Smallville has a challenge ahead of itself this week:

It must follow up the most buzzed-about episode in series history, as the special Justice League-themed "Absolute Justice" dominated last Friday night's ratings and was considered a home run by most fans of the show.

This week, viewers will be treated to a pair of guest stars: Carlo Marks as Stephen Swift; and Serinda Swan as Zatanna.

The former will run into Chloe and form a relationship, prior to turning into Warrior Angel, while the latter asks asks Clark for his help. Check out our Smallville spoilers section for more information and click on the pics below for an early look at "Warrior."

BELOW, WATCH A CLIP FROM THIS WEEK'S NEW EPISODE.

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In just a few days, Survivor fans will see their fantasy come true: 20 veteran cast members return to the competition that made them famous, as a group of Heroes takes on a tribe of Villains.

We can't wait for the premiere and will review each episode in depth.

Until then, we've been previewing each returning castaway. Last time, it was Parvati Shallow. Today, Randy Bailey.

Previously seen on: Survivor: Gabon
True love: His dog, Johnson, according to Randy himself.
Describes himself as: "Angry, blunt, mean and sarcastic, yet charming."
Memorable quote: "I have a new operation, and it's called, Operation: Let Everyone Else Crash and Burn."
Odds of winning: 80-1.

In this week's episode of Greek, titled "Take Me Out," there is all-Greek softball tournament where the ZBZ girls pair up with the Omega Chis to play against Cappie's KT house - and who else, but the obnoxious girls from Gamma Psi?

As usual, the title of the episode has a double entendre because there are new (and old) relationships budding:

Ashleigh is ready for a new beau after recovering from Fisher, and Evan and Rebecca are starting to date again. Check out our recap for all the details from the episode!

This week's episode was a little bit slow, but it's only natural after so many conflicts have been resolved.

The writers need some time to work up some new conflicts, and right now they're in a transition period. Nonetheless, the complete lack of Dale in this episode may have contributed to the episode's lackluster feeling.

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Jake Pavelka met the families of the four remaining women on The Bachelor last night during visits to their respective hometowns. All his dates went fairly well, by and large.

Until the biggest bombshell in BACHELOR HISTORY was dropped.

If you somehow want the rundown, here's our recap of Week Six.

That might be helpful if you were one of the 12 people watching the Heroes finale. Otherwise, you already know what went down with Jake and his aspiring trophy wives.

After the jump, we've got the highlights in our official review ...

Which three of these lovely ladies ended up with roses last night?

Gia's date took place in Manhattan. It went pretty well, although she clearly puts a wall up and doesn't seem compatible with Jake at all. Her mom insists he really loves her.

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The following review takes place between 6:51 a.m. and 7:13 a.m. Words are written in real time...

This was one of the weaker episodes of season nine. For starters, far too much time was dedicated to Dana's weak B storyline.

Granted, any number of seconds is really too much to spend on yet another example of how terrible a screening process CTU has for its employees, but the 10 p.m. hour actually went to commercial twice on this development. The suspense of the ticking clock doesn't exactly build when the only thing at stake is Dana's job.

The show really needs to end this storyline or somehow tie it into the bigger picture, and soon. How many more weeks does it plan on going with everyone at CTU - Hastings, Chloe and Arlo - wondering why Dana is so distracted?

As for Renee, we'd have wagered a month's salary on her murdering Vladimir at some point, so at least 24 didn't drag out this obvious development for too long. We also didn't see her stabbing of Jack coming, so that made for a nice surprise.

His recoery didn't, of course. It's gonna take more than one knife wound to keep Jack Bauer down! It doesn't get much better than watching him remove a knife from his own body and fling it directly into the neck of a terrorist across the room.

Or shoot blindly through a wall and kill another.

It does make us wonder where these bad guys were when Jack initially ran in to see about the commotion between Renee and Vlaid, but that curiosity was quickly eclipsed by Hastings' hilarious reaction to Renee killing Vladimir:

She had sex with him 30 minutes ago. I don't understand!

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This makes House two for two.

Earlier in the season, the show aired an entire episode focused on Wilson. What were his days like? How did House interfere with them? What new piece of information about the character could be revealed?

It was a nice change of pace from the series' typical format, which can get a bit repetitive, even for the most die-hard House fan.

