Originally aired February 16, 2006
Written by Caroline Dries
Directed by Glen Winter
With the help of a sympathetic scientist, Victor Stone, a high-school football player transformed into a cyborg, escapes from his captors and crosses paths with Clark. Lionel steps in when Martha is blackmailed by an unknown person.
Tropes present in the episode:
- I Have Your Wife: Dr. Krieg tells Victor that he's holding his girlfriend, Katherine, captive to get him to return to SynTechnics.
- Internal Reveal: In the final scene, it's revealed that Lionel is aware of Clark's secret.
- Last of His Kind: Victor's entire family was killed in a car accident while only he survived.
- The Man Behind the Man: Lex plays this role to Dr. Krieg, as SynTechnics is a subsidiary of LuthorCorp.
- Mundanger: Dr. Krieg has no superhuman powers.
- Mythology Gag: Victor's internal mechanisms, seen with Clark's X-Ray Vision, resembles his usual look in the comics.
- Secret Secret-Keeper: Lionel, as revealed by the episode's end.
- Villain of the Week: Dr. Alastair Krieg.
- Wham Line: Uttered by Lionel in the final scene.Lionel: Your secret is safe with me...Kal-El.
