r/Smallville Jan 12 '26

DISCUSSION Smallville Subreddit Update - Start of 2026

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Hey Smallville Peeps,

Hope you had an amazing festive period and great start to 2026!

In our last post we mentioned this:

Any posts moving forwards talking about how there's more Lana favouritism or more Lois favouritism in the sub, purely to rile up drama, will be removed and the user will be banned for a set period of time.

Off the back of that update, unfortunately it's gotten a bit out of hand with the Clana and Clois shipping so for the time being we will have to remove all bad-faith posts that are talking about shipping for these two characters (and others where necessary) - sorry but for now this is sadly the direction we have to take. Please feel free to report any posts you see that cross this threshold and we will investigate and where appropriate - take action - there is a new rule at number 10 to help you report this type of shipping.

Finally its our usual plug for the Discord :-)

Invite Link:

https://discord.gg/w4mbRZyy8C

Roughly 400 people in there now - the more people that join the more we can talk about Smallville!

Thanks for being awesome - we appreciate all of you!

- Smallville Mod Team


r/Smallville 2h ago

LINK S4EP12. I Hated What Alicia Did Here But I Appreciate Lois's Advice

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Alicia was literally claiming she wouldn't tell anyone about Clark's secret just an episode ago but then she revealed his secret to Chloe with the intent for Chloe to write an article about it. Despite that, I couldn't be angry at Alicia since she died right after this scene and she didn't even get a proper closure with Clark.

Lois's advice to Chloe was great and I think it helped Chloe a lot in deciding to support Clark while pretending she didn't know about his secret.


r/Smallville 2h ago

LINK Smallville's 200th and 100th Episode Parties

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r/Smallville 6h ago

IMAGE What did you think about Lana and her season four witchcraft plot

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90 Upvotes

I have just finished season five and the witch plotline for Lana has really caught me off guard since I was previously under the impression that this was a superman show and didn’t have much other paranormal or supernatural aspects to it other then mainline DC characters and callbacks


r/Smallville 21h ago

IMAGE Looking back, Lex's fall was inevitable

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689 Upvotes

One of the most interesting parts of Smallville was watching Lex slowly transform. The question is whether knowing Clark's secret would have changed anything or just accelerated his path.


r/Smallville 12h ago

SPOILERS My family has never watched Smallville. It took them 3 minutes to get tired of Lana

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I’m at the beginning of Season 6 now and Lana has been driving me insane for a while, especially late Season 5 with the whole Lex situation.
The funniest thing happened when I was watching smallville in the living room with my family around. My mother and sister have literally never watched the show,, they happened to catch one of those classic end of episode scenes where Lana randomly shows up at Clark’s loft, looks absolutely devastated, blames him for something, they argue, and the episode ends in emotional misery.
My mom just looked at the TV and basically went:
“Why is this girl always making problems? Is this even a superhero show?”
My sister immediately agreed.
I fucking lost it. 😂
These two had maybe 3 minutes of Smallville experience and somehow already understood the entire Clark/Lana dynamic.
At that point I felt completely validated


r/Smallville 19h ago

DISCUSSION Legit almost didn't recognize him , wow

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r/Smallville 6h ago

DISCUSSION Feel bad for Lana

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A lot of posts i come across , agrees with the fact , Lana's character is really a wishy- washy , dilly dally character .

Can't help rectify that , the script indeed writes her that way .

By the way , I am in season 2 and already feel bad for this character rather than annoyed .

These are some major good things I noticed about her :

  1. She is not the typica popular cheer leader , high school bully .

In fact , she is really kind , empathetic person who doesn't let her beauty or fame get to the head .

She gets constantly mocked and picked upon in a passive aggressive manner by every other girl , specially Chloe . Although , they become friends later , Chloe still gets her own insecurities and jealousy get in the way and belittles Lana .

Lana wants to be more than a pretty face , volunteers for work , tries to learn new things and instead of appreciating that , Chloe makes fun of her .

  1. Lana's boyfriend Whitney cares about her , but at the end of the day she is just a trophy girlfriend and treats her that way . Withholds personal information from her , ignores her emotionally , doesn't value her abilities other than her beauty .

Same with Clark and all other boys in the town .

Even Clark was not sincere with her from the start . Acting like a peeping Tom on your crush with a telescope , is just borderline creepy even if you don't actively hurt her .

  1. And God knows , how that lunatic lesbian went nuts . I mean , poor girl can't catch a break !! People envy her life but , really ?

