No. of episodes | 23 |
Aired | September 24, 2002 – May 20, 2003 |
Premiere | Vortex |
Finale | Exodus |
Previous | Season 1 |
Next | Season 3 |
The second season of Smallville began airing on September 24, 2002, on The WB television network, and concluded its initial airing on May 20, 2003 with 23 episodes.
Summary
Clark starts the new school year with a new ability: heat vision and a new vulnerability: red kryptonite. He shares his secret with Pete and continues to battle villains infected by green kryptonite, but the quest to discover the mysteries of his own origins occupy most of his attention this year. Pete becomes even closer to the Kent family after learning Clark's secret. Lana moves in with Chloe and Gabe Sullivan after her aunt moves away and finds her biological father, Henry Small. Lex battles fiercely with his father for control of LuthorCorp while falling in love and marrying Dr. Helen Bryce. Chloe tries to resolve her conflicting feelings and complicated relationships with Clark and Lana.
Season Two takes place during Clark and his classmates' sophomore year at Smallville High School.
Opening Credits
The Season 2 opening credits for each episode include the following: (eps appeared/eps in season)
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Recurring Characters
This season only
The following Recurring Characters appear in more than one episode in this season only:
- Henry Small - Patrick Cassidy (6/23)
- Jennifer Small - Shelly Schiavoni (1/23) and Eileen Pedde (2/23) = (3/23)
- Dr. Frederick Walden - Rob LaBelle (3/23)
Multiple season appearances
These Recurring Characters appear in multiple episodes this season, and also appears in other seasons:
Ongoing characters:
- Gabe Sullivan - Robert Wisden (2/7)
- Nell Potter - Sarah-Jane Redmond (3/11)
- Dr. Harden - Rekha Sharma (2/7)
- Dr. MacIntyre - Julian Christopher (2/6)
Recurring characters from previous season:
- Sheriff (as Deputy in 1989 flashback from Lineage) Ethan Miller - Mitchell Kosterman (7/14)
Characters that will return in future seasons:
- Sheriff Nancy Adams - Camille Mitchell (3/22)
- Dr. Helen Bryce - Emmanuelle Vaugier (7/9)
- The voice of Jor-El - Terence Stamp (2/23)
- Doctor - Barclay Hope (2/3)
One off appearances this season
These Recurring Characters appear in only one episode this season, but also appears in other seasons:
Recurring characters from previous season:
- Roger Nixon - Tom O'Brien (1/5)
- Dr. Steven Hamilton - Joe Morton (1/4)
- Dominic Sanatori - Jason Connery (1/3)
- Tina Greer - Lizzy Caplan[1] (1/2)
- Troy Turner - Jesse Hutch (1/2)
- Ryan James - Ryan Kelley (1/2)
- Betty Fordman - Catherine Barroll (1/2)
Ongoing characters:
- Dr. Yaeger Scanlan - Jerry Wasserman (1/4)
- Darius, Lex's Security Guard - Kwesi Ameyaw (1/3)
Characters that will return in future seasons:
- Young Clark Kent - Malkolm Alburquenque (1/3)
- Young Lex Luthor - Matthew Munn (1/8)
- Young Lana Lang - Jade Unterman (1/2)
- Captain Maggie Sawyer - Jill Teed (1/4)
- Dr. Lawrence Garner - Martin Cummins (1/3)
- Mayor William Tate - William B. Davis (1/2)
- Ian Randall - Jonathan Taylor Thomas (1/2)
- Joseph Willowbrook - Gordon Tootoosis (1/2)
- Dr. Virgil Swann - Christopher Reeve (1/2)
- Whitney Fordman - Eric Johnson (1/2)
- Pete Dinsmore - Neil Flynn (1/2)
- Emily Dinsmore - Jodelle Micah Ferland (1/2)
Recurring Locations
Episode List: 2002-2003
→ see also Category:Screencaps from season 2
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Notes
- Clark develops a new super power this year: heat vision. (Heat)
- There are three weddings mentioned this season. Lex and Desirée have a beautiful reception in Heat. Lex and Helen have a church wedding in Exodus. Aunt Nell plans to marry Dean Winters, but that wedding doesn't get any screen time.
- Smallville's version of comic character Jor-El is introduced.
- Smallville's version of red kryptonite is introduced.
- Clark learns more about his heritage in this season. He learns that his birth name is "Kal-El" and that he's from Krypton (Rosetta). This is also the first season to use the term kryptonite in dialogue. (Visitor).
- This is the longest season of Smallville. Season One had 21 episodes, Season Seven is the shortest season, with only 20 episodes. The rest had 22 episodes.
- Many recurring characters including Roger Nixon, Steven Hamilton, Dominic Sanatori, Nell Potter and Sheriff Ethan from the first season make their final regular appearances this season. Nell Potter made only one reappearance since then in the Season Six's Promise. Dominic Sanatori only reappears in the comic book Chimera, Part 2.
Trivia
- Former Superman actor, Christopher Reeve, makes a guest appearance as Virgil Swann.
- This is John Glover's first season as a series regular, filling out the 8 star cast after Eric Johnson's (Whitney) departure from the series.
See also
Season Two in Smallville
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Seasons in Smallville
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