1. Previously on Smallville:Copy !req
2. Sweetheart, we can't keep him.Copy !req
3. What'll we say?
We found him out in a field?Copy !req
4. We didn't find him.Copy !req
5. He found us.Copy !req
6. What are you trying to tell me?
I'm from another planet?Copy !req
7. He can't get within five feet
of Lana Lang...Copy !req
8. without turning into
a freak show.Copy !req
9. - Who's the maniac driving the car?
- That would be me.Copy !req
10. Lex Luthor.Copy !req
11. I didn't dive in after Lex's car.
It hit me a 60 mph.Copy !req
12. Does that sound normal to you?
I'd give anything to be normal.Copy !req
13. I call it the Wall of Weird.Copy !req
14. It's every strange event that's
happened due to the meteors.Copy !req
15. That's when it all began.
The town went schizo.Copy !req
16. What's with you and Lana?Copy !req
17. Congratulations, Clark.
You're this year's scarecrow.Copy !req
18. Ah, jeez.Copy !req
19. Who did this to you?Copy !req
20. Doesn't matter.Copy !req
21. Thanks for the dance, Lana.Copy !req
22. Is this what you
do with your time?Copy !req
23. - Where did you get those?
- In that hole you call a room.Copy !req
24. - You had no right to go in there.
- You've got a lot of nerve.Copy !req
25. I'm in a club with Lana's aunt.Copy !req
26. How will I face Nell, knowing
my son is videotaping her niece?Copy !req
27. - Is that where you were tonight?
- No.Copy !req
28. - I was out collecting.
- Two disgusting habits.Copy !req
29. Insects aren't disgusting, Mom.Copy !req
30. Look what has become of you, Greg.
This isn't you.Copy !req
31. - People change.
- Really?Copy !req
32. Monday morning, I'm phoning
Claremont Military Academy.Copy !req
33. Yeah, right, Mom.Copy !req
34. I've had it with your behavior.
This time I'm making the call.Copy !req
35. Hey, who's gonna
take care of my bugs?Copy !req
36. Don't worry, guys.Copy !req
37. I'm gonna take you somewhere safe.Copy !req
38. No!Copy !req
39. No, don't do that!Copy !req
40. Stop!Copy !req
41. No, no!Copy !req
42. Greg?Copy !req
43. Greg! Where have you been?Copy !req
44. Greg!Copy !req
45. It's all your fault, Clark.Copy !req
46. Clark!Copy !req
47. We're leaving in 15 minutes, and you
haven't done your chores yet.Copy !req
48. That looks good, I like that.Copy !req
49. All hail the homecoming
king and queen!Copy !req
50. Clark! I didn't see you
at the dance last night.Copy !req
51. I was...Copy !req
52. I was a little tied up.Copy !req
53. Hey, congratulations!Copy !req
54. I haven't seen an offense
that good since I played.Copy !req
55. Thank you.Copy !req
56. I'll get the rest of the boxes
out of the truck.Copy !req
57. I'll help.Copy !req
58. - Lana?
- Thank you.Copy !req
59. Kent.Copy !req
60. You realize last night
was just a joke, right?Copy !req
61. - I need that necklace back.
- I don't have it.Copy !req
62. Look, it's Lana's favorite-Copy !req
63. Then you'd better go to that
cornfield and find it.Copy !req
64. Beautiful, isn't it?Copy !req
65. Greg! I didn't recognize
you without your glasses.Copy !req
66. You know they only
live for eight hours?Copy !req
67. Live fast, die young.Copy !req
68. They're the rock stars
of the insect world.Copy !req
69. Could you help me with my Lit paper?Copy !req
70. Nathanael West assignment giving you
brain freeze?Copy !req
71. Yeah, it's kicking my ass.Copy !req
72. Sure, okay.Copy !req
73. Great. How about my house,
after school?Copy !req
74. Library might be easier.Copy !req
75. It's a date.Copy !req
76. Lana, your aunt's looking for you.Copy !req
77. Hey, bug boy, do me a favor
and quit tailing my girlfriend.Copy !req
78. You afraid of a little competition,
Whitney?Copy !req
79. We're not in competition, Greg.Copy !req
80. If I find out you've been
leaving butterflies in her room...Copy !req
81. you'll know about it.Copy !req
82. Yeah, well, just remember...Copy !req
83. sometimes you're the windshield,
sometimes you're the bug.Copy !req
84. Can't knock your taste in women.Copy !req
85. - What happened last night?
