9.1/109 votes#1 - Commencement
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 5/18/2005
After a nightmare, Clark goes to the cave to confront his father Jor-El. Jor-El warns that the crystals have fallen into human hands and have triggered a new meteor shower which will annihilate the Earth unless he reunites the three crystals. Meanwhile, Lex helps Lana, who has apparently commited murder, but then turns against her to get possession of her Kryptonian stone. As disaster looms, Chloe and Lois try to find Lana while Clark attempts to reassemble the stones, and Jason returns to make things unpleasant for the Kents.
Director: Greg Beeman
Writer: Darren Swimmer
9.0/108 votes#2 - Transference
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/2004
Clark is drawn to the state penitentery by one of the kryptonian crystals, which Lionel is using to switch bodies with Lex. Clark intervenes and Lionel enters his body instead. While Lionel uses his newfound super-powers to regain his lost fortune and alienate Clark's friend, Clark must convince his parents that he is the "real" Clark and reverse the processs, while avoiding murderous convicts.
Director: James Marshall
Writer: Darren Swimmer
9.0/103 votes#3 - By the Light of Dawn
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 3/6/2017
The New York Institute is under attack as Valentine’s plan for The Soul Sword is getting dangerously close to coming to fruition. The Shadowhunters must act fast to save their loved ones and the rest of the Downworld. Meanwhile, some of the Downworlders have their own plan to stop Valentine and their target is Clary.
Director: Joshua Butler
Writer: Darren Swimmer
8.9/1011 votes#4 - Asylum
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 1/14/2004
Three of Clark's former opponents approach Lex to enlist his help in luring Clark to the hospital after they hear that Lionel has requested Lex be given electroshock therapy to erase his memory. However, the plan goes awry when the villains double-cross Lex and use kryptonite to steal Clark's powers. Meanwhile, Lana meets a mysterious stranger in the hospital.
Director: Greg Beeman
Writer: Darren Swimmer
8.6/108 votes#5 - Solitude
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/2005
When Martha comes down with a strange disease, Professor Fine convinces Clark that Jor-El is responsible and that the Fortress must be trying to eliminate the father of Kal-El. But Professor Fine has an ulterior motive which comes to fruition when they arrive.
Director: Paul Shapiro
Writer: Darren Swimmer
8.6/1010 votes#6 - Phantom
Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 5/17/2007
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
Writer: Darren Swimmer
8.4/108 votes#7 - Fragile
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 4/13/2006
Clark befriends a little girl who has the ability to telekinetically shatter glass, then comes to her aid when it's believed she killed her mother in a brutal stabbing attack. Meanwhile Lex and Lana grow closer together and Chloe finds out about it.
Director: Tom Welling
Writer: Darren Swimmer
8.4/108 votes#8 - Sneeze
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/2006
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
Writer: Darren Swimmer
8.3/1012 votes#9 - 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
8.2/109 votes#10 - Aqua
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/2005
At a party at Crater Lake, Lois is saved from drowning by Arthur "A.C." Curry. Arthur has incredible swimming abilities, but also a secret agenda aimed at...Lex. Meanwhile, Professor Fine discussed Lex's weapons-manfucturing operations with Clark.
Director: Paul Shapiro
Writer: Darren Swimmer
8.2/1011 votes#11 - Kara
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 10/4/2007
Clark and Lois meet Smallville's newest arrival face-to-face, and she has some surprising news. Clark decides to leave Smallville and continue with his superhero training but Jor-el informs him that a new Kryptonian menace has arisen.
Director: James L. Conway
Writer: Darren Swimmer
8.1/1010 votes#12 - Arrival
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/2005
Having been transported to the Fortress of Solitude, Clark is confronted by Jor-El, who tells him he cannot return to Smallville, instead he must stay and prepare to save the planet. Also, transported to the Fortress, Chloe is unable to handle the sub-zero temperature and collapses, begging Clark to use his powers to save her. Jor-El forbids him to leave, but finally acquiesces, telling Clark he must return before sunset or there will be dire consequences. Meanwhile, Lana is horrified when she sees two Kryptonian aliens emerge from a spaceship discovered in the remnants of the meteor shower. The two aliens destroy what's left of the town searching for Kal-El.
Director: James Marshall
Writer: Darren Swimmer
8.1/1013 votes#13 - 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
8.0/1010 votes#14 - 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: Darren Swimmer
8.0/109 votes#15 - Freak
Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 2/15/2007
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
Writer: Darren Swimmer
8.0/109 votes#16 - Identity
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 10/30/2008
Jimmy catches a red and blue blur on film when he takes a picture of Clark saving Lois from a mugger; after Tess decides to run the picture on the front page of the Daily Planet, Clark fears his identity will be discovered.
Director: Mairzee Almas
Writer: Darren Swimmer
8.0/109 votes#17 - 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: Darren Swimmer
8.0/105 votes#18 - The Awakening
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 8/21/2015
Nolan, Amanda and Irisa search for a way to stop Kindzi from transporting more Omec to Earth; Datak tries to escape from an Omec compound; Stahma asks for forgiveness.
Director: Michael Nankin
Writer: Darren Swimmer
7.9/108 votes#19 - Recruit
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 2/9/2005
Clark is approached by Met U for recruitment and meets Geoff, a former Smallville resident. It soon becomes apparent that he is using his powers to paralyze anybody who gets in his way...including Lois.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Writer: Darren Swimmer
7.8/108 votes#20 - Hypnotic
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 3/30/2006
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.
Director: Mike Rohl
Writer: Darren Swimmer
7.8/109 votes#21 - Rage
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/2006
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
Writer: Darren Swimmer
7.7/1012 votes#22 - 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
7.6/1010 votes#23 - All Things Must Pass
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 8/28/2014
Nolan races to save Tommy’s life and stop Irisa before her growing forces can put their devastating plan into motion. Meanwhile back in town, Amanda learns the heart-breaking truth about her sister’s murder leading to a daring showdown between Amanda and Stahma.
Director: Michael Nankin
Writer: Darren Swimmer
7.5/102 votes#24 - The Crown v Atwood
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 8/15/2016
Dubbed “Grace the Disgrace” and hounded by the British tabloids, young American Grace stands trial for Molly Ryan’s murder. Stan determinedly works around every legal obstacle presented in order to cast doubt on her guilt, while Natalie and Bruno race against the clock to find new evidence to prove her innocence. Meanwhile, in custody, Grace recognizes an opportunity that could potentially free her. Later, Prince Theo’s house of lies starts to crumble.
Director: Larry Shaw
Writer: Darren Swimmer
7.4/1012 votes#25 - Extinction
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/2003
Clark discovers someone is hunting people affected by the kryptonite rocks and the killer's next target is Lex. Clark uses his powers to save Lex, but is caught off guard when the killer learns his weakness and shoots him with a kryptonite bullet.
Director: Michael Katleman
Writer: Darren Swimmer
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"Commencement" is the best rated episode written by Darren Swimmer. It scored 9.1/10 based on 9 votes. It was directed by Greg Beeman. It aired on 5/18/2005 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "Transference".