This season of Smallville was better than the last few – and yet the last few episodes were starting to force me to extend my patience bubble farther out than normal. Stilletto? It felt like it was trying to fall apart for me to some degree, yet I suppose what can you expect from a fantasy show that has inexplicable superpowered aliens?
This reflection on the Smallville season finale will have spoilers…
The Smallville season finale brought closure to some story lines, had some oddball hanging logic at spots, fulfilled some past tidbits on who was going to die and set us up for the next season.
Though I’m not sure what they intend to do with next season or if after this episode, they’ll have viewers coming back. I’ve already seen some comments about this finale and they haven’t been pretty.
Clark, You Are Going To Die
The episode starts out with Clark learning from Cosmic Boy that he’s going to die tomorrow. Cosmis Boy also gives Clark another time travel ring, asking Clark that he send Doomsday to their time where they are prepared to deal with him.
Meanwhile, back at the super large mansion, Tess Mercer loses her Kandor Orb. Here’s the issue with the Orb… if Doomsday dies, something worse is released from the Orb.
Clark’s big plan is to bury Doomsday but the Justice League double crosses Clark and dupes him into a trap where Green Arrow plugs Clark with a green arrow… really… a kyrptonite laced arrow. It really was green.
The Justice League Thinks They Can Take Doomsday
Then the Justice League of mortals (Note the fragility of that word?) goes off to do kill the invincible Doomsday. They walk away leaving Clark to lie in the street, subdued. Nice, real nice, and real odd.
The Justice League actually captures Davis but as they prepare to off him, Chloe gets in the way AGAIN and thrusts the black kryptonite at Davis, splitting him and Doomsday apart. It’s amazing how stupid this girl acts, and I mean it with the best intentions.
At one point Lois is snooping around Mercer’s mansion. How the hell do people keep getting in this place? Later on Mercer confronts Lois at the Daily Planet and accuses Lois of stealing her Orb.
They get into a cat fight. (This was probably the best part of the episode folks.) Finally Lois clocks Tess out cold. As this scuffle comes to an end, Clark’s time travel ring that he left on his desk, falls off his desk and as Lois picks it up, she vanishes in a flash. Obviously to the future.
The near iconic character of Jimmie Olsen finds Clark and pulls the arrow from his back. Suddenly it all begins to make sense as he pulls the arrow out of his back and watches Clark heal. Jimmie is cool with Clark’s secret.
Clark locates the Justice League battered and bruised by what was Doomsday, which really, they seemed less worse for wear considering they just went up against an unbridled, pissed off Kryptonian killing machine that had no human control.
It’s back to the original plan and Clark engages Doomsday.
As they come together, Doomsday clocks Clark, sending him flying through several buildings. As Doomsday comes after him, Clark does a leaping tackle where they land at the refinery where Clark had left the Justice League. As they land there, it would seem that Clark packed Doomsday in one of the tunnels that he had first planned to put him in, where then Black Canary would set off this multitude of explosions to bury Doomsday. There are big explosions but in no way were we shown that they were set off by Canary.
The next morning, Jimmy and Chloe have taken the humanity known as Davis to this loft Jimmy bought as a wedding present way back when. As Jimmy and Chloe start to make amends, the jealous Davis stabs Jimmy with a pipe. As Davis goes after Chloe in a jealous angry rage, Jimmy uses his last bit of energy to shove Davis into more pipes, killing him. Jimmy dies. JIMMY OLSEN DIES (what?). So the monster was Davis. Great.
After the funeral Clark and Chloe talk. Clark doesn’t know how he survived the explosion or seemingly what happened to Doomsday. Clark is mad at himself for not seeing that Oliver was right about killing Doomsday.
Clark said he tries to forget he’s an alien and yet, it’s his human side that makes poor decisions based on emotion. He decides that he is no longer going to be Clark Kent and declares that Clark Kent is dead and walks away.
Meanwhile, back at the mansion the Kandor Orb shows up and hatches a man on the front lawn, carving out a big Z in the grass. Zod, has returned.
Where Do I Begin?
This episode had so many oddball illogical scenes that happenstance seemed more like logic than the situations that took place here.
Leaving a time travel ring on your desk at work. Fine. Clark has a lot on his mind.
A batch of humans with some powers, looking to take on Doomsday. Fine. They have to. Right?
The fight between Clark and Doomsday was incredibly short and lame. Two hits. Three at the most? This should have been the payoff for this whole season of waiting. And it was two hits. Gimme a break folks.
