Always Hold On To Smallville

This week Zach is joined by Lance Laster to discuss the thirty seventh episode of Smallville, "Fever." They talk Lance's recent appearance on Madame Secretary, thoughts on IMDB shutting down its message board, and Lance's favorite scene in all of Smallville. Hint, it's in this episode! We've got a fever, and the only prescription...is Always Hold On To Smallville!EPISODE ROUNDUP Zach's Grade: B+ Lance's Grade: A IMDB Grade: 8.3 Superman Homepage Grade: 2/5 Bechdel Test: FAIL SERIES TALLY BOARD Amazing Technicolor Kryptonite: 2 Amnesia Count: 13Blue Shirt/Red Jacket: 5Clark Loses His Powers: 2 Episode Title Said In Episode: 13Hospital Visits: 21In Media Res: 1 Kent Truck Accidents: 6KOs to Keep Clark's Secret: 12Main Character Deaths: 2 Mind Control Count: 8Product Placement Pete: 2Smallville High School Faculty Deaths: 3 Smallville High School Student Deaths: 6 Under The Influence: 11Weddings: 1PATREON: patreon.com/alwaysmallvilleTWITTER: twitter.com/alwaysmallvilleFACEBOOK: facebook.com/alwaysmallvilleEMAIL:

This week Zach is joined by Nick Ryan Magdoza and Taylor Evanoff to discuss the thirty sixth episode of Smallville, "Prodigal." They talk Taylor's Smallville fandom, if the chronology of this episode taking place the day after "Rush" makes any sense, and the most infamous dropped character and plot line in Smallville history...LUCAS LUTHOR! Reports of our death have been greatly exaggerated in the latest Always Hold On To Smallville!EPISODE ROUNDUP Zach's Grade: B+ Nick's Grade: A- Taylor's Grade: A+ IMDB Grade: 8.0 Superman Homepage Grade: 5/5 Bechdel Test: FAIL SERIES TALLY BOARD Amazing Technicolor Kryptonite: 2 Amnesia Count: 13Blue Shirt/Red Jacket: 5Clark Loses His Powers: 1 Episode Title Said In Episode: 13Hospital Visits: 20In Media Res: 1 Kent Truck Accidents: 5 KOs to Keep Clark's Secret: 12Mind Control Count: 8 Product Placement Pete: 1 Smallville High School Faculty Deaths: 3 Smallville High School Student Deaths: 6 Under The Influence: 11Weddings: 1 PATREON: patreon.com/alwaysmallvilleTWITTER: tw

This week Zach is joined by Tyler Patrick from Krypton Report to discuss the thirty fifth episode of Smallville, "Rush." They talk Superman related Christmas gifts, the return of Red Kryptonite, unexpected continuity, Clark and Chole, and song covers! It's an adrenaline ruled conversation in this episode of Always Hold On To Smallville!Check out Tyler on Krypton Report:kryptonreport.libsyn.comEPISODE ROUNDUP Zach's Grade: B-Tyler''s Grade: C+IMDB Grade: 8.3Superman Homepage Grade: 2/5 Bechdel Test: FAILSERIES TALLY BOARD Amazing Technicolor Kryptonite: 2 Amnesia Count: 13Blue Shirt/Red Jacket: 5Clark Loses His Powers: 1 Episode Title Said In Episode: 12Hospital Visits: 20In Media Res: 1 Kent Truck Accidents: 5 KOs to Keep Clark's Secret: 12Mind Control Count: 8 Product Placement Pete: 1 Smallville High School Faculty Deaths: 3 Smallville High School Student Deaths: 6 Under The Influence: 11Weddings: 1 PATREON: patreon.com/alwaysmallvilleTWITTER: twitter.com/alwaysmallvilleFACEBOOK: facebook.com/alwaysmallvill

This week Zach is joined Tony Black from The X-Cast: An X-Files Podcast to discuss the thirty fourth episode of Smallville, "Suspect." They talk Tony's background with Smallville, episodic versus serialized television, the wasted character of Henry Small, and Tony's encounters with some of the cast members at a recent convention. There's more than one point of view in this episode of Always Hold On To Smallville!Check out Tony on The X-Cast:spreaker.com/show/the-x-cast-an-x-files-podcastEPISODE ROUNDUP Zach's Grade: B+Tony's Grade: BIMDB Grade: 8.3Superman Homepage Grade: 3.5/5 Bechdel Test: FAILSERIES TALLY BOARD Amazing Technicolor Kryptonite: 1 Amnesia Count: 11 Blue Shirt/Red Jacket: 5Clark Loses His Powers: 1 Episode Title Said In Episode: 11Hospital Visits: 18In Media Res: 1 Kent Truck Accidents: 5 KOs to Keep Clark's Secret: 12Mind Control Count: 8 Product Placement Pete: 1 Smallville High School Faculty Deaths: 3 Smallville High School Student Deaths: 5 Under The Influence: 7 Weddings: 1 PATREON: pat

