The Adventures of Superboy

Troubled Waters

Season 1, Episode 10, Aired 12/10/88

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During a trip home, Clark learns that a businessman named Kenderson wants to buy all the farms in the Smallville area during an agricultural depression. Many attempts are made to force the Kents to surrender to the buy out until they find out why: there is a river running underneath the farms and Kenderson wants to sell the water. Superboy has to stop him, as he plans to blow up the community silo to destroy whatever profits the farms could make on their harvest.moreless

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Stacy Haiduk

Lana Lang
Salome Jens

Martha Kent
Stuart Whitman

Jonathan Kent

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That this introduces key characters makes the sidelining of a regular more odd.

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By BetaPlusGood, Oct 06, 2007 Report Abuse

This is a key episode as the first Smallville story and the first appearences of Stuart Whitman as Pa Kent and Salome Jens as Ma Kent, who although never regulars were, with Stacy Haiduk's Lana Lang, the only supporting characters to appear in all 4 seasons of this series. This makes it the more curious that Haiduk (Lana) makes only "bookend" appearences in this episode at its beginning and end -- does anyone know if this was simply due to a schedule conflict, or was there some intention to make the rival "gorgeous good friend" who fills the Pretty Girl role in this story a rival? (As Chloe is to Lana in the current SMALLVILLE series.) Minor but significant.moreless

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- This episode debuts Stuart Whitman and Salome Jens as Jonathan and Martha Kent, the only actors besides Stacy Haiduk as Lana to appear in all 4 seasons of this series. Stacy Haiduk as Lana Lang only appears in two scenes of this episode. (Was there a filming conflict?) Edit
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- (After tossing Kenderson's henchmen through his window following an attempted attack on Clark) Clark: I forgot to tell you, this college boy is into pumping iron. Edit
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