Smallville Gets Ninth Season

Its all official, and now a 9th Season of Smallville is on its way. Tom Welling hasn’t officially been announced as renewing his contract, but I doubt they would renew the show without him. However there is talk that two pivotal roles will be leaving the show.. permanently – two characters will die.

Screenrant shares:

The new game is what two characters in Smallville are going to die. They’ve been coined as pivotal characters and their deaths won’t be the kind where they keep coming back like we see in other shows. In Smallville, death is the end. That’s refreshing… and nerve wracking.

For me, I hope that at least one of those will be Lana Lang. Her story is so done on the show. So there is one easy “pivotal character” to remove while still keeping the buzz up. The only other character I see with the reaper looming over is Chloe. This is a sad option for me as she has always been my favourite supporting cast member. I worry about how the show would feel without her but I am not sure who else they would can.

Lex is safe even if he never returns to the show. They want to at least keep that option open even if they go another way with the plot. Lois is iconic and we are headed into that part of his life (even though the show is not canon to the comics) and there really are not that many other roles I would call “pivotal”.

Who do you think they will kill off before hopping to Season 9?

But because I am the marketing genius that I am, I always said they should have promoted this season as its last and get the fanbase in a fury ramping up to the hotly anticipated end of the series just to announce after the cliffhanger ending of the show that next season would be starting a NEW show called Metropolis and take that bold step just one step closer to the evolution of Superman.

Then announce TV movies for a Martian Manhunter and Justice League over the summer to see if either would have the steam for a mid-season spinoff. There is so much potential still in the franchise and I worry that they will beat the whole “Clark before Superman” gig to death that there wont be much left to tell without crossing that line.

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151 thoughts on “Smallville Gets Ninth Season

  1. I know they dont follow the comics, but somethings they really cant change. they cant kill of davis because he is doomsday, but the might have a new actor for him. Not saying i dont like clark, but he has to die at the end of the series. if he dosent then the have really messed up. Lana needs to go! she keeps interfearing with clark and lois,also, they might kill off clarks mom! she has beeen in the bacground but they might have an episode were clark is al depressed and what not, but i dont think chloe dies.

    1. They DID kill Davis. And Clark will not likely die at the end of the series. This is a precursor to Superman and has become something all its own.

      There are no rules, no one is safe BUT Clark because the whole show is about him becoming Superman which now seems to be that he is the Blur.

      Lana is no longer under contract to the show. She’s gone. And his story with her is done. She made a re-appearance and Clark was over her.

      They have no reason to kill off Mrs Kent, shes been written out of the show as “busy elsewhere” but will make an appearance at the end of season 9.

      The show was just renewed for season 10.

  2. I am addicted to this show. I can’t get enough. I lost my cable and it was driving me mad not knowing when the 9th season was airing. I still have time to get cable back. I own all 8 seasons on DVD and I’m in the middle of the 7th season, I should be caught up to the end of the 8th real soon.
    I think lana should be killed off, there is no way that clark can fall for lois if lana’s always in the picture.

  3. What I would like to see is Clarks cousin show back up for the whole season. The actress that plays her has a strong presence and the episodes seem to get real intense and keep you watching when she does show up. The ending the last episode left us leaves the directors a lot of ways to take the show, and I look forward to seeing what they decide, but I do hope Clarks cousin shows up more often.

  4. Oh my god, Chloe Sullivan has been the character that made me love so much the show. And i can’t imagine the show without her… tho… i know, i mean… it must be… when she dies Clark transforms into Superman ones and for all.
    I’m just trying to think that she is not going to die yet

  5. smallville is great thats all i can say and i cant believe that this is the last season they should keep it going why does everything good have to come to an end. they can start making it more adult as they have in the last few series. i love lana i cant believe she aint in it anymore they should bring her back as a hero or give her a spin off show x

  6. Smallville was the best movie series ever..please don’t kill chloe,she is the one who always be there for clark.no one could understand clark better then chloe..as 4 lana,she and clark are not ment to be together.she is done!!!!! When is the 9 series?????? Why is it taking so long????? I can’t wait any longer..I think the story’s are fantastic and awsome..2 thumbs up 4 the writer..

  7. Since we’re not allowed to insult in this forum, I will express my disagrement as best as possible.
    Smallville must not continue. The show is has become so lame and it clear for us, viewers, that the producers have run out of ideas for new episodes. Still, they keep coming up with stupid episodes that nobody really likes, but we still watch it because we would like to see how the show ends (if that ever happens).
    First, I do not know what they mean by “their deaths won’t be the kind where they keep coming back like we see in other shows. In Smallville, death is the end.” I think we have seen at least a couple of times where some people die and keep coming to life. Clark for instance, Chloe, Lois, yadi yadi yada.
    Another thing is that I’m almost certaing that they are going to bring Lana back to the show once again. Clark and Lana are going to be through that never-ending-sick relationship they have. That’s so lame and I can’t call that a healthy thing for our favorite Superhero.
    Finally, I believe the show should have ended at least two seasons ago. They’re screwing up the Superman story. What was with that Doomsday thing?
    I just watch Smallville beacause I really like the show at the begining. It was a success, but the producers just want to make money and they are so full of themselves that they think the show should not end because the show is ” refreshing… and nerve wracking.”

    1. Its only for the fans that they ARE having a ninth season. Its also being moved to the Friday timeslot where TV shows go to die.

      And no one has “come back” from the dead where it wasn’t an instant thing. Chloe used her healing powers to bring back Lois instantly etc.

      They are talking about Clark’s dad or Lionel. Dead is dead. They are not going to kill these characters off and bring them back 3 seasons later.

