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.
Lex has a flashback of overhearing Lex's mother didn't want to have the second kid cuz her husband is toxic. Young Lex is then found by the crib, saying the baby was crying, so he rocked him. Baby didn't make it. The dad hits Lex and then he wakes up in the present. There's another flashback later depicting the mother as suffocating the baby, conflicting with the other memory of Lex doing so. We learn this is what happened before the prior scene. Lex says he blames his father-- his mother loved the baby so much she couldn't bear the thought of subjecting him to the father's 'brand of parenting.' Lex took the blame because his father might've destroyed the mother, but not his only heir.
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.
Lots of bugs and insects in episode 2. Around 19 minutes, when the mom goes up to her son's room, it's covered in spiderwebs. Skip that scene cuz it gets worse. You can watch again around 20:40 when it's back to Clark.
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.
The Love Molecule or whatever meta stuff is going on affected Chloe as well, and she 'pulled a 180' on Clark (came onto him and kissed him while only wearing his jersey.)
Between 17:30-19:10 is a scene where a teacher tries to kiss Clark. She seems to be something of a succubus. After this scene, Clark discusses what happened. She also kisses Mr Kent around 32:30. This also happens on other occasions/characters. Wild that someone said there's no SA in this episode. Forcing sexual stuff without consent is absolutely SA.
Between 17:30-19:10 is a scene where a teacher tries to kiss Clark. She seems to be something of a succubus. After this scene, Clark discusses what happened. It's discussed briefly again around 28:30.
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.
The meta of the week is a fire wielder. He causes some explosions and fires. Everyone is rescued in time, but this could be triggering for some folks. The fires happen in various settings, ranging from cars to classrooms. It's implied that the fire user dies of his own accord with his fire powers near the end of episode three. If fire is a trigger, you'll want to skip the episode, or at least scenes with the coach.
In the opening scene, Lex pushes his dad out of the window of a skyscraper. We see him fall for quite a while before it cuts to credits. After the credits, someone says rumor has it that someone jumped. There's a tarp over the body when they arrive. The cops have him ID the body and he says 'yeah' (we just see a closeup of an eye.)
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.
Chloe gains a meta power of making people tell her the truth (every reporter's dream.) This leads to someone being outed. Clark tells him it's off the record before stepping aside to talk with Chloe. Other football and cheerleader folks were there for it though so he was outed to more than just Clark. Chloe shows no remorse or anything either.
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
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
Like the post below, in S1E7 the episode features a girl with an eating disorder based on her weight and dysmotphia. She body checks herself frequently and makes goal book/board of ideal bodies out of magazine cutouts.
I think Lex's mom had post partum depression or post partum psychosis or something and I think that Lex has PTSD about the death of his infant brother.
Not slurs specifically that I can remember but many instances of homophobia: either from the writers or obscure character interactions. Ex: Clark and Lana laugh when she asks if he's having trouble with a boy (referring to romantic) at her parents grave in S1.
There is also racial undertones and mentions as well. Like Cara's racial slur equivalent comment to the Martian Manhunter. And POC mistreatment or erased from narrative. There is an entire plotpoint for an indigenous group where one is vilified and many are mistreated by other characters.
Tina Greer (wlw) accidentally impaling herself. She is extremely vilified and portrayed as obsessive to the point she is willing to harm and kill others for Lana. Other implied LGBT+ characters are forgotten and disappear from the storyline and screen.
Many black characters and indigenous are the first to die or get injured in various situations or are sacrificed (either by themselves or others). POC characters are often discarded and disappear from the screen/storyline after the plotline is done.
Fat suit is used in episode 7, and the whole episode is around body image / weight / etc so I definitely recommend skipping if you have an eating disorder or anything (or even if you just hate seeing unhinged jaws like in The Mummy.)
[20:40] Lionel pulls his hand out of a bear trap. The scene is very disturbing [28:12] After killing a woman, here's lots of blood on Lionel face and shirt