Smallville Season 8 (2008-2009)

OVERVIEW: This season focuses on Clark Kent as he starts his job at the Daily Planet, begins to accept more of his destiny as Earth's hero, and develops romantic feelings for Lois Lane. While Lex Luthor is presumed dead, and Lana Lang has left Smallville for good, Clark also meets new characters Davis Bloome, Smallville's interpretation of Doomsday, as well as the new CEO of LuthorCorp, Tess Mercer. In other storylines, Clark and Oliver Queen clash over how to handle Lex when he resurfaces, while Chloe Sullivan and Jimmy Olsen take their relationship to the next level. In addition, this season sees the appearance of more DC Comics characters, including recurring appearances from Plastique and members of the Legion of Super-Heroes.

	8x01 Odyssey In the aftermath of Clark's disappearance, Green Arrow gathers a team of heroes to find their missing comrade. Meanwhile, a secret group kidnaps Chloe upon learning she has superpowers, ...	Sep. 18, 2008
	8x02 Plastique Chloe takes in a young girl with a dark secret... and explosive powers.	Sep. 25, 2008
	8x03 Toxic When Oliver Queen is stricken by a slow-acting poison during a charity event, he remembers back to when he was stranded on a deserted island, learned how to use the bow and arrow... ...	Oct. 02, 2008
	8x04 Instinct Maxima, an alien ruler with the power to make herself irresistible to men, comes to Earth seeking a mate... and sets her eyes on Clark.	Oct. 09, 2008
	8x05 Committed Clark and Lois go undercover as lovers to locate a kidnapper who abducts couples.	Oct. 16, 2008
	8x06 Prey A serial killer is on the loose in Metropolis, and Clark suspects Davis, who has blackouts whenever the killer strikes.	Oct. 23, 2008
	8x07 Identity When Jimmy gets a photo of a superspeeding Clark rescuing Lois, Tess wants to publish the photo in the Daily Planet. Clark asks Chloe to use her influence with Jimmy to help destroy ...	Oct. 30, 2008
	8x08 Bloodline Clark receives a package from an anonymous benefactor, which contains the blue Kryptonian crystal. When he touches it, he and a visiting Lois are transported into the Phantom Zone, ...	Nov. 06, 2008
	8x09 Abyss Chloe finds her mind overwritten with Brainiac's downloaded memory code, so Clark is forced to take her to the Fortress so Jor-El can remove the programming. Meanwhile, Davis confronts ...	Nov. 13, 2008
	8x10 Bride As Chloe and Jimmy celebrate their wedding day, Oliver tracks the missing Lex to Cuba but finds someone else instead. As Lois and Clark grow closer, an intruder kidnaps the bride on ...	Nov. 20, 2008
	8x11 Legion Three youthful heroes travel from the distant future to Clark's present to help him remove Brainiac's influence from Chloe.	Jan. 15, 2009
	8x12 Bulletproof Clark goes undercover as policeman Joe Fordman to solve the shooting of John Jones. Meanwhile, Lana confronts Tess and gives her some startling information.	Jan. 22, 2009
	8x13 Power While looking for Lana, Clark catches Tess at Chloe's apartment, and Tess reveals what happened to Lana after she awoke from her coma. Meanwhile, Tess learns startling information when ...	Jan. 29, 2009
	8x14 Requiem A toymaker with a grudge targets Oliver Queen, and blows up the LuthorCorp board of directors.	Feb. 05, 2009
	8x15 Infamous Linda Lake returns and attempts to blackmail Clark into giving her exclusives in return for keeping his secret. He refuses and reveals his secret to Lois so she can reveal his identity ...	Mar. 12, 2009
	8x16 Turbulence Tess requires Clark to go with her by private jet to Los Angeles for a press conference, but an accident puts her life at risk. Meanwhile, Jimmy is checked into the Metropolis hospital ...	Mar. 19, 2009
	8x17 Hex At Chloe's (Allison Mack) birthday party, a mysterious magician named Zatanna (guest star Serinda Swan) grants Chloe's wish to be more like Lois (Erica Durance) and switches the two ...	Mar. 26, 2009
	8x18 Eternal Tess (Cassidy Freeman) tries to kill Davis (Sam Witwer) by blowing up his truck. However, after he escapes, she realizes she needs help to destroy him and turns to Clark (Tom Welling). ...	Apr. 02, 2009
	8x19 Stiletto Lois believes that she needs a big story to secure her reputation as a star reporter but the red/blue blur continues to elude her. However, after Chloe is mugged, Lois steps in to fend ...	Apr. 23, 2009
	8x20 Beast Clark discovers that Davis is still alive and confronts Chloe about protecting him. Oliver discovers Jimmy breaking into Chloe’s apartment, but things get rapidly worse after Davis ...	Apr. 30, 2009
	8x21 Injustice Chloe returns and begs Clark to kill Davis, claiming he can no longer keep the beast under control. Tess has assembled a team of meteor freaks, including Plastique, to track down Davis ...	May. 07, 2009
	8x22 Doomsday Oliver tells Clark he must kill Davis as Doomsday is a serious threat and must be stopped at all costs. However, Clark struggles with taking a human life, so the Green Arrow and his ...	May. 14, 2009

