Best 19th Episode of the Series?

[Jaderoyale]

So, in your opinion was Stiletto the best 19th episode of the series? Here are the candidates;

Season 1 - Crush
Justin Gaines is an artist recovering from a car accident that has left him unable to use his hands. He blames his doctor for his loss of use of his hands and taps into his power of telekenisis to get revenge. He returns to Smallville and starts to get with Chloe, who is purely trying to make Clark jealous. Which is working. Chloe helps Justin find out caused his accident after he shows her his powers and Justin takes matters into his own hands, which cause Clark to have to step up and stop him. Whitney asks Lana for a second chance and all fans scream.

Season 2 - Precipice
Lana is chatted up by drunken men and Clark beats up the men to defend her. New Sheriff Adams isn't happy about Clark taking matters into his own hands. Clark launches his own little investigation on the men and discovers they're lying about their injuries to get money. Lana decides she wants to help and has self defense lessons from Lex at the mansion. Meanwhile Helens crazy ex boyfriend comes back and attacks Helen, causing Lex to go insane and chase him down, wanting to kill him.

Season 3 - Memoria
Lex has been undergoing treatment to recover whatever parts of his memory he lost over the recent months. Lana finds Lex out on his balcony calling out for "Jullian" and naturally tells Clark. Who tries to stop Lex having the treatment as he knows Lex found out his secret. Clark goes to Lionel, like a fool and is tricked into being put into the memory device which helps him remember his earliest memory; being placed into his ship and hearing his mothers name. Obviously Clark reacts to the Kryptonite, but ultimately saves Lex, who has remember the real reason behind his little brothers death.

Season 4 - Blank
Kevin Grady commits a theft from the Talon and uses his meteor powers to erase Lois' memory. Clark goes after him only for Kevin to do the same to him; though it results in Clark loosing every memory he has. Chloe finds him and takes it upon herself to look after him as she knows about his abilities. They track Kevin to his family home and discover that he was having memory manipulation therapy just like Lex and is simply running away from what he believes is true. Meanwhile, Lana breaks up with Jason who slowly begins to go insane.

Season 5 -Mercy
Lionel is captured by a man who wants to be Jigsaw from the Saw movies and subjected into planning ridilculous games to fight for his life. Martha is kidnapped for the last game which sees Lionel having to confront the mistakes he has made with his business. For the first time in a while Clark, Chloe and Lex join forces to find Lionel and Martha.

Season 6 - Nemisis
Jodi Keenan, wife of the missing Wes Keenan, sets off a bomb in one of Lex's underground secret labs, trapping him there. Lionel who managed to escape tells Clark that Lex has been kidnapped and he has to find him. Clark goes to rescue Lex, discovering the underground is rigged with Kryptonite, so his powers are useless. Lex and Clark are forced to confront their problems with each other, mainly to do with Lana. Lana also comes across the maps for the underground and finds a secret enterance, only to voice this out to Chloe when she says Clark is down there.

Season 7 - Quest
Lex Luthor is attacked by the last surviving Veritas member and Clark takes it upon himself to go and confront the member. Who takes it upon themself to try and use Clark as a sacrifice to save the world.

Season 8 - Stilleto
Apparently - Lois and Chloe have a girls night out, Lois kicks some butt with her stilleto heels and decides to create the perfect alter herione ego, in a means to draw the RBB out of hiding.

PLEASE DON'T VOTE TILL AFTER THE SHOW HAS AIRED.
((can a mod close the thread please?))

[costas22]

Damn i just voted because i didn't see the last sentence. Yes close it.

[roccanater]

Damn i just voted because i didn't see the last sentence. Yes close it.

That sucks. I've done that before.

[SparkleforSmallville]

I won't vote, yet. :] The Funeral scene at the end of Crush is one of my favorite scenes, but I really liked Blank, Nemesis, and Quest. Oh, Memoria was really good too. All of the Episodes have some outstanding scenes.

Stiletto sounds like a fun episode, so we will see.

