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I am not sure whether "jumping the shark" is an appropriate enough term for the later episodes, but they are still worth watching, just not as good. The reason being I do like them, but there are some reasons why it is not as good as it used to be.
Overall, I like Smallville very much. It is very intriguing, somewhat original and intelligent. Consistently, it is excellent visually with well-above average special effects and lovely scenery and photography, while the music is both beautiful and haunting with a great theme tune. The writing on the whole is very strong, while the story lines are in general gripping and intelligent with good pacing. The characters are likable and interesting, Clark for me isn't as charismatic or as heroic as he used to be, more the fault of the writing than Tom Welling's performance, but when he was those qualities he was very interesting. Tom Welling certainly does a great job with Clark, as does Michael Rosenbaum as Lex, who I find slightly more interesting. Lana is beautiful, and it was great to be John Schneider and the lovely Annette O'Toole as Clark's parents.
After Season 6 though, the writing just lacked that edge and cleverness it had before and the story lines while gripping have some predictable or groan-worthy moments. And as I've said, Clark isn't as interesting as he was before. However overall, it is definitely worth watching and better than other shows I have seen. It was a show that started off outstanding, but now is merely good(sometimes very good). 7.5-8/10 Bethany Cox
8/10