      And Lana is done with Smallville. Both Kristen Kruek and Rosenbaum have not even signed for guest appearances in season 9. This might change and they will bring these characters back for a finale to close the whole thing off, but it isn’t planned as of now.

      And who says any relationship is “healthy” for a superhero. Lana and Clark’s story is done. Its over.

      And screwing up the Superman Story? I guess you never did watch any episode because CLEARLY this series has never even pretended that it was going to be accurate to the comic books right from the very first episode. I can’t believe it took you 8 seasons to figure that out.

    1. Smallville is curling up to the Friday Night timeslot so that it can quietly die.

      They already know its going to be the last season, so they can slot it anywhere and the fans will seek it out. They are not trying to bring in new blood at this point. Its just going away.

  8. The show is great, and I have watched it since season 1, but it’s going downhill fast. They need to end it. It’s getting cheesier and cheesier. I feel to loyal to stop watching it, but it’s pretty bad when you sit there giggling at the sad parts. :-)

  9. Mannn, seriously, Lex Luthor!? You think you can’t get a better villain than him!? Psccch, please! He may have been a prick to Clark and a bit twisted but was never worthy of being called a villian!! Just an obsessed idiot who knew Clark’s weakness and had a load of money.

    And errr hello, better villain: Zod, about the only thing that made Lex worthy of being called a villain when he inhabited him in season 5?? It’s blatantly obvious that he returned at the end of this season by way of that stupid orb or did no one recognise the symbol?

    Davis = dead,
    Jimmy = dead,
    Lex = dead (until further notice but most probably dead), (though the likliness off him coming back to annoy me to the point of screaming is high, since the annoying useless cockroaches always seem to return to irritate once again).

    Personally I hope that Lana Lang is ACTUALLY gone this time, her character is possibly THE most boring of all, there’s no story left for her now, there hasn’t been for a long time and if they try to squeeze her in again, I swear, I will scream. She should leave well enough alone and let farm boy Clark Kent become adult reporter, AKA, Superman before the series dries up to extinction!!

  10. Sorry guys but Jimmy is death, also is Davis, Lois is lost in the past, or the future, I don’t really care and the rest of the characters…
    It’s really sad how the story and the characters have been distorted and I really hope the next season is the last one!!

  11. Smallville has been an amazing story, despite the differences it has between the comics.
    They’re obviously continuing the story, my question is when?
    Jimmy’s gone, and i think they’re going to kill off oliver or chloe. I’d hate for any of them to leave, for chloe is my favourite of the cast. And i don’t really have reasons to see anyone else leave. I hope chloe stays.

    Smallville rules!

  12. I beleive that first, any character that is in the superman comics will not die, second Lana should die but she wont because it she isnt really a pivatal character anymore , third chloe might die but i hope she dont, I say that it will be Chloe and Tess

  13. It seems pretty clear that Chloe must be one of the two characters to die. Even though this series does not pay strict attention to the classic Superman canon, it cannot completely ignore what has already been established as the Superman legend. That means Jimmy Olsen, Lex and Lois definitely survive. Since Chloe is solely a Smallville character with no later Superman story line, she almost HAS to die. Lana is already gone, as far as any relationship with CLark is concerned (and she also survives into the Superman mythos). Doomsday must come back to actually kill Superman, so by process of elimination, Tess must be the last character killed off.

    Those of you who believe that Smallville is an entirely separate and independent entity from the Superman story must believe that the holders of the Superman copyright have NO control over this series. That is simply not so. They will not be killing off major Superman characters. (I am anxious to see how they plan on making Clark’s secret identity work with Lois when he finally becomes Superman. They really have written themselves into corner- (they may not even choose to deal with it), it has always been major plot hole in the Superman saga).

  14. It´s true that the show goes with ideas totally different from the comic but in the bottom is the same superman, remeber Lana and Lois did meet each other back in 1988 in Superman (Action comics #597) named “Lois Lane & Lana Lang”, in the early 2000´s Lana Lang got married with Pete Ross and they had a boy who´s name is Clark, therefore the charactarers that will die this coming season are Chloe and Tess because they don´t have any role in the superman comics, Maybe the alter ego Davis Bloom but you can´t kill Doomsday, Lex, Green Arrow, at least not before Clark becomes Superman for real

    1. Tess was in the comics. Oliver calls her Mercy because her character is a translation of Mercy Graves from the comics.

      And Chloe is basically a translation of Oracle from Birds of Prey (former Batgirl) but since they cannot use any of the Batman characters directly in Smallville, she is called Watchtower.

      So much for that theory.

  15. smallville is a dmn good series.. the struggle of bein two identities is well played by tom wellin…its gud to see the new writers have done a gud job.. but they need to make him fly… n a doomsday would be a very good episode .. to refresh the memories of people all over the world.. so that clark can take the final step becoming superman, keeping two identites.. obviously .. last episode had to big in destruction..so that a total .. changeover of people’s perspectives would be done.. .. all in all… every season has its charm…bt ya lana shld be dead… n obviously davis…two characters dead.. chloe works for watchtower.. n am thinkin abt sm rivalry n bringing batman from gotham .. fr a episode.. :) lolzzz…

  16. I think that lana lang will have to die because he is not in the seen but thiis stupid thought crossed my mind that “is lana lang is the wonder women”
    I dont know but that is posible that lana could die
    for the second victim “clove” that is not that right because she is a major roll in the movie so i thought oliver queen is not on supper man so cant oliver die or there is jimmy kara and maney

    1. KRISTEN KRUEK is the weakest part of Smallville. She is not interesting anymore and her story with Clark is tired.

      Involving Lana in the storyline in any way would be holding Clark back.

    1. Then get ready to never watch the show again. Kruek has not signed on for Season 9 and only had a limited contract for Season 8 because the writers don’t have her involved at all with the show anymore.

