Before the legend... before the icon... there was a teenager named Clark Kent (Tom Welling). Someday, he'll master his powers and understand his true calling. For now, he just has to get through adolescence. This new interpretation of the enduring Superman mythology and its classic characters blends realism and adventure into an exciting action series.

 Clark doesn't wear glasses, there's no suit and he can't fly. Between the boy he thought he was and the man he is destined to become are the stories of Smallville.

Twelve years ago, a meteor shower burst from the heavens, raining destruction on the unsuspecting citizens of Smallville, Kansas. The intervening years have left the town's inhabitants with scars and secrets. From the ashes of tragedy, Clark Kent has grown into an awkward teen. While adolescence always brings its challenges, Clark's transition from boyhood to adulthood has been particularly difficult. He must struggle to come to grips with his emerging superpowers - and the effects of kryptonite - while battling the strange things that have plagued this idyllic Midwest hamlet since the meteor shower.

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After Lex (Michael Rosenbaum) discovers that Lionel (John Glover) installed cameras in the mansion, he hires some thugs to bug Lionel's office, but things get out of control when Lionel and Martha (Annette O'Toole) surprise the thugs and are taken hostage. Clark (Tom Welling) must figure out a way to save his mother without exposing his powers and sees his chance on an adjacent tall building - if only he could make the leap in a single bound.

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Lex doesn't take it well when he discovers his father has him under electronic surveillance, and is using the info to undercut his business deals. He hires some crooks to bug his father's office but they decide to take Lionel and Martha hostage and break into the Luthercorp vault. But the vault contains green meteor ingots that Lionel has had made, the octagonal key to Clark's spaceship, and a confidential file on Clark. Lionel and (secretly) Lex start negotiating with the crooks when the latter finds out what his father has secretly horded, and the crooks decide to go with Lionel. Meanwhile, Clark leaps across from the Daily Planet building and starts taking out the thieves but is exposed to the kryptonite. Martha locks up the kryptonite and Lionel shoots the head crook, Pine. The Kents manage to destroy the file and Martha secretly pockets the key, leaving the audience to wonder if Lionel knows more than he's saying.

 Meanwhile, Lana meets with her biological father Henry's wife who gives her some advice, and the Kents have problems over Martha's job with Lionel. Martha decides to stay with Lionel (with Jonathan's approval) to find out what Lionel knows.

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