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The Best Episodes of Smallville Season 2

Every episode of Smallville Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Smallville Season 2!

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...
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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Vortex" is the best rated episode of "Smallville" season 2. It scored 8.6/10 based on 1610 votes. Directed by Greg Beeman and written by N/A, it aired on 9/24/2002. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Heat".

  • Vortex
    8.6/101,610 votes

    #1 - Vortex

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/2002

    Clark rescues Lana from the storm, but discovers that the spaceship is released, while Jonathan is buried alive with the unscrupulous reporter who discovered Clark's secret. Meanwhile, Lex is wracked with guilt over his critically injured father.

    Director: Greg Beeman

    Writer: N/A

  • Heat
    8.3/101,621 votes

    #2 - Heat

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/2002

    Clark gains a new power - heat-vision. As he struggles to control it, Lex gets married to the new Smallville High teacher, Desiree Atkins, little does he know that she not only has an alterior motive, but that she's coming on to Clark too.

    Director: James Marshall

    Writer: Mark Verheiden

  • Duplicity
    8.1/101,472 votes

    #3 - Duplicity

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/2002

    Pete finds Clark's spaceship, forcing Clark to reveal his secret to his best friend. Dr. Hamilton is plagued by kryptonite-fueled illness and focuses on Pete. Meanwhile, Lana has to deal with Nell and her plans to remarry while Lex and Lionel adjust to life together.

    Director: Steve Miner

    Writer: Darren Swimmer, Todd Slavkin

  • Red
    8.7/101,740 votes

    #4 - 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

  • Nocturne
    7.3/101,418 votes

    #5 - Nocturne

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/2002

    Lana has a new stalker - a boy imprisoned in his basement by his parents who sneaks out at night to visit her. Meanwhile Lionel hires Clark's mother as his personal assistant.

    Director: Rick Wallace

    Writer: Kelly Souders, Brian Peterson

  • Redux
    7.1/101,389 votes

    #6 - Redux

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/2002

    Martha's father William comes to town after many years of estrangement due do his disapproval of Jonathan. Meanwhile Clark must deal with a series of old-age deaths at Smallville High, and the new principal puts his foot down.

    Director: Chris Long

    Writer: Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner

  • Lineage
    7.8/101,421 votes

    #7 - Lineage

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/2002

    A strange woman shows up claiming to be Clark's biological mother...and that his father is Lionel. Meanwhile Lana decides to meet with the man who is her biological father.

    Director: Greg Beeman

    Writer: N/A

  • Ryan
    8.6/101,637 votes

    #8 - Ryan

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/2002

    Ryan (from "Stray") returns and Clark has to save him from Dr. Garner of the Summerholt Research Facility. Meanwhile, Aunt Nell leaves Smallville, and Lex wants to expand the plant but runs afoul of the mayor.

    Director: Terrence O'Hara

    Writer: Philip Levens

  • Dichotic
    7.6/101,395 votes

    #9 - Dichotic

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/2002

    A Smallville student, Ian, displays the ability to make clones of himself and uses his power to date both Chloe and Lana. Meanwhile Lex goes to anger management class and meets an attractive local doctor.

    Director: Craig Zisk

    Writer: Mark Verheiden

  • Skinwalker
    7.9/101,509 votes

    #10 - Skinwalker

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/26/2002

    Clark becomes involved with a Native American woman, Kyla, and becomes aware of ancient Indian prophecy that warns of a man of great powers who fell from the sky. Worse, a wolflike creature is attacking the local Lexcorp construction project, and Martha and Lionel may be the next victims.

    Director: Marita Grabiak

    Writer: N/A

  • Visage
    8.0/101,427 votes

    #11 - Visage

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/14/2003

    Whitney returns to Smallville, eager to start back up where he left off with Lana. But everything isn't what it seems...

    Director: Bill Gereghity

    Writer: Darren Swimmer, Todd Slavkin

  • Insurgence
    8.4/101,448 votes

    #12 - Insurgence

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/21/2003

    Lex hires some thugs to bug Lionel's office but things get out of control when Lionel and Martha are taken hostage, and Clark must rescue them without revealing his secrets.

    Director: James Marshall

    Writer: Jeph Loeb, Kenneth Biller

  • Suspect
    7.9/101,362 votes

    #13 - Suspect

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/28/2003

    Lionel is shot in the manor, and Jonathan is the prime suspect.

    Director: Greg Beeman

    Writer: Mark Verheiden, Philip Levens

  • Rush
    7.8/101,416 votes

    #14 - Rush

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/4/2003

    Students are engaging in wild, sometimes suicidal stunts, and Chloe and Pete are the next ones to become "infected."..and they use a piece of red meteor rock to get Clark to join them.

    Director: Rick Rosenthal

    Writer: Darren Swimmer, Todd Slavkin

  • Prodigal
    7.6/101,373 votes

    #15 - Prodigal

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/11/2003

    Lex recovers his long-lost brother Lucas and uses him in a ploy to buy out his father's share of the company. But it soon becomes clear that Lucas isn't to be trusted, and Lex soon finds himself ousted from his own company.

    Director: Greg Beeman

    Writer: Kelly Souders, Brian Peterson

  • Fever
    8.0/101,379 votes

    #16 - Fever

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/18/2003

    Martha catches a lungful of kryptonite-irradiated spores and a weakened Clark is her only hope for survival.

    Director: Bill Gereghty

    Writer: Matt Okumura

  • Rosetta
    9.1/101,848 votes

    #17 - 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

  • Visitor
    7.5/101,333 votes

    #18 - Visitor

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 4/15/2003

    After a schoolmate claims to be an alien and proves it by using heat vision, Clark investigates and believes the boy is from Krypton. Meanwhile, Helen confronts Lex over the locked room in the mansion that holds his investigation of Clark's secrets.

    Director: Rick Rosenthal

    Writer: Philip Levens

  • Precipice
    7.7/101,333 votes

    #19 - Precipice

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 4/22/2003

    After Lana is almost assaulted by a college student, Clark injures the boy while helping her. When the Kents are sued for damages that could cost them the farm, Clark tries to find a way out of the lawsuit. Meanwhile, Helen's obsessive ex-boyfriend comes to Smallville to win her back but when she turns him down, he stabs her, prompting Lex to take the law into his own hands.

    Director: Thomas J. Wright

    Writer: Clint Carpenter

  • Witness
    7.4/101,304 votes

    #20 - Witness

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/29/2003

    Clark runs up against super-strong robbers who are apparently tied to LexCorp. And Chloe begins to ally with Lionel, while Lana and Henry Small bond.

    Director: Rick Wallace

    Writer: Mark Verheiden

  • Accelerate
    7.8/101,361 votes

    #21 - Accelerate

    Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 5/6/2003

    Lana is haunted by the ghost of a dead friend, Emily, but the "spirit" has connections to Lionel Luthor, who is also scheming to get control of the Indian caves and "help" Lex with his wedding.

    Director: James Marshall

    Writer: N/A

  • Calling
    8.4/101,368 votes

    #22 - Calling

    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/13/2003

    Dr. Walden comes out of a coma with super-powers and a desire to kill Clark, piquing the Luthors' interest. The spaceship starts talking to Clark, and Helen and Lex prepare for their wedding.

    Director: Terrence O'Hara

    Writer: Kenneth Biller

  • Exodus
    8.9/101,576 votes

    #23 - 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