November 21, 2008 – Here is our interview with Smallville director Mairzee Almas who was at the helm of this seasons episodes “Toxic” and “Identity”. Mairzee also talks about the progression of the Doomsday story line from the start of the season, and a look at what’s to come.
November 6, 2008 – Someone sends Clark the crystal to rebuild the Fortress, only, when Clark touches the crystal it activates and sends him and Lois to the Phantom Zone. There, Clark and Lois find Kara, who helps Lois escape back to Earth. Unfortunately, General Zod’s wife, Faora, also escapes and takes over Lois’s body. Faora sets out to find her son, who turns out to be Davis – Faora explains that he was created when Faora and Zod could not have children. Chloe uses her powers to bring Clark a...
October 30, 2008 – Lois and Jimmy are mugged on the street, and when Jimmy attempts to snap a picture of the mugger he catches a blurred image of Clark saving Lois. Jimmy goes on the hunt to identify the mysterious “Good Samaritan”, and Chloe tells Clark that he should use this opportunity to create an alter ego for himself like Oliver has with “Green Arrow”. Tess plants a new reporter, Sebastian Kane, at the Daily Planet, who has the ability to steal memories, to find out if Lois stole the crys...
October 23, 2008 – A serial killer attacks a local club, injuring and murdering several patrons. Clark arrives and discovers Davis’s body, covered in blood and lying unconscious on the floor. Davis denies any memory of the event. While looking for clues, Clark meets John Jones, who, since losing his powers, has taken a job as a police detective. John and Clark work together on the attack, with John indicating that there have been others and that Davis has been the first to arrive on each of the ...
October 16, 2008 – Chloe and Jimmy are kidnapped after their engagement party by a jeweler who wants to test their love. Using a lie-detector to quiz them, every time one is caught in a lie the other is punished with a surge of electricity. Clark and Lois discover that they are missing and pose as a couple to lure the kidnapper out of hiding. Chloe and Jimmy survive, answering the questions to the jeweler’s satisfaction, who sets them free; unfortunately, Lois is kidnapped by the jeweler. Clark ...
October 9, 2008 – Tess and a scientist activate the crystal that built the Fortress of Solitude, which results in an energy beam being sent into space. An alien, Maxima, from the planet Almerac recognizes the beacon as Kryptonian and comes to Earth to search for the Kryptonian she believes sent for her. Maxima tracks the signal to Tess, and then mistakenly identifies Jimmy as the Kryptonian. Maxima’s kiss almost kills Jimmy, but Clark comes to the rescue. Maxima realizing Clark is the Kryptonian...
October 2, 2008 – Oliver collapses at a fundraiser and reveals to Clark and Chloe that he has been poisoned and only has twelve hours to live. Chloe calls Davis, who attempts to find a cure for Oliver’s ailment, while Clark tries to find out who is responsible. Tess assigns Lois the job of uncovering the truth about Oliver’s “drunken fall” at the fundraiser. While unconscious, Oliver relives the time he was shipwrecked on an island and how he first learned to shoot a bow. He also relives his fir...
September 25, 2008 – On Clark’s first day at the Daily Planet a bomb on a bus goes off outside the building. Chloe helps one of the injured passengers, Bette, and meets paramedic Davis Bloome. Bette, a homeless teenager, stays with Chloe while Davis contacts a friend who runs a shelter for the homeless. Clark discovers that there was no bomb on the bus, but that someone blew it up with their meteor power. Clark and Lois deduce that Bette is the one with the meteor power, and Clark arrives at the...
September 27, 2008 – He’s been called one of the best things to hit Starkville’s House of El since the beginning of the show, and now you too can have his lucid tones whenever you want! Steve Glosson and chocolate pie have become synonymous with SHoE since Steve started hosting late last year, and now we’re happy to bring you the remastered version of “Chocolate Pie”, made famous by Steve and previously heard in the final moments of our 100th episode celebration! Enjoy!
September 22, 2008 – Here is our second interview with actress Alaina Huffman who portrays the Black Canary on Smallville. Huffman first appeared last season in the episode “Siren” and returns this week to talk in detail about her role in the Justice League with the season premiere.
September 22, 2008 – After the collapse of the Fortress of Solitude, Oliver Queen, Arthur Curry, and Dinah Lance set out searching for Clark. At the same time, newly promoted Tess Mercer also begins searching for Lex Luthor. Oliver discovers that Clark is being held captive in Russia, and leaves to rescue him. Chloe is revealed to be in the custody of LuthorCorp, who have been testing her developing powers, which now include super-intelligence. Lex’s assistant, Regan, has been using Chloe to loc...
September 20, 2008 – This Week On SHoE – Two-and-a-half years in the making, here we are. Starkville’s House of El’s 100th Episode with Derek and Steve! It’s a packed episode full of nostalgia, humor, drama, more humor, murder, and tears. Okay, maybe not ALL that but it’s a good time of reminiscing between the hosts.
September 20, 2008 – This Week On SHoE – Here are your listener voicemails that go along as a companion with our 100th episode celebration today! If we left yours out please let us know as there were a ton to go through and thank you all for calling in and showing some SHoE love.
This Week On SHoE – Derek goes into detail of what to expect from the season premiere of “Smallville” with a brief history of what we know of episode 8×01 – “Odyssey.” MINOR spoilers are contained within this here last-ever two-digit episode of Starkville’s House of El. Plus news on our 100th episode coming later today.
