Smallville (2001–2017) 8/10 stars
8 and 10 are epically stupid seasons the rest are SUPER COOL
Some of the innovations of the show like red Kryptonite having a consistent physical reaction and his pod landing obscured by a meteor shower were pretty inspired. Season four with awesome writing and character development, just seemed a little awkward. And rushed. It's like they didn't know if the show would keep going so they pushed ahead like a steam truck until they realized they were being renewed. Fortunately the show DID keep going because I LOVED Lionel's redemptive arc. In season 4 Lionel seemed to grow if not a conscience an awareness of certain Kryptonian things. And is the 3 following seasons he was established as Jor-El's vessel and a dedicated Ally to Clark. Even if Clark didn't always understand why. At first Clark was understandably reluctant to trust him but came to the conclusion that they did need him. season 5 and season 6 finales had Clark's hand at Lionel's throat. The beginning of Season 7 they literally embraced each-other as friends. and all of that went out the window because of something Lionel had done just before the series premiere. Suddenly Lionel had been nothing but a liar and a false friend these past 3 years and they never should have trusted him. And suddenly he was directly responsible for everything Lex was doing that season, he was behind it all...to Clark and Chloe's mind. He died protecting Clark's secret, died murdered by his own son and even though they comforted themselves that they finally knew where he really stood and mourned thier loss/his sacrifice, they never actually admitted they'd been wrong, or how tragic it was that such a loyal friend died alone and friendless because they didn't believe him anymore. Because they "saw the truth about him". They never admitted they'd been wrong about him. Season 8 was horrible, contrived full of lies, betrayal and suspicions of infidelity. 2 new characters one misguided, one a liar and Jimmy Olsen goes so far off the deep end I'm wondering who ELSE was on drugs when they made that season. I don't know anyone who would watch a Superman show and want to see that. To sum up, seasons 4 and 8 are the stupid ones. Season 9 was awesome for so many reasons, most of them having to do with developing and humanizing both Oliver Queen and Major Zod as well as Jor'el so effectively. The one thing I want to cure everyone from thinking is "The last 2 seasons sucked." Season 8 was the Jimmy Olsen, Doomsday, Davis Bloom soap-opera disaster that had Oliver actually use kryptonite on Clark while in control of himself. (he wasn't in control of himself at 8x01 he was in the end when he rallied the rest of his team against Clark) And ended in Jimmy Olsen's death. Season 9 was everything fans of Batman or Superman would want. It even had Julian Sands being Jor-el and the most awesome dark and broody General Zod one could hope for. Except he really was Major Zod...he hadn't destroyed Krypton yet. Season 10 was the other 'bad' season. That was because they were trying to fit every single bad guy from the DC animated universe in at once...into a show that was originally more about Clark than Kal'el at all. These were bad guys Justice League fans would love. But Superman never faced alone. I am a fan of Superman in stand alone animated or live action series. I hadn't seen ANY saw Justice League adventures at the time so I was completely lost. I'm glad I stuck it out even after the abysmal season 8. Everyone is in rare, even strangely enthralling form in the last two seasons. I'm sure you will be pleased to stick it out.
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