Saturday, October 20, 2007

Smallville Still Rolling

It amazes me that Smallville is not only in its seventh season but that the series is still going strong. The ratings are as consistent as they have every been. There's been four episodes this season and besides last week's episode (too much rehashing of the freak of the weak storyline) season seven has been pretty outstanding.

There were two things that I loved about Thursday's episode. One they finally dropped the name--Martian Manhunter--with reference to John Jones (played brilliantly by Phil Morris). So that was cool (and I also like how they have tied Martian Manhunter to Superman's father, Jor-El...it definitely works with the framework of Smallville).

Secondly, Dean Cain guest-starred as Dr. Knox, a doctor with the know-how of curing meteor freaks. It was further revealed that Dr. Knox was more than a doctor...he's immortal. They never dropped the name of Vandal Savage...but that is who Dean Cain was playing. That was awesome how they never said his name but definitely implied that's who he was.

Just thought it was a good episode...that caught me by surprise how they incorporated the villainous, Vandal Savage.

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