Season 8 Characters Clark Kent played by Tom Welling Chloe Sullivan played by Allison Mack Lois Lane played by Erica Durance Jimmy Olsen played by Aaron Ashmore Tess Mercer played by Cassidy Freeman Davis Bloome played by Sam Witwer Oliver Queen played by Justin Hartley Green Arrow played by Justin Hartley Lana Lang played by Kristin Kreuk Doomsday played by Dario Delacio Security Guard George played by Mike Dopud Eva Greer played by Allison Mack Nurse played by Jessica Erwin Brainiac played by Allison Mack John Jones played by Phil Morris Dr. Emil Hamilton played by Alessandro Juliani Tess' Assistant played by Daren A. Herbert Regan Matthews played by Ari Cohen Security Guard played by Frank Topol Dinah Lance played by Alaina Huffman Plastique played by Jessica Parker Kennedy Bette Sans Souci played by Jessica Parker Kennedy Agent Black played by Michael Rogers (V) [More Cast]

Season 8 Videos 08x14 Requiem (40:38) 08x15 Infamous (40:44) 08x12 Bulletproof (40:27) 08x11 Legion (40:46) [More Videos]

Season 8 Quotes

Season 8 / Episode 7: - Identity Clark Kent: Maybe my destiny is more than just secretly saving people. Maybe it was also to give people hope, someone to believe in. Oliver Queen: I knew you'd catch on someday. Clark Kent: Well, I just wanted to say thank you before you went on vacation. Oliver Queen: Vacation's over Clark. I'm headed to Europe. Clark Kent: On business? Oliver Queen: Uh, yeah. Kinda. Kinda. You know my friends - the ones who like to dress up and kick ass? We're having a summit. Clark Kent: What happened to the party plane? Oliver Queen: Want to know the truth? I don't know. It's like, when I was zipping across the street, taking that punk down... Well, I felt like myself again, you know? Because that's who I am. I'm not the party boy who runs off on these lost rum-soaked weekends. I'm not some multinational corporate titan. That's not me. Underneath it all, the person I really am is Green Arrow.

Season 8 / Episode 14: - Requiem Chloe Sullivan: Oliver can trust me Clark Kent: I thought I could to

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Season 8 Trivia Episode 09 - The name of the author of Tales of the Weird & Unexplained, Aleya Naiman, is a nod to the show's prop master. Episode 11 - The Legion is from the year 3009. Episode 02 - Lois calls Bette "Psycho Spice", a reference to the British pop singing group The Spice Girls, who each had "Spice" nicknames to describe their personalities. Episode 16 - Chloe says Clark's Red-Blue Blur appearances saved more people than a "Billy Graham revival", a reference to the popular televangelist. She also teases his "fashion show," referencing the modeling competition America's Next Top Model, a fellow CW show. Episode 04 - Maxima is Smallville's version of the DC Comics character of the same name. As in this episode, the comics version of the character plans to mate with Superman or Clark in Smallville. [More Trivia]

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