Lana now redeemed?!

[boywithbluehanger]

Is Lana back in the good graces of any fans of the show that hated her!

Whaddya think?

[shansgrl]

IMO, she's sunk to an all new low

[thehenry89]

no if it's possible she's in deeper then she was in vessel.

[paolinki25]

Redeemed? She couldn't have looked worse than she did in this episode.

[casper27125]

Couldn't stand her in Season 4 and 5 and SHE HAS TOTALLY REDEEMED HERSELF.

FINALLY.....one of the best shows for her. She did really well....you could feel her pain just in her eyes.

[meteor_phreak]

on the opposite. i think they threw away all the feel-good momentum they had been building up since january. for starters, and i know this might just be a technicality, but lionel never revealed that HE knew clarks secret until AFTER lana started blabbing. second, if someone is out there threatening clark's life, and all the stuff she knows is starting to click, and the light bulb goes off in her head, don't you think she should tell clark?

i don't fault lana for the little stuff like locking chloe in the cellar, because that's just the way they write her. but bigger stuff makes her an unreconcilable character for me.

she has ALWAYS been a person to assume the worst about everyone who has been nothing but kind to her. it started in the first season and nothing has changed since then.

[Odysseus]

I don't think she's totally redeemed, but I DO think she made a big step in the right direction this episode by keeping quiet about Clark's secret.

She still has a LOT to prove, but at least in this episode she moved in the right direction I think.

[kkjdt]

nope

[MetroGirl06]

Still the typical Lana to me.

[Absentee]

It's alot better than the "dark evil" Lana.

Thank god they didn't go through with that.

[AndiGirl]

She looks ten times worse then she did before.....sadly.

[Crispin Glover]

I'm over Lana. I wish that Al, Miles, and Clark would be too.

[prozodevr]

NOPE NOT AT ALL...she should have known what the luthors were like...and she knew what the luthor was made of...so therefore she got a painful dose of the luthor medicine..u know what they say...what goes around always comes around....and now for her it did..and it is jsut the beginning....wait until she hears abt th epregnancy...so far daddy luthor gave her his dose of the painful drug and lex has yet to be delivered...the ultimate dose would be when she finds out wha tlex did to her...i say she deserves it for turning her selfish, self centered little aasss on her friends....

[jimmyolsenblues]

i feel extremely bad for clark to be put threw that day.
like his heart was played with.
but lana could have left lex a long time ago.
and lana could never have started with lex to start with.
so if you are asking is lana back in my good graces. no.
i still have not forgiven her for ep 100 where she left the kent party for a drunken lex with an engagement ring touch on the shoulder to show lex the ring.
but for clark my heart breaks.
poor kid, to be that close again and boom all ruined again.

[Routh]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Lana? Complete and utter untrustworthy piece of dirt.

How dare she force Clark's secret out for her perusing instead of WAITING FOR CLARK to tell her? If he didn't want her to know, THEN SHE SHOULD RESPECT THAT. She SHOULDN'T go AGAINST his wishes and forcibly find out, invade his privacy, just to ease her own mind.

[AndiGirl]

Originally posted by jimmyolsenblues
i feel extremely bad for clark to be put threw that day.
like his heart was played with.
but lana could have left lex a long time ago.
and lana could never have started with lex to start with.
so if you are asking is lana back in my good graces. no.
i still have not forgiven her for ep 100 where she left the kent party for a drunken lex with an engagement ring touch on the shoulder to show lex the ring.
but for clark my heart breaks.
poor kid, to be that close again and boom all ruined again.

Clark's heart was completelydragged through the mud and it was her fault. She shouldn't have kissed him and promised to meet him in the barn. I know she couldn't have known Lionel was going to threaten her....but, actually...she should have! I take that back! haha. She knows what the Luthors are capable of. Then when Clark is upset and asks her what happens she couldn't have shrugged it off more! It was almost like..." Oh, yea...uh, sorry?" She was very pathetic to me. :(

[Jack-El49]

Originally posted by Routh
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Lana? Complete and utter untrustworthy piece of dirt.

How dare she force Clark's secret out for her perusing instead of WAITING FOR CLARK to tell her? If he didn't want her to know, THEN SHE SHOULD RESPECT THAT. She SHOULDN'T go AGAINST his wishes and forcibly find out, invade his privacy, just to ease her own mind.

But it's okay that Chloe was doing that at the behest of Lionel in Season 2 or 3, right?

And why shouldn't she try to find out on her own? If you had questions about someone you were in love with that had an obvious secret that she/he wouldn't tell you, are you saying that you wouldn't try to find out what it was? You'd just sit back and wait?

Say it ain't so.:rolleyes:

[lillie_poo_pod]

Lana redeemed?? HA NOPE! I hate her more than I did before. That Lana is a dirty one.

[alienkinfolk]

Originally posted by Odysseus
I don't think she's totally redeemed, but I DO think she made a big step in the right direction this episode by keeping quiet about Clark's secret.

