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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LOL – Thanks Foopher! The page is no longer lonely.
I finally got to watch the season finale tonight and I am so tired of Smallville. I am a patient man… I have been a Cleveland Brown’s fan for over 20 years as proof of my willingness to not give up. I thought that Season 8 was supposed to be different with the new writers and all but it still seems like it’s all a big tease and I feel cheated. The characters are based on the comic but the stories aren’t, fine. This is a series for TV and not meant to reflect the movies, cool. But the similarities are telling another story. It is just becoming to complicated and I don’t think that I can spare the time anymore. Forgive me, but I want to see Superman! I want to see him for what made the multiple movies, books, comics, and other shows so popular, which includes him flying! How is it that every other Kryptonian can fly? Quit teasing us! I am tired of him losing his powers every other episode. How many more forms can Kryptonite take? Did they really use it to counterfeit money in Stiletto??? What!!! Why??? The only redeeming part of this season was the tension between Loise and Clark. Superb job there. That was not enough to make up for everything else though. This season showed so much promise but I feel it took a serious nosedive. Therefore, I am walking away. Somebody call me when Superman gets here… Superman and not the Red-blue Blur!!!
Hi i was raking my brain wondering did i make this up as a child, but it’s real. Did anyone else used to watch this madness? Smallville im glad didnt do this.
Madness (SUPERBOY)
http://www.guba.com/watch/3000128376?duration_step=0&fields=23&filter_tiny=0&pp=40&query=superboy&sb=10&set=-1&sf=0&size_step=0&o=2&sample=1245903399:f95b0a6c02c8b0ff2f5ce24755278c2772d5e452
I just saw this and had to share. Ain’t It Cool News is reporting that someone claiming to be an inside source leaked details to them about the Smallville Comic Con panel and… get this, they’re making a TV movie entitled Metropolis to wrap up the show after season 9, it’ll air around Christmas 2010 (about seven months after the regular series ends).
They make it very clear that this came from an untested source, so it could very well be a rumor but they also claim that there were some very convinving details provided that they’re not allowed to share in the article (i.e. the source probably knew things that AICN has agreed to keep under wraps until comic con, which lends credence to the idea that the source is actually an insider).
The link:
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/41525
Neat. I always thought a movie would be cool.
“I have been a Cleveland Brown’s fan for over 20 years as proof of my willingness to not give up”: haha. you can say that again
“…use it to counterfeit money in Stiletto???”: it says why they do that in the episode. it’s so they can get the metallic/shiny look that real money has. i hate it when people complain about things that were explained and they just didn’t catch it. grrrr
“I want to see him for what made the multiple movies, books, comics, and other shows so popular”: then watch the superman movies, or read a comic book. This is the story of his journey to becoming superman, not the story of superman
“Therefore, I am walking away.”: Ok see ya
“It says why they do that in the episode. it’s so they can get the metallic/shiny look that real money has. i hate it when people complain about things that were explained and they just didn’t catch it. grrrr”
He’s not complaining because they didn’t explain it in the episode. He’s complaining because it was a stupid premise and a wate of an episode. I totally agree, I was hoping the writing would be a step up with the new showrunners but it hasn’t changed at all. yeah the show does some things right but it doesn’t make up for all the ridiculous filler episodes liek Stiletto which seem to make up half the episodes. I’m hooked and will watch Season 9, but I completely understand why so many people dislike it. It just bugs me that they waste half the season doing nothing when shows like Bastlestar Galactica, Terminator and Fringe are careful to make every episode count. I mean yeah I get it Stiletto had about 5 minutes of character development in it, but the rest of the episode was a total waste.
it was the “What!!! Why???” part of the post that got me. i mean that was just an example. i guess hate is a stronger word than should have been used there. it’s like when people were all “what happened to chloe’s healing power?”. like they totally didn’t pay attention to the 1st episode of season 8 at all.
“it was a stupid premise and a wate of an episode”
well, yeah. but what are you gonna do? if i was able to take anything from that episode, it was how far lois is willing to go for a story. which is a big part of her personality.
Also, R.I.P. Michael Jackson
“if i was able to take anything from that episode, it was how far lois is willing to go for a story. which is a big part of her personality.”
And it could have been conveyed in a much better way.
yeah well, i’m sorry. i would turn the earth backwards on it’s axis and change it if i could. haha.
sometimes you just gotta say… what the fooph
do you like my censor Bruce? haha
Censor? I thought maybe, “huh!? Is that really what he’s insinuating with that name?”
Which is more admiration than a slam. I like it.
I might start using that… LOL
Do it!!! Haha. it’s a word that this guy i know made up. it can be what ever you want it to.
So i just watched “Odyssey” last night and at the end the JL talks about how they’re going to split up and not communicate with each other until they find out where Lex is.
Chloe says the JL has disappeared.
I’ve said it once, i’ve said it twice, i’ve said it thrice, i’ll say it again. They are in hiding. that’s all that means. It’s not the big writing flop people had made it out to be. It’s not a mistake in editing (i don’t even know how that makes sense that a line is an editing problem). It’s them laying low for a while. Temperarily spliting up the team.
THEY WILL BE BACK
R.I.P. Billy Mays.
why is it that every person i want to meet, keep dying one by one?
Well, unfortunately it looks like this thread’s finally starting to die off. I wonder if it’ll pick up again as the start date to Season 9 approaches?
i’ve been noticing that.
what’s the longest one of these have gone?
This might be one of the longest, if not, you’re getting there…
Ill keep going…Smallville sucks
@Foopher
The Star Trek review thread has the record at over 1200 comments and still going.
This one’s pretty high up there though.
Vic
Well then Fooph, I think we need to give this a rest.
LOL – nice try tasouli. But we’d rather not rile the natives in that fashion!
B
“Ill keep going…Smallville sucks”
then watch something else ya downer
“over 1200 comments and still going”
dang! that’s alot. but i think we can beat it…
just kidding.
haha. star trek has 1234 comments (at the moment). i thought that was kinda funny
this is 432. we’ve got a ways to go
For those of us still hanging around, there is one more thing I was curious about. The past four season have each made a point of bring in more and more characters from the DC universe. Which characters would guys like to see show up in Season 9? I think it’s going to be particularly interesting to see who they choose to include this year as most of their more famous heroes are either already appearing the series, or have been specifically barred from appearing in it (we know for a fact the producers can’t use Batman or Wonder Woman as well as possibly Green Lantern, so unfortunately mentioning them is just wishful thinking). As for myself I’d really like to see them finally include Perry White at the Daily Planet (I know, he appeared in one of the earlier seasons but it seems kind of ridiculous to not have him now, since Clark and Lois have been working there for so long) and my top picks for new superheroes would be Captain Marvel (Shazam) and The Spectre. It also might be cool to see Booster Gold or Adam Strange since the season finale led us to believe that we’ll finally get a glimpse of the The Future.
As long as they include the entire justice league in season 9 i’ll be happy. The season 6 episode “JUSTICE” was freakin’ sweet. Adding Black Canary and possibly Supergirl to the mix would be even more freakin’ sweet.
I think in season, since it’s probably (unfortunately) the last one
, they are going to be introducing many new villians and super heroes. (we already know they’re using Metallo and bringing Zod back; with the possible return of Lex.
Perry White, yes. I don’t know where he went in that bus at the end of season 3 episode 5 (PERRY), but he needs to resurface right away.
“I think in season, since”
………………^ There was supposed to be a 9 there