Yeah but he also had to get Megan, Lana and the Coach out of the fire without revealing his powers. The shack/house thing had about 5 big things of gasoline that were ready to blow so Clark was kind of pressed for time.

That said I didn't are for this episode at all. Just meh. And the cape was ugly.

"Let us remember that there is a creative force in this universe, working to pull down the gigantic mountains of evil, a power that is able to make a way out of no way and trasform dark yesterdays into bright tomorrows. Let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice."
-- Martin Luther King Jr.