Seth Nelson was a student at Smallvile High School and a metahuman with the ability to control magnetic fields.
He was the main antagonist of the episode "Magnetic" in the Third Season of Smallville.
He was portrayed by Kevin Zegers, who also played Concussion in Zoom and Melvin in Fear the Walking Dead.
Personality[]
Seth Nelson gets the ability to control magnetic fields after someone bashed him in the head with a Kryptonite snow globe. Once Seth realized his newfound abilities, he used his powers to manipulate the electromagnetic field in Lana Lang’s brain to make her like him and do crimes together. After a climatic confrontation with Clark, Seth fell into a coma and presumably remained as a vegetable at the Smallville Medical Center.
Not only does Seth fall into the problematic trope of “creepy Smallville characters obsessed with Lana,” he turns out to be a much more snotty, lame version of other magnetic villains.
Biography[]
Season Three[]
Seth Nelson was a lab partner of Lana Lang, whom he's had a crush on since sixth grade. Seth worked at the Smallville County Fair as a booth operator where he gave out Smallville snow globes with bits of meteor rock in them as prizes. He saw Lana with Chloe Sullivan and offered her a free try to win a snow globe.
Lana completely misses and Seth tried to give her a prize anyway, but another patron was offended and started a fight. Seth ran away, but the other patron found him in a crowd and bashed him over the head with a snow globe. Seth was knocked down with a gash on his forehead and tiny bits of meteorite entered his blood stream through his wound.
At the hospital, Seth received an MRI that acted strangely with the meteorites because the magnetic field reacts badly with the Kryptonite in his blood. The machine shorts out and shocked Seth which gave him magnetic powers that could influence both metallic matter and mind. Lana rushed into the operating room concerned for him but when he touches her hand, tiny green sparks appear, and Lana suddenly found Seth attractive.
A head injury from a Kryptonite snow globe combined with an MRI gave Seth magnetic powers.
The next day Seth realizes he could control metal objects with his mind by lifting his spoon. Clark Kent and Lana visit Seth together, and Seth asked Lana on a date.
She is reluctant at first, but when he touches her hand, she changes her mind and a suspicious Clark looked on. When Seth came to pick Lana up, she tells him that she had second thoughts about their date, but when he touches her, she suddenly changes her mind and goes with Seth.
For their date, Seth took Lana to the carnival after hours, using his powers to open the gate. Lana was amazed but not scared and they ride the Ferris wheel together. They ride the Ferris wheel together. Clark followed them, and when he hears Lana laughing, he thought she's screaming, and pulled the Ferris wheel to a stop. Lana and Seth were annoyed that he is "stalking" them, and leave.
The next day at school, Clark approaches Seth and tells him that he thinks Seth is controlling Lana. He warned him to stay away from her, but Seth is not intimidated. Clark enlists Chloe to help him look up Seth's medical records for clues about how Seth is controlling Lana. The medical records reveal that Seth's electromagnetic activity is higher since the accident.
Lana waited for Clark in his barn upset that she heard he told Seth to stay away from her. Clark tries to convince her that Seth is dangerous, but she refuses to listen. Later, Seth convinces Lana that they should leave Smallville forever, and she agreed to get some money. She rides off with Seth in a brand new yellow Mustang.
Lex tells Clark about her uncharacteristic behavior and calls the sheriff. Clark super speeds up the road, and uses his heat vision to melt the asphalt. They drive into the tar and get stuck. Seth jumped onto a passing milk truck just as Sheriff Adams catches up and arrests Lana. Lana later subsequently provided Clark with a false story about Seth having a brother in Granville to throw Clark off the scent.
When Clark leaves, Seth arrives and breaks Lana out, taking a guard's gun. They ran together to the fairgrounds. They are planning to slip out of Smallville on one of the trucks that will take the carnival rides out of town tomorrow. Clark grabbed Seth and throws him across the room but Lana grabbed his gun and threatens to shoot Clark if he doesn't let Seth go. Seth takes the gun and sends Lana outside.
He shoots Clark and learnt that Clark has special powers, too. Seth picked up a coaster car and hurls it at Clark, pinning him against the wall. Clark grabbed an electrical line and electrifies the coaster car. Seth is pulled off his feet, attracted to the car. When he makes contact, he receives a severe shock that puts him in a coma. Lana was sentenced to community service at the hospital. According to Lana, the doctors weren't sure how much Seth would remember, if he woke up.