This Week On SHoE – Steve goes the extra mile to explain how the secrets of Veritas tie up seven years of our favorite show, but how it also makes us look forward to the future for season eight and beyond.
This Week On SHoE – What is it that makes someone a true Smallville fan? Is it the Superman mythos? The relationships? The journey? Or the destiny? Steve picks apart seven years of the show and tells you why tunes in each week and how he views the fans and their stories
September 11, 2008 – This Week on SHoE – The Bizarro Derek and Steve take over for an out-of-context-episode to discuss the female heroines within Smallville and the DC Universe, focusing mainly on Supergirl, Black Canary, and even Chloe Sullivan, and how they affect Clark Kent’s journey to Superman.
September 5, 2008 – This week on SHoE – We’ve got our copy of the seventh season DVD to review for you guys, which will hopefully push you towards picking up a copy if you haven’t already pre-ordered. Plus news on an episode change order for season eight that pushed a big episode off until 2009.
September 3, 2008 – This Week On SHoE – The guys finally meet on neutral ground in Atlanta, GA as Dragon*Con commences. We’ve got the trailer for season 8 to show you, plus new images for 8×01 & 8×02 and news on the recent Superman reboot report, so you won’t want to miss this epic episode.
July 27, 2008 – This week on SHoE – We’re bringing you the audio from Smallville’s panel at the 2008 Comic Con in San Diego from last month. It’s not perfect audio but it’s better than most and makes you feel like you’re right in the audience. Enjoy!
August 8, 2008 – This week on SHoE – Derek and Steve recount the wonder that was Comic Con in the first of (hopefully) three episodes chronicling the 5-day experience. First up, though, we’ve got news straight from the second row of the Smallville panel, with new details, new cast introductions, the exclusive season 8 teaser trailer, and more! Plus news from our own panel and experiences from meeting listeners to meeting friends and everything in between!
July 14, 2008 – This week on SHoE – Steve yells at Derek from the same hallway he was in during Episode 70 while the countdown to Comic-Con & Season 8 of Smallville has begun, with news about episode 8×01 including the return of the Justice League, a full length discussion on the DC film franchise, and your Comic-Con Q&A!
June 26, 2008 – This week on SHoE – Steve and Derek come at you with a mid-week SHoE to make amends, make plans, and have fun. The war is over and the first real news for season 8 is coming down the pipeline; not to mention our countdown to Comic Con, our new SHoE t-shirts, and Derek’s turn for his ten favorite episodes of Smallville. We’ve also got details on the new cast members and Smallville’s Comic Con panel!
June 11, 2008 – This week on SHoE – Steve and Derek re-hash the news of the Smallville season 7 DVD release with all new details about the set and a release date, plus the biggest and so far, the best news about season eight casting we’ve heard so far, that excites us both. After that Steve’s got his top 10 Smallville episodes of all time, and a war begins brewing on the show that only you can help with, listen for details.
May 23, 2008 – This week on SHoE – Steve comes back to weigh in on the seventh season finale of “Smallville”, plus a ton of your emails regarding last week’s episode with your questions that we answer and how we felt about this finale in line with all the others. There’s a lot of news surrounding the seventh season DVD, Laura Vandervoort’s exit from the show and a look at what we’ll be covering the next few weeks on SHoE!
May 15, 2008 – Kara informs Lex that he will defeat the Traveler, who is really destined to destroy mankind, and sends him to the Fortress of Solitude. Clark learns that Brainiac has been impersonating Kara, who is actually stuck in the Phantom Zone, and destroys him to finally free Lana from her comatose state. Lana leaves Clark a DVD stating that she is holding Clark back, and the only way for him to help the world is if the two of them are not together. The DDS arrest Chloe just as Jimmy is a...
May 8, 2008 – The bank teller from Zurich attacks Lex, carving the Kryptonian symbols for “Traveler”, “Savior”, and “Sanctuary” into his chest. After seeing the symbols, Clark travels to Montreal, Quebec, where he finds Edward Teague, the only surviving member of Veritas. Edward deems that Clark is no savior and attempts to kill him so that Lex cannot control him. Chloe saves Clark, who in turn saves Edward from Lex, who arrived looking for more clues to controlling the Traveler. Lex returns hom...
May 4, 2008 – Here is our interview with Alan Ritchson who played the role of Aquaman in seasons five and six of Smallville. Ritchson discusses all his current projects, what led him to the role of Aquaman, how he prepared for it, shares some set stories from “Aqua” and “Justice” – plus lots more.
May 1, 2008 – Jor-El sends Clark to an alternate reality to show him what the world would be like if he never arrived on Earth. Here, the Kents have a natural-born son, Chloe is engaged, Lana married a french philanthropist, Lois is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, Kara is the head of the Department of Domestic Security (DDS) using the alias Linda Danvers, and Lex is the President of the United States. In this reality, Clark is unable to prevent Brainiac and Lex from detonating the country’s...
April 24, 2008 – In order to locate Brainiac and Kara, Clark has Chloe hack into government satellites. The Department of Domestic Security has been monitoring Chloe’s activity and, convinced she is a terrorist, convince Jimmy to work with them to bring her down. Clark decides to head to the Fortress to find a way to save Lana, where he learns that Kara is at Krypton trying to warn Clark that Brainiac intends to kill the infant version of Kal-El. The Feds have Jimmy accompany Chloe to a club, wh...