- It was just a stupid prank.Copy !req
86. You were tied to a stake
in the middle of a field.Copy !req
87. Even the Romans saved that
for special occasions. You could've died.Copy !req
88. I appreciate your help.Copy !req
89. - I just want to forget it ever happened.
- Hey, Clark, what's the holdup, son?Copy !req
90. Mr. Kent, it's good to see you.Copy !req
91. Lex.Copy !req
92. - We've gotta finish up.
- Okay, Dad.Copy !req
93. At least I got a handshake this time.Copy !req
94. Oh, my God! Jonathan!Copy !req
95. Clark!Copy !req
96. - Clark!
- Clark!Copy !req
97. - Clark!
- Clark!Copy !req
98. - Clark.
- Clark.Copy !req
99. Whitney will be all right. He's got a couple
of cuts and bruises, but nothing serious.Copy !req
100. - Does he remember anything?
- No.Copy !req
101. Just that something smashed his truck
and he woke up in the ambulance.Copy !req
102. You need to talk to Mom.
I think I really freaked her out this time.Copy !req
103. You also made her really proud, Clark.Copy !req
104. Something else happened
to me this morning.Copy !req
105. When I woke up,
I was kind of floating.Copy !req
106. Floating?Copy !req
107. As soon as I woke up, I crashed.
What's happening to me?Copy !req
108. I honestly don't know.Copy !req
109. Soon as you start breaking the law
of gravity, we're in uncharted territory.Copy !req
110. I just wish it would stop.Copy !req
111. Look, Clark, I'm your father.
I'm supposed to have all the answers.Copy !req
112. It kills me that I don't.Copy !req
113. But you've gotta have faith.
We'll figure this thing out together.Copy !req
114. I do, but this is happening to me
and I'm scared.Copy !req
115. Your form's good, but his gait's off.
You might wanna check his shoes.Copy !req
116. - Lex Luthor, a friend of your aunt.
- Sneaking up like that...Copy !req
117. you're lucky you didn't get kicked.Copy !req
118. You must be Lana.
It's a pleasure to finally meet you.Copy !req
119. We've already met.Copy !req
120. I seriously doubt
I'd forget meeting you.Copy !req
121. You were a little preoccupied
at the time.Copy !req
122. Not a great first impression?Copy !req
123. When I was 10, I went to Metropolis
for a riding competition.Copy !req
124. Your father invited us to stay over.Copy !req
125. My aunt said you had an indoor pool.
I went to check it out...Copy !req
126. and I found you and a girl
skinny-dipping.Copy !req
127. I think you were teaching her
the breaststroke.Copy !req
128. That was you?Copy !req
129. Wow.Copy !req
130. You're all grown up now.Copy !req
131. Very impressive.Copy !req
132. It's tacky,
but it makes my aunt happy.Copy !req
133. - That's an unusual necklace.
- Thanks. It's very special to me.Copy !req
134. How come you're not wearing it?Copy !req
135. I lent it to my boyfriend.Copy !req
136. - Lucky guy. What's his name?
- Whitney Fordman.Copy !req
137. - The kid that Kent saved today?
- Just came back from seeing him.Copy !req
138. He's lucky Clark was there.Copy !req
139. I know the feeling.Copy !req
140. Makes you wonder
if you're with the right guy.Copy !req
141. One chucks footballs,
the other helps save lives.Copy !req
142. For someone who just moved here,
you've got a lot of opinions.Copy !req
143. You just seem
more interesting than that.Copy !req
144. While you're nursing your boyfriend
back to health...Copy !req
145. ask him what he was doing
before the big game.Copy !req
146. - He was with me.
- Are you sure?Copy !req
147. Tell your aunt I stopped by.Copy !req
148. Greg, what's going on here?Copy !req
149. Greg!Copy !req
150. I have-!Copy !req
151. What's gotten into you?Copy !req
152. Two million years
of intelligence and instinct.Copy !req
153. - You stop this right now.
- I can't. See, it's too late.Copy !req
154. Nature's already taken its course.Copy !req
155. First I'll eat, then I'll molt.Copy !req
156. - Then I'll mate.
