Writers: Kelly Souders & Brian Peterson
Director: James Marshall
Guest Stars: Ryan Kennedy (Rokk Krinn/Cosmic Boy)
UPDATED 3/27/09: Turns out only one Legionnaire will be showing up - Ryan Kennedy as Rokk Krinn/Cosmic Boy. Still no word yet on which Justice Leaguers will be in the episode.
UPDATED 3/31/09: The Internet Movie Database is listing Alex Ferris (Young Davis Bloome) and Connor Stanhope (Young Lex) as appearing in this episode. To our knowledge this is NOT TRUE. Remember that the IMDB posts user-submitted material and therefore, can provide inaccurate information.
Episode #8-22: "Doomsday" May 14, 2009
Writers: Kelly Souders & Brian Peterson
Director: James Marshall
Guest Stars: Ryan Kennedy (Rokk Krinn/Cosmic Boy)
UPDATED 3/31/09: Though it is said that two characters will die, other characters might end up just leaving...
- One of the Justice Leaguers who is guest starring was last seen in the season premiere episode "Odyssey." __________________
ok, so one of them is either Black Canary or Aquaman. I'm guessing the latter. hopefully the other is Bart. please...writers, if you're reading this... __________________
"Any man can overcome adversity. If you truly want to test a man's character, give him power." — Abraham Lincoln
UPDATED 4/1/09: Brendan Fletcher, whose previous credits include an episode of Supernatural, will be playing Parasite.
- Another character from the DC Comics stable will be making her Smallville premiere in this one: Livewire.
Episode #8-22: "Doomsday" May 14, 2009
Writers: Kelly Souders & Brian Peterson
Director: James Marshall
Guest Stars: Ryan Kennedy (Rokk Krinn/Cosmic Boy)
UPDATED 4/1/09: All seven of the actors seen in the opening credits of Smallville will be appearing in this episode.
UPDATED 4/2/09: The report of "everyone returning but Sam Witwer" may be incorrect: At least one other actor or actress seen in Smallville's opening credits will not be back next season.
Sorry I didn't post these sooner, but hornboy and I were watching Wrestlemania 25 tonight, but better late than never. Right?? Here we are.
Episode #8-19: "Stiletto" April 23, 2009
Written By: Caroline Dries
Directed By: Kevin Fair
Guest Stars: Juan Riedinger (AJ)
UPDATED 4/5/09: The "Red-Blue Blur" tells Lois that her merit as a writer is also a great strength.
Episode #8-20: "Beast" April 30, 2009
Writer: Genevieve Sparling
UPDATED 4/5/09: One of "Bruno Mannheim's thugs" (in other words, A.J. from "Stiletto") is found dead in a dumpster, which leads Clark to believe that Davis/Doomsday didn't perish in "Eternal."
Good find on the interview. I just posted it at superherouniverse too. I didn't realize Davis/Doomsday was shorter than Tom Welling. He's not that much shorter though according to Imdb.com he's 6' 1" . __________________
Cassidy Freeman, 'Smallville's' Villain Tess Mercer, Gives Insight On Season End
Cassidy Freeman had the unenviable task of replacing, perhaps, the most infamous supervillain of all time, Lex Luthor. Her character on Smallville, Tess Mercer, toes the line on what her true motivations and agendas are ... which, of course, adds to her appeal. Cassidy joined us to discuss the upcoming end to the Smallville season and she does her best to discuss an ending that, well, she is not allowed to discuss.
Mike: You're from Chicago, are you a Cubs fan?
Cassidy: I'm not a huge baseball fan in general so I support both [Chicago baseball teams] because I support Chicago.
Mike: Well, it's probably good you're not a die hard Cubs fan, that sounds like a pretty miserable existence.
Cassidy: (laughs): I am a Bears fan though and that's still kind of a rough existence ... we're still living off the 1985 Super Bowl, right?
Mike: I have to say: You guys have done a great job living off of that team. So, you joined the cast of Smallville in season eight. Is it hard joining an established show?
Cassidy: Well, I kind of don't know any different because it's the first show I've been on as a series regular, but, yeah, at first it is. Everyone already has relationships, everyone's friends, there's history, there's inside jokes. At the same time I think they were really ready for some new blood. And as much as everyone hated to see Michael (Rosenbaum) and Kristin (Kreuk) go, I think it was time for something to change.
Mike: Your character, Tess Mercer, had big shoes to fill as, basically, the new villain. How do you think she, and you, have fared after the disappearance of Lex Luthor?
Cassidy: They are big shoes to fill. And not only acting wise -- Michael Rosenbaum is quite talented -- but also story wise. You have a character that doesn't really exist who is a combination of two characters -- one from the movie and one from the mythos -- and you're trying to replace Lex Luthor. And I knew that if I tried to replace him it wouldn't work.
