From 2001 to 2011, Smolville had a wanted 10-season race. But while every fan and critic can have their favorite season, only one clearly stands out as the most important: Season 7. After the seventh release, Smolville practically turns into a different show. This is when the series moves from its bright rural village in a series in a dark and dark metropolis, losing so many celebrities in the process.

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Christine Krauk left Smolville Around this time and will only return to season 8 for a bow of five episodes to close the story of Lana Lang. Michael Rosenbaum also left the show After completing his contractual obligations, but made a fantastic arrival in the final of the series. Even the original show -Shuni Alfred Goff and Miles Millar came out of season 7, with the great Johnon Glover, who played a brilliant and morally complex father of Leks Luter, Lionel.

Looking at as there was such a dramatic and massive overhaul of the team after season 7, it can be assumed that Glover's contract simply ended. This is especially credible, as not only his character was killed, but the actor also did not appear in the next two seasons of the show. He returned for a four -episoded guest bow in the season 10 ... which, according to Glover, did not provoke so great.

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During the first seven seasons of "Smallville", Glover's character is the one who is probably the greatest development of the characters. Lionel goes from the world's worst father and the wicked corporate prevailer of something to Clark Kent's trusted adviser (Tom Welling). The roller coaster in Lionel's story comes to a dramatic end when he was killed by his son in episode 16, "descent". It's some Shakespeare drama right there.

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Fans wouldn't see Lionel again until the last season of the show. However, it was not the same Lionel; This was when a lionel from an alternative world (so is, "smallville" made variants before they were cool!) Appeared to make some chaos. Unfortunately, this latest Horara, which culminated in that Lionel is possessed and used as a Darkseid ship, was not compared to Lionel's previous stories. At least, not to glover. As Michael Rosenbaum explained to the latter Podcast in 2023He felt that the last season turned Lionel, a morally gray character, into a "stereotypical villain" and drained all the nuance of it. However, the criticism also comes with praise, as Glover has fully acknowledged that his initial running on the show is incredible. "I had seven great years," he told Rosenbaum. "I had a ball. It was the longest I was playing part." He is definitely wrong with that. For over 140 episodes, Glover absolutely embodied the role of Lionel Luter.

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For fans who want to read more, be sure to check our Ranking every season "Smolville" from worst to bestAnd what Actor "Supernatural" lost the role of Clark Kent in Tom Welling.