Are you satisfied with this an ending for Kara’s story?

[ForzaItalia]

As entertaining as this episode was, I’d still have to say: No, if we never see Kara again then I will not be satisfied with this as an ending to her story…. How do I know she’ll ever come back to Earth? How do I know she’ll survive her journey in space? How will she still be a teenager when Clark is Superman? How do I know she’s ever going to become Supergirl?

There’s just too many things left unclear with this ending, for me.

[jimmyolsenblues]

i wish a better exit than that.

[Alexander III]

NOO, I wish she stays in SV!! *SOB*

[pink_ninja]

I thought it was a good ending for her.
Atleast Clark knows where she's heading this time.

[davidbrenton]

It was good/ They could have kept her on the planet, lol. But, whatever.

[Joelito]

i wish a better exit than that.
Agree...common in Smallville to easily pull off stuff...

[SparkleforSmallville]

With this ending, Kara can come back.

[KaraClarkfan]

really sad. kara should stay.

[borednow]

I'm just glade she's gone...

[kookykrumbs]

I voted 'no' but even I have to admit that it could have been a lot worse (example being left behind in the phantom zone).

[HeartChakraBabe]

I'm okay with it.

[harryandginnyfanatic]

Not really. But its better than her staying in the Phantom Zone.

[dijonaise]

boring and quite dry.

[ForzaItalia]

I think the best ending for Kara would be if she somehow got magically put to sleep and frozen in the Fortress of Solitude for 10 years. Jor-el would explain to Clark “Kara is perfectly safe. She wil not age while she’s frozen. She will definitely wake up completely fine in exactly 10 years, and she won’t feel like one day has passed.” That way even if we never see her again, we’ll know that after the show ends and Clark has been Superman for a few years, Kara will someday come back into his life exactly how we last saw her, and everything will be set up for her to become the classic character of Supergirl we all know- Superman’s younger teenage cousin.

[SCaL4ever]

Not really. But its better than her staying in the Phantom Zone.


Yeah, i agree.

[susangail]

It's okay. It leaves the door open a crack to future adventures.

[Estro-gen X]

no but its really not an ending its just supergirl's beginning. Hopefully in season 9 she comes back with a bottle in her hand.

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Kara will someday come back into his life exactly how we last saw her, and everything will be set up for her to become the classic character of Supergirl we all know- Superman’s younger teenage cousin.

I'm pretty sure kara wasn't a teen in the 70s and 80's. She went to college twice and became a soap star. (that sounds so naff but it was a simpler time)

[krpto]

No I'm not satisfied with this being the last we ever see of kara on smallville though I wouldn't mind if she takes her time trying to find kandor maybe she does and brings it back to earth hoping the fos can restore it. Then she teams up with clark, Martian manhunter, and the justice league again to help fight brainiac who's returned and joined the legion of doom (lex, Bizzaro, Doomsday and any other villians they add for the final season).

[TheANIMAL (marcus)]

It could set up for a deep space Kara adventure series. But I doubt CW could handle the budget needed.

[Estro-gen X]

It could set up for a deep space Kara adventure series. But I doubt CW could handle the budget needed.

stop teasing! could you imagine the possibilites
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k318/04nbod/BAB-Cv4_solicit.jpg

[lauraforever]

You know what they should have done? They should have focused on Kara-centric episodes. No Clark, No Lois, No Chloe, No Tess, No Oliver, No Davis. Have Kara meet new people and have the spotlight for say, 5 episodes, then switch back to the 'real' Smallville.

[Supes4Ever]

Uh....no on what was mentioned above. Kara's involvement this early in the story was a bit of a mistake to begin with, even the writers admitted this. She stunted Clark's growth because she pretty much was where she should be, and Clark isn't exactly there yet. I am fine with the ending, in fact I think it was perfect. It is open-ended, meaning she can come back if need be. Plus she is looking for Kandor (should have been Argo City, but that is just splitting hairs), which means she may find a place among Krypotonians again. That is where she needed to be, and they finally put that to rest. How much sweeter could it get with Kara keeping a necklace with Clark's eventual symbol on it to "keep him by her side forever?"

[Aldo]

I loved her last scene, I thought it was beautiful, the way she said, "Here, close to my heart" to Clark while showing him the S symbol, just made it for me, Even tho it was a mistake because it's the House of El' symbol which means it's her symbol too, but anyways, I loved Her last scene.

