PHOENIX
EPISODE NUMBER - 302
AIR DATE - 10.08.03
WRITTEN BY - Kelly Souders & Brian Peterson
DIRECTED BY - James Marshall
Morgan Edge, a crime boss who hired Clark to steal a package from LutherCorp while he was in Metropolis, follows him home to Smallville. Lex returns home with the aching question of who betrayed him.

EXTINCTION
EPISODE NUMBER - 303
AIR DATE - 10.15.03
WRITTEN BY - Todd Slavkin & Darren Swimmer
DIRECTED BY - Michael Kattleman
Clark saves Lex from a killer's bullet, but is nearly killed when the man learns of Clark's weakness and shoots him with a bullet formed out of the meteor rock element.

SLUMBER
EPISODE NUMBER - 304
AIR DATE - 10.22.03
WRITTEN BY - Drew Greenberg
DIRECTED BY - Terrance O'Hara
A telepathic coma victim traps Clark in his own dreams, and he must take advantage of his waking hours to try and save her.

PERRY
EPISODE NUMBER - 305
AIR DATE - 10.29.03
WRITTEN BY - Mark Verheiden
DIRECTED BY - Jeannot Szwarc
Clark is pursued by a sleazy television reporter -- Perry White -- who is determined to learn his secret after problems with Clark's powers reveal his uniqueness. Lex is pressured into counseling.

RELIC
EPISODE NUMBER - 306
AIR DATE - 11.05.03
WRITTEN BY - Brian Peterson & Kelly Souders
DIRECTED BY - Marita Grabiak
Lana discovers that a drifter suspected of killing her great aunt 40 years ago looks just like Clark. Clark's investigation leads him to a stunning discovery about his father.

MAGNETIC
EPISODE NUMBER - 307
AIR DATE - 11.12.03
WRITTEN BY - Holly Harold
DIRECTED BY - David Jackson
A student with the ability to control magnetic fields uses his meteor rock-derived powers to make Lana fall for him. Lex and Chloe form a new alliance.

SHATTERED
EPISODE NUMBER - 308
AIR DATE - 11.19.03
WRITTEN BY - Ken Biller
DIRECTED BY - Ken Biller
Lex seeks help from Clark after barely escaping an assassination attempt -- but his behavior makes it hard for Clark to dismiss Lionel's claim that his son has suffered a mental breakdown.

ASYLUM
EPISODE NUMBER - 309
AIR DATE - 01.14.04
WRITTEN BY - Todd Slavkin & Darren Swimmer
DIRECTED BY - Greg Beeman
Lex is institutionalized, but continues to suspect that his father is trying to shut him up for what he knows. Three of Clark's former adversaries plot to use him to escape the asylum. Lana meets someone during her recovery efforts.

WHISPER
EPISODE NUMBER - 310
AIR DATE - 01.21.04
WRITTEN BY - Ken Horton
DIRECTED BY - Tom Wright
When a Kryptonite accident leaves Clark blind, he develops super-hearing -- and must use it to save Pete, who is kidnapped in order to blackmail his mother. Clark learns that Chloe has been gathering information about him for Lionel Luther.

DELETE
EPISODE NUMBER - 311
AIR DATE - 01.28.04
WRITTEN BY - Kelly Souders & Brian Peterson
DIRECTED BY - Pat Williams
Chloe is targetted by people who have gained the ability to control others through e-mail communications -- including her close friends.

HEREAFTER
EPISODE NUMBER - 312
AIR DATE - 02.04.04
WRITTEN BY - Mark Verheiden & Drew Greenberg
DIRECTED BY - Greg Beeman & James Marshall
A student with the ability to see into the future claims that he saw Lana dying in a fire. Chloe starts digging into Adam's past.

VELOCITY
EPISODE NUMBER - 313
AIR DATE - 02.11.04
WRITTEN BY - Todd Slavkin & Darren Swimmer
DIRECTED BY - Jeannot Szwarc
Pete falls in with the wrong crowd when he takes to street racing Kryptonite-powered cars. Lana discovers a secret about her new friend Adam's past.

OBSESSION
EPISODE NUMBER - 314
AIR DATE - 02.18.04
WRITTEN BY - Holly Harold
DIRECTED BY - James Marshall
Clark starts a relationship with a girl who has teleportation abilities -- and whose obsession over him soon threatens everyone she thinks stands between them. Lana seeks help from Lex in investigating Adam.

RESURRECTION
EPISODE NUMBER - 315
AIR DATE - 02.25.04
WRITTEN BY - Todd Slavkin & Darren Swimmer
DIRECTED BY - Terrance O'Hara
After his brother appears to miraculously return from the dead, a young man threatens to destroy the hospital if his brother does not receive the liver transplant he needs to survive.

CRISIS
EPISODE NUMBER - 316
AIR DATE - 03.03.04
WRITTEN BY - Kelly Souders & Brian Peterson
DIRECTED BY - Ken Biller
Clark receives a terrified phone call from Lana, who is being chased by an unknown gunman -- only to learn that the call came from the future. Lionel pursues his secret serum research, only to have Lex targetted for investigation following a disaster at the lab.

LEGACY
EPISODE NUMBER - 317
AIR DATE - 04.14.04
WRITTEN BY - Jeph Loeb, Alfred Gough & Miles Millar
DIRECTED BY - Greg Beeman
Clark discovers that Jor-El is sending his father Jonathan messages through the key, drawing him into a confrontation with Lionel Luther -- who has struck a bargain with Dr. Swann.

TRUTH
EPISODE NUMBER - 318
AIR DATE - 04.21.04
WRITTEN BY - Drew Z. Greenberg
DIRECTED BY - James Marshall
Chloe is exposed to a strange gas, which forces everyone to whom she talks to tell the truth -- an ability she can't resist using against her classmates, her friends, and the Luthors.

MEMORIA
EPISODE NUMBER - 319
AIR DATE - 04.28.04
WRITTEN BY - Alred Gough & Miles Millar
DIRECTED BY - Miles Millar
Lex undergoes an experimental procedure to try and recover the memories that his father took from him, but instead unlocks the secret of his baby brother's fate.

TALISMAN
EPISODE NUMBER - 320
AIR DATE - 05.05.04
WRITTEN BY - Ken Biller
DIRECTED BY - John Schneider
When a young Kowachi acquires a knife that gives him super powers, Clark must consider the prophecy that says he is the Kowachi savior. Lana considers whether her dream of going to Paris is worth losing the Talon.

FORSAKEN
EPISODE NUMBER - 321
AIR DATE - 05.12.04
WRITTEN BY - Kelly Souders & Brian Peterson
DIRECTED BY - Terrence O'Hara
Lana is confronted by an old childhood friend, who wishes to prevent her from going to Paris. Clark considers telling Lana his secret to keep her in Smallville, and Lex makes a final move against his father.

COVENANT
EPISODE NUMBER - 322
AIR DATE - 05.19.04
STORY BY - Todd Slavkin & Darren Swimmer
WRITTEN BY - Alfred Gough & Miles Millar
DIRECTED BY - Greg Beeman
A young woman arrives on the Kent's doorstep claiming to be from Krypton, and tries to convince Clark to leave with her to meet his destiny. Lionel makes a last-ditch effort to save himself.