Smallville

According to co-show runner Brian Peterson (via Airlock Alpha), the upcoming season of Smallville is going to be dark — but don’t be alarmed.

News had come out recently that season 9 would be “Superman’s darkest hour”, but Peterson has now clarified that a bit:

“We might’ve misled people a little bit with that,” co-show runner Brian Peterson explained. “Clark has some very dark decisions to make and he starts the season in a very dark place, but the season itself won’t be dark.”

Look for the first episode of season 9 on The CW on September 25.

BuddyTV has a nice article that looks at the problem of villains in Smallville.  Now that Lex Luthor (Michael Rosenbaum) is leaving the show, there is a big opening for the role of “primary villain”.

There is some talk of having Doomsday fill that gap, but that seems unlikely.  There are also reports that a “sexy female villain” will arrive this season.  Maybe the two of them combined could work out well.

Either way, it seems likely that we’ll miss Lex more than we realize…