At Jimmy’s funeral, we find out that his middle name is Jimmy. Jimmy is not his real name. Chloe gives “Jimmies” camera to his younger brother. Head slap. So Jimmy Olsen did not die. Just a guy whose middle name was Jimmy.
Clark saying that Clark Kent is dead – Is this what the showrunners meant when they tried to tease the viewers into any sort of anticipation about character deaths and the season finale? You’ve lost your credibility with this critic because that was a hollow lie. On both counts. If it’s not really Jimmy, then you’ve lied to us all along. Clark “dies” by a decision. I’m so over this it’s not even funny.
Zod is back. Cool. Sure. Why not bring Darkseid in the action as some sort of midget horticulturist while you’re at it.
Did I forget something? I’m sure I did. Are you as agitated as I am? As a show goes and if you’ve put on a thick skin of anti-logic, the episode was fine but the convenient scenarios and situations that led to some of the story closures felt contrived. Did someone quit and you had to get a fill-in writer?
I liked the premise that Jimmy found out Clark’s secret. Learning that information made a lot of things make sense to Jimmy and why he could start to forgive Chloe. In fact, the forgiving had started and bam! OK, you had me there. Watching someone in a passionate make up kiss and hearing the shthunk sound of pipe going through their torso sucked.
Smallville Season 9 Spoilers
Erica Durance will be back for Season 9. Sam Witwer may be continuing with the show as he might be playing Zod. It’s noted that Faora did say that Davis Bloome resembled his father.
Your Turn
Ok folks. It’s your turn. You can either back me up and show me more moments of “huh?” or tell me why you thought this was OK in your book. I’m totally open to any thoughts.
Now gang, I’ve asked for opinions on both sides, so this is my fault if you see things you don’t like. Don’t take it out on each other. This is a safe place to express your thoughts.
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The fight with Doomsday could have been long
I dont know if you caught it or not, but you know how Chloe said that she couldnt just leave the place that Jimmy got her behind, and that it feels like Jimmy is there. Well when Clark said that Clark Kent was dead and he walked away, Chloe grabbed her Stomach. I think she is Pregnant with Jimmy’s baby. Maybe thats going to be Jimmy? Who knows.
i thought doomsday was surpossed to kill clark i was hoping to see clark die,
also lois goes missing and he dosent check his desk for a time travel ring that would be my first choice to look i mean she works next to your desk.
Ok.. i tried NOT to read this review.. I JUST STARTED watching Smallville ~ Im still on season one episode 11…
So far I LOVE IT and i know it only gets better.. .
I think the show needed to be a two-parter. I agree that the fight was just luke warm to say the least. All of the sudden Lois goes missing? For what reason? It’s not like she was reporting and got in the way.
A few of us were twittering live and we all said the same thing. Did we miss something? Why are they trying to pack so much in? I enjoyed this season much better than many others. It was surprising. But the whole death of Olsen was just not handled well at all. From what I read in an interview it seemed like more of a Warner Bros. decision than one of the show.
I think we all keep forgetting this is on the…what is the station even called now? I think it’s PIX in New Jersey. But it’s on that station and for whatever reason they’re still pandering to the teen crowd. I understand that and while I don’t think it should go full comic book…I really think the show needs to still find itself.
I didn’t think I’d be watching this season so if it comes back I’ll watch. I’ve been with this thing since the first season.
And you should know by now that in this world the Daily Planet is a skyscraper filled with hundreds if not thousands of employees. Yet nobody is around. Same with the hospitals. Apparently they can’t pay their electric bills either since it’s always dark. Having worked at a newspaper AND in NYC…RIIIGHT.
I do think the fight scene with doomsday could have been longer, and they could have focused more on Clark than Chloe at the end. They didn’t even show a glimpse of where Lois went just that she disappeared, but the episode still has me waiting for next season.
Smallville isn’t a movie it’s a TV show let the Movies show more action. I do think they did a great job on Doomsday not looking entirely to fake.
I liked it and can’t wait for next season!
