5.01 Arrival Airdate: September 29, 2005 Written by Todd Slavkin & Darren Swimmer; Directed by James Marshall 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. Guest Stars: Alana De La Garza (Aethyr); James Marsters (Milton Fine/Brainiac); Camille Mitchell (Sheriff Adams); Leonard Roberts (Nam-Ek); Terence Stamp (Jor-El) Featured Music: Precious by Depeche Mode Episode Stills | Screen Captures | Episode Review

                                                          

5.02 Mortal Airdate: October 6, 2005 Written by Steven S. DeKnight; Directed by Terrence O'Hara 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. Guest Stars: Chris Duchaine (Officer Addison); Kenny Johnson (Lee); Brad Mann, Todd Mann (The Twins); Camille Mitchell (Sheriff Adams); Michael Tayles (Deputy Kaiden) Featured Music: A Message by Coldplay Episode Stills | Screen Captures | Episode Review

                                                          

5.03 Hidden Airdate: October 13, 2005 Written by Brian Wayne Peterson, Kelly Souders; Directed by Whitney Ransick 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. Guest Stars: Johnny Lewis (Gabriel Duncan); Camille Mitchell (Sheriff Adams); Rekha Sharma (Dr. Harden) Featured Music: Collide by Dishwalla; Disappearing World by David Gray; Breathe (2 AM) by Anna Nalick; Supernatural by Wild Whirled Screen Captures | Episode Review

                                                          

5.04 Aqua Airdate: October 20, 2005 Written by Todd Slavkin, Darren Swimmer; Directed by Bradford May 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. Guest Star: James Marsters (Milton Fine/Brainiac); Alan Ritchson (Arthur Curry) Featured Music: Waiting For Your Letter by Cary Brothers; Everyday Is Like The Weekend by Amy Ward; All The Money Or The Simple Life Honey by The Dandy Warhols Episode Stills | Screen Captures | Episode Review

                                                          

5.05 Thirst Airdate: October 27, 2005 Written by Steven S. DeKnight; Directed by Paul Shapiro 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. Guest Stars: Kaare Anderson (Ramirez); Luciana Carro (Kayrin); Erica Cerra (Courtney); Carrie Fisher (Pauline Kahn); Richard Kahan (Bitterman); James Marsters (Milton Fine/Brainiac); Brooke Nevin (Buffy Sanders) Featured Music: Bela Lugosi's Dead by Bauhaus; Wikked Lil' Grrrls by Esthero; Set The Grass On Fire by Elysian Fields; Guiltless by Martin Grech; Girls Attractive by Diamond Nights; Abandoned by The Swear Episode Stills | Screen Captures | Episode Review

                                                          

5.06 Exposed Airdate: November 3, 2005 Written by Brian Wayne Peterson, Kelly Souders; Directed by Jeannot Szwarc GOOD OLD BOY TOM WOPAT REUNITES WITH ?DUKES OF HAZZARD? CO-STAR JOHN SCHNEIDER ? Clark and Jonathan are thrilled when Senator Jake Jennings, Jonathan's oldest friend, arrives at the Kent farm looking for support in his re-election campaign. However, after a young girl 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. Guest Stars: Jill Teed (Detective Sawyer); Tom Wopat (Senator Jennings) Featured Music: Cold Hands (Warm Heart) by Brendan Benson; I'm Human by Flashlight Brown; All Jacked Up by Gretchen Wilson; Don't Cha by The Pussycat Dolls Episode Stills | Screen Captures | Episode Review

                                                          

5.07 Splinter Airdate: November 10, 2005 Written by Steven S. DeKnight; Directed by James Marshall 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 (Allison Mack) 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. Guest Stars: James Marsters (Milton Fine/Brainiac) Featured Music: Forget It by Breaking Benjamin; Homeward Angel by Moby; Superman by Stereophonics Episode Stills | Screen Captures | Episode Review

                                                          

5.08 Solitude Airdate: November 17, 2005 Written by Todd Slavkin, Darren Swimmer; Directed by Paul Shapiro 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. Guest Stars: Benita Ha (Dr. Asuka); James Marsters (Milton Fine/Brainiac); Terence Stamp (Jor-El) Featured Music: Wicked Game by HIM Screen Captures | Episode Review

                                                          

5.09 Lexmas Airdate: December 8, 2005 Written by Holly Harold; Directed by Rick Rosenthal 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. Guest Stars: Alisen Down (Lillian Luthor); Nico Ghisi (Alexander Luthor); Adrian Holmes (Griff); Chelah Horsdal (Dr. McCann); Jerry Wasserman (Dr. Scanlan); Kenneth Welsh (Santa Clause) Featured Music: That Spirit Of Christmas by Ray Charles; Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Episode Stills | Screen Captures | Episode Review

