Smallville - The Complete Fifth Season

Pros: exhilarating and engaging as ever, brilliant plotting and acting
Cons: unfortunate necessities

My brother just went back to college tonight. But before he left, we managed to spend quite a lot of time together - much of it parked on the couch in front of the television. In fact, in his last week home, Nathan, my parents and I blazed through the ...

Pros: Fun stories, good effects, some classic characters appear
Cons: too much drawing from other stories, some weak original characters

Smallville started out with a good first season and improved from there. Season 4 wasn’t any worse production-wise but was far weaker in its stories. Season 5 raises the bar again being among the strongest seasons. A few changes come about ...