The House of El: Superman, Smallville & The DCU

September 22, 2008 –  After the collapse of the Fortress of Solitude, Oliver Queen, Arthur Curry, and Dinah Lance set out searching for Clark. At the same time, newly promoted Tess Mercer also begins searching for Lex Luthor. Oliver discovers that Clark is being held captive in Russia, and leaves to rescue him. Chloe is revealed to be in the custody of LuthorCorp, who have been testing her de...

September 20, 2008 – This Week On SHoE – Here are your listener voicemails that go along as a companion with our 100th episode celebration today! If we left yours out please let us know as there were a ton to go through and thank you all for calling in and showing some SHoE love.

September 20, 2008 – This Week On SHoE – Two-and-a-half years in the making, here we are. Starkville’s House of El’s 100th Episode with Derek and Steve! It’s a packed episode full of nostalgia, humor, drama, more humor, murder, and tears. Okay, maybe not ALL that but it’s a good time of reminiscing between the hosts.

This Week On SHoE – Steve goes the extra mile to explain how the secrets of Veritas tie up seven years of our favorite show, but how it also makes us look forward to the future for season eight and beyond.

This Week On SHoE – Derek goes into detail of what to expect from the season premiere of “Smallville” with a brief history of what we know of episode 8×01 – “Odyssey.” MINOR spoilers are contained within this here last-ever two-digit episode of Starkville’s House of El. Plus news on our 100th episode coming later today.

This Week On SHoE – What is it that makes someone a true Smallville fan? Is it the Superman mythos? The relationships? The journey? Or the destiny? Steve picks apart seven years of the show and tells you why tunes in each week and how he views the fans and their stories

September 11, 2008 – This Week on SHoE – The Bizarro Derek and Steve take over for an out-of-context-episode to discuss the female heroines within Smallville and the DC Universe, focusing mainly on Supergirl, Black Canary, and even Chloe Sullivan, and how they affect Clark Kent’s journey to Superman.

September 5, 2008 – This week on SHoE – We’ve got our copy of the seventh season DVD to review for you guys, which will hopefully push you towards picking up a copy if you haven’t already pre-ordered. Plus news on an episode change order for season eight that pushed a big episode off until 2009.

September 3, 2008 – This Week On SHoE – The guys finally meet on neutral ground in Atlanta, GA as Dragon*Con commences. We’ve got the trailer for season 8 to show you, plus new images for 8×01 & 8×02 and news on the recent Superman reboot report, so you won’t want to miss this epic episode.

July 27, 2008 – This week on SHoE – We’re bringing you the audio from Smallville’s panel at the 2008 Comic Con in San Diego from last month. It’s not perfect audio but it’s better than most and makes you feel like you’re right in the audience. Enjoy!

August 8, 2008 – This week on SHoE – Derek and Steve recount the wonder that was Comic Con in the first of (hopefully) three episodes chronicling the 5-day experience. First up, though, we’ve got news straight from the second row of the Smallville panel, with new details, new cast introductions, the exclusive season 8 teaser trailer, and more! Plus news from our own panel and experiences from...

July 14, 2008 – This week on SHoE – Steve yells at Derek from the same hallway he was in during Episode 70 while the countdown to Comic-Con & Season 8 of Smallville has begun, with news about episode 8×01 including the return of the Justice League, a full length discussion on the DC film franchise, and your Comic-Con Q&A!

June 26, 2008 – This week on SHoE – Steve and Derek come at you with a mid-week SHoE to make amends, make plans, and have fun. The war is over and the first real news for season 8 is coming down the pipeline; not to mention our countdown to Comic Con, our new SHoE t-shirts, and Derek’s turn for his ten favorite episodes of Smallville. We’ve also got details on the new cast members and Smallvi...

June 11, 2008 – This week on SHoE – Steve and Derek re-hash the news of the Smallville season 7 DVD release with all new details about the set and a release date, plus the biggest and so far, the best news about season eight casting we’ve heard so far, that excites us both. After that Steve’s got his top 10 Smallville episodes of all time, and a war begins brewing on the show that only you ca...

