jonathan died in the episode of smallville called reckoning.
jonathan died in the episode of smallville called reckoning.
in which episode of smallville does jonathan die?
reckoning
"reckoning" received mostly positive reviews from commentators. various critics felt that the death of jonathan kent was a poignantly emotional choice, although others expressed their desire that lang would have died. this was especially true for fans, who angrily opined their views on various "smallville" fan sites. michael ausiello from "tv guide" wrote, "watch ['reckoning'] because it's one of the best hours of tv this season and i'm not even a big "smallville" fan." vic holtreman from screenrant gave the episode a largely positive review and called it "a great episode overall". he called the scenes leading up to the funeral "quite moving" and noted that the loss of jonathan kent was a blow, not only for the series' main characters, but also for the audience itself. however, holtreman mocked the "old moon-pie eye’d clark/lana situation" and the fact that "lana didn't die". omar gallaga from television without pity gave the episode a b and wrote that the death of jonathan kent "still stings". chris carabott from tv fanatic named the episode the second best "smallville" episode (coming after ninth season entry "absolute justice"), and he wrote that "the death of jonathan kent is one of the most pivotal moments of "smallville"." carabott also opined that the ramifications of the episode helped to "shape [clark into] the man he has become". michael duffy, in the chapter "sacrifice or salvation? smallville's heroic survival amid changing television trends" of the book called "the smallville chronicles: critical essays on the television series", called the episode "momentous". furthermore, he argued that the presence of clips at jonathan's funeral from "reckoning" in the eighth season premiere "odyssey" helped to "subtly resituate and creatively reboot the "smallville" universe" during the show's later life.
reckoning (smallville)
although the team's prominent appearances are on the television series, there have been additional media appearances based around marketing tie-ins. in early 2007, oliver queen received a personal treatment with a promotional tie-in with sprint, titled "smallville legends: the oliver queen chronicles". the series looked at the origins of oliver's alternate identity. on april 19, 2007, a tie-in with toyota promoting their new yaris featured an online comic strip as interstitial programs during new episodes of "smallville"—titled "smallville legends: justice & doom". the interactive comic was based on the episode "justice", and picks up after the events of that episode, following oliver, bart, victor and arthur, as they seek to destroy all of luthorcorp's secret experimental labs. the team eventually uncovers a prototype soldier luthorcorp is working on, that combines the superpowers of various kryptonite enhanced individuals and places them into a single soldier. the online comic then directly ties-into the television series when oliver and his team, off-screen, contact clark in the episode "prototype", and tell him how to defeat one of these soldiers. the online series allowed viewers to investigate alongside the fictional team in an effort to win prizes. stephan nilson wrote all five episodes, while working with a team of artists for the illustrations. the plot for each comic episode would be given to nilson at the same time the production crew for "smallville" was filming their current television episode. artist steve scott would draw comic book panels, which would be sent to a group called motherland. that group would review the drawings and tell scott which images to draw on a separate overlay. this allowed for multiple objects to be moved in and out of the same frame. before and after the first appearance of the league on "smallville", there were talks among studio heads about spinning off individual characters, or the entire team, into their own television shows, but nothing came to fruition. "smallville" is the first series—television or film—to feature live-action portrayals of aquaman, green arrow, and cyborg.
justice league (smallville)