Lana's unraveling of Clark Kent

[Lone Soul]

I'm not sure about all of you, but after all this time of her not knowing. I'm actually GLAD that Lana is finding out hint by hint, and one evidence piece after the next. Kind of makes thier more of a cliffhanger each episode, your seeing her inch closer to who Clark is.

Also, now with her knowing that Clark is not a "meteor infected" person. Whenever she does find out it gives Clark all the more reason to be completely honest with her.

He can no longer copout saying he was infected during the meteor shower.

I think this aspect of the revealing plays nicely into the Superman mythos of Clark eventually coming clean about Krypton and all else with Lana.

Hooray!?

[alienkinfolk]

Come clean with Lana? Why...especially after JK had to die.
I do agree that I like that she is finally figuring out things on her own but I really feel Clark shouldn't come clean with her at all.
Let her be the one character to never find out. Now if they want to lead her down the road chasing the wrong clues that's fine with me.

[Lone Soul]

I have to admit though when he got hit with the tazer I totally thought that he was still going to be standing there after the hit with Lana there with big ol' bug eyes.

Clark would have been all out there in the open then.
Though he wasn't so careless and he supersped before anyone could notice him.

[hassenmorad]

Lana still thinks Clark is a 'meteor freak' and that he's denying it because he doesn't want her to know that about him. But, will she find out that he's actually an alien? I'm not sure how that would play out, but it would really be interesting if Clark lied to her and said he was a 'meteor freak' to justify his abilities.

[Dangerous George]

She told him nearly the same words in Reckoning regarding whatever it is, it will be ok.

[alienkinfolk]

You know she says that(everything will be ok and i'll be you can trust me yada yada)...but i feel if he came clean she wouldn't be able to handle it. Because her parents would come back to haunt her.

[Clark Jr. the great]

Originally posted by alienkinfolk
You know she says that(everything will be ok and i'll be you can trust me yada yada)...but i feel if he came clean she wouldn't be able to handle it. Because her parents would come back to haunt her.

How many times do I hear this and mostly from all lana haters. I think lana will understand she will not be mad at clark it was not his fault. In myopinion some people want her to be mad so they can have one more reason to hate her.:rotfl:

[Lone Soul]

I have to agree, after seeing all the good Clark has caused and she has said it herself how many lives he has saved. I don't think she could ever be selfish enough to start a blame game of her parents...that Clark dreaded back in highschool.

I think they both have matured past that point.

[LuckyKrypto]

I love it that Lana is getting closer and closer to knowing the truth about Clark. It's driven me crazy for the past 6 seasons with her not knowing. I was really happy with how this episode went. I wasn't expecting what happened, but I really liked it.

[binkys711]

Ok when Tobias told Lana that Clark wasn't a Meteor Freak I almost fainted! LOL I thought "Oh Sh!T ! After 6 1/2 years of waiting for her to finally be taking a step forward and now this?!?!" I thought for sure she was going back to square one! I was pissed. But alas it all worked out once she found that bullet :) I was also fooled thinking that Clark would still be standing there in front of Tobias, but eh the bullet will have to do for now I guess :\

As for the clana scene afterwards...I adored it! It reminded me of both 3-3 Extinction and Reckoning. :) Very very nice. I agree with Lone Soul, both are sufficiently mature, and still care deeply for one another, there is no way Lana would betray Clark like that, even if/when she finds ou he's an alien and is the cause of the death of her parents, she repeated time & time again how much he saved lives, she would never betray him.

[teddybairs]

Guys, Clark isn't and never was the cause of Lana's parents death. His ship landed fairly far from town in a field. He didn't cause Krypton to explode, which produced the meteor shower either.

If anyone is to blame for Lana's parents' death it's Zod. According to Jor-El, he caused the explosion of Krypton, which produced the Meteor shower, which resulted in the death of Lana's parents.

Just thought I'd straighten that out.

[silverstreak]

yeh, Lana isnt stupid.

[CDLBLUE]

It's a little late for Lana to be developing even half a brain.

[LillianLuthorr]

No, all is going according to plan. In the Superman comics, Lois is always trying to prove that Clark is Superman, here we see Lana is just trying to find out Clark's secret, because she knows there is more to him than meets the eye. This episode was very good everyone got to play a part. We saw Clark and Jimmy working together, we got see Clark use combined abilities and we are seeing the slow, but long awaited Chlark. Chloe is so worth growing into. He sees all sides to her, and, as a mature person, those are the things that he will eventually want in a woman. Lana is an obsession and he is growing out of that. Some things really do take time and even though it is being drawn out, thank goodness, because if not, we won't have Smallville. So let's all sit back and enjoy the ride and experience out own emotions.

