Smallville (season 2)

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'''Smallville Season 2
Released on DVD
Country	USA
Network	The WB
Original runs	September 24, 2002 – May 20, 2003
No. of episodes	23
DVD Release Date	May 18, 2004
DVD Format	Widescreen, Boxset

This article contains a complete review of the second season of the American drama action/adventure sci-fi television series Smallville. The season began airing on September 24, 2002 and concluded on May 20, 2003.

No.	Title	Airdate
201	Vortex	September 24
202	Heat	October 1
203	Duplicity	October 8
204	Red	October 15
205	Nocturne	October 22
206	Redux	October 29
207	Lineage	November 5
208	Ryan	November 12
209	Dichotic	November 19
210	Skinwalker	November 26
211	Visage	January 14
212	Insurgence	January 21
213	Suspect	January 28
214	Rush	February 4
215	Prodigal	February 11
216	Fever	February 18
217	Rosetta	February 25
218	Visitor	April 15
219	Precipice	April 22
220	Witness	April 29
221	Accelerate	May 6
222	Calling	May 13
223	Exodus	May 20

[edit] Season Two Overview

Tornadoes have struck Smallville, and Lana is stranded in their path. Jonathan is lost in the woods, chasing a reporter with evidence that will reveal Clark's secret.

Clark and Lana's relationship grows deeper, only to be thwarted by Whitney's return from service. Clark's hormones trigger the acquisition of a new ability. Clark confides in Pete, discovers ancient Native American caves that may lead him to some answers about his origins, comes into contact with a new form of kryptonite, gains knowledge of his heritage from a familiar source, and finally speaks to his biological father whose motives greatly disturb and perplex the young superhero.

Attempting to defy Jor-El results in major repercussions for the Kents; causing Clark to runaway from Smallville and exile himself from everyone he knows and loves. Lex marries, but during the plane ride on the couple's honeymoon, he awakens to a pilotless plane descending rapidly into the ocean.

[edit] Characters of Season Two

Main article: Smallville Characters Season Two

[edit] Episodes

[edit] Vortex

• Original airdate: September 24, 2002
• Story by: Alfred Gough & Miles Millar
• Teleplay by: Philip Levens
• Directed by: Greg Beeman
• Recurring role: Mitchell Kosterman & Tom O'Brie
• Featured music:"
  • "In My Place" by Coldplay
  • "Time And Time Again" by Stretch Princess

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Clark rescues Lana from the giant tornado,and he discovers the storm has unleashed the spaceship into the fields and buried his father alive along with the Inquisitor reporter, Roger Nixon (O'Brien), who has discovered Clark's secret. Lex is wracked with guilt over not helping his father sooner and makes a decision that could cost his father his life.

[edit] Heat

• Original airdate: October 1, 2002
• Written by: Mark Verheiden
• Directed by: James Marshall
• Recurring role: Mitchell Kosterman
• Guest role: Krista Allen
• Featured music:
  • "My Friends Over You" by New Found Glory
  • "Hot in Here" by Nelly
  • "Truth or Dare" by N.E.R.D. featuring Kelis
  • "Tomorrow" by Avril Lavigne

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Clark develops a new ability which frightens even him. Lex gets married to Desiree Atkins (Allen), a woman he barely knows, and seems to have the ultimate control over him. With meteor rock-enhanced pheromones she quickly convinces Jonathan to kill Lex, so that she can collect his fortune. Fortunately for Clark, he is unaffected by her and manages to save Lex and his father.

[edit] Duplicity

• Original airdate: October 8, 2002
• Written by: Todd Slavkin and Darren Swimmer
• Directed by: Steve Miner
• Recurring role: Sarah-Jane Redmond & Joe Morton

[edit] Plot

After Pete discovers the spaceship in the cornfield, Clark goes against his parents' wishes and reveals his secret, but is shocked when the reaction he gets makes him question his friend's loyalty. Meanwhile Nell has agreed to marry Dean.

