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Lex Luthor's near-death experiences
"How many times have I come face-to-face with death and walked away without a scratch? I've practically lost count." – Lex Luthor, Extinction
"I should be dead, but here I stand." - Lex Luthor to Oliver Queen, Reunion
Lex Luthor has had many near-death experiences.
| Image | Episode | Episode Name | Near-death experience |
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| 1x01 | Pilot | In 1989, Lex was caught in the middle of the first meteor shower that hit Smallville. Although he survived, he lost all his hair. | |
| 1x01 | Pilot | Lex was saved and resuscitated by Clark Kent after a car accident at the Loeb Bridge. |
| 1x08 | Jitters | When Earl Jenkins took the Smallville High students prisoners at LuthorCorp Fertilizer Plant Number Three, Lex was saved by Clark from falling to his death on Level Three. |
| 1x10 | Shimmer | Lex was saved by Clark from Jeff Palmer, who bound Lex and tormented him in revenge for his sister's death. |
| 1x13 | Kinetic | Lex was saved by Clark from Wade Mahaney after Mahaney threatend to kill Lex to obtein money. |
| 1x14 | Zero | Lex was held upside down with chains and tortured at Club Zero by Roy Rothman until Clark rescued him. |
| 1x15 | Nicodemus | Lex was saved by Clark from Pete Ross when Pete (while under the effects of the Nicodemus flower) tried to shoot Lex. |
| 1x21 | Tempest | When the Luthor Mansion was struck by a tornado that sent Lex and his father Lionel Luthor across the room, it endangered the lives of both father and son. |
| 2x02 | Heat | When Lex married Desirée Atkins, he was about to be killed by Jonathan Kent (under the influence of Desirée's pheromones) but was saved by Clark's Heat vision vaporizing the bullet in the air. Also when Desirée through Lex's drinks on him and lit him on fire, Clark extinguished the fire on Lex's back. |
| 2x07 | Lineage | After Rachel Dunleavy kidnapped Lex, she went after him with an axe to force Lionel to acknowledge Clark as their illegitimate son but Lex was saved by Clark. |
| 2x15 | Prodigal | When Lex was tied to a chair by Lucas Luthor, he pointed a gun at Lex's head in order to force Lionel's hand. |
| 2x19 | Precipice | When Lex was in a fight with Paul Hayden for nearly killing Helen Bryce, he nearly killed Hayden but Hayden hit Lex with a frying pan and exchanged blows. |
| 2x23 | Exodus | On his and Helen's wedding day, Lex was trapped in a plane crash. |
| 3x01 | Exile | For three months, Lex survived being stranded on a deserted island. |
| 3x02 | Phoenix | After learning the truth about Helen, Lex tried to take revenge board their private jet but Helen pulled a gun and tried to kill Lex. When he tried to take the gun from her, they shot the pilot in the struggle. The plane started to go down and Lex rushed into the cockpit to take over the controls, sparing him from death. |
| 3x03 | Extinction | Lex was almost assassinated by Van McNulty for being a potential Meteor freak but he was saved by Clark. |
| 3x08 | Shattered | Lex was saved by Clark from being hit by Morgan Edge's car. |
| 3x22 | Covenant | Lex was poisoned by Lionel. |
| 4x08 | Spell | Lex was threatened by Countess Margaret Isobel Thoreaux when she tried to obtain the manuscript displayed in Lex's study. |
| 4x09 | Bound | After Lex was framed for Eve Andrews' murder, he was captured by the real killer Shannon Bell with the intention to kill him by setting him on fire as she was resentful of that Lex had slept with her more than once and never recognize her as more than an assistant. |
| 4x10 | Scare | Lex risked his own life to prove the antidote to the toxin of fear that invaded Smallville. |
| 4x15 | Sacred | Lex was tortured along with Jason Teague by the local police of China in their search of one of the Stones of Power. |
| 4x16 | Onyx | When Lex was split in two by black kryptonite, he was saved by Clark from Lex's evil counterpart Alexander Luthor. |
| 4x21 | Forever | Lex was kidnapped and tortured by Jason and Genevieve Teague in their search for the Crystal of Water. |
| 5x09 | Lexmas | Lex is shot while trying to obtain damaging information against Jonathan to upset their race for Kansas State Senator. |
| 5x11 | Lockdown | Lex was shot by the police officers searching for the spaceship that landed after the second meteor shower. |
| 5x16 | Hypnotic | Simone Charcot instructed Clark to kill Lex but he was stopped by Chloe Sullivan, who saved Lex's life. |
| 5x17 | Void | Lex briefly died after he was injected with the Limbo drug, but came back to life after Chloe injected him with the antidote. |
| 5x20 | Fade | Lex along with Lana Lang was saved by Clark from Graham Garrett's bullet. |
| 5x22 | Vessel | As General Zod's vessel, Lex was almost killed by Clark to prevent Zod's return. |
| 6x02 | Sneeze | Lex was kidnapped and tortured until Clark saved both Lex and Lana by blowing out a fire. |
| 6x05 | Reunion | Lex along with Oliver Queen were almost killed by Duncan Allenmeyer's astral projection on differents ocassions. |
| 6x07 | Rage | After Lex was shot in the chest by Green Arrow, he recovered after Clark injected him with the RL65 drug. |
| 6x13 | Crimson | When Lex was almost choked to death by Clark (under Red kryptonite's influence), Martha Kent weakened Clark with green kryptonite and saving Lex. |
| 6x18 | Progeny | Lex was saved by Clark from Chloe firing a smoke grenade at him. |
| 6x19 | Nemesis | Lex and Clark almost died in Smallville's tunnels. |
| 6x22 | Phantom | Lex could have been murdered by Bizarro if he didn't sacrifice his scientist. |
| 7x01 | Bizarro | When Lex almost drowned as a result of the dam break caused by Clark's struggle with his evil doppleganger, he was saved by Kara Kent. |
| 7x04 | Cure | Lex was saved by Clark from being killed by Curtis Knox. |
| 7x07 | Wrath | Lex was almost of being killed by Lana's super powered strength. |
| 7x12 | Fracture | After Lex was shot by Jacob Finley and died while being interrogated by Clark using Project Intercept, Chloe used her powers to heal Lex. |
| 7x20 | Arctic | When Lex activated the Orb at the Fortress of Solitude, it collapsed on top of him and Clark. |
| 8x14 | Requiem | Lex died when Oliver used Winslow Schott's bomb to murder him in a truck explosion. |
| 10x01 | Lazarus | Lex's clone gets choked by Clark. However, "Lex" died because of the clone's mutated body. |
| 10x22 | Finale, Part 2 | After an alternate-reality Lionel Luthor sold his own soul to Darkseid, Lex was completely restored within his composite clone. |
Notes
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- Lex has died three times in the show: from the Limbo drug in Void, while being interrogated by Project Intercept in Fracture which Chloe brought him back to life both times and in a nasty truck explosion in Requiem but was completely restored in Finale, Part 2.
- Lex has been in two separate car accidents involving Clark in Pilot and Shattered.
See AlsoEdit
Lex Luthor in Smallville
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