[xrayvision]

I was hoping that she would go live with the Danvers to start a life & journey of her own.

[Spirit Detective]

I like the allusion to the bottled city of Kandor.

I was kind of hoping that Kara would join Oliver's Justice League. Bart Allen would love having another speedster (especially an attractive one).

[wendelboe]

This sound like a cool ending (in the silver age comics brainiac frooze the city into a bootle before krypton exploded - which could mean that brainiac know something about it)

[haltoe]

I am totally dissatisfied. I'm upset that Kara is written out of Smallville and that appraently there will be no Supergirl spinoff.

And saying that Kara was interfering with Clark is nonsense. Clark could have remained as the lead hero with Kara as sidekick. The roles of lead hero and secondary hero were worked out as long ago as the Lone Ranger series in the 1930s.

Of course that was produced in a small radio station in Detroit. Now we have the genius writers in sophisticated Burbank who make far more money than those in Detroit and yet these great CW writers are just plain clueless. The Kara character had a lot to offer and they didn't understand a thing.

[Mars Investigations]

You know what they should have done? They should have focused on Kara-centric episodes. No Clark, No Lois, No Chloe, No Tess, No Oliver, No Davis. Have Kara meet new people and have the spotlight for say, 5 episodes, then switch back to the 'real' Smallville.

No way...that way, it wouldn't have been Smallville for those 5 episodes. If they're going to focus on Kara properly, they need to go all-out and give her a series.

[ElVibo]

She said it herself. "You have your destiny, I have mine". Good ending I would say, wrapped it up in the episode nicely. I don't know why some people are upset, why does Kara need to stay on Smallville? She served a good arc story in Season 7 and now we focus back on Clark. As Supes4Ever said, it's an open ended ending.

[smallvillerocks45]

I thought this was a really wonderful ending for Kara's run on Smallville, and yet the writers left themselves just enough leeway in case they want to bring her back.

What I loved most about their goodbye is that the relationship ended on a good note. Even though I enjoyed seeing Kara last season, she did take a bit from Clark's story time, and not even so much because she was the focus, but rather because she was always pulling away. Clark was having to save people and find her at the same time, and every time she got mad or didn't agree with him about something, she just flew away. It was wonderful for Clark to discover that he has blood relatives, someone out there who is like him, but what Kara said was true, he was sent to Smallville for a reason, and her reason for being sent there is no longer a factor in her life. He survived childhood (with thanks to the Kents) and is building a live of his own, and now she needs to live her life too. I'd be happy to see her come back, and if Doomsday does reach his full potential, Clark may need her... but having her back as a regular just isn't necessary, IMO.

[mistaguitarmasta]

Yeah, it wasn't a bad ending to her storyline. Of course, I would have loved to have her either as a season regular or in a 3-5 episode arc, but I'm loving where this season is going so I can't complain.

[ginnyfan]

If we never see Kara again, I am satisfied with the ending of "Bloodline." The Kara/Clark scenes were really amazing. The episode really celebrated the bond that had formed between them during Season 7. Looking for the lost city of Kador is not an end but an adventure. I love the way it connects to the Comic book origins of Kara.

[zorasuperman]

altough as much as i want kara to stay
i think this was the best exit weve seen for a lot of characters
(lol lets not forget how later on the season shelby, the poor doggy, came along)
or clark not even mentioning his parents, esp martha.

[Iluvgreen]

I wouldn't say EVER again. but for this season... I am.

[doomsdaytitan]

they should of never brought her in in the first place

[Skaterpen357]

I'd be perfectly fine with this ending, if not for one thing: KANDOR.

Am I the only one who felt surprised Kara just kind of mentioned a city of Kryptonians without any response at all from Clark? Given that we've seen a total of nine Kryptonians on Earth throughout the series (Clark, Kara, Zod, Faora, Jax-Ur, Zor-El, and Lara), and that three of them were highly dangerous criminals (and Chloe even warns Clark about the Kryptonian track record when Clark is about to visit Jax-Ur), shouldn't the mention of a populated city of Kryptonians raise a red flag for Clark? (Not to mention, holy crap it's the capital city of Clark's entire lost civilization...)

I just don't see how Clark could so easily dismiss Kara's goodbye excuse. I admit I'm not too sure Kandor would work for SV, but if they don't follow up on this, that's kind of a major plothole, I'd think.