[zorasuperman]

im gonna wait until i see stiletto but from stiletto aside so far my fav would be memoria and nemesis. quest was also good too

[AgentChaos]

Right now, it's Blank, but I'm not voting until Stiletto has aired.

[LoveHurts38]

Stiletto ...did not watch S1-3 and don't remember other episodes except Blank.

[super_j_man]

Since I haven't seen Stilletto yet, I will have to say Memoria hands down. Mercy, Nemesis and Quest all come close to second.

[davidbrenton]

Oooohhhh...this is sooo tough. I really liked Mercy. That was one of my favorite episodes of all time.

The others sound really good...but I forget watching them....I'll have to rewatch some of these and then vote.

[Night_Hawk90]

i dont see how stiletto can beat memoria but i will vote after i watch stiletto

[Bizarrolover]

To me, Memoria is one of the best episodes of the series. As much as I love Lois, I don't think it can beat such a heartfelt, beautifully shot episode as Memoria. I also loved Nemesis.

[lana 9]

i think it will be hard to best nemesis

[Lilah]

Memoria and Nemesis are a tough set to beat. Let's see how Stiletto does with the Clois cause at this point its the tie breaker for me...

[Lexgirl33]

Memoria for me. Im sorry but nothing will top that spot for me, regardless if I have seen this episode or not.

[AgentChaos]

There is strong competition this week. With the exception of Precipice, almost every episode is a valid choice for the best.

[WickedJenn]

Closing thread per poster's request in OP until after the show.

[WickedJenn]

Thread reopened!

[rebecavaldez]

This season is getting the best episodes.....well for me! :)

[Superhog]

Nemesis. With Stiletto a distant second.

[kryptotrite]

I can't decide!!!
I love several of those eps! I guess I'll have to go with "Memoria," although I also love "Blank," "Mercy," "Nemesis." "Quest" and "Crush" were pretty good too.
Also, two of the most beautiful moments ever were in ep19's.
Martha and Clark talking about Lara to Evanescence in "Memoria."
Clark and Lana looking at each other longingly at Whitney's dad's funeral in "Crush," to Eva Cassidy's cover of "Time After Time."
Wow-steep competition this week!

[Smalvil1]

stilleto was great, but you cant beat classic smallville. Memoria wins, with Stilleto and Nemesis in second place.

[WickedJenn]

I still say "Memoria" for this.

I mean there were things I loved about "Stiletto" but for an episode as a whole, "Memoria" is my highest ranking one.

[Night_Hawk90]

how is memoria losing to stiletto? memoria is a 100x better than that garbage sorry to say but thats just MO

[davidbrenton]

I loved Mercy. Lionel + Martha, + Lionel openly learns Clark's secret. What could be better?

[AgentChaos]

Now that Stiletto is over:

Blank
Mercy
Crush
Nemesis
Quest
Memoria
Precipice
Stiletto

Mercy and Crush were basically tied for second, and Stiletto is by far the worst of the 19 episodes.

[Ella]

The fact that I can't remember any of the rest of the episodes makes Stiletto the winner by default. lol. Seriously it's been way too long and unless the episode was incredibly memorable I won't remember it with a simple synopsis...

[Lilah]

I loved it for the Clois.... That part when Clark took the bullet for Lois.... it was epic.

[FLyxNERD]

stiletto is the worst 19th episode and worst this season so far...

i liked mercy blank precipe

[SGuthrie27]

"Blank," just by a hair. "Stiletto" would be right behind, then "Memoria," "Nemesis," and "Crush."

--SGuthrie ><>' :)--

[susangail]

I voted Mercy, but Stiletto was a close second, followed by Nemesis.

[Supsfan]

I loved Mercy. Lionel + Martha, + Lionel openly learns Clark's secret. What could be better?

Am I the only one who hated mercy? I just felt to much like a saw rip off. I made a top 20 list of the worst episodes ever and Mercy was like #18 or #19 on it but looking at the list given, I forgot how bad Percipice was, that definantly was worse(I am pretty sure if I went over alot of the FOTW stories with a fine tooth comb I probably could find 8-10 worse then Mercy).

