5.09 Lexmas
LEX IS VISITED BY THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS FUTURE – 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 decide what to do, Lex is shot and falls into a coma. He dreams that his mother visits him and shows him the life he could lead if he walks away from his father and LuthorCorp. In this alternate life, Lex is happily married to Lana with a baby on the way. Meanwhile, Chloe asks Clark to use his powers to deliver Christmas presents to needy kids.
5.08 Solitude
PROFESSOR FINE CONVINCES CLARK TO DESTROY THE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE – After Martha contracts a strange disease and is given hours to live, Clark turns to Professor Fine, who convinces Clark that Jor-El is the one responsible for her illness and the only way to save her is to destroy the Fortress of Solitude. However, once the two arrive at the Fortress, Professor Fine tries to free Zod and kill Clark.
5.07 Splinter
CLARK IS EXPOSED TO SILVER KRYPTONITE – Clark is exposed to silver kryptonite, causing him to have paranoid delusions. The silver kryptonite makes him believe that Chloe is going to reveal his secret, Jonathan is scheming against him with Lionel and Lex and Lana are having a secret relationship. Chloe and the Kents frantically search for a cure, but it is Professor Fine who comes to Clark’s rescue – although not without an agenda.
5.06 Exposed
GOOD OLD BOY TOM WOPAT REUNITES WITH “DUKES OF HAZZARD” CO-STAR JOHN SCHNEIDER – Clark and Jonathan are thrilled when Jake Jennings, Jonathan’s oldest friend, rolls into the Kent farm looking for their support in his campaign for re-election to the senate. However, after a young girl named Melissa turns up dead, it is revealed that she was a stripper and Jennings’ mistress, which makes him the prime suspect. Searching for answers, Chloe convinces Lois to go undercover as a stripper, but things take a dangerous turn when Lois gets kidnapped by a diplomat’s son who intends to sell her into slavery.
5.05 Thirst
CARRIE FISHER (“Star Wars”) GUEST STARS AS EDITOR OF THE DAILY PLANET – Lana decides to enroll at Metropolis University at the last minute and is forced to join a sorority to find housing at such a late date. However, her new sorority sisters offer her more than a place to crash after they turn her into a vampire and instruct her to kill Clark. Meanwhile, Chloe applies for an internship at the Daily Planet, but the newspaper’s formidable editor may be more then she can handle.
5.04 Aqua
AQUAMAN SAVES LOIS AND PROFESSOR FINE DICOVERS LEX’S SECRET – A summer beach party at Crater Lake takes a dramatic turn when Lois hits her head while jumping into the lake. Before Clark can save her, a mysterious swimmer, Aquaman, a.k.a. AC, comes to her rescue, out-swimming Clark and leaving him baffled. Professor Fine tells Clark that Lex is behind a covert operation manufacturing weapons. AC attempts to break into the Luthercorp Marine Center in an attempt to destroy one of Lex’s torpedoes and is captured by Lex.
5.03 Hidden
CLARK IS SHOT! – Chloe is warned by Gabriel that he is going to set off a missile and obliterate all of Smallville. Still stripped of his super powers, Clark confronts Gabriel and ends up getting shot. In the hospital, Clark flatlines and his fate is left in Jor-El’s hands. Meanwhile, Lex believes Lionel has the key to open the spaceship.
5.02 Mortal
CLARK LOSES HIS POWERS AND BEGINS A RELATIONSHIP WITH LANA – 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 hostage by three thugs, Clark must figure out how to save his family without his super powers.
5.01 Arrival
CLARK VISITS THE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE AND LANA FINDS A SPACESHIP – 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, transported to the Fortress, Chloe is unable to handle the sub-zero temperature and collapses, begging Clark to use his powers to save her. Jor-El forbids him to leave, but finally acquiesces, telling Clark he must return before sunset or there will be dire consequences. Meanwhile, Lana is horrified when she sees two Kryptonian aliens emerge from a spaceship discovered in the remnants of the meteor shower. The two aliens destroy what’s left of the town searching for Kal-El.
Smallville Season 5 Promotional Photos
The CW has released promotional photos of the fifth season of Smallville.
4.22 Commencement
THE 90-MINUTE SEASON FINALE IS PACKED WITH MURDER, BETRAYAL AND AN UNFORGETTABLE GRADUATION DAY FOR ALL – Clark’s (Tom Welling) high school graduation ceremony is interrupted by a second meteor shower that hits Smallville. Clark goes to the caves to confront his father Jor-El, who says that if Clark does not reunite the three Kryptonian crystals, Earth will be annihilated. Meanwhile, Lex (Michael Rosenbaum) helps Lana (Kristin Kreuk), out of a bloody situation she finds herself in. His motives, however, are not solely in her best interests. As disaster looms, Chloe (Allison Mack) and Lois (Erica Durance) try to find Lana while Clark attempts to reassemble the stones, and someone makes an unexpected return to make things unpleasant for the Kents.
4.21 Forever
GENEVIEVE ATTACKS LANA TO GET THE CRYSTAL – Clark (Tom Welling) must stop the school photographer after he sets up a fake high school and uses his ability to petrify people to kidnap students – including Chloe (Allison Mack) and Lana (Kristin Kreuk) – to keep the glory days of high school going forever. Meanwhile, Lex (Michael Rosenbaum) and Lionel (John Glover) are kidnapped and tortured by the Teagues in an effort to find the Kryptonian artifact.
4.20 Ageless
CLARK AND LANA FIND AN ABANDONED BABY IN THE CORNFIELD – Clark (Tom Welling) and Lana (Kristin Kreuk) discover an abandoned baby in a field and take him back to the Kent farm. However, when the baby ages from a newborn to a 7-year-old in less than a day, it becomes clear he is aging at an abnormally rapid rate and they turn to Lex (Michael Rosenbaum) for help. Meanwhile, Genevieve (Jane Seymour) suspects Lex has the Kryptonian artifact from China and threatens Lionel (John Glover) to either recover it, or risk putting Lex’s life in danger.
4.19 Blank
CHLOE HELPS CLARK LEARN ABOUT HIS SUPERPOWERS AFTER HE LOSES HIS MEMORY – Kevin, a boy who has the power to wipe out people’s memories temporarily, turns his powers on Clark (Tom Welling) and accidentally causes him to have total amnesia. Chloe (Allison Mack) looks after him and teaches him about his superpowers while simultaneously trying to keep them secret. On his trip down memory lane, Clark meets Lana (Kristin Kreuk) and falls in love all over again. Lex (Michael Rosenbaum) takes advantage of the situation and attempts to unravel some secrets.
