Smallville: Hug (2002)

Synopsis
One of the most formidable rivals of LutherCorp is Bob Rickman (Rick Peters), a crooked fertilizer mogul who has an uncanny ability to bend people's wills to his needs. It turns out that Rickman possesses the power to control minds with the touch of his hands. Upset and confused when his adoptive father, Jonathan Kent (John Schneider), agrees to sell the family farm to the covetous Rickman, Clark (Tom Welling) stumbles upon the reason that Jonathan was so pliable -- thereby bringing another person with awesome "persuasive" powers into the picture. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide