With the completion of BSG, I’ve found it hard to find something to write about. I’ve been following Smallville for years, but the quality of the writing is so all over the shop that I’m just not as invested as I used to be.
Maybe it’s the shift of focus to Metropolis (though that was inevitable), but the show feels stagnant. Although we’ve finally ditched Lana (kinda — she’s still alive), the metaplot is slowly circling this inevitable showdown between Doomsday and Clark, but that’s nowhere near as exciting as Oliver forming the Justice League, or Clark taking on General Zod, or even just having Kara around.
I guess that there aren’t enough of the good characters for Clark to play off. Right now it’s lots of Chloe, some Lois, some Tess, and a little Davis. Gone are the days of the whole Kent family, and both the Luthors.
Actually, that’s probably it. Without Lex and Lionel, the show has no real heavyweight manipulators (or actors for that matter), so the plot feels either contrived or simplistic.