After giving up on the show several years ago, I have started once again to watch Smallville While I didn't consciously decided to stop watching the show, at the time I had given up, 6 of the 10 stars of the show had left, including the guy who played Lex Luthor which was by far the most interesting character in the show.

I think I was motivated by hearing the series will be coming to an end this year, and a long time ago I had my vision of what final episode should be like, so I want to watch it knowing the full "back story" as reimagined in Smallville.

I started back right where I left off, going back to the first few episodes of season 8. The show is a bit better off without Lana's weekly life and death trips to the hospital and her tearful drama laden discourse that each episode seemed to end in. The story still does not represent Superman, nor does it fill out his back story or add any depth to the mythos, but it is watchable and at time entertaining.