Smallville Season 10... 14 Years Later

[@KataMiyo]

Smallville gave us the best Lois, the best Clark, and the best Lex. Oh and imo the best Clois ❤️💙💛

[@superbrian7997]

It also gave us “Whites Only” in a country that is one of the most ethnically diverse nations on planet earth.

[@a_lost_one]

Nothing is stopping you from watching a more 'diverse' superhero show, and there are more now than ever. @@superbrian7997

[@RoboBoomStick]

You have never watched the show have you? @@superbrian7997

[@thataintfalco7106]

⁠@@superbrian7997while it is kinda silly there’s very little other races in the show, I don’t think it’s that big of a deal lol. Just don’t think about it too hard. Besides, diversity isn’t the end all be all of a shows quality anyway. Superman, Lex, and most superheroes are mostly white in their source material, and since this this adapting that, you might as well direct the blame toward the 100 year old comics that started thus

[@briandavid7849]

Nobody cares​@@superbrian7997

[@ShinySephiroth1]

"When Chloe leaves to join a cult" 😂

[@ceougin20]

Oof 😅

[@JR5112]

Never got to the later seasons personally but thats just unintentionally poetic

[@bobbyclarkston8836]

Took the words right out of my mouth

[@yuukitaiyou]

Tbf she served her time already

[@ceougin20]

@@JR5112 not literally joined a cult. Just another dig at Mack. Chloe just was gone for half a season doing whatever she thought was best.

[@Beetmagnet]

It had the perfect combination of seriousness and campiness, with the best possible Lois and Clark.

[@SteppaPig96]

I still have every season of Smallville on dvd, lowkey got a little emotional watching this vid lmao I just started rewatching again for the first time in years I’m on season 4😭

[@kiarie9288]

this show genuinely changed my life. I can't even describe it

[@funkyreapercat5280]

Give it a try

[@pisstakecentral]

No it didn't

[@JasonWickham-k2z]

Something I think a lot of people miss about this series: It wasn't primarily a modern live-action super hero show. It was a night-time soap opera with super heroes as the main characters.

[@katherinealvarez9216]

Is it just me, or is it the longer a superhero show goes on, the more nuts it gets?

[@kyushirokun]

I'm guessing it kinda has to, at the risk of being called repetitive (how many times did they pull the "Lana is dead..... Until next season" trope? 😂 )

[@GreekDudeYiannis]

In all fairness, the comics back in the day got pretty friggin' nuts.

[@demianoff]

Comics just released silent knight. A batman / santa clause comic about vampires. All superhero things are crazy

[@bobyouruncle8433]

I mean the boys starts of nuts

[@superbrian7997]

Is it just me or is it the longer a show goes on that started out ethnically diverse, it becomes Caucasian Homogeneous over time. This happened to Heroes. This happened in X-Men: First Class. This happened in Smallville. Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action. - Ian Fleming Grey’s Anatomy is one of the very few outliers in this case. And that’s because a black woman by the name of Shonda Ryhmes is the creator and showrunner of it!

[@StareachValcin]

