'Smallville: Shield' – Description & Clip

SMALLVILLE producer Brian Peterson sets up this clip from the second episode, Sheild.

Here’s the CW’s official description:
“After Lois (Erica Durance) departs for Egypt, the Daily Planet hires a new reporter by the name of Kat Grant (guest star Keri Lynn Pratt) to take her place. An assassin named Deadshot (guest star Bradley Stryker) takes aim at Kat but Clark learns the man has a dangerous hidden agenda that involves The Blur.
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Meanwhile, Carter Hall (guest star Michael Shanks) turns up in Egypt to keep an eye on Lois and he tells Lois about his wife Shayera (guest star Sahar Biniaz).
Glen Winter directed the episode, written by Jordan Hawley.”
SMALLVILLE airs Fridays at 8:00 PM/7 Central on the CW Network.

Aquaman Swims Back to Smallvile

Aquaman_SmallVSources tell EW’s Ausiello Files that Justice Leager Aquaman will return to the CW’s SMALLVILE this year.
Alan Ritchson will reprise his role as Arthur “AC” Curry  in the series ninth episode of the season, which should air during  November, just in time for  Sweeps.
This, the 10th and final season, will also see the return of characters living and dead on the show, such as Kara/Supergirl (V’s Laura Vandervoort), Cater Hall/Hawkman (STARGATE’s Michael Shanks), Brainiac (ANGEL’s James Marsters), and somehow the late Jonathan Kent (John Schneider), and Lionel Luthor (John Glover).  
SMALLVILLE returns Friday, September 24th at 8:00 pm/ 7:00 Central.

'Smallville' Season 10 Official Description

SMVILLE_S10_ArtHere’s The CW’s Official Description of SMALLVILLE Season Ten.

“The end of the beginning starts here. Taking flight in its tenth and final season, this modern retelling of a hero’s legendary origins continues to blend realism, action, heart and humor as Clark Kent (Tom Welling) soars toward claiming his birthright.
Clark has emerged from his darkest hour, only to find the path to his destiny blocked by ghosts from the past — shadows in the present tempting Clark toward the darkness at every turn. Despite insurmountable odds, is Clark strong enough to step into the light and claim his rightful place as Earth’s mightiest protector?
As “Smallville’s” epic ninth season came to a close, General Zod (Callum Blue) and his Kryptonian Army declared war on the people of Earth. Clark prevented the deaths of thousands, if not millions of humans by using the Kryptonian Book of Rao to stop the attack. The spiritual tome opened a gateway to another world, one where Clark’s people could exist in peace. One-by-one, every Kryptonian on Earth was propelled across the universe, but as Clark prepared for his “ascension,” Zod refused to leave. Using a blue Kryptonite dagger to make himself human and avoid being sucked into space, Zod remained behind so that he could rule a world without its guardian, Clark Kent. Having no other option to rid the world of Zod’s tyranny, Clark plunged the dagger into his own abdomen, protecting himself from ascension — and exiling Zod in the process. Though victorious, Clark’s win was bittersweet as he plummeted off the building and into the darkness below.
After a fateful kiss, Lois Lane (Erica Durance) realized that the two men she had been torn between all season — Clark Kent and Metropolis’ heroic Blur — were one and the same.
Having finally found redemption and a second chance at love, Chloe Sullivan (Allison Mack) and Oliver Queen, a.k.a. the Green Arrow (Justin Hartley), were ripped apart. Chloe was forced to painfully listen as the love of her life, Oliver, was abducted by mysterious assailants during his attempt to help Clark defeat Zod’s Army.
And Tess Mercer (Cassidy Freeman), heir to the late Lex Luthor empire and double agent for the now-defunct government organization Checkmate, was fatally burned at Zod’s hand in an attempt to right past wrongs. As Tess flatlined in Metropolis General Hospital, she was visited by a shrouded, elderly woman. The granny’s motives…still unknown.
Throughout season nine, Clark, bearing the iconic S-shield of his heritage, struggled to find his place between the human world in which he was raised and the Kryptonian world he was born into. Having made peace with his dual heritage, Clark, in season ten, must now find the courage to step out of the shadows and emerge into the light.
Never before has there been such a dangerous time for Clark to step into the public eye and take on the mantle of the inspirational icon he is destined to be. As the tide of sentiment in Metropolis turns against heroes, branding them as unchecked vigilantes, our defender of justice will be called upon to re-define what it really means to be a superhero.
Given how dangerously close Clark has skirted to crossing the line in the name of “justice” in the past, will he truly earn the right to be the symbol of good for humanity, or will he prove the naysayers right, that no one individual can be judge, jury and enforcer.

