Season 1 poster

Season 1

(2001)

Overview

Between the boy Clark Kent thought he was and the man he is destined to become lie the compelling stories of Smallville, the popular action series that reimagines the Superman saga from its roots.

Cast

Tom Welling as Clark Kent
Tom Welling

as Clark Kent

Kristin Kreuk as Lana Lang
Kristin Kreuk

as Lana Lang

Michael Rosenbaum as Lex Luthor
Michael Rosenbaum

as Lex Luthor

Allison Mack as Chloe Sullivan
Allison Mack

as Chloe Sullivan

Annette O'Toole as Martha Kent
Annette O'Toole

as Martha Kent

John Schneider as Jonathan Kent
John Schneider

as Jonathan Kent

Sam Jones as Pete Ross
Sam Jones

as Pete Ross

Eric Johnson as Whitney Fordman
Eric Johnson

as Whitney Fordman

Episodes

Pilot poster

Pilot 8.0

October 16, 2001

The first episode tells the story of the meteor shower that hit Smallville and changed life in the Kansas town forever.…

Metamorphosis poster

Metamorphosis 7.5

October 23, 2001

Clark must deal with Greg, a nerdish bug collector with a crush on Lana who gains the ability of various insects and us…

Hothead poster

Hothead 7.6

October 30, 2001

An abusive and hot-tempered football coach gains the ability to control and project fire.

X-Ray poster

X-Ray 7.7

November 6, 2001

Clark begins experiencing "vision problems" as his x-ray vision begins manifesting. Meanwhile a mysterious shapeshifter…

Cool poster

Cool 7.9

November 13, 2001

A jock named Sean gains the ability to absorb heat from everything and everyone around him, and begins preying on peopl…

Hourglass poster

Hourglass 8.1

November 20, 2001

An old man uses green meteor rock to reverse the aging process, then gain vengeance on the children of the jury that pu…

Craving poster

Craving 7.9

November 27, 2001

A weight-obsessed teen dieting on kryptonite-infected vegetables gains her fondest dream...but must feed on the fat of …

Jitters poster

Jitters 8.1

December 11, 2001

An experiment at the Luthor fertilizer plant makes an old friend of the Kents literally shake and jitter, and he seeks …

Rogue poster

Rogue 7.9

January 15, 2002

Clark visits Metropolis, and does a secret good deed - a police detective witnesses this and decides to look into it.

Shimmer poster

Shimmer 7.4

January 29, 2002

Lex and Victoria are victims of a suspected household poltergeist. As the disturbances become more violent, suspicion …

Hug poster

Hug 8.3

February 5, 2002

A guy in charge of a rival fertilizer firm to LuthorCorp's arrives in Metropolis. He is intent on buying up the Kent fa…

Leech poster

Leech 8.6

February 12, 2002

Clark's powers are transferred into a classmate during a freak juxtaposition of meteor and storm. Clark must deal with…

Kinetic poster

Kinetic 7.7

February 26, 2002

Whitney falls in with some former jocks who have kryptonite tattoos that give them the power to walk through walls. Mea…

Zero poster

Zero 7.8

March 12, 2002

A man from Lex's past stalks him in conjunction with a mysterious death at Club Zero that Lex may have been responsible…

Nicodemus poster

Nicodemus 8.4

March 19, 2002

A flower that comes from a reopened "Level Three" of the fertilizer plant brings strange reactions from several people,…

Stray poster

Stray 8.8

April 16, 2002

A young runaway, Ryan, has the power to read minds and flees his abusive stepparents. The Kents take him in and Clark s…

Reaper poster

Reaper 7.5

April 23, 2002

Tyler gains the power to destroy organic matter with a touch, and resolves to put the dying out of their misery...and W…

Drone poster

Drone 7.4

April 30, 2002

Clark gets into a class election and one of his opponents is a krypto-mutant who can control bees. Meanwhile a reporter…

Crush poster

Crush 7.9

May 7, 2002

Former Smallville High cartoonist Justin returns to Smallville after he loses the use of his hands in a hit and run acc…

Obscura poster

Obscura 8.1

May 14, 2002

After an explosion Lana finds herself getting visions of a serial killer...and his next target is Chloe. Meanwhile Lex …

Tempest poster

Tempest 8.7

May 21, 2002

Lex is hit with a surprise by his father. Clark prepares for his date with Chloe, but Mother Nature has other plans.