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Bizarro

[Colcatron · 10/10 · 14 April 2011]

The season 6 finale was one of the high points in Smallville's entire 10 year run, so my expectations were about as high as it could get for the season 7 premiere "Bizarro".

At the end of season 6 we were introduced to one of the best DC villains with Bizarro himself. Like most Smallville portrayals of comic book villains, this is a very different interpretation of Bizarro from the comics, but making the character more menacing and more serious fits the tone of the show better.

Some Smallville premieres focus so much on tying up the loose ends from the previous season, that all ground work for the upcoming season is pushed to the 2nd episode of the season. "Bizarro" had just the right balance. It tied up the season 6 finale, while putting just enough teases out there for what was to come, with Kara's introduction and Lex's desire for redemption. This eased into the rest of the season less awkwardly than some past ones had.

Lex and Clark's characters are given a bit of a shakeup here and in the rest of the season. Clark begins to doubt whether he's taking the right approach to being a hero, and there's more to come, with a lot of doubt placed on whether or not Clark has fully realized his potential. For Lex, after 2 straight seasons of him being a full fledged villain, it was an unexpected change of pace to have him hoping to redeem himself for his actions.

This was a great start to what I see as one of Smallville's most entertaining seasons, while not actually one of the most original.

The Seventh Season promises Greatness

[Rcwilkinson123 · 10/10 · 27 September 2007]

What a fantastic way the seventh season of "Smallville" began tonight with the series' 133rd episode, 'Bizarro.'

The last phantom from the Phantom Zone has arrived on Earth and generated a body from the Kryptonian cells that Clark has. This duplication produces a copy of Clark, turned upside-down. He contains all of Clark's abilities, with the addition of flight. Meanwhile, recently arrested Lex sinks in the dam after the dam breaks, a result from Clark and Bizarro's fight the previous episode last season. However, "an angel," as Lex describes it, saves him. Meanwhile, Chloe, for the second time in the series, is believed to be dead before Clark pulls her from a mortar. Martian Manhunter re-arrives on Earth after healing beyond Earth's atmosphere, and advises Clark to use the power of the sun to strengthen him and weaken Bizarro. Thus, in the fight, Clark's punch forces Bizarro into the atmosphere, where he flies away. Meanwhile, a special revelation is made concerning Lana, and Lionel gets pulled from the collapsed dam by a mysterious long-cloaked figure...

In contrast to other season premieres, this episode did not resolve every conflict at once. This is a good thing. It provides so many questions for its audience as future story arcs are destined to reveal. As indicated in this episode, this season promises to bring many crucial pieces of mythos to the legacy, as particularly evidenced by a beautiful, blond figure flying above the Talon as the show ends.

This episode is the series' second-best premiere after Season 5's "Arrival."

Clark vs. Clark Showdown

[jokerzcard · 9/10 · 10 October 2007]

After his grand entrance at the climax of Season Six's finale, "Phantom", Clark's evil doppleganger, Bizarro, was sure to make a mess of things in the peaceful town of Smallville.

Tom Welling had his hands full. Playing two completely different characters at the same time must have been difficult. He lit up the screen as the menacing Bizarro. The plot had a few minor plot holes(Lois scene towards end of episode) but it is overall a very good start to Season Seven.

Plot: 9 Acting: 9 Special Effects: 10

Episode Rating: 9

A solid start to the seventh season.

[Roger_Sterling · 9/10 · 27 September 2007]

After the lab is destroyed at Reeves dam, the dam itself collapses, sending Lex into the bottom of the river, but he is saved by a mysterious blond woman. Clark fiercely battles his doppelganger and turns to John Jones AKA Martian Manhunter for help, and Lois tries to save Chloe by getting her to a hospital. While Lex is in jail, Bizarro shows up and suggests that they join to bring the real Clark down.

"Bizarro" is a great start to the seventh season, but as much as I want to like this season, it's still too early to tell. "Bizarro" and "Zod" were almost exactly the same in my opinion. The fight between Clark and Zod was disappointing, with Zod wiping the floor with Clark only to be defeated by the crystal of El at the last minute. The fight between Clark and Bizarro isn't much better (at least Clark actually hit Bizarro), but other than that, it was a great premiere. However, the 6th season ended up being disappointing despite the premiere, so hopefully that is where the similarities between "Zod" and "Bizarro" will end.

