_____Pariah
"Pariah"
original airdate: February 2, 2005
Alicia is accused of attacking Lana again; Jason's mom makes her next move; Someone sees Clark use his powers.
What's up with Alicia: Chloe and Lois karaoke at the Talon. Everyone's having a good time until Clark and Alicia walk in. News of their marriage is all around town and people still remember her first stop in Smallville. Needless to say, no one is welcoming. Lana walks off, but Alicia stops her, she wants to apologize, Lana wants none of it.
What's up with Lana: Lana takes a shower while Jason studies in the other room. Lana is attacked mid-shower and wrapped in the shower curtain. Jason is able to rescue her just before she suffocates. At the hospital Lana admits she didn't see her assailant, but blames Alicia, after all, who else could get into a locked room? Clark tries to defend Alicia, but no one believes him.
What's up with the Kents: Martha and Jonathan still don't approve of Alicia and question why Clark is with her.
What's up with Clark: Clark tries to clear Alicia's name by finding out who attacked Lana, but when an eerie guy places her near the scene and he finds she's not wearing her bracelet (which prevents her from teleporting) he begins to doubt her. Later that night Clark and Martha agree to stay with Lana while Jason takes a test. As Jason prepares to drive off, he's choked from behind, Clark hears the scuffle and rushes to save him. The assailant vanishes in to a puff of brown dust just as Clark arrives.
What's up with Jason: At the hospital, Jason is visited by his mother. She's displeased with Lana and when Lana enters asks her if she really believes she had something to do with her and Jason's falling in love? Lana doesn't answer.
What's up with Lois: She gets talked into a date with a student, who's a little odd to say the least, and the same errie guy who placed Alicia near the Talon the night Lana was attacked.
What's up with Lex: Lex is pouring himself a drink when Jason's mom walks in. She asks him to call her "Genevieve," she knew his parents and apparently Lex as a boy. She tries to convince Lex to help her split Lana and Jason up, but when he refuses, she sweetens the deal by offering info about how Lionel was able to overturn his conviction.
How it Ends: Clark confronts Alicia and tells her to turn herself in. She's hurt but agrees, on one condition... Clark reveals his secret. He tells her he won't do it. She says goodbye and teleports away. Clark goes to the sheriff and tells her maybe Alicia is guilty after all. To his surprise, she tells him Alicia couldn't of done it, she was interrogating her at the time. Clark's crushed he mistrusted Alicia.
Alicia, still hurt by Clark's mistrust, goes to see Chloe and tells her someone close to her belongs on the Wall of Weird. She teleports Chloe and herself into her car and begins speeding. She then calls Clark and lies, telling him her car can't stop. As the two teleport out of the car, to a convenient viewing local near by, it ramps off a dirt pile. Clark appears out of nowhere and catches the car, sets it down gently then realizes he's been set up and super speeds away. Chloe is in shock.
Lois' date doesn't go well. It seems her date has a holier-than-thou attitude and Lois figures out he's the one that attacked Lana and Jason because he thinks their relationship is immoral. As she excuses herself, he dematerializes into a poof of dust. He reappears at Alicia's house. He's looking for evidence to plant at his next attack scene. When she tries to stop him, he knocks her out with chloroform.
Clark shows up at Alicia's house and finds her hanging by a noose. When he gets her down, he finds she's dead. He's hurt and upset and Lois shows up with a hunch who dunnit. Clark finds Lois' date and the two fight. He's hard to grab a hold of, since he keeps changing to dust, but when Clark uses his heat vision, he materializes and Clark begins choking him. Lois stops him just before he kills him. Clark is devastated and blames himself for Alicia's death.
Lex offers Jason a job. It pays well, but it means helping Lex find out what Jason's mom is up to. Jason still doesn't trust Lex, but he agrees anyway.
Chloe decides to keep Clark's secret and not tell him she knows. She tells him she's there for him as he sits by Alicia's grave.