Yes, yes. Smallville has returned for a groundbreaking ninth season (isn't Tom Welling a little too old to be pre-Superman now?). Sadly, the show has had a schedule change, to 8:00 p.m. EST/7:00 p.m. Central on Fridays (pretty much the dead end zone of all that is television).
Even us here at Haphazard Heroines missed the first two episodes because, well, we were out doing something else! We're not Perez Hilton, you know :D
SPOILER AHEAD!
The first episode this season, Savior, takes place three weeks from the end of season eight. Now, remember, Lois had transported herself via flight ring to the future, Jimmy is dead, Clark had turned his back on humanity, Chloe is barely living, Green Arrow and the others have dropped off the radar, Tess Mercer was hunting down Kryptonians, and the world was saved from Doomsday.
Okay, now that we're all caught up...
The first episode shows Clark, now only Kal-El, in his new uniform, black trench coat and black shirt with the family crest on it (the infamous 'S'!). He is very, very distracted from his previously uninterrupted work with Jor-El due to the mysterious reappearance of Lois Lane, whom he admits to enjoy talking to (Chloe seems hurt). He saves her, she doesn't realize she's been gone and still likes the Blur way more than she should. She meets John Corben (to all you DC fans, the name should be a tip off, dontcha think?), who ends up taking Clark Kent's spot at the Daily Planet (Clark is "visiting family indefinitely"). He's a tool.
So, now we have a distracted Clark, an even more curious Lois (possible? unsure...), a slightly annoying John Corben, a sad and a little disappointed Chloe, and...other characters.
Now, Tess Mercer has been chilling with the Kryptonians who pretty much vanish into thin air after crowning Zod their leader once again (some had strayed from the path!). She, being Tess, has to know what's going on (bring back Lex! We all know he's not dead!)
Blah, blah, blah. Lois hunts down Green Arrow and deems him a loser, blah, blah, blah...wait, what? I do loves me some Justin Hartley.
Oh, and there's an assassin hunting Clark. He kills her though (supposedly).
End of the episode - Chloe asks for Clark to go back in time and save Jimmy. He states that he can't, that he's seen what happens when he tampers with time (ummmmm his father dies?), so he says no. Chloe bites back that there is nothing human left in him before leaving the Kent barn, where the fight between the assassin and Clark went down. Lois dreams that night of things that we must assume happened in the future. Including sex with Clark. Yowza!
Second episode - called Metallo. Hmmmmm :D
Long story short, Corben becomes the infamous Metallo, beats the living crap out of both Lois and Clark (who can't get near him - kryptonite battery), Chloe starts up the Watchtower again, and Clark admits that he can't protect society if he isn't one of them.
He restarts his career as Clark Kent, Daily Planet Reporter (future husband of Lois Lane?).
Oh, and Tess gives Lois's job back to her, though she's spying on her. Eep!
I really enjoyed this part.
Enjoy, all of my little Smallville addicts. I am one of you!
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