We of course also know that Clark will eventually learn to fly. So when that is alluded to in the season finale as he enters the tornado to save Lana, it’s incredibly exciting for the audience because it’s a huge step towards the future that we all know and love.

The casting directors for this show should seriously be considered either the best or the luckiest in the business! Tom Welling could not be more perfect as the future man of steel. (Buying him as a high school freshman is a bit tough, but then again, they do grow ‘em big out there in Kansas don’t they?) His natural All American good looks combined with his believable, ‘aww shucks…c’mon dad, can’t I please play football with the other kids?’ attitude and demeanor make him one hundred percent believable as a man who could basically be omnipotent but would never do anything but help and protect people with that power. I’m frankly amazed that it took Hollywood this long to discover him.

And rediscovering the greatness of one of the original Dukes of Hazzard was just brilliant! John Schneider was one of my idols growing up. (Yea, that’s right I said it! :-) And while he doesn’t fit the image that we all had of the aging Jonathan Kent, he brings a freshness and a youthful vigor to the character that I think everyone enjoys. And admittedly it would be pretty hard to pull of some of the necessary action sequences that the show entails with a man that actually looked like he was in his late 50’s.

Naturally along with a more youthful Jonathan they had to bring in a more youthful Martha. (Although I’m not quite sure that anyone young is actually named Martha, but again, Kansas, so who knows? :-) Annette O’Toole is such a wonderful actress and the fact that she was the original Lana Lang of course doesn’t hurt her credibility in this world either! These three actors form such a wonderful bond on screen that you just have to assume that they all get along like a surrogate family on set as well. John Schneider just has that look of, “Yeah, I could tell you stories about when I was your age that would make your head spin sonny-boy!”

Now the casting of Lex Luthor, a character that is so closely associated with one of the acting greats of our time, Mr. Gene Hackman, should have presented a daunting challenge. However, it actually turned out to be quite simple. All the casting directors had to do was to give a quick call over to the Gersh Agency and ask for Michael Rosenbaum's agent.

Not only does he look the part of this legendarily infamous character, but he is dead on in his portrayal ...