- You need help.Copy !req
157. Mom, did I ever tell you
about the farrow spider?Copy !req
158. It's a fascinating creature.Copy !req
159. See, after it hatches...Copy !req
160. it kills its mother.Copy !req
161. Save any lives on your way over?Copy !req
162. You keep it up, and you could make
a career out of it.Copy !req
163. Just dropping off your produce.
Sorry my parents gave you a hard time.Copy !req
164. If push came to shove,
I would have arm-wrestled them for it.Copy !req
165. Planning an invasion?Copy !req
166. - My father gave it to me when I was 9.
- Cool gift.Copy !req
167. It wasn't a gift,
it was a strategy tool.Copy !req
168. My father equates business with war.Copy !req
169. The Battle of Troy started because two
men were in love with the same woman.Copy !req
170. Kind of like you and the quarterback.
That's why he strung you up in that field.Copy !req
171. If we're at war, Whitney's won.Copy !req
172. You lost one battle, that's all.Copy !req
173. Besides, I don't believe Lana
is as infatuated as you think.Copy !req
174. He captains the football team.
The town treats him like a god.Copy !req
175. Game over.Copy !req
176. If you hadn't pulled him out of that
truck, your problems would be solved.Copy !req
177. I'm kidding, of course.Copy !req
178. Don't worry, Clark,
I've got your Trojan horse.Copy !req
179. Clark, you okay?Copy !req
180. Yeah, I'm fine.Copy !req
181. That's a cool box.
What's it made of?Copy !req
182. Lead. My mother bought it
in a Casbah in Morocco.Copy !req
183. It was made
from the armor of St. George...Copy !req
184. patron saint of Boy Scouts.Copy !req
185. She gave it to me before she died.
Think she was trying to send me a message.Copy !req
186. I can't take that.Copy !req
187. What is it about Kents and gifts?Copy !req
188. It's yours. Hand it to Lana
and tell her what happened.Copy !req
189. Trust me. Once she opens it,
you'll win her heart.Copy !req
190. That necklace gives
you the power, Clark.Copy !req
191. All you've gotta do is use it.Copy !req
192. Where were you before the game
on Saturday?Copy !req
193. Can we talk about this later?Copy !req
194. It's a simple question, Whitney.Copy !req
195. I was warming up.Copy !req
196. So you didn't grab Clark
and hang him up in a field?Copy !req
197. Lana, it was just a prank.Copy !req
198. Can I please have my necklace back?Copy !req
199. - I lost it.
- Were you planning on telling me?Copy !req
200. Or was that a prank too?Copy !req
201. Lana! I thought you'd forgotten.
I've been waiting for, like, an hour.Copy !req
202. You remember, the English paper?Copy !req
203. Sorry, Greg, something important
came up. Can we do it another time?Copy !req
204. Are you blowing me off
for your boyfriend?Copy !req
205. I'm not blowing you off.
I need to see Clark.Copy !req
206. Kent?Copy !req
207. You'd rather spend time with him?
Is he more important than me?Copy !req
208. Greg, I can't talk about this
right now. I have to go.Copy !req
209. Lana.Copy !req
210. Your mom said I could wait here.
I hope you don't mind.Copy !req
211. This is an amazing place.Copy !req
212. My dad built it.
He calls it my "fortress of solitude. "Copy !req
213. - I didn't know you liked astronomy.
- That's a hobby.Copy !req
214. - You can see my house from here.
- No. Really?Copy !req
215. We've lived a mile apart all our lives,
and you've never come over.Copy !req
216. And you wonder why I'm here now.Copy !req
217. Not that I don't enjoy the company,
but yes, I was.Copy !req
218. I found out about what Whitney did
to you, the whole scarecrow thing.Copy !req
219. - I came to apologize.
- It's not your fault. Forget about it.Copy !req
220. I can't. He had no right to do that to you.
And you turn around and save his life.Copy !req
221. I appreciate you coming over. You're not
the one who should be apologizing.Copy !req
222. I didn't come here to defend him,
I came here to see you.Copy !req
223. - Who told you?
- Lex Luthor.Copy !req
224. Dropped some bread crumbs,
and I followed the trail.Copy !req
225. I'm glad he did, Clark.
He was just being a good friend.Copy !req
226. - You're lucky, it's rare.
- Lex is definitely one of a kind.Copy !req
227. - What are you gonna do?