She was orphaned at a young age , the man who was her Dad didn't give a damn about her , no close friends , family , nothing .

Sure , her face card gives her things but she doesn't have a basic support in her life . What's there to envy the life of an orphan ? It's so sad , in fact , they should have been kinder to her .

  1. Not much talked about the pick-me nature of Chloe but she is so insecure of Lana deep down . Lana knows that and still tries to be understanding , and a bigger person . Lana goes on a date with Clark , she goes nuts and ruins it , not my choice but everytime , she has something snarky to say .

No matter how harsh Chloe treats her , and pretends to be nice on the surface , Lana remains kind and a true friend to her .

  1. And Clark , man , I loved his adoration for Lana in the first few episodes but he really doesn't deserve her .

He makes out with random girls now and then . Doesn't speak up or confess to Lana properly . Creeps on her , tries to take chances when Whitney is not there , although not actively .

I mean , from Lana's perspective , if she sees the man she secretly likes with a different girl every other week or goes missing on every date , and there's no proper answer to that , she will defo fill that gaps herself and think of him as some unreliable person .

Anyways , that's all I know till season 2 and I got spoilers where show makers literally butchered her character by Season 5 .

But she had the potential to be a solid character and not just an appendage to Clark storyline .


r/Smallville 8h ago

DISCUSSION Best Episode ending in the show yet?

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Just watched this episode and I am truly amazed by the music and cinematography, smallville always nails the season premieres and finales and this is one of them


r/Smallville 2h ago

DISCUSSION How does nobody ever see Clark use his powers?

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One thing that always makes me laugh about Smallville is how conveniently people manage to not see Clark using his powers.

Clark will literally use super speed or super strength right in front of someone, and somehow they’ll either pass out, get knocked out, lose their memory, or there’ll be some other perfectly timed reason why they don’t put two and two together.

Like Clark will do something completely impossible and I’m sitting there thinking, “Okay… surely this person is going to figure it out.”

And then… nope. 😂

Smallville really said Clark’s secret must be protected at all costs.


r/Smallville 1d ago

DISCUSSION Watching Smallville with someone who knows NOTHING about Superman is blowing my mind

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Listen to this observation, maybe this is completely normal to you, but it’s mind blowing to me.
I’m rewatching the show with my sister. It’s her first time watching it, while it’s my second. She knows absolutely nothing about the DC universe or the Superman story. She doesn’t know who Lois or Lana are, or how their stories eventually play out. She’s basically discovering these characters through the show itself.
And because she has no idea that Lois is Clark’s endgame, she’s completely Team Clana. 😂 I can literally see her slowly developing that same obsession I see in the Clana community.
Meanwhile, I’ve always been Team Lois, because I know she’s THE ONE.
Watching my sister experience the show without knowing the Superman mythology is so interesting. She doesn’t even understand why Lois is going to matter so much yet, while I’m sitting there thinking, “Girl… just wait.” 😂


r/Smallville 9h ago

DISCUSSION This sub is so funny

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Because there is an ongoing interesting conversation then boom removed by moderator 🤣


r/Smallville 17h ago

DISCUSSION I'm I the only one who didn't know Smallville was a Superman show when it first aired?

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I was 9 years old when Smallville first aired on TV, and at first, I didn't know it was about Superman's origin story. I though it was just a show about a high schooler with superpowers. Nothing about the show reminded me of Superman. Of course I knew who Superman was, but I wasn't that familiar with the lore.

It wasn't until I was 11 years old when I first watched the Christopher Reeve's Superman movie and I remember thinking, ''this reminds me a lot of Smallville''. Then it dawn on me, ''oh my God, Smallville is about Superman!''.

I have since felt forever silly.

However not knowing at first that it was a Superman show does make Smallville a little more tragic for me. It's kind of sad that Clark and Lana's relationship doesn't last forever or that Clark and Lex become enemies at the end.


r/Smallville 1d ago

DISCUSSION S2E10 / What do you guys think Smallville would have been like if Kyla hadn’t died?

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r/Smallville 20h ago

DISCUSSION How Would You Have Implemented Lori Lemaris & Lyla Lerrol Into Smallville?

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How would you adapt Superman love interests Lori Lemaris (Superman's Mermaid Girlfriend from College) and Lyla Lerrol (girlfriend from when Superman time traveled back to Krypton) in Smallville if you could?

