Tom Welling - Smallville Season 4 Appreciation Thread #2: "What makes you think I'm destined to do anything?"

**eternalfate** · 05-03-2018, 09:30 AM

Episodes

Crusade
Directed by Greg Beeman | Written by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar | Originally aired September 22, 2004
Clark Kent returns to Smallville as Kal-El; intent on fulfilling his destiny, Kal-El takes to the skies to steal a powerful Kryptonian stone which was in the possession of Lex Luthor. Dr. Swann's emissary Bridgette Crosby (Margot Kidder) arrives to help Martha, who learns about a new form of kryptonite called Black Krytonite. Lois Lane comes to town to investigate the death of her cousin Chloe. Lana is shown in Paris with a new boyfriend, Jason Teague (Jensen Ackles), and Jonathan Kent lies in a coma. Martha uses the Black Kryptonite to help Clark retrieve his past self. Lana sees a symbol on her back which is similar to one on the tombstone of Countess Margaret Isobel Thoreaux.

Gone
Directed by James Marshall | Written by Kelly Souders & Brian Peterson | Originally aired September 29, 2004
Clark and Lois Lane investigate Chloe's apparent death, but are stopped by Lois's father General Sam Lane (Michael Ironside). Lois suspects he knows more about Chloe's death than he is letting on, and tries to find out more. Discovering that Lex has been keeping her in hiding, Clark tries to find Chloe before Lionel's assassin, the metal-morphing Trent MacGowan (James Bell), can really kill her.

Facade
Directed by Pat Williams | Written by Holly Harold | Originally aired October 6, 2004
Lana's boyfriend, Jason Teague, having followed her to Smallville, takes a position as the assistant football coach. The two try keeping their romance a secret from the school, and also Clark. Abby Fine (Brianna Brown), a student with a bad case of acne, turns to plastic surgery at the hands of her mother Dr. Elise Brown (Julianne Christie) to enhance her looks and boost her popularity. Things go awry when she discovers that her kryptonite-enhanced beauty causes harm to anyone she kisses. Lois finds out what happened and is nearly put through the same experiments by Dr. Brown before.

Devoted
Directed by David Carson | Written by Luke Schelhaas | Originally aired October 13, 2004
The cheerleading squad consisting of Mandy (Amanda Walsh), Mara (Moneca Delain), Mary (Lisa Marie Caruk), and Rhonda (Chelane Simmons) spike the football player's drinks with a kryptonite-enhanced love potion. The result allows Clark to become the starting quarterback for the school. It also causes Chloe to passionately kiss Clark and sends a jealous Jason after Clark. Clark and Lois investigate and uncover the truth, and the key to removing the trance. With the information found by Lois, Clark causes extreme heat to bust open the steam pipes in order to negate the love potions.

Run
Directed by David Barrett | Written by Steven S. DeKnight | Originally aired October 20, 2004
Clark attempts to track down Bart Allen (Kyle Gallner), a thief who stole Jonathan's wallet, but he's faster than Clark. Later, Bart arrives at the farm to make amends. Lex buys a manuscript with Kryptonian symbols, and Clark discovers that it contains a hidden map to one of the Kryptonian stones. When Bart steals the manuscript, he inadvertently puts Clark's life in danger and must make the decision to save Clark or himself.

Transference
Directed by James Marshall | Written by Todd Slavkin & Darren Swimmer | Originally aired October 27, 2004
One of the stones begins calling to Clark, who speeds to the prison where Lionel is held. When he sees Lionel attempt to stab Lex with the stone, Clark grabs for it, causing the two men to switch bodies. Learning his new body has super powers, Lionel immediately begins wreaking havoc in Smallville. Trapped behind bars without his powers, Clark tries to figure out a way to get his body and powers back in order to save his friends and family.

Jinx
Directed by Paul Shapiro | Written by Mark Warshaw | Originally aired November 3, 2004
Foreign-exchange student Mikhail Mxyzptlk (Trent Ford) has the power of persuasion, and uses it to fix sporting events. Clark and Chloe try to figure out how he is controlling everyone. Mikhail makes a bet with Lex to keep his citizenship, but Clark and Chloe discover his weakness, preventing him from controlling the game. With his powers lost, Mikhail surrenders to Lex, but Lex decides to take him to a secret lab, 33.1, where he hopes Mikhail will regain his ability.

