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The Best Episodes Written By Todd Slavkin

Every TV Episode Written by Todd Slavkin Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

Todd Slavkin Ratings Summary

"Commencement" is the best rated episode written by Todd Slavkin. 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".

  • Commencement
    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: Todd Slavkin

  • Transference
    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: Todd Slavkin

  • By the Light of Dawn
    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: Todd Slavkin

  • Asylum
    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: Todd Slavkin

  • Solitude
    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: Todd Slavkin

  • Phantom
    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: Todd Slavkin

  • Fragile
    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: Todd Slavkin

  • Sneeze
    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: Todd Slavkin

  • Visage
    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: Todd Slavkin

  • Aqua
    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: Todd Slavkin

  • Kara
    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: Todd Slavkin

  • Duplicity
    8.1/1013 votes

    #12 - 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: Todd Slavkin

  • Arrival
    8.1/1010 votes

    #13 - 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: Todd Slavkin

  • Velocity
    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: Todd Slavkin

  • Freak
    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: Todd Slavkin

  • Identity
    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: Todd Slavkin

  • Power
    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: Todd Slavkin

  • The Awakening
    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: Todd Slavkin

  • Recruit
    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: Todd Slavkin

  • Hypnotic
    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: Todd Slavkin

  • Rage
    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: Todd Slavkin

  • Rush
    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: Todd Slavkin

  • All Things Must Pass
    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: Todd Slavkin

  • The Crown v Atwood
    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: Todd Slavkin

  • Extinction
    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: Todd Slavkin