In hindsight, I feel like this should've been the finale to the seventh season. You have Kara flying off into the unknown with Brainiac. The scene at the end with Clark and Lana feels like a death scene, with Chloe standing in the distance crying. The episode would've also retained it's original ending: Lex murdering Lionel (which they moved to the next episode, "Descent"). It could've been a terrific finale. Sadly, the strike ended with enough time for five more episodes, that were really rushed and not very good (not a fan of Jimmy playing 007).
Had this been the finale, they would've had months to figure everything out for season 8. Where did Kara and Brainiac go (the bit they did was rushed to resolve it and didn't motivate why Brainiac needed Kara)? They would've had time to figure out something great. No Lex finding out Clark's secret and disappearing (later being killed off, revived and having all his memories erased). Instead, we would've gone into season 8, with Lex having simply left Smallville. Off on a quest for the traveler and a way to either control or destroy him. Mention him a few times, have Tess or someone talk with him on the phone. And no (Kryptonite infected) Super-Lana. She simply dies at the end of "Veritas" and we then meet Clark again, in S8, where he's started to move on and find out where Kara and Brainiac went.
Had this been the finale, they would've had months to figure everything out for season 8. Where did Kara and Brainiac go (the bit they did was rushed to resolve it and didn't motivate why Brainiac needed Kara)? They would've had time to figure out something great. No Lex finding out Clark's secret and disappearing (later being killed off, revived and having all his memories erased). Instead, we would've gone into season 8, with Lex having simply left Smallville. Off on a quest for the traveler and a way to either control or destroy him. Mention him a few times, have Tess or someone talk with him on the phone. And no (Kryptonite infected) Super-Lana. She simply dies at the end of "Veritas" and we then meet Clark again, in S8, where he's started to move on and find out where Kara and Brainiac went.
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