Smallville: Season 4
Smallville Season 4 continues the overarching saga across 22 episodes. The origins of the world's greatest hero, from Krypton refugee Kal-el's ar, are explored as the narrative arc unfolds. The season is part of the television series Smallville, which focuses on the origins of the world's greatest hero, featuring characters and stories rooted in science fiction, fantasy, action, adventure, and drama. Throughout the 2
Season 4 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- The series centers on the origins of the world's greatest hero.
- The protagonist is identified as Kal-el, a refugee from Krypton.
- The overarching saga spans multiple episodes and seasons.
- The narrative blends elements of science fiction, fantasy, action, adventure, and drama.
Season overview
Smallville Season 4 continues the overarching saga across 22 episodes. The origins of the world's greatest hero, from Krypton refugee Kal-el's ar, are explored as the narrative arc unfolds. The season is part of the television series Smallville, which focuses on the origins of the world's greatest hero, featuring characters and stories rooted in science fiction, fantasy, action, adventure, and drama. Throughout the 22 episodes of this season, viewers follow the ongoing journey of Kal-el, the Krypton refugee whose destiny continues to unfold. The series maintains its focus on the early life of the character who becomes the world's greatest hero, building upon the foundations established in previous seasons while presenting new developments across its multi-episode run. The narrative captures the ongoing struggles and formative experiences of the central figure as the overarching saga progresses through its fourth season.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
Crusade
Sep 22, 2004 · 43 min
Clark returns to Smallville as Kal-El - intent on fulfilling his destiny, he goes after a powerful kryptonian crystal that Lex has obtained in Egypt. Meanwhile, newcomer Lois Lane
Gone
Sep 29, 2004 · 41 min
After discovering that Chloe's body isn't in her coffin, Clark and Lois Lane investigate. Meanwhile, Lana's life in Paris catches up with her in Smallville. And Lionel sends a kill
Facade
Oct 6, 2004 · 41 min
Abigail, an ugly high school girl, gets plastic surgery from her surgeon-mother to boost her popularity. However, her beauty hides a dark secret - when she kisses someone they're i
Devoted
Oct 13, 2004 · 43 min
Clark decides to join the football team over Jonathan's wishes and gets the starting quarterback position when his predecessor attacks Jason over a girl. Clark and Lois investigate
Run
Oct 20, 2004 · 42 min
Jonathan's wallet is stolen by a super-speed thief, Bart Allen, who is faster than Clark. Bart comes to the farm and becomes friends with Clark, but Bart returns to crime when he s
Transference
Oct 27, 2004 · 43 min
Clark is drawn to the state penitentery by one of the kryptonian crystals, which Lionel is using to switch bodies with Lex. Clark intervenes and Lionel enters his body instead. Whi
Jinx
Nov 3, 2004 · 42 min
Mikail Mxyzptlk, a foreign exchange student and bookie, has the power to control others and uses it to sabotage football games, including the one Clark is quarterbacking. Clark and
Spell
Nov 10, 2004 · 42 min
Lana reads a spell book belonging to her 17th century ancestor, the witch Isabelle, and becomes possessed by her spirit. Isabelle resurrects her other two witches and together they
Bound
Nov 17, 2004 · 42 min
Lex is accused of killing a young woman and Clark turns to Lionel for help. Meanwhile, Lana has a dream of her ancestor and a mysterious second woman - a dead ringer for Jason's mo
Scare
Dec 1, 2004 · 40 min
A Luthorcorp experiment is released into the atmosphere - a toxin that causes its victims to hallucinate their worst fear. Chloe, Clark, Lana, and Jason all fall fictim to the toxi
Unsafe
Jan 26, 2005 · 42 min
Alicia (from "Obsession") is supposedly cured and returns to Smallville to start things back up with Clark. When she pushes for more and he turns reluctant, Alicia expoess him to r
Pariah
Feb 2, 2005 · 41 min
When a mysterious killer strikes at both Lana and Jason, Alicia is the leading suspect and even Clark comes to doubt her innocence. Feeling betrayed, she secretly tricks Clark into
Recruit
Feb 9, 2005 · 42 min
Clark is approached by Met U for recruitment and meets Geoff, a former Smallville resident. It soon becomes apparent that he is using his powers to paralyze anybody who gets in his
Krypto
Feb 16, 2005 · 43 min
Lois accidentally hits a dog and brings it back to the farm to heal, but Clark quickly realizes it has super-strength. He investigates and discovers it was part of an aborted Lutho
Sacred
Feb 23, 2005 · 43 min
After Clark receives a message from the recently-deceased Dr. Swann, he and Lana follow Jason and Lex to China in search of one of the kryptonian crystals. Lana is tortured, causin
Lucy
Mar 2, 2005 · 42 min
Lucy Lane, Lois' younger sister, comes to Smallville but Clark catches her stealing money from the Talon to pay off a European crime syndicate. Lex offers to help but everything is
Onyx
Apr 13, 2005 · 43 min
A black kryptonite explosion splits Lex in two and his evil side - Alexander - is released. Alexander imprisons Lex in the mansion then gives full vent to his evil side - he threat
Spirit
Apr 20, 2005 · 43 min
On the eve of the Smallville High School Prom, stuck-up candidate for Prom Queen Dawn Stiles is pulled into a coma when she is involved in a car crash into a ravine filled with doz
Blank
Apr 27, 2005 · 43 min
When a boy who can make people lose their memories robs the Talon, Clark goes after him but gets total amnesia. Chloe finds out what happened and has to tutor Clark in the use of h
Ageless
May 4, 2005 · 43 min
Checking out a crater in a cornfield, Clark and Lana discover a baby with no parents and take him back to the Kent farm. However, when the baby, Evan, ages from a newborn to a 7-ye
Forever
May 11, 2005 · 42 min
Clark 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 and Lana - to keep the glory
Commencement
May 18, 2005 · 52 min
After a nightmare, Clark goes to the cave to confront his father Jor-El. Jor-El warns that the crystals have fallen into human hands and have triggered a new meteor shower which wi