Smallville (season 9)
Episodes

Smallville (season 9)

Section Title: Episodes
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No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)

175	1	"Savior"	Kevin G. Fair	Kelly Souders & Brian Peterson	September 25, 2009	3X5251	2.58

Lois returns from the future with no memory of the three weeks she is missing. Meanwhile, Clark has been training with Jor-El, while also branding his family crest around Metropolis after saving someone.

176	2	"Metallo"	Mairzee Almas	Don Whitehead & Holly Henderson	October 2, 2009	3X5252	2.24

Daily Planet reporter John Corben (Brian Austin Green) is hit by a truck while trying to ascertain the Blur's identity. When he wakes up, John discovers that his body has been outfitted with robotic parts, and his heart replaced with a piece of kryptonite that acts as a power source for his body.

177	3	"Rabid"	Michael Rohl	Jordan Hawley	October 9, 2009	3X5253	2.30

After Tess is admitted to the hospital showing zombie-like symptoms, Clark has Dr. Hamilton investigate the cause with a Disease Control specialist.

178	4	"Echo"	Wayne Rose	Bryan Miller	October 16, 2009	3X5254	2.61

Jor-El gives Clark the ability to hear others' thoughts in an effort to teach Clark to hone his Kryptonian intuition and learn to not allow humanistic assumptions inhibit his destiny.

179	5	"Roulette"	Kevin G. Fair	Genevieve Sparling	October 23, 2009	3X5256	2.52

At a casino, Oliver meets a woman named Victoria, who goes by the name Roulette and gives him a red pill to swallow.

180	6	"Crossfire"	Michael Rohl	Don Whitehead & Holly Henderson	October 30, 2009	3X5257	2.57

While Lois and Clark prepare to host a new morning talk show, Oliver attempts to train a prostitute/cage fighter, Mia Dearden, to be mentally stronger after witnessing her battle with her own personal demons just as he did.

181	7	"Kandor"	Jeannot Szwarc	Al Septien & Turi Meyer	November 6, 2009	3X5258	2.63

Zod recalls to his troops how twenty years before the destruction of Krypton the Ruling Council took their blood shortly before the destruction of Kandor, which is what was used to clone each of them on Earth.

182	8	"Idol"	Glen Winter	Anne Cofell Saunders	November 13, 2009	3X5255	2.68

In an attempt to fuel the legend of the Blur, twins Jayna and Zan — who have the ability to morph into animals and water-based forms, respectively—begin performing saves around Metropolis and painting Clark's shield at the scene of the crime.

183	9	"Pandora"	Morgan Beggs	Drew Landis & Julia Swift	November 20, 2009	3X5259	2.45

Tess kidnaps Lois and uses a memory reading machine from Sommerholt Institute to try to discover Lois's lost memories. In order to see how Zod "saves humanity", Tess synchronizes her brain with Lois's so that she can live through the memories.

184	10	"Disciple"	Mairzee Almas	Jordan Hawley	January 29, 2010	3X5260	2.52

After a date with Clark, Lois is shot with an arrow by a man dressed as the Green Arrow. Later, Chloe is attacked by the same individual.

185	11	"Absolute Justice"	Glen Winter (1st Hour) Tom Welling (2nd Hour)	Geoff Johns	February 5, 2010	3X5262 3X5263	2.77

After former superhero Sylvester Pemberton—also known as Star-Spangled Kid—is killed by supervillain Icicle, Chloe and Clark begin investigating the murder. The pair discover that Sylvester was part of a group known as the Justice Society of America, which was led by a man named Carter Hall (Michael Shanks), who went by the name Hawkman.

186	12	"Warrior"	Allison Mack	Bryan Miller	February 12, 2010	3X5261	2.48

After stealing an enchanted Warrior Angel comic book, adolescent Alec is transformed into a super-powered adult. With his new abilities, Alec saves Chloe's life.

187	13	"Persuasion"	Christopher Petry	Anne Cofell Saunders	February 19, 2010	3X5264	2.42

Clark is unknowingly exposed to a new form of kryptonite that gives him the power of hypnosis. As a result, Lois quits her job at the Daily Planet and moves in with Clark after he tells her he wants a more traditional relationship.

188	14	"Conspiracy"	Turi Meyer	Al Septien & Turi Meyer	February 26, 2010	3X5265	2.53

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189	15	"Escape"	Kevin G. Fair	Genevieve Sparling	April 2, 2010	3X5266	2.13

Clark and Lois head to a bed and breakfast for the weekend, but when they arrive they find Chloe and Oliver having their own romantic getaway.

190	16	"Checkmate"	Tim Scanlan	John Chisholm	April 9, 2010	3X5267	2.13

Tess and other agents from Checkmate successfully kidnap Green Arrow and transport him to the Checkmate organization. While in transport, Amanda Waller attempts to recruit Green Arrow, unaware that he is billionaire Oliver Queen, to a government cause designed around preparing for a potential alien invasion.

191	17	"Upgrade"	Michael Rohl	Drew Landis & Julia Swift	April 16, 2010	3X5268	1.84

Based on a tip from Zod, who is still posing as the Blur, Lois infiltrates one of Tess's secret labs and discovers she is experimenting with kryptonite.

192	18	"Charade"	Brian Peterson	Don Whitehead & Holly Henderson	April 23, 2010	3X5269	2.23

The new Daily Planet editor pits Lois and Clark against each other for the right to keep their job, but the pair decide to write the ultimate story on ex-District Attorney Raymond Sacks, whose conviction was overturned.

193	19	"Sacrifice"	Kevin G. Fair	Teleplay by: Justin Hartley & Walter Wong & Bryan Miller Story by: Justin Hartley & Walter Wong	April 30, 2010	3X5270	1.89

Checkmate breaches the Watchtower computer firewalls and begins stealing information. Clark, needing to find Zod, sends Oliver to the Luthor mansion to look through Tess's things to see if he can find any information.

194	20	"Hostage"	Glen Winter	Jordan Hawley & Anne Cofell Saunders	May 7, 2010	3X5271	1.92

Maxwell Lord kidnaps Tess in an effort to find the Book of Rao. Tess escapes only to be caught by the Red Queen, and is forced to give the book to her.

195	21	"Salvation"	Greg Beeman	Al Septien & Turi Meyer	May 14, 2010	3X5272	2.45

Zod appears to Lois claiming to be The Blur and accusing Clark of trying to reveal Zod's secret. Tess confronts Zod at the Fortress, in an effort to save Clark, but Zod gets the upper hand and uses his heat vision to burn her and leave her for dead before destroying the main console of the Fortress.

Sentence(s)

The Smallville season premiere brought in 2.58 million viewers.

final_sentence: The Smallville season premiere brought in 2.58 million viewers.