1989年10月Smallville发生的一场流星雨，彻底改变了这个平凡小镇的命运。超人降落在这里并由肯特夫妇收养。10多年后，年轻的超人克拉克肯特，在成长过程中，渐渐认识到了自己的宿命。你在看这部剧集的时候，可以当它是克拉克和拉娜的爱情马拉松，就象一个校园青春剧，使得超人在我们心里只是一个普通人一样，他不再是无坚不摧，而只是一个情窦初开的高中生。

A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.