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Smallville: The Complete Fourth Season (Repackage)
Clark Kent takes on a whole new dimension in this precursor to
the Superman legend. You know how the story ends; now watch the
journey unfold. The idyllic town of Smallville, Kansas, never
seemed the same after the meteor shower that rained down years
ago. That was the day Clark Kent arrived on Earth--and the day
strange things started happening in Smallville. Now, Clark is a
teenager, and his growing pains are amplified by the burden of
his emerging superpowers.
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The arrival of another gorgeous young woman with the initials of
LL further complicates Clark Kent's (Tom Welling) life in the
fourth season of Smallville, the WB's hip and sexy reinvention of
the Superman legend. In this case, it's Lois Lane (Erica
Durance), a would-be college freshman who's come to the Kansas
heartland to investigate the disappearance of her cousin, Chloe.
What she discovers instead is a naked, amnesiac Clark Kent in a
cornfield, and things take off from there. Durance doesn't appear
in every episode--she was credited as a "special guest star"--but
her tough spirit and crackling wit provide a great, non-romantic
foil to Clark.
That's just as well, because there's plenty of romantic
triangulation--or worse--going on. Clark's former love
interest--and his first LL--Lana Lang (Kristin Kreuk), has
returned from her summer in Paris sporting a new boyfriend, Jason
Teague (Jensen Ackles), as well as a mysterious tattoo that seems
to have something to do with a set of Kryptonian crystals as well
as Jason's sinister mom, Genevieve (Jane Seymour). Keeping his
relationship with Lana a secret, Jason has signed on as
Smallville High's new assistant football coach. What's surprising
is that the team's new quarterback is none other than Clark,
who's grown tired of hiding his super-strength, super-speed, and
invulnerability and wants to be part of the team. But nothing's
easy for Clark, and he goes through the prom, a marriage, and
herhood, not necessarily in that order, as well as his secret
being discovered, unknown to him, by one of his closest friends.
(On the plus side, he does uncover a cool new power.)
But the key to the season is the Kryptonian crystals. They
further deteriorate the relationship between the incarcerated
Lionel Luthor (John Glover), and his son, Lex (Michael
Rosenbaum). Lex may be Clark's best friend, but he reveals more
of his dark side in a revelation about his sexual escapades and a
split-personality (literally) incident. Lana's frightening dreams
actually come to life in a silly Charmed-type episode. Then in
the explosive season finale, the main characters are scattered
and another meteor shower threatens to wipe out the town.
One of the fun things about Smallville is how producers Al Gough
and Miles Millar and their team of writers acknowledge their
place in a 70-year Superman mythos (even if Clark is never
referred to as Superman). His DC Comics origins receive a nod
with appearances by the Flash, Krypto the superdog, and the
magical Mxyztplk. And the cast includes not only regular Annette
O'Toole (Martha Clark), who had played Lana Lang in Superman III,
but guest s by Margot Kidder (Bridgette Porter) and Terence
Stamp (the voice of Jor-El), and the late Christopher Reeve gets
a brief but touching farewell in an announcement of the passing
of his character, Dr. Virgil Swann.
Extras include 15 minutes with the writing team, a spotlight on
Kidder, Durance, and others who have played Lois Lane, deleted
scenes, and three episodes with commentary from combinations of
Gough, Millar, Durance, Kreuk, Glover and others, but not
Welling. --David Horiuchi