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The Best Episodes of Smallville Season 6

Every episode of Smallville Season 6 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Smallville Season 6!

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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 6 Episode 1 - Zod
    8.7/10(1591 votes)

    #1 - Zod

    S6:E1

    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

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  2. Smallville Season 6 Episode 2 - Sneeze
    7.9/10(1376 votes)

    #2 - Sneeze

    S6:E2

    In the aftermath of Zod's activities, Clark develops a new power. Lois gets a new job, Lana takes a new step in her relationship with Lex, and Lex has to deal with a new danger. Meanwhile, an old friend of Lex's arrives in Metropolis.

    Director:Paul Shapiro
    Writers:Todd Slavkin, Darren Swimmer

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  3. Smallville Season 6 Episode 3 - Wither
    7.4/10(1331 votes)

    #3 - Wither

    S6:E3

    Clark and Chloe pursue a plant creature that uses male humans to recreate, one which has taken Jimmy Olsen as its next human breeding ground. Meanwhile, Oliver Queen asks a reluctant Lois to be his date at a charity ball held by Lex.

    Director:Whitney Ransick
    Writer:Tracy Bellomo

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  4. Smallville Season 6 Episode 4 - Arrow
    8.6/10(1488 votes)

    #4 - Arrow

    S6:E4

    The mysterious Green Arrow steals a necklace from Martha, and both Lois and Clark resolve to find out who the vigilante is. While Clark determines Green Arrow's true identity, Lex continues his investigation of the mysterious black box while Lionel warns Lana against him.

    Director:Mike Rohl
    Writers:Brian Peterson, Kelly Souders

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  5. Smallville Season 6 Episode 5 - Reunion
    7.9/10(1323 votes)

    #5 - Reunion

    S6:E5

    Lex and Oliver Queen return to their old prep school for a reunion, but Oliver's old friends (and Lex's old enemies) start dying in mysterious accidents. Meanwhile, Clark learns that someone... or something may have left the Phantom Zone with him.

    Director:Jeannot Szwarc
    Writer:Steven S. DeKnight

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  6. Smallville Season 6 Episode 6 - Fallout
    7.8/10(1288 votes)

    #6 - Fallout

    S6:E6

    After escaping from the Phantom Zone, Raya comes to Smallville to visit Clark. Raya and Clark grow close, and Raya reveals how to repair the Fortress of Solitude. Unfortunately, Baern, another escapee seeks out revenge on Clark and Raya for his time spent in the Zone.

    Director:Glen Winter
    Writer:Holly Harold

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  7. Smallville Season 6 Episode 7 - Rage
    7.7/10(1276 votes)

    #7 - Rage

    S6:E7

    After being shot while stopping a carjacking, the Green Arrow begins acting strangely. Chloe and Clark investigate and find Oliver is taking a super drug that while healing his wound, has some dangerous side effects.

    Director:Whitney Ransick
    Writers:Todd Slavkin, Darren Swimmer

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  8. Smallville Season 6 Episode 8 - Static
    7.3/10(1295 votes)

    #8 - Static

    S6:E8

    One of the escapees from the Phantom Zone has killed the crew of a ship in Seattle. Clark confronts the killer who feeds on the bones of his victim. In Smallville, a patient in LuthorCorp Labs escapes experimentation and seeks revenge on Lex by trapping him in a dimension where he can see and hear those around him, but they cannot see him.

    Director:James L. Conway
    Writers:Shintaro Shimosawa, James Morris

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  9. Smallville Season 6 Episode 9 - Subterranean
    7.0/10(1377 votes)

    #9 - Subterranean

    S6:E9

    An illegal immigrant comes to Clark for help, escaping from a nearby farm where he's working... a farm that houses a dark secret.

    Director:Rick Rosenthal
    Writer:Caroline Dries

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  10. Smallville Season 6 Episode 10 - Hydro
    8.0/10(1423 votes)

    #10 - Hydro

    S6:E10

    A Daily Planet gossip columnist uses her special power to overhear a conversation between Lana and Chloe, and publishes the conversation... where Lana admits having doubts about marrying Lex. While Chloe investigates the reporter, Lois asks Clark to help her investigate the mysterious Green Arrow bandit when she suspects he may be Oliver Queen in disguise.

    Director:Tom Welling
    Writers:Brian Peterson, Kelly Souders

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  11. Smallville Season 6 Episode 11 - Justice
    9.2/10(2449 votes)

    #11 - Justice

    S6:E11

    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

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  12. Smallville Season 6 Episode 12 - Labyrinth
    8.3/10(1555 votes)

    #12 - Labyrinth

    S6:E12

    Clark is in his barn one moment... and the next finds himself in a psychiatric hospital where he discovers he's been suffering from delusions that he came from another planet and has super-powers.

