Smallvillains 8×11: Legion

 

 

For some reason, we’re in yet another month of reruns for the final season of Smallville — apparently they need time to watch popular movies and work out how to directly lift their plots — so Uzumeri are once again attempting to understand just how we got to this loathsome state by taking a look at past episodes. This week, we tackle one that I’ve actually been wanting to see for quite some time: Season 8’s “Legion”, in which Cosmic Boy, Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl do what they do best. And by that I mean “come back in time to be a dick to Superboy.”

It’s a strange, strange episode, but it made for a refreshing change from the nonsense we’ve been watching lately, and it also gave me a chance to talk about my favorite Legion story of all time. Plus, we saw TV Doomsday, and man. That stuff is crazy.

2 thoughts on “Smallvillains 8×11: Legion

  1. The actress who played Saturn Girl starred in a *horrible* Canadian TV series called Instant Star that was only notable for Laura Vandervoort (Supergirl) playing the older sister. She was just as bad there, if memory serves, although at least she grew up to be easy on the eyes.

    So, yes, yet another confirmation that if you dig back far enough into the history any guest actor on Smallville, you’ll find a Canadian teen drama.