9.4/102,343 votesLoading...#1 - Reckoning
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 1/26/2006
Clark reveals his secret to Lana, Jonathan and Lex learn the results of the senatorial election, and there is a tragic car accident on the highway that takes the life of someone Clark loves, forcing Clark to appeal to Jor-El for help.
Director: Greg Beeman
Writer: Kelly Souders, Brian Peterson
9.4/101,960 votesLoading...#2 - Homecoming
Season 10 Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/2010
In an attempt to cheer up Clark, Lois convinces him to attend their five-year high school reunion. A visit back to the home of the Crows has Clark remembering old times with Lana and Chloe, while Lois is furious that no one remembers her five days as a student. Brainiac 5.0 uses his Legion ring to visit from the future and takes Clark through his past, present and future. He shows Clark what really happened the night Jonathan died, Oliver’s current pain and Clark’s future at the Daily Planet with Lois and his role as Earth’s favorite red and blue superhero.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Writer: Kelly Souders, Brian Peterson
9.2/102,159 votesLoading...#3 - Justice
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 1/18/2007
When Lex's Level 33.1 project comes to fruition, Oliver Queen must bring together several of Clark's "heroic" super-powered allies together: Arthur Curry, Bart Allen, and Victor Stone.
Director: Steven S. DeKnight
Writer: Steven S. DeKnight
9.2/101,384 votesLoading...#4 - Salvation
Season 9 Episode 21 - Aired 5/14/2010
When Zod and the Kandorians launch their brutal attack on Earth, Chloe calls in some old friends to join the fight against the aliens. Clark and Zod face off in an epic battle for the control of Earth.
Director: Greg Beeman
Writer: Alfredo Septién, Turi Meyer
9.2/102,742 votesLoading...#5 - Finale
Season 10 Episode 21 - Aired 5/13/2011
The story of Clark Kent culminates in this epic two-hour series finale as Clark takes the last step to becoming the Man of Steel.
Director: Greg Beeman, Kevin Fair
Writer: Alfredo Septién, Turi Meyer, Kelly Souders, Brian Peterson
9.1/101,861 votesLoading...#6 - Rosetta
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/25/2003
Clark travels to New York to meet Dr. Swann, a brilliant scientist who holds a message for Clark from his home planet. Meanwhile Lana decides to move out of Chloe's house after they get into an argument about Clark.
Director: James Marshall
Writer: Alfred Gough, Miles Millar
9.1/101,613 votesLoading...#7 - Commencement
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 5/18/2005
After a nightmare, Clark goes to the cave to confront his father Jor-El. Jor-El warns that the crystals have fallen into human hands and have triggered a new meteor shower which will annihilate the Earth unless he reunites the three crystals. Meanwhile, Lex helps Lana, who has apparently commited murder, but then turns against her to get possession of her Kryptonian stone. As disaster looms, Chloe and Lois try to find Lana while Clark attempts to reassemble the stones, and Jason returns to make things unpleasant for the Kents.
Director: Greg Beeman
Writer: Darren Swimmer, Todd Slavkin
9.1/101,550 votesLoading...#8 - Phantom
Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 5/17/2007
Clark discovers the reason Lana married Lex then and sets out to kill Lionel. Lex tries to use DNA from the last phantom to power his super-soldiers. Lois goes to a dam to search for Lex's lab but is caught by a security guard and fatally injured. Chloe's power is discovered.
Director: James Marshall
Writer: Darren Swimmer, Todd Slavkin
9.0/101,359 votesLoading...#9 - Descent
Season 7 Episode 16 - Aired 4/17/2008
No one is safe when Lex seeks the secret of Veritas, and Clark tries to stop him.
