Smallville
(2001–2011)
Baby Clark (Kal-El) arrives on Earth. Teen Clark starts high school, saves Lex's life after a car accident, and finds out about his past and birth parents.
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Title: Pilot (16 Oct 2001)
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| Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Tom Welling | ... | Clark Kent | |
| Kristin Kreuk | ... | Lana Lang | |
| Michael Rosenbaum | ... | Lex Luthor | |
| Eric Johnson | ... | Whitney Fordman | |
| Sam Jones III | ... | Pete Ross | |
| Allison Mack | ... | Chloe Sullivan | |
| Annette O'Toole | ... | Martha Kent | |
| John Schneider | ... | Jonathan Kent | |
| John Glover | ... | Lionel Luthor | |
| Sarah-Jane Redmond | ... | Nell Potter (as Sarah Jane Redmond) | |
| Adrian Glynn McMorran | ... | Jeremy Creek / The Electric Scarecrow (as Adrian McMorran) | |
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Jade Unterman | ... | Young Lana Lang |
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Malkolm Alburquenque | ... | Young Clark Kent |
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Matthew Munn | ... | Young Lex Luthor |
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Dee Jay Jackson | ... | Bill Ross |
Clark Kent is no ordinary kid and he knows it. All he has ever wanted was to be normal. He can't go near the girl he has had a crush on for years. Then one day Lex Luthor hits something in the road and hits Clark. Clark saves him and soon finds out that he isn't just superhuman, he finds out he is actually an alien. Then things really get weird. This kid finally wakes up from a coma but has a grudge on all former football players. Then he decides to get revenge and stop it from happening again by killing the football players now. Can Clark save the football players? Written by Black Wolf
This episode aired in 2001 and boy does it show. Bad cgi and that Mark Snow score makes it feel like I'm watching an episode of the X-Files and not in a good way.
I didn't watch this show when it aired mostly because I assumed it was just "what if Superman were in High School and he's got girl problems but also there's a truck that's on fire?" And it pretty much is just that, along with a bunch of other CW drama tropes.
Here's the thing about Superman's time in Smallville and most of his past: it's just not that interesting. Unless it's an Elseworlds, we already know this part of the story. What else is there to tell? Do we really need to know if Clark Kent passes his Math test? I've heard mostly good things about Smallville, so I'll at least try to push through the first season, but I remain sceptic.