  17. I love the show and can’t wait to see what they do with it.
    In one of the last eps i saw where the legion came into things, i remember them repeatedly mentioning how they had never “heard or seen” anything involving chloe though….this makes me wonder if she will in fact be one of the roles that is set to end. I really hope that they don’t take chloe out, she is clark’s support system in more ways than 5 and she was always the one person who could really keep him grounded. We all know davis will “buy the farm” he is after all, “doomsday” but hopefully its not chloe that he takes down with him in the flames of permanent death. Personaly, i would love to see lana and Jimmy gone for good or Lionel, even martha kent…
    Also…wasn’t lex doing some cloning before the arrow “plucked him off”?….if anything i’d guess thats there open angle toward him coming back if needed in the future.
    As far as all the “spin off’s” i really would like to see something like the idea od “metropolis” as a series, more based around superman than some lame spin off about the legion or anyone else. I mean the whole idea of smallville was clark’s groing into the role of superman right? Seems it would just makes sense to continue on with a fresh new series about him finaly embracing his “real” role as the man of steel.

  18. While it’s true that there are some inconsistencies between this series and the movies, comics, etc., there are certain underlying things about it that must remain there. Remember, the McGuffin in this series is that this is the guy who grows up to be Superman. In a prequel, you have more kinds of flexibility because you don’t have to take into account knowledge or events that “haven’t happened” yet, but your prequel has to be able to lead to what we know “will happen” yet. For example, in the upcoming Star Trek movie, they can do a lot of things in developing the backstory, but they can’t say, kill Spock or have the Enterprise travel by matter transmission. Similarly, if Smallville doesn’t somehow lead to what is fixed as “will happen” the foundation is undercut and it becomes The Adventures of this Really Strong Guy Who Can’t Make a Decision”.

    Certain things are constants in the basic underlying mythos. Superman is not from Mars, for example. Similarly, Clark will Not marry Lana (they Really need to get rid of her). His Great Nemesis. It was very clever and perfectly acceptable for Clark and Lex in the series ti start out as friends so long as eventually they become enemies. How they got there has always been flexible and is not “fixed”.

    So, for him to be Superman, Lex, Jimmy Olsen and Lois can’t die (remember, folks have faked their death in the series before). But almost everyone else is fair game. Chloe, can go because there is no requirement for her to continue to exist for him to become the Superman we know. In fact, sadly, she almost has to go precisely because they wrote her character too well and Allison Mack plays her too well. She is too valuable to Clark and too good a “fit” for him. She was always a much better match than this depiction of Lana ever was, and had much better chemistry. In fact, she could arguably outshine Lois. The memory loss of his secret might have “saved” her, but they made it temporary. Someone this close to him and as much of a partner would have played a major, major role in his Superman life, yet she didn’t—because she was no longer there. They sadly have to get rid of her, because when he is Superman, there’s no sign of her anywhere.

    One other clue that might be a hint from the producers: Remember when they encountered the Legion, she was told that although there was a lot in “history” about Lois and Clark, there was no record of her at all…

    1. All of your speculating is based on the idea that this will eventually BE the Superman story already established in the comics or movies.

      What you fail to recognize is that this is not a prequel. It is a variable story that starts earlier than the blue tights.

      The future is flexable and nothing MUST happen. Lois could die. There is nothing saying that this Clark Kent falls in love with her.

      ALL of Smallville is separate from the comics, which are also separate from the movies, or the Animated Series, or any other interpretation.

      You cannot hold “what should happen” to Smallville. (Or Star Trek now) They have already made it clear this is not the same universe that any other Superman story.

    2. Rodney,

      I understand your point, but I think you missed mine. I’m not saying that Smallville will lead to the Superman of the comics or movies. In fact Warner has made it very clear that they want no crossover between franchises, which is one of the reasons that they decreed that Smallville may never have Bruce Wayne pass by. Similarly, when they were casting for Superman Returns, one of the leading candidates for the role was the second actor who played the lead in the Superboy series. Once it was discovered that the actor had played the character elsewhere he was dropped from all consideration.

      Clearly, this Clark is different from the movie and comics Clark. Evidence of that is how supporting characters are being introduced at this point in his life (Green Arrow, Flash, J’on J’onz, Supergirl, heck, Lois herself) rather than after he becomes Superman as in other iterations. Most of the time it works, sometimes it doesn’t. In my opinion introducing Supergirl this early caused more problems than it helpd, becuase since she had all the powers, including flying, why was there any need for Superman to emerge? So, they got rid of her. In fact he and the regular characters are quite different from how they were at other times in the series, when the producers changed their minds and just sent them all off in a different direction. Remember how Jor-El orignally said Clark was there “to rule”?

      There are certain core things, though, that have to be there because they are constant through all the Superman mythos. Without them, this Clark is not going to be the Superman (whichever version) that gives the series its fascination: we know who he’s going to become, the fun is the speculation on how he gets there. Without that, the whole series is a cheat of the audience. The series then becomes, “Guy who can run real fast and has an unbelievable amount of angst”.

      To draw parallels, there are all kinds of versions of Robin Hood, but all of them involve Sherwood Forest, Little John and Friar Tuck at some point. He’s Zorro and he carves a Z, not El Diablo and carves a D. And boy! when we get to King Arthur! James Bond has been rebooted, and he is not yet fully the Bond we know, but they haven’t messd with the core. His number is not 865. His boss is M. He’s not a French expatriate.

      Clearly the latest version of Batman is different from other depictions of his development, but the core remains untouched. His parents are killed an he takes on the mantle of the Bat; He’s in Gotham City, not Cleveland, etc. Batman Begins did a lot of new stuff with how he evolved, but it and The Dark Knight, do not change the core, because then he wouldn’t be the hero, Batman.

