"I am sure the writers' strike played a huge part in rushing through a lot of this stuff."

This show still has writers?

i loved this episode so much it was awesome, how ironic is it that Lex thinks that it's his destiny to save th earth from Clark Kent

It's another fabulous finaly, like Smallville always do.

No one could deny, Smallville has the better premieres and finales of all series.

The 7th season is good, not as good the last two. But it had some of the best episodes of the entire series (Descent among others).

I hope we'll see more Lex on 8th season. He's the best Lex ever.

Clark is once more close to the cape. Chloe and Jummy are fabulous in this episode. And Lois are awesome as always.

I'm sure we'll see Brainiac again, i mean he cannot be destroyed. He's a terrific villain and season 8 need him.

Smallville once again prove to be one of the best shows on tv. It's (one of the) the most heart-breaking shows and i'ts highly enjoyable. It has 7 amazing seasons and the 8th looks to have lot's of potential being the last one.

I've been really impressed with Smallville this season (its been on my must-watch-immediately list).

But this ... as a finale ... felt *very* sloppy. And rushed.

I agree with the needs-2-hours comments. Sure, they've never had a 2 hour finale (but they did have a 2 hour premiere), doesn't mean you can't at least build up to it over a couple of episode.

Things were dealt with off-camera. "Chloe, I'm glad you've made a full recovery" ... that's lazy, yes - but in an episode that had SO much going on there's bound to be a few downers.

*sigh*

Could have been so much better.

S7 finale=Disapointing episode.There was so much potential,but it was wasted
I agree with some of the previous comments.One of the things that irritated me,was the way Lana re-appeared.She has not appeared in a while,and all we see is a goodbye Clark-YouTube video?I already knew that Kristin Kreuk will appear briefly next season,but ..
I think that Smallville reached its peak in the first half of the 5th season (Reckoning,probably one of the best Smallville episodes).The second half of the 5th season was not as good.The 6th season was a decent one and it had good episodes,like "Promise".The 7th season also had some good episodes,but in terms of quality,it's probably the worst of the last three seasons,or one of the worst seasons,as some would argue.Let's see how the 8th (final?) season develops.

Three things stuck out in my mind as I watched this episode. First, how did he send Kara to the PZ? That place is easier to get into than Applebees. Second, if Brainiac gets powered up by gobs and gobs of good ol' fashioned electricity, how is MORE electricity going to destroy him? The last thing was that as I glanced at the clock before the last segment began I was beginning to wonder if this was going to be a 2-hour finale. Because even though they seemed to be rushing through a lot of major developments (Clark finally "kills" Brainy, Kara in the PZ, Lana leaving, the whole Chloe thing) there seemed to be a lot more stuff that needed to be done. But nope, they wrapped it up with a contentious 3-minute conversation between Clark and Lex. And then Lex puts that purple glowing Magic 8-Ball into the Fortress's Magic 8-Ball holder and then everything goes kaplooey.

This finale would have been much better if they hadn't pressed the fast forward button on it to cliffhang as many story threads as possible. It was definitely watchable, but let's hope they shoot for something more than that next season.

This has to be the lamest season finale Smallville has ever had, but since this was a totally lame season what can you expect. THe writing on this episode was beyond shoddy. Who called the ambulance for Chloe? How did anyone know she needed one? Who told Clark? How did Clark know where Brainiac was? Talk about a waste of actor in James Marsters! As for Kara, far as I'm concerned they can leave her in the Phantom Zone -- she has been a total waste of a character this season.

I hope that next season is the last. As much as I've enjoyed Smallville I think the show has overstayed its welcome. Next season needs to be about Clark Kent accepting his role as Superman, and for God's sake learn to fly!

The finale was good, but I basically agree with many of the comments that were posted here. Considering that for seven years we have been waiting for Lex and Clark to really battle it out, Rosenbaum's final appearance as a regular on the show was anti-climactic, to say the least. I will definitely tune in next season, but I can't imagine that Smallville can continue for much longer beyond that. At the end of season eight, we should see Clark working at the Daily Planet, flying in his Superman uniform, and romantically involved with Lois Lane. Also, Lex Luthor has to be back for the show's last episode, only now the company that he owns should be called "LexCorp," no longer "LuthorCorp." Chloe must die before the show's end, perhaps because of Lex's doing, and Clark will take over her spot at the Planet. Before she dies, though, her and Clark should have a romantic fling--maybe more than a fling. This will provide the occasion for him to begin paying closer attention to Lois, who will remind him much of Chloe.

Or something like all of this.

That's it for me. The last Smallville I'll watch in real time. If next season sounds watchable through what I read on this blog and others then I'll wait until my local library gets the season DVD and zip through it then. Life's too short to sit through the very long commercial breaks and the plodding scenes of Clark brooding in the barn while some whiney, weezing WB recording "artist" plays on and on and on. Bye bye CW!

Um, I'm really confused by the ending. o_o

Clark collapsed...ok. The fortress went down with Clark and Lex inside....okey dokes. Huh?! What?! Will somebody please explain what the hell was that? Where was the (proper) showdown?!