Smallville - The Complete Fifth Season

Pros: exhilarating and engaging as ever, brilliant plotting and acting

Cons: unfortunate necessities

The Bottom Line: Make sure you watch the first four seasons first. Then hang on for one exciting ride!

Review: 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: Super production values and out of this world stories make this a winner.

Cons: As always, there is always a weak episode or two in any series.

The Bottom Line: Superman like everyone, got his start somewhere.  Here we see him stepping up and becoming a man.

Review: Smallville Season Five. Created by Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel. Series by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar.Smallville is about Clark Kent. It is about the human being Jonathan and Martha Kent raised, and the man he becomes. The fact he has ...

Pros: Fun stories, good effects, some classic characters appear

Cons: too much drawing from other stories, some weak original characters

The Bottom Line: This season really picks up after the weak 4th one. There are some weak moments but overall it's great fun.

Review: 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 ...