powers. Meanwhile, Lex (Michael Rosenbaum) believes he finally has undeniable proof of Clark's superpowers and confronts him.
Kinetic:
1-13
Original Airdate: 2-26-02
Whitney falls in with the wrong crowd, ex-jocks turned theives whose Kryptonite-saturated tattoos alter their molecular structure so that they can pass through walls.....and rob banks and Lex's mansion with ease.
Zero:
1-14
Original Airdate: 3-12-02
Lex (Michael Rosenbaum) faces the consequences of his shady dealings in Metropolis years ago when an old enemy comes to Smallville intent on destroying his life, ultimately putting Clark (Tom Welling) and Lana (Kristin Kreuk) in harm's way. Meanwhile, Clark has his hands full as he tries not only to protect Lex from the past, but also keep Chloe (Allison Mack) out of his after she discovers a mystery surrounding his adoption.
Nicodemus:
1-15
Original Airdate: 3-19-02
Clark (Tom Welling) must solve the riddle of the mysterious Nicodemus flower and Lex's (Michael Rosenbaum) shady involvement after it infects the residents of Smallville removing their inhibitions - Jonathan (John Schneider) becomes a couch potato, Lana (Kristin Kreuk) puts the moves on Clark as the town Lolita and Pete (Sam Jones III) tries to kill Lex - then puts them into a deadly coma.
Stray:
1-16
Original Airdate: 4-16-02
After Martha (Annette O'Toole) accidentally hits a young boy with her car, the Kents take him in until they can locate his parents, unaware that the boy can read minds and has unlocked the secret thoughts of Lex (Michael Rosenbaum), Lana (Kristin Kreuk), Jonathan (John Schneider) and Martha, which puts Clark's (Tom Welling) secret in jeopardy. Meanwhile, Lex must decide if he wants to take his father (guest star Lionel Luthor) up on his job offer and move back to his old life in Metropolis.
Reaper:
1-17
Original Airdate: 4-23-02
Clark (Tom Welling) must stop a kryptonite-infected man (guest star Reynaldo Rosales) who seeks to relieve the suffering of the elderly and sick by turning them into ashes - and Whitney's (Eric Johnson) ailing father may be his next victim. Meanwhile, Lex (Michael Rosenbaum) is furious after his father sends someone to look into LuthorCorp's financial records and this man reveals Lex's secret investigation into Clark and his family.
Drone:
1-18
Original Airdate: 4-30-02
Clark (Tom Welling) sees the election for class president as an opportunity to be a "normal kid," but when his running mates are systematically attacked by a swarm of bees, Clark suspects a candidate is eliminating the competition one by one and he is next on the list.
Crush:
1-19
Original Airdate: 5-07-02
Clark (Tom Welling) faces an unexpected foe when a gifted art student (guest star Adam Brody) returns to school after a hit-and-run accident robbed him of the use of his hands but gave him the gift of telekinesis, and he is seeking revenge against those he holds responsible. Meanwhile, Lana (Kristin Kreuk) becomes jealous after watching Clark with Chloe (Allison Mack) and begins to question her relationship with Whitney (Eric Johnson).
Obscura:
1-20
Original Airdate: 5-14-02
A 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 room filled with giant teddy bears. Meanwhile, an ambitious newspaper reporter provides Lex with new information about the meteor shower.
Tempest:
1-21
Original Airdate: 5-21-02
As a massive tornado rumbles towards an unsuspecting Smallville, Clark (Tom Welling) is on the verge of discovering the first connection to where he came from when the missing piece of the spaceship is found and breathes life into the fallen craft. Meanwhile, Lex (Michael Rosenbaum) is hit with a one-two punch after his father (guest star John Glover, "Batman & Robin") closes the plant and orders him back to Metropolis and the shifty reporter he hired to spy on the Kents discovers Clark's superhuman abilities and the spaceship hidden in the storm cellar. Rock band Remy Zero performs the "Smallville" theme song, their hit single "Save Me," in the episode at the high school formal.