9/10.

Beginning the Downfall of Smallville

[spasek · 8/10 · 7 November 2023]

Believe it or not, this was a solid start for Season 7, which would, unfortunately, end up the weakest of the first seven. Well, until the worst season (Season 8) came along.

Clark vs. Bizarro kicks off a pretty good battle between the two, and again, it gave Tom Welling a chance to show off his acting chops in another role. Red K Clark is always a blast, but Bizarro Clark is pretty darn amusing as well. And of the train of sudden appearances of Superman villains that would flood Smallville, Bizarro was definitely one of the better ones.

We also delve more deeply into Chloe's meteor power. This was a road that writers should have never gone down. It made no sense that Chloe has somehow been a dormant meteor-infected person since childhood (which is why her mother could use her power on her when she was a child).

However, this episode had a missed opportunity. Lana is dead. Well, as far as Clark knows, she is, and yet he never really grieves. We saw Clark break down when Jonathan passed, and you would think that Clark would have had similar feelings at the very least where Lana is concerned. Instead, we get a few minutes of him sitting alone in the living room. Chloe shed more tears for Lana.

And, of course, the writers decided to add yet another cast member in Kara (Supergirl). Laura Vandervroot was a solid actress, and she played the part very well. However, I would also question them bringing her onto the show. The tables will be turned with Kara having more abilities than Clark and Clark suddenly acting like a father figure by ordering her around and telling her what to do. It just didn't really work out all that well.

In short, this is where the writers lost control of the show and kept thinking that more was better, thus destroying the original concept that Gough and MIllar envisioned for Clark. The show easily ran 4-5 seasons too long, despite better seasons in 9 and 10. I almost always stop watching the show after this episode, aside from watching "Descent" and then skip straight to the finale. I greatly prefer Gough and Millar's Smallville to Souders' and Petersons's ridiculous interpretation which only got worse.

The Conclusion of the Sixth Season

[claudio_carvalho · 6/10 · 7 February 2011]

Clark Kent fights against Bizarro, the phantom that has his physical form, and breaks the Reeves Dam. Lex Luthor is arrested in a police car that is submerged by the water and Lois Lane is bringing Chloe Sullivan to a safer location. Lex is rescued by a mysterious woman. Clark vaporizes the water with his vision and saves a boy and his father that are fishing in the river. Then he helps Lois and Chloe and takes them to the hospital. Chloe is declared dead but she awakes in the morgue refrigerator and Clark saves her. Meanwhile Bizarro heals his wounds with Kryptonite. Lex turns himself in to the police, but Bizarro rescues him from the jail. Lionel is rescued by a mysterious man.

I have finally watched the conclusion of the Sixth Season after almost three years. I have decided to wait for the release of not only the 7th Season on DVD, but also the next Seasons since I am irritated with the procedure of Warner distributer that ends the seasons of Smallville in the climax of the story. But unfortunately it was hard to recall what happened in the end of the Sixth Season after this long period without watching this series. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "Bizarro"

Bizarro, and what's with this Clark being immortal thing?

[colaof · 5/10 · 2 June 2016]

While I wasn't crazy about Smallville's take on Bizarro (no more so than I have been with most of the other character they've completely retconned) this episode was halfway decent. I especially liked how they focused on the yellow sun giving Clark his strength, and how since everything had the reverse effect on Bizarro the yellow sun would be his weakness. Unlike most things on this show, that actually made perfect sense. I do have one question that has been bugging me for awhile now though. Since when is Clark Kent (aka Superman) immortal? He specifically says in this episode that someday everyone he cares about will be gone. As in they will die. This isn't the first time this has come up either. It's been hinted at in several of the previous episodes. I'm not questioning whether or not Clark can be killed. I know he can be, either by Kryptonite, Doomsday, or something else. My issue is what makes him think that he won't one day just die from old age? I don't read the comics, but I was always under the impression that Superman was NOT immortal. I've even seen incarnations of him where he is an old man, so why has Smallville decided to make him immortal? I don't like it. It's these little things that have made me really come to despise this show. I can't express how glad I will be when I've finished these last four seasons, and can finally just be done with the whole thing. The immortal references aside I would probably rate the episode at a 7, but seeing as I can't get over that hump I'll give it a 5. If I actually liked Clark at this point my rating would probably be higher though.