Episode guide
Smallville: Season 5
22 episodes · premiered Sep 29, 2005
Clark Kent now carries a full load of classes at Central Kansas University, but that's not all he carries. He carries the full weight of his — perhaps the world's — destiny. In season five, Clark finally begins to accept his destiny and takes giant leaps towards becoming the Man of Steel. He also crosses paths with Professor Milton Fine, whose presence in Smallville will have a devastating effect on his already deteriorating friendship with Lex.
- Episode 1: Arrival Sep 29, 2005 · 42m 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…
- Episode 2: Mortal Oct 6, 2005 · 41m Jor-El strips Clark of his powers, making him human. Delighted to finally be normal, Clark pursues a relationship with Lana sans secrets. However, after Lana, Jonathan and Martha are taken…
- Episode 3: Hidden Oct 13, 2005 · 42m A krypto-mutant, Gabriel, hacks into missile codes and prepares to eliminate krypto-mutants in Smallville once and for all. A powerless Clark confronts him and is shot, and only Jor-El can…
- Episode 4: Aqua Oct 20, 2005 · 41m 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…
- Episode 5: Thirst Oct 27, 2005 · 41m Lana joins a sorority to get housing for her last-minute college registration, but the sisters have a deadly agenda which involves turning Lana into a vampire like themselves and sending…
- Episode 6: Exposed Nov 3, 2005 · 41m Jonathan's oldest friend, Senator Jack Jennings, comes to Smallville looking for support in his re-election campaign, but is framed for the murder of his mistress, requiring Lois to go…
- Episode 7: Splinter Nov 10, 2005 · 43m Clark gives into paranoid delusions brought on by exposure to new "silver" kryptonite, and Professor Fine is the only one who can save him... before he kills Lana.
- Episode 8: Solitude Nov 17, 2005 · 41m 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…
- Episode 9: Lexmas Dec 8, 2005 · 42m Lex is given an envelope with damaging information that will destroy Jonathan's life and must decide whether he will use it as it will also bring harm to Clark and Martha. Before he can…
- Episode 10: Fanatic Jan 12, 2006 · 42m The Senatorial race between Jonathan and Lex heats up when Jonathan receives an anonymous threat warning him to drop out of the election. When Clark finds Jonathan badly beaten he…
- Episode 11: Lockdown Jan 19, 2006 · 41m Lex and Lana are at the mercy of a deranged Smallville deputy who plans to keep them captive until Lex reveals the location of the Kryptonian spaceship. Meanwhile, the Kents can't see…
- Episode 12: Reckoning Jan 26, 2006 · 43m Clark reveals his secret to Lana, Jonathan and Lex learn the results of the senatorial election, and there is a tragic car accident on the highway that takes the life of someone Clark…
- Episode 13: Vengeance Feb 2, 2006 · 41m Clark discovers that the new assistant at the Daily Planet, a bespectacled, bumbling woman named Andrea, is actually a mysterious female vigilante who stalks Suicide Slum. Her path crosses…
- Episode 14: Tomb Feb 9, 2006 · 40m Chloe is possessed by the spirit of a young girl whose body is sealed in the Talon's walls, and goes searching for the girl's killer while Clark and Lois try to track her down.
- Episode 15: Cyborg Feb 16, 2006 · 41m Clark finds himself up against Lex when he befriends Victor Stone, a half-machine, half-human subject who escapes from LuthorCorp with the aid of a sympathetic doctor.
- Episode 16: Hypnotic Mar 30, 2006 · 42m 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…
- Episode 17: Void Apr 6, 2006 · 40m Distraught over her break-up with Clark, Lana goes to a rogue medical student who experiments with a dangerous kryptonite-based serum that allows people to flat-line but see their dead…
- Episode 18: Fragile Apr 13, 2006 · 42m 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…
- Episode 19: Mercy Apr 20, 2006 · 43m Lionel is taken hostage by a masked man who forces him to play elaborate games for the prize of staying alive. Martha goes to confront Lionel after Clark tells her Lionel knows his secret…
- Episode 20: Fade Apr 27, 2006 · 42m Clark saves a man who in gratitude decides to help Clark in return...by using his ability to turn invisible and his skill as a hitman to kill Lex so Clark can reunite with Lana. And Clark…
- Episode 21: Oracle May 4, 2006 · 42m Clark and Martha are both visited by Jonathan's ghost, who warns them about Lionel and claims that Clark must kill him to stop him. Meanwhile Fine will do whatever it takes to get the…
- Episode 22: Vessel May 11, 2006 · 44m Professor Fine has unleashed a virus that will kill millions. Clark must put a stop to him, while Lex wonders what happens when he will tell Lana his newest secret.