Spell
Directed by Jeannot Szwarc | Written by Steven S. DeKnight | Originally aired November 10, 2004
In France during the 1600s, Margaret Isobel Thoreaux (Kristin Kreuk in a dual role) and her fellow witches Madelyn Hibbins (Lara Gilchrist) and Brianna Withridge (Melanie Papalia) are burned at the stake. After Lana reads from a spell book, she becomes possessed by the spirit Isobel; Chloe and Lois also become possessed by the ghosts of Madelyn and Brianna. The three witches seek revenge for their burning, as well as the Kryptonian stones. Clark attempts to stop the witches, but they strip him of his powers, shackle and torture him, and force him to reveal the location of the stone he hid in the cave. Eventually, however, Clark is freed by Jason Teague and confronts the witches in the cave. There, he regains his powers and uses his heat-vision to destroy the spell book and free Lana, Lois, and Chloe from possession.

Bound
Directed by Terrence O'Hara | Written by Luke Schelhaas | Originally aired November 17, 2004
Lex is accused of killing a young woman and Clark sets out to prove his innocence. Swearing he is a changed man, Lionel offers Clark insight into the crime, but he asks for something in return. Meanwhile, Lana meets Jason's mother Genevieve Teague (Jane Seymour) and has a vivid flashback of the day Isobel, Madelyn, and Brianna were burned at the stake, leading her to suspect that Jason's mother was there when she got her tattoo.

Scare
Directed by David Carson | Written by Kelly Souders & Brian Peterson | Originally aired December 1, 2004
Lex's secret experiment at LuthorCorp goes awry and causes a dangerous toxin to be released into Smallville. Those infected by the toxin, including Jonathan, Martha, Lana, Chloe, Lex, and Jason, imagine their greatest fears come true and then fall into a coma. Desperate to find a cure, Clark heats up the vials containing a cure while Lex is not looking. With the cure heated to the correct temperature, Lex does something unexpected with the unproven antidote.

Unsafe
Directed by Greg Beeman | Written by Steven S. DeKnight & Jeph Loeb | Originally aired January 26, 2005
Claiming to be cured, Alicia Baker (Sarah Carter) is released from Belle Reve Sanitarium and returns to Smallville. Initially skeptical of Alicia, Clark finds himself enjoying a relationship with someone who knows his secret. When she pushes for more, he hesitates, causing her to use red kryptonite to remove his inhibitions. A morally-challenged Clark emerges and whisks Alicia off to get married. Lana attempts to have sex with Jason in an effort to win him back.

Pariah
Directed by Paul Shapiro | Written by Holly Harold | Originally aired February 2, 2005
Clark has concerns after Alicia becomes the prime suspect in a brutal attack against Lana and Jason. Initially defending Alicia, Clark begins to think differently as the evidence begins to pile up. Hurt, Alicia tricks Clark into unknowingly revealing his powers to Chloe. Afterward, Clark finds Alicia murdered by the sand-powered Tim Westcott (Derek Hamilton) who was truly responsible for the attacks. Clark is deeply affected, as he held strong feelings for her. Jason's mother returns to town with an offer for Lex.

Recruit
Directed by Jeannot Szwarc | Written by Todd Slavkin & Darren Swimmer | February 9, 2005
In an effort to recruit Clark for their football team, Metropolis University sends their star player Geoff Johns (Chris Carmack) to show Clark the perks of attending Met U. However, after one of Metropolis University's players dies under mysterious circumstances, and Lois is arrested for his murder due to a previous altercation with him, Clark discovers that Geoff has super powers and is using them to paralyze anyone who gets in his way, including Lois. Clark subdues Geoff and rescues Lois who is then cleared of all charges. Meanwhile, Chloe attempts to learn more about Clark's secret.

Krypto
Directed by James Marshall | Written by Luke Schelhaas | February 16, 2005
While driving, Lois accidentally hits a dog and brings it back to the farm. Clark realizes it's not an ordinary dog when it drags a tractor across the lawn. Clark and Lois learn the dog was stolen from an aborted LuthorCorp experiment and was now being used by two brothers (Diego Klattenhoff and Nolan Gerard Funk) to commit crimes. Lex lets Clark keep the dog, whom Martha named Shelby. Meanwhile, Lana questions Jason's involvement in his mother's schemes.

Sacred
Directed by Brad Turner | Written by Kelly Souders & Brian Peterson | Originally aired February 23, 2005
After learning that Jason and Lex are in China searching for one of the Kryptonian stones, Clark and Lana follow in the hopes of finding it first. Clark finds an artifact that leads them to the stone, but he must battle Isobel Thoreaux, the witch who possessed Lana, who has returned to take the stone for herself. Lex has more information on the stones than he is letting on.

