Smallville Planning Major Death

EOnline ^ | 04/13/07 | Kristin

[theFIRMbss]

Smallville Planning Major Death

Attention Smallville fans: This news might make you feel like you have butterflies made out of Kryptonite in your stomach, so read at your own risk.

Inside sources tell me exclusively that one of the main four castmembers—Tom Welling, Michael Rosenbaum, Allison Mack or Kristin Kreuk—will be killed off before the season ends.

Although all of these castmembers are under contract for one more season (they initially signed seven-year deals), producers have decided to have one of their characters meet an untimely end, in a shocking plot twist.

Naming exactly who is going six feet under would ruin the viewer experience (and probably prevent me from cozying up to any CW cuties at future C-Dub events) so I'll simply tell you this regarding the soon-to-be-deceased character's identity: It is someone who is most definitely a fan favorite. And I think you're gonna freak.

[theFIRMbss]

Fans at Kryptonsite
also report another
departure this year.

That's one dying and
another leaving full time.
This season has been

so dark, depressing
I'm guessing the producers
want to shake things up.

[edcoil]

Superboy - nope
Lex - Nope

These two have long futures and history.

Lois

I’m guessing Clark’s mother. Then its off to his hide-away for maturing, growth and come back as chris reeves.

[Bratch]

Chloe is s-o-o-o dead.

[theDentist]

This show is still on????

[theFIRMbss]

>Chloe is s-o-o-o dead

I'll miss her. She's cute. But I think you're right. The clue was: "...you're gonna freak" Lana cannot die, eventually she must go marry Pete Ross. As to the person leaving, it could be Clark's mom or Lex's father . . .

[Malsua]

If Chloe was a Schoolteacher, she’d be GUILTY!

[theFIRMbss]

>This show is still on????

Cute. Chloe found out
about Clark in season four.
Lana just married

Lex in season six.
So, Clark is really pissed and
Lana's grumpy, too.

[VRWCmember]

The four actors mentioned are Clark, Lex, Lana, and Chloe.

Clark and Lex can’t be killed off because of their future positions within the Superman franchise.

Lana and Chloe: The story would progress just fine without either one of them. If Chloe is killed off, that could push Lois into the journalism career that is her future in the franchise. If Lana is killed off, that would be one more thing to push an already amoral and evil Lex further into criminality and megalomania.

[theFIRMbss]

>If Lana is killed off

I do not believe
the TV show will alter
Superman mythos.

She married Pete Ross,
later divorces him, and
is "still" alive now . . .

[Dr. Eckleburg]

It has to be Lana.

Poor Clark.

“Smallville” is one of the best TV shows on the air.

[bedolido]

my guess is Lana. I don’t remember her in the Superman movies (yes I saw them ashamed to say). Possibly both parents. Is there a dog on the program?

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Wow. Chloe. That is a surprise. Makes sense if they’re planning to bump Lois Lane into the premier reporter’s desk.

[theFIRMbss]

> Is there a dog on the program?

If they kill Krypto, I hope he eats Lionel before he's done in!

[VRWCmember]

my guess is Lana. I don’t remember her in the Superman movies

Lana was in Superman 3. She was played by Annette O'Toole who plays Martha Clark in Smallville. There's an oedipal dilemma: Clark's mother used to be his girlfriend.

[theFIRMbss]

>Chloe...Makes sense if they’re planning to bump Lois Lane into the premier reporter’s desk

I'm guessing her "death" in Labyrinth was a test to see how fans freaked . . .

[bedolido]

"Lana was in Superman 3. She was played by Annette O'Toole who plays Martha Clark in Smallville."

Thanks. I do remember Annette O'Toole. You're right... so it can't be Lana.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

I miss her already. (((sniff)))

[Oztrich Boy]

I do not believe the TV show will alter Superman mythos.

Interesting. Although the 70/80s films did, although the 80/90s Superboy series did, although the 90s Lois and Clark did. Yet you believe Smallville will strictly follow comics canon, even though it hasn't so far,

[theFIRMbss]

>Yet you believe Smallville will strictly follow comics canon, even though it hasn't so far

They've been pretty good about most of the main points. Taking out Lana would be much larger a change than, say, making Lex not a scientist. If they kill Lana, however, they'd be saying expect anything for season seven. They could really clear their decks for any story . . .

[mikrofon]

If they didn’t kill off Lana, they should have...

[theFIRMbss]

>If they didn’t kill off Lana, they should have...

When I have glanced through the Kryptonsite message board, I've seen quite a few anti-Lana posts. This has really surprised me. Except season four Lana's always been kind of a bland character but she is sexy . . . May I ask, are you a male or female? Do gals dislike Lana more?

[Starter]

Wow. Chloe. That is a surprise. Makes sense if they’re planning to bump Lois Lane into the premier reporter’s desk.

Maybe, but there's been a long standing theory from the fans that if Lois dies then Chloe might start using "Lois Lane" as her own pen name in tribute.

I was also about to say, "Yeah. It won't be Clark" but they've killed him before, both in the comic and in the cartoon. Hmm...

[theFIRMbss]

>if Lois dies then Chloe might start using "Lois Lane" as her own pen name in tribute

Wow. That's a good thought.
In Delete Chloe got fired
from the Planet and

told her editor
to use "Lois Lane" to run
her story under!

[TheRobb7]

Neat Hypothesis.

The CHloe character is unique, i believe, to the Smallville series, so, to me, it would make sense to have her depart somehow.

That would clear the way for Erica Durance to get more face time as Lois Lane.

[Sabryn]

I don’t think that they will kill off Chloe. If some of you believe that they will stay true to the DCU, that’s bad news for everyone involved. DC Comics is beginning to write Chloe into the story. As we know, Lex does die, but his son is living (in the comics). In the upcoming episode, as we know from the trailer and other sites, Lois gets stabbed in the gut, Lana supposedly blows up in the car, Clark confronts both Lex and Lionel, Lana tells Lex that the marriage is over, and we find out Chloe’s power. Martian Manhunter plays a part, too. I have an interesting hypothesis. What if Lex dies and his body is found by his lab? That way, he could be resurrected as one of the super soldiers. What do you think?