Top 10 Smallville Episodes (Picspam)
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emeraldstagTo celebrate the series finale I thought up a series of top 10 lists. Last week's Blogger downtime kept me from getting to this until now and my lack of making animated gifs turned this into a picspam that I had a lot more fun doing anyway (thanks for the idea ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
indefiance!). Here's my top 10 best episodes of Smallville. Enjoy!
2.16 "Fever" - Martha and Clark fall ill to a kryptonite illness. Martha is declared pregnant. Chloe reads her love letter to Clark.
3.06 "Relic" - Clark relives the memories of Jor-El when he visited Smallville 40 years before.
4.01 "Crusade" - Kal-El arrives at Smallville. So does Lois Lane, and Bridgette Crosby played by Margot Kidder.
5.09 "Lexmas" - Lex is shot and shown by the ghost of his mother what his life could be like if he gets out from under Lionel.
6.11 "Justice" - The first team outing by the superheroes on the show, a flash of the league that is in their future.
10) 6.12 "Labyrinth"
An episode could not have a better premise. Clark is knocked out on the farm and wakes up in a mental hospital where he is told that he's suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and the entire life he remembers is actually an elaborate fantasy he created. He escapes and finds a world where Lana chose him and they had been dating since their freshman year; Martha was married to Lionel; Lex in a wheelchair from swerving away from the delusional Clark on the bridge; And Chloe was also crazy and an escapee. Plus, in the end John Jones and Shelby save the day! SO CRAZY.
9) 4.12 "Pariah"
In one of the most monumental episodes of the series, Clark's teleporting girlfriend Alicia is backed into a corner when Jason and Lana are attacked and all signs point towards her being the culprit. When Clark stops defending her and begins to suspect, a hurt Alicia lashes out by forcing Clark to unknowingly reveal his powers to Chloe. The real bad guy behind the attacks chooses to attack Alicia next and Clark finds her dead, leading to an emotional and rageful Clark who strikes back but has to be talked down by Lois before he kills in return. SO SHOCKING.
8) 4.19 "Blank"
This episode works well with "Pariah" in showing how the bonds of Clark and Chloe's friendship had grown in leaps and bounds since she learned of his abilities when Clark has total amnesia and Chloe looks after him and teaches him about his powers. Then Clark falls in love with Lana all over again, Lex uses Clark's vulnerability to find out more about the Kawatche Caves and Chloe is put into harms way leading Clark to save her in front of Lois and the Sheriff but also regaining his memory. The best part is Chloe's remark at the end of the episode that the only different thing Clark did while amnesiac was to trust her. SO HONEST.
7) 10.04 "Homecoming"
It was hard to pick a season 10 episode since several were excellent, but the 200th had a nice remembrance of the show's history and future thanks to a trip through time with our guide, Brainiac 5. There are flashbacks to Lana and Chloe from the pilot, and the Jonathan/Lionel fight and funeral from "Reckoning" - the series' 100th episode. Also the return of Greg Arkin, the reformed villain from season 1's "Metamorphosis" (although the fact he killed his mother seems to have been brushed over). But the icing on the cake was Clark's trip to the future that gave the show a taste of a world with Superman and having Clark meet his future self and saving future Lois. SO LEGENDARY.
6) 1.01 Pilot
A top 10 would not be complete without the episode that started it all, introducing the town of Smallville and its inhabitants. Jonathan and Martha Kent; their adopted son, Clark and his best friends Pete Ross and Chloe Sullivan; Clark's crush Lana Lang and her boyfriend Whitney Fordman; And the destined first encounter between Clark and Lex Luthor, the infamous heir to the Luthor fortune. SO EPIC.
5) 3.08 "Shattered"
This episode I think was the point of no return for Clark and Lex's friendship when Clark sacrificed Lex's wellbeing to protect his secret. As Lex seeks revenge for the death of his grandparents, Morgan Edge and Lionel decide to break Lex's already fragile psyche and Lex begins to unravel under Clark's watch. His paranoia leads to Lana being struck by a spooked horse, but Clark discovers Lex has indeed been drugged and heads for a showdown with Edge and Lex. Clark saves Lex by pushing him out of the way of Edge's oncoming car, but speeds off while Lex is dragged off to a sanitarium. SO PAINFUL.
