Wow. What a finish to Season 1. Several characters stories' come to a temporary climax in Tempest.
Lex is surprised when his father, Lionel Luthor, arrives in Smallville and officially closes down the Luther Corp Fertilizer Plant, firing all 2,500 employees, forcing Lex to move to Metropolis to help Lionel run his evil corporate empire. Undaunted, Lex tries to hold off his unscrupulous father by meeting with the foremen to buy back the plan to put it under local management. But Lionel tries to stop the workers by threatening to have the banks forgo on their mortgages.
Meanwhile, Clark Kent invites Chloe Sullivan to the spring formal, upsetting Pete, who now has nobody to ask. At a picnic, Whitney tells Lana that he is going to join the Marines and will be leaving Smallville for boot camp the following day. The snoopy and despicable reporter Roger Nixon from The Inquisitor steals the piece of Clark Kent's spacecraft from Lex's mansion and finally discovers Clark's secret. Before leaving town, Whitney tells Clark to watch over Lana and essentially gives Clark his blessing to date her.
However, after Lana drops off Whitney at the local bus stop, a series of massive tornadoes strike Smallville, and threatens Lana in her trapped car. One tornado hits the Luthor mansion, where a fatally threatening beam collapses over Lionel Luthor. A wounded Lex stands over his father deciding whether or not to let him die. Nixon threatens Jonathan for more information about Clark, as Martha watches the spaceship activate. At the dance, Clark senses something wrong, leaves Chloe and races to find Lana being whisked up by the tornado in her parked car...
Lex is surprised when his father, Lionel Luthor, arrives in Smallville and officially closes down the Luther Corp Fertilizer Plant, firing all 2,500 employees, forcing Lex to move to Metropolis to help Lionel run his evil corporate empire. Undaunted, Lex tries to hold off his unscrupulous father by meeting with the foremen to buy back the plan to put it under local management. But Lionel tries to stop the workers by threatening to have the banks forgo on their mortgages.
Meanwhile, Clark Kent invites Chloe Sullivan to the spring formal, upsetting Pete, who now has nobody to ask. At a picnic, Whitney tells Lana that he is going to join the Marines and will be leaving Smallville for boot camp the following day. The snoopy and despicable reporter Roger Nixon from The Inquisitor steals the piece of Clark Kent's spacecraft from Lex's mansion and finally discovers Clark's secret. Before leaving town, Whitney tells Clark to watch over Lana and essentially gives Clark his blessing to date her.
However, after Lana drops off Whitney at the local bus stop, a series of massive tornadoes strike Smallville, and threatens Lana in her trapped car. One tornado hits the Luthor mansion, where a fatally threatening beam collapses over Lionel Luthor. A wounded Lex stands over his father deciding whether or not to let him die. Nixon threatens Jonathan for more information about Clark, as Martha watches the spaceship activate. At the dance, Clark senses something wrong, leaves Chloe and races to find Lana being whisked up by the tornado in her parked car...