Smallville Episode Guide – Season Six Finale (cont.)

This post in the Smallville episode guide will be the final pertaining to questions related to the season six finale. This is the topic I thought was most interesting to the finale: bizarro Clark. In this episode, there is a phantom that lives inside the bodies of humans in order to keep itself alive. However, the phantom, which we learn is the most dangerous of the phantoms released from the phantom zone, can only live inside the body of a human for 24 hours. That is unless he finds the body of a Kryptonian. Since all the other people died when the phantom left their bodies, how come the phantom only took part of Clark? And is Clark at all affected by this?

Lionel Luthor fortunately shows up to “save the day” by putting Kryptonite on the phantom. Why does the Kryptonite help the phantom if the phantom is Kryptonian? Is the phantom Kryptonian? Sometimes things that happen in Smallville tend to be very confusing. Is the Kryptonite what gave the phantom the ability to make its face turn silver? What the heck does the silver face even mean?

What powers is the bizarro Clark going to possess? Is he going to be just like Clark only stronger and faster? We saw that bizarro Clark was flying towards Clark, so bizarro Clark has the advantage there. It seemed that bizarro Clark was stronger and faster, and he could fly. If bizzaro Clark is stronger and faster, how is Clark going to stop it? We know Clark always finds away to end danger that is strange and/or more powerful than he is, but I just wonder about this one. And really, what is the significance of the silver face?

All this amounts to one thing: what is the phantom’s purpose on Earth now that it doesn’t have to go from body to body just to stay alive? Is it going to try to kill Clark and take over the planet? Is it just going to kill all the humans that it sees? I don’t necessarily see the purpose of leaving this kind of hangover for next season. The show should start lending itself towards Lex Luthor villainy than these mysterious Kryptonians who keep appearing out of nowhere.

I’d love to know what you think about all this!

Matt

Smallville Episode Guide - Season Six Finale (cont.)

This post of the Smallville episode guide is again addressing a question from the season six finale: what exactly is Chloe’s power? What exactly was the deal with her tears regenerating Lois Lane? And why did Chloe appear to be dead after that happened? That whole situation was fairly confusing. Also, how is Chloe going to come back to life? Or, is she going to come back to life?

Now we need to address more the issue of Chloe’s power. What is it that caused Lois’ stab wound to just disappear? It’s very interesting to think about what Chloe’s power may be. Also, it will be interesting to learn how Chloe will be able to control her ability. Will she be able to control it without immediately looking as if she is dead? I’m certain that one of the shows in the upcoming season seven will offer some insight into how Chloe’s power works.

With all this going on with Chloe, my biggest question is how important is she to the show? With Lois becoming a pretty main character, and the pending introduction of Clark’s cousin Kara, what is Chloe going to bring to the table? It was understandable in the earlier seasons to have some filler characters, but now it’s a little more puzzling. Lois, Lex, Clark, Kara, and even Jimmy Olsen are all much more substantial characters in this story than Chloe. Maybe it’s because she is a bigger connection to the Daily Planet for Clark than Jimmy is at this point, but somehow Lois is going to end up as a Daily Planet reporter. What do you think is going to happen to Chloe this season?

I’d love to hear your thoughts on this issue!

Matt

P. S. Here is a clip of Chloe's "death"

Smallville Episode Guide – Season Six Finale (cont.)

A major topic going to be addressed in this post of the Smallville episode guide, the question of whether or not Lana is dead. This idea has been thrown around for the last couple seasons, especially when we found out that someone close to Clark was going to die in season five. She was even dead for a very short period of time in episode 12 of season five. Some Smallville fans have even been grumbling about the situation between Clark and Lana for sometime now. It appears, at least for now, that those who dislike Lana Lang will get their wish as she has apparently been killed.

Lana’s death brings about some other questions. For one, who is responsible for the murder of Lana Lang? The obvious choice, as indicated by the end of the season finale, is the Lex is responsible for his soon-to-be ex-wife’s death. While he played dumb when Clark confronted him about it, Lex has always been quite a good liar. In fact, earlier in the episode, he did a great job of playing dumb when Lana confronted him about the fake pregnancy. Back to the subject at hand though; Lex has been arrested for the murder of Lana, but do we really think Lex is going to be in jail?

Is Lex being arrested going to be anything like when Lionel was arrested? Is Lex going to have some sort of epiphany and turn into a “good guy?” Will Lex really end up in jail? Is Lana actually going to be dead? I’m sure many of you fans wish she would finally be off the show. The stupid back and forth between her and Clark is getting pretty old.

The other person I think could be involved in the murder of Lana is Lionel Luthor. He seemed to have quite the transformation from evil to good in season six, but sometimes we couldn’t be sure exactly what his motives were. He seemed to be very involved in doing what he could to protect Clark, which included blackmailing Lana into marrying Lex. However, how can we fans know exactly what was going on between Lana and Lionel? It just seems that Lionel is as likely to have blown up Lana’s car as Lex.

Leave your thoughts please!

Matt

Smallville Episode Guide – Season Six Finale (cont.)