4) 8.14 "Requiem"
The last episode featuring Lana Lang. While at the time the show certainly felt awkward during the period of Lana's return during Season 8, looking back I am glad that the character got a chance for a better goodbye than S7 where the writer's strike and Kristin Kreuk's filming of the Street Fighter movie cut heavily into her presence the second half of the season. And what a goodbye this was. An explosion at Luthorcorp;the demise of Lex Luthor at the hands of Oliver Queen; Lana Lang saving the Clark and the city of Metropolis by absorbing all the Kryptonite in a bomb - so much that she radiates the K, making a life with Clark impossible (That goodbye scene in the loft was so emotional); And Oliver blackmailing Chloe when she discovers he killed Lex (Something apparently forgotten in the big Chlollie push. Another item that was forgotten: Oliver's Jet! I remember that being a staple of S8 and then never again). SO SAD.
3) 5.12 Reckoning
The 100th episode of the series saw Clark play with time and suffer the consequences. Clark finally tells Lana everything and proposes, Jonathan wins the Senatorial election and Lex chases Lana into a fatal accident that sent shockwaves through Smallville. In his grief, Clark pleaded with Jor-El to help him and he did, with the warning that another life would end in the stead of Lana Lang's. That life would turn out to belong to Jonathan Kent, who after winning the election meets up with Lionel and fights with him, the exertion straining his heart and he stumbles out of the Kent Barn where he collapses in the arms of Clark and Martha. SO EMOTIONAL.
2) 7.16 "Descent"
I might argue that this episode was the best from Season 7 and how I liked to picture as the last episode of Smallville had Season 7 been the last because of how underwhelming "Artic" felt. We see Lex taking the final steps into the world of evil as in his pursuit for the Traveler, he kills Lionel, fires Chloe from the Daily Planet and destroys his conscience. Clark learns what Lionel had wanted to tell him before he and Lex face off at Lionel's grave. SO GOOD.
1) 2.17 "Rosetta"
And my favorite episode of the series, comes with the guest starring debut of Christopher Reeve as Dr. Virgil Swann, a reclusive physicist who has insights to Clark's heritage. Clark dreams of flying, the key calls out to him and when he puts it into the recess in the Kawatche Caves he is hit with a burst of light that gained him the knowledge of the Kryptonian language. Lana finds out about Chloe's lingering feelings for Clark but in the end they make up when Chloe declares Lana her sister. Swann tells Clark about Krypton and the messages left for him the day of the meteor shower. And then Clark inserts the key into the spaceship while Jonathan is watching and it opens, revealing another message that Clark finds uneasy. SO GAME CHANGING.
indefiance!). Here's my top 10 best episodes of Smallville. Enjoy!2.16 "Fever" - Martha and Clark fall ill to a kryptonite illness. Martha is declared pregnant. Chloe reads her love letter to Clark.
3.06 "Relic" - Clark relives the memories of Jor-El when he visited Smallville 40 years before.
4.01 "Crusade" - Kal-El arrives at Smallville. So does Lois Lane, and Bridgette Crosby played by Margot Kidder.
5.09 "Lexmas" - Lex is shot and shown by the ghost of his mother what his life could be like if he gets out from under Lionel.
6.11 "Justice" - The first team outing by the superheroes on the show, a flash of the league that is in their future.
10) 6.12 "Labyrinth"
An episode could not have a better premise. Clark is knocked out on the farm and wakes up in a mental hospital where he is told that he's suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and the entire life he remembers is actually an elaborate fantasy he created. He escapes and finds a world where Lana chose him and they had been dating since their freshman year; Martha was married to Lionel; Lex in a wheelchair from swerving away from the delusional Clark on the bridge; And Chloe was also crazy and an escapee. Plus, in the end John Jones and Shelby save the day! SO CRAZY.
9) 4.12 "Pariah"
In one of the most monumental episodes of the series, Clark's teleporting girlfriend Alicia is backed into a corner when Jason and Lana are attacked and all signs point towards her being the culprit. When Clark stops defending her and begins to suspect, a hurt Alicia lashes out by forcing Clark to unknowingly reveal his powers to Chloe. The real bad guy behind the attacks chooses to attack Alicia next and Clark finds her dead, leading to an emotional and rageful Clark who strikes back but has to be talked down by Lois before he kills in return. SO SHOCKING.
8) 4.19 "Blank"
This episode works well with "Pariah" in showing how the bonds of Clark and Chloe's friendship had grown in leaps and bounds since she learned of his abilities when Clark has total amnesia and Chloe looks after him and teaches him about his powers. Then Clark falls in love with Lana all over again, Lex uses Clark's vulnerability to find out more about the Kawatche Caves and Chloe is put into harms way leading Clark to save her in front of Lois and the Sheriff but also regaining his memory. The best part is Chloe's remark at the end of the episode that the only different thing Clark did while amnesiac was to trust her. SO HONEST.
