Talkville

We're back!! Fun start to Season 4 as Tom Welling and Michael Rosenbaum revisit the premiere episode: Crusade. After remembering the changes on set after welcoming on Erica Durance and Jensen Ackles, the guys talk about the change in tone that this episode (and season) brings into the series. Tom talks about his big flight scene and being exposed, while Michael remembers his white suit and finally meeting Evangeline Lilly.

She's finally here! After a couple episode in the bomb zone we get saved with a visit from Lois Lane herself, Erica Durance! Erica shares a lot from her early time on the show - the nerves of coming on to an established series, some unfriendly welcomings to the cast, comfortability with certain types of scenes with Tom, and more! Before we get the Clois reunion, though, Tom and Michael takes us through a cut-and-dry FOTW storyline in Smallville Season 4 Episode 4: DEVOTED.

There's magic in the air this week as Tom Welling and Michael Rosenbaum are joined by Isobel herself KRISTIN KREUK to discuss Season 4 Episode 8: SPELL! Kristin talks about the fun revisiting this witchy episode, her big problem during filming, and her overall experience working with new cast mates Erica Durance and Jensen Ackles in Season 4. Tom remembers being asked to dance poorly, Michael discusses turning up the crazy look in the piano scene, and we all enjoy the ridiculousness of this episode.

By popular demand - we have Alicia Baker herself SARAH CARTER on this week to discuss her return to Smallville in Season 4 Episode 11: UNSAFE. Sarah shares stories on during her time working alongside Tom across Season 3 and 4, insights into their on screen chemistry, and why she thinks this relationship resonated with so many fans. We had a lot of fun this week, thanks to the addition of the new Patreon segment that we hope you folks are going to dig. During the recap we talked about excessive cup biting, Tom's inability to ice skate, and how this relationship dynamic was so different for a young Clark Kent.

Join us this week a Tom Welling and Michael Rosenbaum react to surprise after surprise after surprise in our rewatch of Smallville Season 4 Episode 12: PARIAH! What could've gone on for the entirety of the episode, but was cut short, was Michael‘s fascination with the unconventionally absurd cold open and why it was wrong for so many different reasons. The guys go on to talk about Tom‘s cathartic performance after losing a loved one, how the sandman villain could have been renamed and improved, and the huge shock of Chloe Sullivan learning Clark's secret.

Hop on the PJ because we're going to China this week as Tom Welling and Michael Rosenbaum revisit Smallville Season 4 Episode 15: SACRED! After they guys give props to the incredible set design we go back and forth over this Teague storyline coming to a head. Tom remembers the effortless nature of Kristin's ‘crouching tiger hidden dragon' fight choreography, Michael remembers refusing to take his shirt off in front of Jensen, and our Hotline was buzzing with inconsistencies caught in this episode.

It's a reunion this week on the show and in the podcast as Tom Welling and Michael Rosenbaum are joined by Lucy Lane herself, PEYTON LIST, as we revisit Smallville Season 4 Episode 16: LUCY. Peyton talks about being a fan of the show before coming on, how Erica Durance calmed settled her nerves, and the grounded performance she was able to draw from for later comic series roles.

This week we get introduced to the villain of the story as Tom Welling and Michael Rosenbaum revisit Smallville Season 4 Episode 17: ONYX! Michael takes us behind the scenes into his process for giving Lex an evil arch in this episode, sharing how he went above and beyond evil in certain scenes. We also find where the mask has been hiding all these years and even get a ‘Damn Who's That' moment in this episode.