Season 10 (Smallville)

The tenth and final season of Smallville premiered on September 24, 2010, on The CW and concluded on May 13, 2011. The season consisted of 22 total episodes during its run.

Synopsis

Emerging from his darkest hour, only to find the path to his destiny blocked by ghosts from the past, Clark finds himself tempted toward darkness at every turn by shadows in the present. Despite insurmountable odds, will Clark be powerful enough to step into the light and claim his rightful place as Earth's mightiest protector? Taking flight in its tenth and final season, this modern retelling of a hero's legendary origins continues to blend realism, action, heart and humor as Clark Kent soars toward claiming his birthright.^[1]

Cast

Main Cast

Tom Welling as Clark Kent (Kal-El) / Clark Luthor
Allison Mack as Chloe Sullivan
Erica Durance as Lois Lane / Lois Queen
Cassidy Freeman as Tess Mercer / Tess Luthor
Justin Hartley as Green Arrow (Oliver Queen) / Oliver Queen

Recurring Cast

Michael Daingerfield as Gordon Godfrey
Alessandro Juliani as Emil Hamilton
Terence Stamp as Jor-El (voice) / Jor-El (voice)
John Schneider as Jonathan Kent / Jonathan Kent
Ted Whittall as Rick Flag
Keri Lynn Pratt as Cat Grant
Christine Willes as Granny Goodness
Steve Byers as DeSaad
John Glover as Lionel Luthor / Darkseid
Evan C. Schulte as Jeff Hage
Lori Triolo as Lieutenant Trotter

