Episode guide
Smallville: Season 2
23 episodes · premiered Sep 24, 2002
The legend continues to grow stronger in the second super season of Smallville. Throughout the season’s twenty-three episodes, Clark Kent grapples with his calling as he explores his true origins: was he sent to Earth to save humanity or destroy it? Amidst all the chaos, Lana and Clark grow closer than before; Lex gets married; Lionel lures Chloe toward the dark side; the Kents receive miraculous news; and Pete becomes the keeper of Clark’s secret.
- Episode 1: Vortex Sep 24, 2002 · 42m Clark rescues Lana from the storm, but discovers that the spaceship is released, while Jonathan is buried alive with the unscrupulous reporter who discovered Clark's secret. Meanwhile, Lex…
- Episode 2: Heat Oct 1, 2002 · 43m Clark gains a new power - heat-vision. As he struggles to control it, Lex gets married to the new Smallville High teacher, Desiree Atkins, little does he know that she not only has an…
- Episode 3: Duplicity Oct 8, 2002 · 42m 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…
- Episode 4: Red Oct 15, 2002 · 43m Clark has his first run-in with red kryptonite in this exploration of classic Superman mythology, turning immoral when he gets his high-school ring holding a piece of rock. Meanwhile, Lex…
- Episode 5: Nocturne Oct 22, 2002 · 42m Lana has a new stalker - a boy imprisoned in his basement by his parents who sneaks out at night to visit her. Meanwhile Lionel hires Clark's mother as his personal assistant.
- Episode 6: Redux Oct 29, 2002 · 40m Martha's father William comes to town after many years of estrangement due do his disapproval of Jonathan. Meanwhile Clark must deal with a series of old-age deaths at Smallville High, and…
- Episode 7: Lineage Nov 5, 2002 · 43m · TMDB 8.0 A strange woman shows up claiming to be Clark's biological mother...and that his father is Lionel. Meanwhile Lana decides to meet with the man who is her biological father.
- Episode 8: Ryan Nov 12, 2002 · 43m Ryan (from "Stray") returns and Clark has to save him from Dr. Garner of the Summerholt Research Facility. Meanwhile, Aunt Nell leaves Smallville, and Lex wants to expand the plant but…
- Episode 9: Dichotic Nov 19, 2002 · 42m A Smallville student, Ian, displays the ability to make clones of himself and uses his power to date both Chloe and Lana. Meanwhile Lex goes to anger management class and meets an…
- Episode 10: Skinwalker Nov 26, 2002 · 41m Clark becomes involved with a Native American woman, Kyla, and becomes aware of ancient Indian prophecy that warns of a man of great powers who fell from the sky. Worse, a wolflike…
- Episode 11: Visage Jan 14, 2003 · 43m Whitney returns to Smallville, eager to start back up where he left off with Lana. But everything isn't what it seems...
- Episode 12: Insurgence Jan 21, 2003 · 44m Lex hires some thugs to bug Lionel's office but things get out of control when Lionel and Martha are taken hostage, and Clark must rescue them without revealing his secrets.
- Episode 13: Suspect Jan 28, 2003 · 42m Lionel is shot in the manor, and Jonathan is the prime suspect.
- Episode 14: Rush Feb 4, 2003 · 42m 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.
- Episode 15: Prodigal Feb 11, 2003 · 43m Lex recovers his long-lost brother Lucas and uses him in a ploy to buy out his father's share of the company. But it soon becomes clear that Lucas isn't to be trusted, and Lex soon finds…
- Episode 16: Fever Feb 18, 2003 · 43m Martha catches a lungful of kryptonite-irradiated spores and a weakened Clark is her only hope for survival.
- Episode 17: Rosetta Feb 25, 2003 · 43m Clark travels to New York to meet Dr. Swann, a brilliant scientist who holds a message for Clark from his home planet. Meanwhile Lana decides to move out of Chloe's house after they get…
- Episode 18: Visitor Apr 15, 2003 · 42m After a schoolmate claims to be an alien and proves it by using heat vision, Clark investigates and believes the boy is from Krypton. Meanwhile, Helen confronts Lex over the locked room in…
- Episode 19: Precipice Apr 22, 2003 · 43m After Lana is almost assaulted by a college student, Clark injures the boy while helping her. When the Kents are sued for damages that could cost them the farm, Clark tries to find a way…
- Episode 20: Witness Apr 29, 2003 · 41m Clark runs up against super-strong robbers who are apparently tied to LexCorp. And Chloe begins to ally with Lionel, while Lana and Henry Small bond.
- Episode 21: Accelerate May 6, 2003 · 44m Lana is haunted by the ghost of a dead friend, Emily, but the "spirit" has connections to Lionel Luthor, who is also scheming to get control of the Indian caves and "help" Lex with his…
- Episode 22: Calling May 13, 2003 · 43m Dr. Walden comes out of a coma with super-powers and a desire to kill Clark, piquing the Luthors' interest. The spaceship starts talking to Clark, and Helen and Lex prepare for their…
- Episode 23: Exodus May 20, 2003 · 43m A sense of foreboding surrounds Smallville as Clark must choose between staying with Lana and his family or fulfilling his destiny to rule the Earth. Lex and Helen prepare for their…