Starkville’s House of El Podcast

Late thursday afternoon The CW issued a press release concerning The 10th season of Smallville. Let’s get right to it, shall we?

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What did you think of tonight’s episode? Unfortunately we all have a long wait in store after that one… Smallville officially goes on hiatus and doesn’t return until April 2nd.  Until then, here’s the trailer the CW aired for 9×16, “Escape”

Thanks to SycloneFX for the clip.

ZOD IS SHOT — Bernard Chisholm (guest star J.R. Bourne), a doctor who died and was brought back to life by the Kandorians so they can experiment on him, escapes and kidnaps some Kandorians in order to prove aliens have invaded Earth.  Bernard tries to get Lois to write a story validating his claim, but when Lois refuses, he kidnaps her too.  In an effort to save his people, Zod poses as a reporter from the Daily Planet and uncovers Bernard’s secret lab.  Clark arrives at the lab just in time to see Zod get shot.

It’s the last episode of Smallville for five weeks!

Check back later for episode 144 of SHoE with your host Steve Glosson!

In the meantime, when the episode is over come back here and let us know what you thought, or email us so we can read your thoughts on the air!

LOIS MOVES IN WITH CLARK — It’s Valentine’s Day and while Clark is out on a date with Lois, he unknowingly becomes infected by gemstone kryptonite, which has magical wish-fulfilling properties. Clark mentions to Lois that he wishes they had a more traditional relationship, so Lois quits the Daily Planet, moves in with Clark and starts planning their wedding. Still unaware of his new power, Clark also casually tells Chloe he wishes she would spend more time watching out for him, so an infected Chloe takes his wish to heart and sets her sights on a new target, Lois.

Check back later for episode 143 of SHoE with your host Steve Glosson!

In the meantime, when the episode is over come back here and let us know what you thought, or email us so we can read your thoughts on the air!

Today’s SF takes us back in time to June 17th, 2008. In issue #17 of Smallville Magazine there was an origin story for Warrior Angel. Our very own Derek Russell was the writer for the article and and he was kind enough to provide me with the origin story. I see no need to rewrite or summarize the material, take a look after the jump and enjoy!

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Thanks to Syclone FX for the trailer.

METROPOLIS HOSTS A COMIC BOOK CONVENTION — DC COMICS’ CHARACTER ZATANNA RETURNS — Clark meets Zatanna (guest star Serinda Swan) at a comic book convention, where she tells him her father charmed a copy of the comic book “Warrior Angel” and it holds magical powers.  A young man named Stephen (guest star Carlo Marks) steals the comic book and develops super powers, transforming himself into Warrior Angel and saving Chloe from a horrible accident. Meanwhile, Lois becomes jealous of Clark’s relationship with Zatanna.

Check back at the first of the week for episode 142 of SHoE, with TV Guide senior editor Damian Holbrook!

In the meantime, when the episode is over come back here and let us know what you thought, or email us so we can read your thoughts on the air!

DC COMICS’ CHARACTERS HAWKMAN, STAR GIRL AND DR. FATE FROM THE JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA MEET UP WITH CLARK AND HIS TEAM IN A SPECIAL TWO-HOUR EVENT; PAM GRIER GUEST STARS — A man named Sylvester Pemberton tracks down Chloe and tells her he knows about her team of superheroes and needs their help. However, before he can explain who he is, he is attacked and killed by Icicle (guest star Wesley Macinnes). Clark and Chloe’s investigation leads Clark to the former headquarters of the Justice Society of America where he meets up with Nelson AKA Dr. Fate (guest star Brent Stait), Carter Hall AKA Hawkman (guest star Michael Shanks) and Courtney AKA Star Girl (guest star Britt Irvin). Courtney pleads with Hawkman and Dr. Fate to help her catch the killer that is targeting their group but they are reluctant to resume their duties as superheroes. Clark, John Jones (guest star Phil Morris), Green Arrow and Chloe team up to help the JSA stop Icicle before he murders another member of the group. Meanwhile, Lois receives a package from a mysterious agency called Checkmate, run by Amanda Waller (guest star Pam Grier). Geoff Johns wrote the two-hour episode. Glen Winters directed the first hour & Tom Welling directed the second hour.

This is it: The 2hr Smallville Absolute Justice event, written by DC Comics’ on Geoff Johns. There is a TON of stuff to watch for tonight, so don’t miss one of the biggest Smallville experiences in nine years, tonight on the CW.

And after it’s over with, head on over to http://live.smallvillepodcast.com to join in on Starkville: Absolute Justice – a live episode event airing at 11pm/10pm CST and going through the west coast airing, where we will discuss in detail the episodes in question. Don’t miss it!

Well here we are with a new episode and a new character to discover their origin and backstory that was the basis for Vortigan on Smallville. The show only gave us snippets of what this character was all about, and I wish we could have seen a flashback scene or two explaining more about him. But at any rate lets see where the Smallville writers got their basis for Vortigan.

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