1x03 Hothead - Smallville Episode Guide

Smallville

- Episode 01x03

Episode: 01x03
Title: Hothead
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: 227603
First Aired: Oct. 30, 2001

Season 1 » Episode #03 - Hothead

Summary: Clark and his father come to a standoff as he joins the football team despite his father's wishes, ultimately discovering the coach has been altered by kryptonite and is using his fire-starter abilities to hurt anyone who gets in his way of winning. Lex, meanwhile, goes saber to saber with his father over the control of Luthor Corp.

Who appeared in this episode?

Nell Potter	played by Sarah-Jane Redmond
Principal H. James Kwan	played by Hiro Kanagawa
Dominic Senatori	played by Jason Connery
Coach Walt Arnold	played by Dan Lauria
Trevor Chapell	played by David Paetkau
Beanery Manager	played by Jada Stark
Football Player	played by Allan Franz

Episode Quotes

	Season 1 / Episode 3: - Hothead Lionel Luthor: You know perfectly well how I feel about you. Lex Luthor: Hence, I'm at a crap factory in Smallville.
	Season 1 / Episode 3: - Hothead Lana Lang: My mom was a cheerleader, so was my aunt. Figured it was time to break the vicious cycle.

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

CONT: Principal Kwan states that there were seven football players found to be cheating, but when they coach calls the players out to find out who told Kwan that the coach supplied the answers, there are eight players.
CONT: As Lex is chalking his pool stick while talking to Dominic about cutting 20% of the workforce at the LuthorCorp Smallville plant, there is a red snooker ball on the wall rack missing from the second row. When Lex walks over to the other end of the pool table, the camera shot changes back to Dominic, now there is a ball missing from the top row, which was not missing before.
CONT: Near the beginning, Clark, Chloe, and Pete walk past Lana and Whitney. In the following exchange between Lana and Whitney, two cheerleaders suddenly appear behind them. They're gone again as Lana walks away.
MISC: The episode begins with a football game in pouring rain. After the winning goal is scored, the crowd shots show the cheerleaders' hair wet and their uniforms completely dry.