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The "Smallville" Finale

May

(Yes, I know the show’s season finale was the week before last, but I’m hoping everyone will ignore that fact.)

The seventh-season close of our Superman-in-training series came with the obvious departures—or semi-departures, from what “TV Guide” and “EW” have said—of two main characters: Lex and Lana. Lex FINALLY found out Clark’s true status, as a Kryptonian-American, and was buried in the Fortress of Solitude. A fully recovered Lana left Clark a video message telling CK that she’s holding him back from his real mission on Earth and for him to not try to find her. With the departures of creators/executive producers Al Gough and Miles Millar, it will be interesting to see the direction the show takes without Clark’s main enemy and main love around. It’s now time to break out the cape and let the guy fly (as soon as he lets Kara teach him how to, that is)!

Brainiac suffered a high-voltage disintegration, so he won’t be back either. We will, however, get back Kara, who returned from the Phantom Zone after Brainiac was fried. But here’s the REALLY good news: Chloe! Allison Mack re-upped with the show for the next season. I can’t imagine “Smallville” without her. No word on the return of Erica Durance’s Lois Lane, but the intrepid reporter’s simmering attraction to CK (notice how tightly she hugged him after he saw Lana’s good-bye message) sets the stage for a likely return.

I was glad (for myself, not for her) that the Department of Domestic Security arrested Chloe. The will make it so she can’t marry dorko Jimmy in the near future. If I were her best friend, I would gently tell her that he doesn’t have the strong personality that someone like her needs. And if that didn’t make a dent, I would hope that she would come to her senses before she walked down the aisle.

This season had its ups and downs, with most eps straddling the line between them. A letter on the readers’ page of “EW” stated one of my sentiments: that the series featured way too little of Clark and way too much of Lex, Lana, Chloe and Jimmy. The writer said that Tom Welling was one of the show’s main attractions. I must agree with her. The good news is that with Lex and Lana gone, the show will HAVE to feature more of Tom Welling, and that, as Martha Stewart would say, is a good thing.

(Photos courtesy of The CW.)

This entry was posted on Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 at 4:13 pm by Jenny Higgons.
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One Response to “The "Smallville" Finale”

Jayson Peters May 29th, 2008 at 1:24 am
Apparently Kara is out of the picture, too – at least as a series regular. Maybe they can squeeze in some flying lessons in guest appearances?

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