Lois investigates the early prison release of ex-District Attorney Raymond Sacks but he threatens her with a balloon when confronted. The Blur saves her, but is captured on film by a delivery guy who plans to sell the photo to Sacks. Lois and Clark each attempt to thwart the delivery of the photo and run into Maxwell Lord, a wealthy tycoon and Checkmate operative, who is trying to learn The Blur's identity to eliminate him. Meanwhile, Chloe discovers Zod's secret.
Season 9 Episode 18 of Smallville resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.
s09e01 - Savior
s09e02 - Metallo
s09e03 - Rabid
s09e04 - Echo
s09e05 - Roulette
s09e06 - Crossfire
s09e07 - Kandor
s09e08 - Idol
s09e09 - Pandora
s09e10 - Disciple
s09e11 - Absolute Justice
s09e12 - Warrior
s09e13 - Persuasion
s09e14 - Conspiracy
s09e15 - Escape
s09e16 - Checkmate
s09e17 - Upgrade
s09e18 - Charade
s09e19 - Sacrifice
s09e20 - Hostage
s09e21 - Salvation
Smallville tells the tale of a teenage Clark Kent in the days before he was Superman. It is the town where he came from where very strange things started happening with his arrival in a spaceship in the midst of a meteor storm of green rocks.
Clark must deal with a variety of individuals given powers by the green rocks, keep his powers a secret, cope with his friendship with a young Lex Luthor, and balance the two girls in his life, Chloe and Lana. The show also shows us how Lex Luthor develops from a friend of Clark's and kinda-okay guy to (presumably) the villain who will plague Superman in his later years.