Poll: Who Will Die In Episode #100?
Smallville Executive Producer Alfred Gough has revealed to TV Guide that Jor-El will be coming to collect the life of someone who is close to Clark, a deal made earlier this season. The "reckoning" (also conveniently the title of the episode) will happen in episode #12 of the current season, which happens to also be the series' 100th show. More so, Gough has hinted that the life force that Jor-El is collecting might not be the only big character finality in the episode.

The big question of fans' minds since then has been a resounding "Who will it be?" The Smallville production team is being extra careful so we don't find out; we hear false scripts have even been circulating so there's no way we can safely know. (Otherwise, we'd just refer you to the KryptonSite Spoilers Page and tell you to just "stay tuned!") We rounded up a list of the nine most likely candidates... and over 60,000 people told us who they thought might die. Who won? Here were the top five choices:

#1. Jonathan Kent (19707 votes)
33% of the people who participated in this poll thought that it would be Jonathan Kent who's going to the big cow pasture in the sky. Why? In the classic Superman movies as well as "Superman Returns" coming this summer, Jonathan Kent is always the first of Clark's Earth-bound parents to go. Plus, it would be pretty dramatic, in the midst of the whole race for senator. Let's just hope Tom Wopat comes to the funeral, if he is indeed the one to go.

#2. Chloe Sullivan (15152 votes)
Coming in second place with 25% of the vote is Chloe Sullivan. This is probably the most controversial choice since Chloe has quite a fan following, especially online. Lots of anvils have been thrown at us on the show in recent weeks, like "I'd die before I gave up your secret," which would make one wonder. Chloe also is not in the grown-up Superman's comic books. Could Chloe be on the way out, to make way for her cousin to embrace her journalistic destiny? Again, we don't know, but over 15,000 of you think it might happen.

#3. Lionel Luthor (6301 votes)
He's been a bad guy, a good guy, in jail, out of jail, long haired, short haired, blind, and possessed to become "Lion-El." Have all of the story avenues for Lionel Luthor been exhausted? Jor-El told Clark that someone close to him will die, but it has been implied that more than one person might go. And... if Jor-El is still inside of Lionel someplace, that, too, could leave open the possibility for Lex's dear father to go bye-bye.

Also keep in mind that Smallville's writers like to use parallels between Lex and Clark very often. For both of them to lose their fathers in the same episode could make for some serious drama.

Lionel got 10% of the vote.

#4. Lana Lang (6106 votes)
Wishful thinking from fans at Television Without Pity - or speculation from those who realize that Smallville may not actually take the exact path of the comic books? What if Lana was Clark's true love, who died when he was very young? Would they "go there?" It has been implied that the "big death" will be a surprise.

This could prove a dangerous but dramatic move for the show, since Kristin Kreuk and her character of Lana have a very large fan base. Could "Exposed" and "Solitude" have been a test for how the show would do without Lana Lang? Or are we just in a state of "Splinter"-like paranoia? Guess we'll have to see... Lana also ended up with 10%.

#5. None of the above - it's a trick! (3713 votes)
Or, could Smallville be trying to fool us, in a "someone dies in Hourglass/Who Shot Lionel Luthor?" kind of way? Maybe the character or characters who die may be people we just haven't seen in a while on the show, or just wouldn't think would be potentials for death or doom. Aunt Nell, Sheriff Ethan, Sheriff Nancy, Domonic Santori, Gabe Sullivan, General Lane, Lucy Lane, Lucas Dunleavy-Luthor, Nam-Ek, Aethyr, Shelby, Carrie Castle, Victoria Hardwick, Martha's dad from "Redux" who nobody remembers, Chad the Goth - we're looking at you.

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Here were the results for all ten choices. Thanks to everyone for participating! Don't forget to tune in to Smallville's 100th episode in early 2006 to find out who kicks the bucket!

#1. Jonathan Kent 19707 33%
#2. Chloe Sullivan 15152 25%
#3. Lionel Luthor 6301 10%
#4. Lana Lang 6106 10%
#5. None of the above - it's a trick! 3713 6%
#6. Pete Ross 3428 6%
#7. Professor Milton Fine 2678 4%
#8. Martha Kent 1943 3%
#9. Lois Lane 750 1%
#10. Lex Luthor 392 1%

 
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