This week Zach is joined by Matt Latham to discuss the thirty third episode of Smallville, "Insurgence." They talk our first proper look inside Luthorcrop, Maggie Sawyer's introduction, Clark leaping his first tall building in the single bound...sort of, an much more! We have no problem with you listening to the latest episode of Always Hold On To Smallville without our knowledge!EPISODE ROUNDUP Zach's Grade: AMatt's Grade: A+IMDB Grade: 8.7Superman Homepage Grade: 5/5 Bechdel Test: FAILSERIES TALLY BOARD Amazing Technicolor Kryptonite: 1 Amnesia Count: 11 Blue Shirt/Red Jacket: 5Clark Loses His Powers: 1 Episode Title Said In Episode: 10Hospital Visits: 16 In Media Res: 1 Kent Truck Accidents: 5 KOs to Keep Clark's Secret: 12Mind Control Count: 8 Product Placement Pete: 1 Smallville High School Faculty Deaths: 3 Smallville High School Student Deaths: 5 Under The Influence: 7 Weddings: 1 PATREON: patreon.com/alwaysmallvilleTWITTER: twitter.com/alwaysmallvilleFACEBOOK: facebook.com/alwaysmallvilleEMAIL: alway

This week Zach is joined by Mike Krause to discuss the thirty second episode of Smallville, "Visage." They talk hape shifters, spaceships, the Iraq War, the friend zone and if this episode holds up. We "STAY AWAY FROM LANA!" in this episode of Always Hold On To Smallville!EPISODE ROUNDUP Zach's Grade: BKrause's Grade: C+IMDB Grade: 8.3Superman Homepage Grade: 4/5 Bechdel Test: FAILSERIES TALLY BOARD Amazing Technicolor Kryptonite: 1 Amnesia Count: 11 Blue Shirt/Red Jacket: 4 Clark Loses His Powers: 1 Episode Title Said In Episode: 10Hospital Visits: 16 In Media Res: 1 Kent Truck Accidents: 5 KOs to Keep Clark's Secret: 12Mind Control Count: 8 Product Placement Pete: 1 Smallville High School Faculty Deaths: 3 Smallville High School Student Deaths: 5 Under The Influence: 7 Weddings: 1 PATREON: patreon.com/alwaysmallvilleTWITTER: twitter.com/alwaysmallvilleFACEBOOK: facebook.com/alwaysmallvilleEMAIL: alwaysmallville@gmail.com

This week Zach is joined by Nick Ryan Magdoza as we open up the mailbag and read listener emails, messages and iTunes reviews! Thank you all so very much for your feedback, and we'll be making this mailbag show a regular thing so if you want your thoughts read on air...leave us some for next time!PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/alwaysmallvilleTWITTER: https://twitter.com/alwaysmallvilleFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/alwaysmallvilleEMAIL: alwaysmallville@gmail.com

This week Zach is joined by Lance Laster to discuss the thirty first episode of Smallville, "Skinwalker." They talk Ancient Aliens, the implications of Kryptonians and Kryptonite being on Earth before Clark, real life parallels to the Dakota Access Pipeline, and favorite movie quotes we like to use as often as possible. We've been searching for the latest Always Hold On To Smallville our whole lives!To listen to Zach talk about werewolves on The X-Cast, check out their podcast on "Shapes": spreaker.com/user/wemadethis/shapesEPISODE ROUNDUP Zach's Grade: C+Lance's Grade: C+IMDB Grade: 8.4 Superman Homepage Grade: 2/5 Bechdel Test: FAILSERIES TALLY BOARD Amazing Technicolor Kryptonite: 1 Amnesia Count: 11 Blue Shirt/Red Jacket: 3 Clark Loses His Powers: 1 Episode Title Said In Episode: 10Hospital Visits: 16 In Media Res: 1 Kent Truck Accidents: 5 KOs to Keep Clark's Secret: 11 Mind Control Count: 8 Product Placement Pete: 1 Smallville High School Faculty Deaths: 3 Smallville High School Student Deaths: 4 Under