[krpto]

If they bring the real Kara in and lana doesn't know before then I think she should run into lana trying to find her cousin kal-el and lana question her about why they are obsessed with trying to destroy the world or take it over. and kara should say I was sent here to find my cousin he landed during the1989 meteor shower he was a child at the time here is an age-progressed photo of him Holds picture up.
Lana: Clark?
Kara: You know him?
Lana: I thought I did but passes out.

[Ania]

Mod Edit No Spoilers in current episode thread

[SmallMB512]

Lana has to be aware of what is going on now. She may not have put two and two together to figure out that he is one of the Kryptonians yet, but she appears to have figured out the important stuff. Think about the events in this episode, especially the last 15 minutes or so. When she spoke to Tobias, she said straight out that he may be endangering someone who saves people's lives everyday (she is aware that it is him doing this from how she worded this, just was wrong about it being meteors that caused it...). When Tobias told her that Clark was the most normal guy she knew, even that was not a big put off for Lana. His line is almost like something a politician would say. He never actually answered the allegation that Clark was meteor infected, he DODGED the question. There is the possibility that he saw something other than normal meteor infection in Clark, otherwise, he would have just said no he isn't, instead of making the statement that he did. Lana is used to dealing with Lex by now, and has figured out how the art of doubletalk works, so she has to know there was more to his words than just their face value.
Next, at the end, she shot that gun at nearly point blank range at the doctor, and he fired a weapon that shoots a pulse of electricity, which moves very fast, also at nearly point blank range. She has already figured out Clark is fast from the last episode when he somehow miraculously appeared at just the right instant in just the right spot to save her when she fell from cathedral ceiling height through the skylight, and she has bits and pieces of other past images of him being there at just the right time that she has brushed off (up to this point). Now the electric pulse which she KNOWS was fired, somehow bounced back on the person who fired it, and the bullet from the gun she was holding somehow was deflected to the cabinet BEHIND her... (which she knows is impossible since she had a clear shot between herself and the doctor, nothing to riccochet off of). She also has seen first hand that Clark can not be hurt (as in the wood chisel in the previous episode) and the fact that it is gone now after she told Chloe. She is clearly trying to protect Clark now (she has figured out he is not the baddie here, and has most of the pieces of the puzzle to who he really is to boot, and has finally added up 2 + 2 and come up with something other than 5.
At the end, when she showed the bullet to Clark, and he gave what is probably the clincher in excuses to her "it must have riccocheted", there is no other possible conclusion. She even said straight out to Clark "off of something pretty powerful", meaning Clark. You wouldn't call a pole or a wall powerful in this context, and she, like I said before, had a clean shot with just air between her and the doctor and BOTH shots, hers and the doctor's missed their marks... When Clark put to her the lame statment where he "had no idea" where she got the notion that he was meteor infected, but thanked her, she was smiling to him, warmly even. That smile even came back after Clark walked away, so it obviously wasn't show, and it makes it obvious that she doesn't believe Clark, nor does she care. She now knows he is a saviour of sorts to many people, saving lives regularly, even if he won't admit it to her.
In the final scene with Lex, when she calls him to the carpet about the doctor, you could tell she didn't believe a word of what lex was telling her, she smiled to him and hugged him at the end, but once her face was behind his, you could see from her body language and her face (what Lex could not see) the look of a trapped girl, who knew she got it all wrong about the two of them, but had to stay in it for the baby's sake (at this point, I would bet that is the main tie with her staying with Lex. I have no doubt she is starting to see through him too, too much evidence). I could go on about this, but the bottom line is, I really think she knows now... The writers were very slick in the way they handled it, but it was handled... This WAS the episode I will bet where she finally figured it out...

[Krypton935]

yeah she knows alot. all she really has left to figure out is that clark is from krypton and that should be easy considering that lionel told her that "thier home is their only poison" meaning kryptonite which she could ultiminatly trace back to Clark.

[Coyote]

Lana has known for a long time that Clark has some sort of powers, but she's never actually seen him using his powers. If she does, she might figure out that Clark is an alien instead of a mutant, since she has seen the Kryptonians using their powers, and would recognize it if she saw Clark doing the same things.