Director: Ken Horton
Writer: Holly Henderson, Don Whitehead
9.0/101,464 votesLoading...#10 - Bride
Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 11/20/2008
Unexpected guests crash Chloe and Jimmy's wedding; Oliver thinks he has found Lex and sets out to confront him, but he is shocked to find Lana instead; Lois and Clark grow closer.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Writer: Alfredo Septién, Turi Meyer
8.9/101,814 votesLoading...#11 - Tempest
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/21/2002
Lex is hit with a surprise after his father closes the local Smallville plant to force him back to Metropolis, blaming the plant's failure on his management. Meanwhile Clark prepares for his date with Chloe, reporter Roger Nixon gets wind of Clark's alien origins after setting up an explosion, and Whitney joins the Marine Corps. Lex works with the workers to buy the plant and put it under local management, and his father Lionel threatens to sabotage the efforts by buying up their mortgages. It all comes together when Nixon uses the "key" Lex found (in "Obscura") to activate the spaceship just as three tornados hit Smallville. He flees into the storm with Jonathan in pursuit and Martha left to confront the opening spaceship. The tornado hits Lex's manor and traps Lionel under beam, leaving Lex with a life-or-death decision to make. And Clark arrives to see Lana whisked up into the tornado. (to be continued...)
Director: Greg Beeman
Writer: N/A
8.9/101,590 votesLoading...#12 - Exodus
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 5/20/2003
A sense of foreboding surrounds Smallville as Clark must choose between staying with Lana and his family or fulfilling his destiny to rule the Earth. Lex and Helen prepare for their marriage, and Chloe considers Lionel's offer to investigate Clark.
Director: Greg Beeman
Writer: Alfred Gough, Miles Millar
8.9/101,544 votesLoading...#13 - Memoria
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 4/28/2004
Believing that key information about his father's past was lost when his memory was erased, Lex decides to join an experimental program with Dr. Garner to regain the information so he can turn his father over to the FBI. Knowing that Lex will discover his secret if he regains his memory, Clark tries to stop him but is caught by Lionel and the doctor and exposed to the same radical treatment so that Lionel can solve the mystery of Clark's past.
Director: Miles Millar
Writer: Alfred Gough, Miles Millar
8.9/101,536 votesLoading...#14 - Covenant (2)
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 5/19/2004
Kara, a beautiful superpowered girl from Krypton, entices Clark to join with his father and embrace his destiny. Clark is left without support after Pete's departure when Jonathan reveals the deal he made with Jor-El. At the same time, Clark's relationships with Lex and Lana take unexpected turns, leaving him with no one but Kara to turn to.
Director: Greg Beeman
Writer: N/A
8.9/101,664 votesLoading...#15 - Crusade
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/2004
Clark returns to Smallville as Kal-El - intent on fulfilling his destiny, he goes after a powerful kryptonian crystal that Lex has obtained in Egypt. Meanwhile, newcomer Lois Lane arrives in Smallville to look into the death of her cousin Chloe, and Lana returns from Paris with a new boyfriend. Jonathan lies in a coma after the events of last year's season finale and Lionel must deal with his new life in prison.
Director: Greg Beeman
Writer: Alfred Gough, Miles Millar
8.9/101,533 votesLoading...#16 - Transference
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/2004
Clark is drawn to the state penitentery by one of the kryptonian crystals, which Lionel is using to switch bodies with Lex. Clark intervenes and Lionel enters his body instead. While Lionel uses his newfound super-powers to regain his lost fortune and alienate Clark's friend, Clark must convince his parents that he is the "real" Clark and reverse the processs, while avoiding murderous convicts.
Director: James Marshall
Writer: Darren Swimmer, Todd Slavkin
8.9/101,379 votesLoading...#17 - Vessel
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 5/11/2006
Professor Fine has unleashed a virus that will kill millions. Clark must put a stop to him, while Lex wonders what happens when he will tell Lana his newest secret.