I honestly like the final season of Smallville, in spite of some slight issues. Darkseid is the perfect final villain, and while I did wish the season had more of him in it, Darkseid slowly corrupting the people of Earth was a pretty good way to challenge Clark towards his final steps to being Superman. It even brings up the darkness Clark has been carrying since perhaps Jonathan Kent's death, and how he overcomes it with the help of his true love Lois Lane. Also, Jor-El didn't really abandon Clark this season, despite claiming to Kara that he disowned Clark. The problem was that Jor-El was aware of Darkseid, and Clark's own darkness put him at risk against Darkseid. In fact, when Clark first confronted Darkseid, he already lost due to the darkness in his heart, and Kara had to protect him. Clark saw for himself that he couldn't defeat Darkseid. If anything, Jor-El needed to give Clark the room to grow and overcome his darkness, but he never stopped believing in Clark, which was shown by how he kept the Superman suit in the fortress for Clark to get when he was ready. Once Clark started to overcome his darkness, be in a better relationship with Lois, and start trusting humanity again, he could be seen as a beacon of hope, a light that could even threaten Darkseid's plans, which is when Darkseid decided to use some of his contingency plans to stop Clark. Darkseid even tried to use a gold kryptonite to permanently disarm Clark of his powers. Fortunately, Chloe prevented that. I'm also glad that Lex Luthor came back during the series finale and his final confrontation with Clark in the finale. I was even okay with Tess in the final season, her Luthor lineage, and her sacrifice to protect Clark's secret from Lex. I still honestly wish that Clark was shown wearing the Superman suit in the Smallville finale. Even so, Smallville was a great story of how Clark became Superman. Better than Zack Snyder's misguided take on Superman. I also still don't like how the live action crisis on infinite earths had Smallville Clark give up on being Superman after all that time learning to accept his destiny as Superman.

[@ProjektTaku]

I mean, his design was pretty ass tho. I understand that they couldn't do a proper CGI Darkseid, but couldn't they have done what they did with Doomsday and do a fairly good costume version?

[@Lionhart1991]

i liked the crisis on infinite take

[@DSan-kl2yc]

​@@ProjektTaku I never thought about a costume approach. Luckily they didn't have him actually appear often. He's more of a spirit. Maybe they should have used a costume but some effects so he's still a spirit type creature though

[@ProjektTaku]

@@DSan-kl2yc yeah, fair point.

[@angelsackson]

@@Lionhart1991nope. Ridiculous.

[@Jose-Luis.Garnica-Sanchez]

Definitely my favorite show to this day. Lately I've been catching up with Talkville lol

[@lifeisberserk9566]

Same man

[@FireTrainer92]

That little bit of Crisis made me shed a tear. I really miss the Arrowverse and the fact it made that small reunion possible.

[@randallflagg3700]

That crossover was indeed a lot of fun, and for a while it was the only adaptation of *Crisis on Infinite Earths* that we had... that's no longer the case, thanks to part 1 of the new movie that came out today as part of the Tomorrowverse. Long live CRISIS!

[@patogamer1498]

i was crying but bc of smalllville in that scene

[@lunatickgeo]

Thank you for articulating something that I never could! That's what I love about Tess! She's the redeemed Lex! I love Tess, she stepped up and made an amazing replacement for, at first, Rosenbaum and then Mack but she was her own character. There was something about her strength (without being annoying) and vulnerability (without being pathetic) that worked so well, and you just spelled it out for me to finally realize what it is: it's the Smallville Lex as he could have been, as he wanted to be. I'd like to think that's why they killed her off, with her working with Superman, it'll be like Lex was working with him and there is nothing they couldn't do together.

[@CrossOutBryce]

This came out at the best time. I got really into binging the series from November to Christmas. I knocked out 4 seasons and caught up with your retrospectives. I was JUST going through Smallville withdrawal when you dropped this!

[@samuelmckoy-johnson5726]

I love Smallville I started watching it recently I was kinda too young to watch when it was on but I grew up watching Arrow and Flash and the other CW DC shows and it’s great to know that Smallville paid the way for the other shows I grew up loving like Flash and Arrow.

[@matthewhood7844]

Cassidy Freeman as Tess just kept getting better.

[@marcaddow7326]

Smallville was a Whole Mood and a vibe maaan! Haha so nostalgic dude

[@superbrian7997]

Yes, Smallville was a mood and whole vibe of white supremacy and black erasure

[@logan2b]

One of your earlier videos on the show is what got me to watch smallville, I finished it this past March and loved it

[@sonicraptor3145]

I'm actually in the middle of watching Smallville for the first time, and this just dropped! Looking forward to checking this out.

[@DJDigitalDamon]

The cheese of Smallville has aged so well.

