Clark Kent (Tom Welling) says goodbye to Ryan James (Ryan Kelley) in the 'Smallville' episode "Stray."
The Big Picture When it comes to recurring characters on Smallville, there's a long list of who might be considered the greatest. Discounting anyone who became a main cast member in the future, or maybe some of the other long-running characters introduced in the show's later years, one of the most memorable was introduced in the show's very first season: Ryan James.
The following season, it's revealed that Ryan's aunt freaked out after discovering the young boy's superpower and sent him to the Summerholt Research Facility in Metropolis, which kept him under close lock and key. But after calling Clark to rescue him, Ryan returns to Smallville and is sheltered by both Lex and the Kents while Dr. Lawrence Garner fights to get Ryan returned to him. But all this becomes a non-issue when it becomes clear that Ryan is dying. Dr.
It's easy to wish that Ryan had stuck around in Smallville and become a more recurring part of the narrative. Had he been saved and had his abilities removed via the removal of the tumor, he could still have been there for his surrogate older brother. While Smallville was already a groundbreaking new take on the Superman mythos, adding Ryan to the main cast would've been an even bigger departure from the DC Comics story, yet it would've been a welcome one.
Clark races to Hub City to find the right doctor who might help Ryan, but even this only buys the boy a little more time. In Ryan's last moment in Smallville, Clark takes the young boy on a hot air balloon ride above the Midwestern town to get him away from all the "loudness" of the world around him.
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