7) 10.04 "Homecoming"
It was hard to pick a season 10 episode since several were excellent, but the 200th had a nice remembrance of the show's history and future thanks to a trip through time with our guide, Brainiac 5. There are flashbacks to Lana and Chloe from the pilot, and the Jonathan/Lionel fight and funeral from "Reckoning" - the series' 100th episode. Also the return of Greg Arkin, the reformed villain from season 1's "Metamorphosis" (although the fact he killed his mother seems to have been brushed over). But the icing on the cake was Clark's trip to the future that gave the show a taste of a world with Superman and having Clark meet his future self and saving future Lois. SO LEGENDARY.
6) 1.01 Pilot
A top 10 would not be complete without the episode that started it all, introducing the town of Smallville and its inhabitants. Jonathan and Martha Kent; their adopted son, Clark and his best friends Pete Ross and Chloe Sullivan; Clark's crush Lana Lang and her boyfriend Whitney Fordman; And the destined first encounter between Clark and Lex Luthor, the infamous heir to the Luthor fortune. SO EPIC.
5) 3.08 "Shattered"
This episode I think was the point of no return for Clark and Lex's friendship when Clark sacrificed Lex's wellbeing to protect his secret. As Lex seeks revenge for the death of his grandparents, Morgan Edge and Lionel decide to break Lex's already fragile psyche and Lex begins to unravel under Clark's watch. His paranoia leads to Lana being struck by a spooked horse, but Clark discovers Lex has indeed been drugged and heads for a showdown with Edge and Lex. Clark saves Lex by pushing him out of the way of Edge's oncoming car, but speeds off while Lex is dragged off to a sanitarium. SO PAINFUL.
4) 8.14 "Requiem"
The last episode featuring Lana Lang. While at the time the show certainly felt awkward during the period of Lana's return during Season 8, looking back I am glad that the character got a chance for a better goodbye than S7 where the writer's strike and Kristin Kreuk's filming of the Street Fighter movie cut heavily into her presence the second half of the season. And what a goodbye this was. An explosion at Luthorcorp;the demise of Lex Luthor at the hands of Oliver Queen; Lana Lang saving the Clark and the city of Metropolis by absorbing all the Kryptonite in a bomb - so much that she radiates the K, making a life with Clark impossible (That goodbye scene in the loft was so emotional); And Oliver blackmailing Chloe when she discovers he killed Lex (Something apparently forgotten in the big Chlollie push. Another item that was forgotten: Oliver's Jet! I remember that being a staple of S8 and then never again). SO SAD.
3) 5.12 Reckoning
The 100th episode of the series saw Clark play with time and suffer the consequences. Clark finally tells Lana everything and proposes, Jonathan wins the Senatorial election and Lex chases Lana into a fatal accident that sent shockwaves through Smallville. In his grief, Clark pleaded with Jor-El to help him and he did, with the warning that another life would end in the stead of Lana Lang's. That life would turn out to belong to Jonathan Kent, who after winning the election meets up with Lionel and fights with him, the exertion straining his heart and he stumbles out of the Kent Barn where he collapses in the arms of Clark and Martha. SO EMOTIONAL.
2) 7.16 "Descent"
I might argue that this episode was the best from Season 7 and how I liked to picture as the last episode of Smallville had Season 7 been the last because of how underwhelming "Artic" felt. We see Lex taking the final steps into the world of evil as in his pursuit for the Traveler, he kills Lionel, fires Chloe from the Daily Planet and destroys his conscience. Clark learns what Lionel had wanted to tell him before he and Lex face off at Lionel's grave. SO GOOD.
1) 2.17 "Rosetta"
And my favorite episode of the series, comes with the guest starring debut of Christopher Reeve as Dr. Virgil Swann, a reclusive physicist who has insights to Clark's heritage. Clark dreams of flying, the key calls out to him and when he puts it into the recess in the Kawatche Caves he is hit with a burst of light that gained him the knowledge of the Kryptonian language. Lana finds out about Chloe's lingering feelings for Clark but in the end they make up when Chloe declares Lana her sister. Swann tells Clark about Krypton and the messages left for him the day of the meteor shower. And then Clark inserts the key into the spaceship while Jonathan is watching and it opens, revealing another message that Clark finds uneasy. SO GAME CHANGING.
