I’m kind of glad that he is unable to fly at this point. Something to look forward to for Clark and his viewers. I believe that it will be sort of a rite of passage, mind set type of thing. Like Robin Williams in the movie “Hook” where he plays an adult Peter Pan.

Brian and Kelly seem to be taking a few liberties, but, in an around about way, are staying true to the mythology of the Superman character.

Anyway, I’m hooked! Tell me how to get a Smallville T-shirt!

The storyline with Zod has been interesting and has kept us all guessing. Callum Blue has really taken that character to a new level. I loved seeing Jor-El come on the show. They’ve had some really enjoyable guest performances from Brian Austin Green, The Wonder twins, Toyman etc. Oliver’s attempted suicide and rise to heroism again provided a really interesting arc for his character and kept me invested. Tess has been fascinating with her involvement with Zod. Yes, Chloe’s screentime has been reduced (and for what it’s worth, as much as I love Chloe, that doesn’t upset me. Chloe was in the spotlight for all 22 episodes last year and I’ve been really happy to see other deserving characters on the show like Lois FINALLY get a chance after 5 years to have some spotlight.) but her actions have been interesting this year. She’s clearly walking a fine line right now between hero and villian. Her intentions are good but her actions are morally grey at times. I’m interested to see where they take her. What I’d like to see is for Chloe to come to terms with everything that happened last year….her part in Jimmy’s death….and finally come to peace with it and move on. I’d also like to see her and Clark acknowledge their differences and try and move on into a new phase of their friendship. They couldn’t stay co-dependent upon each other forever. It was time for both of them to grow up.

As for Lois, I think Erica has done a really amazing job again this season. She is Lois Lane in every sense of the word. She has this ability to make me laugh in one minute and then be completely touching and lovable the next. I’ve always been a fan of the Clark and Lois love story, but Smallville’s version has probably become my favorite version now because this is the first time I’m seeing WHY Lois is the person he falls so deeply in love with and needs to spend his life with. I feel like in the past it was just a given that Clark would love Lois. But watching it happen on Smallville has been a real treat because I understand WHY. It’s very clear to me as a viewer WHY Lois of all the women in his life winds up being the one. My husband mentioned the other day that he’s always been sort of “eh” about the relationships on Smallville but that he was officially interested in Clark and Lois.

Anyway, I trust Brian and Kelly to finish up this season in a very satisfying way and if we get a SEason 10 (which I hope we do) then I fully expect that it will be done well.

Stan I agree with you about Callum Blue/Zod.

The only thing I’m worried about with an additional season is what they’re going to do as far as villians go. As great as Callum’s Zod portrayal has been, I just don’t think he belongs on Earth for more than a year. I’m hoping that if everything goes well with Pam Grier as Amanda Waller, maybe we’ll get some more corrupt government vs. capes. Maybe some Intergang thrown in there as well.

On second thought, can someone just throw some Nair into Rosenbaum’s shampoo? Villian problem solved

Second, I agree that the show shouldn’t go 12 years or something but I think I’d be happy to see a Season 10. I trust Brian and Kelly and it does appear that they came into Season 9 with sort of a two year plan. Even Tom Welling mentioned something about that when he gave his TVguide interview over the summer. I think Brian and Kelly have done an amazing job with SEason 9. I’ve been watching from the beginning and I would say that this is probably the strongest and most consistent batch of episodes the show has ever given us right in a row. I want to believe that these guys know what they are doing.

Now, I do think that if and when the show gets a Season 10 it should be announed RIGHT UP FRONT that it’s the final season and it should be marketed that way. I do think that 10 years would be the time to end things and i’d like to see the show get that final push in the media with Season 10 being marketed from the beginning as the final season. (Much like this season of LOST is being marketed already as the final season even though it hasn’t even premiered yet.)

But do I trust this team to do right by this show and by the Superman legend? You know…I do. They have proven to me that they have a respect and almost reverance for the character that frankly I think Al and Miles lacked even in the beginning. This isn’t just a tv project for Kelly and Brian. This is a character and a story that themselves are fans of and that means something to them. You can see it in the way they have presented Clark in Season 9. You can even see it with the reverance that they have treated the Clark and Lois relatonship with. I’ve never seen a romance done so well on this show. I think the reason everything seems to be coming together is because Brian and Kelly care about the legend.