Has season 8 been confirmed?

[Honey45]

I was under the impression that season 8 was up in the air, but since Alfred Gough and Miles Millar said the last episode of this season (if the writer's strike continues) is a "cliffhanger", that makes me think season 8 is for sure.

Maybe I missed some news. Has season 8 already been confirmed? If so, will all the main characters be returning?

[Mello Penelo]

As of right now, season 8 has not been confirmed. In fact, a lot of people are speculating The CW won't survive the strike.

That said, KK will probably not be coming back. She almost didn't come back this season.

MR said he most definitely will not come back, no matter what he's offered.

AM is considering coming back. It's in her blog she's been offered and she's toying with taking it or not.

As for JG, he's so busy and so many people want him for other projects. His contract will end this season too, but it's questionable as if he'll come back. He had to take off three episodes this season just to finish a Broadway engagement. I don't see him back.

ED was contracted for three seasons. I really don't have much doubt she'd leave. She's getting paid. She's relatively unknown in Hollywood.

TW is on for another season.

If LV gets contracted for a Supergirl spinoff, chances are she'll be gone.

AA may not leave either.

[Honey45]

Thanks for the reply.

But doesn't the fact that they said the last episode written before the strike is a "cliffhanger" guarantee the fact that there's season 8?
Why make it a cliffhanger if the show may end?

[83kaL]

Without MR, it won't be the same...

[Mello Penelo]

Because a lot of shows just disappear when a season is over. A cliffhanger does not guarantee a new season.

Recently, Veronica Mars was canceled without a finale. So was Lois & Clark. Those are the obvious ones.

A lot of shows, even well-established ones, didn't survive the last strike.

Shows like Cheers got really lucky.

[83kaL]

God! It can't end without a FOS scene :(

[dsv100]

Originally posted by HeddyH
Maybe I missed some news. Has season 8 already been confirmed? If so, will all the main characters be returning? It's only November; it's too early to know if there will be a next season. Each season we find out in the spring whether or not there will be a renewal.

Examples: Kryptonsite had front-page news about season 3's renewal in March 2003 -- scroll down to March 25 (http://www.kryptonsite.com/march2003.htm) -- and season 4 in April 2004 -- scroll to April 12 (http://www.kryptonsite.com/apr2004.htm).

[xrayvision]

I think the strike has royally screwed this show. I even suggested last season that since Kara was coming on, that they give MR & KK a season off and bring them back in a season without Kara (season 8).

Now since the strike will end the season early, both those characters will either be gone unexpectedly or will be lightswitched into their destinies to achieve that by the season's end. This is a great thing to happen to the fans who have watched this show for so damn long & invested all that money in the DVD's & other merchandise.

:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

[Honey45]

I think it has messed up the show too. It might be the one thing pushing KK and MR over the edge to not coming back. :(

Plus, those few episodes could have been crucial time for a REALLY good storyline to happen. It's unfortunate.

[xrayvision]

If that's the case, then I think they should do a body transfer (as lame as it sounds) and have Lionel become Lex. A season 8 without Lex was already going to be weird, but an incomplete season 7 where Lex's role in the show can't even be completed as originally planned would be beyond idiotic. Part of me hopes that the show just ends without any further lame excuses why so many characters are no longer there. And if that happens, I really want the viewers to pay these studios back for screwing us so bad, but I doubt that would ever happen since many people will have to get their TV fix.

[Honey45]

I'm going to be really disappointed if the series ends like this. I know it's not specifically anybody's fault, and it's just a TV show and they didn't set out to ruin the end of the show but..

I've watched Smallville for a long time. It's all basically just a lead up to the series finale, right? I would hate for it to end this season, in February. It would be so disappointed.

[xrayvision]

The only way I think it can be saved is if the actors are willing to stay longer than they planned and would be willing to listen to various incentives offered if they stay. For MR, I think the CW should use its connection with CBS to give him a show somewhere in the 8-10PM timeslots if he's willing to stay longer (would mean much more money for him in the future). He's the main one they need. If Lana leaves and isn't back, it wouldn't matter as much. But Lex is absolutely needed.

[Mello Penelo]

Originally posted by HeddyH
I'm going to be really disappointed if the series ends like this. I know it's not specifically anybody's fault, and it's just a TV show and they didn't set out to ruin the end of the show but..

I've watched Smallville for a long time. It's all basically just a lead up to the series finale, right? I would hate for it to end this season, in February. It would be so disappointed.

This is how I felt when not only Lois & Clark was canceled, but Veronica Mars, too. And there were definite bad people behind those decisions.

But it still sucks just as bad when a show ends without an ending.

[Naman is 1#]

Originally posted by Mello Penelo
This is how I felt when not only Lois & Clark was canceled, but Veronica Mars, too. And there were definite bad people behind those decisions.

But it still sucks just as bad when a show ends without an ending.