I’ve been a fan of Smallville since it started and I always felt that they did good job of telling the stories in a way that flowed well and made sense in a comic book way. It was a well made show, but last night as I watched the finale for season 8 I was so disappointed, I couldn’t even finish it. I will watch the rest of it but it just wasn’t very good. The fight with Doomsday was lame, lame, lame. The story jumped around to much and the writing or acting wasn’t very good, can’t tell which it is. Maybe the director is to blame. If this is what is in store for Season 9, then I wish they would just let this show come to an end. It seems like maybe the show’s budget got cut, because the “special effects” are not very special. Which is sad because I always felt that they did a pretty good job with effects. A side from the doomsday fight being exceedingly short, it also looked like crap, which is maybe why it didn’t last very long. Anyways I hate that it got to this point, but I sure hope they make some improvements if they plan to keep this show going.
I both disagree a bit and agree with it, just Clark and Domesday fight should have been longer, and Domesday leaving most of JL just knocked out.. something just don’t add up there. And Jimmy dies? I sure hope they explains that in s9.
But then again, most people that knows Clark secret dies for some reason.. right?
Ok. I loved this article, I found myself agreen with your “concerns” about the finale (especially about “Jimmy” lol). One last thing though… Weren’t Chloe and “Jimmy” married? I just found it funny that at the funeral, Chloe, who is supposedly married to “Jimmy”, never met his little brother. And what about is dad? When she gives “little Jimmy” the camera, he comes and interrupts the scene because they have to leave… But the man acts like a total stranger. I just think it’s ridiculous that they were married but chloe is a total stranger to her “father in law” and to “Jimmy 2″. What do you think?
Gotta say I agree on the lame-o factor on the Doomsday fight. Here’s a battle we’ve been waiting for ALL season – it looked like it was supposed to happen in the season premiere and they teased us continually over 22 episodes – to have it end in quite literally a one-two punch.
Weak.
At first I thought Jimmy’s brother would grow up to be “our” Jimmy, but the Chloe’s child idea might be on the money. Of course I don’t recall Lois and Clark being 20+ years older than Jimmy Olsen.
Vic
I can’t disagree with any of you.
I think the show runners ran the stories a little too long and had to play catch up and pull out 50% of the connecting scenes that would have made this more palatable.
That’s a good idea that they should have made THIS episode a 2-parter.
I seriously think they glossed over the biggest payout they could have given the fans with Clark vs. Doomsday. That could have gone on for a few episodes while other story lines developed in the background.
I will probably still watch season 9, but I no longer will believe anything their media drives say until I see it. They may have done more harm than good with this finale, and that’s a shame since this season, compared to most, was coming along.
This episode had me scratching my head numerous times. Like Bruce said, how the heck does Jimmy and Lois get into the mansion without being detected? How do the Justice League think they could hold a force like Doomsday with, what was that, plastic binding? And how could they survive a full assault from him? So now Jimmy was not Jimmy but was the older brother of the real Jimmy? Gimme a break! Was it just me or did it look like Clark flew Doomsday into that plant? OK, so they say he jumped; looked like flying to me. So Clark does not get killed by Doomsday, he just decides that Clark is dead and he is only Kal-El now? I’m confused. So is he Superguy now, Red-Blue Blur or what? Did anyone else get the feeling that CW (or whatever they are now) copied the Marvel story of Galactus and Abraxas; if you kill Galactus, his counterpart Abraxas will appear and he is much more evil than Galactus. This also brings the question: Is Doomsday dead?
Sure, I was entertained by this episode but there were just too many unanswered questions.
this finale reflects everything that is wrong with allowing comics to be managed by the visual media. the medium itself has to be quick and to the point based on time constraints. visually, the images never work as well as an imagination does. even though the comic has pictures, they are snapshots and you can fill in details with your imagination.
TV spells it all out and they have a time limit.
the problem with smallville is that they want this show to be melrose place with tights. when they were in high school this kinda worked and we forgave. but now. this show is infuriating. the soap opera plot twists and the wasted minutes of sappy dialogue of i love you, i hate you, i have a secret .,… blah.
the final cherry on top (or turd if you like) is that i didnt think that the boyscout could get any more annoying than in the comics, but sure enough he is (again) infuriating.
if you read doomsday (death of superman) no one knows who he is until that time. bringing him up and giving him a purpose (the anti kal el) was interesting and not terrible. the serial killer cover was ok. but here’s where i diverge. chloe calms the beast? arggh. in addition, according to the backstory, DD is supposed to hate KAL EL completely but is removed from the equation in a few seconds? in the GN doomsday kills clark before he dies himself. in this version i almost expect that they will resolve thier dispute in group therapy.
will some filmmaker please make DK 1 and 2 already . .
