This ep starred the dad from the Wonder Years as the Smallville football teams Coach Walt. His big secret was that he had this private sauna in his office (dubbed the "Sweatbox"). And under the coals that were heating it… is a pile of kryptonite. So natch, he had some kind of super power. What is it you ask? Well, he was a totally high strung, meanie, guy who yelled a lot, so now, when he would get all pissed off and his face turned red, he would start fires. It was totally like watching "Firestarter". He could even wish fires on people and direct them with his mind. Creepy. Well, after the coach sees Clark throw a football with superspeed, he makes him join the team. Go Clark!

Alright, this was a really gross episode. It was all about BUGBOY - that's not an official name or anything, but it's pretty fitting. This loner geek kid, Greg, collected tons and tons of bugs in his room (eeewwwwwww) and one day, a case cracked open while he was driving and apparently the bugs sort of bit him to death. Well, it turns out, these bugs have been around since before the meteor crash and all have some kind of funky stuff in them and since soooo many bugs bit him, he kind of turned into one. A big bug. Yes, it was really nasty. He looked like a human, but he ate bugs and had bug powers, like leaping and casting webs. His whole thing was that now he's a bug and goes through stages (which included eating his mom, and shedding his skin in the shower) and the last stage is mating. And of course, the girl he wants to mate with is Lana Lang. Go figure. So while he has her spun in a cocoon, there's a big showdown with him and Clark. But then, Bugboy got squashed by a tractor-type thing and turned into like a MILLION ROACHES! Uugghh. It was nasty.

Lex and Clark are becoming better friends and Lex even tried to help Clark win over Lana from her jock boyfriend Whitney. Whitney lost her kryptonite necklace when he tied Clark up as a scarecrow last week, so when Lex found it, he gave it to Clark, that way he could return it to Lana and receive the "thanks". But I totally thought from the start that Clark is the kind of guy that would return the necklace anonymously and forgo the credit. So I wasn't surprised when that's exactly what happened at the end. While Clark was in posession of the necklace, he learned just how much the kyrptonite cripples him. And the only thing that can keep it from affecting Clark is lead. Like when the necklace was in a lead box it was harmless.

I actually really liked this episode, even better than the first I think. It's such a combo of Roswell and Buffy that I guess I can't help but like it, too.

So I had some major hesitations about this whole Superman thing. But I gotta tell ya… I totally dug this show. The fact that the young hero, played by Tom Welling, is SOOO hot, doesn't hurt either. I mean, he's no Angel, but he's still hot, more like Max quality. Kristin Kruek, who plays Lana Lang is pretty and sweet, and Lex Luthor has some potential for hottie-status… but the bald thing is kinda holding him back. We shall see. Anyhoo, the fact that Clark's parents had his spaceship tucked away in their basement was totally a bite from Roswell, but I think a lot of this show is going to be. But hey, like the Jenny Jones audience often says, "don't hate the player, hate the game."

Well, story goes, there was this meteor shower to hit Smallville, Kansas in 1989, dropping Clark onto earth, killing Lana's parents, causing Lex to lose his hair, and leaving some poor kid who was tied to a pole like a scarecrow (Jeremy), electrically charged. Kind of like an electric fence - touch him and you get shocked. There was this whole B-plot thing about this kid getting revenge on the jocks that tied him up there years ago that allowed Clark to really test out his strength and powers for the first time. You know, lifting cars, being slammed into a brick wall, stuff like that. Oh yeah, other things that will probably come up later this season. Lana wears a necklace made of kryptonite, which of course, paralyzes Clark when it's near him. Also, her BF, Whitney, hates Clark. And Clark saved Lex's life (you know, in that car crash that they keep showing in the promo) and Lex bought him a truck in return, but Clark gave it back. Apparently, the Luthors have some bling bling, but daddy Luthor earned it by being mean. So yeah, that's it. Good show, even if you hate stuff like Superman.