Smallville season 7 fills a unique niche. It's more grown-up than what came before, due in large part to the inclusion of more Superman-centric characters. The season features Supergirl/Kara Kent ...

Both carried over from the WB (Smallville entering its sixth season and Supernatural its second), and each had a sci-fi/fantasy bent that set them apart from the network's other programs.

However, in the final three seasons, Smallville morphed into a superhero ... When Laura Vandervoort (who played Kara Zor-El during Season 7, and then appeared in a handful of episodes in Seasons ...