As for best episode Stiletto slightly over Memoria. I know alot of people think Memoria is like top 10 episodes ever but I didn't have that high reguard for it, although very entertaining never the less. Stiletto wins out though because I thought it was a good set up for Clois(assuming that endgame) and I enjoyed Bruno Mannheim

Stiletto
Memoria
Blank
Nemesis
Quest
Crush
Mercy
Precipice

[AgentChaos]

I loved Mercy. Lionel + Martha, + Lionel openly learns Clark's secret. What could be better?

I loved Mercy as well. Easily the best episode of Season 5 IMO- great scenes with Lionel and Martha, Clark and Lex being forced to work together to find them, almost nonexistent shipper nonsense- if Blank wasn't a 19th episode as well, Mercy would have gotten my vote.

[Night_Hawk90]

Memoria
Mercy
Nemesis
Precipice
Quest
Blank
Stiletto
Crush

[super_j_man]

My List:
Memoria
Nemesis
Quest
Mercy
Stiletto
Blank
Crush
Precipice

Although all these episodes were pretty good.

[warriorrenegade]

Memoria hands down. It's my favorite all-time episode of SV.

[lana 9]

nemesis
blank
memoria

[ginnyfan]

Memoria

[clois-destiny-forever]

Definitely Stiletto. Definitely.

[REebee52]

If you voted anything other than Memoria, you're wrong.

There's been a few times where these rankings have surprised me. In one episode "Lucy" beat out the Christopher Reeve episode, which is a crime, and now Stilletto is beating Memoria. This says a lot...

Memoria is hands down the best episode of the series. It is the most professional, talented writing; the acting is phenomenal, the story intense. It's one of the episodes that you could show to any casual viewer and they would be impressed, and think it is good television. Stilletto, while entertaining, would be guffawed at by most people. Memoria is infinitely superior, and is the absolute highlight of Smallville. The fact that Stilletto has twice the votes is blaspheme. Memoria is a piece of art, Stilletto fun pop culture...

I will state that the 19th episode spot is a pretty competitive one, one of the best lists of episodes (weird how that works). Memoria is my favorite, and Crush has my favorite scene in all of SV (of course, the funeral). Again, a scene that is actual art. The emotion conveyed with the music, the way the actors only had facial expressions to say a thousand things, the cinematography... It's such a great scene. Then all the others with the exception of quest, which was typical season 7 garbage, were all great.

1. Memoria. Hands down
2. Crush (for that scene)
3. Nemesis
4. Blank
5. Stilletto
5. (tie) Mercy
7. Precipice
8. Quest

[The Dark Knight74]

Nemesis.

[zHeN_zHeN]

I loved Stiletto, but I have to go with Memoria. It's one of the best episodes of the series.

[IHeartClois]

I said Blank, the Chlark interaction was really good in that one and I like it when Clark forgets how awesome he is...its hot.

[amalie]

I seemed to be voting for the season 8 episodes in alomst all of these 'Best # episode' threads. I guess I just love this season....Stiletto got my vote.

[Vergon6]

"Nemesis" was my favorite". "Stilletto" was pretty good, but I things "Nemesis" ranks above the best of the series. The teaser for "Nemesis" is definitely the best.

[baltazor]

Memoria was the best. It was the only mythos based out of all the others... Nemesis and Stilletto were pretty cool episodes!!

[costas22]

Stiletto better than Memoria, Blank, Nemesis or even Quest? Nope. Memoria for me.

[Lexsghost]

Theres no way stiletto was better than memoria. All these new fans must have not seen any old episodes or they wouldnt have voted so much for the newest episode.

[Night_Hawk90]

Memoria the writing was so brilliant, i just cant believe how badly its losing to stiletto

[costas22]

Memoria the writing was so brilliant, i just cant believe how badly its losing to stiletto

Me neither. Maybe we are getting old and prefer the old times...

[JorEl23]

BEST TO WORST:

1) Season 3: Memoria
2) Season 6: Nemesis
3) Season 5: Mercy
4) Season 8: Stilletto
5) Season 7: Quest
6) Season 4: Blank
7) Season 2: Precipice
8) Season 1: Crush

[Theshadow129x]

um it really comes down to memoria or nemesis....this episode did nothing for the overall story.

