Yea your right but in the pre finale trailer, we it looked like clark caught a falling lana for the building and it also showed him in a flying position too. i saw the same thing in a traler i think after traveler...

That "trailer" of Clark flying? I don't know why people are so keen to forget where that came from. That is from "Action" when the PA pushed Lana out of Oliver's balcony and Clark dove over and saved her and they landed on the car. The ONLY scene of Clark "flying" that has been edited was in "Veritas" after Braniac and Kara flew off the roof of the DP, Clark followed in pursuit but failed in his attempt.

As for Lex approaching the FoS - that was the original ending to "Veritas" which was cut.

Yeah, all the trailers post writer's strike agreement should be taken with a grain of salt as they've been constantly reusing footage from earlier in the season and I think even before since they've been low on time between cutting the trailers and getting clips from the Smallville editing room. I'm still amazed they put out 5 episodes in the span they did. When they first announced they'd release 5 episodes, I thought they wouldn't get done airing till June.

Also,
as far as cliffhangers go, I don't think this finale was the worst. I think seasons 1 and 2 had weaker cliffhangers. And until I hear official word from next season's production/spoilers, I still think there's some scenes of Clark and Lex missing.

The downside to the S7 Finale is definately the Clex confrontation in the Fortress. There was no action in that scene at all. We just saw Lex holding the device and Clark steady backing up. We didn't even get to see Clark and Lex battle it out until one of them died. That's what made it suck.

For the S7 Fianle ending, they could have kept the Fortress being destroyed and the ice falling but had it where Lex dies and you see him with a crystal stuck in his chest and covered in his own blood and get one last shot of Clark staring at Lex. I know that it would be pushing it but it would have been great to see Clark fly out of there after Lex died.

Well I enjoyed that episode, very good indeed i think those of you who didn't like it went in with the wrong sort of expectations. It wasn't meant to be an action packed ending but an emotional and psychological trill ride that set up questions for the first episode of season eight to answer.

Personally the best scene for me was Lana's video farewell (and I'm not really a 'shipper). As she was saying goodbye you saw Lois entering the house over Clark's shoulder symbolising that Lois is going to take Lana's place in Clarks life. Then to highlight the point further the last shot of the scene was a two shot pulling out on Lois and Clark just the style and same way we had may shots before of Lana and Clark.

i enjoyed it

but can someone tell me the last few lines spoken after lex placed the device in the fortress, my sound went out

also, i don't thing season 8 will be based in smallville.

And i know the time lines of when this episode was made and when SHoE started with the 'epic' jokes don't match up. But i'm calling the 'Epic HappyHour' as a shout out to shoe!!!!

I really liked the episode, although I can understand some of the views already posted here.

Lana-tube was a better way to do it I thought. Because it just eliminated time that would have been spent on their dialog. Much more powerful this way i feel.

I really had no problem with Chloe going after Brainiac, and you could see pure terror in her eyes when the K didn't work. But the terror in Brainiac's eyes was absolutely priceless when he said "what the hell are you?"

J-Lex interaction seemed out of place for me, I know Jimmy is a bit naive, but did he really think Lex would just let him off the hook?

The ending was just wierd and I hope more details about what is going on takes place in S8. I feel a bit cheated with the ending. But overall it tied up a lot and set up even more questions that we will have until the fall.

on a side note: I thought the cg was not the greatest when the camera looked up at the huge crystals breaking, kind of reminded me of tron.

I still feel like I have more to say but, I just can't seem to process it all.

What bothers me is that they spent all this time making Lex "evil" and in the end of the season, he is not portrayed through dialog to be that bad of a person. I know, I know. He killed Lionel and had some people killed, yes that is evil. I just felt they missed an opportunity to have a huge climatic battle with Lex mirroring what we know him to be. Season 7 was great, but the finale was rushed and weak. I couldn't believe that there were like 4 minutes left and Clark was still standing in the freaking loft!!!!! If this is the last we see of Lex, I am extremely disappointed with this. I liked the ending, though I think a battle first would have made it that much more dramatic with the fortress caving in. The whole Veritas story arc, while entertaining, was not that well executed. I know the strike probably had an impact on the creativity of the latter part of the season, but I was wanting more, not in the positive way, and a Smallville finale has never left me with that feeling. "That's it?" I though to myself as the show came to an end last night. Whatever. I'm not swearing off Smallville or anything, but I am extremely disappointed.

I wont say that this episode was terrible. There were definitely some great moments (i.e. Clark vs. Braniac) however the ending was one of the weakest of the series.

The dialogue between Clark and Lex was a let-down, especially after such a B.A. season of scenes between the two of them. I almost felt like the writers ran out of ideas. The exchange in 'Apocalypse' was better than this (hell, the exchange in 'Onyx' was BETTER).

Don't get me wrong, it was still an enjoyable episode but it was NOT a good Season Finale. I look towards the next season with trepidation.......

And the fireplace wasn't broken

I guess Lex had it fixed in the short amount of time between "Quest" and "Arctic".