[edit] Red

• Original airdate: October 15, 2002
• Written by: Jeph Loeb
• Directed by: Jeff Woolnough
• Featured music:
  • "Breakable" by Fisher
  • "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" by Oasis

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Clark goes against his father's wishes and purchases an expensive graduation ring. The problem is, the ring consists of red meteor rock. Rather than affecting Clark physically like the green rocks, the red rocks affect him mentally as his better judgment disappears and he quickly goes out of control with his powers, using them for harm and for his own purposes.

[edit] Nocturne

• Original airdate: October 22, 2002
• Written by: Kelly Souders & Brian Peterson
• Directed by: Rick Wallace
• Recurring role: Mitchell Kosterman
• Guest role: Sean Faris

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Lana finds a secret admirer in a boy named Byron (Faris). However, Byron is a former test subject for one of LuthorCorp's projects run by Lionel Luthor. After an encounter with Byron's parents, Clark and Lana come to the conclusion that Byron is being abused but instead finds out why, when exposed to sunlight, Byron is a potential killing machine.

[edit] Redux

• Original airdate: October 29, 2002
• Written by: Garrett Lerner & Russel Friend
• Directed by: Chris Long
• Recurring role: Sarah-Jane Redmond
• Guest role: Maggie Lawson
• Music: Our Lady Peace - Somewhere Out There

[edit] Plot

In physical education class, during a swim race, Clark's opponent suddenly drowns in the water. Clark pulls him out of the pool, only to find that his opponent has suddenly aged 60 years between the time he drowned and the time he was pulled out. Clark and Chloe investigate the death and it leads them to a long trail of similar events left behind by another student, Chrissy Parker (Lawson), over the course of more than eighty years.

Meanwhile, the Kent farm is in financial trouble but Jonathan asks Martha not to seek help from her father. Eager to know why his grandfather and his father cannot get along, Clark tries repeatedly to reunite them.

Also, Lana discovers a photo of her mother with an unidentified man. She finds out that her parents were separated for a short time once, and that she was born shortly after they got back together, leading her to believe that the unidentified man may be her father.

[edit] Lineage

• Original airdate: November 5, 2002
• Story by: Alfred Gough & Miles Millar
• Teleplay by: Kenneth Biller
• Directed by: Greg Beeman
• Recurring role: Patrick Cassidy & Mitchell Kosterman
• Guest role: Blair Brown

[edit] Plot

A woman named Rachel Dunleavy (Brown) shows up at Clark's school claiming to be his biological mother. Clark finds out the agency that handled his adoption was founded by Lionel Luthor. He confronts his father, who reveals his past history with Lionel the day of the meteor showers. Determined to get a hold of Clark, Dunleavy confronts Lex about Clark and tells him that she is his mother, which would make Clark Lex's brother. Dunleavy eventually kidnaps Lex and threatens to kill him if Lionel fails to reveal that Clark's adoption was a sham in a public press conference. Meanwhile, Lana finds her biological father, Henry Small (Cassidy), and confronts him, only to find out that he is not interested in her.

[edit] Ryan

• Original airdate: November 12, 2002
• Written by: Philip Levens
• Directed by: Terrance O'Hara
• Recurring role: Mitchell Kosterman & Sarah-Jane Redmond
• Guest role: Martin Cummins, William B. Davis & Ryan Kelley

[edit] Plot

After his aunt dumped him because of money problems, Ryan (Kelley) frantically phones Clark for help while being held against his will in a laboratory that is performing experiments on him. Clark manages to rescue Ryan but he soon finds out that despite all his efforts and his abilities, he may not be able to save Ryan from something much bigger.

[edit] Dichotic

• Original airdate: November 19, 2002
• Written by: Mark Verheiden
• Directed by: Craig Zisk
• Recurring role: Emmanuelle Vaugier & Robert Wisden
• Guest role: Jonathan Taylor Thomas

[edit] Plot

Ian (Thomas), a straight-A classmate of Clark's, starts to date Lana, but, he also appears to be dating Chloe seemingly at the same time. Clark soon finds out that he is dating them both at the same time, literally, down to the minute. Faced with multiple versions of Ian and a declining sense of trust from both Chloe and Lana (who both think Clark is being jealous in warning them about Ian), Clark must find a way to save the lives of two of his closest friends. Meanwhile, Lex attends an anger management session after smashing up a meter maid's car because of a parking ticket. There, he meets Dr. Helen Bryce (Vaugier), who is also treating Jonathan Kent for a broken leg.

