Lex is hit with a surprise after his father closes the local Smallville plant to force him back to Metropolis, blaming the plant's failure on his management. Meanwhile Clark prepares for his date with Chloe, reporter Roger Nixon gets wind of Clark's alien origins after setting up an explosion, and Whitney joins the Marine Corps.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 1 Episode 21 of Smallville resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

Smallville Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - Pilot
• s01e02 - Metamorphosis
• s01e03 - Hothead
• s01e04 - X-Ray
• s01e05 - Cool
• s01e06 - Hourglass
• s01e07 - Craving
• s01e08 - Jitters
• s01e09 - Rogue
• s01e10 - Shimmer
• s01e11 - Hug
• s01e12 - Leech
• s01e13 - Kinetic
• s01e14 - Zero
• s01e15 - Nicodemus
• s01e16 - Stray
• s01e17 - Reaper
• s01e18 - Drone
• s01e19 - Crush
• s01e20 - Obscura
• s01e21 - Tempest (1)

Smallville Show Summary

Smallville tells the tale of a teenage Clark Kent in the days before he was Superman. It is the town where he came from where very strange things started happening with his arrival in a spaceship in the midst of a meteor storm of green rocks.

Clark must deal with a variety of individuals given powers by the green rocks, keep his powers a secret, cope with his friendship with a young Lex Luthor, and balance the two girls in his life, Chloe and Lana. The show also shows us how Lex Luthor develops from a friend of Clark's and kinda-okay guy to (presumably) the villain who will plague Superman in his later years.