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  1. Oct 16, 2001 · Pilot: Directed by David Nutter. With Tom Welling, Kristin Kreuk, Michael Rosenbaum, Eric Johnson. 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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    • Action, Adventure, Drama
    • David Nutter
    • 2001-10-16
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    The first (and pilot) episode of Smallville tells the story of the 1989 meteor shower in Smallville, Kansas and its meteor rock effects on the small town. Clark Kent is adopted by Jonathan and Martha Kent after they discover him as a young boy in Riley Corn Field. Years later, while already understanding he is different than others, Smallville High...

    → see also Category:Screencaps from episode 1x01 On October 7, 1989, a meteor shower flies through space towards Earth with a small spaceship among the meteors. Oblivious to these events in space, wealthy businessman Lionel Luthor and his 9-year-old son Lex Luthor are flying in their helicopter to a factory in Smallville. Young Lex is scolded by hi...

    Starring

    1. Tom Welling as Clark Kent 2. Kristin Kreuk as Lana Lang 3. Michael Rosenbaum as Lex Luthor 4. Eric Johnson as Whitney Fordman 5. Sam Jones III as Pete Ross 6. Allison Mack as Chloe Sullivan 7. Annette O'Toole as Martha Kent 8. John Schneider as Jonathan Kent

    Special Guest Star

    1. John Glover as Lionel Luthor

    Guest Starring

    1. Sarah-Jane Redmond as Nell Potter

    Technically, this episode is unnamed. The term "pilot" is traditionally used in the entertainment industry to identify the first episode of a television series.
    The word "pilot" could mean about the term they call an aircraft employee who flies any vehicle relating to aircraft. This could refer to Clark's ability to fly, which was observed later in the fut...

    This episode takes place on October 3–7, 2001. The novelization specifically states it is October. The novelization also states that the start of the present day section of the episode is a Tuesday...

    Antagonist: Jeremy Creek and Whitney Fordman
    Clark uses the following abilities in this episode: super strength, invulnerability, speed reading, super leaps (only in imagination) and super speed.
    The name of the Smallville High School paper, the Smallville Torch, was also the name of the school paper where Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, Superman's creators, worked in high school.
    Jeremy Creek is the first known meteor freakand villain of the show.
    In Smallville, Kal-El's ship came to Earth accompanied by meteor rock fragments. This differs from nearly every version of the events (with the exception of Superman: The Animated Series), which te...
    Annette O'Toole, who plays Martha Kent, previously played the adult Lana Lang in Superman III.
    Clark Kent, Lana Lang, Lex Luthor, Pete Ross, Martha Kent, Jonathan Kent, and Lewis Lang are the first seven DC Comics characters adapted into the series.
    The Superman symbol is shown on a little ride in front of store as young Lana is crying.
    According to the producers, the scene at the graveyard is one of the first scenes which Kristin Kreuk auditioned for in the show and her first scene with Tom Welling.
    This is the first and only episode in which the theme song, Save Me, isn't featured.
    When this episode originally aired, there were no opening credits. The regular actors are listed followed by a "Special Guest Star" listing for John Glover.
    In the version of the pilot that aired, childhood Clark, Lana and Lex are played by Malkolm Alburquenque, Jade Unterman, and Matthew Munn respectively. All three child actors would reprise their ro...
    Lana's parents are played by Ben Odberg and Wendy Chmelauskas. They appear as Lewis and Laura Lang in two future episodes, Season Four's "Scare" and Season Five's "Void".
    More is revealed about the day the Kents found Clark in Season Two's "Lineage" and Season Eight's "Eternal".
    In Season Seven's "Descent", the real reason for Lionel's trip to Smallville is revealed to not so much to buy a creamed corn factory, but to welcome the Traveler.
    Lex talks about the history of the Luthor mansion - which is supposed to be his ancestral home and was "shipped over from Scotland stone by stone". Lionel's reasons to actually do so is explained l...

    Clark is reading a book by Friedrich Nietzsche, a German philosopher whose views on religion, morality, and psychoanalysis were influential to the German Nazi Party. His book "The Will to Power" co...

  2. The Smallville pilot introduces the characters of Clark Kent, an orphaned alien with superhuman abilities, and his friends and family who live in the fictional town of Smallville, Kansas. It follows Clark as he first learns of his alien origins, and attempts to stop a vengeful student from killing Smallville High School students.

    • October 16, 2001
    • David Nutter
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  4. The pilot and "Tempest" were selected in The Futon Critic's 50 best episodes of 2001 and 2002, respectively. The pilot placed 31st, while "Tempest" placed 15th. Often, the show would beat its lead-in, Gilmore Girls (which saw a 60% surge in its new timeslot) in the ratings.

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    " Metamorphosis"
    Michael Watkins & Philip Sgriccia
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    " Hothead"
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    " X-Ray"
  5. S1 E1 - Pilot. October 15, 2001. 45min. 13+. Teenager Clark Kent must cope with his emerging superpowers and his love for classmate Lana Lang. Clark befriends Lex Luthor and thwarts a vengeful former student. Available to buy. S1 E2 - Metamorphosis. December 29, 1989. 45min. 13+.

  6. "Smallville" Pilot (TV Episode 2001) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

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