Smallville season 9 premiers next friday. I know that any fan of this show is ready for it to come back on. Personally, I hope that this is the last season. It has progressively become Metropolis based and Clark is still struggling with his same issues for 9 straight years. He needs to become Superman and grow a set already! But the show is still good and carries the CW as well as Supernatural, which I do not watch. I want to see Lex come back for the last couple of episodes of the series....and I'm glad Lana is gone.