Picking up where its fifth season left off,
Smallville's sixth season begins with Metropolis in ruins, Clark
(Tom Welling) trapped in the Phantom Zone, and General Zod
inhabiting the body of Lex (Michael Rosenbaum). Even when that
situation, dubbed "Black Thursday," is over, Clark still has to
capture the criminals who escaped from the Phantom Zone. Meanwhile,
having driven away Lana (Kristin Kreuk), she finds comfort in the
home and arms of Lex, driving further anxiety into that romantic
triangle that has expanded to include Chloe (Allison Mack, still
with a smile that lights up the orb on top of the Daily Planet) and
her new beau, photographer Jimmy Olsen (Aaron Ashmore). And Lois
(Erica Durance)? We see hints of her inevitable future in her
becoming a reporter for the tabloid rag The Inquisitor ("The
thrill of discovery, the clack of the keys, the scent of fresh ink…
I think I've finally found my calling!") and flashing some sparks
with Clark especially in a Valentine's Day episode called "Crimson."
She also finds a new boyfriend in Oliver Queen (Justin Hartley), a
tycoon who moves from Star City to Metropolis and revives a
boarding-school rivalry with Lex. But Queen is also a superhero, the
Green Arrow, and he's out to thwart Lex's project called 33.1, which
runs tests on meteor-powered humans. And in an awesome episode
called "Justice," the Green Arrow gathers his team--Bart Allen (Kyle
Gallner), a.k.a. Impulse (a change after he was first called the
Flash); Arthur "AC" Curry (Alan Ritchson), a.k.a. Aquaman; and
Victor Stone (Lee Thompson Young), a.k.a. Cyborg (who had all
appeared in the series before)--with Clark to shut down Lex. Yet
another hero from the comic books--an interplanetary detective (Phil
Morris)--helps Clark fight rogue Kryptonians. It all ends in a
slam-bang finale with a number of surprises. Even though the Lana
drama went on too long, Green Arrow and some choice episodes stuff
made this one of Smallville's best seasons. Guest stars
include Tori Spelling as a nosy gossip reporter and Lynda "Wonder
Woman" Carter as Chloe's mom. --David Horiuchi