Episodes

#	Episode Title	Directed by	Story By	Teleplay By	Episode Airdate
1	Lazarus (Smallville)	Kevin G. Fair	Don Whitehead & Holly Henderson		September 24, 2010
Lois finds Clark's lifeless body and removes the blue kryptonite, enabling him to heal himself. Lois sneaks away before Clark fully awakens in order to protect his secret. Chloe is desperate to find Oliver, so she turns to an unlikely source for answers. Jonathan returns to the Kent Farm with a message for Clark, and Tess awakens in Cadmus Labs.
2	Shield	Glen Winter	Jordan Hawley		October 1, 2010
After Lois departs for Egypt, the Daily Planet hires a new reporter by the name of Cat Grant to take her place. An assassin named Deadshot takes aim at Cat, but Clark learns the man has a dangerous agenda that involves the Blur. Carter Hall turns up in Egypt to keep an eye on Lois, and he tells Lois about his wife Shayera.
3	Supergirl (Smallville)	Mairzee Almas	Anne Cofell Saunders		October 8, 2010
Clark is stunned when Kara returns to Earth and tells him Jor-El sent her to stop the dark force that is coming because he doesn't believe Clark can handle it. Meanwhile, Lois confronts Gordon Godfrey, a shock jock in radio who has been crusading against heroes, after he threatens the Green Arrow. However, Godfrey is possessed by the dark force and takes Lois hostage. Clark has to come to her rescue.
4	Homecoming (Smallville)	Jeannot Szwarc	Brian Peterson & Kelly Souders		October 15, 2010
Lois convinces Clark to attend their five-year-high school reunion. The visit has Clark remembering old times with Lana and Chloe while Lois is furious that no one remembers her five days as a student. Brainiac 5 uses his Legion ring to take Clark through his past, present, and future and shows Clark what really happened the night Jonathan died, Oliver's current pain and Clark's future at the Daily Planet with Lois and his role as Earth's favorite red and blue superhero.
5	Isis	James Marshall	Genevieve Sparling		October 22, 2010
Lois decides to tell Clark she knows he's the Blur, but she accidentally activates an ancient artifact that transforms her into the Goddess Isis, complete with superpowers of her own. Oliver and Clark reluctantly decide to ask Tess for help with Lois. Meanwhile, after Cat Grant witnesses Lois as Isis using her superpowers, she decides Lois is the Blur and sets out to prove it.
6	Harvest	Turi Meyer	Al Septien & Turi Meyer		October 29, 2010
Clark is concerned about Lois' safety, so he diverts her away from covering the Vigilante Registration Act by suggesting she cover another story. After he comes clean with her, an angry Lois tells him that she can take care of herself, but when a flat tire strands their car in the middle of nowhere, their plans take a turn for the worse and Lois ends up in serious danger. Meanwhile, Tess searches for a cure for Alexander, who is rapidly aging.
7	Ambush	Christopher Petry	Don Whitehead & Holly Henderson		November 5, 2010
The General and Lucy Lane decide to drop in on Lois and Clark for a surprise Thanksgiving dinner. Clark and the General get off to a rocky start after Lois' father bashes the superheroes and tells Clark he is trying to pass a vigilante registration law. In an effort to stop the vigilante registration act from being passed, Rick Flag lies to Lucy in order to lure Clark away from the farm long enough for him to assassinate the General. Lois is torn between making her father proud and her love for Clark.
8	Abandoned	Kevin G. Fair	Drew Landis & Julia Swift		November 12, 2010
Lois finds a video made for her by her mother, Ella Lane, before she died and after watching the tape, she makes a drastic decision about her relationship with Clark that takes her to the Fortress, where she comes face to face with Jor-El and Lara. Meanwhile, Tess has a nightmare involving herself as a child and a music box. This leads her and Clark to an orphanage run by Granny Goodness, who may not have the young girls' best intentions in mind.
9	Patriot	Tom Welling	John Chisholm		November 19, 2010
In an effort to protect the rest of the team, Oliver decides to register for the Vigilante Registration Act to see what the government plans to do with the new law. As he suspected, it was a trap to lure superheroes to an undisclosed location where he is confined to a jail and subjected to a battery of brutal tests under the supervision of Lt. Gen. Slade Wilson. Aquaman and his new wife Mera team up with Clark to free Oliver. Lois is frustrated when Clark continues to push aside her offers to help the team and sets out to prove she can play with the big boys.
10	Luthor	Kelly Souders	Bryan Q. Miller		December 3, 2010
Tess acquires a Kryptonian box that once belonged to Lionel Luthor. When Clark accidentally activates the box, he's transported to a parallel universe where Lionel found Clark in the cornfields instead of the Kents. In this universe, Clark Luthor is a murderer and Lois is engaged to Oliver. Clark must be careful not to tip off Lionel that he's not his son while trying to figure out how to get back to Earth where Clark Luthor was transported in his place.
11	Icarus	Mairzee Almas	Genevieve Sparling		December 10, 2010
