There was a point when I had to stop watching and ask myself WHY IS THIS SO BAD? And then I remember the writer’s strike! But still that doesn’t justify this mess. The first 13 episodes where okay, sometimes slow and boring but we got like weekly villains, Lois and Kara having adventures, Oliver’s return, Jimmy and Chloe doing journalism or whatever and even some episodes reminded me of the early seasons but then that Veritas storyline was introduced and it really ruined the season for me, it made ZERO sense and contradicted a lot of stuff from the other 145 episodes, and you can check and notice that Veritas wasn’t even incorporated until episode 12 (I checked the Luthor’s family crest on the glass behind Lex’s desk) so they came up with it like in January 2008 and that ruined the show forever! (SPOILER: Maybe I’m being dramatic but that killed Lana, Lionel and I think Lex so yeah that stupid storyline changed the course of the show) And okay maybe Veritas had to happen BUT everything else was also a mess: Kara! She was so underused!! She’s so badass and gorgeous and I waited 130 episodes to meet her just for her to be treated like a recurring character, she was only in 12 episodes, they sent her to Detroit for 3 episodes, then back in time and then to space, and most of the time her screentime was Clark telling her what not to do and being mad at her for going out. Lana! She’s always been badass and self sufficient but ended up reduced as a housewife, and then when she opened her foundation they made it seem like she was a villain?? Whole season Clark was mad at her for breathing without his permission, he was a terrible boyfriend and always made her feel guilty and like she wasn’t good enough for him; that’s why I was okay with she leaving BUT they gave her the shittiest goodbye, SPOILER the last time we actually see her she’s incapacitated and in asylum and then with a shitty video saying she has to go so Clark can save the world? At least she could’ve said she couldn’t handle the pain anymore or that the brainiac situation was too much. She deserved a better send off! Lionel! It’s not that I root for him or anything but he was a good enemy-ally and I don’t disagree with SPOILER Lex killing him in a final face off but he died with Clark mad at him and overall went down bad! And then he is never mentioned again!!! His death should’ve been that tipping moment for Lex to become the ultimate villain and instead Lex was as loser as ever. And the biggest mess CLARK! First of all where was he??? He barely got any screen time! Chloe and Lex got the most screen time and that shouldn’t been the case. And whenever he was around he was so unlikeable (And I love Tom but something happened here), and all he did this season was whine, be angsty and boss the girls around, telling Lana and Kara what not to do and telling Chloe to hack a different company/agency every week. And the thing that infuriated me the most?? That when the Veritas storyline started HE STOPPED CHANGING CLOTHES!!! He only wore the blue tshirt and red jacket!! Don’t get me wrong, I love Smallville and the characters, it’s my comfort show and I don’t wanna finish watching because of how much I love it, but that’s why I was like wait a minute, something’s wrong! And I guess everything can be fixed next season except Lana and Kara that I think this was their last season. Love you forever girlies!!
Review by AarsBlockedParentSpoilers2021-01-24T20:59:21Z— updated 2021-01-28T08:20:47Z
There was a point when I had to stop watching and ask myself WHY IS THIS SO BAD? And then I remember the writer’s strike! But still that doesn’t justify this mess.
The first 13 episodes where okay, sometimes slow and boring but we got like weekly villains, Lois and Kara having adventures, Oliver’s return, Jimmy and Chloe doing journalism or whatever and even some episodes reminded me of the early seasons but then that Veritas storyline was introduced and it really ruined the season for me, it made ZERO sense and contradicted a lot of stuff from the other 145 episodes, and you can check and notice that Veritas wasn’t even incorporated until episode 12 (I checked the Luthor’s family crest on the glass behind Lex’s desk) so they came up with it like in January 2008 and that ruined the show forever! (SPOILER: Maybe I’m being dramatic but that killed Lana, Lionel and I think Lex so yeah that stupid storyline changed the course of the show)
And okay maybe Veritas had to happen BUT everything else was also a mess:
Kara! She was so underused!! She’s so badass and gorgeous and I waited 130 episodes to meet her just for her to be treated like a recurring character, she was only in 12 episodes, they sent her to Detroit for 3 episodes, then back in time and then to space, and most of the time her screentime was Clark telling her what not to do and being mad at her for going out.
Lana! She’s always been badass and self sufficient but ended up reduced as a housewife, and then when she opened her foundation they made it seem like she was a villain?? Whole season Clark was mad at her for breathing without his permission, he was a terrible boyfriend and always made her feel guilty and like she wasn’t good enough for him; that’s why I was okay with she leaving BUT they gave her the shittiest goodbye, SPOILER the last time we actually see her she’s incapacitated and in asylum and then with a shitty video saying she has to go so Clark can save the world? At least she could’ve said she couldn’t handle the pain anymore or that the brainiac situation was too much. She deserved a better send off!
Lionel! It’s not that I root for him or anything but he was a good enemy-ally and I don’t disagree with SPOILER Lex killing him in a final face off but he died with Clark mad at him and overall went down bad! And then he is never mentioned again!!! His death should’ve been that tipping moment for Lex to become the ultimate villain and instead Lex was as loser as ever.
And the biggest mess CLARK! First of all where was he??? He barely got any screen time! Chloe and Lex got the most screen time and that shouldn’t been the case. And whenever he was around he was so unlikeable (And I love Tom but something happened here), and all he did this season was whine, be angsty and boss the girls around, telling Lana and Kara what not to do and telling Chloe to hack a different company/agency every week. And the thing that infuriated me the most?? That when the Veritas storyline started HE STOPPED CHANGING CLOTHES!!! He only wore the blue tshirt and red jacket!!
Don’t get me wrong, I love Smallville and the characters, it’s my comfort show and I don’t wanna finish watching because of how much I love it, but that’s why I was like wait a minute, something’s wrong! And I guess everything can be fixed next season except Lana and Kara that I think this was their last season. Love you forever girlies!!