Lana's new love intreset brings a whole new element to show. We also introduce a new link into the mythology that will unravel throughout the season. We're sort of putting the cave to rest and Jor-El to rest, and put new things in the show, which should be exciting and fresh.i think they were talking about lana's love intrest.
What other characters from the DC Universe will we see this season? And what's up with Pete?
Pete is gone. He's moved to Wichita. You may see him in a couple of episodes come back as a guest-star. And we're actually talking to DC about a couple of other characters that they will release from the dungeon of feature film development to let us use on the show. But none that we can announce right now. But there will be a couple and we would rather use them sooner rather than later.
You're going to see more of Martha. She's a huge element, and Annette O'Toole is great. She has a huge role in episode 1 because, quite frankly, she's one of the last of the Mohicans in terms of who's not dead, in a void or in a coma ... or in prisons. She's going to take a more active role. She and Mr. Glover will have more scenes together. I would say Annette's been the most underused resource on the show and we definitely are going to fix that in Seasons 4.
We have Lois for 13 episodes, so it's a good balance. We'll have her for chunks and blocks. She has a very different attitude than Chloe. She's very skeptical. She doesn't want to be a journalist at this point. She has a very opening attitude. I think you'll see, hopefully, the contrast between the two.
Well, again, like Lionel Luthor, I don't Jor-El is evil. I think Jor-El has a plan for his son that his son basically doesn't want to follow. All Jor-El said basically was, "Come to me," and Clark said "No" and runs away. He tries to blow him up and then run away and he spent the whole season dealing with that before he finally did the heroic thing to save Jonathan and gave himself up to Jor-El. I think the question is, what did Jor-El have planned? Which I think we'll see at the top of Season 4.
Also, for us, you've always seen him as sort of the benevolent character. Obviously, (he) loved his son and sent him to Earth as the sole survivor. But was there a darker agenda there?
Is it true you planned the Smallville story arc to be five seasons and if it is true, will you have enough time to tell the story?
We've always had the five-year plan. We're on year four now, so we have one year left for the plan. But with us, we'll just see how far we go. It's obviously up to you guys to watch it.