[Kii]

It would be interesting to find out Tobias really did see Clark, but mistakingly picked Chloe.

When Tobias' glasses fell off, it seemed as though the aura he saw was extremely powerful, which caused even more pain. Or, he was simply shocked that someone in house was a meteor freak.

To get back on topic, Lana only has a few pieces left in the Clark puzzle to solve. Like what Coyote mentioned, Lana has seen Kryptonian powers before, and if she sees more of Clark's she can make the assumption that he's also Kryptonian. Of course, the only way to confirm it would be by exposing Clark to kryptonite. Should be interesting to see.

[BlueNRed2]

I dont particularly think Tobias was "covering" for Clark or that he saw any aura that set Clark apart from the meteor freaks. I really think that Tobias saw Clark as normal. He is after all Kryptonian and not meteor infected.

I personally think this was just a way for tptb to set up Lana figuring out Clark's alien origin. Kinda like having her scratch off the meteor freak possibility for Clark and leading her down a different possibility.

She definately assumes he is *special* and she is left with finding out the details. I think (and hope) that her old necklace she found in Clarks room will lead her to Clark's Kryptonian heritage. I can definately see her confronting Clark with kryptonite in a passive way to confirm her curiosities.

Since many episode titles have multiple targets, im guessing that Promise will have Lana finally figuring it out. Perhaps one of the promises made will be Lana promising to protect Clark's secret...

[smallvillefreak24]

Finally is the word we are looking for.. and the lana haters need to cease

[Jetta]

Originally posted by Kii
It would be interesting to find out Tobias really did see Clark, but mistakingly picked Chloe.

What?! Yes, of course, I mistake Clark and Chloe all the time, there's only what, more than a foot difference in height and probably over 50 pounds difference in weight? How could he mix the two up? I don't think the extent of Tobias' powers were properly established either. Does he see people's auras, or can he only identify those infected with kryptonite? If it is the latter, than Clark would not have shown up at all.

[Coyote]

When they did the shots from Tobias's point of view, only the K mutants had anything distinctive about them, so that's apparently all he can identify. If that's the case, he wouldn't have noticed anything special about Clark, who is not a K mutant.

[Charissa70]

Tobias only saw Chloe. He had no reason to protect Clark because he did not know the Doctor was doing anything that bad with the infected people. He only vaguely knew both Clark and Chloe from high school anyway, so it wasn't like they were good friends. AND, the end remarks from Lex proved that the writers are going to come up with something for Chloe-she just has some latent meteor powers, but that way Lex talked, when they emerge, she is going to be a power to contend with. And when Tobias talked to Lana, he did not see what happened in the room-he had no idea Clark was behind anything with shuttig the doctor down. And again, he was an aqaintaince of Clark who did not see him since high school who was just helping with what he could. And considering almost everyone else probably glows-Clark is the most normal guy he knows-other then hooking him up with Ollie to get him a cornea transplant (but than again, Lana was offering a transplant too)

[Brock Solid]

Yes. We know all of that already.


that way Lex talked, when they emerge, she is going to be a power to contend with.

I saw that whole "Keep an eye on her" thing as more of a "We didn't manage to kill her like the others so she must know something's going on so let's keep an eye on her so she can't screw up my plans by telling everyone" sort of thing. I don't think anyone knows what Chloe's powers will be.

[SmallMB512]

<<I saw that whole "Keep an eye on her" thing as more of a "We didn't manage to kill her like the others so she must know something's going on so let's keep an eye on her so she can't screw up my plans by telling everyone" sort of thing. I don't think anyone knows what Chloe's powers will be. >>

Chloe's powers may well have to do with her unusual abilities with computers and things electronic. Keep in mind, in the DC universe, the Justice League characters were all pretty much drawn up years ago before computers became such a big deal like they are today. Having it be a latent skill now that develops into something bigger (maybe the mind interfacing with computers, etc) could very well be a move to fill that gap with an existing role in the current Smallville/DC universe. I mean, after all, both Chloe and Clark went over the fact that not all meteor infected people show skills right away, some do not show for years... could be what that line was all about...

[citizenlen]

Well, if Chloe turns out to have some power, then who needs Clark. lol.

No more side kick Chloe...
Give her her own show!

[mtnmama236]

There's something nagging at me about this whole 'Chloe as meteor infected' thing that I can't quite get a hold of.

