Ah, but you forget that "Velocity" also had one positive: Pete Ross, Clark's best friend and a character I miss. True, his storyline had a logical resolution and showed Clark what could potentially happen to those who he told his secret, but I liked the Scooby gang of him, Clark, and Chloe. "Velocity" was also an episode where we saw a bit of jealousy towards Clark shine through, as Pete had found one thing where he was treated like #1 instead of #2.
But Spirit had Clark saying "The crowns mine bitch" now that was one of the greatest lines that show ever wrote.
Can we at least agree the show sucks at cliffhangers and paying them off in the next season?
Their is one or two that made me want to see the next season, but overall if I hadn't bought the set already, I wouldn't have cared.
I usually dig Smallville's season finales (except for 4 and 7), but yeah, often times the premiere is a bit down from the finale that preceeded it.
And Kara can just stay gone as far as I'm concerned. I didn't think she brought much to the show other than being eye candy.