Smallville: Kelly Souders Previews End of Season

Smallville: Kelly Souders Previews End of Season

In an interview with My Gossip Blog, Smallville executive producer Kelly Souders shared some tidbits about what's to come on Smallville.

By EdGross - Apr 27, 2010 08:04 PM EST
Filed Under: Smallville
Source: My Gossip Blog

Of "Sacrifice" Souders says, "We will see Tess and Chloe go head to head. What is interesting when we were working on that episode is we sat down and really started thinking about these two women and started drawing so many parallels between them. They’re really similar, because they’ve sacrificed so much for their belief systems. They’ve made a lot of personal sacrifices, and we’re not really sure whose sacrifices are going to pay off in the end.”

Of the relationship between Chloe and Oliver Queen, Souders says, "They have a very nice chemistry on screen, and that was noticed. You definitely get to see the two of them have a nice arc at the end of this run. Chloe is hopefully going to end on the winning team in love for the first time. I won’t make any promises that it won’t be complicated, but … they’re really fun to watch on screen, and they have a connection that neither of them have with anyone else, even like with Lois or Clark, who are the other two main characters in their lives. The two of them have a lot more to bond over.”

And of the season finale, "Salvation," she says: "It's going to bring all of our characters on a new playing field as far as relationships go or their position in the mythology. Clark takes on the bigger hero mantle in it. That’s definitely an evolution in his journey to being the Superman that we love.”

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retr0g0dfather
retr0g0dfather - 4/27/2010, 8:59 PM
Sounds awesome!
peterparker420
peterparker420 - 4/27/2010, 9:38 PM
THIS..IS...AWESOME!! ED GREAT SCOOP!

I can't wait for the NEW episode FRIDAY!!

ED- when is Batman B an B going to be NEW AGAIN?
THIS friday I hope!


cue TEA!
TDKR11
TDKR11 - 4/27/2010, 9:45 PM
Good Scoop, lets hope they end better then they did last season.
Redhood
Redhood - 4/27/2010, 10:12 PM
WIth all the JSA and JLA cameos happening in the last episode I hope we see at least some of them kicking the kandorians asses!
Pooh
Pooh - 4/27/2010, 10:12 PM
I've never been a big fan of the finales. It's like what George Lucas says: "A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing." But I did like 'Phantom' from season 6 and 'Arctic' from seaon 7. I think they screwed up Lex for most of season 7, but 'Arctic' was classic Lex.
Kiki83
Kiki83 - 4/27/2010, 11:40 PM
Sounds like Kelly Souders is effectively saying that she thinks the Chloe/Oliver relationship is more interesting than the Clark/Lois one. And I'll believe it when I see it, about Clark Kent becoming more Supermanly. Last year's finale was supposed to be epic too. The reality was an epic train wreck.
JLanphear
JLanphear - 4/27/2010, 11:58 PM
"Clark takes on the bigger hero mantle in it." I smell something awesome at the end of this season. Also, pay attention to what she said about Chloe. She said that she would be on the "winning team with love" this time. I'm thinking that essentially knocks her out of the running for the season finale death. :)
Ranger14
Ranger14 - 4/28/2010, 12:53 AM
grtrman@ The show is Smallville, not Superman. It is about Clark Kent's journey to becoming Superman. And for those that say 9 years is long enough, it is 9 seasons, which doesn't necessarily equate to 9 years on screen. If sitcoms, series and soaps followed actual timelines the characters would never age as slow or as fast as some of them do. Watch a soap and see how quickly the kids grow up.
InstigatorGIRL
InstigatorGIRL - 4/28/2010, 1:18 AM
@Tea Man I haven't gotten laid for a few days and all this talk of sucking and horny is making me antsy in my pantsy. LMAO. jk

@Brian "Oh, and I say for all of us, TEABAG SUCKS!!" Speak for yourself C U N T hole...
InstigatorGIRL
InstigatorGIRL - 4/28/2010, 2:24 AM
lol. @Teabag obviously not in my pants. LMAO.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 4/28/2010, 3:11 AM
TEA @ LMAO!!

Cool article @ ED!

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BigbyBadWolf
BigbyBadWolf - 4/28/2010, 6:34 AM
I still enjoy Smallville. It's had its ups and downs over the years, but it is still entertaining. I thought this season was pretty good, definitely on the upside of things. I hope they end it strongly.

By the way, any thoughts on who this "Red Queen" is?
superdog
superdog - 4/28/2010, 6:49 AM
ive said it before and ill say it again, teabag DOES suck, but you gotta pay him 20 bucks.