                                                          

5.10 Fanatic Airdate: January 12, 2006 Written by Wendy Mericle; Directed by Michael Rohl THE RACE GETS UGLY BETWEEN JONATHAN AND LEX - Jonathan receives threats on his life from a mysterious source who urges him to drop out of the senate race. Later, Clark finds his dad bloody and beaten and becomes determined to find his attacker. He later discovers that a group of Lex's followers are determined to do anything to see that Lex wins the election. Lois' life is threatened when she's captured and asked to assassinate Jonathan during his speech. Lionel offers to give Martha money to help Jonathan's campaign. Lana is convinced that the answers she is looking for lie in researching the first meteor shower. Guest Stars: Sage Brocklebank (James); Annie Burgstede (Samantha Drake); Adrian Holmes (Griff); Miles Meadows (Doug); David Richmond-Peck (March Sosnick) Featured Music: I Want It All by Depeche Mode Episode Stills | Screen Captures | Episode Review

                                                          

5.11 Lockdown Airdate: January 19, 2006 Written by Steven S. DeKnight; Directed by Peter Ellis LEX AND LANA ARE TAKEN HOSTAGE - The two police officers who witnessed the spaceship land in the meteor shower take Lex and Lana hostage and threaten to kill them unless Lex reveals where he hid the spaceship. While escaping to the panic room in the mansion, Lex takes a bullet meant for Lana. Fearing Lex may bleed to death, Lana asks him to tell the officers the secret location, but he confesses the ship has been missing for weeks. Meanwhile, Clark discovers Lana has been researching the spaceship with Lex and fears she is close to discovering his secret. Guest Stars: Kevin Daniels (Greg Flynn); Sarah Lind (Deputy); Marc-Anthony Massiah (Security Guard); Camille Mitchell (Sheriff Adams) Episode Stills | Screen Captures | Episode Review

                                                          

5.12 Reckoning Airdate: January 26, 2006 Written by Brian Wayne Peterson, Kelly Souders SMALLVILLE?S 100TH EPISODE TRANSPORTS VIEWERS BACK INTO THE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE AS CLARK BEGS JOR-EL TO SAVE THE LIFE OF SOMEONE HE LOVES - In the 100th episode of the series, Clark reveals his secret to Lana, Jonathan and Lex learn the results of the senatorial election and there is a tragic car accident on the highway that takes the life of someone Clark loves. A desperate Clark appeals to Jor-El for help. Guest Stars: Terence Stamp (Jor-El) Featured Music: You're Beautiful by James Blunt; I Grieve by Peter Gabriel Episode Stills | Screen Captures | Episode Review

                                                          

5.13 Vengeance Airdate: February 2, 2006 Written by Al Septien & Turi Meyer; Directed by Jeannot Szwarc CLARK MEETS A FEMALE AVENGER ? Clark discovers the new reporter at the Daily Planet, a bespectacled, bumbling woman named Maya, is actually a masked avenger who fights crime at night. Meanwhile, Clark?s bottled-up grief threatens to get the best of him. Guest Stars: Denise Quinones (Andrea Rojas) Episode Stills | Screen Captures | Episode Review

                                                          

5.14 Tomb Airdate: February 9, 2006 Written by Steven S. DeKnight; Directed by Whitney Ransick LOIS IS TARGETED FOR MURDER - The spirit of a young girl is released after Lois finds a corpse in the walls of the Talon. Clark and Lois must follow the trail of the spirit and find her killer, who has been preying on girls in Smallville for the past 10 years. When Lois is suddenly kidnapped, Clark comes to the rescue. Guest Stars: Damon Johnson (Michael); Douglas O'Keeffe (Dr. Sydell); Leela Savasta (Spirit); Brent Sheppard (Detective Berg) Screen Captures | Episode Review!

                                                          

5.15 Cyborg Airdate: February 16, 2006 Written by Caroline Dries; Directed by Glen Winter DC COMICS' CYBORG COMES TO SMALLVILLE - A sympathetic doctor releases a half-human/half-machine subject named Victor who was being held captive and experimented on by LuthorCorp. While making his escape, Victor is struck by Lana's car. After watching him walk away without a scratch, Lana calls Clark to investigate. Clark befriends Victor and promises to help him find his girlfriend, but Lex traps Victor and takes him back to LuthorCorp. Guest Stars: Christie Laing (Katherine); Lee Thompson Young (Victor Stone/Cyborg) Featured Music: Casta Diva (Chaste Goddess) by Vincenzo Bellini; Life After Love by Colored Shadows Episode Stills | Screen Captures | Episode Review

                                                          

