Season 8 – Smallville

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Mia M @RT61790548 Apr 29, 2026 The thing is, at first Lana was perfect for Clark but as the seasons went by we could see why they were not good for each other. This season was doing perfect in building up Lois and Clark's storyline till they dumped her back into the season for NO ABSOLUTE REASON. In my personal opinion, lana should've left after she got married to Lex. That was the perfect breakup then they should've focused on slowly building up the clark and lois slowburn. But her coming back after that and living with Bizarro and not even being able to recognize the man she loves is when it went really downhill. Their final breakup should've been in s7 and she should not have returned in S8 and moreover Clark shouldn't have gone running to her either. After that Lois and Clark's relationship feels a bit rushed and kind of makes Lois look like the second option. See more Lucas G. @Luke6964 Jan 10, 2026 Best show ever well written hope, love, support, cgi, the emotion, action, plot, was good for its time everything is perfect especially a story line of what Superman went through before becoming man of steel See more Rowan C @RowanC3 Aug 1, 2025 I feel that this is a huge improvement from the last season, and Doomsday as a villain is just great. The fortress collapses, which draws the Justice League to search for Clark and Lex, but there is a big issue. Tess Mercer who is played by Cassidy Freeman, is the new CEO of LuthorCorp and she is searching for Lex. The Justice League was mainly looking for Clark but Oliver found him at a Russian work camp without his powers. Jor-El stated later that if the fortress ever collapsed that he would take away Clark's power. When Clark returned, he was officially known as the Red and Blue blur saving people all around Metropolis. The main villain of this season was Doomsday and he was Davis Bloom who is played by Sam Witwer. Davis was a nice guy who was a paramedic but it all turned wrong when his dark side kept trying to get out. He found out from this Mother who was in the phantom zone that he is the child of Zod. Davis was made out of different samples of the strongest creatures across the universe and sent to earth to be its destroyer. The only one who could keep his monster inside of him was Chloe because his love for her overpowered his other side. He unwillingly attacked Chloe's wedding with Jimmy and took her hostage because at the time, he was under control from Brainiac. Brainiac trapped Davis in the fortress that was rebuilt but taken over by Brainiac with his goo. He also took over the body of Chloe to sooth Davis but Clark ended up saving her and putting an end to Brainiac this season. Clark had help from a group called the Legion 3,000 years into the future and they wanted to kill Chloe to save the world but Clark found a way to save her life. Lana returned this season initially at the wedding which interrupted a kiss scene between Clark and Lois. Lana reconnected with Clark quickly and Clark found out that it was Tess who kidnapped Lana to make that video to Clark at the end of Season 7. Lana ended up stealing Lex's suit he was going to wear to recover from his horrible injuries and she gained superpowers like Clark. There was a catch to this, Lex set up an entire plan to have Lana absorb a huge kryptonite bomb that would never allow her to see Clark again. Her suit was designed to absorb Kryptonite which forced them apart for good and that scene when they were saying goodbye was very sad to watch. Oliver crossed a line in Clark's book by blowing up the truck that Lex was in and killing him. I have a feeling that Lex is still alive because the Luthors’ never die that easily. Lex was also wearing a Kryptonite ring which Oliver stole it later in case he needed it. Clark thought that Davis had died for good when Chloe pulled the lever to spray him with Kryptonite but he was mistaken. Kryptonite actually made Davis stronger and the only way to calm the beast was to have Chloe by his side at all times. Chloe and Jimmy even divorced because Jimmy accused Davis of being a serial killer in which he was actually right. Clark refused to kill Davis so the Justice League took care of Clark so he couldn't go against their plan to kill Davis. Clark had basically exiled Oliver because he killed Lex, but the Justice League had to do what was necessary and that was to put Clark's ego aside to save the world. Bart actually returned on screen which is always awesome to see. This plan went wrong and Chloe used black kryptonite so split the Kryptonian from the human. Jimmy ended up finding Clark with the Kryptonite dart in his back and that is when Clark told him his secret. Jimmy was so happy that he was friends with a hero and he was the only one to put the puzzle together. Clark went back to Metropolis to stop Doomsday and he took him to the Geothermal plant where black canary detonated the bombs to end him. During this, Tess accused Lois of stealing her orb and they ended up fighting. Lois knocked out Tess and saw Clarks' time ring given by the Legion, in which Lois disappeared from the Daily Planet. While Davis was recovering, Chloe and Jimmy rekindled their relationship which ended with Davis killing Jimmy with a steel pipe. Davis went crazy because Chloe only stayed with him to protect Clark but Jimmy used his last bit of strength to force Davis into a metal stick, ending his life as well. Jimmy's funeral was very sad and Clark felt that it was his fault because his human side was slowing him down. Clark said to Chloe that Clark Kent is dead and Clark left Chloe in her new wedding gift given by Jimmy, before he died. The season ended with Tess's orb activating, which spawned Zod in the middle of her backyard. I just wanted to say how well Aaron Ashmore played Jimmy Olsen and I will miss him being on screen. I really feel for Chloe because her husband died and now Clark is leaving her to fulfill his destiny. The love story between Clark and Lois is starting to show, and I am all here for it. Overall, I really enjoyed this season and this was a big step-up from the last season making it way more entertaining. See more Ed R @JustcallmeER Oct 14, 2024 Introducing Doomsday! One of the most intimidating character yet! Watch more to find out what happens! See more May 3, 2022 Very great. The only thing holding me back from giving this 5 stars is that the finale was underwhelming due to all the build up and it gave hardly any pay-off. Also Sam Witwer's best performance. See more Dec 24, 2021 this is when the show starts to act like it does not know what it is. a terror tv show. a drama. a soup opera. a love story. while all the involved have some sort of metahuman powers and/or kryptonian powers. everything is tack on, forced or filler that at the end wont amount to nothing. lex is out of the door and lana becomes a weird regular human/non metahuman/with his skin converted into a exo-skeleton of nanites powered by kryptonite making her unbangeable by clark. after that there is nothing really important going on. See more Read all reviews

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