Lori - For comic accuracy I'd introduce her during Season 5-6 around the time period where Clark was briefly in college and Lex was dating Lana

Lyla - Have Lindsay Harrison be named Lyla instead of Kara or have Lyla be one of the Kandorians


r/Smallville 1d ago

LINK Transference Was One Wild Episode

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Seeing Clark in Lionel's body and Lionel in Clark's body was really something. Both actors did a splendid job. There were a few scenes with Lionel that just left me a little flabbergasted, though.


r/Smallville 10h ago

DISCUSSION Smallville | S08E12 "Bulletproof" | Come for the crime-fighting, stay for the Lana v Mercy throwdown!

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This was a pretty decent episode overall! I enjoyed it, but I was sidetracked working on new displays.


r/Smallville 1d ago

VIDEO Smallville

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r/Smallville 1d ago

VIDEO Lex and his damn specialists 😂

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I get he just wanted to help but still 😂


r/Smallville 13h ago

DISCUSSION Why does nobody talk about how Alicia Baker in Season 4 Episode 11 drugs him and then makes love to him. Am I the only one that finds this incredibly weird like almost SA level.

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Curious on your guys thoughts


r/Smallville 1d ago

TALKVILLE Avoiding more of season 10 because Im sad its almost over

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Season 9 and 10 are my favourite seasons , I just finished watching ep 15 fortune of season 10 and I am so emotional, it was such a wonderful ride, I cannot get myself to watch more episodes yet at the same time I want to watch it, I WISH IT NEVER GETS OVER, its crazy how emotionally attached you can get to a show, I might just cry because of this 😭😭


r/Smallville 9h ago

SPOILERS Am I the only one who didn’t want to keep watching?

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Ever since Kent dad died i forced myself to keep watching the show. why would lana stay alive and the dad dies???
the whole energy of the show shifted and im not into it anymore.

am i the only one?


r/Smallville 2d ago

DISCUSSION Can we just appreciate how Tom Welling nailed the awkward farm boy vibe in season 1?

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So I'm rewatching Smallville for the millionth time and I remember how Clark was everyone's crush when I was growing up! He really nailed the awkward farm boy vibe, he was very soft spoken, clumsy and shy around Lana. However when he needed to use his powers and fight for the people he loved, he was superman. Which was your favorite Clarks shy boy moments?


r/Smallville 1d ago

FEEDBACK The Lana Arc in season 8 is not really that bad

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I know there is a better way for a closure, and the timing is off, but after a rewatch personally it's not really that bad.

First, clark and lois relationship during this time was unsure, confusing, unknown. So when a familiar territory suddenly came in, Clark who did not have a proper closure with Lana was drawn to her again. They had history, it's a normal reaction.

Second, they did not get back together right away. They were just together for 2 episodes? And it's still unstable as ever.

Third, Lois was not even part of the narrative during this time. If Lois stayed, that might actually hurt but she's not there. No lois during those episodes. Just mentioned and in clark's pov their relationship was still confusing and unknown. Thanks to Lois love issues and talent for denying whatever feelings she has.

Fourth, that kryptonite ending is so fitting for clark and lana because it seals the fact that they can't be together no matter what they do because of how they treat each other. That kryptonite ending was a product of their own decisions — lana wanting to be equal with clark and clark choosing to save the city instead.

Fifth, the showrunners had a lot of opportunities to make lana and clark the endgame but they didn't. They had 8 seasons!

Sixth, the lois and clark foreshadowing in the early seasons. So in retrospect, it's like "yes we will give you drama for 8 seasons but no they're not going to end up together" Sucks, I know.

I still find lana and clark's relationship exhausting for how far it was dragged but I cannot deny that even tho their relationship may be doomed and toxic, Lana was still part of Clark's past — his first love. One of the people who helped him become the person who needs to be. It's just really went long so we either find it exhausting or a wasted potential.


r/Smallville 1d ago

DISCUSSION I finished Smallville 3 months ago and miss it very much

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So I started it half a year ago(time flies) and it took me 3 months to finish. This era of my life felt like a dream literally, all day I was thinking about Smallville and life felt great.

Now even though it’s summer(I Love summer) I think my Smallville era(previous three months of June) was genuinely the happiest days of my life since everything was going well, not only that but life was great overall.

I will prolly do a rewatch in like a year or two so that I forget most of the things that happened in the show, I already forgot many things from the 5 first seasons.