Lucy
Directed by David Barrett | Story by : Neil Sadhu, Teleplay by : Neil Sadhu & Daniel Sulzberg | Originally aired March 2, 2005
Lois's younger sister, Lucy (Peyton List), comes to town and charms everyone she meets. However, Clark discovers a darker side to Lucy, after he catches her stealing money from the Talon, and forces her to reveal the truth about her sudden appearance in Smallville. Meanwhile, the stone from Shanghai disappears from Lana's apartment and Jason accuses Lionel of stealing it.

Onyx
Directed by Terrence O'Hara | Written by Steven S. DeKnight | Originally aired April 13, 2005
A glimpse of the future Lex Luthor is revealed after a kryptonite explosion splits Lex in two: Alexander and his evil side Lex are released. Lex immediately imprisons Alexander in the mansion, and tries to kill Clark and Chloe. After discovering Clark's secret, he attempts to persuade Clark to join him. Clark uses black kryptonite to force the two Lexes back together.

Spirit
Directed by Whitney Ransick | Written by Luke Schelhaas | Originally aired April 20, 2005
A stunned Chloe is nominated for Prom Queen, and tries to talk a reluctant Clark and Lana into attending the dance with her that Lifehouse will be performing at. After Chloe's snobbish rival Dawn Stiles (Beatrice Rosen) crashes her own car into a ravine filled with kryptonite, Dawn's ghost is released, allowing her to commandeer the body of anyone she comes into contact with. With this ability she has Lana ask Clark to be her date, gets Lois to attend the prom, and forces Chloe to attempt to set the school on fire. When she possesses Clark, Jonathan shows up with kryptonite per Clark's warning, which exorcises Dawn.

Blank
Directed by Jeannot Szwarc | Written by Kelly Souders & Brian Peterson | Originally aired April 27, 2005
Kevin Grady (Jonathan Bennett), a boy who can cause people to lose their recent memory, turns his powers on Clark and causes him to have total amnesia. Chloe discovers what has happened and must teach Clark about his superpowers while simultaneously trying to keep him from accidentally revealing them to others, leading her to get captured by Dr. Lawrence Grady (Tom Butler). Without his memory, Clark meets and falls in love with Lana again. Lex takes advantage and convinces Clark to reveal the cave secrets. When Clark regains his memory (minus the days he had amnesia) and rescues Chloe from Dr. Grady, Lois and Sheriff Adams show up to witness Clark's super-strength. Kevin erases the memories of Lois, Sheriff Adams, and Chloe. Dr. Grady is arrested as Kevin takes his leave.

Ageless
Directed by Steven S. DeKnight | Written by Steven S. DeKnight | Originally aired May 4, 2005
Clark and Lana discover an abandoned baby (Owen and Elizabeth Stewart) in the cornfield and take him back to the Kent farm. However, once the baby ages from a newborn to a seven-year-old (Colin Ford) to a sixteen-year-old (Jeffrey Ballard) in a matter of days, the two realise he is aging at a rapid rate and frantically search for a cure before the disease kills him.

Forever
Directed by James Marshall | Written by Brian Peterson & Kelly Souders | Originally aired May 11, 2005
Clark must stop the school photographer Brendan Nash (Steven Grayhm) after he sets up a secret simulated high school and begins kidnapping students to keep the glory days of high school going forever. Clark finds that Brendan can freeze anyone with his touch, trapping them as a wax sculpture. When Brendan tries to do the same thing to Clark, it turns against Brendan causing him to turn to wax himself. After he falls and shatters, the others he had frozen in wax become freed. Lex and Lionel are kidnapped and tortured by the Teagues in an effort to find the Kryptonian stone. However, after Genevieve realizes Lana has it, she decides to put an end to the hunt once and for all. Lex and Lionel escape and Lionel seemingly kills Jason before he can reveal a secret to Lex. Jonathan attempts to convince Clark to pursue a life away from the farm.

Commencement
Directed by Greg Beeman | Written by Todd Slavkin & Darren Swimmer | Originally aired May 18, 2005
Genevieve confronts Lana, but Isobel takes control and kills Genevieve, subsequently releasing Lana from possession. As a result of using a Kryptonian stone to kill a person, a menace comes to Smallville (under the guise of a second meteor shower that threatens the town) and Clark is forced to listen to Jor-El and retrieve all of the stones at once. As Jonathan and Martha prepare to evacuate, Jason arrives and holds them at gunpoint demanding to know where Clark is so he can find the stones, but a meteor crashes into the house, burying them all in rubble. Clark races across town to retrieve the Kryptonian stones and puts them all together in the cave. Lex forces Chloe to accompany him to the caves where they see Clark standing in a blinding light. Lana's helicopter crashes next to a newly arrived spaceship, and Clark is transported to the Arctic.