(I forget, though; did Kara say it was somewhere on Earth or lost in space or what?)

[ForzaItalia]

I'm pretty sure kara wasn't a teen in the 70s and 80's. She went to college twice and became a soap star. (that sounds so naff but it was a simpler time)

Kara was always a teen when she first became Supergirl.

[Tatiana]

Yeah I'm satisfied, I thought it was great. It left her in a really good place, she had sacrified herself not to make the same mistake Clark had done in the past, she was willing to do it again when she got hurt to let Lois and Clark espace. I also loved what she had to say to Clark in the end, and sending her to look for Kandor left the possibility of her coming back one day.

[Hopefulsuicide]

i thought it worked fine as an ending but i was just so relieved cause i really thought she was going to be left bleeding to death in the fortress the way she looked so determined not to take his hand... i was literally thinking of what i'd say in my thread entitled 'why didn't she take his hand'

i think any plot where she is back, safe and doing something away from Clark that at least makes sense, is good enough for me

[xrayvision]

I'd be perfectly fine with this ending, if not for one thing: KANDOR.

Am I the only one who felt surprised Kara just kind of mentioned a city of Kryptonians without any response at all from Clark? Given that we've seen a total of nine Kryptonians on Earth throughout the series (Clark, Kara, Zod, Faora, Jax-Ur, Zor-El, and Lara), and that three of them were highly dangerous criminals (and Chloe even warns Clark about the Kryptonian track record when Clark is about to visit Jax-Ur), shouldn't the mention of a populated city of Kryptonians raise a red flag for Clark? (Not to mention, holy crap it's the capital city of Clark's entire lost civilization...)

I just don't see how Clark could so easily dismiss Kara's goodbye excuse. I admit I'm not too sure Kandor would work for SV, but if they don't follow up on this, that's kind of a major plothole, I'd think.

(I forget, though; did Kara say it was somewhere on Earth or lost in space or what?)

You forgot Aethyr & Nam-Ek.

It must be in space since that's where she flew to. I doubt it will be mentioned again this season.

[coco#1]

As entertaining as this episode was, I’d still have to say: No, if we never see Kara again then I will not be satisfied with this as an ending to her story…. How do I know she’ll ever come back to Earth? How do I know she’ll survive her journey in space? How will she still be a teenager when Clark is Superman? How do I know she’s ever going to become Supergirl?

There’s just too many things left unclear with this ending, for me.

are you saying that you dont know kara will come back to be supergirl? its sort of implied that we/you know that. we also must conclude that clark will be superman when she comes back because LV probab,y wont be back on smallville again

[Cyn]

I am extremely satisfied with the Smallville ending for Smallville Kara. I didn't dislike the Kara character on Smallville, but I really didn't like her either. So, having her alive and healthy to persue her own goals suits me just fine. Long live the House of EL!

[JDS2930]

I posted this on another thread, but thought it also appropriate here.

All in all I thought this was a good episode and a decent, thoughtful farewell to Kara/Laura Vandervoort. I'm glad we finally got to see the recaps acknowledging her presence last season as any new viewers who jumped on this season would have had no idea she was ever on the show. I'm glad Lois and Chloe both recognized and remembered Kara, but it still remains unexplained why she hadn't been mentioned up until this point. Although Lois' "oh my god Kara...you've been abducted too?" comment kind of made me chuckle. Maybe Lois was the only one all along noticing that Clark's cousin had vanished w/out a trace.

I liked how Kara somewhat "burned" Clark with her "the same thing that would have happened to you if you had spent more than one day here" comment kind of implying what I'm sure all us Kara fans have been thinking: "Where the heck have you been and why the hell haven't you been looking for your only living blood relative?". Aside from that moment, I thought the scenes between the two were touching...especially when Clark begged her not to stay and die (yes, I too am raising my hand to say I also feared she would be left to die in the phantom zone). I almost teared up at the end, when they said goodbye.

I think what we have had here on Smallville in regard to Kara mirrored Supergirl's situation in the comics prior and up to CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS (back in 1985 for any non-comics fans)...in that it was felt by a vocal group of fans and writers that Supergirl's treatment up to CRISIS was just shoddy (and damaging Superman) and that it was her death in CRISIS #7 that many fans lamented as being "the best Supergirl story they'd ever read." I say that because I've read the comments on here from viewers who admitted to not liking her at all during Season 7 but saying this was her best episode yet.