Part of me thinks that they are setting us up for an episode that is coming--one that, if you were to go to the K-Site spoilers site & read the spoiler, you'd know the one I"m talking about.

But somehow I think that there's something going on that we don't see yet. I think that even though Clark isn't meteor infected there's something about him that affected Tobias--and Tobias 'thought' that Chloe was infected. Tobias' reaction to Clark & Chloe was far more intense that the one in the bowling alley, when he pointed out Daniel Kim. Lex is only too happy to have a reason to track Chloe, because she is the one person that is a serious threat to him.

I'm still mulling it all over--after all what else do I have to do this next month with no new episodes?

[hassenmorad]

I think the most important aspect of Lana's new knowledge about Clark is that she understands he's using whatever powers he has for GOOD. So, even if she eventually finds out that he's an alien, it's likely she'll view him in a different light from the other Kryptonians.

[Scorpio711]

We already know Lana could handle it and wouldn't blame Clark for her parents death because she already found out everything once before... and she was so accepting they became engaged.

[sonofkrypton]

I think it is adorable to know that Lana is actually willing to keep Clark's secret (as per what she told Tobias during their conversation). The writers chose a good take-off spot for Lana's realizing who Clark really is: the fact that he uses his abilities - meteor-induced or not - to help people and not take credit for it. That will help in making her grow fond once again of Clark and progress the story of how she eventually understands Clark and why he is who he is. Great job on this, TPTB.

[Angelina2809]

I rellay enjoy it watching Lana getting closer to Clarks secret!!!! She always wanted to know but this time is different!!! She is absolutly determined to find it out!!!!! Chloe found it out seeing Clark catching a car.... how would it be with Lana?
It is time for Clark and Lana so they can make things clear between them!!!! Lana is willing to keep Clark's secret and to lie to Lex (she already lied to Lex) and I think that is wonderfull! Maybe Lana feel that Clark hide his secret to protect her and other people and also hiself!!!!
She see that his secret hasen't change Clark and Chloe's friendship! Quite the reversel.... their friendship is much closer now. There are so many questions which Lana want/needs to know. She knows that Clark help other people and what she said to Chloe in this episode about meteor freaks: that not every meteor freak is bad and that some ones will use their builities to safe other people!!! (Chloe face was cool) Lana also said to Clark that if he would be a freak that he still would be the same Clark Kent! It was a emotional moment between them!!!! YES, I WANT LANA TO FIND OUT!!!!! Do you think she believe that Clark is not a meteor freak? I am not so sure!!!!

Go on Lana! You can find it out!!!!

[Ania]

Originally posted by Ania
Mod Edit No Spoilers in current episode thread Oops, sorry. I don't remember what I wrote, but anyway...

If Lana keeps this pace with finding out Clark's secret she's got couple of years before she figures it out.

[Peat Moss]

too....many....words....
but you make a good point. However, Lana is, as they say, "galactically stupid"

[krpto]

I could see lana walking up to clark with a lead box and opening it. Then clark saying I can explain. Lana of course closes the box and saying you don't have to I understand why you thought you had to hide the truth.

[margroks]

I'm not. She can't be trusted, for one thing. Look how she ran to Lex and revealed what she knew, putting Tobias in danger. Look how she dangled medical benefits in front of Tobias with the stipulation that he reveal what he knew of Clark. Look how she took Clark's medical records to Lex in Mortal. ANd look how she snooped at the farm, in Clark's room and has griped at him about secrets and lies for years. Why would anyone even want to be around this nasty little girl, anyway? She's a control freak just like Lex and they are two of a kind.

Plus, it irks me no end that Lana has been shown flat out to be a hundred times worse in snooping on CLark and deserves to reap the consequences of that but no one seems to care while they wanted to draw and quarter Chloe for far, far less when she found out two things about Clark, one that he was adopted by MUC with Lionel's involvement and that he hates peas. Why isn't everyone all over Lana like a bad rash for what she did in sneaking around the farm and lying her way onto the Kent farm and into Clark's room by saying it was the safest place? Because that was awful and she should be punished for her nastiness not lauded for finally getting closer to the secret. Clark should be running for the hills from her not whining becasue she's about to marry his enemy. And that's the key here, really. SHe's marrying his enemy, she cheated on CLark emotionally long before they split. Lana is not a nice person and she doesn't deserve to be given a pass on her behavior.

