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The Best Episodes of Smallville Season 10

Every episode of Smallville Season 10 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Smallville Season 10!

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The origins of the world’s greatest hero–from Krypton refugee Kal-el’s arrival on Earth through his tumultuous teen years to Clark Kent’s final steps toward embracing his destiny as the Man of Steel.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Smallville Season 10 Episode 1 - Lazarus
    8.7/10(1392 votes)

    #1 - Lazarus

    S10:E1

    Lois finds Clark's lifeless body and removes the blue kryptonite enabling him to heal himself. However, Lois sneaks away before Clark fully awakens in order to protect his secret. Meanwhile, Chloe is desperate to find Oliver, so she turns to an unlikely source for answers. Jonathan returns to the Kent Farm with a message for Clark, and Tess awakens in a LuthorCorp lab.

    Director:Kevin Fair
    Writers:Holly Henderson, Don Whitehead

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  2. Smallville Season 10 Episode 2 - Shield
    7.9/10(1181 votes)

    #2 - Shield

    S10:E2

    After Lois departs for Egypt, the Daily Planet hires a new reporter by the name of Cat Grant to take her place. An assassin named Deadshot takes aim at Cat but Clark learns the man has a dangerous hidden agenda that involves The Blur. Meanwhile, Carter Hall turns up in Egypt to keep an eye on Lois and he tells Lois about his wife Shayera.

    Director:Glen Winter
    Writer:Jordan Hawley

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  3. Smallville Season 10 Episode 3 - Supergirl
    8.1/10(1227 votes)

    #3 - Supergirl

    S10:E3

    Clark is stunned when Kara returns to Earth and tells him Jor El sent her to stop the dark force that is coming because he doesn’t believe Clark can handle it. Meanwhile, Lois confronts Gordon Godfrey, a shock jock radio DJ who has been crusading against heroes, after he threatens the Green Arrow. However, after Godfrey is possessed by the dark force, he takes Lois hostage and Clark and Kara have to come to her rescue.

    Director:Mairzee Almas
    Writer:Anne Cofell Saunders

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  4. Smallville Season 10 Episode 4 - Homecoming
    9.4/10(2219 votes)

    #4 - Homecoming

    S10:E4

    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
    Writers:Brian Peterson, Kelly Souders

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  5. Smallville Season 10 Episode 5 - Isis
    8.3/10(1269 votes)

    #5 - Isis

    S10:E5

    Lois decides to tell Clark she knows he’s The Blur, but she accidentally activates an ancient artifact that transforms her into the Goddess Isis, complete with superpowers of her own. Oliver and Clark reluctantly decide to ask Tess for help with Lois. Meanwhile, after Cat Grant witnesses Lois as Isis using her superpowers, she decides Lois is the Blur and sets out to prove it.

    Director:James Marshall
    Writer:Genevieve Sparling

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  6. Smallville Season 10 Episode 6 - Harvest
    7.5/10(1206 votes)

    #6 - Harvest

    S10:E6

    Clark is concerned about Lois’ safety so he diverts her away from covering the Vigilante Registrations Act by suggesting she cover another story. After he comes clean with her, an angry Lois tells him that she can take care of herself, but when a flat tire strands their car in the middle of nowhere, their plans take a turn for the worse and Lois ends up in serious danger. Meanwhile, Tess searches for a cure for Alexander, who is rapidly aging.

    Director:Turi Meyer
    Writers:Alfredo Septién, Turi Meyer

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  7. Smallville Season 10 Episode 7 - Ambush
    8.0/10(1183 votes)

    #7 - Ambush

    S10:E7

    The General and Lucy Lane decide to drop in on Lois and Clark for a surprise Thanksgiving dinner. Clark and the General get off to a rocky start after Lois’ father bashes the superheroes and tells Clark he is trying to pass a vigilante registration law. Meanwhile, in an effort to stop the vigilante registration act from being passed, Rick Flagg lies to Lucy in order to lure Clark away from the farm long enough for him to assassinate the General. Lois is torn between making her father proud and her love for Clark.

