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DVD Smallville - The Complete Fifth Season
Consistently solid with some major developments, the fifth season of Smallville kicks the characters off to college, but not before finishing the cataclysmic disaster that ended the fourth season. With Chloe transported to the Arctic Circle and Kryptonian supervillains in town, Clark (Tom Welling) is in the Fortress of Solitude meeting Jor-El (voiced by Terence Stamp). He gives up his powers, but to get them back will cost him the life of someone he loves.
The even bigger development is that Clark and Lana (Kristin Kreuk) finally give up their dalliances with others and become an official couple. That means the other girls in Clark's life become fifth and sixth wheels, so Chloe (Allison Mack) reveals the secret she's been keeping from Clark and becomes a best pal. Super-gorgeous Lois's (Erica Durance, now part of the opening credits) banter with Clark loses its bite without any sexual tension so instead she meets Arthur "AC" Curry, a fantastic swimmer who has an eye for Lois and an accusing one toward Lex (Michael Rosenbaum) and LutherCorp. He's not the only one; Clark's Central Kansas A&M professor, Milton Fine (James Marsters) hires Clark to help him on his project, an expose of LutherCorp. Lex is the pivotal character of the season. His relationship with his best friend, Clark, now history, Lex has a Christmas Carol-type dream in which he sees himself in a law-abiding--and happy--life. (That episode, "Lexmas," also has some amusing interplay involving Clark and Chloe.) Undeterred, he decides on a life of power and dives into a state senate race against Jonathan Kent with gusto, though a fanatical Lex supporter turns the race into a literal one for life and death. Lionel Luthor (John Glover) also makes a strong comeback in this season, pulling unseen levers and making everyone wonder exactly what he knows.
There's some fun. "Thirst" is a tribute to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and another DC Comics character, Cyborg (Teen Titans), appears. Carrie Fisher plays Chloe's editor at The Daily Planet, and "Exposed" reunites Schneider with former Dukes of Hazzard costar Tom Wopat, and the two go peeling out in a vehicle. But things come to a head in the series 100th episode, when Jor-El's prediction comes to pass and splintered relationships end up leading in unexpected directions. Then in the season finale's cliffhanger, Clark has to face three of his enemies. DVD features include commentary on two episodes and a half-hour examination of the 100th episode, from writing through production. --David Horiuchi
Review(s): DVD Smallville - The Complete Fifth Season
Excellent
A great show entering a new year. In my opinion not as good as some of the past seasons but building up to a better season for this year. All in all a great DVD collection and hope for the best for this show.
This show is getting better and better!
Just when I thought this show can't get any better, I was surprised again. Lana still doesn't get back with Clark. Instead, she hooks up with Lex is a great twist! I guess "Lexana" will finally happen, yay!. :D Season 6 is even better. The Smallville writers know how to tease their viewers by not going with the traditional Superman/Clark Kent story, very refreshing!
The villians come out now
Season 5 begins right where 4 left off, quickly cleaning up the mess of the second metor shower. After that Clark (Tom Welling) briefly enjoys being human again, but is then has his powers thrust on him again by Jor-El, now using Lionel Luthor's (John Glover) body. Lex (Michael Rosenbaum) and Clark become very interested in new history professor Milton Fine (James Marsters), who is much, much more than he first appears. Elsewhere Jonathon Kent (John Schnieder) gets involved in the senate race against Lex, with tragic consequences. As usual there is the cliffhanger finale that leaves you waiting for more.
Everything changes this season for Clark. This season was called "Superman in Training", and that is indeed what it is. I liked this season as it was much more tightly constructed than the last years have been, with fewer side tracks. The year also introducted us to future Justice Leagers Cyborg (the best cameo yet) and Aquaman. Another major turning point was Lex. He is on the downward slope to becoming the villian we kow he will be, but it is no less painful to watch as we know he wants to be good. John Glover really put in a great performance this year, his Lionel Luther really going through some trying times. Tom Welling, Annette O'Toole, and everyone else dose well this year. The main villian, Milton Fine (that's Brainiac to those in the know) is an especially compelling villian, the best so far.
I still have a problem with introducing Lois Lane (Erica Durence) ionto the story this early in Clark's life, but the damage is done. Chloe is starting to run out of ways to be useful as she is no longer a love interest. That is the only problem is the stand alone episodes; they were too inspred by recent movies, I saw references to "The Grudge", "Saw", and "Flatliners", and while they were OK, I was hoping for something more original. The reference to "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" was absolutly halarious to insiders, especially those who know about Marsters' connection to the Buffy-verse.
In short, another great year.
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