Oh my, they really messed this one up didnt they? I do believe that this season was much better than many of the past seasons. Probably due to simplifying everything in the previous episodes so that there weren’t too many unknowns, with however the exception of the finale. I think it was possibly over-cut or over-budget maybe, but for Clark to jump that far, why he might as well fly. The guys from the future tell him he’s dead tomorrow and he still lives? what kind of nonsense is that. Had it been the main area concentrated on troughout an extended episode, it would have worked but to mix it in with about a million other storylines in a regular timed episode is just stupid. It seems like the writers or the studio are seriously afraid that they will lose viewers for the next season so decided to leave an era’s worth of cliffhangers at the end of the finale. In doing so they will lose all their audience above the age of 10.
I liked the show. Usually I start in hoping against hope for a good rendering, but almost always they don’t. But we have a problem with logic leaps? Yeah, suspension of disbelief is one thing, illogic is another.
What happened here? Clark told Jimmy to give the tower to Chloe and Davis for their wedding present, and Jimmy said ok because, well, Superman told him to, asked Jimmy to “trust me”. Excuse me? Jimmy totally forgot. I suppose this is common in love and war, but Eh?
Tom Welling and company were adamant about NO TIGHTS NO FLIGHTS. Seeing the flight effects last night (Cosmic Boy esp.), I thought they finally have non-sucky flying for TV. The smash through three buildings was a good illustration of Clark’s having emerged as ready-for-front-pages powered up Man O’ Steel.
The JL of mortals going after Doomsday? As I recall, normal JLA comics always have the mortal folks trying to recreate the Creation or confront Metareality villains, and always fighting villains that are bigger than they are. Hey, I wouldn’t expect anything less! It’s the JL.
Lois picking up the ring? Not so weird. If **I** had a ring from the future, I certainly would keep track of it. But Clark, he had a visit from the future telling him he’ll die, his dear friend Chloe is gone, his best hero friend Ollie is screwed up and fighting him about strategy and high level ethics of superheroing. Plus that Orb thing. Plus revealing his identity to the world. Plus falling in love with Lois. Plus black kryptonite. And oh, yeah, the destiny of all the people of earth depend on him getting this straight. Ok, he’s distracted.
But I agree with you here; Ollie shooting a K-dart into Clark’s back!!!??? OQ is one arrogant SOB, but this is just as bad as mindwiping The Batman. Hmm, ok, maybe I got that wrong. Ollie is brave and resourceful, but an arrogant and so-proud-he’s-stupid SOB. If WB/DC keep this up, the whole Watchmen thing–superheroes as flawed–will be rendered moot.
What they have yet to do is to show something convincing to prove that the moral fibre and well-formed character of Clark Kent is not just an ironic add-on. Whenever Welling has tried to say something idealistic, he sort of gags. Those writers have to build idealism back in to the realm of the possible in Smallville.
though i m a big fan of this show ,the finale totally deceived me .
As many people,i was expecting a big fight against doomsday or at least more focus on the confrontation.
i guess they just couldnt use the same trick of ending the season with clark -sorry kal-el….- missing or even dead (cos everybody was thinking it would end this way )
It s ok to kill “fake” jimmy since it was so not expected,generated surprise and so but at some point , they ll have to get rid of the chloe character and start pulling things together ( make him fly for god sake) !
let s wait for the next season to do what was supposed to be done in this one
I was a bit disappointed also with the finale. The fight with doomsday should have been longer from the buildup that has been created all season.
Chloe just seems to be more of a distraction these days. Does a lot of dumb things like the black cryptonite, etc. Whose side is she on anyway.
As far as Jimmy goes, it was quite a surprise to see hime die, but I think he will be back. My guess is that superman will travel through time to find Lois and in the process will get Jimmy back. Kinda like the way it was done in the Superman movie where lois dies. Remember how he turned back time? Anyway, just my guess.
I hope the next season comes together even more. It’s about time we all see superman fly.