[mtnmama236]

Originally posted by SmallMB512
Lana has to be aware of what is going on now. She may not have put two and two together to figure out that he is one of the Kryptonians yet, but she appears to have figured out the important stuff.

Next, at the end, she shot that gun at nearly point blank range at the doctor, and he fired a weapon that shoots a pulse of electricity, which moves very fast, also at nearly point blank range. She has already figured out Clark is fast from the last episode when he somehow miraculously appeared at just the right instant in just the right spot to save her when she fell from cathedral ceiling height through the skylight, and she has bits and pieces of other past images of him being there at just the right time that she has brushed off (up to this point). Now the electric pulse which she KNOWS was fired, somehow bounced back on the person who fired it, and the bullet from the gun she was holding somehow was deflected to the cabinet BEHIND her... (which she knows is impossible since she had a clear shot between herself and the doctor, nothing to riccochet off of). She also has seen first hand that Clark can not be hurt (as in the wood chisel in the previous episode) and the fact that it is gone now after she told Chloe.

I don't know what Lana does with herself all day, while Lex is running LuthorCorp & she is no longer a student, or managing the Talon. She seems to 'hang around' the mansion most of the time. I suppose she is busy planning her wedding, BUT in all of that if she took time to sit down and mull back over the last 6 years of her life, she'd be able to figure Clark's secret out without any help from anyone else. She already believes that another ship landed during the first meteor shower. If she remembers back to the tornado and her vague memories of Clark being there, his miraculous resurrection, etc...she'd not only figure out what some of his powers are, she could even figure out that he was Kryptonian!

I don't really want to see her be told, I'd rather see her figure it all out on her own.

[DeesRyche]

Originally posted by Scorpio711
We already know Lana could handle it and wouldn't blame Clark for her parents death because she already found out everything once before... and she was so accepting they became engaged.

So accepting that she left her future father in law's victory party to console Lex Luthor. :\

[Tacosupes]

i liked it beeter when Lana was a super witch with magic powers. Thats the only time he felt close enought to her to tell her. Clark only trusts fellow freaks. He was like PRESSURED into telling her in Rekoning, like he had no choice. If she stayed super witch he might of told her of his own free will.

really though, they need to let Clark nail Lois, or put wonder woman on the show for a few weeks and let him nail her. Sh could take it. It sucks they put Raya back on the show and Clark didn't even get a chance to get any before she died.



TSK.

[xrayvision]

I'm glad the witch thing is done. I can't believe how horrible it was. He did have a chance to tell her at least about the water symbol and what it meant when she asked him about her tattoo at the end of Spell, but I don't think he trusted her because of how she ran off to Paris.

I think Lana should find out on her own. It would be great if she is seen to have the package that Lionel mailed to Clark in Covenant with the key to the Clark obsession room. They could explain it as one of the things she took from one of her many trespasses to the barn (as shown by those photos in Trespass). And they could show that Clark had since labelled the package with the description of the room in the mansion it goes with. Then, by finding that room (and I guarantee that Lex lied to Clark in Devoted when he said everything in that room was destroyed) she could have all the tools needed to find the secret. I posted a great way she could learn it herself (after massive investigating) here:

http://www.kryptonsite.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=2815112#post2815112

[Krpyto]

I rewatched a bunch of Lana episodes the past couple weeks. It's been 6 years, please its time for her to figure things out. I mean she has seen a space ship, she knows Clark saves alot of people, is always there, she knows about the caves, she has seen kryptonians (the discpiples of Zod), she knows hes invulnerable now. what does she need? A meteor to land on her head. It's time to resolve the issue. Lana has known Clark's secret since "Smallville" according to the accepted comic mythos. Time to do it!

[djpnutz]

Originally posted by DeesRyche
So accepting that she left her future father in law's victory party to console Lex Luthor. :\

HOOAAAHH!!! She's been corrupted... I think TPTB always needs someone to be looking into Clark and not finding anything. The Lana character just picked the short straw this season. If there's no "Who the heck is that guy?" theme in the season there's no Smallville.

[DeesRyche]

Originally posted by djpnutz
HOOAAAHH!!! She's been corrupted... I think TPTB always needs someone to be looking into Clark and not finding anything. The Lana character just picked the short straw this season. If there's no "Who the heck is that guy?" theme in the season there's no Smallville.

That was last season Reckoning..in both realities she went to Lex from the victory party.

