[quote name='epobirs']It has its moment but it can also be very annoying in that Clark Kent's life is in perpetual stasis. The one friend who knows his secret and is part of the Superman character lineup has been written out of the show. The other character who now knows and can be a confidante who provides more interesting conversations and scenery (Annette O'Toole was a major babe back in the day but that time is past. She was on Gunsmoke as a teenager!) is a character invented for the show and guaranteed to die at some point or suffer some drastic fate that removes her in name from Clark's adult life.
There was a theory that the Lois Lane on the show, who is Chloe's cousin, will be killed off and Chloe will adopt her identity to become a famous reporter. This kind of fell apart when Chloe took up working at the Daily Planet and barring a new face couldn't possibly have that many people keep her name change a secret. Chloe's a goner.
So some things drag on and on. The relationship between Clark and Lana needed to be ended for good a long time ago. The evolution of Lex Luthor is interesting but the number of times he has been lamely dissuaded from believing Clark has a big secret has become painful. Like the endless stories revolving around Superman maintaining his secret identity back in the 50s and 60s.
I'll be watching when the next season comes around if they don't create a scheduling conflict for me but some of this ongoing stuff is really trying my patience.
At least some of the actors are reasonably close to the ages they're supposed to be in the show. During the recent 'Superman Returns' I found it very distracting to have Kate Bosworth as Lois Lane. She was 22 while shooting the movie and looks it. During the movie it's very disruptive to keep wondering how Lois Lane managed to get hired as a lead reporter in her early teens so that she was well established when Superman first appeared. The question then follows if there was any question of statutory rape since Lois is an unmarried mother who almost certainly had to have been impregnated by Cyclops (or somebody) before her 18th birthday.[/quote]
The wife and I absolutely love the show, but you pretty much summed it up, epobirs.
I really, really want to see Lana die. She's done nothing but cause trouble throughout her time on the show. Chloe is, by far, a more interesting character.
This next season is going to be quite interesting. It seems it will be the first season where a true super villain comes around. I just hope they don't end the first episode like they usually do - bring the storyline right back to where it was before the problem began. I hate when they do that.