I am happy to report at least one bit of good news about the end of Smallville’s Season Six: the CW network finally released to fans their re-ups for next season which include “One Tree Hill,” “Supernatural,” and “Smallville.” Fans like me were worried that “Smallville” would go the way of “Gilmore Girls,” never to be seen again—despite the fact that after a couple of down seasons, the show seemed to regain its footing this year. I was happy to read there would be a Season Seven in the young Clark Kent’s future.
That is, until last night’s final episode.
The season finale saw the possible death of its two major heroines, Lana Lang and Chloe Sullivan, the first of which has long played Clark Kent’s true love interest throughout the series, and the second, Chloe, his faithful best friend and sidekick. After finally leaving a terrible marriage to Lex Luther, which prevented her long-awaited reunion with Clark, Lana gets into her car and it explodes. There was no sign that she got out. And in an attempt to help her cousin Lois Lane after a stabbing, Chloe’s elusive meteor rock “ability”—still unclear to her and Clark—may have swapped her life for Lois’s, leaving the newly healed Lois to pray that Chloe might be still alive.
My fear about these two shocking developments? That in the writers’ and producers’ attempt to finally let Clark Kent “become Superman”—an event that many fans have long-called for in the series—they somehow felt they needed both Lana and Chloe (known for her long time crush on Clark) out of the way so that Lois and Clark could finally become, well, Lois and Clark. So it’s very possible that fans have seen the last of Lana and Chloe, as they were sacrificed for a “higher purpose” it seems.
That’s my theory anyway. And I’m not happy about it. Alas, until next season…
posted May 19, 2007 at 12:44 am
Ah, but Donna -Did you actually see Lana get in that car? No, she said Lex ould never let her go. She kept Lionel on the phone long enough for him to get there. She runs to the car. The ice cream truck passes. She’s in the car. Boom! But is she really in the car? Or has the clever girl faked her own death and is now riding to freedom in the ice cream truck? Remember, she can’t even turn to Clark for help because she knows that Lex knows his weakness. Besides, he never told Lana he came to town with the meteors and has always felt responisble for her parents’ deaths. And -Lana Lang is part of the Superman legend – she’s his friend when he’s an adult and working at the DP. She’s alive. Chloe, otoh, could be toast.
posted May 22, 2007 at 4:15 pm
I agree about Lana, she got into the ice cream truck. But I also think that Chloe will be alright. Somehow, she will pull out of it. Granted, she isn’t part of the original Superman story, but a lot of it has already been changed (like th Lex – Clark friendship and Lex marrying Land – never happened in the story!) so there is no reason that Chloe can’t come back.
posted May 23, 2007 at 7:13 pm
Have no fear! I’m honestly surprised that you’re concerned for Lana’s safety. I thought the ice cream truck was a dead giveaway that her death was faked; it was so obvious that I thought viewers were supposed to consider her “death” a ruse. And given Chloe’s popularity, and the fact that she wasn’t confirmed dead, I don’t think there’s an ounce of likelihood that she’s gone for good, either. Spoiler alert: The word from cast members is that Chloe will return, and Mama Kent will not.
posted May 26, 2007 at 12:22 am
The actress who plays Lana will be back also. Lana obviously faked her death.