[ram711]

It is a complete disgrace that people are not voting for 'Memoria'. While 'Stiletto' was a good episode, it was by no means a great one. 'Memoria' is not just the greatest 19th episode, but it is also one of the best episodes for the entire series.

[Tigergal05]

I loved Stiletto, but I have to agree with previous posters-nothing beats Memoria. Stiletto would come in a VERY close second tied with Nemesis.

[costas22]

ram711,it didn't have Lois obviously.

[Theshadow129x]

I personally think this is a joke. Stiletto did nothing new for the overall story that they were getting at in this season. it just seemed to be an episode in which they poked fun, once again, at the superhero aspect of the characters lives. Its been done to death ion this show and really the fact that people enjoyed it makes me wonder about what they hope to see from this show. nemesis was great because it gave us an inside look at Lex and Clark's torn relationship and what they believed tore them apart, and it wasn't Lana like we thought. It was a culmination of things.

Nothing hits harder than Memoria. Nothing. The episode was simply done well and was probably the best episode the show had ever produced. Clark and Lex remembering their earliest memories showed you what ti was that pointed them down their destined paths. Everyone brought their A game in that episode, but Lex made you feel emotionally connected to him.

Stiletto had some decent scenes like the ending scenes with Chloe and Clark and Clark and Lois with the talk on the phone, but I still think this episode did nothing else for the overall story they are getting at in this season. It was a complete filler so they can hit their 22 for the season.

[costas22]

I personally think this is a joke. Stiletto did nothing new for the overall story that they were getting at in this season. it just seemed to be an episode in which they poked fun, once again, at the superhero aspect of the characters lives. Its been done to death ion this show and really the fact that people enjoyed it makes me wonder about what they hope to see from this show. nemesis was great because it gave us an inside look at Lex and Clark's torn relationship and what they believed tore them apart, and it wasn't Lana like we thought. It was a culmination of things.

Nothing hits harder than Memoria. Nothing. The episode was imply done well and was probably the best episode the show had ever produced. Clark and Lex remembering their earliest memories showed you what ti was that pointed them down their destined paths. Everyone brought their A game in that episode, but Lex made you feel emotionally connected to him.

Stiletto had some decent scenes like the ending scenes with Chloe and Clark and Clark and Lois with the talk on the phone, but I still this episode did nothing else for the overall story they are getting at in this season. It was a complete filler so they can hit their 22 for the season.

Agree with most of what you are saying. Memoria's final two scenes between Lionel/Lex and Martha/Clark were two of the best ever in Smallville.

[Smallville Vamp]

Stiletto

Lois saving Clark then him taking a bullet for her in return, doesn't get any better than THAT for THIS SV fan!

[Night_Hawk90]

I personally think this is a joke. Stiletto did nothing new for the overall story that they were getting at in this season. it just seemed to be an episode in which they poked fun, once again, at the superhero aspect of the characters lives. Its been done to death ion this show and really the fact that people enjoyed it makes me wonder about what they hope to see from this show. nemesis was great because it gave us an inside look at Lex and Clark's torn relationship and what they believed tore them apart, and it wasn't Lana like we thought. It was a culmination of things.

Nothing hits harder than Memoria. Nothing. The episode was simply done well and was probably the best episode the show had ever produced. Clark and Lex remembering their earliest memories showed you what ti was that pointed them down their destined paths. Everyone brought their A game in that episode, but Lex made you feel emotionally connected to him.

Stiletto had some decent scenes like the ending scenes with Chloe and Clark and Clark and Lois with the talk on the phone, but I still think this episode did nothing else for the overall story they are getting at in this season. It was a complete filler so they can hit their 22 for the season.

dude you know what else was a disgrace was rosetta losing to hex for overall best 17th episode. The main reason for this is lois, she's the catalyst for some people nowaday's.

[costas22]

dude you know what else was a disgrace was rosetta losing to hex for overall best 17th episode. The main reason for this is lois, she's the catalyst for some people nowaday's.

Also agreed.