I am not against her knowing but I just am tired of Lana being portrayed as a helpless victim, Clark whining about the truth and lies from the Clana pairing, and the doldrum that has become the Clana ship.

If her knowing moves this story forward and the brooding stops and everyone moves forward then...Bring it On.

[ClarksGal]

I agree that Lana not finding out at this point is complete stagnation for the entire show. But I am optimistic that she is really going to learn it this time, and not forget it. And I like that they have been spacing it out over several episodes this way. I hope she finds out the whole truth by the end of the season. I have actually been able to convince myself that Lana isn't stupid, she just had blinders before because she wanted to trust Clark. And since then she's been looking at him a little more realisitically, and therefore trusting her gut about what she sees. She has seemed pretty smart to me in the past couple of epis...and I like her that way. As long as TPTB don't drag out the reveal over all of season 7, I will be pleased with it. I am confident that Lana will be fully in the know by the Season finale. I'll be disappointed if that turns out to be wrong, but I have faith!!!

[brianh_748]

I really don't see Clark telling her. If he tells her anything at this point, she may realize that he isn't a meteor freak from what Tobias said and then come to the revelation that he is, in fact, Kryptonian. This would mean that, not only would she know about all of his abilities, but she would know his greatest weakness. As long as she is with Lex, he won't allow her to find something like that out.

If she leaves Lex though, all bets are off. I could see him telling her at that point, just to have an honest relationship with her and keep her away from Lex.

[mtnmama236]

I really hope that Clark doesn't tell her! I'd like to see her figure it out for herself. I don't trust her, she still trusts Lex too much, and if she figures it out for herself with no one to corroborate what she's found out, then she will only have speculation to take to Lex.

Also, I think it bugs her to no end that Chloe is entrusted with Clark's secret and she is not!

[DeesRyche]

Originally posted by mtnmama236
I really hope that Clark doesn't tell her! I'd like to see her figure it out for herself. I don't trust her, she still trusts Lex too much, and if she figures it out for herself with no one to corroborate what she's found out, then she will only have speculation to take to Lex.

Also, I think it bugs her to no end that Chloe is entrusted with Clark's secret and she is not!

Good points esp. the part about Chloe!

I too would rather Lana figure it out for herself.:)

[Mr. Wrong]

I think some of you are missing the point. Clark already trusted Lana enough to tell her the truth but the results brought about her iminent death. He had to ask Jorel to turn back the clock and it was at that point that Clark chose to give up his relationship with Lana in order that she may live. His heart won't let him stop loving her but his head is keeping her at arms length. Unfortunately, his dishonesty must continue and Lana will never forgive him for being an untrustworthy alien. She will be faced with the same predicament with her heart telling her one thing and her head telling her another. Add Lex into the mix and Clana is pretty much doomed.

[PhotoStarz]

Originally posted by alienkinfolk
Come clean with Lana? Why...especially after JK had to die.
I do agree that I like that she is finally figuring out things on her own but I really feel Clark shouldn't come clean with her at all.
Let her be the one character to never find out. Now if they want to lead her down the road chasing the wrong clues that's fine with me.

I agree with you 100 Percent ! I don't think Clark should ever let Lana know the truth about his powers, and leave it as a mystery for her to try and solve. Otherwise the whole Clark/Lana thing will play out even longer LOL

[JNottle]

She should of worked it out when Chloe said all the meteor freaks she knows are pyschos, she knows about Chloes feelings for Clark, so she should know that she wouldn't call him a freak.

[Raistlin]

Come clean with Lana? Why...especially after JK had to die.
I do agree that I like that she is finally figuring out things on her own but I really feel Clark shouldn't come clean with her at all.
Let her be the one character to never find out. Now if they want to lead her down the road chasing the wrong clues that's fine with me.

This is harsh. First off, JK died in every other version of Superman I'm aware of, and AFAIK, Lana Lang did not. The fact that Smallville chose to play around with the particulars for dramatic license does not negate the fact that JK was going to die. Secondly, your assertion that Clark shouldn't come clean with her makes him look underhanded, and doesn't elevate him to the high road. He*should* have come clean with Lana in S5, either before he slept with her or right after he was resurrected. IMO, it is simply not reasonable to think or want Lana to be the only character to never find out Clark's secret. Smallville might mess up the timeline, but I don't think they ever planned to go against canon. Too bad they just mucked up the journey getting there.