I’ve been a Smallville fan since the begining. I’m very different than most viewers. I did think the Clark/Doomsday fight was kind of short, but there was other stuff goin as well. Sometimes I think fans wanna be spoon fed with the special effects and lay off the story. When I watched the finale, I understood why everything happend. Clark was afraid to get his hands dirty so the Justice League had to setup, cause the whole world at stake. DoomsDay was sent to earth by Zod and Faora to destroy earth so Zod could take over. Doomsday is only the machine counterpart. He was programmed by Zod just like Brainiac. Thatz why Brainiac came back to prep Doomsday to wipe out the planet. And it all connects together with all the past episodes on why these things happen in the first place. It’s not just about a show down with Doomsday. We have to start thinking more globally here. Clark has a true kryptonian destiny to fullfill. I have a theory when he said that Clark Kent was dead, he just needed rise about his human emotions that were making him weak. He alwayz mad an emotional decision toward every world threat. If Clark did what “needed” to be done, some of the great casualtys probably wouldn’t have happened. Thatz what Oliver Queen was trying to teach clear. I believe Oliver has an advantage over Clark in a way, cause hez more fearless than Clark. He like Lex and Lionel Luthor know how to decipher the patternz of weakness. I think when Clark left Chloe, he went on to fullfull his krytonian training. Back in season 5 he was supposed to have it all done right then and there, but he kept getting interupted by emotion interfearance. Clark has to start learning how to make the tough choice cause he’s more symbolic than ever. Jor-El sent him to earth for a purpose. In the comics I think it took him yearz for him to fullfill his training.
Plus it’s only a TV show so it can only do so much. I believe Smallville is one of the great tv showz every mad cause it has action, love/romance, philosophy and people get their asses kicked. I think they’ve done a real good job. Some thingz are conry here and there, but the story is mad thurl.
I have watched this show since the very beginning and am a huge Superman fan and Smallville is my favourite show. However I dislike what they are doing to the Superman Legacy.
First of all Lex, Brainiac and Doomsday are all villains that Superman fights against not, Clark Kent. And yet these three are supposidly dead in the show and Superman hasn’t been seen yet. So what does that leave for Superman when, Clarke (finally…) decides to put on his cape. Is he just going fly around all day saving cats??. I know theres more Villians but It just seems that Superman will have nothing to do when he actually comes.
Also I feel that the Finale was much better than Last years but thats not saying much. Henry “James” Olson noot being the actualJimmy Olson was one of the worst things I’ve seen. It seems they wanted one main cast member to die to gain viewers that they decide for the past 3 seasons Jimmy’s been it that it was either Jimmy’s Brother or his dad???? I’d rather it was Chole who was killed off as she was only created for the show. I felt that a better ending would of been for Chole to off died and this to force Clark to become Superman and let series 9 be about that.
I’m not going to comment much on the fight seen as people have said it for me, except for it was short,rubbish and dissapointing as we’ve been waiting for a live action doomsday vs. superman fight for years and Clark manages to deal with him within minutes. I’ll wait to see what happens in series 9 with doomsday.
If series 9 doesnt start to bring in superman or at least flying (not jumping) then this show will not be remembered for the great show that it was, but a Warner Bros. cash cow that they milked until it became unwatchable. Lets hope they read these sites (which we can all say for sure they don’t) and take our views on board.
I have some great ideas for season 9 so let’s bring back Lois from time traveling with that ring and bring back Clark’s confidence in the human race. I love that Clark walks away from it all. Very Dark >>>>>>>>>Very Sad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I thought that the actor played a pretty good Jimmy Olsen…However, in the movies, comics, and other shows, the Jimmy Olsen character is pretty much a teenager; way younger than Clark and Lois. On Smallville, he’s like around the same age as they are, which always kinda messed with my head. So I guess, the sceen when chloe gave the camera to “Henry James Olsen’s younger brother” it made some sense. I’m still wondering where Lois went. I thought maybe she changes something and Henry comes back (that’s before I found out about Jimmy’s first name being Henry). The finale could have been better, but it also could have been worse. I do agree that it should have been a two hour episode; cause it felt a bit rushed and cramed. I hope next season makes up for this season. I’m frustrated with smallville. the wrting seems a lot weaker but I still love this damn (superhero) soap, no matter what.