[edit] Skinwalker

• Original airdate: November 26, 2002
• Story by: Mark Warshaw
• Written by: Brian Peterson & Kelly Souders
• Directed by: Marita Grabiak
• Recurring role: Patrick Cassidy & Mitchell Kosterman
• Guest role: Tamara Feldman & Gordon Tootoosis
• Featured music:
  • "Outtatheway" by the Vines
  • "Don't Know Why" by Norah Jones
  • "The Game of Love" by Santana and Michelle Branch
  • "Psycho Ballerina" by Jackpot
  • "Wave Goodbye" by Steadman

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A foreman dies at the construction site of the new LuthorCorp offices after he had a confrontation with a local Native American, Joseph (Tootoosis), who wants to preserve the ancient caves below the area. Clark stumbles into the cave by accident and upon the Native American's grand-daughter Kyla (Feldman). He finds out that the paintings on the cave walls foretell his arrival to Earth and may not be created by the indigenous peoples after all.

[edit] Visage

• Original airdate: January 14, 2003
• Written by: Todd Slavkin & Darren Swimmer
• Directed by: Bill Gereghty
• Recurring role: Emmanuelle Vaugier
• Guest role: Eric Johnson
• Featured Music:
  • Mad World by Gary Jules

[edit] Plot

After a long absence fighting overseas, Whitney (Johnson) returns to everybody's surprise and, claiming to have lost some of his memory during battle, tries to get back together with Lana, apparently not knowing about the Dear John letter she sent earlier. Not wanting to hurt him, Lana submits to his attempts to win her back but Clark has suspicions about the true identity of Whitney Fordman.

[edit] Insurgence

• Original airdate: January 21, 2003
• Written by: Jeph Loeb & Kenneth Biller
• Directed by: James Marshall
• Recurring role: Patrick Cassidy & Jill Teed

[edit] Plot

After Lex is defeated in a takeover bid by Lionel, he discovers that his mansion is full of listening devices. At Clark's house, the rift between Martha and Jonathan grows over Martha's job with Lionel. After a fight, Martha decides to go with Lionel to Metropolis over an anniversary picnic with Jonathan. Lex, meanwhile, starts a plan to bug LuthorCorp's headquarters but aborts the plan when he finds out that Martha and Lionel are unexpectedly going there as well. The abort is botched when the workers turn out to be moles who want to steal from the LuthorCorp vault; they take Lionel and Martha hostage. During this event, Martha finds out that Lionel had files on Clark and was doing an investigation on him. In addition, Jonathan and Lex decide to put aside their differences to try to save the ones they love.

[edit] Suspect

• Original airdate: January 28, 2003
• Written by: Mark Verheiden & Philip Levens
• Directed by: Kenneth Biller
• Recurring role: Patrick Cassidy & Mitchell Kosterman

[edit] Plot

Lionel is mysteriously shot at the Luthor mansion, leaving behind a huge list of suspects with various but strong motives to want him dead. The lead suspect is Jonathan, who is found unconscious in his truck with a bottle of vodka and a gun in his hand. Clark is convinced that Jonathan was framed; he and Lana ask Henry Small, a former criminal attorney, to help him out but he refuses to represent Jonathan due to some past history with Lionel.

[edit] Rush

• Original airdate: February 4, 2003
• Written by: Todd Slavkin & Darren Swimmer
• Directed by: Rick Rosenthal
• Guest role: Rob LaBelle
• Featured music:
  • "Don't Dream It's Over" by Sixpence None the Richer

[edit] Plot

At an unexpected rave at the caves, a nerdy student from school dies after a fall. It turns out that the cracks on the cave walls inject bugs into the necks of those who get close enough. The bugs cause the infected persons to engage in extremely risky (and life-threatening) behavior. Eventually, Pete and Chloe are infected and gets Clark to join their side by slipping him red kryptonite, leading him to make out with Chloe and hurt Lana in the process. Meanwhile, Lex hires Dr. Walden to try to translate the language found in the cave paintings.