The show is beautiful, it's a really cool idea. I recently re-watched the 1978 Superman and I realize in that whole movie what a small section Smallville [is]. Jonathan Kent dies in the first 15 minutes of that movie. So, if you think about high school Clark, that's such a small piece. It's such a cool show; after eight years the show is still fan run and it's fan genre that you have to pay respect to what the fans feel and what they want.
The fact that they brought Tess Mercer in to be in support of Lex and run by that, I think, was very, very smart. And then, you have this great moment about halfway through the season where he totally betrays her. And all of a sudden this character -- that thank god the fans were enjoying -- has her own journey to start going on. I feel like the first half of the season was dedicated to me filling in for Lex while he was gone, then, as the story went past his disappearance, all of a sudden you have this new character... who's pretty cool.
Mike: You mention the 1978 Superman movie. People will say: There's no way Lex can be dead -- and I would assume he's probably not -- because he's such a big part of Superman's life. But the creators of Smallville have made it pretty clear that Smallville is it's own entity and does not correlate with other Superman stories, right?
Cassidy: It's kind of like the Bible, right? We can all interpret it the way we want to interpret it. What is the (Superman) Bible? Is the Bible the movie? Is it the comic? Is the Bible the mythos that is in the scriptures of Superman? So I think it's up for interpretation like anything is. I like that they did that and they take liberties. They create someone like Chloe; they create someone like Tess Mercer. But who knows if Lex is really dead ... I mean, no one really dies on Smallville. It's like no one is really human. People joke that it leaves to many doors open, but, at the same time: Why not? Kill him.
Mike: So, I solicited some questions from readers. Do you want to answer them?
Cassidy: Absolutely!
Mike: OK, first one. This is pretty straightforward and the most popular question: Are you a "good guy" or a "bad guy"?
Cassidy: (laughs): I think that's up for interpretation. I also think that's what makes Tess Mercer kind of interesting. I'm going to say that I'm a "passionate" guy, that I do things that I want to do because I want to do them. If they're seen as evil or good in someone else's eyes ... that really doesn't matter to me.
Mike: We already got into this one a bit: Is Lex coming back?
Cassidy: I don't think Lex Luthor is ever really gone. If Michael Rosenbaum is coming back, that's someone else's deal ... I have no idea (laughs).
Mike: Were you a fan of the show before becoming a cast member? And were you a Superman fan before joining the show?
Cassidy: I was a Superman fan because my two older brothers were really into comics and I was a little sister that wanted to be like my older brothers. But, I was not a Smallville fan. I was actually in college when it started and I didn't have television and there wasn't this fandangled Internet TV. I've become a big fan since being cast on the show, in that I've gone back and watched all the old seasons and felt like it was my birthday because I kept getting more seasons after more seasons (laughs).
Mike: I'm assuming you didn't have to go to Best Buy to pick those up. I'm assuming they let you take those home?
Cassidy: You know what's funny? I actually did go to Best Buy and pick them up.
Mike: Did you really? I just assumed you could say the word that you needed some DVD's?
Cassidy: I feel like we only have so many favors we can call in the world. That one wasn't one that I really needed to call for. I'll support the arts ... not that I think Warner Brothers is really concerned about how much money they're making.
Mike: Yeah, that would be upsetting if Warner Brothers went bankrupt and when they listed the reasons why it included "giving free Smallville DVD's away to new cast members."
Cassidy: (laughs): They would be like: We should have cut that corner.
Mike: Next one: After the airplane and parachute incident does Tess officially know Clark's secret?
Cassidy: Tess can believe whatever she wants to believe and she's believed it for quite some time. However, she will not be satisfied until she hears it from the proverbial horses mouth. She wants him to admit it and that hasn't happened yet.
Mike: Will we see anymore of Tess and Oliver Queen together?
Cassidy: (laughs): Define "together."
Mike: That's the way it was written, I think they mean romantically as we saw in one flashback episode.
Cassidy: We do work together again. We are on the show together again. Our relationship is not over, however, it manifests. There's still an attraction, I mean (laughs) Oliver wants me bad.
Mike: OK, last question: Will Tess be back next season?
Cassidy: That I can't tell you! They're so secretive because our finale -- obviously, I'm sure that you know by now -- there are two deaths. Yeah, two people are going to die this season and we can't say who's coming back next year because that would give away who dies.
Mike: Has the last episode been filmed yet?
Cassidy: We are filming it right now. Actually, yesterday was my last day of work which is fun ... and sad.
Will we be seeing more of the Justice League on Smallville, now that Chloe is Watchtower?
MATT: Not only will you get some Justice League action in the season finale airing May 14, a bit of injustice is on the way, too, when Jessica Parker Kennedy returns as Plastique for the May 7 episode titled ... um, "Injustice." (Hey, they stole my joke.)