This week Zach is joined by Nancy Petru to discuss the thirtieth episode of Smallville, "Dichotic." They talk Home Improvement, shop class, beepers, the meaning of dichotic, and the questionable physics at play in this episode's climax. It took two of us to get the job done in this episode of Always Hold On To Smallville! EPISODE ROUNDUP Zach's Grade: CNancy's Grade: C-IMDB Grade: 8.0 Superman Homepage Grade: 2/5 Bechdel Test: PASS SERIES TALLY BOARD Amazing Technicolor Kryptonite: 1 Amnesia Count: 11 Blue Shirt/Red Jacket: 2 Clark Loses His Powers: 1 Episode Title Said In Episode: 9Hospital Visits: 16 In Media Res: 1 Kent Truck Accidents: 5 KOs to Keep Clark's Secret: 11 Mind Control Count: 8 Product Placement Pete: 1 Smallville High School Faculty Deaths: 3 Smallville High School Student Deaths: 4 Under The Influence: 7 Weddings: 1 PATREON: patreon.com/alwaysmallvilleTWITTER: twitter.com/alwaysmallvilleFACEBOOK: facebook.com/alwaysmallvilleEMAIL: alwaysmallville@gmail.com

This week Zach is joined by Tyler Patrick from Krypton Report to discuss the twenty ninth episode of Smallville, "Ryan." They talk VHS tapes, Clark's wardrobe, crying when watching TV, and a little bit of Superman on Supergirl. We can't read your minds, but hopefully you'll enjoy this episode of Always Hold On To Smallville! Check out Tyler on Krypton Report:kryptonreport.libsyn.comEPISODE ROUNDUP Zach's Grade: A Tyler's Grade: A IMDB Grade: 8.8 Superman Homepage Grade: 4/5 Bechdel Test: PASS SERIES TALLY BOARD Amazing Technicolor Kryptonite: 1 Amnesia Count: 11 Blue Shirt/Red Jacket: 2 Clark Loses His Powers: 1 Episode Title Said In Episode: 9Hospital Visits: 15 In Media Res: 1 Kent Truck Accidents: 5 KOs to Keep Clark's Secret: 10 Mind Control Count: 8 Product Placement Pete: 1 Smallville High School Faculty Deaths: 2 Smallville High School Student Deaths: 4 Under The Influence: 7 Weddings: 1PATREON: patreon.com/alwaysmallvilleTWITTER: twitter.com/alwaysmallvilleFACEBOOK: facebook.com/alwaysmallvilleEMAIL:

This week Zach is joined by Craig Byrne, webmaster of Kryptonsite and K-SiteTV and author of several companion books on the series, and Matt Truex from Lois & Clark'd: The New Podcasts of Superman to discuss the twenty eighth episode of Smallville, "Lineage." They talk Clark using heat vision to make toast, Lucas Luthor being arguably the series' biggest dropped ball, all things Patrick Cassidy, Lexcorp, and of course...Sheriff Ethan's sideburns. We're jumping all around the timeline on the latest of Always Hold On To Smallville! Check out Craig's websites...Kryptonsite: kryptonsite.comKSiteTV: ksitetv.comCheck out Matt's work including Lois & Clark'd: The New Podcasts of Superman:dailyknockoff.comEPISODE ROUNDUP Zach's Grade: A- Craig's Grade: A Matt's Grade: A IMDB Grade: 8.2 Superman Homepage Grade: 5/5 Bechdel Test: PASS SERIES TALLY BOARD Amazing Technicolor Kryptonite: 1 Amnesia Count: 11 Blue Shirt/Red Jacket: 2 Clark Loses His Powers: 1 Episode Title Said In Episode: 8 Hospital Visits: 14 In M

It's our fourth Superman Special! Supergirl has moved networks for its sophomore season, coming home to The CW where it probably always belonged and going all out by featuring Superman himself in its premiere episodes! No longer a shadowy stunt double or a far away CGI special effect, the Man of Steel has a new face on television: Tyler Hoechlin. Zach is joined by Craig Byrne, webmaster of Kryptonsite and K-SiteTV, to discuss this monumental occasion, what we thought of the latest incarnation of Superman, and the expansion of the Supergirl universe as a whole. This podcast contains SPOILERS. You've been warned! Check out Craig's websites:Kryptonsite: https://www.kryptonsite.com/KSiteTV: https://www.ksitetv.com/ROUNDUP Zach's Grade: A+ Craig's Grade: A+PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/alwaysmallvilleTWITTER: https://twitter.com/alwaysmallvilleFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/alwaysmallvilleEMAIL: alwaysmallville@gmail.com

