Some thoughts on Smallville s4

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dawnybee posted excerpt from a TV Guide interview with Jensen Ackles, and something he said in that made me go "Oh, so *that's* why the Jason Teague storyline in season 4 went the way it did.



This is the relevant bit:

TV Guide: Were you happy with the way the role [of Jason Teague] worked out?
Ackles: It got a little tough in the middle of the season. And then it took some odd turns when I got the call from Supernatural. I had a whole other year left on Smallville, so that drastically changed my storyline. I ended up turning evil a little ahead of the plan!

So Jason Teague was supposed to be a 2-year role, probably only gradually turning evil. Hmm. I wonder how that would have affected the Clana romance in season 5? Anyway, knowing the producers actually had a longer-term plan that had to get cut short actually reconciles me to that plot arc a little more, because it really did seem like Jason went evil overnight, and wasn't given a hell of a lot of motivation for it.

On the other hand, if Teague-going-evil was supposed to last into season 5, does that mean the Lana-the-witch arc (probably the most universally hated plot arc in Smallville history) was supposed to last into season 5, too? If so, we all owe Eric Kripke many thanks.