John Schneider, Tom Welling in 'Lazarus'
John Schneider, Tom Welling in 'Lazarus'

In the midst of this turmoil, a new danger will emerge as a dark force takes on many faces, threatening Clark at every turn. Hawkman (Michael Shanks), Supergirl (Laura Vandervoort), and Jonathan Kent (John Schneider), Clark’s late, adopted father — forever and always Clark’s moral compass, will stand by Clark’s side as he takes his final steps toward accepting his birthright. He will need all the help he can get to fight the impending evil onslaught…the greatest darkness ever unleashed on Earth.
The season ten premiere, “Lazarus,” opens mere seconds after last season’s finale. Clark Kent wakes from his near-death experience, haunted by the ghosts of his past, both friend and foe. Given a new lease on life, Clark must find a way to rid himself of every last temptation, to purge himself of every last shard of doubt in his heart before he can become the beacon of hope the world needs. But a very real threat from Clark’s past has returned to challenge his ascent, causing Clark to question the nature of his crusade.
Lois Lane will face her own crisis of meaning, trying to redefine her place in the world now that she knows Clark’s super secret — but Clark won’t discover that she knows, and that’s the way she wants to keep it. Lois will try her best to keep the mild-mannered reporter at arms’ length in the hopes that a life free of romantic complication will make him a better hero.
Struggling with her own affairs of the heart, Chloe Sullivan will be faced with an impossible question — how much is she truly willing to sacrifice to protect the people she loves? Chloe will take a tumultuous step into danger for the greater good, the hands of Fate, her only guide.
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Justin Hartley as Green Arrow

When Chloe vanishes, Oliver Queen will be forced to look long and hard at the circumstances behind it. Blaming himself for her disappearance, Oliver will begin exploring accountability for all his past actions, good and bad — what great lengths will Oliver go to in order to bring his lost love back home?
Having risked her own life in an attempt to become accountable for her own misguided actions, no one is more surprised than Tess Mercer when she wakes, alive and well, in a seemingly abandoned medical facility. But what secrets lie in wait in the recesses of “Cadmus Labs”? And how much is Tess willing to give up to seize her second chance at redemption?
“Smallville” was developed for television by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar (“Shanghai Noon,” “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor”), based on the DC Comics characters. Kelly Souders & Brian Peterson serve as executive producers, along with James Marshall, Mike Tollin, Brian Robbins, Joe Davola and Tom Welling. The series is produced by Tollin/Robbins Productions, Millar/Gough Ink and Warner Bros. Television. SUPERMAN was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.”
 

SMALVILLE returns Friday September 24th at 8:00 PM on The CW Network.

A Luthor back on 'Smallville'

Entertainment Weekly’s Michael Ausiello claims there will be a Luthor back on the CW’s SMALLVILLE this year.
No,  it’s not the maybe not dead Lex Luthor (Michael Rosenbaum), but instead the very much dead Lionel Luthor who will return.
johnglover_LionelJohn Glover has agreed to play the role of Lex Luthor’s late father — late because Lex pushed him out a window back in the seventh season — in this, the tenth and final season. Glover’s said to have signed for multiple episodes.  He’s not the only deceased father figure to return, Jonathan Kent (John Schneider) will also be back for 2 to 3 episodes.
Just what form these appearances will take is uncertain, though the brief clip shown in the Season 10 teaser would make one think that Pa Kent returns (at least initially) in a sort of near-death experience Clark Kent (Tom Welling) goes through. This kind of thing has happened before to the death’s doorway-prone pre-Superman Clark on the CW show.
The late Kent Sr. has also been impersonated by Brainiac (James Marsters), who is also making a return appearance in the episode “Supergirl”, which will spotlight the return of Clark’s Kryptonian cousin Kara (V’s Laura Vandervoort).  This time around, Marsters will actually be Brainiac 5 (who’s sweet on Kara in the Legion of Superheroes comics).
Michael Shanks (STARGATE SG-1) will also return as Carter Hall/Hawkman —who, by the way, is himself reincarnated in current comics continuity.
Speaking of returning from the dead, Tess Mercer (Cassidy Freeman)  signed again as a regular, was apparently resurrected from clinical death in season nine’s finale by a figure that’s said to be Darkseid’s Granny Goodness.   
Death is only an inconvenience in the comics, why should TV be any different? Glad to see them all back. Now,  they really need to get on the phone and make a deal with Michael Rosenbaum before the show concludes…