      The common thing here is that there are all core things about their mythos.

      Similarly, there’s a certain core mythos about Superman: He’s from Krypton. Jor-El’s his father. Kryptonite can kill him. As an adult, he lives in Metropolis. His major nemesis is Lex Luthor and his major love is Lois Lane. The latter, though, doesn’t fully develop until Superman emerges publicly. Warner itself knows this so, according to reports, when they allowed Lois to be used in the series, they mandated that Clark and Lois’ love could not come to fruit in “Smallville”. So, the show can tease us, but can’t actually allow them to fully hook up (side note: it is not part of the core mythos that they marry). This they do (although when they brought back Lana this season that was a mistake because it makes it look like Lois is really only second choice).

      My actual point is that the whole point of this series is we know more or less who he’ll become, we’re along to see how he gets there. They can change a lot (after all, they moved the Atlantic ocean to somewhere not too far from Kansas). But if they mess with the core (as did Star Trek: Enterprise, which was one of the big reasons for its failure, then we’ve been cheated.

      They can kill Chloe, and although I hate the thought, they may have to. They can kill Tess. They can even bring Martha back and kill her (there is no requirement she has to be around when he becomes Superman, and in fact in some iterations, she does die without ever seeing him flying over Metropolis). They just can’t kill Lois or Lex, and maybe not even Jimmy, without cheating the whole series.

      1. Bond was not rebooted. This Bond is a prequel story and will eventually lead into the Bond from future storylines. Bond is timeless. And the upcoming Russell Crowe Robin Hood has him as a common theif, not nobility forced to being the prince of theives. Just sayin.

        Yes, Smallville carries a lot of the common threads of other incarnations of Superman, but things like Metropolis only being about an hour’s drive from Smallville (non super characters can get there and commute to work without much worry or inconvenience)

        I see what you are saying about the mythos, but enough of it has been used and laid in place to now move on. They can do whatever they want with it and still play with all the same toys. There are no rules, and this is one series (and BSG) that got away with maintaining popularity while pooping on continuity.

  19. NO, I have watched this show from day one.. Everyone always says, “We know Lois can’t die, we know Lex isn’t dead, we know Jimmy olson can’t die, well the character lana lang is alive in the Superman universes too, that is all I am saying, me, I could care less who they kill….

    1. Some people cannot grasp that this storyline is different and has no impact on the movies or the comics or cartoons etc.

      Lois can die. I was kinda hoping for it 3 seasons ago. There is a website dedicated to a theory that I that I was original in thinking up.

      Lois dies, Chloe is in trouble and stages her death taking on Lois’ identity. Chloe and Clark are together forever. But the way they have driven those characters, I don’t want to see Chloe and Clark together.

      They call it the Chlois Theory.

    1. Yep. I am convinced you have never seen this show or followed anything about this.

      The rights for Batman as a live action TV series are tied up, and even including a young Bruce Wayne appearance in Smallville.

      Fans still speculate that the character Adam Knight was actually Bruce under a pseudonym.

  20. Lana can’t die…If we are basing everything on the Movies and storylines, well if you all remember, the character Lana Lang was in the Superman III movie and coincidentally, she was played by Annette O’Toole ( Martha Kent in the smallville series)

    1. Dennis, you think Lana dying is the only inconsistency with the films then CLEARLY you do not watch this show.

      This is NOT canon with any of the movies, comics or storylines already out there. In case you don’t get that, it’s not in the same universe. This particular tale of an early Superman story has NO impact on the comics or movies.

  21. I think Tess and Davis should be the characters that will end in this season (Season 8). Chloe should in the show and continue her own journey as watchtower. And, yes…. Clark… it’s time to fly… anyway show must have romance so Lois’s and Clarks relationship should go more deeper which good enough to smallville fans to finally can let go of Lana memory. I also think that smallville should end in season 9 and come up with new TV show to continue as superman. Which will be better without changing main two actors such as tom, Erica.

  22. 1st. how can u kill of clark kent? clark kent is kal-el/supermans human identity, which without every1 would no who he was.

    2nd. the female character to die could be lois and we might then see clark admit his true feelings to her.

    3rd. maybe the male character to die is going 2 b on of the justice leauge as we only ever see oliver queen/green arrow

    1. i think that it will be lex and lana (aka kristen), as she already has her foot out the door and is focused on her campaigning for teen girls etc. also lex (michael) is also looking to move on. in the show he has built up so many enimies it seems like everyone is in a rat race to kill him. he plays a main character as the villan in smallville but so did lionel and i’m sure that void can be filled by all the gifted freaks on the show whilst hopefully clark embraces his destiny as superman solving them with lois and building their relationship.

  23. Okaii…
    i rlly HOPE that lana is one. her story was over when they broke up season 5. but she keeps coming back and it’s really annoying!

    i have a feeling chloe is going to die which sucks! like i really do. she tries to heal someone with her powers and this time she doesn’t wake up and ill die if she does in the show.

    i deff know that davis will die…he has to. he’s doomsday and everyone knows clark will figure out a way to stop him. or at least i hope so…

    so glad there’s going to be a season 9 and whenever they actually END smallville (which sadly will happen eventually), they should make a smallville movie where he actually turns into superman…haha

    okaii now im babbaling…i juss rlly hope lana is one!

  24. Rodney i read on the internet that 2 characters of smallville will be killed off, the site i went to said 1 would be a main character and the other will be one who isn’t, thats why i don’t think it will be Chloe, and i hope it ain’t her cause shes one of my favorite’s.

    And if one of characters who get killed off is male, then i still think it is that Davis guy. Lex is already dead as far as i know, and i don’t think its Jimmy Cause he works for Clark in the Future. What other males are there?? green arrow?? I don’t think they will kill him off.

