As Clark Kent and his friends make their transition into their college years, they continue to face the usual "meteor freak" supervillains, as well as a major new threat in the form of a shape-changing, artificial humanoid created by the would-be Krypton dictator, Zod. They do pick up a few new allies of their own, too, as Aquaman and Cyborg turn up (albeit in very different forms than in the recent Justice League feature film). There's also one very unexpected source of assistance, though whether this would-be collaborator can be trusted is a question that will definitely plague them through all 22 episodes of the season.
Overall, I think this fifth season of Smallville is not quite as good as its fourth. Lois Lane gets promoted to series regular but the writers don't quite seem to know what to do with her, just yet (beyond put her in outfits that highlight her admittedly fine bosom, that is). There's also an ongoing issue with Clark Kent himself, which is that the plots sometimes require him to be so thick-witted that calling him 'as dumb as a box of rocks' would be insulting to rocks. Basically, if there is a wrong decision to make, Clark can be relied upon to make it.
Mind you, "Clark making counter-productive decisions" is not exactly a completely new and novel thing in the show; it's just even more pronounced this season than it has been in the past.
This fifth season of Smallville is unlikely to make you a new convert to the show if you were not already invested in it, but it's inoffensive TV on the whole and if you've watched it this far, I think you'll probably stick around happily enough for the inevitable "multiple different cliffhangers!" final episode.
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