A fly-like creature with superhuman strength starts terrorizing Smallville, and Clark must figure out what's behind its powers. Meanwhile, Clark's relationships with his friends are put to the test.
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Adrianna's secrets are exposed, and she turns to Clark for help. Meanwhile, a siren-like creature starts luring men to their deaths in Smallville, and Clark must figure out what's behind the strange occurrences. smallville season 3
John Glover has always played Lionel with charm, but in Season 3, the nuance disappears. This is Lionel at his most monstrous. He murders his own parents in a flashback. He has his son committed. He tries to have Jonathan Kent killed. Most shockingly, in the episode "Memoria," we learn the truth: Lex’s obsession with his dead brother Julian is misplaced. Lionel’s wife, Lillian, died giving birth to a stillborn Julian. To "fix" her depression, Lionel secretly adopted another baby (the actual Julian) and then, when Lillian rejected the fraud, Lionel had the infant killed. He killed a baby. This revelation is the final nail in the coffin for any redemption for Lionel. He is the devil of Smallville , and watching Lex finally imprison him in the finale ( "Covenant" ) is one of the most satisfying moments in television history. Meanwhile, a siren-like creature starts luring men to
Season 3 is often cited as the show's darkest season , focusing on the consequences of Clark running away to Metropolis and the beginning of Lex's descent toward "the dark side". He murders his own parents in a flashback
: A major arc involves Lex being sent to an asylum by Lionel to cover up what Lex knows about his father's crimes.