It's the episode, arctic. Where lex puts the orb thing in the fortress and finds out for sure that clark is the alien traveller. I wanted to ask, why did Clark not just snatch the orb from his hands at full speed. Or grab lex and place him somewhere else. Lex took a good minute talking to clark and a good few seconds placing the orb down in which clark could have easily gone and taken it.

Relatively new on Reddit. Big fan of Smallville.

When did a specific offshoot of Lana fans become... insane? What purpose does getting so... heated and hateful about characters on a TV show that ended 15 years ago serve?

Genuinely curious.

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All you have to do is comment on the couple you like the LEAST from this list.

The character with most comments will be eliminated and The last one remaining will be declared as "THE MOST LOVED COUPLE" in Smallville !!!

Edit:for everyone confused the last couple in the last row are (Lana and bizzaro)

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Guys remember it will not be the comment who gets the most upvotes,they names commented the most will be the one eliminated

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LET ME KNOW IF I MISSED ANY COUPLE I WILL ADD THEM NEXT TIME(I’ve left open space for that reason)

Hi guys, has anyone in here been to any of the Talkville/Inside of You meetups that they organize for patrons? If so what are they like? Rosey is usually there, correct? Is it just a casual hangout/good time? Thanks

Season 4 gets off to a spectacular start with the introduction of Lois Lane. Her arrival is so well done. Within the first five minutes, you already understand who she is and what her dynamic with the other characters will be. Her first meeting with Clark is iconic. He asks who she is, she turns around and says, “Lois Lane,” and then we get Somebody Save Me, the title card, and the opening credits. Genius. Absolutely genius.

Erica Durance is fantastic, and I love Lois’s relationships with everyone, particularly Chloe. There’s a sweet, almost big-sister dynamic in the way Lois looks out for her, and we see that same protective side with Lucy in Lucy. But Lois and Clark are the real highlight. She’s refreshing because she treats Clark like an actual person, not someone who walks on water. She’s not pining for him, putting him on a pedestal, or constantly protecting him. She’s just Lois. And Clark gets to relax and stop taking himself so seriously around her. Their chemistry is lighter, funnier, and more mature, even when they’re bickering. You can feel the difference immediately.

And honestly, Lois makes the Clark/Lana situation more bearable simply by offering a much-needed alternative. I’d forgotten just how little time Clark and Lana actually spent dating in high school. Their relationship barely lasted a week in Season 2, followed by an entire season of will they, won’t they. By Season 4, we’re still doing this dance, now with Jason Teague in the mix. Jensen Ackles was a fantastic addition to the show, and Jason was one of its more interesting new characters. His involvement in the Stones of Knowledge storyline gave the season another compelling layer.

Speaking of which, the Stones storyline is exactly my kind of adventure. The international treasure hunt, ancient artifacts, mysterious inscriptions, dead languages, maps, and deciphering clues across different countries? Give me more of that! Lana being possessed by a dead witch is certainly a choice, but at least it gave Kristin Kreuk something different to work with, and that Shanghai fight sequence with Clark was fantastic.

And then there’s Lex. Seasons 1–3 are very much about him still trying to be good, or at least trying to convince himself that he can be. Season 4 feels like the turning point where that duality becomes much more pronounced. He does genuinely good things, but there’s an increasingly dark, calculating side to him that you can’t ignore. “Onyx” is such a damn great episode for this, particularly that ending with Lionel. After Transference, Lionel had seemed to be on a path toward redemption, but Lex brings that darkness out of him again. “We’re Luthors” says so much about where he’s headed. And that smile on Lex’s face at the end, spectacular, Michael Rosenbaum is phenomenal. You can practically see the darker Lex emerging.

I’m really looking forward to revisiting his descent. Seasons 1–3 feel like Lex fighting to remain good; Season 4 puts him firmly in the middle; Season 5 pushes him further toward the darkness, even though that internal conflict is still there. By Seasons 6–7, he feels much closer to the full-fledged villain he’s been destined to become. It’s fascinating watching the transition happen gradually rather than having him turn evil overnight.

My biggest frustration remains Clark and Lana. By the season finale, we’re back to the same exhausting cycle: they might get together, then they shouldn’t, then maybe they should after all. Clark loses his memories, wants Lana back, remembers everything, changes his mind… and somehow we’re still here. By the time they finally get together in the Season 5 premiere, I was already exhausted.

I think Clark and Lana could have worked better if the writers had committed to them earlier: let them date in Season 3, explore the relationship properly, and bring it to a meaningful conclusion around the 100th episode. Instead, the show kept stretching the same romantic tension long past its expiration date.

I rooted for them a little during the early high school years, but by Season 4, that ship had sailed for me. Lois and Clark simply have a different energy. Clark is a different person around Lois, and that’s what makes their dynamic so compelling.

