9.5/104 votes#1 - It Went By So Fast
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 12/2/2024
The Kents fight with everything they have as Luthor makes his final move on Smallville.
Director: Gregory Smith
Writer: Todd Helbing
9.2/105 votes#2 - Always My Hero
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/14/2024
Reeling from failure, Jordan begins to spiral; Jonathan discovers newfound strength.
Director: David Giuntoli
Writer: Todd Helbing
8.8/104 votes#3 - Sharp Dressed Man
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/18/2024
Luthor challenges Lois to a live telecast debate, though not everything is as it seems; John Henry and Clark face a troubling possibility.
Director: Michael Cudlitz
Writer: Todd Helbing
8.5/1021 votes#4 - What's Past Is Prologue
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 12/4/2018
Barry and Team Flash come up with a plan to stop Cicada. However, the plan calls for Barry and Nora to travel back in time to gather some key necessities. However, Barry hesitates, concerned about his daughter seeing certain parts of his life. Meanwhile, Sherloque takes his concerns about Nora to Iris, and Caitlin turns up a key asset in the fight against Cicada.
Director: Tom Cavanagh
Writer: Todd Helbing
8.4/1055 votes#5 - Out of Time
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 3/17/2015
Mark Mardon, having survived his apparent death during the black-matter explosion, returns seeking revenge on Joe for the death of his brother Clyde... and has the same weather-manipulation powers as his deceased sibling.
Director: Thor Freudenthal
Writer: Todd Helbing
8.3/1020 votes#6 - Enter Flashtime
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 3/6/2018
When a nuclear bomb detonates in downtown Central City, Barry, Jesse Quick and Jay Garrick slow down time by entering Flashtime. As everyone in the city is frozen, the three speedsters push themselves to the breaking point to save the city and everyone in it.
Director: Gregory Smith
Writer: Todd Helbing
8.1/1045 votes#7 - Rogue Air
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/12/2015
When Harrison activates the particle accelerator, the team has no choice but to evacuate the five metahuman prisoners. Unfortunately, with time running out, Barry has no choice but to turn to Captain Cold for help. Meanwhile, Eddie escapes but has some surprising news for Iris.
Director: Douglas Aarniokoski
Writer: Todd Helbing
8.1/1048 votes#8 - The Man in the Yellow Suit
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/9/2014
Barry enjoys the annual tradition of tree trimming and gift exchange with Joe and Iris. He gives Iris a touching gift, but the moment is interrupted by Eddie’s arrival.
Director: Ralph Hemecker
Writer: Todd Helbing
8.0/1027 votes#9 - Libertus
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 2/24/2012
In an ironic twist of fate, a gladiator from the house of Batiatus will stand in the way of Spartacus trying to free Crixus from Roman captivity. Ilithyia's scheming puts her marriage to Glaber at risk.
Director: Rick Jacobson
Writer: Todd Helbing
8.0/106 votes#10 - Kitana & Mileena Part 1
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/3/2011
Beautiful, athletic, and trained as highly skilled assassins, Kitana and Mileena have grown up thinking that they are sisters. Shao Kahn, Emperor of the Outworld, has tricked Shang Tsung into becoming his servant for Mortal Kombat by making him clone Mileena as a Tarkatan clone of Kitana, out of Shao Kahn's fear that Kitana wouldn't love him enough if she ever found out the truth about her Mother and Father.
Director: Kevin Tancharoen
Writer: Todd Helbing
8.0/106 votes#11 - Kitana & Mileena Part 2
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/10/2011
The rivalry between Kitana and Mileena grows, while Kitana attempts to learn the truth behind her childhood and the real identity of her parents.
Director: Kevin Tancharoen
Writer: Todd Helbing
7.9/108 votes#12 - The End & the Beginning
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 10/7/2024
Superman is in a brutal battle with Luthor's monster; Lois and the boys race to save General Lane.
Director: Gregory Smith
Writer: Todd Helbing
7.9/108 votes#13 - Jax, Sonya and Kano: Part 1
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/12/2011
When Lt. Sonya Blade calls in a report that she has tracked down Kano, "Jax" Briggs convinces his superior, Kurtis Stryker, to take in a squad of men, only to discover that it's a trap.
