Wow, a *tenth* season? That is amazing! They've really complicated things now. Clark and Lois have aged so much, it's all but impossible *not* to make him Superman! But there are still important stages missing before he takes that leap. Of course, I'm always yammering about the years of discovery, where Clark journeyed the Earth learning about humanity. That should have happened right after he left high school, but that's been skipped. I was thinking he'd still go on that journey at series' end. So, rather than him marrying Lois at this juncture, I wonder if they'll probably end the series with Clark still going off to find himself.
I can see this: major events take place, perhaps Luthor, Doomsday, Zod all attack in the same year. In the ensuing struggles, Chloe dies (that was forshadowed years ago when she said, "I'd die rather than reveal your secrets, Clark"), Metropolis is devastated, the nascent JL is hit hard, Lana comes back and helps, Lois is injured. Clark realizes his life will never be the same. Perhaps his sorrow, anger, and resolution to improve himself--to be ready for the life he realizes he now *must* embrace--will cause him to leave Smallville/Metropolis to heal and grow, to see the world that Green Arrow is always telling him he must understand in order to lose the naive views he still has of the world. I can see Clark also not telling Lois he's Superman, the events making him more convinced than ever that bringing her fully into his life would only serve to endanger her. So, they break up, she still doesn't know his secret, and he leaves on that journey. Maybe Lois says something like "You'll be back one day, and I'll be here waiting, Smallville". Now, since the creators of the show swore the costume would never be worn and he'd never fly, I'm not sure if they'll bend those rules. Perhaps the creators simply met this would never happen *in* the series, but intended to do it at series end. So I'd end it with a sad but resolute Clark turning his back on his home, looking skyward, and finally--finally!--flying toward a world of adventure. I'd still leave the red-and-blue suit out of the picture, though. And to say this for the millionth time, it is a darn shame that DC decided it'd be too confusing to have Tom Welling and Erica Durance play Lois and Clark in the Superman movies. They have the perfect looks, attitudes, and chemistry. They'd make far superiour big screen characters than the weak and bland Routh and Bosworth of "Superman Returns". ************************************************************************* http://tv.yahoo.com/blog/smallville-predictions-for-the-season-no-one-couldve-predicted--1076 Yahoo! TV Blog Smallville': Predictions for the Season No One Could've Predicted Wow. I mean, just, wow. " Smallville " has been renewed for another season, the show's tenth. Do you know how few shows get ten seasons in this day and age? " Lost " is ending after only six; " 24 " will likely end after eight. But "Smallville" is harder to kill than Superman himself. We couldn't believe the show came back this year, so we're beyond flabbergasted by this latest renewal. It's obviously impossible to predict anything about this show, but here are our best guesses about next season: A New Name and Costume Now that Clark is regularly going on patrol as the Blur and wearing a kinda-sorta superhero outfit, it's time for him to take that next step. It's possible that they'll come up with a new take on the traditional Super-suit, but we're guessing they'll settle for the classic red-and-blue we all know so well. The "Kent Hardly Wait" Wedding We've all seen " Lois & Clark ," so we know it's coming. Eventually, Clark is going to tell his secret to the one person you should never tell secrets to — a talkative, fame-hungry reporter with delusions of grandeur. And he's going to tell her because, while lying to the girl you're dating is OK, lying to the girl you've been browbeaten into proposing to is most assuredly not. The Death of Chloe When a series comes to an end, its main characters can come out of things in one of two ways: alive and happy or dead and a hero. And as everyone knows, Chloe Sullivan has no place in established Superman mythology, so expect her to valiantly sacrifice herself, only to be resurrected six months later on a new CW show. The Return of Lex Luthor We're not saying it'll be Michael Rosenbaum — although, really, what's he doing right now? — but Lex Luthor is Superman's greatest foe, so we have to imagine that he'll eventually return in one form or another. Maybe he'll get plastic surgery to repair his burned and possibly blown-up flesh and look like a totally different bald actor. Whatever he looks like, he's going to be a member of... The Legion of Doom Granted, the show can barely get the lion's share of the Justice League on the screen at any given time, but more and more it seems like for anybody to defeat Clark Kent, they need to get a group of evil super-types together at once. Combine the powers of Metallo, Parasite, Toyman, Bizarro, Brainiac, Maxima, Doomsday, and Lex Luthor, and Clark Kent isn't making it to Season 11. Fingers crossed!