Now...while the ending was heartwarming and respectful to Kara/Laura Vandervoort (and, yes, I too appreciated the nod to Kandor), I voted "no" to the poll question because I would've preferred an ending that really gave us closure and explained how she remains a teenager when Clark becomes Superman. As many others have stated, I think letting Laura Vandervoort stay on through the Legion episode could have provided for that (i.e. she ends up going into the future with them). In lieu of that, I think the perfect resolution would have been to take a page out of Peter David's "Many Happy Returns" from his SUPERGIRL run: have it be revealed Kara's arrival in Smallville was due to her rocket being diverted from her true timeline (where it arrives later in Clark's adult life) and that Kara must go back to that original timeline to die in the CRISIS to save the universe. Of course, that would require some Smallville-esque tweaking of the Spectre and the Fatalist (the two cosmic characters in the "Many Happy Returns" storyline responsible for misplacing and then returning the original Kara to her timeline). But if they can do it for Doomsday, Green Arrow, Black Canary, and now the Legion, they can do it for the Spectre. With that said, my opinion is that the ratings spike with this episode and the closure necessary to reconcile Kara's current appearance with her age when Clark becomes Superman absolutely necessitates at least another appearance by Laura Vandervoort. Let's hope the producers took note.

[virginie]

Well it could have been better than that but it was ok. I wish she will come back for another episode or we will hear of her in the next episodes!!:D:D:D The ending was better than i imagine but i could have been better than it was.

[Spike84]

No I am not, based solely on the fact that Laura Vandervoort wont be on my tv screen anymore. Seriously, I would drink her bathwater.

[Tompouce]

It is okay to me because it isn't the Kara show and as susangail says "It leaves the door open a crack to future adventures" but not in SV. SV IS for Clark and I like it so much !

[Skaterpen357]

You forgot Aethyr & Nam-Ek.

It must be in space since that's where she flew to. I doubt it will be mentioned again this season. Ah yeah...I didn't forget them, but I was just trying to juggle all eleven Kryptonians in my mind while I was listing them and they just kind of dropped out of my mind there. :p

But yeah...I admit, having a Kryptonian on Clark's side whose flying abilities put Clark to shame kind of detracts from the rapidly-approaching-Superman angle Season 8 seems to be taking. I just wish they'd elaborated on Kandor a bit before she left.

[justme_007]

i didn´t like her final appereance and i was waiting for more than Kandor as excuse to leave. she deserved at least one more episode to wrap up her storyline

[ginnyfan]

Great post JDS2930. Aligning Kara with the Justice League would have been a nice touch.

[haltoe]

I was hoping that she would go live with the Danvers to start a life & journey of her own.

Great idea. If the writers were smart they'd show the Danvers' finding Kara suffering in some way from Kryptonite and rescue her. It'd be a great way for Kara to find her new family.

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She said it herself. "You have your destiny, I have mine". .

I'm sorry but I just can't agree with this. Part of the goodbye speech also included Kara saying only Clark qulaified to be an Earth hero because he was raised there. So she's disqualified because she's an immigrant raised in another culture? What kind of crap is that? It's like saying that America shouldn't have accepted talented immigrants from Alexander Hamilton to Albert Einstein.

An irony is that Smallville has Canadian native Laura Vandervoort make this silly statement. This might be over the head of the genius Smallville writers but another Canadian, Mary Pickford became Hollywood's first female superstar. I wouldn't say that Laura Vandervoort is that good, just better than her critics and the Smallville writers give her credit for. It's too bad she received such shabby treatment, the writers didn't make the most of her character and there's no sign we'll see Laura/Kara again.

[Mr.White]

I am happy ,or let's just say, I am satisfied with the ending of Kara's story here. I am happy that she is out of the Phantom Zone and that she is safe and sound but given that I am happy that she is leaving too. Face it, Kara took away too much from Clark when she was around. She could fly where Clark couldn't. She seems ,if anything, more assertive than Clark does especially when the two are together. And finally she seems to be the one who saves the day, just like she did in the latest episode "Bloodline". I had hoped that this wouldn't happen that Kara would end up upstaging Clark but that is what happened anyway. Believe me LV was a fine version of Kara, but for the sake of the show's main character, Clark Kent, I am more than happy that she is leaving for parts unknown.