Season 4 has its flaws, but Lois Lane’s introduction, Lex’s increasingly moral ambiguity, and the Stones as the overarching story of the season. Lois arrives and changes the entire atmosphere of Smallville.

What is the purpose of rebooting this show? How can we see something we all know after 25 years?

Happy 25th anniversary!

Obviously, this would never happen but as fans of Smallville how would you feel if the new DCU cast Tom played Batman and Rosenbaum played Harvey Dent or Hush? Would you find this too on-the-nose, or would you appreciate seeing them act those roles out as more experienced actors?

In S2E4 "Red", Clark is fully under the influence of red kryptonite. He’s reckless, arrogant, and ready to ditch Smallville. He shows up at Lex’s place, talks big (“you have no idea what I’m capable of”), brags about getting richer than everyone, and Lex even offers to go to Metropolis with him so they can use the penthouse and “create something together.”

This was the perfect opportunity for Lex. He’s obsessed with Clark’s secrets and mysteries. An uninhibited Clark who wants to leave town and show off? Lex could have just gone with him, watched him, and finally started figuring out what Clark is really capable of.

Instead, Lex goes straight to the Kent farm and tells Jonathan that Clark is at the mansion.

Why? If all he cared about was uncovering the secret, he could have exploited the situation. By warning the parents, he basically helps them intervene and get Clark back to normal.

So… was Lex still good at this point? Or at least not fully gone yet?

Curious what you all think.

Season 7 episode 15, time stamp 26:55, this guy standing next to lex in a picture looks a little too much like charlie kirk 😭

When I started watching the first time, I started like season 6 or 7, so I never saw the early years of smallville but I missed the last season though too. Im watching it through now, and at least in the first 4 seasons (im beginning season 5, so I can't say either way), I cant help but think that high school Clark sucked. By that I mean, he was such a dumb and (in certain ways) selfish teenager, which is par for teens and I'd give more grace for that if he weren't also so self-righteous to top it off.

My big beef with him is that he says he cares about Lana and wants her, which is true, and she wants him and she has been straightforward with what she wants and needs from him to be together and he chooses so many times pursue knowing he can't and wont deliver on that (until much later). I get why he wont tell her, theres a lot that comes with knowing about Clark and she up to a certain point is not owed that information from Clark but she also tends to be victimized by metas and others directly or indirectly because of Clark. Thats partly why I say up to a point and the other part being if they get married and/or have kids ever and it turned out that his DNA was incompatible with human DNA or for all he knew at that point, the pregnancy and/or birthing process is so drastically different on Krypton that it is something an earthly woman couldn't survive? My point being, if you're not going to be honest and thays your choice leave her alone, because she denied him many times and he kept playing on those feelings.

And my problem with hus self-righteousness is that he isn't honest with anyone but he gets all indignant when others arent honest with him. He's gotten on Lex so many times about honesty and gotten on his high horse, but in the same conversation lies to him. Lex did bad things but he did good things too but if Lex is maybe not honest with hom even once hes ready to write him off, knowing that he lies to him on the regular . What do you guys think?

The article is largely going over the content of the video embedded lower down, but has some additional details. The video, where Tom and Michael take questions about the show and each other, is fun…

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So I saw a post that claimed Brandon Routh’s Superman is stronger than Tom Welling’s. The reason given is their reactions to Kryptonite. In Smallville whenever Clark comes across Green K, he’s basically helpless. He’s on the ground in serious pain and can’t move. While Routh’s Clark picked up and chucked a whole ass Kryptonite Island into space. My answer to that is In Smallville he’s just becoming Superman, just developing his powers. Really just starting to be exposed to Kryptonite. Routh is essentially a continuation of Reeve’s Superman. It kinda retcons 3 & 4 and picks up after Superman 2. So He’s been Superman for a long time and has developed his powers and gotten used to being exposed to Kryptonite regularly. I mean we even see on Smallville by season 9 & 10 Clark is way less affected by Kryptonite than in the first few seasons. Just my two cents.

So I’m doing another rewatch. Such a great show. Anyway I’m in season 8, and Ollie, the rest of the Justice League, and even Tess keep telling Clark to kill Davis Bloome. Do they somehow not understand that he can’t be killed? Anything that “kills” him he becomes invulnerable to. How exactly do they want him to kill him? This leads me into my next thing about season 8 and that is Chloe. If Chloe hadn’t done her dirty dance with Doomsday, and just let Clark send Davis into the Phantom Zone, it would’ve been over. She then has the audacity to ask Clark to use the Legion ring to save Jimmy. She didn’t deserve Jimmy. She took the word of someone she just met in Davis over the man she supposedly loved? No Clark was right not to use the Legion ring. If Chloe had just let Clark send Bloome to the Phantom Zone, Jimmy would never have died.

I think without Desaad you don't have any of the big character shifts in Clark and Chloe and Oliver and then ultimately everyone else