The BEST episodes of Smallville season 2

Every episode of Smallville season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Smallville season 2!

Superman's teen years as Clark Kent find him agonizing over his shy, uncertain persona while dealing with his evolving powers and an infatuation with classmate Lana Lang.

Last Updated: 11/12/2024Network: The CWStatus: Ended
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Ryan
star
8.04
879 votes

#1 - Ryan

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/2002

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.

Directors: Terrence O'Hara
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Rosetta
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7.94
984 votes

#2 - Rosetta

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/25/2003

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.

Directors: James Marshall
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Exodus (2)
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7.91
829 votes

#3 - Exodus (2)

Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/20/2003

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.

Directors: Greg Beeman
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Vortex
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7.85
963 votes

#4 - Vortex

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/2002

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.

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Insurgence
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7.74
858 votes

#5 - Insurgence

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/21/2003

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.

Directors: James Marshall
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Red
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7.73
1030 votes

#6 - Red

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/2002

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.

Directors: Jeff Woolnough
Writer: Jeph Loeb
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Visage
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7.71
851 votes

#7 - Visage

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/14/2003

Whitney returns to Smallville, eager to start back up where he left off with Lana. But everything isn't what it seems...

Directors: Bill Gereghty
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Duplicity
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7.63
992 votes

#8 - Duplicity

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/2002

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.

Directors: Steve Miner
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Rush
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7.59
942 votes

#9 - Rush

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/4/2003

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.

Directors: Rick Rosenthal
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Calling (1)
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7.56
861 votes

#10 - Calling (1)

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/13/2003

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.

Directors: Terrence O'Hara
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Prodigal
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7.51
942 votes

#11 - Prodigal

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/11/2003

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.

Directors: Greg Beeman
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Fever
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7.50
966 votes

#12 - Fever

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/18/2003

Martha catches a lungful of kryptonite-irradiated spores and a weakened Clark is her only hope for survival.

Directors: Bill Gereghty
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Lineage
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7.50
903 votes

#13 - Lineage

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/2002

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.

Directors: Kenneth Biller
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Skinwalker
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7.50
840 votes

#14 - Skinwalker

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/26/2002

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.

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Accelerate
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7.47
808 votes

#15 - Accelerate

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/6/2003

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.

Directors: James Marshall
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Heat
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7.46
996 votes

#16 - Heat

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/2002

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.

Directors: James Marshall
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Suspect
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7.39
889 votes

#17 - Suspect

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/28/2003

Lionel is shot in the manor, and Jonathan is the prime suspect.

Directors: Kenneth Biller
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Dichotic
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7.38
907 votes

#18 - Dichotic

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/2002

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.

Directors: Craig Zisk
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Witness
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7.25
864 votes

#19 - Witness

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/29/2003

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.

Directors: Rick Wallace
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Nocturne
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7.25
935 votes

#20 - Nocturne

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/2002

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.

Directors: Rick Wallace
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Redux
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7.25
925 votes

#21 - Redux

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/2002

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.

Directors: Chris Long
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Precipice
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7.15
873 votes

#22 - Precipice

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/22/2003

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.

Directors: Thomas J. Wright
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Visitor
star
7.12
833 votes

#23 - Visitor

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/15/2003

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.

Directors: Rick Rosenthal
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