Twenty-two-year-old Canadian actress Laura Vandervoort will join Smallville's cast as Supergirl, Clark's cousin, for the show's seventh season.

I, for one, think this is a great idea. Smallville has (mostly) managed to remain interesting (though the Lex/Lana/Clark arc is tired, tired, tired), but many a TV show I love has faltered as seasons progress. Maybe it's the actors getting sick of each other. Maybe it's the writers struggling to keep things fresh when so many story lines have played out. But the fact is, so many great shows hit a seventh-inning slump. (Yes, I mean you, Gilmore Girls and Buffy! The seventh season of The X-Files was an exception, but we all know what happened after that.) And who better to pinch hit than a pretty new superhero? … continue reading