[@lifeisberserk9566]

That's one of the best things about it it grows with time

[@chrisromero2608]

Weird that I literally just finished a year long rewatch of the entire series last night and now this video gets uploaded today. 😅

[@VALonYouTube]

On a second unrelated note, are there any plans for a video celebrating the 25th anniversary of Batman Beyond on Wednesday 1/10? Thank you so much for your time and all your content.

[@Michael-Phantom]

I remember for the video package of ppl talking about what the blurr means, they actually had a web page where fans did those videos and submitted them to be chosen.

[@DaWelshman]

Damn, I'm finally at s10 of this show. And what a damn ride, shit was crazy

[@jadenbryant9283]

this was fucking great dude your Smallville series was an amazing tribute and it reminded me why i love Smallville btw are you going to do a video on the Smallville season 11 comics

[@DarthDread-oh2ne]

I feel like Pete should have returned in homecoming.

[@kaiwancallender2761]

Love the last season of Smallville such a fantastic ending. I don’t care if anybody’s like Smallville Smallville, so deceased seeds.

[@randallflagg3700]

wat

[@lyteskys1]

The best part of this show is watching the evolution of technology and culture. Moving from Ms Cleo reference and dial up, to touch screen phones and how life came to be over the world's most technology advanced decade

[@5lim.0]

This and Supernatural right after

[@mr.goblin6039]

Smallville is pretty much the blueprint for all superhero tv shows, to the point you can see its influence in other shows. Most of the future DC shows, live action and animated, to other series’ on the CW like Vampire Diaries to Legacies, to even Marvel shows, you see a lot of what Smallville did. Some did it pretty well, others did it better, but not many do is AS good as Smallville.

[@christinecochou2112]

❤️❤️super vidéo couple épique !! Une chimie fabuleuse fait en tant que lois et Clark !!! L'alchimie entre eux deux était incroyable erica a apporté tellement de lumière quelle superbe histoire d'amour 💕💕

[@retroforager]

i started watching you back when you had like 20k-ish subs and man i am so happy that you've gotten to 10x that. surely youll be hitting the millions soon and i cant wait for the day! your content is the best.

[@mirelaandrei8917]

Thanks for your commentary for this video,it was great and it also made me cry around the end 👏👏👏

[@jasoncook3967]

Good work Leo I always appreciate your essays and that was a hell of a wrap up I look forward to the next thing you choose to do

[@Windona]

Funny enough, the s11 comics writer seemed to agree regarding Tess and brought her back.

[@VALonYouTube]

On an unrelated note, I recently found out that the complete Batman: The Animated Series is available to stream in the UK with any Prime Video subscription at no extra cost. Thought you should know.

[@Dan-zz5yv]

Love this series, thank you for articulating my love for this show in a way that I never can!

[@bensneb360]

Smallville definitely had its up and down, definitely some peaks and valleys, but boy did they stick the ending really well, some superhero tv best

[@lunatickgeo]

While I waffle on who is the better Superman, Cavill or Welling (I'm leaning on Welling being the better Clark and Cavill as the better Superman --- which is a copout since Welling was almost never Superman) there is no doubt in my mind that I have yet to see a better Lois than Erica Durance. Her Lois is criminally underrated, she brilliantly straddles comic relief, spunky sidekick, romantic interest, female lead, and major supporting character all at once (as her character weaves through those roles in seven seasons).

[@superbrian7997]

Bro have you ever seen Teri Hatcher as Lois Lane in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman?! You’ll be singing a much different tune once you get a load of Dean Cain & Teri Hatcher’s chemistry from this gem from the 1990’s.

[@superbrian7997]

Dean Cain is the best Clark Kent ever! Christopher Reeve will never be surpassed as DC Comics Best Superman in a live action film.