looking forward to the finale, hopefully they end on a good note this time.
Faust1973
Faust1973 - 4/28/2010, 7:30 AM
@Ranger14...
Actually, each season DOES represent a year...
it was established from the beginning...
Seasons 1-4 were Clark's High School years...ala Freshman-Senior...he graduated in Season 4 (Lois showed up at the beginning of Season 4 and had to retake her Senior Year at Smallville High)
Season 5-6 were his first college years at Metropolis U...then he quit to pursue "heroing" full time for season 7...(so we could say that he has the equivalent of an Associate's degree)
Season 8 he started working for the Daily Planet...
the writers even created plot devices for the time between seasons (he was a bad boy in Metropolis between season 2 and 3...missing between 7 and 8, etc.)
So, yeah, it has been a 9 year journey for him and everyone else...
It's also been mentioned/reminded that the Reeve Superman had him in the Fortress, "learning" for ten years (he showed up at 18 and was there till 28, whereupon he did the famous fly into the camera scene and onto Metropolis) so it actually makes sense that 10 seasons would be the cutoff point for Smallville(even though, technically, his high school years don't count if you hold Smallville up to Reeve Superman)
DudeLove721
DudeLove721 - 4/28/2010, 7:42 AM
Don't they say that Clark gets closer to being Superman before EVERY season finale? I am pretty sure they said it last year and while it's technically true, it sure is a misleading statement to make.
Faust1973
Faust1973 - 4/28/2010, 7:54 AM
@BigBadWolf
I think one of two things is going on with the Red Queen...
It's either Tess playing both sides...(double agent inside Checkmate)
Or it's Martha Kent (she IS showing up in the next episode and she HAS been a Senator for what, since season 5? so she's had some time to make a lot of friends with the backing of Lionel Luthor back way when)
The only other person I can think of as a total left field choice is Chloe...she DOES have access to pretty much any info and can set up an alias for herself if she wanted...but like I said, total left field...I think that would complicate things too much...
BigbyBadWolf
BigbyBadWolf - 4/28/2010, 8:41 AM
@Faust
I would imagine it to be Martha, but she is only scheduled for one episode. Are they going to try to wrap all this up in one shot? They have given us clues on at least two occassions to her existence. One episode to tie it all together then wrap it up seems a bit rushed. If it is Martha, maybe she will be back for more episodes and they are just keeping it under wraps. But no matter what, I really hope it isn't Chloe. That seems like such a waste. I guess we will just have to wait and see.
Faust1973
Faust1973 - 4/28/2010, 9:05 AM
@ Everybody

Also, has anybody noticed that Checkmate and all its people are derivative (subtle rip-offs) of the Hellfire Club from the X-Men?
White Queen--Waller and Emma Frost,
Black King--Maxwell Lord and Sebastian Shaw (interesting that Smallville's Lord has the same hairline as Shaw),
and the Red Queen--"Mystery woman" and Jean Grey/Madeline Pryor
Faust1973
Faust1973 - 4/28/2010, 9:13 AM
I also just thought of something...
I know it's totally impossible and improbable...
but what if Supergirl is back...and she's been affected by red Kryptonite...(ala a ring or necklace)...
with her power, she could be the anti-Clark...which would explain how quickly she would have been able to consolidate power...
meh, like I said, just wishful thinking and another angle...
Mo
Mo - 4/28/2010, 9:13 AM
Nice! Cant wait to watch them!
jimdrums
jimdrums - 4/28/2010, 9:24 AM
Thats nice but Smallville needs to be careful and not turn a show that is supposed to be about Superman into a lovestory....I have nothing against a LITTLE bit of romance but this show is supposed to be about Superman growing up and us geeks/fanboys want to see more action and multi hero involvement. The proof is in the pudding...Smallvilles ratings shoot sky high when there are episodes like ''Justice'' or anything featuring other heroes.
Faust1973
Faust1973 - 4/28/2010, 9:38 AM
@jimdrums

I agree with you, but a certain clique of fans have been waiting for Chloe to get her pipes cleaned since season 1, we thought she had it with Jimmy, but she was still infatuated with Clark somewhat and, of course he gets impaled (by a pipe no less)...so with Oliver (who is in the "lifestyle" too) and her not having to keep any secrets from him, we finally get to see her happy...yes, I know, mushy, but it's one of those story arcs that present as almost a joke...Lional and Lex were always at each other's throats, Clark always lost Lana to another guy, Chloe can't keep a man, etc.
Faust1973
Faust1973 - 4/28/2010, 10:35 AM
@Anil

Not asking for much, are ya? :P
gorgeousgeeks
gorgeousgeeks - 4/28/2010, 12:59 PM
This Chloe and Oliver crap makes my skin crawl. I liked Tess with Oliver way more the Chloe. Her time is so up! Arg! Does this mean Allison is signed on then?
Pooh
Pooh - 4/28/2010, 4:09 PM
I don't know how Souders can say they're a great couple. They have nothing in common other than their hair color, their eye color, and their snarkiness.
gorgeousgeeks
gorgeousgeeks - 4/28/2010, 5:28 PM
I don't think they have great chemistry. They're not badly acting, but there's no real passion between them. I just don't see Chloe as the booty call type. I mean she did lose her virginity way before Lana did sometime between season 3 and 4 but she ended up marrying that person: (fake) Jimmy. I just don't see her as a skank face and I don't think they should pretend to make Chloe and Oliver something more when Black Canary is on the show and is his wife. As a matter of fact, they should give her more air time and get rid of Chloe. Then they wouldn't have to write in useless scenes of Clark bursting into Watchtower to look at a computer screen for two seconds, listen to Chloe say like five metaphors, before he leaves to go fight the bad guy that was in an obvious location the entire time.
Smallvilleisgood
Smallvilleisgood - 4/29/2010, 10:20 AM
@Brian Lol good man!
Pooh
Pooh - 4/29/2010, 12:20 PM
I think they had some trouble signing Alaina Huffman (Black Canary) for last week's episode 'Charade'. I think it was supposed to be her wearing Oliver's jacket.
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