In this post of the Smallville episode guide, the question of whether or not Clark will actually leave Smallville is going to be addressed. Early on in the final episode of season six, Mrs. Kent is heading to Washington, D.C. to fulfill her duties as senator. Her quote right before she walks out the door to Clark is, “You don’t have to stay on the farm just because I’m leaving.” She basically tells Clark that even though the farm has been in the Kent family for generations, Clark doesn’t have to be responsible for it.

This begs the question: is Clark on his way to Metropolis? It just doesn’t seem as though he is ready to make the journey to a big city. It seems as though he still has some growing up to do back in Smallville. He also doesn’t have the education to become a writer for the Daily Planet, which is the path he takes in the comics. Also, what will become of Lex and Lois as the seem to be the only characters left in Smallville?

Does anybody really think that the show is ready to move from Smallville to Metropolis? Will this cause them to change the name of the show? Haha, just kidding! It just seems like once the show’s setting is primarily in Metropolis, the show is almost over. With the talk being at least one more season (season eight), Clark will likely remain in Smallville. However, I doubt we’ll see much of him on the farm anymore. Also, Senator Kent will likely not be around very often either. It’s just curious what Clark will be doing with is time without a job and without many people in his life living near him (or possibly dead, but that is for a different post!).

I’d love to hear what you think Clark will do!

Matt

Smallville Episode Guide – Season Six Finale

In the next few posts of this Smallville episode guide, the finale of season six and some its unanswered questions and going to be addressed. One major question that came up before the season finale was ‘who is the red-eyed Kryptonian supposed to be?’ At least in the finale we got to hear him talk for the first time. We only learned several small things about him though: he is in fact Kryptonian, he had been attacked by the last phantom and has to leave Earth’s atmosphere to heal, and he was sent by Jor-El to protect Clark.

This Kryptonian did do Clark a favor by preventing him from killing Lionel Luthor. Despite Lionel’s actions throughout season six, he has been trying to help Clark. The red-eyed Kryptonian also saved Clark from a phantom earlier in the season when Clark had been poisoned. However, the question I asked in the previous post still plagues me: where do all of these Kryptonians keep coming from?

How often is the red-eyed Kryptonian going to appear in season seven? Also, what exactly are his powers? He seemed to have some part of his body taken away, but he is not dead. Could something like this happen to Clark? Why exactly do his eyes turn red? Are any of these questions even going to be remotely addressed in the upcoming season? All I know is this character introduces more questions than are necessary!!!

Your ideas would be greatly appreciated!

Matt

Smallville Episode Guide – Tom Welling

This Smallville episode guide notices how Tom Welling has become a well-known name among all Smallville fans alike. Many fans have often been interested and excited to see him dawn the tights and cape that are oh-so familiar to Superman. It appears as though Welling fans are going to get their wish! It is reportedly rumored by several articles that the new Justice League of America movie, set to begin shooting soon, has cast Tom Welling to play Superman.

Though several sites have reported Welling being cast, but Alfred Gough, Smallville’s executive producer, has denied those reports. The movie’s director, George Miller, has already mentioned how Superman Returns start Brandon Routh will not be playing The Man of Steel because he is waiting to do a sequel to the 2006 movie he starred in. There haven’t been too many other names thrown around, so does that make Welling the front-runner to play Superman?

It would just seem strange to have Tom Welling playing Superman on the big screen. He does a very good job as Clark Kent on Smallville, but that is during Kent’s teenage years and years growing into Superman. Brandon Routh was an excellent cast for Superman Returns because it was where the Superman: The Movie left off, and Routh very much resembles Christopher Reeve. I have an idea of the way I would love to have Smallville end: Welling dawns the tights and cape for the first time. And that’s the last time I want to see Welling as The Man of Steel. So I don’t really think I want to see Welling play Superman in the Justice League of America movie.

Give me your thoughts about the ending to Smallville and the JLA movie.

Matt

Smallville Episode Guide – Supergirl

Many Smallville fans are turning to Smallville episode guides to figure out what to expect in season seven. As many of them have found out, there is going to be one big addition to the Smallville cast: Kara Zor-El, AKA Supergirl. Laura Vandervoort was cast to play Kara. Vandervoort is 22 years old and was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She has had small roles on a variety of television shows such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Instant Star, and Are You Afraid of the Dark?.

In the show, Kara, who was Clark’s cousin on Krypton, is 19 years old. However, when they were still on Krypton, she was older than Clark. Because of some hyperspace accident, Kara arrives on Earth younger than Clark. In an interview with Vandervoort, she discussed how Kara and Clark see things very differently, and Kara is going to be much edgier than her cousin. As we fans will learn throughout season seven, Kara has developed some powers that Clark has yet to discover. I won’t spoil those for you just in case you want to learn yourselves. However, there are several websites you can check to find the answers if you so choose.

What many Smallville fans often wonder is where all these Kryptonians keep coming from. As most Superman fans understand, Kal-El is known as, among other names, “The Last Son of Krypton.” It just seems a little strange that for the past few seasons, Kryptonians seem to appear on a fairly regular basis for at least a few shows per season. Beyond that, however, is the intrigue Vandervoort’s character brings to Smallville. It seems as though Kara could be a huge hit because some characters may not be returning to the show (wink wink!). One can only imagine how interesting the introduction of Kara will be to Smallville!

Let me know what you think about this character introduction.

Matt