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Metamorphosis

Guest Stars: Chad E. Donella [Greg Arkin], Gabrielle Rose [Greg's Mother]

Greg, a nerdish bug collector with a crush on Lana, is involved in an accident that leads to him being bitten by meteor rock-irradiated insects. He soon starts exhibiting the characteristics of bugs, kills his mother, and starts stalking Lana. Greg was an old friend of Clark's, and the boy from Krypton soon realizes that something is amiss. Clark tracks down Greg in their old treehouse, where the bug boy has cocooned Lana in preparation for mating. Greg runs off to a local factory filled with meteor rock, and Clark is dangerously weakened. Fortunately he finds a lead mine car which protects him long enough to fend off Greg, who is crushed and splits into a swarm of small bugs that scurry away. Whitney ends up freeing Lana, who credits him with the rescue and leaving Clark out in the cold again.

Directed: Michael Watkins and Philip Sgriccia
Written: Alfred Gough & Miles Millar

Music
"Damaged" by Aeon Spoke
"I Do" by Better Than Ezra, Closer
"Love You Madly" by Cake, Comfort Eagle
"Everything" by Lifehouse, No Name Face
"Last Resort" by Papa Roach, Infest
"Wherever You Will Go" by The Calling,Camino Palmero
"Underdog (Save Me)" by Turin Brakes, The Optimist LP
"Island In The Sun" by Weezer, Weezer (Green Album)

Freak of the Week
Name: Greg Arkin
Power: Insect like ablities: is able to jump super high (like an insect) and spin cocoons.