SMALLVILLE(2001) SEASON 8
Welp, the regulars are dropping like flies(not all of them
permanetly)! Gone this season are Martha Kent(who was absent
last season), Jonathan Kent(He's still dead Jim), Lionel Luthor
(he, too, is dead), Lex Luthor(no one knows where he is), and
Lana Lang(She's taken off for parts unknown!)! So of the original
cast starting in season one, only Clark and Chloe remain!
So this season relies on a lot of the other JLA members to
keep this from being boring, along with Lois Lane and Jimmy
Olsen! Are these good changes? Who the Hell knows at this point?
This series is so far off kilter from the DC lore that it is
at this point almost unrecognizable!!
EPISODES 1: ODYSSEY(Sept. 18, 2008):
Continued from the last episode of Season 6!
With Lex having destroyed the Fortress, this leaves Clark
powerless(no explanation of why!!)! Speaking of Clark,
he's wound up in Russia!!
Chloe is being held by someone, turns out to be the minions
of LuthorCorp!
Chloe answers Jimmy's answer from last season!
Clark officially starts at the Planet!!
Starring in order of appearance: Tess Mercer, Oliver Queen/Green Arrow,
Dinah Lance/Black Canary, Arthur Curry/Aquaman, Lois Lane, Chloe
Sullivan, Clark Kent, John Jones/Martian Manhunter, Jimmy Olsen!
Interesting name "Tess Mercer", it is very close to the name of
Lex's sidekick in Superman The Movie, Miss Teschmacher!
No Lex Luthor or Lana Lang(except in flashbacks which also show
Martha and Jonathan Kent), Bart Allan/The Flash/Impulse, Kara Kent!
Guest starring: Nope!! B+
EPISODE 2: PLASTIQUE(Sept. 25, 2008):
There's someone going around blowing up Metropolis! Speaking
of Metropolis, they really should have changed the name with
this season to Metropolis!! Anyway, it turns out that Tess
is the new editor/owner of the Planet, and Clark makes a good
impression by helping her when a bus explodes!!
This episode has in order of appearance: Clark Kent, Lois Lane,
Chloe Sullivan, Lex Luthor, Lana Lang, Tess Mercer!
Not here: Oliver Queen/Green Arrow, Dinah Lance/Black Canary,
Arthur Curry/Aquaman, John Jones/Martian Manhunter, Jimmy Olsen,
Bart Allan/The Flash/Impulse, Kara Kent!
Guest starring: Nobody!!! B+
EPISODE 3: TOXIC(Oct. 02, 2008):
Someone has poisoned Oliver Queen! Clark's being an asshat
again!! And we all know that Davis is not who he says he is!
Starring in order of appearance: Clark Kent, Chloe Sullivan,
Oliver Queen/Green Arrow, Lois Lane, Tess Mercer!
No John Jones/Martian Manhuner, Jimmy Olsen, Dinah Lance/
Black Canary, Arthur Curry/Aquaman, Kara Kent, Bart Allan/
The Flash/Impulse!
Guest starring: Not a soul!! B+
EPISODE 4: INSTINCT(Oct. 09, 2008):
So Tess gets her new toy, a crystal, to work for her, but
she doesn't actually know what she did! What she did is
send a beacon to a woman who only wants to have a good
time, specifically with Clark!
Chloe is showing more and more abilities that she gained
from Brainiac!
Starring in order of appearance: Tess Mercer, Clark Kent,
Lois Lane, Chloe Sullivan, Jimmy Olsen!
No John Jones/Martian Manhuner, Dinah Lance/Black Canary,
Arthur Curry/Aquaman, Oliver Queen/Green Arrow, Bart Allan/
The Flash/Impulse Kara Kent!
Guest starring: No one!!! B+
EPISODE 5: COMMITTED(Oct. 16, 2008):
Chloe and Jimmy get hitched, then promptly get shot!!!
Lois gets drunk and Clark takes her home!
Oliver goes to Tess to try to bury the hatchet!
Starring in order of appearance: Jimmy Olsen, Lois Lane,
Clark Kent, Chloe Sullivan, Tess Mercer, Oliver Queen/
Green Arrow!
No John Jones/Martian Manhuner, Dinah Lance/Black Canary,
Arthur Curry/Aquaman, Bart Allan/The Flash/Impulse, Kara
Kent!
