Starkville’s House of El Podcast

TESS SURPRISES CLARK — Lionel and Tess go head to head in a battle for the Luthor name. Clark and Lois are stunned by Tess’ latest present to them.

Could that description be any shorter and more vague?! Smallville is back tonight with its last all-new episode before another dreadful hiatus of nearly six weeks! This one is going to be a biggie though, with lots of comic lore and mythology and of course the fine acting skills of John Glover and Cassidy Freeman playing off of one another. Plus, the return of Lucas Grabeel as Alexander! This one was written by Al Steptien and Turi Meyer and marks the directorial debut of Al; you can find both these gentlemen on the upcoming SHoE episode for ‘Scion’ in the next couple of weeks. Smallville returns with “Kent” on April 15th for the final 5 episodes of the series.

ZATANNA GIVES THE GANG A SERIOUS HANGOVER — After Zatanna sends a magically spiked bottle of champagne to Clark and Lois for their bachelor/bachlorette parties, the gang blacks out after the toast, only to wake up the next morning and realize they can’t remember anything about the night before. While trying to retrace their steps, Lois realizes she lost her engagement ring and drags Oliver back to the Fortune Casino where she thinks she lost it. The two run into Fortune (guest star James Kidnie), the eccentric casino owner, who accuses them of stealing money from him. Meanwhile, Clark tells Chloe he has a memory of stealing an armored truck the night before.

Smallville is back tonight with what may be the final appearance of Allison Mack as Chloe Sullivan if she doesn’t show up for the series finale. This is also the next to last episode before there is another hiatus for the show again, so you won’t want to miss the next two episodes. After it’s over, come back here and discuss and keep an eye out for SHoE Episode 168 with Joe and Robin!

Masquerade didn’t quite reach the emotional heights we had in Beacon. But if you are a Chloe fan, this Date Night meets Mr. and Mrs. Smith adventure turns into Chloe Deconstructed. However, we also get some good bits with Clark and Lois that, to me, didn’t work out as well as I would have liked. Read the rest of this entry »

CHLOE AND OLIVER ARE KIDNAPPED – Chloe and Oliver are mistaken for FBI agents investigating Desaad’s (guest star Steve Byers) recent string of murders and the pair are kidnapped by Desaad’s minions. Desaad tries to infect Chloe with the darkness. Meanwhile, Lois tells Clark he needs to be more careful with his identity and suggests a disguise.

Another new episode of Smallville airs tonight, this one written by Bryan Q. Miller! Only 7 new episodes remain after tonight. Check back for the latest episode of SHoE with Damian & Derek!

What a wonderful time to be a Smallville fan. After EW’s little “nail in the coffin” article earlier this week claiming that since no news had come out about Rosenbaum returning, it was pretty much time to give up hope, hope came to us – TVLine’s Ausiello announced that Rosenbaum (who simultaneously tweeted this news) will be returning as Lex Luthor for the series finale of Smallville, airing May 13th, 2011. This puts to rest the age old discussion of will he/won’t he that fans have been clamoring over since it was announced that season 10 will be the last for the show. Not only that, but Greg Beeman announced on his blog last night that he will be directing the second half of the two hour finale; something that myself and I know other Smallville fans are glad to hear, as Beeman is one director who has a passion for the series and was a part of it for many years. (Beeman last directed the ninth season finale, ‘Salvation’)

All this news comes off the heels that The CW announced earlier in the week that the series finale will, indeed, be a two hour event on Friday, May 13th; bringing the episode total for the final season to 21 episodes, but 22 hours. No word yet if Allison Mack will definitely be returning for the series finale yet or not. Currently, the last episode she will be appearing in is 10×15 – ‘Fortune’. Also, last season’s Zod (Callum Blue) and Kara (Laura Vandervoort) will be returning for an episode before the end. Expect to see Zod in 10×19 – ‘Dominion’ or 10×20 – ‘Prophecy’. Only 8 episodes remain in the final season of Smallville.

MARTHA KENT COMES HOME — Clark is surprised to see Martha on the news speaking at a pro-vigilante rally. However, surprise quickly turns to horror when he and Lois watch as Martha gets shot on national television. Meanwhile, Lionel reveals himself to the world and reclaims LuthorCorp from Tess and Oliver. Lois and Chloe decide to cheer Clark up by showing him videos from thousands of vigilante supporters professing their support for The Blur. Videos were created and submitted by actual Smallville fans.

It looks like everyone is going to be close to their TVs tonight! After it’s over with, come back here to discuss while you wait for the release of the next new episode of SHoE!

CHLOE SULLIVAN RETURNS TO SMALLVILLE — Clark, Oliver, Lois and Dinah (guest star Alaina Huffman) are released by the VRA after being captured at Hawkman’s funeral but each of them have flashbacks of Chloe holding them against their will.  When Chloe returns, Dinah warns the others that Chloe may now be a traitor.  Oliver dismisses her concerns but Clark is unsure if he can trust Chloe after she disappeared without an explanation.

After a long hiatus, Smallville returns tonight, featuring the return of Chloe Sullivan! After it’s over with, come back here to discuss while you wait for the release of the next new episode of SHoE!

News broke yesterday that “The Tudors” actor Henry Cavill will play the Man of Steel in Zack Snyder’s 2012 film “Superman”. We assume it will most likely be called “Superman” as no film has been called that before (1978 film is actually called Superman: The Movie) and since the working title of “The Man of Steel” was debunked ages ago and is now neither working/nor official, we can assume for now at least that the film will be called “Superman” until there is OFFICIAL word.

Cavill, 27, was actually a choice for the role of Superman prior to Brandon Routh being chosen when it came time for Superman Returns in 2006.

This got us thinking. We shared some thoughts on our “Icarus” episode about who our top picks for casting were, but Cavill’s age is sort of a game-changer that sets the tone for the rest of the cast. One of our big picks for Jimmy Olsen was Joseph Gordon-Levitt but seeing as how he’s 2 years older than Cavill, it doesn’t make for a great cast.

So where does that leave our picks? Find out after the jump.

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By now we just assumed everyone kind of knew, but judging by the onslaught of emails we got last night, we would be remiss if we didn’t mention that Smallville was preempted last night due to a scheduling decision by The CW to re-air The Vampire Diaries and Nikita during Smallville and Supernatural’s time.

Smallville will return with “Collateral” NEXT Friday night, February 4th at 8pm/7pm Central on The CW.

HAWKMAN AND STAR GIRL RETURN! — The VRA is in full effect and things take an unfortunate turn of events after the Green Arrow tries to stop a mugging but is attacked by citizens for being a super hero. Clark discovers that the civilians who attacked Oliver were all marked with a darkness tattoo. Carter Hall (guest star Michael Shanks) and Star Girl (guest star Britt Irvin) return to help Clark deal with Slade’s (guest star Michael Hogan) re-emergence after he kidnaps Lois.

It’s the last mid-season finale ever, and it’s going to be a big one! Lots of twists and turns are in store for this one so don’t miss it. After it’s over, come back here to discuss, or email or tweet your thoughts to us so we can read them on SHoE 164 with Robin, Joe, Damian, and Derek!