Smallville - A Retrospective -8.

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Season 2 Episode 7: Lineage (original air date 11-05-02).

Use of power: Clark uses his heat vision to toast bread. A mysterious woman breaks into the Kent house. Later the woman confronts Clark at his school. She tells him that she is his mom. Metropolis United Charities (founded by Lionel Luthor) adopted Clark to the Kents. Mrs. Dunlevy claims Lionel father her son and that Clark and Lex are brothers. The mystery man in Lana's photo is Henry Small of the Smallville Smalls. Jonathan tells Clark about the day the meteors fell. How they found him and his ship. And then down the rode found a stunned Lionel and helps him find his son Lex. The court wants to find out if Clark is actually Mrs. Dunlevy's son. Clark reluctantly gives a mouth swab. Later that night Clark and Pete break into the lab and steal the sample. Lana confronts Mr. Small about being her father. He tells her to go away. Lex tells Clark that they could be brothers. Mrs. Dunlevy then kidnaps Lex. Dramatic Rescue: Clark blasts through Mrs. Dunlevy's front door to save Lex. Clark takes an axe shot to the gut and the axe head explodes. In a flash back Lionel gives Jonathan the adoption papers but asks for a favor: Talk the Ross brothers into selling him their farm. Lionel tells Lex his real brother died when he was an infant. But hold on - Lionel has a picture of the child as a 6-7 year old.


Season 2 Episode 8: Ryan (original air date 11-12-02).

Ryan is back and being experimented on. He escapes his captors briefly and calls Clark for help. The mayor of Smallville shows up in Lex's office and wants a bribe. Nell tells Lana that she wants to move them to Metropolis with her boyfriend Dean. Clark tracks Ryan to the Summerholt Research facility and breaks him out. Clark hides Ryan with Lex at the mansion. The doctor from Summerholt wants Ryan back. Lex uses his lawyers to block him. Lana then tells Clark about her upcoming my to Metropolis. Clark tells her not to go. Lex shows Ryan his collection of Warrior Angel comic books. A noticeably sick Ryan passes out and goes to the hospital. Ryan tells Clark that he has a brain tumor and it is growing. It is killing him. Use of powers: Clark runs to Hub City looking for a brain doctor. The doctor agrees to try to help Ryan. Lana gets to stay in Smallville with Chloe. After his surgery, Ryan doesn't get better. Clark takes Ryan in a hot air balloon ride. Then Ryan dies.

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D.L.