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Rosetta is the 17th episode of the second season of the WB original series, Smallville. The episode was written by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar and was directed by James Marshall. It originally aired on February 25, 2003.

Plot
Clark has a dream about flying to the cave and inserting the spaceship key into a slot on one of its walls. He wakes up in the middle of the road. After getting home, he tells Jonathan about the dream and he warns Clark against inserting the key. Later that day, Clark receives massive headaches which are apparently caused by the key; he concludes that the key was "calling out" to him, and inserts the key into the cave wall. The wall shocks him unconscious and leaves him with the ability to read the Krypton language.

At home, his telepathic firestarting powers get out of control and etches a Krypton symbol on the barn wall. After Chloe publishes a photo of the symbol, Clark is contacted by a professor named Dr. Swann (played by Christopher Reeve), who claims he can explain where the symbols are from. From Swann, Clark learns about Krypton, its demise, information about his biological parents and his alien name, Kal-El. With the new information, he manages to uncover a hidden message embedded inside the spaceship from his biological father that states his destiny as a conqueror of Earth. Meanwhile, Dr. Walden finds the key and inserts it; the wall knocks him into a coma.

Trivia

 * Christopher Reeve played Superman in the Superman first four Superman films.

Quotes

 * Clark: Can I tell you a secret?
 * Lana: That would be a first.