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"Smallville executive producers Brian Peterson and Kelly Souders have expressed their satisfaction with the &amp;quot;great debate&amp;quot; provoked by the show&amp;#039;s finale.  The tenth and final season of the CW sci-fi concluded with Clark Kent finally accepting his destiny as Superman, but never showed star Tom Welling wearing the character&amp;#039;s iconic blue and red suit in full.  The complete outfit&amp;#039;s only appearance in the finale was in a distant CGI scene where Superman takes flight for the first time to save planet Earth. Speaking of the controversial creative decision, Peterson told The Hollywood Reporter: &amp;quot;What we wanted to do all along was show hints at where he was going because that is a whole different story that is yet to be told. &amp;quot;It felt like it gave just enough without starting to tell a whole different story that is left for all the other media... [Showing Tom in the full suit] to me is just not super-relevant and not what we were trying to do.&amp;quot; Peterson also reiterated that the Smallville finale had always been envisioned as an ending to Clark Kent&amp;#039;s story and the beginning of Superman&amp;#039;s. He said: &amp;quot;We were actually thrilled that everybody came together and was on board with the shots that we specifically picked.  &amp;quot;We all wanted it to be the end of Clark Kent&amp;#039;s journey because it&amp;#039;s a show about Clark Kent. In the days when we saw him in a flannel shirt, the suit was the furthest thing from his mind.&amp;quot; The tenth season of Smallville begins in the UK on June 7 at 9pm on E4. &amp;gt; &amp;#039;Smallville&amp;#039; series finale: Have your say "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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