The VRA is in full effect and things take an unfortunate turn of events after the Green Arrow tries to stop a mugging but is attacked by citizens for being a superhero. Clark discovers that the civilians who attacked Oliver were all marked with a darkness tattoo. Carter Hall and Stargirl return to help Clark deal with Slade's re-emergence after he kidnaps Lois.
12	Collateral	Morgan Beggs	Jordan Hawley		February 4, 2011
Clark, Oliver, Lois and Dinah are released by the VRA after being captured at Hawkman's funeral but each of them have flashbacks of Chloe holding them against their will. When Chloe returns, Dinah warns the others that Chloe may now be a traitor. Oliver dismisses her concerns, but Clark is unsure if he can trust Chloe after she disappeared without an explanation.
13	Beacon	Mike Rohl	Don Whitehead & Holly Henderson		February 11, 2011
Clark is surprised to see Martha on the news speaking at a pro-vigilante rally. However, surprise quickly turns to horror when he and Lois watch as Martha gets shot on national television. Meanwhile, Lionel reveals himself to the world and reclaims LuthorCorp from Tess and Oliver. Lois and Chloe decide to cheer Clark up by showing him videos from thousands of vigilante supporters professing their support for The Blur.
14	Masquerade (Smallville)	Tim Scanlan	Bryan Q. Miller		February 18, 2011
Chloe and Oliver are mistaken for FBI agents investigating DeSaad's recent string of murders and the pair are kidnapped by DeSaad's minions. DeSaad tries to infect Chloe with the darkness. Meanwhile, Lois tells Clark he needs to be more careful with his identity and suggests a disguise.
15	Fortune	Christopher Petry	Anne Cofell Saunders		February 25, 2011
After Zatanna sends a magically spiked bottle of champagne to Clark and Lois for their bachelor/bachelorette parties, the gang blacks out after the toast and can't remember anything about the night before. When Lois realizes she lost her engagement ring and drags Oliver back to the Fortune Casino, the two run into the owner, Amos Fortune, who accuses them of stealing money from him. Meanwhile, Clark tells Chloe he has a memory of stealing an armored truck the night before.
16	Scion	Al Septien	Al Septien & Turi Meyer		March 4, 2011
Lionel and Tess go head-to-head in a battle for the Luthor name. Clark and Lois are stunned by Tess' latest present to them.
17	Kent	Jeannot Szwarc	Genevieve Sparling	Brian Peterson & Kelly Souders	April 15, 2011
Clark is shocked to find a mirror box in the barn. Clark Luthor surprises him and sends Clark Kent back to the alternate reality where Clark runs into a very angry Jonathan Kent. Meanwhile, back in our reality, Clark Luthor visits Tess and tells her if she doesn't side with him, he'll kill her. Lois asks Emil to help her bring Clark back.
18	Booster	Tom Welling	Geoff Johns		April 22, 2011
Lois tells Clark it's best to make "Clark Kent" forgettable and awkward, so people don't suspect he's The Blur. The two are stunned when a fame-hungry superhero from the future, Booster Gold, sweeps into town and begins making saves and posing for press ops, completely winning over the city of Metropolis as the "World's Greatest Superhero". During one of Booster's saves, an alien weapon in the form of a scarab fuses itself to a boy named Jaime Reyes. Being unable to control the suit, it starts attacking Metropolis.
19	Dominion	Justin Hartley	John Chisholm		April 29, 2011
Tess learns that General Slade was found unconscious on a street corner, proof that someone has gained access to the Phantom Zone's escape portal and sent him back. Clark decides to return to the exiled land to make sure other phantoms are not fleeing and is furious when Oliver tricks Clark into taking him along. With Clark Kent's powers and abilities gone, the two are immediately captured by the Zoners who take them to their new leader, Zod, who is thirsting for revenge on Clark for banishing him to this Kryptonian jail. Meanwhile, Lois learns Clark trusted Tess with a secret, but didn't tell Lois.
20	Prophecy	Mike Rohl	Bryan Q. Miller & Anne Cofell Saunders		May 6, 2011
Clark takes Lois to the Fortress to get Jor-El's blessing for their marriage. Jor-El bestows a unique wedding gift on the couple – he gives Lois Clark's superpowers, so she can see what it's like to be him for a day. Unfortunately, the Toyman has returned to Metropolis, so Lois must go up against the notorious villain instead of Clark. Meanwhile, Oliver searches for the Bow of Orion, which he believes will remove the Omega symbol from his skull, and runs into Kara, who is also on a mission to stop Darkseid.
21	Finale, Part 1	Kevin G. Fair	Al Septien & Turi Meyer		May 13, 2011
Lois and Clark continue to struggle with the decision of getting married. Meanwhile, Oliver plans to take away Clark's powers forever at his wedding, Clark starts to see Jonathan's ghost. Chloe returns to Smallville, Clark and Lois' wedding is interrupted by a dangerous evil, and Tess discovers Apokolips is heading for Earth.
22	Finale, Part 2	Greg Beeman	Brian Peterson & Kelly Souders		May 13, 2011
Tess is kidnapped by Lionel, who wants to take her heart in order to revive Lex. Oliver battles Darkseid's minions. Tess makes a sacrifice for the greater good, Lionel is possessed by Darkseid and Clark finally embraces his destiny.