Where's the Martian Manhunter?

precisely why SV bothers some. Where was the MMH? I mean, he can here the kryptonian crystals calling out, he knows about lionel, and he's already had a tussle with Zor'el, and messed with Kara's krypton life (hence her distrust). He would have been a valuable character to have on Blue... but apparently the writers and producers didn't think so.

 

If MM started showing up more often, that would wreck the show because he can just be the deus ex machina that shows up at the end of every episode to bail out Clark.

Keep in mind there are currently hardly any superheroes yet, so MM is pretty busy having to keep tabs on the entire planet. He can't be hanging around Smallville 24.7.

 

Still, it'd be nice to see him a bit more often. There will probably be a lot of episodes this season that could've called for the MM.

 

They have to make a Chronicle about MM.

 

Phil Morris should have been made a regular.

 

Last time we saw Manhunter, he was discussing the importance of finding Kara's crystal. I think it's safe to assume that Clark didn't tell him he found the crystal, just like he didn't tell Kara. The crystal's "Calling out" was designed to call out to Clark, that's programming Zor-El apparently implemented. (or else Kara would probably hear it too).

Jonn could have easily been scouring the earth for the crystal. Or in orbit twiddling his thumbs. Who knows.

 

That's right, he's not a regular, he's supposed to be on a couple of episodes here and there.
We could say he's busy, keeping an eye on Bizarro and Dr. Knox, lol....t:

 

Plot devices have a habit of fading in and out.....

 

but he didn't show up for Zor'el... someone he had faced before, and warned clark about indirectly... it just doesn't jive

 

That's TV buddy, Phil Morris is just a guest star, anyway, is not good for Clark to be saved nor tutored by MM every single time, he has to learn on his own too.