There were two things that just had to happen in the Smallville finale: First, Clark had to finally don the cape and tights (if even for the briefest of scenes). Second, and in my book, more importantly, we needed the return of Lex Luthor.
Any fan of the Man of Steel knows that Superman has one lifelong nemesis and that’s Mr. Luthor. After his departure from the series in 2008, Michael Rosenbaum has been reluctant to say the least to returning to the series. After announcing through his people last February that he would not appear in the final season of the CW’s long-running series, he had a change of heart a few days later—I won’t speculate whether or not the tremendous fan uproar was the cause of Rosenbaum’s decision to reappear as Luthor one final time. Whatever it was, I’m just glad he did.
The important thing about Lex and Clark, as it relates to the universe established in Smallville, is that their acrimonious relationship has really only just begun. Fans of the series need to see these two come to a head one last time, before their destinies as one another’s nemesis flourishes.
Rosenbaum told TV Line this week that he was nervous being back on the set again with series star Tom Welling. “To jump back into that role and start quoting Sun Tzu, and I’m looking at Tom,” said Rosenbaum. “It felt so surreal.”
The CW released the trailer above today—our first glimpse at Lex’s triumphant return to the series. I expect that Clark will be made well aware that life is going to be made a whole lot tougher by the closing credits of the series finale.
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