Guest starring: No known stars! B+
EPISODE 6: PREY(Oct. 23, 2008):
This is the first episode with Darkseid, although he's
never named in this!!!!
There's also a dude who can make himself a shadow
and he's not a very nice person!
Starring in order of appearance: Chloe Sullivan, Clark Kent,
John Jones/Martian Manhunter, Jimmy Olsen!
No Lois Lane, Dinah Lance/Black Canary, Arthur Curry/Aquaman,
Oliver Queen/Green Arrow, Bart Allan/The Flash/Impulse, Tess
Mercer, Kara Kent!
Guest starring No one I know!! B+
EPISODE 7: IDENTITY(Oct. 30, 2008):
Lois and Jimmy get mugged, Clark rescues them, Jimmy
gets a picture, albeit quite blurry and Jimmy is hot
to write a story about it!!
And we have a new "freak of the week" here, a man who can
read people's toughts, and he's under the control of the
new Luthor, Tess Mercer!
And Clark is still being an idiot!
Starring in order of appearance: Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen,
Clark Kent, Tess Mercer, Chloe Sullivan, Oliver Queen/
Green Arrow!
No Dinah Lance/Black Canary, Arthur Curry/Aquaman,
John Jones/Martian Manhunter, Bart Allan/The Flash/
Impulse Kara Kent!
Guest starring No known stars! B+
EPISODE 8: BLOODLINE(Nov. 06, 2008):
Kara is back, and Lois and Clark get sent to the Phantom
Zone via the blue crystal that was convieniently dropped
off at his doorstep!!!
Oh, and Lois gets taken over by a wraith!
Starring in order of appearance: Clark Kent, Lois Lane,
Chloe Sullivan, Tess Mercer, Kara Kent, Oliver Queen/
Green Arrow!
No Dinah Lance/Black Canary, Arthur Curry/Aquaman,
John Jones/Martian Manhunter, Kara Kent, Jimmy Olsen!
Guest starring: No one! B+
Chloe is getting deeper in with Brainiac taking over her
mind! Everyone is concerned, especially Jimmy!!
Starring in order of appearance: Jimmy Olsen, Chloe Sullivan,
Clark Kent!
No Lois Lane, Kara Kent, Oliver Queen/Green Arrow, John Jones/
Martian Manhunter, Dinah Lance/Black Canary, Arthur Curry/Aquaman,
Bart Allan/The Flash/Impulse!
Guest starring: Terrance Stamp & James Marsters(voicies
only) return!! B+
EPISODE 10: BRIDE(Jan. 31, 2008):
The day of the wedding is has now arrived! But of course
this, like everything else in this seeries, gets fucked
up! Doomsday shows up to ruin everything! This is where
we find out the secret that Davis is hiding!
People are trying to get Lois and Clark hooked up with
each other!
Starring in order of appearance: Clark Kent, Lois Lane,
Chloe Sullivan, Jimmy Olsen, Oliver Queen/Green Arrow!
Lana Lang!
No Kara Kent, John Jones/Martian Manhunter, Dinah Lance/
Black Canary, Arthur Curry/Aquaman, Bart Allan/The Flash/
Impulse!
Guest starring: No one! B+
EPISODE 11: LEGION(Jan. 15, 2009):
Here we have three members of the Legion Of Superheroes:
Lightning Lad, Saturn Girl & Cosmic Boy! They've come to
help Clark with Brainiac!
Starring in order of appearance: Lana Lang, Clark Kent,
Chloe Sullivan!
No Kara Kent, John Jones/Martian Manhunter, Dinah Lance/
Black Canary, Arthur Curry/Aquaman, Dinah Lance/Black Canary,
Oliver Queen/Green Arrow, Bart Allan/The Flash/Impulse,
Lois Lane, Tess Mercer!
Guest starring: No known stars!! A-
EPISODE 12: BULLETPROOF(Jan. 22, 2009):
John Jones is now a cop, and he's been shot! Clark decides
it's up to him to find the shooter, so he joins the police!
Oh, and goody goody, Lana and Clark are back!
Starring in order of appearance: John Jones/Martian Manhunter,
Lana Lang, Clark Kent, Oliver Queen/Green Arrow, Tess Mercer,
Chloe Sullivan!
