Smallville: Season 9

The season opener Clark is no longer in red and blue but in black since he has started training with his Kryptonian father at the fortress where he has learned to control his powers and starts displaying the family emblem when he does a save. Lois returns on a train with a three week gap in her memory. Chloe feels betrayed and becomes a recluse at Watchtower but Oliver and her become close when they start spending more time together. Lois and Clark become close after her return but every time she gets close to Clark she has memories from her time in the future. Tess and Clark get to see what Lois saw in the future which changes the way they handle the Kandorians. Clark gets to meet his biological father when his symbol is found in the desert and he goes to the Kent farm and Clark gets to talk to him just before he dies in his arms. Jor-El makes Clark promise to save Zod from himself and he agrees. Clark saves Zod's life when he is fatally wounded and Clark uses his blood to heal the wound unbeknownst to Clark that the blood gives Zod powers. Clark helps the Kandorians to blend in and create new lives with the help of Chloe. Clark learns about the JSA and what caused them to separate. Clark helps to bring the team back together and work with the new team. The Red Queen is introduced who is helping keep Clark safe from the bad in the world and stops people who try to hurt Clark. He finds out who the Red Queen is and is very surprised when he does. At the end of the season Clark pushes Lois to take a job in Africa and will not let her his secret. Clark finally is able to show the Kandorians the true side to Zod who is a murderer and deceptive person. Clark helps the Kandorians go to another place using the book of Rao but Zod wants to use a dagger made of blue kryptonite but after fighting with Clark he plunges it into him and Clark falls from the Watchtower to the street below just as Zod is taken into the portal. This is great addition to the collection.

All I can say is wow!!. This show is epic!! No other Superman show or movie can compare to the greatness of Smallville. Infact no other superhero show can compare either. Tom Welling puts such feeling and emotion into Clark Kent, really bringing him to life. Smallville has people from the other Superman movies starring in here or guests appearances in the show as well. Of course DC comics was involved giving insight. It's pretty epic and well thought out. Of course there are very important episodes explaining his past and who he is, as well as Clark experiencing life and life choices in other episodes. Alot of tie in's explaining how and why things came to be when he will one day be superman. I started renting Smallville via Netflix DVD via the mail. I was halfway through season 2. It was just taking too long for the turnaround time from Netflix. I couldn't wait any longer. I went and bought all 10 seasons on Amazon HD video at $29.99 each. I couldn't be any more happy. Best money I ever spent. I still continue to watch. Thank you Tom Welling, cast, and crew for bringing us Smallville. This show holds a special place in my heart. Highly recommend, you won't be disappointed guaranteed.

I haven't finished watching this, but my current comment is such: it's getting better AND worse.There are points throughout this series where you feel like you're getting a *fresh* glimpse into the Superman mythos, and there have been times where it seemed as though the creators are blatantly fighting for every female viewer they could. No offense, ladies, but the generic male audience isn't as concerned with the myriad love triangles throughout the series, and giving the women in Clark Kent's life the ability to go through time, or train to be assassins... well, it's a departure. I can see why people were so turned off by this series as a whole.That said, the middle seasons of this series tended to go further "out there" and gave fans the basis for what is happening in these later seasons. It's not so much that we watch this and have a sudden moment of clarity (there aren't many "THAT'S why that happened two seasons ago!" moments -- which makes me wonder how much foresight the writers possessed) but we're just more prepared for some of the weirdness that takes place in the 9th season.Also, it should be noted that there seems to be a heavy Buffy/Whedon influence by this point.One-off episodes are sprinkled throughout, and while they're tapping into at-the-moment mainstream, these episodes are written into the storyline.This review is meandering! Argh. But it's befitting for this item.My recommendation: if you enjoyed the past few seasons, this season is a step up. If you disliked the last few, but enjoyed the first few? Well, you're probably not watching anymore... but, if you are, there's a SLIGHT uptick in terms of interesting episodes and semi-cohesive weirdness.

I had Season 8, which is probably my favorite season, because I love the Doomsday plot. I also had Season 10, because I missed it on TV and of course wanted to see how the series ended. After watching Season 10, I really wanted to go back and see Lois and Clark (and Chloe and Oliver) fall in love. Smallville Season 9 does not disappoint. While the Zod/Kandorian plotline can get a bit confused/heavy, I thought the writers did a great job, over the whole series really, showing how Clark comes to terms with his role on Earth. They also developed Lois well, showing why she is crucial to Clark's ability to remain focused on his goals, and how she lightens his load. I absolutely love Justin Hartley as Oliver Queen/Green Arrow (to the point that I haven't watched the CW's new Arrow show, because I can't imagine anyone else in the role.) He is such a wonderful foil to Clark's seriousness and responsibility. Wonderful season.

As Smallville reaches its ninth season Clark finally begins to embrace his destiny but finds that something is still holding him back. Meanwhile Tess Mercer gets in over her head as she finds she has released a battalion of depowered Kryptonian soldiers lead by Major Zod and a secret government agency begins to prepare for a war they believe is coming.Season nine of Smallville is an entertaining, if inconsistent, instalment of the show that includes some very good episodes as well as some unfortunately lacklustre episodes. This season is somewhat darker than previous seasons but still has some good humour her and there. The special effects are generally good but some of the props used in some episodes have an unfortunately plastic look to them (such as the Cosmic Staff).This season sees the introduction of a number of characters and organisations from DC Comics. Metallo, Roulette, Mia Dearden, the Wonder Twins and Silver Banshee all make appearances in one form or another as well as versions of the Justice Society of America (Hawkman, Stargirl, Dr Fate along with references to a number of others such as the Golden Age Flash and Green Lantern) and Checkmate (Amanda Waller, the Suicide Squad and Maxwell Lord). There is also a character in one episode very loosely based on Captain Marvel.The episodes of this season are generally entertaining with 'Crossfire', 'Idol' and 'Checkmate' being favourites but it is the double length 'Absolute Justice' that is the stand out episode of the season and is probably my favourite episode of the entire show. On the downside, many of the episodes concentrating on Zod and the Kandorians are somewhat dull in places.The performances of everyone in the series are generally on a par with that of the previous seasons. Callum Blue is reasonably good as Major Zod (he is somewhat hammy but this is somewhat appropriate for the character) and Julian Sands is very good as a younger Jor-El.Overall this was a good season of Smallville but while there are some individual episodes that I would give a full five stars, I feel the series as a whole deserves a solid four.

Unfortunately had to give a star to write the review. I purchased this DVD second hand from an American company called momex I was really looking forward to watching this after watching all of the previous ones and when I put the smallville DVD in the CD/DVD player the display told me wrong region, when i looked on the back of the DVD I noticed that the DVD said not for sale outside of the USA or Canada. Very disappointed.

Fantastic season and great buy. Some great episodes, my favorites are,RabidEchoAbsolute JusticeWarriorPersuasionEscapeSalvationGreat season. We are introduced to a new season regular, Callum Blue (Zod). This season contains possibly the scariest episode of Smallville, Rabid, and the funniest episode, Escape.A great season. Much better than season 8. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

Loved it

My wife is a fan of Small ville the complete ninth series.