[Theshadow129x]

dude you know what else was a disgrace was rosetta losing to hex for overall best 17th episode. The main reason for this is lois, she's the catalyst for some people nowaday's.

oh i agree. its like people vote for teh episodes now that has to do with girls in tight outfits and fighting even if it has nothing to do with the sheer quality of story.

Rosetta was yet another episode that was one of the series' best.

I just question what people want from the show. A joke? A good laugh? Last I checked, this wasn't a comedy hour show.

Fillers are fine, but this close to the finale is just abysmal. The writers should have learned from previous years to fix this, yet they don't. They continue to write episodes that don't push the plot forward.

[marcella]

I don't like Memoria like many people do

The only scenes interesting were Baby Kal-El in the ship and the last scene.

Probably because I watched the show in S3 just because of Clark

[REebee52]

I don't exactly know how to respond to that ^^^....

This really is an absurdity. As was Hex beating Rosetta. Lois's mere presence does not make an episode great. Memoria and Rosetta are two of the series' best, but presentism is pervading these boards.

[Mickey_Bickey]

Stiletto! Too much to love! Mercy would be my second choice!

[super_j_man]

I don't exactly know how to respond to that ^^^....

This really is an absurdity. As was Hex beating Rosetta. Lois's mere presence does not make an episode great. Memoria and Rosetta are two of the series' best, but presentism is pervading these boards.

I like Memoria and it is my favorite out of this bunch, but I can understand if someone didn't like it. People could of just thought it was too dark or didn't focus enough on Clark or whatever. I for one liked the Luthor arc of the season and thought it was great, but just because people don't agree doesn't make it absurd. As much as I didn't like Stiletto, people could have just liked the Clois arc in it. That's the thing about Smallville, there's something for everybody.

As far as Rosetta is concerned, I'm probably one of the few people who don't consider that episode their favorite. It was a good episode and it had Christopher Reeve in it, but other than that I didn't really get much out of it. I already knew superman's origin, so I really didn't learn anything that I didn't already know. Plus I didn't really like the part at the end that made Clark look like he was going to conquer the Earth. Like I said good episode, just not top 10 material in my book. At least Hex had a mythology character, great Chlark as Clois scenes :), very humorous, and just an overall good episode.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion and that's what makes Smallville fans so diverse and what's kept the show going on so long.

[Night_Hawk90]

I like Memoria and it is my favorite out of this bunch, but I can understand if someone didn't like it. People could of just thought it was too dark or didn't focus enough on Clark or whatever. I for one liked the Luthor arc of the season and thought it was great, but just because people don't agree doesn't make it absurd. As much as I didn't like Stiletto, people could have just liked the Clois arc in it. That's the thing about Smallville, there's something for everybody.

As far as Rosetta is concerned, I'm probably one of the few people who don't consider that episode their favorite. It was a good episode and it had Christopher Reeve in it, but other than that I didn't really get much out of it. I already knew superman's origin, so I really didn't learn anything that I didn't already know. Plus I didn't really like the part at the end that made Clark look like he was going to conquer the Earth. Like I said good episode, just not top 10 material in my book. At least Hex had a mythology character, great Chlark as Clois scenes :), very humorous, and just an overall good episode.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion and that's what makes Smallville fans so diverse and what's kept the show going on so long.

no offense but Hex, really didn't do justice to zatanna at all, and that episode was basically saying that there is only one lois lane seriously i already knew that i didnt need an episode dedicated to that. Memoria and rosetta will forever be the some of the greatest of the series, the intro of clark's origins was masterfully done, and memoria the flashbacks and the ending scenes with Lionel/Lex and Clark/Martha were beautifully done.

[super_j_man]

no offense but Hex, really didn't do justice to zatanna at all, and that episode was basically saying that there is only one lois lane seriously i already knew that i didnt need an episode dedicated to that.

What was wrong with Zantanna in "Hex"? I don't read comics so I only know Zantanna from Justice League Unlimited. Serinda Swan seemed to fine job as her IMO.