[edit] Prodigal

• Original airdate: February 11, 2003
• Written by: Brian Peterson and Kelly Souders
• Directed by: Greg Beeman
• Guest role: Paul Wesley

[edit] Plot

Lex discovers that his brother Lucas (Wesley) is not dead as Lionel had claimed. It turns out that Lionel paid Lucas's way all along so he can inherit part of the Luthor assets, botching up Lex's share of it. Left penniless, Lex is forced to ask the Kents if he can stay with them. At the Luthor mansion, Lucas is dissatisfied with Lionel's plans for him and finds out that Lionel has been faking his blindness lately. Eventually, Lucas kidnaps Lex and tries to get Lionel to shoot Lex.

[edit] Fever

• Original airdate: February 18, 2003
• Written by: Matthew Okamura
• Directed by: Bill Gereghity
• Recurring role: Emmanuelle Vaugier
• Featured music:
  • "Wave Goodbye" by Steadman

[edit] Plot

Martha, who earlier hid the key to the spaceship in a can of flour, buries it in the storm cellar but accidentally kicks up dust from the meteor rocks, inhaling them in the process. As a result, she gets extremely sick and is on the verge of death. Officers from the disease control department, after finding out that the substance she inhaled is unknown to the planet, quarantine the Kent farm (after Clark quickly moves the ship to Pete's house) and discover the key. Clark, who inhaled the meteor dust as well, falls sick too. Helen, the doctor who takes charge of Clark's case, manages to draw a blood sample and discovers that the sample is completely different from normal blood. Meanwhile, it is revealed that Martha is pregnant and Lex asks Helen to move in with him. In the end Lana discovers Chloe loves Clark.

[edit] Rosetta

• Original airdate: February 25, 2003
• Written by: Alfred Gough and Miles Millar
• Directed by: James Marshall
• Guest role: Christopher Reeve & Rob LaBelle

[edit] Plot

Clark has a dream about flying to the cave and inserting the spaceship key into a slot on one of its walls. He wakes up in the middle of the road. After getting home, he tells Jonathan about the dream and he warns Clark against inserting the key. Later that day, Clark receives massive headaches which are apparently caused by the key; he concludes that the key was "calling out" to him, and inserts the key into the cave wall. The wall shocks him unconscious and leaves him with the ability to read the Krypton language.

At home, his telepathic firestarting powers get out of control and etches a Krypton symbol on the barn wall. After Chloe publishes a photo of the symbol, Clark is contacted by a professor named Dr. Swann (played by Christopher Reeve), who claims he can explain where the symbols are from. From Swann, Clark learns about Krypton, its demise, information about his biological parents and his alien name, Kal-El. With the new information, he manages to uncover a hidden message embedded inside the spaceship from his biological father that states his destiny as a conqueror of Earth. Meanwhile, Dr. Walden finds the octagon key and inserts it; the wall knocks him into a coma.

[edit] Visitor

• Original airdate: April 15, 2003
• Written by: Philip Levens
• Directed by: Rick Rosenthal
• Recurring role: Emmanuelle Vaugier
• Guest role: Jeremy Lelliot

[edit] Plot

A classmate at school, Cyrus (Lelliot), displays abilities similar to Clark's in shop class. He finds out that Cyrus thinks he is an alien who arrived in a way similar to Clark's as well, leading him to believe that Dr. Swann was wrong when he told Clark he is the only one on Earth from Krypton. Cyrus shows Clark the transmission tower he is building to contact his alien parents as Clark starts to doubt Cyrus's claims as he receives more evidence that fail to fit in with his alleged alien roots.

