Wow, Smallville still knows how to put on a fabulous Season Finale. I quit watching Smallville way back in Season 3, I don’t know what possessed me to start watching it this year, but it’s been surprisingly good. But they almost hit it out of the park with tonight’s finale, at first I thought separating Doomsday from Davis was a cop out until the twist at the end which made perfect sense. I loved Jimmy’s reaction to findng out Clark’s secret and was genuinely surprised that he bought it in the end. I fully expected to be Chloe because we all know she doesn’t belong in Canon. But they managed to work themselves around this by killing off Jimmy, yet keeping him in Canon. Not an easy trick to pull off and normally I hate hokey stuff like this, but it was handled brilliantly.
The Doomsday fight was about as lame as it comes, the first few minutes, I was like yeah, that’s pretty awesome, straight out of the comic and about how I envisioned it (on this small budget). But then they aborted it, after that big build up, this is how they end it? What a massive letdown, but while we all know Smallville isn’t Cannon, the writers really kept tying it back because I think in the Death of Superman Comic, Doomsday is discovered burried underground, so this was a nice touch. I hated the last shot, Zod? Really? They are going to that well again? In Smallville’s favor, I don’t think they ever used Zod before. This was a strong finale that had a few major gaps in the plot but overall it was a satisfying conclusion.
Final Grade A-
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By Michelle Alexandria
