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The Worst Episodes of Smallville

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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  1. 6.5/10(1.4k votes)

    #1 - Thirst

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    S5:E5

    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.

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  2. 7.0/10(1.2k votes)

    #2 - Subterranean

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    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.

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  3. 7.1/10(1.5k votes)

    #3 - Redux

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    S2:E6

    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.

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  4. 7.1/10(1.3k votes)

    #4 - Magnetic

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    S3:E7

    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.

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  5. 7.1/10(12 votes)

    #5 - Fierce

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    S7:E3

    Kara takes to life in Smallville by getting a job at the Talon, and entering the Miss Sweet Corn Pageant as a contestant, overruling Clark's objections. However, Lex takes an interest in her and three of the other contestants discover she has super-powers and decide to use her to steal a valuable time capsule.

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  6. 7.2/10(1.4k votes)

    #6 - Ageless

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    S4:E20

    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.

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  8. 7.2/10(1.2k votes)

    #7 - Tomb

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    S5:E14

    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.

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  9. 7.2/10(1.3k votes)

    #8 - Noir

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    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.

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  10. 7.3/10(13 votes)

    #9 - Drone

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    S1:E18

    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.

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  11. 7.3/10(1.5k votes)

    #10 - Nocturne

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    S2:E5

    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.

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  12. 7.3/10(1.3k votes)

    #11 - Velocity

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    S3:E13

    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.

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  13. 7.3/10(1.2k votes)

    #12 - Void

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    S5:E17

    Distraught over her break-up with Clark, Lana goes to a rogue medical student who experiments with a dangerous kryptonite-based serum that allows people to flat-line but see their dead loved ones. Lana attempts to see her dead parents using the serum and when Clark returns from Honduras to help her, the doctor injects him with the serum and Clark speaks with his dead father...who warns him that Lionel knows his secret. Meanwhile, Lionel continues working to get closer to Martha, and Lex has a near-death vision of his mother.

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  14. 7.3/10(1.2k votes)

    #13 - Static

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    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.

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  15. 7.3/10(1.2k votes)

    #14 - Trespass

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    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.

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    Director:Mike Rohl
  16. 7.3/10(1.2k votes)

    #15 - Power

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    S8:E13

    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.

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  17. 7.4/10(13 votes)

    #16 - Reaper

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    S1:E17

    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.

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  18. 7.4/10(1.4k votes)

    #17 - Witness

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    S2:E20

    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.

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  19. 7.4/10(1.3k votes)

    #18 - Lucy

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    S4:E16

    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.

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    Director:David Barrett
    Writer:N/A
  20. 7.4/10(1.2k votes)

    #19 - Fanatic

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    S5:E10

    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.

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    Director:Mike Rohl
  21. 7.4/10(1.2k votes)

    #20 - Hypnotic

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    S5:E16

    Clark is hypnotized by a woman who uses a supposedly magical charm to control others - he reveals his super powers and is sent to kill Lex. Meanwhile, Lex has tracked down the missing Professor Fine and plans to confront him, unaware that Clark is coming to murder him.

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  22. 7.4/10(1.2k votes)

    #21 - Wither

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    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.

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  23. 7.5/10(20 votes)

    #22 - Metamorphosis

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    S1:E2

    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.

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  24. 7.5/10(13 votes)

    #23 - Shimmer

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    S1:E10

    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...

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  25. 7.5/10(13 votes)

    #24 - Kinetic

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    S1:E13

    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.

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  26. 7.5/10(1.4k votes)

    #25 - Visitor

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    S2:E18

    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.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Thirst" is the worst rated episode of "Smallville". It scored 6.5/10 based on 1436 votes. Directed by Paul Shapiro and written by Steven S. DeKnight, it aired on 10/27/2005. This episode scored 0.5 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Subterranean".