Product: Smallville: The Complete Ninth Season (2009)
Rating: 5.0
Great season
One day, I get a wild hair. I get bored and decide to check Smallville out, and start downloading the show beginning at the Pilot episode and going on from there. This was about the middle of season 8. After about 5 episodes, I was completely hooked. I couldn't wait for the next episode to finish downloading so I could watch it. I would get frustrated that it wasn't downloading fast enough. And I vowed to watch every single episode through the end of season 8 before Season 9 came out so I could watch Season 9 with the rest of the world on Friday nights. Obviously I was hooked lol.So time comes for season 9 to roll around, i start to watch it. And lo and behold, this season has blown the other 8 seasons out of the water. Granted there are a few slow moments, some of the more Chloe and Oliver-centric episodes coming to mind, but they were still awesome. EVERY single episode in this season has been awesome, and Rabid and Pandora are my 2 favorite episodes of the entire show.Callum Blue as Zod. Seems to be a controversial choice. Personally, I started watching Callum Blue as Mason on Dead Like Me and I loved his portrayal of that character, it was stellar. So when I started watching this season, i expected good things from him. Granted Zod is a far cry from Mason. And he did not disappoint, he is playing the character awesome. Granted it's interesting to watch him in a serious role and not boozed out or high all the time, but still fun to watch him go from a young major to the villain we all know and hate across the season. *Spoiler* Him killing his (future) wife was sad, because she was pregnant, and Faora was incapable later in life, hence creation of Doomsday. But that was a very well written dramatic moment. All in all, I'd say he makes a GREAT villain. Much better than last year's Davis Bloome character, who i couldn't STAND. Davis Bloome seemed to bland of a character, not enough going on personality wise.Overall, episodes done perfectly:Savior, Metallo, Rabid, Crossfire, Kandor, Pandora, Disciple, Absolute Justice, Persuasion, Conspiracy, Escape, Upgrade, SacrificeEpisodes could have been done better:Echo, Roulette, Idol, Warrior, Checkmate, Charade, HostageDon't get me wrong though, the entire season is awesome, there were just things i didn't like about the second list, but still great episodes worth watching. Here's to season finale in 3 days with all out war between Clark and the Kandorians, i can't wait.