[REebee52]

I like Memoria and it is my favorite out of this bunch, but I can understand if someone didn't like it. People could of just thought it was too dark or didn't focus enough on Clark or whatever. I for one liked the Luthor arc of the season and thought it was great, but just because people don't agree doesn't make it absurd. As much as I didn't like Stiletto, people could have just liked the Clois arc in it. That's the thing about Smallville, there's something for everybody.

As far as Rosetta is concerned, I'm probably one of the few people who don't consider that episode their favorite. It was a good episode and it had Christopher Reeve in it, but other than that I didn't really get much out of it. I already knew superman's origin, so I really didn't learn anything that I didn't already know. Plus I didn't really like the part at the end that made Clark look like he was going to conquer the Earth. Like I said good episode, just not top 10 material in my book. At least Hex had a mythology character, great Chlark as Clois scenes :), very humorous, and just an overall good episode.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion and that's what makes Smallville fans so diverse and what's kept the show going on so long.

I guess, for one, I'm not counting 'story arcs.' Memoria does not have my favorite plot of any episode (I'd have to think about which one that might be... maybe Commencement...). But as an overall episode, as artwork, it stands tall above the rest. My point is people let their love of characters or of relationships blind them from what is acclaimed art and what they enjoy seeing.

[Fly by guy]

I choose Blank, but really like Nemesis and knew from past posts that Memoria would lead the "old" episodes. Usually the latest episode does better in this type of poll than it deserves. By this time next season who will remember Stiletto?

[Night_Hawk90]

What was wrong with Zantanna in "Hex"? I don't read comics so I only know Zantanna from Justice League Unlimited. Serinda Swan seemed to fine job as her IMO.

no im not saying that character/actor sucked, im just saying the way she was used could have been better. Im not a comic book reader myself, im just saying her storyline in that episode wasn't that good imo

[super_j_man]

I guess, for one, I'm not counting 'story arcs.' Memoria does not have my favorite plot of any episode (I'd have to think about which one that might be... maybe Commencement...). But as an overall episode, as artwork, it stands tall above the rest. My point is people let their love of characters or of relationships blind them from what is acclaimed art and what they enjoy seeing.

That's what I meant when I said that there is something for everyone in Smallville. Some people like it for the art, some people like it for the relationships, and some people just like the story arcs. I like Commencement too btw. It's my favorite epi!


no im not saying that character/actor sucked, im just saying the way she was used could have been better. Im not a comic book reader myself, im just saying her storyline in that episode wasn't that good imo

I disagree. I liked her storyline. I felt it was very heartfelt, which is something that lot of Smallville episodes lack.

[Alexander III]

Definitely not Stiletto it was HORRIBLE! Nemesis and Memoria rather! Nemesis looks like a winner here tho.

[Lexsghost]

Seriously why is it that every new episode gets voted as the best? Are people even thinking back to the other episodes?

[Jaderoyale]

Right, my list would top three would go;

Memoria
Nemesis
Blank

Yup, no Stiletto. It was good yes, but doesn't top those three for me.


Seriously why is it that every new episode gets voted as the best? Are people even thinking back to the other episodes?

Technically, the show SHOULD be getting better, so newer episodes should beat the older ones ;)

[costas22]

Right, my list would top three would go;

Memoria
Nemesis
Blank

Yup, no Stiletto. It was good yes, but doesn't top those three for me.



Technically, the show SHOULD be getting better, so newer episodes should beat the older ones ;)

Technically the key word there :cool:. Also it's the competition that you come up with. Episode 11 will always have a tough time beating Justice. Episode 17 will have a tough time beating Rosetta. Episode 20 won't have a hard task of beating Obscura, Witness, Talisman, Ageless, Fade, Noir and Arctic. That's luck for you :lol:!

[Reporter]

"Blank" followed closely by "Crush."

[zanaamen]

I choose

Memoria
Nemesis
Blank

[alienkinfolk]

I chose Blank. I found that ep was fun. And answered a lot of what if questions at the time. Plus the last scene with Chloe & Clark, is classic. Crush would be my second choice

[wingster55]

Memoria. Hands down.
It revealed alot about the Luthor history and had the incredibly poignant scene with baby Kal-el.
Which of course was retconned by Apocalypse.

