Product: Smallville: The Complete Ninth Season (2009)
Rating: 5.0
The Tease Pays Off
They've been teasing us with this episode since the season 9 premire. This is probably one of my favorites episodes of the season. I love how they aren't afraid to show the bleakness of life without Clark Kent. I love how dark they take this season. IN this epi we find out all about Lois' dreams. We see that her jump to the future shows a destroyed world by the Kryptonian's and how fractured Clark, Oliver and Chloe have become. The year jump shows how far apart they've become. I love the scenes between Lois & Clark here as Clark reveals how he "died" when Lois vanished in the season 8 finale. Tom Welling does a great job showing how bleak Clark's life has become and who doesn't like the love scenes between he and Lois. It's a highlight of the series. I'm not a fanatic about the Superman mythos...I just love good storytelling and Smallville give us this. Even in it's "worst" seasons there are always great episodes to watch. THis is one of the best series around from a storytelling perspective which is why I'm surprised it's not more popular. THis shouldn't be missed...you really should start with season 1 and buy each subsequent season because the stories just get better and it's nice to see Clark Kent grow up and mature into the hero most of us know...Superman.