Over Smallville’s nine-year run, the show’s universe has fittingly expanded; yet, fans would like to see a few characters come back.

Though we haven’t see her in quite a while, Martha Kent (Annette O’Toole) is still alive and well. Even though Lex Luthor (Michael Rosenbaum) is presumably dead, the Superman mythos would have to disagree. Jimmy Olson (Aaron Ashmore) was also lost last season, but the real photog and eventual best friend to Clark Kent (Tom Welling) is still running around somewhere.

Executive producer Kelly Souders discusses the fate, fortune or future of various Smallville characters who’ve been missing in action.

Smallville: Executive producer answers burning questions

Perry White: "We would love for [Michael McKean] to come on right now, he’s in a Broadway show. For now, it’s a no."

Martha Kent: "We have the coolest idea for her to come back, so you never know. Hopefully in the future."

Lex Luthor: "There’s no plans at the moment. [Rosenbaum's] got a rather busy schedule at the moment, but I know he’d love to be back and we’d love to have him back."

Smallville producer sets record straight on Chloe-Clark relationship

The real Jimmy: "By the end of the series, I think it’s quite possible that you will see another Jimmy."

Old Jimmy: "That’s always possible, too."

Davis Bloom: "Davis is buried very deep in the Earth, but we love [Sam Witwer]. I never say never."

Dr. Emil: "Yes."

Metallo: "We don’t have anything concrete, but we would love to have [Brian Austin Green] back."

Zatanna: "I don’t know if I can say …"

Smallville: Who’s going to die?

Kara: "Not presently."

Sam Lane: "You know what, you never know when you get in the writers room and suddenly Sam Lane [Michael Ironside] is going to be the answer to all of our problems."

Lucy Lane: "We don’t have any plans to see Lucy [Peyton List] right now but we know fans would like more of Lois’ personal life explored."

Who would you like to see return?

Jor-El mysteriously arrives at the Kent farm searching for his son, Kal-El, but meets Chloe instead. Convinced the Blur is Jor-El, Zod enlists Tess’s help in finding him to force him to reveal the secret to his powers. Clark realizes Jor-El is alive and on Earth and races to find him before Zod does.

Smallville hasn’t even crossed the midway point of season 9 and already talk of a possible 10th season is heating up — and not just among fans. “We are really, really pushing for season 10,” says executive producer Kelly Souders. “We really hope it happens.”

Although the show lost a good chunk of viewers since moving to that ratings kryptonite known as Friday night, the drop-off hasn’t been nearly as disastrous as some had predicted. And Souders believes that the numbers will rise as the season progresses. “I think the word still isn’t out there that we’re on Friday nights. So if people keep tuning in and telling their friends about it, I think [a 10th season] is quite likely.”

The uncertainty surrounding the show’s future has proved challenging as Souders and her fellow writers begin to map out the second half of the season. Are they approaching a season finale or a series finale? “It’s something that we faced last year, too,” she says. “To try and break two different endings for a season kind of puts you at cross-purposes a little bit. For one, you’ll rev things up, and for another, you’re trying to bring everything to the finish line. But we’re really planning on breaking a season finale and not a series finale.”

As for whether we’ll get a glimpse of Clark in his iconic blue, red and yellow suit by the show’s conclusion, Souders says, “We think Smallville from the get-go was about how a young man turns into Superman. And it’s really about the journey getting there. I can’t make any promises, but if it was ever going to happen, it would be at the very end.”

Source: Entertainment Weekly

Jor-El on Earth?! Alive??

Why do you keep doing this to us, Smallville?!? Why??

THE TOYMAN RETURNS AND TAKES OLIVER HOSTAGE — Tess (Cassidy Freeman) forces Oliver (Justin Hartley) to come to a Queen Industries gala to put the Board at ease, but things go awry when the Toyman (guest star Chris Gauthier) shows up with a bomb and a plan to take revenge on Oliver. The Toyman tells Oliver he must confess to murdering Lex or he will blow the place up. Meanwhile, as part of his training, Jor-El gives Clark (Tom Welling) the ability to hear other peoples thoughts. Allison Mack and Erica Durance also star.