The Worst Episodes of Smallville
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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.
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "Smallville" is "Thirst", rated 6.6/10 from 1361 user votes. It was directed by Paul Shapiro and written by Steven S. DeKnight. "Thirst" aired on 10/27/2005 and is rated 0.4 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Subterranean".
6.6/10 1,361 votes#1 - Thirst
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/2005
Lana joins a sorority to get housing for her last-minute college registration, but the sisters have a deadly agenda which involves turning Lana into a vampire like themselves and sending her against Clark. Meanwhile, Chloe applies to become an intern at the Daily Planet and runs up against the editor-in-chief, Pauline Kahn.
Director: Paul Shapiro
Writer: Steven S. DeKnight
7.0/10 1,185 votes#2 - Subterranean
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 12/7/2006
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
7.1/10 1,504 votes#3 - Drone
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 4/30/2002
Clark gets into a class election and one of his opponents is a krypto-mutant who can control bees. Meanwhile a reporter from Metropolis visits to do a story on Lex.
Director: Michael Katleman
Writer: Philip Levens, Michael Green
7.1/10 1,363 votes#4 - 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
7.1/10 1,265 votes#5 - Magnetic
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/2003
Clark is suspicious when Lana suddenly becomes attracted to a fellow student and begins to act rebelliously, which eventually lands her in jail. Clark's suspicions are confirmed when he discovers Lana's new boyfriend has magnetic powers that can move objects and alter human emotions, but when he tries to free Lana from the paranormal hold that is controlling her, she tries to kill him. Meanwhile, Lex discovers Chloe has been delving into Lionel's past and tries to get her to join forces against his dad.
Director: David Jackson
Writer: Holly Harold
7.2/10 1,788 votes#6 - Craving
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/27/2001
A weight-obsessed teen dieting on kryptonite-infected vegetables gains her fondest dream...but must feed on the fat of others to maintain her enhanced appearance.
Director: Philip Sgriccia
Writer: Michael Green
7.2/10 1,500 votes#7 - Reaper
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 4/23/2002
Tyler gains the power to destroy organic matter with a touch, and resolves to put the dying out of their misery...and Whitney's father is his next target. Meanwhile Lionel and Lex spar over Lionel's rising success in Smallville.
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Writer: Cameron Litvack
7.2/10 1,309 votes#8 - Ageless
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 5/4/2005
Checking out a crater in a cornfield, Clark and Lana discover a baby with no parents and take him back to the Kent farm. However, when the baby, Evan, ages from a newborn to a 7-year-old in less than a day, it becomes clear he is aging at a rapid rate and they turn to Lex for help. Meanwhile, Genevieve suspects Lex has the Chinese Kryptonian artifact and orders Lionel to either recover it...or risk putting Lex in danger of his life.
Director: Steven S. DeKnight
Writer: Steven S. DeKnight
7.2/10 1,139 votes#9 - Tomb
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 2/9/2006
Chloe is possessed by the spirit of a young girl whose body is sealed in the Talon's walls, and goes searching for the girl's killer while Clark and Lois try to track her down.
Director: Whitney Ransick
Writer: Steven S. DeKnight
7.2/10 1,247 votes#10 - Noir
Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 5/3/2007
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
Writer: Brian Peterson, Kelly Souders
7.2/10 1,093 votes#11 - Hero
Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 3/13/2008
Pete Ross returns to town and finds a number of surprising changes since his departure. Besides resolving his feelings toward Clark since he learned of his friend's secret, Pete has to deal with the acquisition of a superpower of his own.
Director: Mike Rohl
Writer: Todd Helbing, Aaron Helbing
7.3/10 2,020 votes#12 - Metamorphosis
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/23/2001
Clark must deal with Greg, a nerdish bug collector with a crush on Lana who gains the ability of various insects and uses them to lash out at anyone who opposes him.
Director: Michael W. Watkins, Philip Sgriccia
Writer: Alfred Gough, Miles Millar
7.3/10 1,899 votes#13 - Hothead
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/30/2001
An abusive and hot-tempered football coach gains the ability to control and project fire.
Director: Greg Beeman
Writer: Greg Walker
7.3/10 1,765 votes#14 - Cool
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/13/2001
A jock named Sean gains the ability to absorb heat from everything and everyone around him, and begins preying on people to gain the heat he needs to survive.
Director: James A. Contner
Writer: Michael Green
7.3/10 1,627 votes#15 - Shimmer
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/29/2002
Lex and Victoria are victims of a suspected household poltergeist. As the disturbances become more violent, suspicion lands on Amy, the daughter of a house servant who is obsessed with Lex. Not is all as it seems...
Director: D. J. Caruso
Writer: Mark Verheiden, Michael Green
7.3/10 1,392 votes#16 - 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: Brian Peterson, Kelly Souders
7.3/10 1,228 votes#17 - Velocity
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 2/11/2004
After Pete refuses to throw a street race, the thugs that run it threaten his life, so he asks Clark to use his powers to stop them. Furious that Pete would put himself in this position, Clark must figure out a way to save Pete and still protect his secret. Meanwhile, Jonathan begins to suffer the consequences of his deal with Jor-El.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Writer: Todd Slavkin, Darren Swimmer
7.3/10 1,114 votes#18 - Static
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/2006
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
Writer: James Morris, Shintaro Shimosawa
7.3/10 1,100 votes#19 - Trespass
Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 2/8/2007
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
7.3/10 1,027 votes#20 - Sleeper
Season 7 Episode 17 - Aired 4/24/2008
While Clark seeks out Brainiac to force him to fulfill his side of their bargain and restore Lana, Chloe and Jimmy go up against the government.
Director: Whitney Ransick
Writer: Caroline Dries
7.3/10 1,175 votes#21 - Power
Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 1/29/2009
Clark discovers that Lana is missing; Tess reveals what really happened to Lana when she woke up from her Brainiac-induced coma; Tess is shocked by what she discovers in a secret LuthorCorp facility.
Director: Allison Mack
Writer: Todd Slavkin, Darren Swimmer
7.4/10 1,552 votes#22 - Kinetic
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/26/2002
Whitney falls in with some former jocks who have kryptonite tattoos that give them the power to walk through walls. Meanwhile, Chloe is seriously injured and Lex has his own plans.
Director: Robert Singer
Writer: Philip Levens
7.4/10 1,281 votes#23 - 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
7.4/10 1,253 votes#24 - Lucy
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 3/2/2005
Lucy Lane, Lois' younger sister, comes to Smallville but Clark catches her stealing money from the Talon to pay off a European crime syndicate. Lex offers to help but everything is not what it seems. Meanwhile, a thief breaks into Lana's apartment and steals the crystal, and Jason suspects Lionel.
Director: David Barrett
Writer: N/A
7.4/10 1,167 votes#25 - Fanatic
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 1/12/2006
The Senatorial race between Jonathan and Lex heats up when Jonathan receives an anonymous threat warning him to drop out of the election. When Clark finds Jonathan badly beaten he determines to find the attackers. Lois is thrown into the mix when she is captured and she is forced to assassinate Jonathan during his speech.
Director: Mike Rohl
Writer: Wendy Mericle