The same can be said about "5 to 9." What a wonderful showcase for Cuddy and Lisa Edelstein.

At times, the hour tried a bit too hard to paint Cuddy as no-nonsense administrator (seriously, how many times did someone else refer to her as "tough" throughout the episode?), but it did a great job overall depicting life at Princeton Plainsboro from someone else's perspective.

Usually, we're only treated to scenes with Cuddy whenever House has a problem or needs medical permission for a procedure. We've grown to know the character over the past few years, but she still often serves just one purpose: a foil for House.

This week, it was a joy to see that Cuddy isn't just sitting behind her desk all day waiting for her next interaction with House.

She's dealing with disloyal employees; she's meeting with the board; she's taking a stance with an insurance company that many view as professional suicide.

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For months on end, season four of Heroes has caused us nothing but anger and anguish. It's been an abysmal, illogical, slow-developing series of episodes.

But we were finally able to laugh out loud at the conclusion of this week's episode, which revolved around Claire and HRG fighting. Yes, again. If that doesn't get your heart-racing for another season of this show, nothing will!

Overall, "Brave New World" was simply weak and uneventful.

As always, it was filled with utterly random actions - hi, Tracy, thanks for stopping by out of nowhere, slithering through mud and disappearing again! - and storylines with no exciting pay-off. But more than anything, it was simply... there.

There was no suspense and no emotional attachment to anything going on. There was nothing especially awful about the hour, but nothing remotely season finale worthy, either.

Seriously, did anyone think HRG was gonna die? Did anyone feel as though the carnival storyline had a worthy conclusion, when Samuel's people simply walked away because a couple people said so... and then Samuel squared off with Peter for six seconds, a character that was involved in an entirely separate storyline for the duration of the season?

Nothing could compare with the utter nonsense of Hiro, of course. Let's review his arc from season four:

• He came down with a brain tumor as a result of time traveling.
• It was magically cured because he had a dream.
• His true love was sent away by Samuel, ignored for numerous weeks, and then showed up again on the same hospital floor as Hiro, following his nonsensical cure.
• She's now an old woman with a family because Samuel sent her back to the 1940s, so Hiro said goodbye and... that was it.

We know the economy is poor and we don't wish harm on anyone - but every person associated with Hiro's storyline should be fired immediately.

The show created two supposedly pressing issues for the character (a brain tumor and an abducted girlfriend) and solved each by simply, literally making crap up. We'll have his dead mother kiss him in a fantasy! We'll have Charlie appear in the same hospital as an older woman!

It's legitimately incomprehensible that the show's producers have jobs.

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While Heroes came to an end tonight, NBC airs a few shows that are actually of high quality.

The network has revealed the season finale dates of these sitcoms and dramas, all of which are listed below (note: don't make any plans on May 20):

Monday, May 10
Trauma

Wednesday, May 12
Mercy

Wednesday, May 19
Law & Order: SVU

Thursday, May 20
Community
Parks and Recreation
The Office
30 Rock

Monday, May 24
Chuck (two hours)
Law & Order

Tuesday, May 25
The Biggest Loser

Great Scott! This is a cool bit of casting news:

Chuck has tapped former Back to the Future star Christopher Lloyd to portray a therapist for the title character, according to producer Josh Schwarz's Twitter account.

Look for Chuck to turn to Lloyd later this season, as the pressures of the spy business continue to escalate. The veteran actor will appear in an installment that airs in late April or early May.

Remember: Chuck viewers: tonight is the final original episode before a long, Olympics-related hiatus. Enjoy every second and return to TV Fanatic for a detailed review of it.

In another sad reminder that Lost will soon come to an end, Daniel Dae Kim has signed on for a new series.

The actor that's turned Jin into a fascinating, lovable character - despite rarely uttering a word of English - has been cast as a lead in CBS' upcoming remake of Hawaii Five-O.

Kim will portray Chin Ho Kelly (originally played by Kam Hong in the 1968 to 1980 show). Because this reboot comes from Fringe cocreators Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, it's already receiving a great deal of buzz.

As for the role of Detective Steve McGarrett? Former Moonlight and Three Rivers star Alex O'Loughlin is being considered for it because CBS refuses to admit that perhaps he can't carry a series.