Smallville 10x19 Dominion Review

The Spartacus styled episode did not disappoint and it was good to see Callum Blue as Zod again.He was one of the best villains on the show and he was really missed.This Zod is really a bit different from his earlier incarnations.As we find out, General Zod (who was last seen in season 6 when he took over Lex's body) made a deal with Darkseid who helped him gain dominion over the Phantom Zone and gave him a little extra by letting him merge with Major Zod (season 9 villain) into one entity who was his younger self/clone, whatever in exchange to lure Clark into the kryptonian prison and kill him.

Tess informs Clark that General Slade escaped from the Phantom Zone and that someone is releasing the phantoms, so Clark rushes to Watchtower in order to enter the kryptonian prison and stop the madness plus Oliver returns after being absent for a few weeks(last seen in 10x15) so the two bff enter the zone but things dont go as planned and they're captured by zoners who take them to their new leader, the tyran Zod!(KNEEL) ;))

It is actually quite interesting to move forward with the Oliver-being-infected-by -the-darkness storyline and in one major moment of the episode the two friends face off. Of course this is 'smallville' so things end well (sometimes) and Clark and Oliver escape the hell prison and Zod and his two followers are blocked and the two heroes return to Earth.It's a bit shame because they've been in the zone for a few hours but 'outside'
 it was three weeks.

So Oliver now has his own demons to face because he's been marked as a minion of Darkseid starting with the loss of his parents and the murder of ex Luthor.There may be no escape even for him from this one. The next week's episode is the last ep until the 2-hour series finale.

RAZOR rating: 9 (out of 10)