The new season is just around the corner, but the wheels of development keep turning in the background. There was a lot of news this week about new pilots, mid-season shows, and casting for some of our favorites. Some of that is hit and miss, depending on your preferences. For example, I’m not exactly thrilled with the Party Down casting news. On the other hand, anything that puts more Rachelle Lefevre on our TVs is always okay by me.

• Mad Men continues to toil in relative obscurity, but those few fans it has are very loyal, and they should be happy to learn that AMC has ordered up another season of the show.
• HBO has ordered a pilot from Mike White and Laura Dern called Enlightened. A self destructive woman has a spiritual awakening and becomes determined to live an enlightened life, which creates havoc at home and work. It sounds nothing like The C Word, which sounded nothing like United States Of Tara.
• FOX, on the other hand, is going a little more traditional. They have  ordered 13 episodes of Jack and Dan. It sounds more interesting if I also tell you that the show was created by Matt Nix, creator and executive producer of Burn Notice. It’s a buddy cop show that Nix calls an action comedy.

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(Season 8, Episode 13, “Power”)

Last week, I pondered what was Lana’s endgame. One of my theories was that she wanted to destroy Lex and his empire from within, and that she may be working with Oliver. Some of you left comments saying that maybe she was working with Martha Kent or even Lionel Luthor, or that Lana was pregnant and fled to hid her pregnancy and deliver the baby, while others wondered what Imra/Saturn Girl meant when she said that in the future Lana would be well-known.

Well this week’s installment of Smallville gave us a lot of answers and left us with a Lana 3.0 who deems herself to now be Clark’s equal! Why is it that everytime Lana is concerned, the show jumps a shark? Read the rest of this entry »

(Season 8, Episode 12, “Bulletproof”)

It’s no secret — I hate Lana Lang. Well, to be more precise, I hate the Smallville version of Lana Lang and have since the first episode ever of the series. Over the years, I’ve learned to tolerate the character. Imagine my joy when it was confirmed last year that Kristin Kreuk wasn’t returning to the series! Sadly, my “Lana Lang is gone” party was cut short when the network announced the actress would appear in a few episodes of season eight.

Since her reappearance in episode 8.10, we haven’t learned much about what Lana has been up to between the season seven finale and episode “Bride.” However, this week’s “Bulletproof” started to pave the way for some revelations set to unfold in next week’s episode. Until then, let’s compile what we learned about Lana 2.0 and make a few predictions, shall we? Read the rest of this entry »

(Season 8, Episode 11, “Legion”)

My favorite Smallville episodes are those filled with Superman mythology. So it’s without surprise that I enjoyed “Legion” even if my least favorite character — Lana — was a major part of the episode.

Thanks to Legion of Superheroes members Saturn Girl, Lightning Lad and Cosmic Boy, we were given a glimpse as to what Clark Kent’s future will entail. Yeah, yeah, I know, we already know about it thanks to the comics, the movies, the animated series and the other TV series. But let’s face it, Smallville already messed up a lot of Superman’s mythology, so why not decide to have him end up with Lana instead of Lois while we are at it?

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(Season 8, Episode 10, “Bride”)

“Why do these terrible things keep happening all around us?” – Lois

Last week’s warning that Doomsday was coming came to fruition in the final 2008 episode of The CW’s Smallville. Doomsday officially arrived, thanks to the increased budgets for Sweeps episodes! Sweeps also means surprise guest stars … so we were sadly treated to Lana’s return. Luckily, she didn’t make everything about herself and actually helped Clark move on a bit more. She also is involved in a mysterious storyline that could turn out to be interesting, especially if she is working with Lex.

Oh, and Lois? To answer your question, terrible things keep happening all around you because: 1) You are on a TV show, 2) it’s November Sweeps!

Here are my random thoughts about this week’s Smallville episode. Read the rest of this entry »

The CW

Last spring, many Smallville fans, including myself, were worried about the show’s direction. Let’s admit it, season 7 was not the series’ best, and news that the two front runners, Michael Rosenbaum and Kristin Kreuk, were leaving after the season finale made some of us worry even more about the show’s fate.

But if you are like me and gave the show yet another chance this season, you have been entertained each week by episodes that are filled with Superman mythology, action, twists and turns. It almost makes us forget that Lex Luthor is not part of the series anymore! Read the rest of this entry »