- I'm not sure.Copy !req
228. I thought I knew Whitney. Now I wonder
what else I've been blind to.Copy !req
229. He even lost my favorite necklace.Copy !req
230. Can't you get it replaced?Copy !req
231. Sounds weird, but it's made from a bit
of the meteor that killed my parents.Copy !req
232. Nell had it made, gave it to me
the day she officially adopted me.Copy !req
233. She told me that life is about change.Copy !req
234. Sometimes it's painful...Copy !req
235. sometimes it's beautiful.
But most of the time it's both.Copy !req
236. I better go.Copy !req
237. I'm glad you're okay, Clark.Copy !req
238. Need a hand, Dad?Copy !req
239. That's the best idea
I've heard all night.Copy !req
240. Clark?Copy !req
241. Clark, what happened?
Are you all right?Copy !req
242. There's someone in the rafters.Copy !req
243. Dad!Copy !req
244. What in the hell just happened?Copy !req
245. - I never saw anybody move like that.
- Did you see him?Copy !req
246. He came off the ceiling at me.
It was almost as if he-Copy !req
247. Wasn't entirely human? I saw his face.
I think it was Greg Arkin.Copy !req
248. You and Pete used to hang out
with him in grade school.Copy !req
249. - Why would he want to hurt you?
- I don't know.Copy !req
250. - Are you still friends?
- I pass him in the halls.Copy !req
251. But people change.Copy !req
252. His mother used to keep him
on a short leash...Copy !req
253. but I can't believe he'd hurt a fly.Copy !req
254. Maybe that's because he was too busy
collecting them and every other bug.Copy !req
255. Kids don't leap off
the ceiling and attack people.Copy !req
256. How do you explain that?Copy !req
257. I don't know, seems kind of out there.Copy !req
258. This, coming from the man who's been
hiding a spaceship for the last 12 years.Copy !req
259. It's not that I don't
believe you, Clark.Copy !req
260. I'm having trouble getting my head
around this one.Copy !req
261. You ever wonder why all these
weird things happen in Smallville?Copy !req
262. Every town has its share
of tall tales.Copy !req
263. Except here they're all true.Copy !req
264. Chloe showed me this wall. It was covered
with all these articles she collected...Copy !req
265. about all the weird stuff that's
happened since the meteor shower.Copy !req
266. It's all my fault.Copy !req
267. If you're talking about 50-pound
tomatoes and two-headed calves...Copy !req
268. then I got a better explanation
for you: LuthorCorp.Copy !req
269. God only knows what that fertilizer plant's
been pumping out over the last 12 years.Copy !req
270. LuthorCorp. Didn't kill
Lana's parents.Copy !req
271. Neither did you, son.Copy !req
272. You can't blame yourself
for something you had no control over.Copy !req
273. I know. I still feel responsible.Copy !req
274. What happened to Lana's parents
was a terrible tragedy.Copy !req
275. But no matter how many
extraordinary gifts you have...Copy !req
276. you will never be able
to change that.Copy !req
277. - How do I make this feeling go away?
- You can't.Copy !req
278. But that's what makes you human.Copy !req
279. Chloe, is Greg Arkin still
a reporter for the Torch?Copy !req
280. If you're definition of a reporter is someone
who actually turns in articles, then no.Copy !req
281. Greg hasn't been to the office
for a week.Copy !req
282. - I've gotta find him.
- What's the sudden interest in Greg?Copy !req
283. You coming out
of the entomology closet?Copy !req
284. It's nothing.
I'll catch up with you later.Copy !req
285. - I hate it when you do that.