The season needed an extra episode or two just wrap up the crap that was going on in this episode. There was no backstory on the orb, the only thing we find out is that it is infact built by humans, but by whom exactly? What is it made out of that prevents Kryptonians from getting close to it? It's never explained why Brainiac needed Kara, that was simply swept under the rug. How much time passed between Clark "killing" Brainiac and Lana recording her little video, burning said video to a DVD, and then heading off to wherever she went(I was doing stuff so I missed her talky talky). The episode made it seem as though only minutes maaaybe an hour had passed. All the Jimmy stuff just seemed unnecessary and thrown in, especially for a season finale. On that note, this episode felt more like a typical episode of Smallville, rather than a season finale. The standoff between Clark and Lex just seemed silly. Couldn't have Clark just heat vision the orb and make Lex drop it, then just push out of the way or something. Maybe with his superbreath? HAHA

Enough complaining from me, on to what I semi-enjoyed about the episode. First, I loved the scene with Brainiac and Chloe, "What the hell are you?" When Clark went to see Chloe at the hospital, and figured out that it was Brainiac that did that, I just said to myself, "Oh snap, BA." The showdown between Clark and Brainiac was pretty rad, especially the whole, "You're not a man, you're a machine."

In all honesty, after seeing that finale, I almost don't want to see an eighth season of Smallville, especially a ninth. *rolls eyes*

I liked the season finale. It was a really good episode. The whole Kara is brainiac thing and she was in the phantom zone was awesome. Brainiac vs Clark was great. I thought Chloe being in the same state as Lana was should've been where they left her off rather than just being taken away like that. They could've said something like her powers affected her in a way that kept her in that state even after brainiac died. Or keep the potential that brainiac kept a little piece of himself inside chloe's mind so he can come back in season 8. I dunno Im just rambling. But I didn't think the Lana part would make me as sad as it did. I knew she most likely wasn't gonna be a big part of the episode but that tape made me feel like she was leaving me and not Clark. It was good. The ending was powerful but I can see where people are saying that it wasn't strong enough. I think that the music and sound design could've been better and whether you know it or not that can make a huge impact on how you interpret a scene. If the music was just right as the fortress was collapsing, it could've been EPIC. I watched other season finales on mute and it gave a slightly different effect. Try it. But this episode closed this season off the right way. I mean, I thought this season was gonna be just ok or barely watchable but it turned out to be one of my favorite seasons.There were episodes that actually almost as good as Blank (sorry i just love that ep.(Aw now I'm thinking about Lana!)) But I enjoyed this season way more than I thought I would and this finale topped it off well.

Ok i admit, as glad as I am that Lana and Clark are finally over (the Death of Clana-squee) I totally teared up at the video brake up.
I love that Braniac tried to (I'm assuming) kill Chloe but couldn't and especially (Like everyone else here I'm sure) liked the confused "What the hell are you?" Braniac uttered... I'll miss Milton Fine cause he was hot... although I totally hated him when he attacked Chloe...
Jimmy is an Idiot, Chloe better not say yes... She deserves someone... I don't know... smarter??

I remember freaking out last night when I look at my watch and see that Lex has made to the FoS with Only 5 minutes left in the show cause what can possibly go down in 5 mins?
So I am going to assume (and this is for my own sanity) I'm going to assume that MR's swan song is going to take place in the first episode of the 8th Season...
Speaking of Lex I did like that when Braniac/Kara hinted that Lex already knew who the Traveler was, Lex looked like he was tearing up. I really hope that in the S. 8 premiere Lex and Clark have another talk... Im going to miss those... friends or enemies, they always had good talks...

I cannot believe they freakin' destroyed the FoS!!!!!!!
There better be a manual on how to repair ice buildings... Heh, maybe he will be able to repair it and expand it to add statues and cages for animals like the dodo...

I know I liked the episode... But I'm not sure if it was the best season finale or even the best in the season itself... I think I'll be a better judge when the next part comes out (after all season finales and season premieres have always been two sides of the same story...)

I am still waiting for MR's Swan song... No way has it already happened.

It wasn't that hard to figure out that brainiac was behind it... Chloe getting the milk eyes was pretty much a giant neon lit sign saying "It was me- Brainiac!!"

I have all summer to talk about this episode, but I gotta say, I looked at the clock, realized it was 8:50 and Jimmy was proposing and we hadn't even seen Lex entering the Fortress yet. This episode should have been given its due. It should have been 2 hours. If it was, poor Jimmy may not have been screamed at so much by me. "Oh come on Jimmy! You're proposing now??! I don't care!!! What's going on at the Fortress???! Blast you Jimmy!!!"

Another thing, What was Clark's plan going to the fortress? Talk Lex to death? I mean why not run in and kncok the "omegahedron" from Lex's hand. If it made him weak then that should have been explain a bit more. I would assume though that Clark would have come hauling tail into the fortress and stopped Lex is all cost so he should have body tackled him or something. Lack of plan= sucked into cave wall(season 3), Stuck in Phantom Zone( Season 5), and fortress demolished in front of you( Season 7)...how odd right? lol!