    Director:Christopher Petry
    Writers:Holly Henderson, Don Whitehead

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  8. Smallville Season 10 Episode 8 - Abandoned
    7.8/10(1140 votes)

    #8 - Abandoned

    S10:E8

    Lois finds a video made for her by her mother, Ella Lane, before she died. After watching the tape, Lois makes a drastic decision about her relationship with Clark that takes her to the Fortress, where she comes face to face with Jor-El and Lara.

    Director:Kevin Fair
    Writers:Drew Landis, Julia Swift

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  9. Smallville Season 10 Episode 9 - Patriot
    8.1/10(1136 votes)

    #9 - Patriot

    S10:E9

    In an effort to protect the rest of the team, Oliver decides to register for the Vigilante Registration Act to see what the government plans to do with the new law. As he suspected, it was a trap to lure superheroes to an undisclosed location where he is confined to a jail and subjected to a battery of brutal tests under the supervision of Col. Slade. Aquaman and his new wife Mera team up with Clark to free Oliver. Lois is frustrated when Clark continues to push aside her offers to help the team and sets out to prove she can play with the big boys.

    Director:Tom Welling
    Writer:John Chisholm

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  10. Smallville Season 10 Episode 10 - Luthor
    8.6/10(1263 votes)

    #10 - Luthor

    S10:E10

    Tess acquires a Kryptonian box that once belonged to Lionel Luthor. When Clark accidentally activates the box, he’s transported to a parallel universe where Lionel found Clark in the cornfields instead of the Kents. In this universe, Clark Luthor is a murderer and Lois is engaged to Oliver and both of them hate Clark. Clark must be careful not to tip off Lionel that he’s not his son while trying to figure out how to get back to Earth where the monster Clark Luthor was transported in his place.

    Director:Kelly Souders
    Writer:Bryan Q. Miller

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  11. Smallville Season 10 Episode 11 - Icarus
    8.7/10(1231 votes)

    #11 - Icarus

    S10:E11

    The VRA is in full effect and things take an unfortunate turn of events after the Green Arrow tries to stop a mugging but is attacked by citizens for being a super hero. Clark discovers that the civilians who attacked Oliver were all marked with a darkness tattoo. Carter Hall and Star Girl return to help Clark deal with Slade’s re-emergence after he kidnaps Lois.

    Director:Mairzee Almas
    Writer:Genevieve Sparling

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  12. Smallville Season 10 Episode 12 - Collateral
    7.7/10(1158 votes)

    #12 - Collateral

    S10:E12

    Clark, Oliver, Lois and Dinah are released by the VRA after being captured at Hawkman's funeral, but each of them have flashbacks of Chloe holding them against their will. When Chloe returns, Dinah warns the others that Chloe may now be a traitor. Oliver dismisses her concerns, but Clark is unsure if he can trust Chloe after she disappeared without an explanation.

    Director:Morgan Beggs
    Writer:Jordan Hawley

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  13. Smallville Season 10 Episode 13 - Beacon
    8.2/10(1141 votes)

    #13 - Beacon

    S10:E13

    Clark is surprised to see Martha on the news speaking at a pro-vigilante rally. However, surprise quickly turns to horror when he and Lois watch as Martha gets shot on national television. Meanwhile, Lionel reveals himself to the world and reclaims LuthorCorp from Tess and Oliver. Lois and Chloe decide to cheer Clark up by showing him videos from thousands of vigilante supporters professing their support for The Blur.

    Director:Mike Rohl
    Writers:Holly Henderson, Don Whitehead

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  14. Smallville Season 10 Episode 14 - Masquerade
    7.9/10(1067 votes)

    #14 - Masquerade

    S10:E14

    Chloe and Oliver are mistaken for FBI agents investigating Desaad's recent string of murders and the pair are kidnapped by Desaad's minions. Desaad tries to infect Chloe with the darkness. Meanwhile, Lois tells Clark he needs to be more careful with his identity and suggests a disguise.

    Director:Tim Scanlan
    Writer:Bryan Q. Miller

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  15. Smallville Season 10 Episode 15 - Fortune
    8.4/10(1395 votes)

    #15 - Fortune

    S10:E15

    After Zatanna sends a magically spiked bottle of champagne to Clark and Lois for their bachelor/bachlorette parties, the gang blacks out after the toast, only to wake up the next morning and realize they can't remember anything about the night before.

