Wait, What? 5 Smallville Plot Holes That Somehow Make Us Love the Show More
When they run for enough seasons, even the best television shows are bound to have plot holes.
That's even true for Smallville, the beloved superhero teen drama that saw a young Clark Kent blossom into Superman.
Running for ten seasons and 217 episodes, here are the five most egregious plot holes from Smallville.
Distance from Metropolis
Every Superman fan knows that eventually, Clark will make his way from the tiny town of Smallville to the sprawling Metropolis. But just how far apart are the two cities?
Throughout most of Superman media, it's not explicitly stated where Metropolis is. But in Smallville, we get a few different answers.
At one point, Lana says it's a four-hour drive. Another time, Chloe says it's two hours. Eventually, Chloe, Clark, and Lois are all able to commute to work in Metropolis while still living in Smallville – meaning it couldn't realistically be more than an hour or so.
The entire relationship between Lex and Clark
One interesting addition to the show was having Lex Luthor and Clark Kent – eventually the bitterest of enemies – get their start as friends.
But at the time, Lex was a massively wealthy playboy in his 20s while Clark was a shy, teenaged farm boy. Even though he saved his life, it just doesn't make a lot of sense that Lex would be down to hang out with Clark.
It makes sense that Clark's parents were so against the friendship.
How does Clark get a job?
After a semester at Central Kansas A&M, Clark was hired as a research assistant to Professor Milton Fine, who was the Brain Inter-Active Construct in disguise.
After he realizes Milton's true intentions of releasing General Zod from the Phantom Zone, he tells his mother that he's dropped out of college.
Especially in the 2000s, how would Clark be able to snag a job at the prestigious Daily Planet without a degree?
Superman's powers, lost on a whim
Throughout the series, there were several times when Clark lost his powers or transferred his powers to someone else.
Eric famously stole Clark's powers a few times throughout the series run, the first time happening when the two were struck by lightning.
The whole idea behind Superman's powers is that he is literally a different species; the Earth's yellow sun is what unlocks his powers on our world.
It leads to a few interesting storylines, but it just doesn't make sense based on the biology of the canon.
The same issue with every Superman story…
How do they not recognize Clark Kent is clearly Superman?
All he does is take off his glasses and suddenly, he's unrecognizable to everyone in small-town Smallville.
One fan suggested that most Smallvillians do, in fact, know that Clark is Superman once he starts becoming famous in Metropolis, but out of respect, they agree to keep his secret.