This week Zach is joined by Matt Latham to discuss the twenty seventh episode of Smallville, "Redux." They talk this episode's unique production history, set-ups for future episodes, and an overcrowded story in what is generally considered one of Smallville's worst outings. We grew a lot older recordng the latest Always Hold On To Smallville! EPISODE ROUNDUP Zach's Grade: D+ Matt's Grade: D IMDB Grade: 7.6 Superman Homepage Grade: 2/5 Bechdel Test: PASS SERIES TALLY BOARD Amazing Technicolor Kryptonite: 1 Amnesia Count: 11 Blue Shirt/Red Jacket: 2 Clark Loses His Powers: 1 Episode Title Said In Episode: 8 Hospital Visits: 13 In Media Res: 1 Kent Truck Accidents: 5 KOs to Keep Clark's Secret: 9 Mind Control Count: 8 Product Placement Pete: 1 Smallville High School Faculty Deaths: 2 Smallville High School Student Deaths: 4 Under The Influence: 7 Weddings: 1PATREON: patreon.com/alwaysmallvilleTWITTER: twitter.com/alwaysmallvilleFACEBOOK: facebook.com/alwaysmallvilleEMAIL: alwaysmallville@gmail.com

This week Zach is joined by KSiteTV's Ian Gildersleeve to discuss the twenty sixth episode of Smallville, "Nocturne." They talk Ian's Superman and Smallville fandom, his love for Beauty & The Beast, an interesting theory on how this episode could tie into the Veritas mythology from season seven, and much more! We stayed up all night recording this poetic episode of Always Hold On To Smallville!Ian is the author of KSiteTV's Beauty & The Beast episode reviews, a series which has several Smallville connections including star Kristin Kreuk and executive producers Brian Peterson and Kelly Souders. Check out his reviews: ksitetv.com/category/beauty-and-the-beastEPISODE ROUNDUP Zach's Grade: C+ Ian's Grade: B- IMDB Grade: 7.8 Superman Homepage Grade: 3/5 Bechdel Test: FAIL SERIES TALLY BOARD Amazing Technicolor Kryptonite: 1 Amnesia Count: 11 Blue Shirt/Red Jacket: 2 Clark Loses His Powers: 1 Episode Title Said In Episode: 8 Hospital Visits: 13 In Media Res: 1 Kent Truck Accidents: 5 KOs to Keep Clark's Sec

This week Zach is joined by Mike Krause to discuss the twenty fifth episode of Smallville, "Red." We talk legendary comic book writer Jeph Loeb joining the series, the first (and best) use of Red Kryptonite on the series, high school class rings and when you're actually supposed to get them, and if it was implied Clark and Jessie...well, you know. We've lost our inhibitions and are telling it like it is in this episode of Always Hold On To Smallville! EPISODE ROUNDUP Zach's Grade: A- Krause's Grade: B+ IMDB Grade: 9.0 Superman Homepage Grade: 5/5 Bechdel Test: FAIL SERIES TALLY BOARD Amazing Technicolor Kryptonite: 1 Amnesia Count: 10 Blue Shirt/Red Jacket: 1 Clark Loses His Powers: 1 Episode Title Said In Episode: 8 Hospital Visits: 11 In Media Res: 1 Kent Truck Accidents: 5 KOs to Keep Clark's Secret: 7 Mind Control Count: 8 Product Placement Pete: 1 Smallville High School Faculty Deaths: 2 Smallville High School Student Deaths: 1 Under The Influence: 7 Weddings: 1PATREON: patreon.com/alwaysmallvilleTWITTER

This week Zach is joined by Lance Laster to discuss the twenty fourth episode of Smallville, "Duplicity." We talk Pete's role in the series, Lana's second season-self taking root, tying up old plot threads from season one while launching into new ones, and would you REALLY think Clark's ship from Smallville was a spaceship if you found it in a cornfield? A cornfield that no one visited and had no maintenance for over three months apparently. We're not keeping any secrets in this completely honest episode of Always Hold On To Smallville! EPISODE ROUNDUP Zach's Grade: A- Lance's Grade: A- IMDB Grade: 8.4 Superman Homepage Grade: 4/5 Bechdel Test: PASS SERIES TALLY BOARD Amnesia Count: 10 Blue Shirt/Red Jacket: 1 Clark Loses His Powers: 1 Episode Title Said In Episode: 8 Hospital Visits: 11 In Media Res: 1 Kent Truck Accidents: 5 KOs to Keep Clark's Secret: 7 Mind Control Count: 8 Product Placement Pete: 1 Smallville High School Faculty Deaths: 2 Smallville High School Student Deaths: 1 Under The Influence: 6 We