  25. As for superman, clark is shown actually flying in the trailer for hex. But I don’t want them to do the full superman (a man in tights nowadays is kind of creepy) i think they should atleast try to do the cape, but as for the rest of the enemble,they should modernize it like they did with the rest of the justice league. For example, instead of the “s” on his chest,just have the phantom crystal on a chain around his neck. And as for the whole Legion and Chloe not being mentioned; time travel is not like taking a vacation, when you come back things are not the way you left them, just being back there altered the timeline, i’m guessing the legion doesn’t know about her because Clark hid her identity. This would make perfect sense seeing how Chloe’s life is constantly getting screwed up by kryptonian manifestations.

  26. The producers have confirmed that one of the people getting killed off is male. And I hope that they don’t get rid of Chloe because she is truly the only reason I continue to watch smallville. Plus she is the only other character who has been in every single episode, she is too involved in the show. She still has her meteor power that prevents her from staying dead. Not to mention, if you have seen the trailer for hex, eternal, and stiletto: “watchtower is officially online”! woo hoo! She is now part of the justice league, i highly doubt they’ll get rid of her. I also hope they keep Davis because I really like him (not to mention-he’s HOT!) and sam witwer has the most adorable smile i have ever seen.

  27. I think the veteran character that is going to die will be Lana. Why else does she get super powers?? She helps Clark and the Justice League fight Doomsday and she dies in the process. That is why Lana is remembered throughout history as the JL members stated in their first appearance this season. Since Lana absorbed all the green-K, that may also play a part in killing Davis, the human form of Doomsday, who also happens to be Kryptonian. The producers of the show signed Allison Mack to season 9, so it wont be her character Chloe, and they wont kill off Erica Durance (Lois Lane), dont see it happening.

    1. oh thank god!! I didn’t want Chloe to get killed off, my guess is its Lana maybe Clark’s mum, i mean she hasn’t been in it for like a few seasons so maybe she will come back for a short bit and then either get killed or leave for good.

      Does anyone know if season 9 is going to start with Clark being superman?? or is it going to drag it out a few more seasons?? I love Smallville i really do, but if they keep dragging it out, I’m going to get bored.

    2. Matthy, What makes you think it WONT be Chloe? Jahmon is just guessing like the rest of us.

      I predict at least one of the “pivitol” characters being removed will be Lana. She is still “important” to the show but really not neccessary. Easy way to get rid of her. As for the other person I have no guesses, but I can only think it would be Chloe, simply because Legion says they don’t have any record of Chloe in Kal-El’s history.

  28. Im over lana Lang, im sick of her and Clark on and off again, and just when shes gets that suit on and gets special powers so her and Clark can be together, she soaks up enough cryptonite from a bomb to kil Clark….. lets face it, Clark is destined to be with Louis Lane ^^

    I admit im going to miss Lana but she gotta go

  29. Clark will die and re-emerge next season as Superman. Chloe will die too, no more room for her. And as for Lana? That horse has been flogged for so long and it’s dust. Lois is THE love of Clark’s life, producers will never change that fact. Or they will have millions of fans to answer to. Bring on Season 9 and please give Clark some balls to fulfill his destiny!!

    1. If they make Clark die he will not be the character they are talking about.

      They are talking about killing off and removing two pivotal actors.

      Clark will not be Superman on this show. No flights, no tights.

  30. Maybe some of you are right on the fact that the way Lana came back onto the show was kind of lame or fictionized but the fact is that without her on the show its not the same- after they made such a perfect impossible love story between them how can they just take her away!!! Even though the real story is that he SUPERMAN has to end up with Lois, I don’t think it will harm anyone to let them be together! It’s TOooo obvious that them to CLARK anD LANA HAVE TO BE TOGETHER its something that I know the mayority will agree with me! They love each other so much but they have never been able to be together officially and thats what the most sad part about it and have taken them on different paths… I think that the producers or wirters should make the exception at least this time to change the story – I know for sure that it won’ t be the same without her… AT least its for sure that I won’t be watching the show anymore if they remove her from the program thats for sure!!!

    1. Veronica, Lana was Clark’s first love. Never a future there.

      Lana not being on the show making it “not the same” is a good thing. Her story was over 3 seasons ago, and now its just tired.

      Lana LIVED with Clark and shared a bed with him for half a season, so how much more “official” do you need?

      They shouldn’t make an exception. Lana is done.

      And you choosing not to watch the show because she is gone matter to the droves of Smallville viewers who think Lana is over with.

  31. I totally agree with everyone about Chloe. Sadly to say since she is my favorite character on the show, she is not a part of the Superman mythology, and thus has to be terminated before the transition to Superman which is getting harder and harder to prolong.
    As for the word “pivotal” being used, WB has consistently used the term to imply the characters that are regulars on the show, with their profiles splashed across the intro theme. Jason Teague was a “pivotal” character in season 4, but wiped out. Kara was a “pivotal” character in season 8. Davis and Tess are therefore “pivotal” in season 8. One of them will be the other character.

    As for a season 10, stop beating the dead horse already. I love this show as much as anyone, but it’s time to let go. It would be one thing to have many more seasons if WB hadn’t jumped the gun so quickly and introduced nearly every major character from the Superman mythology already. Soon they will have covered the entire Superman legacy before Clark dons a cape.

    My other theory is that the “essential character dying” bit has been used time and time again to hype a television show. It’s a brilliant marketing tool to piss off loyal followers so that the rumor mill will start churning and the show will be hyped beyond belief without the financial burdens of major advertising. I wouldn’t believe everything I read written in a speculative nature.