[@lunatickgeo]

@@superbrian7997 I agree that it is criminal that I completely forgot about Christopher "Superman" Reeve. He sets the bar, not just on Superman but on live action superheroes period. I guess in my defense, he's such a given that he's like a Hall of Famer, he can no longer be put into consideration because he'll always be number one. As for Lois & Clark, yes I saw exactly one episode (as well as a smattering of scene when I'd catch episodes of the show as this was when you had to catch the show on its timeslot or miss it forever) to know that they are _not_ my Lois or my Clark. Welling beats Cain and Durance beats Hatcher. Granted this is all subjective so it's not like you're wrong (except me when I completely missed on Reeve, that is really bad of me)

[@FadzaiSimango]

"When Chloe leaves to join a cult" Oh, that's not- 💀

[@mattbart08]

I was going to say: don’t forget about the arrowverse crossover scene. And you took care of it. Well done.

[@stevenoneil5785]

You doing the season 11 comic with Batman, Wonder Woman and crisis on infinite earths my guy?

[@vmaninc.761]

15:51 To this day I genuinely believe that if Clark disregarded his father's extremely harsh and semi hypocritical Judgment; gave lex benefit of the doubt and told him his secret right then and there when he came to him about his suspicions I'm pretty sure that Lex would have went down an entirely different path where they both would have became greatest allies instead of mortal enemies, sure there would have been up and down moments between the two where Lex's curiosity and thirst for knowledge would test Clark's patients but in the end they would have been able to come to terms with each other and been on the same destiny of changing the world for the better rather than vying for control over the fate of the world, it would have been extremely nice if we had gotten a what if Episode to show that being the case plus rewriting the finale where the alternate version of Lex being the classic villain we all know coming to their Earth and this version facing off against his doppelganger and even though tragically taking his sister tess mercer's place in losing his life being the one to wipe his memory of everything he learned of Clark's identity as Superman symbolizing his ultimate Victory against his inner Darkness as well as a parting gift to team Superman; solidifying his loyalty to his best friend and brother!💯🔥😁😉👍

[@kristenballinger500]

Great summary of Season 10! It’s my favorite season of the series. Lionel coming back as a villan makes since however as that version of him never had the influence of Clark Kent in his life. He didn’t have the “Transference” moment that changed his character arc for the better that the original Lionel did. Instead in his world, he got ahold of Clark as a baby and continue to be the villain and made Clark Luthor the villain too.

[@CoffeeBrainzz]

This show and characters made me feel like I went to high school and college with them 🤓 Smallville is my home!

[@jamiesalter148]

Dude. Mr. Always hitting the nail on the head, I loved this episode. Thank you.

[@Bored0720]

Finally! The end of the videos that got my to binge all your videos 🥳🥳😭😭

[@washyourhands907]

Been waiting so long for this final episode to drop!!! 👏👏👏

[@donjohnson2758]

The reason why we never see him in the costume is because of “no tights no flights” rule. Tom Welling held on to that rule until the end.

[@tefweebz]

I really hoped that the episode “Homecoming” where Brainiac shows clark the past, present and future would get discussed more thoroughly, it was a beautiful episode, not only for Clark’s growth and visions of what he could do better, it was an amazing episode for how it solidified Clark and Lois’ future.

[@kyledavis526]

Watching the final episode right now

[@leriava]

This show gave us the best ever Lex Luthor. Equal to the cartoon one imo. Back when I watched this series he was my favorite character.

[@BreezeTheBeard]

Hey man i think your takes are brilliant, that being said, I can help your short form content game. So you can show the world what you mean.

[@mateoavila3823]

So cool!!!!! SMALLVILLES THE BEST!! U TOO

[@CaptainQ2607]

Tom and Erica had great chemistry, I was so pleased to see them both in Crisis on Infinite Earths

[@giovannigiovanni.7220]

I hated it in terms of Clark giving up his powers which is why I say it's A Smallville Earth but not THE Smallville Earth.

[@ShinySephiroth1]

Never been this early!

[@ShinySephiroth1]

Oh, dang! I was first!

