I know, Rodger: 218 episodes of Smallville and there were – and this
is being generous – only fifteen or so episodes really worth watching. Smallville mostly
retread the usual teenage drama found on hour-long shows that have actors in
their twenties portray teens in high school. Occasionally (and not often
enough), things went boom. Usually (and way too often), Lana, Chloe, and Lois conveniently blacked out (I think there is something
severely wrong with them – you cannot spend that much time unconscious and also
have a clean bill of health. There are gaps in your memory, Lana? Then
you are not well). In the end, you don’t even really get to see Tom Welling don
the Superman suit. I waited ten years for that.
