My Crazy Youth: The Time that Blue Beetle Debuted...on 'Smalliville?'

 At long last, I make use of my purchase.

Smallville's final Season was all about the last bit of worldbuilding/character setup for Superman.

So, naturally, let's squeeze the introduction of TWO MORE DC Characters into it, right near the end to boot (Episode 18 out of 22, to be exact).

While out on the Street with Lois (who is trying to get Clark to act more hidden), a young man is about to be hit by a truck!

He's saved by...Booster Gold?

Since Metropolis (yes, they're not even in Smallville on Smallville at this point) is the world's smallest City, Lois runs into the young man AGAIN and tries to help him act more confident.

This is clearly just the Warner Bros Backlot, by the way.

He leaves but has a passenger.

An artifact escaped the wrecked truck when Booster stopped it and is now on him.

To what end though?

Of course, the Episode is named 'Booster' and not 'Blue Beetle,' so she's not the main focus.

What is the main focus?
Well, it is the following subplots. 
Deep breath now...

1) Lois wants Clark to blend in before he reveals himself as Superman

2) Cat Grant wants the promotion that she and Lois are up for.

3) Booster Gold trying to coop Superman's eventual reveal and Superhero Career

4) I guess Blue Beetle, if we have time.

The device was found by Ted Kord (who at least appears in this Jaime Reyes Origin Story) and they manage to name drop the original Blue Beetle.

Oh, that's nice.  What did he...oh...yikes.

Thanks for that.

Anyhow, Jaime meets Booster, who blows him off.  He doesn't know what is going to happen, since his appearance in the timeline changes things.

Reyes meets him again, only now the suit is controlling him...to kill!

Clark shows up as the Blur to save Cat Grant (see Subplot #2) and Booster uses Clark's inspirational speech to make Jaime confident enough to take control of the suit.

In the aftermath, Kord shows up- he's actually not evil, despite the last Scene implying that he was- and Jaime says that he wants to master the suit.  

Booster offers to help out training him.
They never show up again in the Series.

The End.

A good Episode, even if it was in dying need of a Story Editor.  There's just too much going on here for anything to get enough time.

The Lois-Clark Plot squeezes its way in and at least wraps up nicely.  They manage to tie it into the Cat Grant Plot, to be fair.

That said, her Plot didn't add much, other than an excuse to have her in a bikini top.  Mind you, this Show already did that with Lois in Season 5.

Bonus- this is Cat's last appearance on the Show!

I'm here for the Blue Beetle stuff and it sure gets shortchanged.  The bit with him and Lois happens right before the initial change, so that's really just one Scene.  Should we care about him as more than just a put upon teen?  Oh well.

I did like Booster here, even if it is the more cynical take on him that happened around this time.  Why can't he be fun loving and not terrible/only in it for the money?

The BB suit does look good, albeit very bulky.  That thing had to weigh over 50 lbs, unless it was all carbon fiber or something.  Kudos for doing it on a TV Budget though.

It is a bold, if badly paced and randomly timed attempt at introducing more DC Heroes.  Does it help that a famous DC Writer wrote the Script AND that Superman himself Directed it?

***And, of course***

As a little bonus, I should mention that the last one of these was from Season 1 with Amy Adams.
What could connect these 2 Episodes besides Tom Welling and the Show itself?

It is this Film...

I couldn't have planned a more random coincidence!