[@WillSralhrim]

"and I was a smiling babie again...althroug that souded creepy" Why it so funny

[@phoebezimmerer7572]

I can't believe now that the first Smallville video was my introduction to this channel

[@ShinySephiroth1]

I'm excited for your take on the comics!

[@DarthDread-oh2ne]

Pete should have been in homecoming episode.

[@kalanyazzie3972]

I’ve been putting off the last season, I only have 12 episodes left now I gotta go watch it before thissssssssss damn

[@noakai]

I haven't rewatched Smallville since its original airing so I honestly don't remember a whole lot of it, but I remember really liking the last season and thinking that it had regained a lot of its heart. I may do a rewatch to see if that is still my impression lol. But on the whole, I remember this show fondly and I still think Michael Rosenbaum was the absolute best Lex we've ever gotten in anything. (I was also very fond of their version of Clois but then Superman & Lois happened and took that crown).

[@jasonpratt5126]

Wait, was this the Mercy video!? IP: "That's what it sounds like to me!"

[@aliminator1310]

It's great to see you again, man!😀

[@Guilherme-Cassel]

I like the reason why he never flies.. and all the other kryptions do. Its because he never accepted his fate, his powers, he was always hiding, always trying to fit, always trying to be a human He only flies when he finally realise that his disguise should not be superman, but actually clark, and when he's out there saving, he's 100% himself with no disguise. That makes he fly.

[@71775926]

"The best Lois ever" Amen to that.

[@Apfeljunge666]

I kinda wish you had talked a little bit more about the smallville section the Arrowverse Crisis event.

[@Mlghighlits]

I ve been waiting for this video

[@tvariuness]

But ultimately this version of Lois did in fact get in the way of Clark being Superman and being a shining example for the world. That's kind of f***** up if you think about it.

[@primerose9555]

But did she really? Do you know for sure?

[@SunnyDayzze]

I disagree. If you really understood the show, you’ll come to realize that all Clark ever wanted was to be normal, human. He spent so much time avoiding his destiny. And I feel Lois was even trying to encourage him to pursue it. But ultimately, he decided to pursue another path. And honestly, that ending in Crisis works well for this version of Clark Kent.

[@giovannifaglioni]

crap it's 0:35 and i'm cracking up already you're great lol

[@marianneabramovici4330]

Thanks for this séries. Love it. Best analysis ever

[@jordanmatondou3144]

I hope you do the comics only season 11 too

[@PegasusPablo]

Callum Blue looks like drunk David Tennant.

[@icarusflys6856]

7:05 how do i not remember this scene?? Ive watched Smallville a million times and i feel like ive never seen this with Lois and Clark and Jorel and Laura..

[@randallflagg3700]

It's from episode 8 of season 10, "Abandoned"... You might remembered it better as the Granny Goodness episode?

[@icarusflys6856]

@@randallflagg3700 I remember that episode. But not that scene! Weird.

[@711desmond]

Nice the return of something that was changing your mind

[@christophergarrett7082]

I hated how clark never wore the superman suit and Darkseid never having a full blown fight with clark

[@DaWelshman]

Rewatching this show got rid of the nostalgia i had for it, and kinda replaced it with endearment. It felt like watching someone try to show you something cool.

[@Ohmargod]

I haven't watched your videos for some time, but coming back makes me realize how much I adore your storytelling. Your love for the shows or characters always comes through and it makes me appreciate them and especially your work so much more. Thank you for being there and sharing your passion with us.

[@Montrealien]

Small ville ❤

[@Aughlag]

Truly the Superhero novella of all time

[@jimmyolsenblues]

I am 54, this is the show that was a bond between my children and me, my daughter is gonna be 30 in July. RACHAEL ANNE CALL YOUR FATHER.