    Director:Whitney Ransick
    Writers:Alfredo Septién, Turi Meyer

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  13. Smallville Season 6 Episode 13 - Crimson
    8.6/10(1579 votes)

    #13 - Crimson

    S6:E13

    Clark is once again exposed to red kryptonite, and his "other self" goes on a rampage of sorts on Valentine's Day, kissing the women he's most attracted to and expressing his uninhibited feelings for the various relationships around him.

    Director:Glen Winter
    Writers:Brian Peterson, Kelly Souders

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  14. Smallville Season 6 Episode 14 - Trespass
    7.3/10(1275 votes)

    #14 - Trespass

    S6:E14

    Lana has a stalker which leads her to an unexpected hideout. Also, Chloe has to reevaluate her feelings for Clark after she and Jimmy break up due to Jimmy's belief that she isn't really over Clark.

    Director:Mike Rohl
    Writer:Tracy Bellomo

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  15. Smallville Season 6 Episode 15 - Freak
    8.1/10(1332 votes)

    #15 - Freak

    S6:E15

    A boy named Tobias was blinded by the meteor shower but given the ability to identify other meteor freaks. Lex is using Tobias to locate other people with abilities so that he can perform experiments on them. Lana learns of Tobias and is fearful that he will name Clark as a freak, so she offers him a cornea transplant to keep him quiet. But Tobias has some surprising news.

    Director:Michael Rosenbaum
    Writers:Todd Slavkin, Darren Swimmer

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  16. Smallville Season 6 Episode 16 - Promise
    8.8/10(1671 votes)

    #16 - Promise

    S6:E16

    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
    Writers:Brian Peterson, Kelly Souders

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  17. Smallville Season 6 Episode 17 - Combat
    7.9/10(1396 votes)

    #17 - Combat

    S6:E17

    Clark and Chloe find an escaped Zoner named Titan who is the star of a secret fight club that puts its death battles on the internet. Lois can tell that there is a story and goes to investigate, where she is put in the ring to fight. Clark goes in as a super-powered fighter to take on Titan but ends up against a different opponent instead.

    Director:James Marshall
    Writers:Alfredo Septién, Turi Meyer

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  18. Smallville Season 6 Episode 18 - Progeny
    7.8/10(1301 votes)

    #18 - Progeny

    S6:E18

    Lex discovers that Chloe's mother has special abilities and forces her to help him in exchange for Chloe's life. However, she has a trick or two of her own to use to escape.

    Director:Terrence O'Hara
    Writer:Genevieve Sparling

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  19. Smallville Season 6 Episode 19 - Nemesis
    8.2/10(1346 votes)

    #19 - Nemesis

    S6:E19

    Lex and Clark get a chance to hash out their differences... when they're both trapped in a cave after an explosion, and Clark is unable to get them out without revealing his powers.

    Director:Mairzee Almas
    Writer:Caroline Dries

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  20. Smallville Season 6 Episode 20 - Noir
    7.2/10(1444 votes)

    #20 - Noir

    S6:E20

    Lana and Lionel have a secret meeting, after which Lana is shot. While Jimmy is observing photos of the encounter, he is knocked unconscious. While unconscious Jimmy dreams about what life in Smallville would have been like in the 1940s. Clark is a reporter at the Daily Planet, Lana is a siren who planned the demise of her magnate husband Lex, and Lois is a singer at a bar that Lionel owns.

    Director:Jeannot Szwarc
    Writers:Brian Peterson, Kelly Souders

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  21. Smallville Season 6 Episode 21 - Prototype
    7.9/10(1260 votes)

    #21 - Prototype

    S6:E21

    Lex tries to turn a soldier that supposedly died in Afghanistan into a "super-soldier." A senator threatens to tell the world about Lex's labs, prompting Lex to send the "soldier" to kill the senator. Lois sees the attack and becomes the soldier's next victim.

    Director:Mat Beck
    Writer:Steven S. DeKnight

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  22. Smallville Season 6 Episode 22 - Phantom
    9.1/10(1757 votes)

    #22 - Phantom

    S6:E22

    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
    Writers:Todd Slavkin, Darren Swimmer

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Season 6 Ratings Summary

"Zod" is the best rated episode of "Smallville" season 6. It scored 8.7/10 based on 1591 votes. Directed by James Marshall and written by Steven S. DeKnight, it aired on 9/28/2006. This episode is rated 0.8 points higher than the second-best, "Sneeze".