The origins of the world’s greatest hero–from Krypton refugee Kal-el’s arrival on Earth through his tumultuous teen years to Clark Kent’s final steps toward embracing his destiny as the Man of Steel.
Two laboratory test dogs are given superpowers from the meteor rocks, then negatively trained to commit robberies and attack humans. We see one of the trainers using a large bite stick to hit the kennels, poke one of the dogs, and anger him. (Side note: this is also the style of training used to train fighting dogs in real life).
(Spoiler) Also, the villains set an armored truck on fire with the Rottweiler still inside, trying to destroy evidence and burn the dog alive. Fortunately, the Red Retriever saves him in time, then Clark saves the Retriever and keeps him as a pet.
The two enhanced dogs growl at each other but they never physically fight at any point in the episode. The Rottweiler does attack two humans, but seems to be more behaved by the end of the episode.
Clarkie/Krypto/Shelby the dog is definitely sad when he is briefly forced to return to his villainous owners. Both dogs are whining from being both sad and scared when they are about to be trapped in a burning truck, but no worries: they live to be happy again.
The meteor enhanced metahuman in this episode collects bugs and eventually takes on many insectoid characteristics. Another character is killed off screen in a fashion that reflects this.
A character jokes that another character is faking amnesia about a crime he committed in order to avoid being sexually assaulted in prison; other characters laugh at the joke.
A character in an altered state strips down to her underwear, the camera focusing on her scantily clad torso (partially to obscure the actress' body double). The character in question is between 15-16 at the time.
A character suggests a justification for an action taken by another character. The other character in the scene responds by using the slur to deride the justification.
Clark has a party at the farm and it gets out of hand. He sits down beside a kid who says he thinks he's going to be s*ck and then he runs and grabs him a bowl. No visual, barely any audio. It is not bad at all, I am a bad emetephobe and it didn't trigger me! Seasons 2-10 are safe!
Not a direct depiction, but a pair of identical towers connected by a bridge in a major metropolitan area are intentionally destroyed by the main character without regard for the safety of any bystanders. A crowd of people is shown running from the destruction.
While compelled to tell the truth, a character in the closet reveals that he would like to attend the prom with one of his teammates. The teammate in question is stunned at the revelation.
I cannot remember the episode number but Lex Luthor is shown having a (drug induced) psychotic break and a major part of that is him having several anxiety attacks and it's very distressing
the focus of the episode is a teenage girl who is extremely insecure about her weight. she resolved to stop eating anything but green smoothies. she is depicted binging repeatedly, and feeling extremely ashamed. the rest of the episode involves her becoming a vampire like creature that eats body fat