May 23, 2008 – This week on SHoE – Steve comes back to weigh in on the seventh season finale of “Smallville”, plus a ton of your emails regarding last week’s episode with your questions that we answer and how we felt about this finale in line with all the others. There’s a lot of news surrounding the seventh season DVD, Laura Vandervoort’s exit from the show and a look at what we’ll be coveri...

May 15, 2008 –  Kara informs Lex that he will defeat the Traveler, who is really destined to destroy mankind, and sends him to the Fortress of Solitude. Clark learns that Brainiac has been impersonating Kara, who is actually stuck in the Phantom Zone, and destroys him to finally free Lana from her comatose state. Lana leaves Clark a DVD stating that she is holding Clark back, and the only way...

May 8, 2008 –  The bank teller from Zurich attacks Lex, carving the Kryptonian symbols for “Traveler”, “Savior”, and “Sanctuary” into his chest. After seeing the symbols, Clark travels to Montreal, Quebec, where he finds Edward Teague, the only surviving member of Veritas. Edward deems that Clark is no savior and attempts to kill him so that Lex cannot control him. Chloe saves Clark, who in t...

May 4, 2008 – Here is our interview with Alan Ritchson who played the role of Aquaman in seasons five and six of Smallville. Ritchson discusses all his current projects, what led him to the role of Aquaman, how he prepared for it, shares some set stories from “Aqua” and “Justice” – plus lots more.

May 1, 2008 –  Jor-El sends Clark to an alternate reality to show him what the world would be like if he never arrived on Earth. Here, the Kents have a natural-born son, Chloe is engaged, Lana married a french philanthropist, Lois is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, Kara is the head of the Department of Domestic Security (DDS) using the alias Linda Danvers, and Lex is the President of the...

April 24, 2008 –  In order to locate Brainiac and Kara, Clark has Chloe hack into government satellites. The Department of Domestic Security has been monitoring Chloe’s activity and, convinced she is a terrorist, convince Jimmy to work with them to bring her down. Clark decides to head to the Fortress to find a way to save Lana, where he learns that Kara is at Krypton trying to warn Clark tha...

April 17, 2008 –  Lex takes Lionel’s locket, which holds the second key to the deposit box in Zürich, and then throws him out the LuthorCorp window to his death. Lex soon discovers the key is not where he thought, and heads to the Daily Planet to find it; he also begins having hallucinations of his younger self. Lex finds the key in Chloe’s desk, and then fires her. Jimmy and Lois discover th...

April 12, 2008 – This Week on SHoE – Derek and Steve are back from a week off with all the news you can handle regarding the Superman court battle, the departure of co-creators Al Gough and Miles Millar from the eighth season of Smallville, and the ultimate shipper debate….agreement.

March 27, 2008 –  Brainiac propositions Kara at the farm, but she refuses; Brainiac warns Kara, and Clark, that not working with him will cause people to get hurt. Jimmy and Lois work together to uncover the truth behind Patricia Swann’s murder. Lex begins searching for the secret of Veritas with a key he found in Patricia’s pendant. Kara attempts to teach Clark to fly, but he is more focused...

March 20, 2008 –  Lionel hires a group of men to kidnap Clark, using kryptonite tazers to subdue him, and lock him in a kryptonite-lined cell. Patricia Swann, Dr. Virgil Swann’s daughter, comes looking for the “Last Son of Krypton” and accuses Lionel of taking the “Last Son” for himself, and having a hand in the deaths of her father, the Teagues and the Queens – three families who came togeth...

March 13, 2008 –  Pete Ross chews some kryptonite-laced gum and develops the ability to stretch his body to extreme lengths, which he uses to save Kara’s life from a falling speaker at a OneRepublic concert in an abandoned warehouse. Pete arrives at the Kent farm and gets up to speed on who knows Clark’s secret, before revealing his own power to Clark. Pete decides to reveal his ability...