Pilot (Smallville episode)
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| “Pilot” | |
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| Smallville episode | |
 Clark Kent as a scarecrow with an "S" on his chest |
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 1 |
| Guest stars | see main article |
| Written by | Alfred Gough and Miles Millar |
| Directed by | David Nutter |
| Production no. | 101 |
| Original airdate | October 16, 2001 |
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"Pilot" is the first episode of the first season of the WB original series, Smallville. The episode was written by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar and was directed by David Nutter.It originally aired on October 16, 2001.[1]
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[edit] Plot
The pilot episode opens in the year 1989 in the town of Smallville, Kansas. A small alien spacecraft approaches Earth followed by a number of large meteors. Some of the main characters are shown going about their lives, unaware of the approaching meteor shower. Businessman Lionel Luthor (owner of LuthorCorp) and his nine-year-old son, Lex (with a full head of bright red hair), arrive in Smallville in a helicopter. Lionel is in Smallville regarding a business deal with the Ross Creamed Corn factory, owned by Pete Ross' grandfather.
We are then introduced to Clark's future adoptive parents, Jonathan and Martha Kent, as they go about their daily business. We are also introduced to a three-year-old Lana Lang and her Aunt Nell. We learn that it is the Kents' wish to one day have a child of their own.
When the meteor strike begins, the young Lana and her aunt watch as Lana's parents are killed by a meteor. Also, as the Kents drive home to their farm, a meteor lands nearby, causing Jonathan to swerve off the road. Lex, having wandered away from his father into a nearby corn field after hearing a cry for help, finds a teenage boy strung to a wooden post in a bizarre 'scarecrow'-like fashion with a crude red 'S' painted on his chest - and is then caught up in the debris from the meteor storm himself. Lionel later finds Lex in the cornfield quivering on the ground. As a strange side-effect of the meteor shower, Lex is now completely bald.
Meanwhile, having climbed out of the wreckage of their truck, the Kents find a young naked boy who has undoubtedly come from a scorched spaceship lying nearby. Martha holds the boy in a blanket, and while Jonathan is ambivalent about what to do with this strange child, Martha smiles and says, "We didn't find him. He found us."
[edit] Guest roles
- Young Clark - Malkolm Alburquenque
- Young Lana - Jade Unterman
- Jeremy Creek - Adrian McMorran
- Young Lex - Matthew Munn
- Laura Lang - Wendy Chmelauskas
- Lewis Lang - Ben Odberg[2]
[edit] Featured music
- "The Way It is" by Bruce Hornsby
- "Long Way Around" by Eagle-Eye Cherry
- "Eight Half Letters" by Stereoblis
- "Unstoppable" by The Calling
- "Wonder" by Embrace
- "Inside the Memories" by Fear the Clown
- "Let's Go" by Capitol Eye
- "Maybe" by Stereophonics
- "Everything I Own" by Jude
- "Everything" by Lifehouse[3]
[edit] Trivia
- Originally Cynthia Ettinger was cast as Martha Kent but she was replaced by Annette O'Toole, requiring re-editing. [4]
- In the flashback to 1989 shows Lex as a 9 year old child in a corn feild with a ventilin inhaler - these were not actually availible in this time period.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b Pilot (Smallville episode) at the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2006-08-28.
- ^ Pilot Guest Roles
- ^ Season 1 Music List. The Ultimate Smallville Music and Song List. smallvillemusic.atspace.com. Retrieved on 2006-08-28.
- ^ Pilot (Smallville episode) - Trivia at the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2006-09-01
