JD's Smallville Recap

Smallville has been one of my favorite shows since it's inception 7+ years ago. A boy Superman with incredible powers, but with no costume to hide who he is. So he has to hide who he is. It's been a long (sometimes gut wrenching) 7 years. Magic was involved, Indians were involved, the entrance to the Fortress was a cave!? All in all, after 7 years, I still haven't stopped watching. Tom Welling does a fantastic job of playing the Man of Steel, and the additions of Justin Hartley as Green Arrow/Oliver Queen is fantastic. And Tom Witwer is apparently going to be playing Doomsday.

The funniest thing about the show now is the opening credits.

Tom Welling is obviously billed first and in one caption he's sporting a pair of glasses and a suit, because he's going to be working for the Daily Planet. Chloe is second billed, Cassidy Freeman is in the opening credits (she'll be playing the new Lex "Tess Mercer") and Sam Witwer is also in the opening credits. Justin Hartley actually gets added to the credits, but Laura Vanderhoot is gone (she'll probably return).

The episode 8.1 called "Odyssey" is the first episode to feature the new creative team. It hasn't missed a beat. The show still owns a lot of different levels as far as characterization is concerned. It opens with Tess Mercer, she's the new baddie, shes calling the shots, because Lex is missing. They're were the Fortress was. In the middle of the arctic looking for Lex. Who shows up, Green Arrow, Black Canary, and Aqua-dude (trying to find Clark Kent).

To fast forward, Chloe is being held in what's supposed to be DDS, but it turns out Lex is holding her against her will. She's got a new power, her brain is faster "than their fastest supercomputer" which is newly added to her powers of healing (which seem to be absent). Clark, we find out, is working in a Russian camp and getting the shit kicked out of him. Apparently the controlling Clark Kent turns out to be taking away his powers.

The Justice Group of Guys Dressed up in Silly Costumes decide they're still going to look for Clark because: "He wouldn't give up on us." They split up, the people holding Chloe make her without her knowledge find Canary and Aquaman and they get taken into Custody.

Clark is still in his Russian hide-away until Oliver comes to save his ass, but not before making it look good. They tussle before Clark asks: "What took you so long?" On the way back they realize where Chloe is being held and go to rescue her in some warehouse that LutherCorp now owns. Clark demands they split up, they do, Clark runs into Lois who is like "What the Eff, Smallville?" she tells Clark to stay behind her and her gun, and they're on the hunt for Chloe who has been made to find Green Arrow.

[Side story is that Lex developed a serum that makes people do whatever he/LutherCorp wants, based on Chloe's mom's powers...etc.]

Lois gets zapped, Clark knocks someone out. He goes to look for GA who has been taken over mentally by this serum now, and takes two Arrows to the chest. Clark goes down, Chloe tries to save him, but Clark is in flashback mode: seeing Lana, his parents, and his life go whizzing by) the last thing he sees is Martian Manhunter, who grabs him and flies the fuck out of there. He flies very near the sun...

Commercial.

When we come back Clark is sleeping on Barn's couch. Manhunter tosses him a football and Clark crushes it in his hands. He's back, but Manhunter has lost his powers because the sun has the reverse effect on him.

Tess Mercer gets a briefcase, inside said briefcase is a blue crystal shaped like the supes emblem.

Clark meets up with the Justice League Members on the corner of a side street - they're taking off in their own directions to stay safe.

Clark goes to the Daily Planet and is squeaking a chair to annoy Lois. And playing with a name plate. He breaks the news that he's the newest writer for the Daily Planet and walks out with a smile on his face. Lois picks up the name plate it reads "CLARK KENT"



That's my recap. I'm not very good at recaps as you can tell.