| | |  | Independent | Home » » Smallville - The Complete Fourth Season | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | Clark Kent will have plenty of reasons to remember his senior year! The thrilling reinterpretation of the Superman legend evolves in Season 4, whose 22 episodes include the quest for 3 Kryptonian crystals and Clark's bold attempt to keep those mysterious stones from destroying Earth. Clark also becomes a highly recruited football star. Lana gets a boyfriend. Lois Lane smart, opinionated and entirely annoying to Clark comes to Smallville. Chloe learns the scoop of the century. Lionel becomes a straight-up nice guy. Lex steps further from the light into darkness. New characters (Krypto, Mr. Mxyzptlk) and a new power emerge. The calling awaits Clark an awakening to a destiny that only he can accept and fulfill.DVD Features:
Audio Commentary
DVD ROM Features
Documentaries
| | | Product Details: | | | Format:
| Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Subtitle:
| English, Spanish, French | | Number of Discs:
| 6 | | Studio:
| Warner Home Video | | Run Time:
| 952 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| September 13, 2005 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 262 reviews |
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 okAug 05, 2010
This was brand new...but when my boyfriend and i got to about the 3rd disk there where scratches on it..we had to download the episodes because we couldn't even get the disk to play.
 Great SelectionJul 26, 2010
Super happy with my selection and extremely happy at the price I got it at. The dvds were in perfect condition and that is all I wanted. I couldnt be more happier with my buy.
fourth season reviewMay 28, 2010
Enjoyed receiving the fourth season of Smallville. don't remember for sure if the seller mentioned that the booklet was not with it. It was otherwise in like new condition as stated.
Some odd story arcs but mostly good funApr 12, 2010
There are some rather odd story arcs here that do not totally work, such as the extended bit about the stones and Lana being possessed by a witch from 400 years ago. These make it a bit goofy at times.
Otherwise, however, there are some very moving scenes with Clark and his parents, a boy named Evan who grows much too quickly, dogs being used in experiments--fortunately the Kents get to rescue one--and more good scenes of conflict and tension between the Luthor men, not to mention the introduction of Jane Seymour and Jensen Ackles as a no-good mother and son team who prey on Lana, among others. Chloe also gets a good close look at the real Clark Kent.
The worst season of "Smallville" to date ironically features the show's best season finaleApr 08, 2010
This is a very mediocre season of "Smallville," with quality control a major issue throughout the twenty-two episodes. It is bookended by a spectacular premiere and finale, but not much good material in between makes many of the other twenty episodes uneven at best.
Kicking off with "Crusade," the season opens with Clark in a kind of amnesia courtesy of Jor-El. This premise sets up several humorous possibilities as Clark happens to be the one to welcome Lois Lane to Smallville in the premiere. The iconic "Superman" love interest appears on the show for the first time this season, played very winningly by Erica Durance. Ms. Durance is the best actress to play Lois Lane, and the chemistry between she and Tom Welling is immediately apparent.
Unfortunately, though, her appearance underlines the fading value of Kristin Kreuk's Lana Lang. The showrunners attempt to wedge Lana and people connected with her storyline into several very bad episodes this season. The absolute worst of these is "Spell," in which Lana is possessed by the spirit of an ancient witch that has a vague connection to her new boyfriend for the season, played blandly by Jensen Ackles.
I could never warm up to the vastly overrated "Transference," in which Lionel and Clark switch bodies and minds. It's a premise that's done on every single science fiction show, and I don't see that "Smallville" brings anything new to the table with the concept. Additionally, "Run" is fun and can be good in spots, but overall is not the masterpiece it is often hailed as being.
However, the season wraps up with one of the best episodes in the show's run. "Commencement" is a wonderful episode capping four years of Smallville high school life and pointing Clark toward his superhero destiny.
Overall, an uneven season starts well and ends well and the remaining episodes leave me just enough room to recommend it.
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