And he didn't mention Lana at all as soon as Lois was back in his life.
So I'd say that both women are on equal terms in that regard.
But I agree that he went back in time for a far broader good than just to pick Lois up from the airport on time. That was just a perk.
I think more what would show that Clark has moved on from Lana is what happens with Lois here on out. He didn't jump into a rebound relationship with Lois and is in fact being very cautious about it, but cares enough to make sure he was there to pick her on up time the second time around and to not take the easy out Lois offered him. He could have ended things right there in its tracks as soon as Lois said they could let bygones be bygones, he could have said that he was still too raw from what happened with Lana, but he said neither of those things. Instead he said it was complicated. If Clark wasn't interested he would have told her so, I know some fans think differently, but he isn't that much of a jerk that he'd lead Lois on like that. In the past when he wasn't interested in other girls he told them so. Then he didn't send her a text to say he didn't think they should hang out together, he sent a text to give an excuse as to why he couldn't make it while he stood across the street and watched her sadly. He was interested all right, but unlike the way he jumped into a relationship with Lana and it went down the drain yet again, he is being cautious with Lois because he doesn't want her to get hurt in the long term and I think he doesn't want to get hurt again either.
I just hope that those long lingering looks I expect will now be coming don't stretch out for too long and that he gets up the nerve to at least talk to Lois, but for now I understand his apprehension. I don't know if it is choosing Lois over Lana anymore than it was choosing Lana over Lois. Both women are obviously important to Clark and his affections shouldn't be some kind of contest anyway, but it is showing that Clark is capable of moving on from Lana without jumping into a rebound relationship, and that he respects Lois enough and himself to not do that.
I could be wrong and in the next episode Clark could profess how he isn't over Lana, but from "Infamous" I didn't see any sign that he was pining over Lana. When Chloe mentioned what happened with Lana Clark just brushed it off to go on talking about how the RBB gave people hope. I'll have to go back and really look for a facial reaction from Clark at the mention of Lana's name, but there was certainly no verbal reaction.
I'd prefer to see something more than that to prove that Clark is ready to move on with his life, but I think that might be all we'll get. However if they continue to show him focusing on his life as a superhero and show him admiring Lois without having him mention Lana at all, and that becomes the constant from here on out then I'd say that Clark got over Lana.
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