ASSIGNMENT X: I was under the impression from interviews last year that Zod was intended as a two-year arc?
BRIAN WAYNE PETERSON: Callum [Blue] had a two year contract, but even though we had loved Callum, we felt we had really run the character’s arc out. The exciting news is, we have hopes of having one great Zod episode. Nothing in stone, but we’re hopeful for this year.
KELLY SOUDERS: We know what it’s going to be.
AX: I think the great thing about this season, is officially knowing the show will be over so you can use the entire season to wrap things out.
SOUDERS: A lot of people say, “you have your last season, you don’t have to worry about a pick-up and all the pressure is off …”
PETERSON: We’ve never felt more pressure in our lives.
SOUDERS: After being fans of the show for a decade, we wanted to end this on the highest note possible. I would say we’re running harder and this whole writing staff is running harder than they’ve ever run before.
AX: Are you going to do a one hour or two hour finale?
PETERSON: It will be spectacular. We have some big hopes for it.
AX: Does that mean you’re going to have to save up your bank, to be able to do the big thing you want to do?
PETERSON: We have our piggy bank.
SOUDERS: We have been protecting that all along. We have wonderful co-horts at the studio.
AX: Obviously shows like LOST and THE SOPRANOS, they try to find unconventional ways to tell their ending – do you have any surprises? Do you feel SMALLVILLE kind of has to end in a way that makes sense for the entire series or can you be meta and weird and do something strange too?
PETERSON: I think we succeed best when we do both. When we can pull off both, that’s when we’ve done our job. When we do something surprising and satisfying.
SOUDERS: We’re going to try to do it all.
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