- Do what?Copy !req
286. Shut me out. One minute you're here,
and the next you're gone.Copy !req
287. Are you outgrowing me as a friend?Copy !req
288. I could never outgrow you.
Other than vertically.Copy !req
289. It's amazing how far
that Kent charm will get you.Copy !req
290. Now what's up with Greg?Copy !req
291. I found an article
about Amazonian tribesmen...Copy !req
292. who took on traits of the insects
that bit them.Copy !req
293. But nothing as extreme as what you
were talking about. You have any luck?Copy !req
294. Only that Greg didn't move here
until after the meteor showers.Copy !req
295. So he wasn't exposed.Copy !req
296. But his bugs could have been.
Think about it.Copy !req
297. Pieces of that meteor
are buried all over Smallville.Copy !req
298. The habitat is infected.Copy !req
299. So when boy catches bugs and bugs
bite boy, you end up with "bug-boy. "Copy !req
300. Look, you can't even walk out your door
in the summertime...Copy !req
301. without being bitten by a mosquito.Copy !req
302. Why don't we have a whole town
of "bug-people"?Copy !req
303. You need a high level of toxins
to cause a mutation.Copy !req
304. Those Amazonian tribesmen
were all attacked by swarms.Copy !req
305. Greg did keep tanks of bugs
in his room.Copy !req
306. Maybe they got sick
of the view and revolted.Copy !req
307. According to this,
bugs have a very short life cycle.Copy !req
308. So if he really has gone Kafka, let's
hope he isn't in the mating phase.Copy !req
309. Doesn't look like anyone's home.Copy !req
310. It's a mess. Remember what
a neat freak his mom was?Copy !req
311. Yeah. She used to make us
take off our shoes.Copy !req
312. One time I forgot, and she yelled at me.Copy !req
313. Is that what broke up the friendship?Copy !req
314. His parents got divorced,
and he stopped calling.Copy !req
315. Which sucked.
He had a killer tree fort his dad built.Copy !req
316. - It was okay.
- Clark never liked it.Copy !req
317. He used to get dizzy
just walking over there.Copy !req
318. - How come?
- He was afraid of heights.Copy !req
319. I didn't believe it was structurally sound.Copy !req
320. You guys, come here.Copy !req
321. Oh, man, that's disgusting.Copy !req
322. - What is it?
- It's skin. He must be molting.Copy !req
323. You guys better come in here.Copy !req
324. Guys?Copy !req
325. Looks like you're not the only one
in Smallville with the hots for Lana.Copy !req
326. I think Greg's found his mate.Copy !req
327. Lana!Copy !req
328. Your aunt said you were out here.Copy !req
329. - How you feeling?
- Better.Copy !req
330. That's not why I'm here, though.Copy !req
331. Lana, when I saw you and Clark outside
your house that night, I freaked out.Copy !req
332. What did you think we were doing?Copy !req
333. I guess I got scared
and did something stupid.Copy !req
334. I would do anything to take that back.Copy !req
335. It's too late, Whitney.
She's mine now.Copy !req
336. Greg?Copy !req
337. Get away from her.Copy !req
338. - Greg, what's going on?
- It's time.Copy !req
339. Time for what?Copy !req
340. For us.Copy !req
341. Lana!Copy !req
342. Lana!Copy !req
343. - Greg's got her.
- What happened?Copy !req
344. I'm not sure. Greg threw me
against the wall...Copy !req
345. like it was nothing and grabbed Lana.Copy !req
346. - I've never seen somebody that strong.
- Where did he go?Copy !req
347. - Off into the woods.
- I know where he's going.Copy !req
348. - I'll drive.
- You know the old foundry?Copy !req
349. That got hit by the meteor shower?Copy !req
350. Follow the dirt track,
100 yards back, there's a tree fort.Copy !req
351. How do you know he's there?Copy !req
352. Greg collected bugs there
when we were kids.Copy !req
353. Look, Kent, I want to apologize-Copy !req
354. - Get away from her.
- Greg, I know what's happened to you.Copy !req
355. - Then you know that I've been freed.
- No, you're a slave to your instincts.Copy !req
356. I have no rules, Clark.Copy !req
357. I eat what I want...Copy !req
358. I go where I want...Copy !req
359. - ... and I take what I want.
- You're not taking her.Copy !req
360. - Then try and stop me.
- You're not the only one who's changed.Copy !req
361. You haven't changed at all.Copy !req
362. You still get sick around
this place like when we were kids.Copy !req
363. Did you know the Buffalo ant can
lift 30 times its own body weight?Copy !req
364. Clark!Copy !req
365. Clark, where are you?
Come on out.Copy !req
366. I just wanna play.Copy !req
367. Clark, please...
Come out!Copy !req
368. It's lined with lead.Copy !req
369. Give it up, Clark.
You can't fight natural law.Copy !req
370. Only the strong survive.Copy !req
371. Did you think you could hide from me?Copy !req
372. Greg, watch out!Copy !req
373. It's okay. It's me.Copy !req
374. - Whitney?
- You're safe. You're safe. Come on.Copy !req
375. Whitney, is that you?Copy !req