Product: Smallville: The Complete Ninth Season (2009)
Rating: 5.0
A Spectacular Show
"Smallville" is one of my favorite shows to watch, and for 10 years, it is a show loaded with lessons and trials for one man to endure and to learn before becoming a symbol of hope for mankind. It's a show based on the well-famous comic book character, Superman, and it is a background to that man that we have come to love and look up to. Throughout the years, I would see aspects of myself in this boy as he'd go through many experiences and learning something from them, on the road to becoming a "man." It is such an extraordinary series. I am also grateful for an introduction of Chloe Sullivan character to the DC Universe as she has provided such a powerful personality to Clark's inner circle.Now, the Ninth Season of "Smallvile" is considered to be a "darkest" aspect of the entire show where Clark began avoiding everyone that he ever cared about and trying to embrace his Kryptonian side (based on guilt), but he haven't fully comprehend the utmost importance of his connection with humanity. He began with "There is no Clark Kent" notion and became so one-sided to his personality, and he'd lose himself in that. It is obsessive, a single-minded way of dealing with things. He indeed is fooling himself. But, Lois has come back (from the future) and suddenly she isn't able to escape Clark's mind as his connection to her is so strong. In a way, she pulls him back to humanity. This season revealed another conflict within Clark and that is a struggle between being human and being Kryptonian. Zod, a clone of the real Zod, is a regular villain for this season and have an agenda for himself of being an egoistic tyrant. Also, Oliver Queen is struggling with his own personal demons and a drastic measure was taken to pull him back from the abyss. Jor-El returns in a human form, no longer a voice in the ice castle...even for a short while. A glimpse of a worse future when Zod ruled the world is revealed. A team of legendary Justice Society of America make their appearances. An introduction of a dangerous organization called "Checkmate" is demonstrated. And, evidently, the relationship between Clark and Lois will take its fruit.Clark's costume reflects this season as a hero who "must" remain in the shadows. It is black on black with a white "S" symbol on his chest. This could reflect a "black-and-white" thinking in Clark's mind and an inner conflict between human and Kryptonian sides (interesting how that reflects to the outer world: a war between the humans and the Kandorians).I felt that the Ninth season is the strongest point in the show's history before the final, and a great viewing of Clark's trials and lessons in his struggles between his two natures.After darkness comes the dawn...