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Old 05-14-09, 04:30 AM
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Smallville -- Season Finale -- "Doomsday" -- 5/14/09

Smallville

Synopsis:

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Oliver takes the lead when Clark exhibits resistance to killing Doomsday, and Chloe finds herself caught in the middle of the situation. Meanwhile, a fight between Lois and Tess takes a surprising turn.



It's been reported that a certain character in the opening credits will:

Spoiler:


Die in this episode



Any guesses? I think it's:

Spoiler:


Tess

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Re: Smallville -- Season Finale -- "Doomsday" -- 5/14/09

I hope your guess as to the death this episode is incorrect.
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Re: Smallville -- Season Finale -- "Doomsday" -- 5/14/09

I kinda wonder if it will be
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Chloe, just as a cost cutting measure. I would think an original cast member, in season 9 would be expensive. Especially since I'm sure they backed up the money truck to Welling
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Re: Smallville -- Season Finale -- "Doomsday" -- 5/14/09

NEW EPISODE TONIGHT, tell your friends, pets whoever.

http://www.kryptonsite.com/news.htm

Episode Synopsis: SMALLVILLE ""Doomsday" Season 8 Episode 22 (Season Finale) - Oliver (Justin Hartley) tells Clark (Tom Welling) he must kill Davis (Sam Witwer), as Doomsday is a serious threat and must be stopped at all costs. However, Clark struggles with taking a human life, so the Green Arrow and his team decide to take matters into their own hands. Lois (Erica Durance) takes on Tess (Cassidy Freeman), but the fight takes a shocking turn. Meanwhile, Chloe (Allison Mack) gets caught in the middle of Oliver and Clark’s battle over killing Davis. Aaron Ashmore also stars. James Marshall directed the episode written by Brian Peterson & Kelly Souders

Enjoy the show!
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Re: Smallville -- Season Finale -- "Doomsday" -- 5/14/09

^ You may wish to spoilerize that much like DJaryia did in the first post already.
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Re: Smallville -- Season Finale -- "Doomsday" -- 5/14/09

I hope everyone but Lois is killed.
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Re: Smallville -- Season Finale -- "Doomsday" -- 5/14/09

Are you crazy ?
Then the show will be force to create super woman.

Anyways, enjoy the show everyone
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Re: Smallville -- Season Finale -- "Doomsday" -- 5/14/09

Well, history's on our side in that if Smallville is good at something, it's finale's and premieres. It's the stuff in between that's always crap so at least we have that going for us. I think it'd be great if they end this season like the comics with Clark and Doomsday both dead. That'd be an awesome cliffhanger.
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Re: Smallville -- Season Finale -- "Doomsday" -- 5/14/09

Isn't

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Davis in the opening credits? I think he'd be most likely to die
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Re: Smallville -- Season Finale -- "Doomsday" -- 5/14/09

Correction regarding my spoiler:

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2 characters will die. 1 will be a Smallville veteran.

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Re: Smallville -- Season Finale -- "Doomsday" -- 5/14/09

Does that count as flying? I shouted "YES!!!!" at the TV a moment ago.
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Re: Smallville -- Season Finale -- "Doomsday" -- 5/14/09

Spoiler:
Was that Zod?
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Re: Smallville -- Season Finale -- "Doomsday" -- 5/14/09

what a crappy episode
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Re: Smallville -- Season Finale -- "Doomsday" -- 5/14/09

I'm sorry, but WTF?!?!

Jimmmy?!?!
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Re: Smallville -- Season Finale -- "Doomsday" -- 5/14/09

Man, what a letdown, and this season started out great. I did like the zod thing at the end.
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Re: Smallville -- Season Finale -- "Doomsday" -- 5/14/09

My DVR malfunctioned & i totally missed the Smallville finale! Someone, anyone....give me a good recap....with spoiler tag....as to not upset those that don't want to know yet....but I can't wait!!!
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Re: Smallville -- Season Finale -- "Doomsday" -- 5/14/09

Horrible.

HORRIBLE!