[@loquez_133dg5]

This intro song is amazing

[@MarkSmith-th1ij]

Nicely done!! Smallville is the best superhero show ever. Not perfect but full of heart and character development. I often thought that because the characters were so interesting you didn't really need superpowers or big stunts. My favorites were Erica Durance and Tom Welling who portrayed what I believe are the best versions of Lois and Clark. Their banter and flirting elevated every episode they were in together. Rosenbaum was a great fully developed person who just leaned more to the dark side. Kristin did the best she could as Lana. John Schneider and Annette O'toole were the best Johnathan and Martha. John Glover was fabulous. Loved Justin Hartley's take on Green Arrow. Enjoyed many of the recurring guest stars particularly Alan Ritchson, Greg Morris, Kyle Gallner and the wonderful Serinda Swan!! Don't think we will ever see another superhero show that lasts this long and has such a great impact. Warts and all it is a wonderful show to experience!!

[@vzerby]

How dare you not cover Tom Welling's return in the Crisis event for the CWDC crossover.

[@popeye697]

Who's Tom Wellington?

[@Ibmz]

S10 storyline feels even more relevant today especially about the political stuff and the government taking away everyone rights as soon as it feels threatened😢

[@alexneff]

I've I forgot that daniel jackson had wings

[@weelzneal4768]

Chloe the kind of chick that will hold down another chick to be branded by her man, if thats not best girl then idk wtf to tell ya

[@johnpaulgontor2362]

Smallville: Arrowverse Blade,XMen, and Spider Man:MCU

[@lifeisberserk9566]

Forever my favorite show of all time

[@Net.NobodyStu]

I haven’t watched season ten in a while but i don’t remember it being that memorable but also not forgettable Definitely the production value sucks but at least they tried to give us good episodes

[@matthewhecht9257]

I did enjoy this season, but it could not live up to season 9. The Hawkman episodes were the best.

[@raidengoodman8754]

While still nostalgic for season 10, coming off the highs of season 9 even as a kid it was slightly disappointing with the rose tinted glasses off. It's not bad by any means, just not the best. I did absolutely love episodes like Homecoming, Ambush, Luthor, Icarus, Beacon, Fortune, Scion, Kent, Dominion, and some of the finale

[@-_-murilo2865]

Pretty good series, but are you going to go over the comics, even if briefly?

[@tobycattel]

you reed my mind i have been rewatching smallville again the truth is about tom welling his birthday is april 26th and mine is april 25th lucky dor me i got blue shirt and red leather jacket i choose to watch it because i learned the writers who made this show they also made the screen script of my childhood spider man 2 with sam raimi

[@phillyvoodoo]

Im watching "Impulse" on KZbin Premium and its awesome even though the main protagonist is written so unlikable, it has amazing production, cast, direction and acting for a web streaming series..... I was just wondering if KZbin has the budget to continue with licensef properties like a Smallville Season 11 or a reboot and do the modern shortened 10 episode season arc..... Thoughts??????

[@loganhurley4764]

Bro I just got it: Tess Mercer… Teschmacher.

[@scottmcclary594]

what was the song during the credits?!

[@UthmaanXDFire]

I was waiting so long for this, this is awesome

[@NintendoHighSchool]

Anyone else see how HOT Tom Welling is in the show Lucifer? I swear he's more jacked in that show than he ever was as Clark and the thirst was REAL

[@johndaily263]

I couldn’t get over how stiff he was.

[@NintendoHighSchool]

@@johndaily263 You and I watched for very different reasons lmao

[@robertcorr6971]

I love season 10 as well, man.

[@jimmyolsenblues]

I CRIED LIKE A BABY EPISODE 100 WHEN PA KENT DIED.

[@JoseMendoza-df1ld]

As bad as Gotham is, at least they gave us Batman in full costume once at the very end, which felt like they were throwing shade at Smallville.

[@QuietVillain]

Dark sied is a 5th dimensional character hes an entity, so he was done pretty well with canon. And budget. And writing as an omen to come. Foreshadowing greater fights and adventures ahead. Ie the comics or what came after smallville.

[@phillyvoodoo]

Who's keeping up with the Talkville Podcast???