** Spoiler Alert - Be warned that there are Season 8 spoilers ahead **
Smallville fans across the world sure have been through a lot since the curtain dropped on Season 7. With news that Michael Rosenbaum (Lex Luthor) and show creators/Executive Producers Al Gough and Miles Millar have stepped away, we’ve all wondered if Smallville will even resemble itself when it returns for Season 8 in the fall.
The good news is that the Justice League will return (sort of) to the frey in the first episode “Odyssey” in order to help find Clark (Tom Welling), who is presumably missing since his Season 7 finale encounter with Lex in the Fortress of Solitude.
I say, sort of, because the entire Justice League from that epic episode in Season 6 (”Justice”) won’t be around. Missing will be Impulse/Flash and Cyborg. However, Oliver Queen/Green Arrow will round up Aquaman (Alan Ritchson) and Black Canary (Alaina Huffman) to find our missing Kryptonian hero. While I would happily trade Aquaman for either of the two missing chums, I’m happy to hear that the JLA is somewhat returning. And Black Canary was a little underwhelming in her only episode (Season 7’s “Siren”), so hopefully she’ll come back and kick some butt.
And expect the CW show to begin exploring the Clark / Lois Lane (Erica Durance) dynamic more. Clark, in an effort to maintain a normal life, will [finally] take a job at the Daily Planet, right across the desk from Lois. One has to wonder how Smallville will handle the transition of this all-important love interest. Will Lana finally be replaced in Clark’s heart by Lois or will the show leave that transition up to the interpretation of viewers once it has ended.
Wishfully speaking, the show’s four remaining producers will be able to conjure up something worthy of the Smallville’s faithful fan following. What say you? Can Smallville rebound from the loss of Lex and Gough/Millar? I like to think as our bald-headed villain once said : “I like to keep my mind open to extreme possibilities.”





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