Lois & Clark though did'nt really need to have a ending where Smallville is one giant story arc in itself which is setting up for a ending which gives it more driving force for a ending. What every happens with that stupid strike(which could maybe hurt the show) I have a feeling AL/Miles will find a way for the show to have a complete ending. Just my opinion.

[Mello Penelo]

How can you say Lois & Clark didn't need an ending? The last episode had a baby on their doorstep. How can you cut it off with something like that?

[Naman is 1#]

If you look at it that way with the baby situation I suppose you can say that, but what I mean is that Lois&Clark generally was'nt written up for a ending where Smallville is. Smallville is all about Clark embracing his destiny you know becoming Superman which in all is suppose to happen on the last episode. Its been quoted by Al/Miles ever since season1.

[Mello Penelo]

Originally posted by Naman is 1#
If you look at it that way with the baby situation I suppose you can say that, but what I mean is that Lois&Clark generally was'nt written up for a ending where Smallville is. Smallville is all about Clark embracing his destiny you know becoming Superman which in all is suppose to happen on the last episode. Its been quoted by Al/Miles ever since season1.

No, the difference is, Smallville has an ultimate destination, where Lois & Clark didn't.

Smallville will have an end. Superman and Lex.

Lois & Clark could have gone out on a very different note. Sort of like at the end of Star Trek 6-- the adventure is just beginning.

[Naman is 1#]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mello Penelo
[B]No, the difference is, Smallville has an ultimate destination, where Lois & Clark didn't.

-Yes, kind of like what I just said.


Smallville will have an end. Superman and Lex.

-I'm not worried I know Smallville will have a ending.

Lois & Clark could have gone out on a very different note. Sort of like at the end of Star Trek 6-- the adventure is just beginning.

-I didnt see Star Trek6 but yeah, sure, Lois & Clark could of went out differently.

[xrayvision]

How can Smallville have an ending when there will be no Lex for season 8 since this one will be cut short?

[krpto]

Originally posted by xrayvision
How can Smallville have an ending when there will be no Lex for season 8 since this one will be cut short?

the last interview I saw with mr he said he would guest star but not be a full time cast member in season 8 so if this season ends short a few episodes they could get him to come in for a few at the beginning of season 8 and then put him in a coma wich he could awaken from near the end of the season (only way to justify not seeing lex without throwing him in jail and excons cannot become president wich Lex eventually does)

[smallville_fantic_uk]

I know it's been said that the last episode (if the strike continues) is a cliffhanger but that was only ment to be for the middle of this season not the end of it. So if there was no other season planned then we could be left with an unfinished series. I for one don't think there is another season, maybe if we don't get this season finished they'll make a tie up all the loose ends special but defeinately not a full season

[lcllcl08]

it would be weird if smallville ended like that. they owe it to their fans to make some kind of a reuion movie. and if they do it better not be like the tv seris leaving things unexplained, repeating the same lines, ect.

[xrayvision]

I wonder if the writers can write episodes now and hold them off until the strike is over. Maybe they'd get bonuses for doing that since the shows may be able to catch up a lot faster (assuming the strike ends sometime soon).

[Mello Penelo]

Originally posted by xrayvision
I wonder if the writers can write episodes now and hold them off until the strike is over. Maybe they'd get bonuses for doing that since the shows may be able to catch up a lot faster (assuming the strike ends sometime soon).

If they got caught, they'd be banned from the union. They'd lose their jobs with WB and Smallville would end without a conclusion.

[xrayvision]

Even if they don't release it to the studios till after the strike is over?

[Mello Penelo]

If they are found writing anything work-related, yes.

[Dustmite]

Originally posted by Mello Penelo
AM is considering coming back. It's in her blog she's been offered and she's toying with taking it or not.

Really?

[Honey45]

I would only watch season 8 if it was Kristen AND Tom.
Even if everyone else came back (Chloe, Lex, Kara, Lois, Jimmy, and obviously Clark), I wouldn't watch if there was no Lana.

I'm not even a huge Lana fan or anything. I just think she's too big a part of the show to not be in it. If she was missing, it would feel like a completely different show.

I feel the same way about Lex (that it would be a different show), but I would still watch if he left.

[sv3a]

Well, they can really end the series at any point. There's no real cliffhanger, we know what essentially happens in the end on a grand scale :)

[geoff2005]

i just hope they dont screw the fans over by ending smallville with a cliff hanger or unfinished story.

[Mello Penelo]

Nah. Smallville will end with a throat-cutting, wholly-unsatisfying Clana loft scene. Clark professes his undying love for her and says he'll give up his powers to spend his life with her. Lana will tell him to get over it. He'll cry in his barn for years and fade to black.

[Krpyto]

To go on the show only realy needs Clark and a switch to Metropolis. Jimmy Olsen and Lois Lane would be good for familiararity and continuity. Lex could be written out by having him go to prison for a few years. There could also be a switch to the Justice League, but in that case Chloe would be needed for her role as Watchtower.

[Honey45]

Why would they need Chloe?
They do fine without her in the comics, don't they?