[edit] Precipice

• Original airdate: April 22, 2003
• Written by: Clint Carpenter
• Directed by: Thomas J. Wright
• Recurring role: Camille Mitchell & Emmanuelle Vaugier
• Guest role: Michael Adamthwaite
• Featured music:
  • "Becoming" by Adam Tenenbaum
  • "(Don't Fear the) Reaper" by Gus
  • "Princess" by Matt Nathanson
  • "Don't Forget Me" by Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • "Let Me Be the One" by Sammi Morelli
  • "Shakedown!" by The Start - Shakedown!

[edit] Plot

After Lana is almost sexually assaulted by a college student, Andy Conners (Adamthwaite), Clark loses control and injures the boy. When the Kents are sued for punitive damages that could cost them the farm, Clark begins to question his powers while trying to find a way out of the lawsuit. Meanwhile, Helen's ex-boyfriend arrives in town intent on winning her back, but when she turns him down, he stabs her, prompting Lex to take the law into his own hands.

[edit] Witness

• Original airdate: April 29, 2003
• Written by: Mark Verheiden
• Directed by: Rick Wallace
• Recurring role: Patrick Cassidy & Camille Mitchell
• Guest role: Zachery Ty Bryan

[edit] Plot

A group of thieves hijack a LuthorCorp van and steal shipments of Kryptonite. Clark stumbles upon the robbery and is no match for the culprits. It turns out that they are also taking and manufacturing liquid Kryptonite, which leads to enhanced strength. Meanwhile, Lana finds out that Jennifer Small is seeking a divorce from Henry Small. Lionel offers to fund the Torch and a position at the Daily Planet if Chloe does an investigative report on Clark.

[edit] Accelerate

• Original airdate: May 6, 2003
• Story by: Todd Slavkin & Darren Swimmer
• Written by: Kelly Souders & Brian Peterson
• Directed by: James Marshall
• Recurring role: Camille Mitchell
• Guest role: Jodelle Ferland
• Featured Music:
  • "I'm With You" by Avril Lavigne

[edit] Plot

After a movie night at the Talon, Lana starts to see an old childhood friend named Emily (Ferland) who died 6 years ago. She is convinced that she is seeing ghosts because Emily can appear and disappear at will. Clark sees differently -- she is simply moving extremely fast, in the same way he can. It turns out that Emily's father Neil Flynn has been cloning humans with the help of liquid Kryptonite, using his deceased daughter as a template. But there's a flaw with the Emily clone -- she has no sense of morality and no conscience, which eventually puts Lana in grave danger. Meanwhile, Lex prepares for his wedding with Helen.

[edit] Calling

• Original airdate: May 13, 2003
• Written by: Kenneth Biller
• Directed by: Terrance O'Hara
• Recurring role: Terence Stamp (voice) & Emmanuelle Vaugier
• Guest role: Rob LaBelle

[edit] Plot

Dr. Walden wakes up from his coma and tells Lex and Lionel that Clark is an alien and must be destroyed. Meanwhile, a romantic encounter between Clark and Lana hints at a promising future, but after Chloe finds out they are together, Lana pulls back. Clark hears a strange voice calling from the storm cellar.

[edit] Exodus

• Original airdate: May 20, 2003
• Written by: Alfred Gough & Miles Millar
• Directed by: Greg Beeman
• Recurring role: Terence Stamp (voice) & Emmanuelle Vaugier

[edit] Plot

A sense of foreboding surrounds Smallville as Clark must choose between staying with Lana and his family or fulfilling his destiny as Jor-El (Stamp) sees. Meanwhile, Lex and Helen plan their upcoming wedding, but outside forces may ultimately keep them apart. Also, a hurt Chloe considers Lionel's offer to investigate Clark.

Smallville v • d • e
Episodes: Season 1 • Season 2 • Season 3 • Season 4 • Season 5 • Season 6
Characters
Clark Kent • Lana Lang • Lex Luthor • Chloe Sullivan
Lionel Luthor • Lois Lane • Jimmy Olsen • Martha Kent • Oliver Queen • Jonathan Kent
Pete Ross • Jason Teague • Whitney Fordman
Guest characters
Season 1 • Season 2 • Season 3 • Season 4 • Season 5 • Season 6
Related information
Smallville DVD releases • Media information • Kryptonite • Kryptonian Crystals