[haltoe]

I am happy ,or let's just say, I am satisfied with the ending of Kara's story here. I am happy that she is out of the Phantom Zone and that she is safe and sound but given that I am happy that she is leaving too. Face it, Kara took away too much from Clark when she was around. She could fly where Clark couldn't. She seems ,if anything, more assertive than Clark does especially when the two are together. And finally she seems to be the one who saves the day, just like she did in the latest episode "Bloodline". I had hoped that this wouldn't happen that Kara would end up upstaging Clark but that is what happened anyway. Believe me LV was a fine version of Kara, but for the sake of the show's main character, Clark Kent, I am more than happy that she is leaving for parts unknown.

I'm sorry but I disagree that Kara's presence had to take away from Clark and upstage him. I've liked both characters and there was no need for a conflict. As I've said elsewhere the thing to do is what's been done in other series like this, establish a lead hero (Clark) and a sidekick secondary hero (Kara). That's been done ever since the Lone Ranger and Green Hornet radio shows in the 1930s through Batman and Robin and up to the recent Hercules and Zena programs. Why the Smallville writers didn't repeat this is beyond me. Instead their plots for Kara were quite erratic as she more often than not was a helpless victim or missing.

So now after this mishandling she was written out of the show and there's no sign that there will be a spinoff. It's an appalling waste.

[zorasuperman]

yes i do believe so it could have been a lot worse
for example: look at the ending they had they lana and clarks relationship:
a good bye video
puhleez

[Estro-gen X]

Kara was always a teen when she first became Supergirl.

when she first became supergirl yes, she was 15 but she didn't stay that way and was still supergirl into her 20s so it wouldn't be any different if Smallville's Kara became supergirl a bit later too.

[Var-Zol]

I'm happy that Kandor might be alive and that the House of El's bloodline won't die out and there more kryptonians!:)

[happydan]

I'm not happy with the ending. I thought this episode lacked a lot of things, a lot of explanations; Clark hadn't seen Kara in a lot and he doesn't show any emotion or even explains.

Anyways, I wanna see Kara on season 9 or, better yet, in her own spinoff show.

About the age thing, I'm sure Smallville producers will just ignore the fact that there's supposed to be an age difference between her and Clark so he becomes SuperMAN and she becomes SuperGIRL. I'm kinda ok with it I guess. They missed a big opportunity in Legion to fix this but they didn't, oh well.

Another possiblity would be for her to go to a planet were the timeline is different from Earth's and she doesn't age.

[Mr.White]

^^^^
They did show emotion to each other when they hugged each other at the end of the show. There was concern for each other , at least, on Clark's part when he said he did not want to leave the Phantom Zone without Kara. He was willing to stay with her in the PZ if Kara insisted she wouldn't leave.


But as I said before ,I am glad she is out of the PZ. I, too, would have liked to seen more of LV on Smallville. But the show should focus more on its' main character first and foremost, Clark Kent.

[jpfort1957]

I hated to see Clark rescue is only living family from the PZ, just to see her fly off and leave him on an impossible mission.

[supercollector]

stop teasing! could you imagine the possibilites
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k318/04nbod/BAB-Cv4_solicit.jpg That's all we need, Lobo "after" Supergirl. Fans should remember the history of the character in deciding spin-offs, or whatever for her. The last Supergirl movie was a flop. Many believe that a "pissed-off" DC killed her off in Crises because of this. (I know they were eliminating all Kryptonians so Kal would be the sole survivor, I read that too) It was a very emotional scene that also made for an excellent poster with Superman holding her lifeless body in his hands as all of the DC heroes looked on. Oh, the writers had her leave Earth as they were taking the story in a different direction and had gotten all of the publicity out of her they could. By having her fly off into space they leave a multitude of plot directions they can take when they decide to bring her back.

[KryptoB-ron]

I think S8 should be dubbed the season of awful sendoffs. I think Bloodline was a poor send off for Kara. She was Clark's only bloodline alive. In the ending scene both her and Clark discussed how much they cared for each other but Kara couldn't bother to stick around for more than one day with Clark before leaving again. Clark also didn't show any initiative or care that Kara was mia prior to this episode. I wish her send off was something more concrete. Such as her staying for a few episodes and then moving to another town to start her own journey and Chloe-iac could've supplied her with an alternate identity and citizenship. That would've been a good send off IMO. I don't think I need to explain why Lana, Davis and Jimmy had awful send offs.