I’ve been watching the show since season 1 or 2; since reading an EW article or interview with the creators of the show Alfred Gough and Miles Millar. Back then they said there would be no flying, no Superman, just Clark. It seemed interesting, and while he was still in high school –even with the presence of Lex, the show made sense. Then they went off to college, for two or three episodes, and I guess, it still made sense. I can’t pin-point the moment the show jumped the shark, but I’m sure it must have been at some point before they introduced Lois and the Planet. I was no fan of Kristin Kreuk (since she seemed to be to always be battling a case of dysmenorrheal) so Erica Durance was a very welcomed addition, but at this point in the show they increasingly seemed to be slopping stuff together. So now, and for the last few seasons, you have a mid-to-late twenties Clark that’s afraid of flying and doesn’t believe in tights but is still confronting some of Superman’s most notorious enemies. The show has a very specific set of boundaries it has outgrown and it should have put to bed two or three seasons ago, but the show still gets ratings for a network that really needs them. I assume Gough and Millar had their reasons to get out before this season, but that could have been one of them. There’s only so much the show can do given its self-imposed limitations. I had zero expectations of this season as I will of the next one because I’m watching the show out of some sort of misplaced sense of loyalty, and just because I would like to see an end. The show was supposed to NOT be a superhero show, but now IS a superhero show with delusions that it’s not. It just feels like a bear wearing a tutu.
- The funeral shows Jimmy’s little brother and it’s at least implied THAT is THE Jimmy Olsen.
- If Chloe is knocked up, they might as well scrap Zod, bring back Lois, and just make it into “Lois and Clark Lite”
- The “fight” was ridiculously disappointing. I agree that it should have been the payoff for the season as I do that the Lois/Tess donnybrook was the highlight of the show (and much more a fight than the Clark/Doomsday belly-flops).
- I also was expecting to see Clark dead (as a result of an epic battle), roll credits, wait ‘til next season.
- They left the door wide open to bring Doomsday back, which is just lame because they wore that one thin this season.
- Conveniently forgetting you left the ring at your desk, even after days of looking for your girl, ranks up there in the list of ‘ultimate bonehead moves’ with sabotaging your own plane just so you can find out IF some kid in your staff is an alien that might save you from certain death.
Ok people. Tell me what you guys think. Jimmy olsen for one was not the real jimmy that we all know from back in the day. Jimmy we knew was a whole lot younger than clark and lois. The camery was given to the jimmy we all know and called a dork. Anyway, the original fight for superman and doomsday was short even in the comics. You guys worry about the justice leage trying to fight the battle against doomday. It really happend. The justice leage took care of doomsday after he killed superman. So it was right on track. The whole clark kent is dead thing I feel is going to change. Remember what was said. When someone travles back and forth to the future they make a drastic change in the past. Lois traveled to the future so something will change and I believe it was clark because now she knows. She is gonna come back one way or another people. Ok those of you who think that chloe is pregnant all because she grabbed her stomack……stop digging so deep into the role and gestures. What point does it make for her to be pregnant. What you think its jimmies. Why can’t it be davis kids. They been together for some time. Oh yea that’s right baby doomsday. PLEASE! Oh yea before I forget….. the whole zod thing is brilliant. Read up on your krypton history. There is a lost city of krypton still around. Kandon. This is the capitol of krypton and where zod, brainiac, zor el and all those other people resided at. That is what Kara is looking for. Do some research.
I’ve been a fan of this show since it started and personally I think season 8 has been the best one yet. That being said, the finale was disappointing. I agree that it should have been a 2 parter, it seems like little pieces put together instead of one flowing story. I liked the part where Jimmy dies, think that was probably one of the most exciting points. But the whole Lois going into the future thing? What exactly is the point of that and how hasn’t Clark figured it out yet?And the fight we were all so amped up for, practically non-existent. Still I’m for sure going to watch season 9 and 10 if they continue.
