Bastards

They killed off Jonathan on “Smallville” — not entirely unexpected, given the fact that Lana, Lois, and Lex are unkillable in the Superman universe, and Chloe is too cute to die. But still, the episode was a lame fraud, a total cheat with pathetic attempts at misdirection to keep alive the false hope that maybe they wouldn't kill off our favorite character after all.

But no. Now, Maus (whose love for Jonathan is matched only by her love for Colin) is devastated and emotionally emptied, and our almost-inexplicable five-year devotion to this practically unwatchable show has reached a moment of crisis. If they want to keep us, we better be seeing some red cape right quick.

All this right on the heels of the news that The WB will also be killed off this year. Well, they sure as hell have it coming. I hope it's slow and painful.