5.16 Hypnotic Airdate: March 30, 2006 Written by Todd Slavkin, Darren Swimmer; Directed by Michael Rohl BRAINIAC SUMMONS LEX - Lex discovers that Professor Fine, aka Brainiac is in Honduras and sets out to confront him. Clark meets a beautiful seductress named Simone who uses a magical charm to make people succumb to her every wish. An enchanted Clark reveals his powers to Simone, who seizes the opportunity and demands that Clark kill Lex. Guest Stars: Nichole Hiltz (Simone); James Marsters (Milton Fine/Brainiac) Featured Music: Dirty Little Secret by The All-American Rejects; Almost Honest by Josh Kelley Episode Stills | Screen Captures | Episode Review

                                                          

5.17 Void Airdate: April 6, 2006 Written by Holly Harold; Directed by Jeannot Szwarc JONATHAN KENT RETURNS -- Still distraught over her break-up with Clark, Lana experiments with a dangerous serum that allows her to flat-line and see her deceased parents again. A worried Clark rushes to save Lana from hurting herself, but ends up being injected with the kryptonite-laced serum by a rogue doctor. When Clark flat-lines, he is able to talk to his father, recently deceased Jonathan, who warns him that Lionel knows his secret.. Meanwhile, Lionel continues to get closer to Martha. Guest Stars: Wendy Chmelauskas (Laura Lang); Alisen Down (Lillian Luthor); Michaela Mann (Ally); Ben Odberg (Lewis Lang); John Schneider (Jonathan Kent); Doctor (Patrick Currie) Screen Captures | Episode Review

                                                          

5.18 Fragile Airdate: April 13, 2006 Written by Todd Slavkin, Darren Swimmer; Directed by Tom Welling Clark and Martha take in a little girl, Maddie, after her foster mother is brutally stabbed to death. However, after it is discovered that Maddie has the power to shatter glass, she becomes the prime suspect. Meanwhile, Chloe walks in on Lex and Lana during an intimate moment. Guest Stars: Emily Hirst (Maddie Van Horn); Anne Marie Loder (Naomi Van Horn); Maxine Miller (Mrs. McKnight); Callum Keith Rennie (Tyler McKnight); James Upton (Frank Colbert) Episode Stills | Screen Captures | Episode Review

                                                          

5.19 Mercy Airdate: April 20, 2006 Written by Steven S. DeKnight; Directed by James Marshall MARTHA'S LIFE IS IN DANGER AND ONLY LIONEL CAN SAVE HER -- A masked tormentor takes Lionel hostage and orchestrates a series of elaborate games that Lionel must win in order to stay alive. After Clark tells Martha that Lionel knows his secret, she sets out to confront him, but inadvertently becomes a pawn in the tormentor?s game and ends up fighting for her life. Guest Stars: Ian Tracey (Lincoln Cole) Episode Stills | Screen Captures | Episode Review?

                                                          

5.20 Fade Airdate: April 27, 2006 Written by Turi Meyer & Al Septian; Directed by Terrence O'Hara CLARK CONFRONTS LANA ABOUT HER RELATIONSHIP WITH LEX -- While in Metropolis, Clark saves the life of a stranger named Graham, who vows to repay Clark for his kindness. Unfortunately, Graham happens to be a hit man with the ability to cloak himself, and he decides killing Lex would be the best gift he could give Clark. Meanwhile, Clark confronts Lana (Kristin Kreuk) about her relationship with Lex. Guest Stars: Alex Scarlis (Graham Garrett); Jody Thompson (Gia) Screen Captures | Episode Review

                                                          

5.21 Oracle Airdate: May 4, 2006 Written by Caroline Dries Neil; Directed by Whitney Ransick Clark is stunned when he sees his father's ghost at the graveyard, but becomes even more confused after Jonathan tells him he must kill Lionel. Meanwhile, Lex develops a vaccine for Fine's deadly virus, but Fine intervenes and injects him with the vaccine, which causes a shocking reaction in Lex. Guest Stars: James Marsters (Milton Fine/Brainiac) Episode Stills | Screen Captures | Episode Review

                                                          

5.22 Vessel Airdate: May 11, 2006 Written by Kelly Souders & Brian Peterson; Directed by James Marshall BRAINIAC BRINGS CHAOS UPON THE WORLD AND DEMANDS A HUGE SACRIFICE FROM CLARK -- Brainiac. unleashes a deadly virus, which will kill millions of people, and refuses to give Clark the vaccine unless he agrees to release General Zod. Clark turns to Lionel, who once again channels Jor-El. Meanwhile, Lex is stunned by his newfound powers and shares the discovery with Lana, who decides to stand by her new man, unaware of the shocking turn Lex?s life is about to take due to Brainiac?s evil machinations. Guest Stars: James Marsters (Milton Fine/Brainiac); Terence Stamp (Jor-El) Episode Stills | Screen Captures | Episode Review