I’ve watched Smallville from the start and I’ll admit you have to suspend logic to watch many of the episodes. This one was exceptionally puzzling. Clark cares so much for mankind but when told by Cosmic boy that he can keep from killing davis by sending him to the future where they’re equipped to handle him……he says no?!? I’d rather keep the most dangerous superbeing that can even kill me and will tomorrow here with all of my friends and loved ones and the rest of the world…..hmmmmm….ok. Then he leaves the ring in his desk at work for Lois to happen upon?!?….and if she went to the future, wouldn’t the Legion just send her right back to the same point in time? Then Oliver is able to shoot a “dart” into skin that usually deflects bullets…..I know it had a vial of kryptonite attached to it, but I still don’t see a dart piercing him that fast. Then the JL defeats Doomsday just like that? Cloe acts like an oblivious moron again and protects the creature that will kill the person that she claims to care about the most and feels is so important to mankind? Doomsday is released and pretty much just knocks everyone down…..?!?!?! And then finally the lamest battle I’ve ever seen. I don’t even really know what was supposed to have happend there at the end. Clark super tackles doomsday into the sky, lands on the plant and it explodes. So did Canary set off the explosion like planned? Where were the rest of the league that they didn’t get killed in that explosion? Clark said he wasn’t sure how he survived, but he couldn’t save everyone?…..everyone WHO?!? Who didn’t he save? Everyone was there at the end that was at the plant!! The Jimmy thing was the only thing that actually mades sense to me. That was Henry James Olsen. We learned that last season. He wasn’t the Jimmy Olsen that is in the picture when Superman exists. Plus the character of Jimmy Olsen is much younger than Clark Kent and Lois Lane in every story. The little brother of dead “Jimmy” that Cloe gave his camera too….that’s Jimmy Olsen of the Superman storyline. Cloe is not going to give birth to him for goodness sake! If you know the Superman saga, this show does set up for future story lines, because the story of Superman getting killed by Doomsday is ready to go now. That story starts with Doomsday being found underground, which is where he supposedly is now. And the story is that Doomsday kills superman, not young Clark Kent, so it wouldn’t have made sense for Clark to have died in the Smallville story. For the most part, I still like the show, but I have to admit, that episode was a bit of a stinker.
I’ve heard from Aron Ashmore the guy who does Jimmy Olsen, that DC comics weren’t happy about Jimmy being the in the same age group as Clark and Lois so the previous showrunners; Al/Miles said they would pull off something like this and that he would not be THE Jimmy Olsen. It’s more of the new guys cleaning up the old guy’s messes.
Moreover, I’m not surprised by the fight scene. Budget problems has been the main crux of this season, you can tell they pretty much use sets nowadays and rarely any open fields, Terrance Stamp’s only appearance was in Abyss, they don’t hire good guest stars (the Injustice League for example) and the SFX has been declining since the start of the season. This is a superhero show it is supposed to have a higher budget than this but the fact is that the CW keeps cutting the budget for other shows like 90210 or Gossip Girl. Furthermore, they don’t advertise the show as much as they used to and the actors and producers have to promote the show by themselves.
I believe what Smallville needs is someone from the comics to act as a creative consultant, Season 1, 2,3 and 4 were popular with a lot of people and those season had people like Jeff Loeb or Paul Levitz as creative consults. Geoff Johns is a good example, so is Mark Waid, Robinson or even Grant Morrison.
Also another piece of info I’ve got is that out of the 4 producers Brain Peterson, Kelly Souders, Todd Slakvin and Darren Swimmer, 2 of them, Swimmer and Slakvin are leaving for Melrose place. Swimmer and Slakvin were the ones that did the excellent episode, Identity. While Souders and Brian are more of a mixed bag, so far they have done the premier; Odyssey, Prey, Eternal and Doomsday.
There was some very confusing writing in this episode. At the end Chloe said that Oliver, Dinah and Bart all disappeared and that maybe it’s up to her and Clark to bring them back home. But in the Jimmy Olsen funeral scene, you do see Dinah and Oliver clearly were there (and presumably Bart but I didn’t see him), so what the heck is Chloe talking about? There must be a scene missing on the cutting room floor?
I dislike Chloe’s storyline this year. It had a lot of promise; after seven years of playing second fiddle to (ugh) Lana, Chloe was the show’s leading lady. She was central to the Doomsday plot (meaning she got a lot of scenes with the talented Sam Witwer), her relationship with Jimmy was ended, and it looked as though she would graduate to being a full-fledged hero in her own right by season’s end, out of Clark’s shadow. I should have known Smallville would only give that treatment to its precious Blahna.
Instead we see the show endorsing the Kill Dangerous People (Lex, Davis, Clark) Without Seeking Another Option outlook of Ollie Queen. Funny, I could have sworn Smallville was supposed to be about a young Superman, not a young Wolverine. This makes everything Chloe has done the result of childish naivite — the compassion she showed for Davis, the hope for a future she gave him when he was at his lowest point, her total self-sacrifice — all evidence that she’s just an idiot.
And I can’t even say how much I hate Davis’ character being assassinated like that at the end. All of a sudden this heroic man, who upon being put in an unimaginable position did everything in his power to save innocent lives (use anti-split-personality drugs, attempt suicide, selectively kill — which he took no pleasure in — , place his burden on the woman he loved), is a killer.
The producers can do what they like next season — I can foresee a “redemption” arc for Chloe, at the end of which Ollie “forgives” her and she dies — because I won’t be watching.