No Kara Kent, Dinah Lance/Black Canary, Arthur Curry/Aquaman,
Dinah Lance/Black Canary, Bart Allan/The Flash/Impulse, Lois
Lane, Jimmy Olsen!
Guest starring: No known stars!! B-
EPISODE 13: POWER(Jan. 29, 2009):
They just need to kill off Lana!
Anyway, Lana gets "kidnapped" and used as a guine pig for
LexCorp! And Tess is trying to convince Clark that Lana's
in trouble!
Starring in order of appearance: Lana Lang, Chloe Sullivan,
Clark Kent, Tess Mercer!
No Kara Kent, Dinah Lance/Black Canary, Arthur Curry/Aquaman,
John Jones/Martian Manhunter, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Oliver
Queen/Green Arrow, Bart Allan/The Flash/Impulse!
Guest starring: Nope! B-
EPISODE 14: REQUIEM(Feb. 05, 2009):
Yaaaaaaay!!! Last episode for Lana!!
First appearance of The Toyman! And he's out for
revenge on those who have snubbed him! Of course
Lex Luthor is actually behind the whole thing!
Oliver Queen takes over LuthorCorp!
Starring in order of appearance: Oliver Queen/Green Arrow,
Lana Lang, Clark Kent, Chloe Sullivan, Lex Luthor(kinda)!
No Kara Kent, Dinah Lance/Black Canary, Arthur Curry/Aquaman,
John Jones/Martian Manhunter, Bart Allan/The Flash/Impulse,
Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Tess Mercer!
Guest starring: No known stars here!! B+
EPISODE 15: INFAMOUS(Mar. 12, 2009):
The water wizard(Linda Lake) retrns!! And she threatens
to expose Clark's secret(which at this point I don't
think there's anyone who doesn't already know it), if
he doesn't help her!
Also returning is Davis(Doomsday)!
Oh, and Clark tells Lois his secret!
While I can't stand the character, Tori does a Hell of
a job on her representation of Linda Lake!
Starring in order of appearance: Lois Lane, Clark Kent,
Chloe Sullivan!
No Kara Kent, Dinah Lance/Black Canary, Arthur Curry/Aquaman,
John Jones/Martian Manhunter, Jimmy Olsen, Tess Mercer, Oliver
Queen/Green Arrow, Bart Allan/The Flash/Impulse!
Guest starring: Tori Spelling returns! B+
EPISODE 16: TURBULENCE(Mar. 19, 2009):
Jimmy's having trouble dealing with what happened at
the wedding!! To top it off, he sees Davis kill someone
in the hospital! And Tess is still after Clark's secret!
Starring in order of appearance: Clark Kent, Chloe Sullivan,
Jimmy Olsen, Tess Mercer!
No Kara Kent, Dinah Lance/Black Canary, Arthur Curry/Aquaman,
John Jones/Martian Manhunter, Oliver Queen/Green Arrow, Bart
Allan/The Flash/Impulse Lois Lane!
Guest starring: No known stars! B
EPISODE 17: HEX(Mar. 26, 2009):
It's Chloe's birthday and she's basically by herself as
everyone else is busy one way or another! She happens to
run into a chic named Zatanna who's a magician! She goes
to Chloe, gives her a cupcake and tells her to make a wish!
Next thaing she knows she's waking up back at her appartment
as Lois Lane!
Zatarra is in town trying to find a book of spells that was
her fathers and asks Oliver for help, telling him he can
have any wish he wants if he finds it for her!
Starring in order of appearance: Chloe Sullivan, Oliver
Queen/Green Arrow, Lois Lane, Clark Kent!
No Kara Kent, Dinah Lance/Black Canary, Arthur Curry/Aquaman,
John Jones/Martian Manhunter, Bart Allan/The Flash/Impulse
Jimmy Olsen, Tess Mercer!
Guest starring: No known actors here!! B+
EPISODE 18: ETERNAL(Apr. 02, 2009):
So Tess tries to kill Davis, there are many flashbacks
to just after the ships land in Smallville, Clark finally
convinces Chloe that Davis is not the kindhearted person
she thinks he is, Tess also is sure that Clark is Kal-El!
Davis "dies", again!!!
And Chloe, what the Hell!!
Clark, as always, is playing the martyr!! This really gets
old after eight seasons!!
