Smallville: Season 2

2002 · 23 episodes · ★ 8.2

What Season 2 of Smallville

Season two opens with Clark Kent starting a new school year with a newly discovered ability: heat vision. His new weakness is red kryptonite, and he has already confided his secret to Pete, who is growing closer to the Kent family. Clark keeps facing villains affected by green kryptonite, but his search for his origins takes up much of the plot. Lex fights with his father for control of LuthorCorp while falling in love with Dr. Helen Bryce. Lana discovers her biological father, and Chloe tries to sort out her feelings for Clark and for Lana.

23episodes

Sep 24, 2002premiered

May 20, 2003latest episode

16.3 hrtotal runtime

Season 2 Episodes

2x01 Vortex
Sep 24, 2002 · 42 min · ★ 8.5
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 is wracked with guilt over his critically injured father.
Directing: Greg Beeman · Writing: Philip Levens · Starring: Tom O'Brien, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Julian Christopher, Jerry Wasserman
2x02 Heat
Oct 1, 2002 · 43 min · ★ 8.2
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 alterior motive, but that she's coming on to Clark too.
Directing: James Marshall · Writing: Mark Verheiden · Starring: Krista Allen, Mitchell Kosterman, Shawn Reis
2x03 Duplicity
Oct 8, 2002 · 42 min · ★ 8.1
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 with Nell and her plans to remarry while Lex and Lionel adjust to life together.
Directing: Steve Miner · Writing: Darren Swimmer, Todd Slavkin · Starring: Andrew Jackson, Michael Kopsa, Joe Morton, Cam Cronin
2x04 Red
Oct 15, 2002 · 43 min · ★ 8.3
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 and his father have some issues to resolve when Lionel starts taking over the manor.
Directing: Jeff Woolnough · Writing: Jeph Loeb · Starring: Garwin Sanford, Brad Loree, Sara Downing, Michael Tomlinson
2x05 Nocturne
Oct 22, 2002 · 42 min · ★ 7.2
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.
Directing: Rick Wallace · Writing: Brian Peterson, Kelly Souders · Starring: Gwynyth Walsh, Sean Faris, Richard Moll, Mitchell Kosterman
2x06 Redux
Oct 29, 2002 · 40 min · ★ 7.5
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 the new principal puts his foot down.
Directing: Chris Long · Writing: Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner · Starring: Maggie Lawson, Fulvio Cecere, Neil Grayston, Jesse Hutch
2x07 Lineage
Nov 5, 2002 · 43 min · ★ 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.
Directing: Greg Beeman · Writing: Kenneth Biller · Starring: Blair Brown, Patrick Cassidy, Mitchell Kosterman, Malkolm Alburquenque
2x08 Ryan
Nov 12, 2002 · 43 min · ★ 8.6
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 runs afoul of the mayor.
Directing: Terrence O'Hara · Writing: Philip Levens · Starring: Ryan Kelley, Martin Cummins, William B. Davis, Mark Gibbon
2x09 Dichotic
Nov 19, 2002 · 42 min · ★ 8.0
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 attractive local doctor.
Directing: Craig Zisk · Writing: Mark Verheiden · Starring: Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Emmanuelle Vaugier, David Richmond-Peck, Serge Houde
2x10 Skinwalker
Nov 26, 2002 · 41 min · ★ 7.8
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 creature is attacking the local Lexcorp construction project, and Martha and Lionel may be the next victims.
Directing: Marita Grabiak · Writing: Brian Peterson, Kelly Souders · Starring: Amara Zaragoza, Gordon Tootoosis, Michael Tiernan, Patrick Cassidy
2x11 Visage
Jan 14, 2003 · 43 min · ★ 8.4
Whitney returns to Smallville, eager to start back up where he left off with Lana. But everything isn't what it seems...
Directing: Bill Gereghity · Writing: Darren Swimmer, Todd Slavkin · Starring: Eric Johnson, Lizzy Caplan, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Santo Lombardo
2x12 Insurgence
Jan 21, 2003 · 44 min · ★ 8.7
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.
Directing: James Marshall · Writing: Kenneth Biller, Jeph Loeb · Starring: Kevin Gage, Colin Cunningham, Paul McGillion, Dagmar Midcap
2x13 Suspect
Jan 28, 2003 · 42 min · ★ 8.1
Lionel is shot in the manor, and Jonathan is the prime suspect.
Directing: Greg Beeman · Writing: Philip Levens, Mark Verheiden · Starring: Eric Keenleyside, Jason Connery, Barclay Hope, Patrick Cassidy
2x14 Rush
Feb 4, 2003 · 42 min · ★ 7.8
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.
Directing: Rick Rosenthal · Writing: Darren Swimmer, Todd Slavkin · Starring: Shaun Sipos, Luciana Carro, Haig Sutherland, Rob LaBelle
2x15 Prodigal
Feb 11, 2003 · 43 min · ★ 8.1
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 himself ousted from his own company.
Directing: Greg Beeman · Writing: Brian Peterson, Kelly Souders · Starring: Colin Foo, Zen Lim, Paul Wesley, Vannessa Zwez
2x16 Fever
Feb 18, 2003 · 43 min · ★ 8.4
Martha catches a lungful of kryptonite-irradiated spores and a weakened Clark is her only hope for survival.
Directing: William Gereghty · Writing: Matt Okumura · Starring: Sean Millington, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Craig Veroni, Michael David Simms
2x17 Rosetta
Feb 25, 2003 · 43 min · ★ 9.0
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 into an argument about Clark.
Directing: James Marshall · Writing: Miles Millar, Alfred Gough · Starring: Joe MacLeod, Barclay Hope, Rob LaBelle, Christopher Reeve
2x18 Visitor
Apr 15, 2003 · 42 min · ★ 8.0
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 the mansion that holds his investigation of Clark's secrets.
Directing: Rick Rosenthal · Writing: Philip Levens · Starring: Chad Faust, Kris Pope, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Kwesi Ameyaw
2x19 Precipice
Apr 22, 2003 · 43 min · ★ 7.7
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 out of the lawsuit. Meanwhile, Helen's obsessive ex-boyfriend comes to Smallville to win her back but when she turns him down, he stabs her, prompting Lex to take the law into his own hands.
Directing: Thomas J. Wright · Writing: Clint Carpenter · Starring: P.J. Prinsloo, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Michael Adamthwaite, Julian Christopher
2x20 Witness
Apr 29, 2003 · 41 min · ★ 7.6
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.
Directing: Rick Wallace · Writing: Mark Verheiden · Starring: Zachery Ty Bryan, Woody Jeffreys, Patrick Cassidy, Eileen Pedde
2x21 Accelerate
May 6, 2003 · 44 min · ★ 8.3
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 wedding.
Directing: James Marshall · Writing: Brian Peterson, Kelly Souders · Starring: Jodelle Ferland, Neil Flynn, Camille Mitchell, Ingrid Torrance
2x22 Calling
May 13, 2003 · 43 min · ★ 8.5
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 wedding.
Directing: Terrence O'Hara · Writing: Kenneth Biller · Starring: Emmanuelle Vaugier, Sandra Ferens, Rob LaBelle, David James Lewis
2x23 Exodus Season Finale
May 20, 2003 · 43 min · ★ 9.0
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 marriage, and Chloe considers Lionel's offer to investigate Clark.
Directing: Greg Beeman · Writing: Miles Millar, Alfred Gough · Starring: Arnie Walters, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Dan Payne, Rekha Sharma