Episodes
S1 E1 - The Jewel of the Techacal
October 7, 198822minLana's father, an archeologist, comes to the university with what he thinks is a cursed relic. Lex Luthor then steals the jewel in order to sell it to the highest bidder.Available to buyS1 E2 - A Kind of Princess
October 14, 198822minClark falls for Sara, the daughter of a crime boss. Both Clark and Sara get stuck in the middle between rival crime syndicates, and it is up to Superboy to save everyone.Available to buyS1 E3 - Back to Oblivion
October 21, 198821minTJ goes to a scrap yard to investigate strange things that have happened there. When he arrives, he is trapped in a crushing machine by the old man, Mr. Wagner, who owns the scrap yard.Available to buyS1 E4 - The Russian Exchange Student
October 28, 198822minWhen a scientist's formula to improve the efficiency of gasoline is nearly destroyed, a Russian exchange student named Natasha is accused of sabotaging the computer that the formula was stored on.Available to buyS1 E5 - Countdown to Nowhere
November 4, 198822minThe world first learns of the new hero, Superboy, when he rescues Lana Lang from kidnapper Roscoe Williams (Doug Barr).Available to buyS1 E6 - Bringing Down The House
November 11, 198821minA rock star, Judd Faust, wants the amusement park and puts everyone in danger when the owner refuses to sell it to him. Lana falls in love with Judd but learns of his true nature when he takes her away one night and puts her in a torture device.Available to buyS1 E7 - The Beast and Beauty
November 18, 198821minA Superboy impersonator is robbing banks and jewelry stores to get a million dollars so he can marry Florida's beauty queen.Available to buyS1 E8 - The Fixer
November 25, 198822minLex Luthor is taking bets on the basketball game. He blackmails one of the players into losing the game. Superboy takes over the job as referee to stop Luthor and prevent the scandal.Available to buyS1 E9 - The Alien Solution
December 2, 198822minA strange cloud-like alien who can take over others bodies comes to earth hoping to steal Superboy's body so he can add it to his collection of warriors.Available to buyS1 E10 - Troubled Waters
December 9, 198821minA businessman wants to buy all the farms in the Smallville area during an agricultural depression. Mr. Kent wants to find out why. Kenderson, the businessman, has something to hide and tries to kill Mr. Kent but he is unsuccessful.Available to buyS1 E11 - The Invisible People
January 20, 198921minA large group of homeless people are living in front of a beach club on a Florida beach. They were promised jobs by the wealthy beach club owner, who never gave them anything.Available to buyS1 E12 - Kryptonite Kills
January 27, 198921minA Kryptonite meteor falls in Addis Ababa and is sent to Shuster for study. It turns up in Clark's class on minerals. There, Clark feels the pain of kryptonite for the first time.Available to buyS1 E13 - Revenge of The Alien: Part I
February 3, 198921minThe alien from "The Alien Solution" escapes after a thief steals the canister containing him. He wants revenge on Superboy for destroying his collection of warrior bodies.Available to buyS1 E14 - Revenge of The Alien: Part II
February 10, 198921minNow controlling Pa Kent, the alien makes his move to get revenge. He kidnaps Lana and holds her hostage on a rooftop near Shuster University.Available to buyS1 E15 - Stand Up and Get Knocked Down
February 17, 198921minTJ finds his friend Michael dead outside of the Bonkerz comedy club. TJ wants to find out what happened to him, so he goes to the club's amateur night.Available to buyS1 E16 - Meet Mr. Mxyzptlk
February 24, 198921minSuperboy is called on to help remove a totem pole from the ground so it can be studied. When he arrives, the totem won't budge.Available to buyS1 E17 - Birdwoman of the Swamps
March 3, 198921minWhen a bulldozer is turned over at a construction site, TJ and Clark decide to investigate. Clark meets an old Indian woman who believes the birds turned over the bulldozer.Available to buyS1 E18 - Terror From The Blue
March 10, 198921minA group of cops gone bad attempts to kill police lieutenant Zeke Harris, and Lana witnesses the shooting. The "dirty" cops chase her, and she avoids them.Available to buyS1 E19 - War of The Species
March 17, 198921minThe military has given funding to an artificial intelligence project. TJ, Clark and Lana visit the project to get a story for the Shuster Herald.Available to buyS1 E20 - Little Hercules
April 14, 198921minClark and TJ visit a young high school genius named Billy Hercules who has been offered a scholarship by Shuster University. Clark be friends the boy, with whom he can relate as both are different and out of place.Available to buyS1 E21 - Mutant
April 21, 198921minClark witnesses the kidnapping of Professor Craig Lipcott, a famous nuclear scientist. As Superboy, he follows the kidnappers to a rooftop and sees them enter a strange ship just before he is attacked by a powerful ray that leaves him disoriented.Available to buyS1 E22 - The Phantom of the Third Division
April 28, 198922minJonathan Kent is being stalked by a man with whom he fought alongside during the Korean War. As Clark, Lana and T.J. come to Smallville for a visit, Mr. Kent is lured to the Smallville hospital and kidnapped by the man.Available to buyS1 E23 - Black Flamingo
May 5, 198921minSuperboy goes undercover in a punk nightclub where a terrorist called Snake-Man is hypnotizing teenagers to turn them into killers.Available to buyS1 E24 - Hollywood
May 12, 198921minProfessor Zugar, invents a time machine and sends himself and Superboy back in time to Hollywood in the 1930s. Superboy meets a famous actor, Victoria Letour, and discovers that she is being stalked by men who want to kill her.Available to buyS1 E25 - Succubus
May 19, 198921minA beautiful vampire-like creature seeks to drain Superboy of his life force and seduces TJ as part of her plot.Available to buy