Well, it's done. I love when shows finish of their own accord and the CW let Smallville do that after 10 event filled seasons. I don't have the feeling of I-can't-believe-it's-over as I did when LOST finished, but I def felt something after investing 10 seasons and 218 episodes into it.
Clumsy guts.
Over the 10 seasons, Clark Kent started off as a clumsy kid from a small town and grew into a confident hero who took charge of his own destiny. Then in Season 10, Lois decided he had fly under the radar in his personal life and be that clumsy bastard once again.
But a few things before that...
In season 1 Clark found out he was an alien, had Pete Ross and Chloe Sullivan as best friends and was love with Lana Lang, who herself, by her exit from the show, had grown into something that didn't resemble at all the innocent country town cheerleader she once was. Some cool shit happened and Lex was good. He was a prick to people but he was a man who wanted to do great things, unlike his villainous father Lionel. Lionel and Chloe were creations of the show and until recently, for Chloe anyway, had never appeared in the DC Comics Universe.
Such is the legacy that Smallville will leave behind. The longest running sci-fi show on American prime time, a record it broke in its final season, it was the story of a young Superman finding his place in the world. Along the way he met other superheroes like his cousin, Supergirl, Green Arrow, Cyborg, Aquaman, The Flash, Black Canary, Martian Manhunter, Hawkman, Booster Gold and a fuck tonne of other well known characters, who all helped shape Clark into the man he became. One gripe with the series as a whole, Batman wasn't fucking in it.
I guess I'll say it now, if you haven't seen it yet, spoilers are coming.
This is a spoiler.
Now onto the episode itself:
It starts with Chloe reading a story to some kid who we assume is hers and Olivers, why? I don't know, but what she is reading is what appears to be an actual Smallville comic from DC for some reason. Anyway, Lois has called of the wedding to Clark which he doesn't accept and goes off to fight Darkseid and Granny Goodness and other parts of the rogue's gallery of the season.
Clark and Lois sort shit out and at the wedding, Oliver has the mark on his forehead and Chloe is the first one to realise something is a little fucked. She saves Lois and blah blah, Clark saves Oliver by saying he needs him or something, the old Charmed trick of love conquers all. It works here as opposed to every friggin' episode, because to stay on that for too long would take too much away from what was a very satisfying finale.
That was pretty cool.
I liked the Tess/Lionel/Lex story of this episode and yes, it is Michael Rosenbaum back as Lex. We finally see Tess and Lex on screen together and lets just say that the show might have been a tad better for having more of these scenes over the past couple of years, not that it needed any but still, the chemistry between the two was very apparent, they would have been great adversaries.
Other familiar faces to show up include Martha, a ghost Jonathan Kent, a future Jimmy Olsen and not a face but voice, Terrence Stamp as Jor-El.
While not tying up all loose ends, it doesn't need to. We know a lot about Superman but this is its own beast. The main plot points were dealt with satisfactorily and to try and make everything hunky dory would have spoiled a great episode and a great season.
The final scenes give those of us invested in the show goosebumps as we see Clark fulfill his destiny by moving a planet. That's right, a fucking planet, out of Earth's path as Oliver stand's there and watches him, the lazy bastard.
I'm not sure what I would score the episode out of ten because it wasn't perfect, but pretty fuckin' close to it so 9 1/2 I guess? One thing the show left open was the possibility of spin-offs with me favouring a Green Arrow series personally.
With that, I will leave you with a parting thought:
Who wouldn't?
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