[Kal el of krypton]

MEMORIA! that is favorite smallvill episode, especially the song at the end, My immortal by Evanescence. That episode was beautifully done, especially lionel and lex having their face off in the office and lionel had tears. No way is stilleto better than this episode.

It was a classic though i love the episode because of the time period i watched it in the summer and all the memories i had :)

[smallvillefreak24]

I can't decide! the 19s are the BEST category
Stiletto was good but not the best
tied for 1st: Memoria, Nemesis, Blank
4th Stiletto
5th: Crush and Mercy tied
7th. Precipice
Dead last: Quest

[stenochick]

Memoria is one of the best episodes of Smallville. IMO, it does not have any competiton from the rest of the episode 19 list.

[Firebunny]

Put anything up against Memoria and Memoria's going to win. Well, it would if I was the only one voting. Best Smallville episode eva!.

[wingster55]

Memoria is absolutely one of the best episodes of Smallville.
In my top 5 hands down.

[Supsfan]

Put anything up against Memoria and Memoria's going to win. Well, it would if I was the only one voting. Best Smallville episode eva!.

I thought Memoria is a very good episode but there is many more I would rate higher. It should be noted while I like Lex I am not a huge Lex fan(for my preference Lionel was 100 times more entertaining those first 3 seasons)

[badraven]

My take (best to least best)

1. Blank (just by a hair over...)
2. Memoria
3. Quest
4. Nemesis
5. Stiletto (very surprised how much I like this episode)
6. Mercy
7. Crush
8. Precipice

[Krypto_marcus]

Memoria
Nemesis
Mercy

[costas22]

Quest was a also good with it's Da Vinci code feel.

[skully]

Some great 19th epis amongst that lot. As good as Stiletto was, I still lean towards a tie between Blank and Nemesis with Stiletto and Memoria tying for 2nd.

[Kid Collins]

Nemesis hands down!

Second choice Blank.

[Dustmite]

So many great episodes in this category. I love Memoria and Blank and Nemesis for the Clex interaction.

Crush was also really good as was Descent. This week was tough.

[lifelovedestiny]

Stiletto without a doubt!

[LorelaiG]

I wanted to vote for Memoria...but Stiletto won me over on the last 15 min

[alejandrita439]

1. Blanck
2. Stiletto
3. Nemesis
4. Quest
5. Crush
6. Memoria
7. Mercy
8. Precipice

[Welling_is_pretty]

Memoria.

One word--Lara.

It was the first time Lara got a mention (far as I can remember) and that scene in the barn after Clark's treatment was just...perfection.

[Tompouce]

Blank/Mercy/Nemesis/Stiletto : honestly I don't know which is the best one for me. They have all many good things.
Memoria doesn't make me feel the way many people do, except for the last scene with Martha and what she says to Clark about her mother. As a Mom, I like this scene A LOT

[dcmarriott]

It's difficult to assess the value of an episode that is part of a story arc, without also judging how good the whole arc was.

Memoria is a classic episode that stands alone, but Nemisis was the start of the Nemisis/Prototype/Phantom/Bizzaro story arc, which is one of the best arcs that the series has ever done, IMO.

Quest, on the other hand, was the episode that killed the Veritas story arc for me.

[mimi1123]

I have to put Stilletto in the middle, following Memoria, Blank, and Nemesis.

Season 3 - Memoria
Season 4 - Blank
Season 6 - Nemisis
Season 8 - Stilleto
Season 5 -Mercy
Season 1 - Crush
Season 2 - Precipice
Season 7 - Quest

[JB1986]

Memoria is one of my all-time favorite episodes of the entire series. That episode is flat-out flawless. Alot of these are really great episodes, so here's my list:

1. Memoria
2. Blank
3. Nemesis
4. Mercy
5. Crush
6. Stilleto
7. Quest
8. Precipice

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Nemesis
the last time Clark and Lex really talked

[DarkKal]

Stiletto.

[Nimkong]

Nemisis is my 5th favorite episode ever!!