    1. if my memory serves correct i believe kara was a “pivotal” character in season 7 NOT season 8 seeing as she isnt in the opening credits for season 8 and was a GUEST STAR in the episode where clark and lois went to the phantom zone.

  32. but here is the thing for everyone is imagining both Tess and Chloe are both dead; one of the dead characters is MALE!! (i got this from Ausiello and he is always–well most of the time–right)

    1. I agree superxian tess may be pivotal the writers and producers but she doesn’t really come as it like pivotal charaters like Jonathan Kent or Martha Kent

  33. A big hint was given in the Legion episode when Saturn Girl mentions that Chloe’s name is not known through history. That may have been a nod to her not appearing in the comics (which to date I haven’t seen her yet…was rumored and never happened) or foreshadowing to the season finale. I also think Davis is dead and Clark may also appear dead after the fight with Doomsday.

    The major Superman-mythos characters are safe…Lex, Jimmy, Lois and yes even Lana (ugh). Someone mentioned Mercy was a made up character for the show…not so fast my friend. Mercy is in the comics (appeared in the No Man’s Land run in Batman with Lex as well as a take on Miss Tessmacher from the movies).

    Sadly it’s going to be Chloe…and not so sadly Davis.

    1. This seems to make sense. I do remember that part of the Legion episode. It’ll be interesting to see how Chloe’s existence or her relationship with Clark gets wiped from the history books (figuratively speaking of course). No question, Smallville has taken it’s share of liberties with the Superman canon/mythos, but I think killing off Lana (or any of the big characters in the actual comics not meant to die so soon) would be too big a step for the writers. They can’t be that stupid, right? (Oops, I may have asked that question before about this show.) And anyone who thinks Lex is actually dead should just do us all a favor and stop watching the show completely. No offense.

      Anyway, that leaves Chloe, Davis (via becoming Doomsday) and, possibly, Tess (who the show may consider “pivotal”, but is not really a big character in my opinion).

  34. i just want to say i love your ideas and everything .. Yes season 9 would be great but dont you think they should finish season 8 before :P ? i just want to say i love smallville and i cant wait untill ive seen the rest of season 8 !!! WHEN DOES THE SERIES CONTINUE ? ???

  35. Smallville Rocks! Take the good and bad but I am glad for one more year. Hopefully the entire season he will be superman.

    Sadly Chloe will die, one of my fav. Lana seems doomed too. They had to part with Chloe soon because she is an add on and not in the movies or comics.. sad to see because she is a huge part of the show’s long run. Lana was way over due because Clark will focus on Lois 100%.

  36. Chloe and tess are made up characters. Clark, Lex, Lana, Lois, Jimmy, Oliver, & Doomsday are all from the comics. If people would actually look things up they would know the show has followed the superboy and superman comics pretty well. So if they kill off an iconic character its going to be one that never existed. Also, Lex is not dead. Even if the writers threw the comics out the window, it was pretty obvious Led staged where he was so Green Arrow would think he killed him. Its been reported that Michael Rosenbaum will return as Lex in the last 1 or 2 episodes of season 8 then come back for season 9. He’s just tired of shaving his everyday before shooting. So eventually Chloe and Tess must die. Lex should kill Tess for losing Luthorcorp to Queen and Doomsday kill Chloe cuz Davis loves her and the beast will take over when she’s around. Plus this will give Clark enough rage to temporarily defeat doomsday until he returns in the far future as Superman..

    1. Jerry, its been pretty clear LONG ago that as much as this is inspired by Superman comics, this is in no way Canon to the books.

      There are so many inconsistencies that if you were trying to connect the two you would give yourself a migraine. For starters, Clark doesn’t meet Lex until he is already Superman. So every storyline that involves Lex or Lexcorp is already out the window.

      And despite Chloe being “made up” for the show, her popularity got a Chloe Sullivan, cousin of Lois introduced in the comics. So there goes that theory.

      I think what makes Smallville fun is that it is a part of the Superman story we never really got to see, but we have no idea how it will go, and who will die or leave etc.

      Rosenbaum is wearing a bald cap for his appearances later this season, but isn’t signed on for a 9th Season, so we don’t know if he will return.

    2. One thing I think is being overlooked is that lex has been working on cloning. the lex that is hurt could posibly be a clone. remember the season end when lana played that role by blowing her clone up

    3. Stephen, Lana didn’t blow up her clone. She staged her own death by blowing up a car everyone assumed she was in.

      A van drives right by our line of sight just before she gets in the car, then it blows up. There was no clone.

    4. Just to clarify tess is from the comics she just isn’t such a popular character so not very much people know about her. She was lexs sidekick kind of, she was known as mercy. And she had a obsessive crush on lex. Kind of like in the show.

  37. I’ve kept up-to-date with the show out of love for Superman, having been thoroughly disappointed with the focus of most seasons through Season Eight.

    Personally, a good measure of this is that I would not watch this show if the Superman element didn’t exist.

  38. All this talk about it being Chloe dying is depressing.

    I think its going to be something different.

    It will be that brooding, melancholy character, Clark Kent.

    Clark will die when he fights Doomsday!

    He will die to the character he is now and emerge as Kal-El / Superman.

  39. i think that having a nineth seson of smallville is great. i love the show and i also think they should do a tenth seson too that would be great. my friend also said that tom welling is hot and should be shritless in smallville more she said he got the body.

