#they're not terribly important but it did establish that lois went to high school with clark

[jonroxton]

i really want to watch smallville but school will be taking up a lot of my time soon and 10 seasons is a lot. Can you recommend a shortcut? Like a list of essential episodes and/or seasons, or ones i can skip without missing too much? Thanks

Sure thing!

Broken it down to 10 to 13 eps each season like a cable or netflix show. I recommend watching S8, S9 and S10 in full.

Season 11. 1X01 – Pilot2. 1X02 – Metamorphosis3. 1X04 - X-Ray4. 1X08 - Jitters5. 1X09 - Rogue6. 1X12 - Leech7. 1X13 - Kinetic8. 1X16 - Stray9. 1X20 - Obscura10. 1X21 - Tempest

Season 21. 2X01 - Vortex2. 2X02 - Heat3. 2X04 - Red4. 2X07 - Lineage5. 2X08 - Ryan6. 2X09 - Dichotic7. 2X10 - Skinwalker8. 2X12 - Insurgence9. 2X17  - Rosetta10. 2X22 - Calling11. 2X23 - Exodus

Season 31. 3X01 - Exile2. 3X02 - Phoenix3. 3X03 - Extinction4. 3X05 -  Perry5. 3X08 – Shattered6. 3X09 – Asylum7. 3X10 – Whisper8. 3X12 - Hereafter9. 3X14 - Obsession10. 3X17 - Legacy11. 3X18 - Truth12. 3X19 – Memoria13. 3X22 - Covenant

Season 41. 4X01 - Crusade2. 4X02 - Gone3. 4X05 - Run4. 4X06 - Transference5. 4X10 - Scare6. 4X11 - Unsafe7. 4X12 - Pariah8. 4X13 - Recruit9. 4X14 - Krypto10. 4X16 – Onyx11. 4X19 – Blank12. 4X22 - Commencement

Season 51. 5X01 - Arrival2. 5X02 - Mortal3. 5X03 - Hidden4. 5X04 - Aqua5. 5X07 - Splinter6. 5X08 - Solitude7. 5X12 - Reckoning8. 5X13 - Vengeance9. 5X15 - Cyborg10. 5X18 - Fragile11. 5X21 - Oracle12.  5X22 - Vessel

Season 61. 6X01 - Zod2. 6X02 - Sneeze3. 6X04 - Arrow4. 6X10 - Hydro5. 6X11 - Justice6. 6X12 - Crimson7. 6X16 - Promise8. 6X17 - Combat9. 6X19 - Nemesis10. 6X22 - Phantom

Season 71. 7X01 - Bizarro2. 7X02 - Kara3. 7X05- Action4. 7X06 - Lara5. 7X08 - Blue6. 7X10 – Persona7. 7X11 - Siren8.  7X12 - Fracture9. 7X14 - Traveler10. 7X15 – Veritas11. 7X18 – Apocalypse13. 7X20 - Arctic

Have fun!