Starring in order of appearance: (Kinda: Martha Kent, Jonathan
Kent, Lionel Luthor, Lex Luthor, Clark Kent/Kal-El), Tess Mercer,
Chloe Sullivan!
No Kara Kent, Dinah Lance/Black Canary, Arthur Curry/Aquaman,
John Jones/Martian Manhunter, Oliver Queen/Green Arrow, Bart
Allan/The Flash/Impulse, Jimmy Olsen, Lois Lane!
Guest starring: No one!!! B+
EPISODE 19: STILETTO(Apr. 23, 2009):
Stiletto is Lois' new superhero name!! No, really, I can't
make this shit up!!
Chloe gets jumped and her car stolen, along with her laptop
which has all her information about Clark, John, Oliver etc.!
Jimmy is unknowingly working for a counterfietters!
And more WTF with Chloe!!
Starring in order of appearance: Lois Lane, Chloe Sullivan,
Clark Kent, Jimmy Olsen!
No Kara Kent, Dinah Lance/Black Canary, Arthur Curry/Aquaman,
John Jones/Martian Manhunter, Oliver Queen/Green Arrow, Bart
Allan/The Flash/Impulse Jimmy Olsen, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor,
Lana Lang, Tess Mercer!
Guest starring no one! B
EPISODE 20: BEAST(Apr. 30, 2009):
This shit wih Chloe and Davis is beyond stupid! She's
always been so perceptive, and with this she's being
stupid!!
Speaking of Chloe, she's started having nightmares and
they're more true to life than she thinks!
Starring in order of appearance: Chloe Sullivan, Clark Kent,
Oliver Queen/Green Arrow, Jimmy Olsen!
No Kara Kent, Dinah Lance/Black Canary, Arthur Curry/Aquaman,
John Jones/Martian Manhunter, Bart Allan/The Flash/Impulse
Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, Lana Lang, Tess Mercer!
Guest starring no one! B+
EPISODE 21: INJUSTICE(May 07, 2009):
So Tess has her own team of "heroes" who she's planning
to use for, well, we don't know her end game here!
Starring in order of appearance: Tess Mercer, Clark Kent,
Chloe Sullivan(but not really), Oliver Queen/Green Arrow!
No Kara Kent, Dinah Lance/Black Canary, Arthur Curry/Aquaman,
John Jones/Martian Manhunter, Bart Allan/The Flash/Impulse
Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, Lana Lang, Jimmy Olsen, Lois Lane!
Guest starring no one I know! B
EPISODE 22: DOOMSDAY(May 14, 2009):
The Legion is back, well, Cosmic Boy, along with most of
the JLA!
Clark is still being an idiot! Lois is worried about Chloe
and believes Clark isn't!
Jimmy learns about Clark just in time to die!
Even in the death of a close friend, Clark is an asshat,
making everything about him!!
Starring in order of appearance: Clark Kent, Chloe Sullivan,
Tess Mercer, Lois Lane, Oliver Queen/Green Arrow, Jimmy Olsen,
Dinah Lance/Black Canary, Bart Allan/The Flash/Impulse!
No Kara Kent, Arthur Curry/Aquaman, John Jones/Martian
Manhunter, Lex Luthor, Lana Lang!
Guest starring a returning No one! B
Of course this again is continued in the firs episode of
season 9!
SPECIALS:
IN THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR:
BEHIND THE LENS AND CALLING THE SHOTS
WITH ALLISON MACK!
SMALLVIELLE'S DOOMSDAY:
THE MAKING OF A MONSTER!
DELETED SCENES
"Plastique", "Instinct", "Legion", "Power", "Requiem"
"Turbulence", "Hex", "Eternal", "Beast", "Injustice"!
AUDIO COMMENTARY:
"Identity", "Legion"!
From another reviewer at IMDb.com:
I love most of the Superhero shows that are out there (of course
there are some that are awful) but Smallville is absolutely one
of my favorites of all-time! It tells the story of Clark Kent
before he became Superman. Every episode is as exciting as the
one before it and I can't say enough about Tom Welling, he was
fantastic as Clark Kent! It was on before the Superhero genre
exploded but it still absolutely holds up today! If you are
a fan of superhero shows then I can not recommend this show
enough! - Supermanfan-13