Director: Kevin Tancharoen
Writer: Todd Helbing
7.6/1021 votes#14 - Heritage
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/2/2021
While adjusting to their new lives in Smallville, Lois and Clark make an important decision concerning one of their sons. Meanwhile, tensions begin to rise between Lois and Morgan Edge. Lastly, Lana Lang Cushing invites the Kent family over for a barbecue.
Director: Lee Toland Krieger
Writer: Todd Helbing
7.6/1030 votes#15 - Mark of the Brotherhood
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/19/2010
Batiatus purchases a fresh batch of slaves during an auction to be trained as gladiators and ponders the idea of selling Crixus.
Director: Rowan Woods
Writer: Todd Helbing
7.5/1037 votes#16 - Flash Back
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 3/29/2016
After the shocking revelation that Zoom is Jay Garrick, Barry is more determined than ever to get back to Earth-2 to stop Zoom forever. Desperate to find a way to increase his speed, Barry decides to travel back in time and masquerade as his earlier self in order to get his arch-nemesis, Dr. Harrison Wells/Eobard Thawne, to teach him how to run faster. However, things don’t go as planned and Barry is stunned to face familiar foe Hartley Rathaway, as well as old friend Eddie Thawne. Iris makes peace with her past in order to embrace her future.
Director: Alice Troughton
Writer: Todd Helbing
7.5/1035 votes#17 - The Race of His Life
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 5/24/2016
After Zoom reveals his true plan, Barry vows to do whatever it takes to stop him.
Director: Antonio Negret
Writer: Todd Helbing
7.5/1025 votes#18 - Wolves at the Gate
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 1/26/2013
Spartacus leads a daring assault to provide food and shelter for his people. Crassus builds a fearsome army and receives an unexpected visitor.
Director: Jesse Warn
Writer: Todd Helbing
7.4/1011 votes#19 - 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
7.4/1030 votes#20 - Nora
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 10/9/2018
After an unexpected guest from the future, Nora West-Allen, appears at their home, Barry and Iris must figure out how to get her back to the future without disrupting the timeline…even more than she already has. Team Flash must work together to send Nora back, while simultaneously fighting off another villainous meta.
Director: David McWhirter
Writer: Todd Helbing
7.4/1010 votes#21 - Waiting for Superman
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 6/28/2022
Chrissy Beppo, with the authorization of the Department of Defense, has a message for the people of Smallville, not only is the merging of planets real, it is happening.
Director: Gregory Smith
Writer: Todd Helbing
7.4/108 votes#22 - Closer
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 3/14/2023
Lois' undercover assignment reveals a deadly foe that promises to change the Kent family forever. Meanwhile, the Kent boys find themselves being pulled in opposite directions.
Director: Tom Cavanagh
Writer: Todd Helbing
7.3/106 votes#23 - Johnny Cage
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/26/2011
Johnny Cage, former Power Ranger, tries to restart his career as an action star only to find that no one wants a washed-up teenage actor. But when TV executives push him too far, Johnny goes berserk... and gets an offer he can't refuse.
Director: Kevin Tancharoen
Writer: Todd Helbing
7.3/109 votes#24 - What Kills You Only Makes You Stronger
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 6/27/2023
All of Smallville comes together to view a meteor shower, and Lex Luthor makes his move to take down Superman and Lois.
Director: Gregory Smith
Writer: Todd Helbing
7.3/1039 votes#25 - Flash of Two Worlds
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/13/2015
Jay Garrick, a mysterious man from Earth-2, appears at S.T.A.R. Labs with a dire warning about an evil speedster named Zoom, who is set on destroying The Flash. Barry and the team must decide if they can trust this stranger even as they face yet another powerful meta-human. Meanwhile, Joe must deal with a determined officer named Patty Spivot who wants to join his meta-human task force.
Director: Jesse Warn
Writer: Todd Helbing
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"It Went By So Fast" is the best rated episode written by Todd Helbing. It scored 9.5/10 based on 4 votes. It was directed by Gregory Smith. It aired on 12/2/2024 and is rated 0.3 points higher than their second-best episode, "Always My Hero".