You know reading that interview made me think of something. Wouldn't it be nice if for at least one episode they could recreate that 1950's Smallville from the Superman movie with Clark in high school, 50's music, the great outdoors, old trains, etc? Because the Smallville scenes were like my favorite part of Superman the Movie and like she said in the interview it really was awfully short. Thanks to Smallville the TV show we relived those moments to a certain degree especially in the first season, but still it would be neat to see it from the golden oldie days perspective again. Bring back that American way feeling again. __________________
Tom Welling On For Season 9... And Season 10?
UPDATED 4-8-09
Here's a juicy new rumor for Rumorville... we've heard buzz from multiple sources that Tom Welling may have signed for not just one, but TWO seasons when he recently extended his contract to do Season 9 this fall.
Now, whether Tom is signed or not, it all ultimately is up to Smallville's ratings on The CW for Season 9, as there would probably be no show if the network was not interested in it. If this rumor is true, though, it would explain why there has been very little talk of "the final season" being associated with Season 9... it also could explain why new sets are being erected when the series allegedly has only one year left.
Writers: Kelly Souders & Brian Peterson
Director: James Marshall
Guest Stars: Ryan Kennedy (Rokk Krinn/Cosmic Boy), Kyle Gallner (Bart Allen/Impulse), Alaina Huffman (Black Canary)
UPDATED 4/13/09: The other Justice Leaguer is revealed: Future Nightmare on Elm Street star Kyle Gallner speeds back for the season finale in a return engagement as Bart Allen/Impulse.
Interview with Serinda Swan: Actress and Smallville Guest Star (DC Comics Zatanna)
Serinda Swan is an actress and model. She recently guest starred as the DC Comics’ magician Zatanna on the excellent episode of Smallville called Hex. Smallville has been on The CW Network for 8 seasons now and is one of my favorite television series of all time. NERDSociety recently interviewed Ms. Swan and asked her about her career and her awesome role on Smallville.
NERDSociety.com (NS): Serinda, tell our readers a little about yourself. How long have you been involved in acting ? How did you get your career start?
Serinda Swan (SS): I have been involved in acting since I was three. My first job was on a movie called ‘Cousins’ which my mother and sister was also in (my mother booked the role and I think we were just part of a package deal). I remember Ted Danson giving me a little bag of gum and candy from the crafty table, and I remember thinking, “This is the best job ever! I get free candy all day!’ I think my career path was chosen right then and there! After a few years I took a break from acting and got heavily into gymnastics, then after that, modeling. It wasn’t until about two and a half years ago that I met my agent and I was back at my dream job… free candy and all!
NS: How did you get the role of Zatanna on Smallville? What appealed to you about playing Zatanna?
SS: I got the role of Zatanna, by auditioning here in Vancouver, and on the drive home I got the call from my agent that I had booked it! I tried to find out as much as I could through comic book stores and every website I could possibly find. She has such an amazing story, so it was very important to me to keep it as accurate as possible. I was extremely interested to find out that her story was intertwined with the alchemist Nicholas Flamel, which she is a direct descendant of, and that she was involved in the first major comic book crossover in 1964, where she interacts with Batman and Robin. Plus she has amazing super powers so what girl wouldn’t want that!
NS: Before getting the role of Zatanna, were you into comic books? If so, which ones?
SS: Does Archie count?
NS: Who’s your favorite comic book superhero and why?
SS: Zatanna obviously!
NS: Smallville has been a huge hit for 8 seasons now. Were you intimidated jumping into an established series? How was it working with the cast?
SS: It was a bit daunting coming on a show with so many seasons under its belt with such a solid cast, but with everyone being so welcoming and with Mairzee Almas as the director, it wasn’t hard at all to feel at home. Its great to finally be a part of the Smallville cast!
NS: Girls and women in general (including my own mother) love Tom Welling. Is he the all-around nice guy he portrays on Smallville. Clark Kent is portrayed as noble and heroic, qualities that are sometimes in short supply these days in the real world.
SS: Absolutely, he was lovely to work with and was a complete gentleman (just don’t ask him to tell you any sheep jokes!)
NS: What’s the web address of your official website so fans can write to you?
SS: You can go to my personal website www.serindaswan.com or go to http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2100657/ where you can write me messages and see what projects I will be in next.
NS: What future projects that you are involved in would you like to share with our readers?
SS: I’m involved in the new Tron movie that Disney is doing, which I’m very excited to be apart of!
NS: Do you think Zatanna will return one day to Smallville?
SS: I hope so! They alluded to the Justice League coming together, so if that happens you will see her back for sure.
NS: Any final words for your fans and especially Smallville fans?
SS: I hope I did you guys proud! Thanks for letting me be apart of the wonderful world of Smallville!
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