This week Zach is joined by Daniel Proulx to discuss the twenty third episode of Smallville, "Heat." We talk the look of Smallville's heat vision, the prevalent awkwardness throughout the episode, the time Zach was set on fire, and how breaking up with your long distance boyfriend at the end of a video letter from all this friends kind of ruins the entire thing. All that and more in this HOT new episode of Always Hold On To Smallville! EPISODE ROUNDUP Zach's Grade: A Dan's Grade: B+ IMDB Grade: 8.7 Superman Homepage Grade: 5/5 Bechdel Test: FAIL SERIES TALLY BOARD Amnesia Count: 10 Blue Shirt/Red Jacket: 1 Clark Loses His Powers: 1 Episode Title Said In Episode: 8 Hospital Visits: 10 In Media Res: 1 Kent Truck Accidents: 5 KOs to Keep Clark's Secret: 7 Mind Control Count: 8 Product Placement Pete: 1 Smallville High School Faculty Deaths: 2 Smallville High School Student Deaths: 1 Under The Influence: 6 Weddings: 1 PATREON: patreon.com/alwaysmallvilleTWITTER: twitter.com/alwaysmallvilleFACEBOOK: facebook.com/a

This week Zach is joined by Craig Byrne, webmaster of Kryptonsite and K-SiteTV and author of several companion books on the series, to discuss the twenty second episode of Smallville, "Vortex." They talk Craig's long history covering television dating back to the Lois & Clark days, planned cliffhangers were dropped in "Tempest," which second season episode was filmed before "Vortex," if Clark flew in the tornado and much, much more! Get sucked in to the latest Always Hold On To Smallville! Check out Craig's websites...Kryptonsite: kryptonsite.comKSiteTV: ksitetv.comEPISODE ROUNDUP Zach's Grade: A Craig's Grade: A IMDB Grade: 8.8 Superman Homepage Grade: 5/5 Bechdel Test: PASS SERIES TALLY BOARD Amnesia Count: 10 Blue Shirt/Red Jacket: 1 Clark Loses His Powers: 1 Episode Title Said In Episode: 7 Hospital Visits: 10 In Media Res: 1 Kent Truck Accidents: 5 KOs to Keep Clark's Secret: 7 Mind Control Count: 8 Product Placement Pete: 1 Smallville High School Faculty Deaths: 2 Smallville High School Student Dea

This week Zach is joined by Matt Truex from Lois & Clark'd: The New Podcasts of Superman to discuss the twenty first episode of Smallville, "Tempest." We talk Matt's Superman fandom, his thoughts on Lois & Clark and Smallville overall, annoying Superman references, the ages of the main characters (they're HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMEN), and Matt's Green Arrow costume!Check out Matt's work including Lois & Clark'd: The New Podcasts of Superman: https://dailyknockoff.com/EPISODE ROUNDUP Zach's Grade: A+ Matt's Grade: A IMDB Grade: 9.1 Superman Homepage Grade: 4/5 Bechdel Test: FAIL SERIES TALLY BOARD Amnesia Count: 10 Clark Loses His Powers: 1 Episode Title Said In Episode: 7 Hospital Visits: 8 In Media Res: 1 Kent Truck Accidents: 5 KOs to Keep Clark's Secret: 6 Mind Control Count: 8 Smallville High School Faculty Deaths: 2 Smallville High School Student Deaths: 1 Under The Influence: 4 PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/alwaysmallvilleTWITTER: https://twitter.com/alwaysmallvilleFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook

This week Zach is joined by Daniel Proulx from Trek.fm to discuss the twentieth episode of Smallville, "Obscura." We talk Daniel's Smallville fandom and his love for the series' Lois Lane, the stubbornness of Jonathan Kent, Whitney as the "first season boyfriend" prototype for the current Arrowverse, and of course the first appearance of the infamous octagonal disc! EPISODE ROUNDUP Zach's Grade: B Daniel's Grade: C+ IMDB Grade: 8.2 Superman Homepage Grade: 4/5 Bechdel Test: FAIL SERIES TALLY BOARD Amnesia Count: 10 Clark Loses His Powers: 1 Hospital Visits: 8 In Media Res: 1 Kent Truck Accidents: 4 KOs to Keep Clark's Secret: 6 Mind Control Count: 8 Smallville High School Faculty Deaths: 2 Smallville High School Student Deaths: 1 Under The Influence: 4 PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/alwaysmallvilleTWITTER: https://twitter.com/alwaysmallvilleFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/alwaysmallvilleEMAIL: alwaysmallville@gmail.com