  40. get rid of: lana, cloe
    bring back: lex, kara, brainiac
    also i reacon it would be amazing if clark fought doomsday throughout the season now and then. then make a massive all out fight between clark and kara vs doomsday that lasts a whole episode then finish with doomsday and clark being sent to the phantom zone whilst clark is on the blink of death then make that the cliff hanger for season 10

  41. r u kidding me? how can they be killing off more characters?!!!! i still cant beleive they just killed off lex!! i mean serously, they actually had the nerve off a big part of the superman storyline. they might as well just piss right on a copy of the very first superman comic ever and while there at it why dont they just go right ahead and take a dump right in supermans mouth. does that sound like fun warner brothers? uh?!!!! and if i find out that lex is permanently dead then i swear to god i will march right over to every single warner bros tower, stadium, and all the houses of anyone who works or is associated with warner brothers in any way and i will blow the fucking shit out of it!!!!! THE NEW EXCICUTIVE PRODUCERS HAVE DESTROYED EVERYTHING THAT SMALLVILLE HAS EVER STANDED FOR!!! who is superman supposed save the world from? there is going to be no more other villians for him to face because he is going to already have fought and been done with every supervillian that he would ever face by the time smallvile is over.

    1. Don’t forget about brainiac i bet he comes back and helps lex find a way to heal himself. cause brainiac doesn’t get killed till the justice league comes

  42. Well we all know that lana will not die because remember in the legion episode when the girl legionair whose name i don’t recall told lana that she goes on to do remarkable things, and as far as who dies, well who cares it’s just about time for clark aka superman to fly now…

  43. Ya I think its Lana. I she mentioned leaving Smallville in an interview promoting Street Fighter on Attack of the Show (http://g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/moviesandtv/66281/Kristin-Kreuk-from-Street-Fighter-Legend-of-Chun-Li.html) As for Chloe dying I’m not sure how they would get that done. When she dies doesn’t she just come back to life or has she lost that power. (I must admit I haven’t watched much of this season.) But she does seem like the likely chose and she like everyone else is probably ready to move on to other things.

    1. Stephen you are a downright genius. The CW (if that’s what its called cos I only live in the UK) will probably do that. But in the season 8 premier, doesn’t Chloe try to heal Clark and suck at it? I mean fail miserably? I dunno. Maybe Davis’ new Krypto levels superjuice her ability?

      Really. Clever answer. Were you being serious or Sarcastic?

  44. Well first they need to finish season 8 the delays with this show suck…They need to leave Lana gone,Iagree she is paramount to thestory but they have beat it to death…I like the show but they should really rap it up soon.

    1. Didn’t you read last season. Lana still had a contract to finish up with season 7 but she was in the new street fighter movie. so they had her finish up her contract with the episodes she did this season. and i think they should go with the death of clark for a finaly with clark and doomday fighting it out they both die. then clark come back to life next season as superman then mid season bring doomsday back have superman and doomsday fight again this time killing doomsday for good.

    1. jimmy cant die. hes in the comics as the daily planet photographer

      lois and clark clearly cant die.

      doomsday cant die because he’s eventually the one that kills superman, however they may kill davis and leave only his doomsday side.

      lana’s pretty much gone already since she cant go anywhere near clark, so i doubt theyd bring her back just to kill her. same with martha.

      that leaves green arrow (part of the justice league, cant die), chloe and tess. neither is technically in comics. chloe has a pretty big fan base though so i doubt theyd kill her off until the very end of the series. so tess is probably one. they said 1 guy and 1 girl and one of them is a vet. if they kill off davis’s human side they cant kill tess (since she’s not a vet)

      i highly doubt lex is actually dead. hes been known to create clones of people in the past (season 6 finale/7 premiere with lana?) and he’s supposed to be superman’s arch enemy

      1. Then its a good thing this isnt the comic books. If you haven’t noticed they haven’t bothered to do what happens in the comics. Lex didn’t meet Clark in Smallville, Lois and Lana never met. Dozens of other inconsistencies.

        This coming season is likely the last (on purpose) so there is no reason they can’t do whatever they want.

  45. I remember the awful series years back called ‘The new adventures of Superman’, which I gave up watching after a few episodes simply because it was so lame.
    Since Smallville started, and explored the universe of Clark Kent, redifining our preconceived mythology of Superman, I have been a fan ever since. Admittedly I haven’t watched season 8 yet but was glad to hear that it won’t end there.
    However, my patience has started to wane. When, oh when!, will Clark don the cape and tights and fly faster than a speeding bullet. I know the Smallville creators initially said that there will be no tights, cape or flying but that was at the start. THAT WAS EIGHT YEARS AGO! Surely, over that time, the show has evolved and and so too has the writers’ initial intent. Its time for Clark Kent to become who he is destined to be. I just want to see that happen.

    And yes, Lana is DONE! Enough with her! And Chloe must stay!

  46. Kill off Clark Kent.

    Change the title to Metropolis and have it center around Green Arrow.

    That would be better then anything they’ve done since the end of season 3.

    1. Jon, your suggestions confuse me.

      You want them to rename the show to Metropolis and have a world where Superman never existetd, but then have the show just be about Arrow? You do realize all those gifted people who created the show you seem to hate (which didnt introduce Oliver until the sixth season) would then be responsible for the spinoff show you are asking for??

      I can appreciate that you would be more inclined to watch a Justice League Spinoff, but to make senseless trashtalk in the process is nonsense.

    2. Rodney, your answer confuses me.

      I said kill off Superman, not retconn his entire existence. I implied the show has declined in quality since season 3, not that I hate it (i don’t).

      I wrote in haste and you have my apologies – no trash talk intended.

      Though incidentally I would indeed be far more inclined to watch a Justice League spinoff.

