While searching for a missing friend, Clark, Lana, and Chloe make a horrible discovery, an entire family gruesomely murdered. At the same time, Lex Luthor discovers his tycoon father has been abducted in broad daylight. Now, as Smallville suffers through an April heat wave, two desperate quests to solve these crimes begin and neither Clark's superpowers nor Lex's great wealth can help. It will take Clark's and Lex's relentless determination to solve these crimes.