The only thing I semi-liked was Jimmy being retconned to his real age, but it's so Lois/Chloe theory that's been running rampant since the beginning of Smallville.
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Re: Smallville -- Season Finale -- "Doomsday" -- 5/14/09

ugh, they can't even get the finale right anymore.
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Re: Smallville -- Season Finale -- "Doomsday" -- 5/14/09

I usually enjoy the Smallville finales but this one was really disappointing.
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Re: Smallville -- Season Finale -- "Doomsday" -- 5/14/09

It was certainly one of the weaker (weakest?) season finales. I was expecting a much darker episode based on what was alluded to. But I figured out who the veteran character was going to be since it followed the same old formula (just about anyone that discovers Clark's secret is doomed).

I did think it was interesting Davis Bloom's character came full circle; he wasn't as tormented or conflicted with his darker half as much as we were led to believe. His Doomsday half just seemed to be inherent in his human side the whole time.
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Re: Smallville -- Season Finale -- "Doomsday" -- 5/14/09

I never thought I'd ever be compelled to use this quote but, in the words of Comic Book Guy, "worst... episode... EVER!" This was more anticlimactic than an episode of Charmed and those were the queens of the anticlimax.

Sheesh! Lemme guess, Jimmy's little brother is also called Jimmy and that's why he was wearing a bowtie. And Clark not once thought to use the Legion ring? Yes, I know Lois has it but you'd assume he'd think to use it and then discover it's missing. And this whole abandoning humanity crap was done (and much better) a few seasons ago. I also love Clark's rant about putting humanity on a pedestal, all the while ignoring the simple fact that Davis (even when you removie Doomsday from him) was never human. He's a Kryptonian test tube baby.

Oh and why didn't Clark pull out the dart himself? If it wasn't enough to kill him it should not have been enough to keep him from pulling it out. And why would Doomsday NOT kill the Justice League, Davis, and Chloe but it was more than happy to kill a little girl?

How could the writers get so much wrong and not manage to make anything compelling enough to hook you into another season?

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Re: Smallville -- Season Finale -- "Doomsday" -- 5/14/09

If Davis was born out of Kryptonian proto-plasm-goo, how did he have a human half? Nuture vs nature?

It was a meh episode for me. Needed more Supes vs Doomsday and less of the running in circles.

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Re: Smallville -- Season Finale -- "Doomsday" -- 5/14/09

Originally Posted by SuperBatMan
The only thing I semi-liked was Jimmy being retconned to his real age
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Sheesh! Lemme guess, Jimmy's little brother is also called Jimmy and that's why he was wearing a bowtie.
Yes. I believe that is what was happening. The priest said his name as Henry(?) James Olsen so his little brother may be James something Olsen too (with less than creative parents naming their offspring.

It was bad. Bad, bad, bad. And this season did start with such promise in the hopes of ENDING THE SERIES. Once it got another season, it went right down the shitter. I MAY watch next season, but I really don't care anymore.
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Re: Smallville -- Season Finale -- "Doomsday" -- 5/14/09

I'm gonna rename this episode "Doomsdud" because nothing really coalesced all that well.

The "Justice League" ended up far too inconsequential in execution. Oliver over-stepped his bounds.

The fight was over far too quick. Did Clark "jump" all the way back to Luthor's geothermal facility?

As soon as Jimmy found out Clark's secret, well, the handwriting's on the wall! LOL! Glad they introduced a Jimmy Olsen that would be more age-appropriate in the overall scheme of things (plus, the kid could have actually have the first name of "James" while Jimmy had Henry as his first name, so it's still weirdly possible that the kid turns into the Jimmy Olsen that we "know" from comic lore.

Lois, come back! The 21st century needs you!
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Re: Smallville -- Season Finale -- "Doomsday" -- 5/14/09

Yeah, the jump came outta nowhere. If they say that still doesn't count as flight, they gotta stop drinking Draino.

Everything Justice League related (including Oliver) was borderline retarded.

I hate the "real" Jimmy Olsen angle since the conceit of this show has always been that it exists in its own continuity. A comic lore friendly retcon of Jimmy Olsen is a very bad idea as it means they have to retcon everything in this show.

Why did Lois even put on the Legion ring? I can see her picking it up but I cannot see anyone being curious enough to put on some crappy ring they just found after they got into a huge brawl with their psychotic boss. Oh but the writers needed another reason for Durance to be missing for 60% of next season.

And given how royally they screwed up Doomsday (he's dumb and likes killing EVERYITHING! How do you fuck that up?!), I met the reveal of Zod with revulsion and dread as to how they will royally fuck him up too.

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