Director: James Marshall
Writer: Kelly Souders, Brian Peterson
8.9/101,775 votesLoading...#18 - Absolute Justice
Season 9 Episode 11 - Aired 2/5/2010
A man named Sylvester Pemberton tracks down Chloe and tells her he knows about her team of superheroes and needs their help. However, before he can explain who he is, he is attacked and killed by Icicle. Clark and Chloe's investigation leads Clark to the former headquarters of the Justice Society of America where he meets up with Nelson AKA Dr. Fate, Carter Hall AKA Hawkman and Courtney AKA Star Girl. Courtney pleads with Hawkman and Dr. Fate to help her catch the killer that is targeting their group but they are reluctant to resume their duties as superheroes. Clark, John Jones, Green Arrow and Chloe team up to help the JSA stop Icicle before he murders another member of the group. Meanwhile, Lois receives a package from a mysterious agency called Checkmate, run by Amanda Waller.
Director: Tom Welling, Glen Winter
Writer: Geoff Johns
8.8/101,594 votesLoading...#19 - Pariah
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 2/2/2005
When a mysterious killer strikes at both Lana and Jason, Alicia is the leading suspect and even Clark comes to doubt her innocence. Feeling betrayed, she secretly tricks Clark into revealing his powers in front of one of his friends. And Genevieve returns to town with an offer for Lex, who in turn has an offer for Jason.
Director: Paul Shapiro
Writer: Holly Harold
8.8/101,513 votesLoading...#20 - Arrival
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/2005
Having been transported to the Fortress of Solitude, Clark is confronted by Jor-El, who tells him he cannot return to Smallville, instead he must stay and prepare to save the planet. Also, transported to the Fortress, Chloe is unable to handle the sub-zero temperature and collapses, begging Clark to use his powers to save her. Jor-El forbids him to leave, but finally acquiesces, telling Clark he must return before sunset or there will be dire consequences. Meanwhile, Lana is horrified when she sees two Kryptonian aliens emerge from a spaceship discovered in the remnants of the meteor shower. The two aliens destroy what's left of the town searching for Kal-El.
Director: James Marshall
Writer: Darren Swimmer, Todd Slavkin
8.8/101,381 votesLoading...#21 - Zod
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/2006
A powerless Clark is trapped in the "Phantom Zone" surrounded by the criminals his father imprisoned there. However, an unexpected ally comes to his aid. Meanwhile, Zod in Lex's body advances his plan to transform Earth into a new Krypton, while using Lana to produce an heir.
Director: James Marshall
Writer: Steven S. DeKnight
8.8/101,464 votesLoading...#22 - Promise
Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 3/15/2007
Clark has second thoughts about Lana marrying Lex, and Lana has the same concerns. Meanwhile, the doctor involved in the secret behind Lana's pregnancy threatens Lex with his knowledge.
Director: Rick Rosenthal
Writer: Kelly Souders, Brian Peterson
8.8/101,348 votesLoading...#23 - Legion
Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 1/15/2009
The Persuader attacks Clark; Chloe, as Brainiac, tells Davis he is Doomsday and that he was created to destroy the "other Kryptonian" and the world.
Director: Glen Winter
Writer: Geoff Johns
8.8/101,167 votesLoading...#24 - Pandora
Season 9 Episode 9 - Aired 11/20/2009
Tess kidnaps Lois to find out where Lois went after she disappeared for weeks. Lois's memory of the future depicts a Metropolis under Zod's rule and Clark powerless under the red sun, while Chloe forms a resistance group with Oliver. After learning of these future events, Clark makes an important decision about Zod.
Director: Morgan Beggs
Writer: Drew Landis, Julia Swift
8.7/101,754 votesLoading...#25 - Red
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/2002
Clark has his first run-in with red kryptonite in this exploration of classic Superman mythology, turning immoral when he gets his high-school ring holding a piece of rock. Meanwhile, Lex and his father have some issues to resolve when Lionel starts taking over the manor.
Director: Jeff Woolnough
Writer: Jeph Loeb
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"Reckoning" is the best rated episode of "Smallville". It scored 9.4/10 based on 2343 votes. Directed by Greg Beeman and written by Kelly Souders, Brian Peterson, it aired on 1/26/2006. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Homecoming".