| "Vortex" | |
|---|---|
| Series Smallville Season 2, Episode 1 | |
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| Air date | September 24th, 2002 |
| Writers | Philip Levens; Alfred Gough; Miles Millar |
| Director | Greg Beeman |
| Producers | Greg Beeman; Kenneth Biller; Mark Verheiden; Jeph Loeb; Bob Hargrove; Ken Horton; Alfred Gough; Miles Millar; Mike Tollin; Brian Robbins; Joe Davola; Tim Scanlan; Philip Levens |
| Starring | Tom Welling; Kristin Kreuk; Michael Rosenbaum; Sam Jones III; Allison Mack; John Glover; Annette O'Toole; John Schneider |
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"Vortex" is the first episode of season two of the superhero teen drama series Smallville, and the twenty-second episode of the series overall. It was directed by Greg Beeman with a script written Philip Levens based on a story treatment by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar. It first aired on the WB Network on Tuesday, September 24th, 2002 at 9:00 pm.
Cast[]
Starring[]
Guest Starring[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Tom O'Brien | Roger Nixon |
Co-Starring[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Rekha Sharma | Doctor Harden |
| Julian Christopher | Doctor MacIntyre |
| Jerry Wasserman | Yaeger Scanlan |
| Mitchell Kosterman | Sheriff Ethan Miller |
Notes & Trivia[]
- Superman was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.
- Copyright holder: © 2002, Warner Bros. Television.
- Executive producer Michael Tollin is credited as Mike Tollin in this episode.
- Beginning with this episode, Eric Johnson is removed from the main title credits and John Glover is added to the main cast.
- Ken Horton goes from being a co-executive producer to a full executive producer beginning with this episode.
- Tim Scanlan goes from being an associate producer to a co-producer on the series beginning with this episode.
- Yaeger Scanlan was likely named after producer Tim Scanlan.
- This is the third appearance of Doctor MacIntyre. He appeared last in "Nicodemus".
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