Smallville 8.01 Odyssey (2008, TV) – 3/10

Tom Welling: Clark Kent Allison Mack: Chloe Sullivan Erica Durance: Lois Lane Aaron Ashmore: Jimmy Olsen Cassidy Freeman: Tess Mercer Justin Hartley: Oliver Queen Writer (Characters’ Creator) Superman: Jerry Siegel Writer (Characters’ Creator): Joe Shuster Developer for Television: Alfred Gough Developer for Television: Miles Millar Phil Morris: Martian Manhunter Alaina Huffman: Dinah Lance / Black Canary Alan Ritchson: Arthur Curry / Aquaman Ari Cohen: Writer (Screenplay): Todd Slavkin Writer (Screenplay): Darren Swimmer Writer (Story): Brian Peterson Writer (Story): Kelly Souders Director: Kevin G. Fair

Smallville 8.01 Odyssey (2008) Lex, now power-less Clark and Chloe are all missing but all have teams looking for them. Lois is looking for Chloe, new LuthorCorp CEO Tess Mercer is looking for Lex and Oliver Queen, Black Canary and Aquaman are looking for Clark. 3/10 Typical for the opening show of a Smallville season, this resets everything back to normal inside forty minutes without much care or thought. The more you think about it, the worse it becomes. The producers tick off another sexy outfit for Erica Durance to wear (French maid) but it’s a lone high-, well, high-ish-point. Chloe’s new power (super-IQ) does make begrudging sense given the character’s history but that doesn’t stop it being indelicately dropped into the show. Surprisingly, Smallville bedrock Tom Welling looks entirely unconvinced throughout but let’s hope that, now he has his powers back, he starts to enjoy himself in what is reported to be the final season. This Smallville episode contains strong violence, gory and unpleasant scenes. Links Previous episode: Arctic Next episode: Plastique

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