    Director:Christopher Petry
    Writer:Anne Cofell Saunders

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  16. Smallville Season 10 Episode 16 - Scion
    7.9/10(1080 votes)

    #16 - Scion

    S10:E16

    Lionel and Tess go head to head in a battle for the Luthor name. Clark and Lois are stunned by Tess’ latest present to them.

    Director:Alfredo Septién
    Writers:Alfredo Septién, Turi Meyer

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  17. Smallville Season 10 Episode 17 - Kent
    8.2/10(1128 votes)

    #17 - Kent

    S10:E17

    Clark is shocked to find a mirror box in the barn. Clark Luthor surprises him and sends Clark Kent back to the alternate reality where Clark runs into a very angry Jonathan Kent. Meanwhile, back in our reality, Clark Luthor visits Tess and tells her that if she doesn’t side with him he’ll kill her. Lois asks Emil to help her bring Clark back.

    Director:Jeannot Szwarc
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Smallville Season 10 Episode 18 - Booster
    8.2/10(1162 votes)

    #18 - Booster

    S10:E18

    After everything that happened with the VRA, Lois tells Clark it’s best to make “Clark Kent” forgettable and awkward so people don’t suspect he’s The Blur. However, the two are stunned when a fame-hungry superhero from the future, Booster Gold, sweeps into town and begins making saves and posing for press ops, completely winning over the city of Metropolis. Booster begins his campaign to take The Blur’s place as the “World’s Greatest Superhero” and tries to charm Lois into writing a story about him, but she’s not having his antics and begins her own campaign for The Blur. During one of Booster’s saves, an alien weapon in the form of a scarab falls from a truck and fuses itself to a boy named Jaime Reyes, turning him into the Blue Beetle. Unfortunately, Jaime is unable to control the suit and Blue Beetle starts attacking Metropolis.

    Director:Tom Welling
    Writer:Geoff Johns

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  19. Smallville Season 10 Episode 19 - Dominion
    8.1/10(1089 votes)

    #19 - Dominion

    S10:E19

    Tess learns that General Slade was found unconscious on a street corner, proof that someone has gained access to the Phantom Zone’s escape portal and sent him back. Clark decides to return to the exiled land to make sure other phantoms are not fleeing and is furious when Oliver tricks Clark into taking him along. With Clark’s powers gone, the two are immediately captured by the Zoners who take them to their new leader, Zod, who is thirsting for revenge on Clark for banishing him to this Kryptonian jail. Meanwhile, Lois learns Clark trusted Tess with a secret, but didn’t tell Lois.

    Director:Justin Hartley
    Writer:John Chisholm

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  20. Smallville Season 10 Episode 20 - Prophecy
    8.1/10(1106 votes)

    #20 - Prophecy

    S10:E20

    Clark takes Lois to the Fortress to get Jor-El’s blessing for their marriage. Jor-El bestows a unique wedding gift on the couple – he gives Lois Clark’s super powers so she can see what it’s like to be him for a day. Unfortunately, the Toyman has returned to Metropolis, so Lois must go up against the notorious villain instead of Clark. Meanwhile, Oliver searches for the Bow of Orion, which he believes will remove the Omega symbol from his skull, and runs into Kara, who is also on a mission to stop Darkseid.

    Director:Mike Rohl
    Writers:Anne Cofell Saunders, Bryan Q. Miller

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  21. Smallville Season 10 Episode 21 - Finale
    9.2/10(2976 votes)

    #21 - Finale

    S10:E21

    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.

    Directors:Greg Beeman, Kevin Fair
    Writers:Brian Peterson, Alfredo Septién, Kelly Souders, Turi Meyer

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Season 10 Ratings Summary

"Lazarus" is the best rated episode of "Smallville" season 10. It scored 8.7/10 based on 1392 votes. Directed by Kevin Fair and written by Holly Henderson, Don Whitehead, it aired on 9/24/2010. This episode is rated 0.8 points higher than the second-best, "Shield".