  47. Its hard to say, Lex can’t be dead… Lana can’t be near Clark so I don’t se a point on bringing her back just to kill her. I hope it’s not Chloe, although she’s not part in Clark’s or Superman story. But I think a lot of fans wouldn’t like her to die. Then Davis, he might die to fully transform into Doomesday, Um.. Jimmy and Lois couldn’t be dead, not a chance.. who’s left? Green Arrow? nop, not him. Oh, Tess! they just like invented her to fill the Lex position, so I don’t think anyone would care if she dies, damn.. somehow May feels like a long time from now. ha

  48. Thank God Lana is done. I really thought the show was called “Smallville”, not “Lanaville”. How could a show about Superman growing up evolve into a show about Lana being the most important female in the Universe is beyond me. Besides Kristin Kreuk is a horrible actress. Her career is done but I do believe she is going to be a hot mom on another show someday ten years down the line.

    I hope Chloe sticks around until the end…she is a good supporting character, and probably the only good actor other than Micheal Rosenbaum. Besides she is really really cute!

    Davis is done, as is Chloe but she might be reborn in season nine. They all come back eventually.

    1. To be fair 1138, Lana was the center of Clark’s universe growing up. She was his first love and the one he thought he was going to stay with forever. However her usefulness in the show is long over.

      I agree that Chloe should stick around but we dont know. If they do kill her off then it will be final so I dont see them cheaping out by killing her then bring her back to life since they were pretty clear that these deaths were final.

    2. I don’t think it will be Chloe that dies. She still ahs her meteor power, plus Allison Mack is the only other person besides Tom wellings that has been on every single episode. She is the only reason i still watch the show.Knowing them, they will probably kill off davis’ humanity so doomsday is a mindless drone, which’ll suck because I really like Davis. I want it to be Tess and Lana (which won’t be true because one of the deaths is male). The only tme Lana was remotely helpful was when she was possessed by isobel.

  49. All current actors are signed for next season except Davis. My guess: Chloe dies, and comes back as a ghost (or Clark’s conscience).

    The other “death” could be Davis, since it has already been stated that TNA Wrestling’s Matt Morgan will play Doomsday next season.

    For some reason, though, my money is on Tess finding out Clark’s secret just before she croaks.

    1. Yeah, it would probably be someone minor like her. Lex isn’t dead. Clark and Lana saw a truck blow up, but it wasn’t said that he was in it. My money is on Tess or Chloe.

      1. ya but it said they found all his dna in the truck after it blew up… i think he is gone for good… i could be wrong but why would they kill him and bring him back if they are only gonna do one more season?

    2. Oh good another wrestler who thinks he is an actor. At least while the role required acting they got someone who was an actor.

      This just means that if this is true next season Doomsday will be a mindless machine that just has to be “big”

      However most sites that were showing that rumour are now saying it’s not true anyways.

  50. The show was dead for me ages ago. The only sign of life was the “JLA” Green Arrow deal (and Rodney, I would have vetoed on ‘Metropolis”- the better spinoff would be Green Arrow and/or JLA…if such a thing were to happen)

    BTW, being a predictable show, dear ol Ma Kent joins dear ol’ hubby Jonathan six feet under. If I made a prediction on corpse #2, it would be whichever character who is played by whichever actor who wants out of their contract.

    Unless they come back as a ghost, and are shown the ropes by Deadman.

  51. 2 character? They need to kill off the whole show and revamp the entire thing. Read what Slushie Man just said, Lex Luther is DEAD in this show. What kind of lame crap is that? Unless they get an awesome new villain to replace him, whats the point?

    The producers are lucky that whats his name who plays Clark can’t get any other work so that he can come back and do more of this pointless show…

    1. Because her character is pointless now? People are tired of the Clark romance, there is no love triangle, and she has no purpose.

      Lana was fine in the first 6 seasons, but shes done now.

    2. ew… i hate lana so so so much! im glad she is out of the movie… its time for lois and clark to get a move on with their relationship… and with lana around that will never happen… i like lois a lot better than lana :)

  52. You guys know that Lana left for good earlier this season, right? She’s no longer on the show. Also Lex is not safe. He’s dead too. Green Arrow killed him.

    Anyway, the characters that are dying is Chloe and Davis.

    1. Davis isn’t “pivotal” though. Any of the villains are expendable.

      And Lana “left” last season too, but she came back. The point of killing off the character is to finalize that they never will.

    2. why do you think they re going to kill off chloie. what do you think why cloie locked door with davis. how can i find out. has that episode ran yet. i am late to watching smallville. did not get into it at first now i love it.

    3. Slushie Man it dindt actually show lex in the truck when it blew up, remember a couple of seasons ago when lana blew up in her car? yea same difference.

    4. how can you say lex is not safe
      lex will never die
      he is one of the most important characters in superman
      the wouldnt just kill him off
      he is still alive

      1. Lex has not absolutely died, and Rosenbaum himself even has said that he is on contract to return for an episode or two should the story require it.

        While right now it appears Lex is dead, there are hints that suggest it may not be true.

    5. Lex has to still be alive, even though they don’t follow the comic books exactly they can’t just kill off the only actual nemesis of Clark. They just couldn’t get Rosenbaum as an actor for this season, but hopefully they can get him for 9, or at least work him in. The only characters dying off that would make sense is Chloe and Lana/Tess. You can’t kill Lois because that wrecks the entire superman story. No one else is really a key character and either of their deaths would cause Clark to throw on the tights and the cap. They are the only real characters keeping him tied down to his actual “human” life. In order for the show to end they have to make it so he finally turns into “Superman” and he can’t do that if he still has so many ties to his normal life. Season 9 will hopefully be a great transition and we will finally get to see him have the ability to fly

    1. Then dont watch it.

      Considering its lasted 8 seasons and has been renewed, it would seem that you are in a minority.

      Why go out of your way to attack something you pretend you have ignored for the last 6 years?

    1. i dont care if lana dies , i dont like her anymore. If chloe dies i will be so mad! and lois and clark need to get together and clark needs to become superman!

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