Smallville’s eighth-season finale didn’t quite live up to the expectations or hype. Sure, a lot happened, and we finally got (apparent) closure on the Davis/Doomsday storyline, but with so much going on, and just an hour to get it done, things definitely felt rushed. Here’s a rundown on the good, the bad and the confusing.

The Good
• The show delivered on two key deaths, Jimmy and Davis, in an emotionally jarring scene that concluded Chloe’s horrifically trying year. And before Jimmy died he finally got vindication from Clark—that he was right about Clark and Davis’ secrets—and a heroic send-off, saving Chloe from Davis despite having just been impaled by a steel rod.

• Lois and Tess had an awesome smackdown in the Daily Planet bullpen. There wasn’t much for Lois to do in this episode, other than mope over her love of the Red Blue Blur, but at least she got to mix it up before putting on Clark’s flight ring and zapping off to the 31st Century.

• The Doomsday monster was pretty rad. Creepy, menacing and true to the comic-book character. Despite the episode being named for him, however, he was barely even seen. Which brings us to…

The Bad
• The battle between Clark and Doomsday was over before it even started. They had some great special effects—especially Clark getting thrown through some buildings—but it hardly seemed to live up to the season-long build-up. Was it really over in just one scene?

• Clark’s stone-cold goodbye to Chloe was unnecessarily harsh. In his absolute world, he is responsible for everything bad that has ever happened to his family and friends, and if he just followed the destiny Jor-El started setting for him back in Season 2, all would be right with the world: “I was raised to believe it was my Kryptonian part that was dangerous, Chloe, but I was wrong. It's my human side, the side that gets attached, the side that makes decisions based on emotions.” Despite Chloe’s (wise) response—"Clark, human emotion is what made you the hero that you are today"— he turned his back on her, both literally and figuratively, leaving while she’s mourning Jimmy, searching for Lois and generally needing a friend to help her get her life back on track.

• The guest stars were wasted. Legionnaire Rokk’s warning about Doomsday's invulnerability ended up being completely incorrect (after their blink-and-you-miss-it brawl, Clark threw Doomsday underground and triggered an apparently fatal geothermal explosion to slay the beast). Even worse, Justice Leaguers Impulse and Black Canary stood around looking confused and helpless. Apparently only Clark is allowed to be heroic on this show.

Unanswered Questions
• It looks like they're trying to tell us that the Jimmy Olsen who died isn’t the real Jimmy Olsen. At the funeral for “Henry James Olsen,” Chloe meets his younger brother for the first time, and hands him Jimmy’s camera. "Who knows, maybe someday you'll follow in his footsteps,” she tells the youngster. If Jimmy ever mentioned having a brother, we missed it. Clearly this is a way to rectify Smallville’s divergence from the Superman mythology.

• Green Arrow, Impulse and Black Canary are missing? Moments after they were at Jimmy’s funeral? Huh?

• So that was Kryptonian badass General Zod, not seen since the start of Season 6, who emerged from Tess’ orb (no, that’s not a euphemism) in the final scene? Couldn’t quite make out what he was saying, and we certainly have no idea what he’s doing. Seemed like a throwaway moment for the last scene of a season finale.

We’ve got four months to process this one and get ready for Season 9. What did you think of “Doomsday?” What worked, what didn’t and what’s got you stumped?