She still has a LOT to prove, but at least in this episode she moved in the right direction I think.

I agree with you...she didn't blab with her mouth, just with her eyes to Lionel.
Everyone always says how Lana is indecisive all the time.Which is true but she finally had to make a decision and she did. So for that she is not redeemed but she gets a hand clap from me.
She put her self in this mess with Lex so now she needs to deal with it!

[jarethmc]

Lana has shown a heart breaking sense of loyalty, bravery and utter sacrifice to save the man she truy loves, just as Clark has done for her. Its so so very sad and poignant.

[SmallvilleFreak862]

So I seriously think she's going to somehow annul the marriage or something...and then die. She should have just ran off with Clark and kept him away from Lionel. I also can't believe Lionel is back to his despicable ways, after being so nice. Should have seen it coming, though...from the Luthors.
I still would seriously like to see Chlark happen. I think it's the best thing that could ever happen.

[lillie_poo_pod]

Originally posted by Jack-El49
But it's okay that Chloe was doing that at the behest of Lionel in Season 2 or 3, right?


You know what the difference between these 2 thing are. Chloe was called out on her sh!t and wasn't made to look like a martyr. I admit Chlark became friends again kinda fast but she had to work @ getting her friendship back with Clark. Lana on the other hand gets away with locking her so called "best-friend" in a wine cooler because she deserves to know and Clark lovessssss her. Gimmie a break.

[boywithbluehanger]

I think its all too bittersweet.

Both of their lies landed them in this situation. The difference is Clarks lies were to protect her and her's started as a backstabing to their season 5 relationship.

Maybe its indeed like someone said in another thread about Lana, ...what goes around comes around...

[Reign]

I hated Lana's character.

Despite some of the most bizarre plot twists and turns that the writers of Smallville have made throughout the history of the television show, I think that they are actually putting some credible substance to Lana Lang. I expect many people to disagree with me.

I consider myself a loyal fan of the traditional Superman mythos and I had some major qualms about the direction with which Smallville was taking each of the iconic characters. Beginning Season 3, the liberty that the writers assumed bothered me but I continued to watch the show regardless. I am now more or less considering the show as an elaborate Elseworlds story that both modernizes the familiar tale and makes references to its traditional elements. I am no longer bothered by the fact that it resembles little of that which we associate with the character of Superman.

With all that said, I don't mind at all any more if in this version of the mythos Superman never gets together with Lois. Rather, this universe has sort of mixed and combined elements of the traditional story. More specifically about Lana Lang, given the focus on her character and the awkward aloof characterization of Lois Lane, I am willing to accept that in this universe Clark Kent is truly meant to be with Lana Lang.

I hated her character, but I see Lana differently now. I think after tonight's episode, she carries with her the comic book Pete Ross's knowledge of Clark's identity/powers but may never reveal it to him. In the comic book, Pete protected Superman's identity (I may be innacurate with some of the newest developments, since I haven't been following). Lana Lang in the comic book also resists Lex Luthor's torture as he tries to manipulate information from her. I would love to see Lex go to great lengths to manipulate his own wife to find out what she knows. In Smallville TV, the best way to treat her character now is to never have her reveal to Clark that she knows his powers but rather allow her to keep the secret from him from here on throughout the show. Leave that unresolved until years/decades later when she re-confronts him as Superman.

By being a little more open minded, I am in the process of reconciling my issues with the show for the past couple of years. Let Lana be the woman that Superman is starcrossed with, let Chloe become Smallville's own version of Lois, and let Lois be just a simple nod to the traditional myth.

One thing up in the air in my mind - I still don't know who I'd like to see Clark end up with. For dramatic purposes, I want Clana to remain starcrossed. I like Chloe, but I would rather see Chloe's independence and strong will remain independent of a relationship with Clark. Lois is an attractive woman, but she's not Lois.

By the end of the show, I don't think Clark should be committed to anyone. I'd rather know that he will bear the burdens of the world for the next 10-15 years on his shoulders... he can find love in his mid-thirties. By that time, Lana will probably still love him... Lois may have matured into her own... or Chloe, who knows.

[smallvillerocks45]

Since I haven't read very many Superman comic books, I really can't say too much about how much the story has changed, but like your ideas. Yet, from the interviews I've read, it seems fairly evident that Clark will end up with Lois. Plus, the show is always hinting to "Lois and Clark", that 'Lois will one day meet someone really special', etc...
I don't know how the show is going to make it happen, but I see that if anything will stay the same, (as much of a Clana fan as I am) a romantic "Lois and Clark" relationship will be the most likely outcome.

[Reign]

I understand what you're saying. I was a Clana fan... then when they introduced Lois, I was hesitant to see her so soon but was looking forward to their interaction... only to be thoroughly let down. I pick up on all of the foreshadowing, but I am willing to accept that they are just teasers of an alternate reality (that one we all know). I'm only musing, though... even these writers will probably have Clark and Lois together in the end... but the idea of treating this as an Elseworlds plot allows a lot of possibilities