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I think there are a few things that factor into Lana being stupid.
People keep saying Chloe didn't know either. Well, yeah, Clark stopped visiting her at the DP. If "Clark" had been, he'd have known about Lex's plot much earlier and wouldn't have been confused by the DP chaos when he arrived. Simple as that. She also had one conversation with him that revealed he forgot all about the Miss Sweet Corn Debacle. That's a big deal. Not because of the shield but because the pageant itself was such a dramafest for him and Kara. He fought with her about it, she got thrown into jail because of it, the weather girls and convenient green K almost killed him. He'd have remembered that. An SOS from yet another Kryptonian, likewise, would not have been forgotten.
However, the point here is that he and Lana were living and working together. If they weren't having sex, they were at Isis looking for Brainiac. They were together all day every day and he's missing about seven months of Clark's memories. If you were with someone who quite clearly didn't remember anything from MAY on, there should be massive gaps in your conversation. It's not just about the big things like Lex or Brainiac or Kara. I'm talking little things like current events of the last month or so, things that he and Lana had been through regarding her actions in Wrath, substantive daily conversations, inside jokes a couple has. Bizarro wouldn't know them and it should be obvious that he didn't.
Second, follow me here, Clark is a FARMER. I know it's winter and he doesn't have to go out to the fields. But he has cows and horses to take care of. He has fences and equipment to maintain. He has work to do OUTSIDE where the direct sunlight is. To make his charade work, Bizarro quite clearly had to avoid direct sunlight. How oblivious are you when your boyfriend, the FARMER, stops going out in sunlight?
Third, the big things matter. Clark wasn't in character at all. Since when would Clark, who's always felt terribly alone and awful about being the only one, give up on the search for his blood family? Why would he shake off being unable to find Kara and just go back to having some sex with his girlfriend. This is the same guy who was desperate enough a few weeks prior to clone his dead mother so he could have a family and now he's just fine with Kara being gone?
Fourth, he loves his farm. He's scary devoted to it (probably from a sense of guilt over his father's death). His mother has been prodding him to leave it and to see the world/get an education and he still won't leave it behind. He's been working it for almost two years instead of finishing college. Suddenly after getting back from the Fortress, he's excited about leaving Smallville completely behind and going to Paris? Clark Kent is going to Paris? Where would he even get the money? Dude, the Kents find new plaid an expense. There's no way the son of permanently in-debt farms with a barely solvent farm is going to just throw all caution to the wind and leave for Paris.
There are so many more examples, but the point is that most of the behavior changes aren't even about Clark-as-Superman. They're about changes in his attitude that don't match how he was raised as a Kent or that, frankly, would indicate some severe amnesia on his part that should have been noticeable.
Lana didn't notice any of that. As long as Biz kept her from "remembering what the sun looked like" she was perfectly happy. Like BadToad said, he wasn't even trying to go after Lex, unless the key to stopping 33.1 was under their sheets. He was just having sex and being lovey-dovey with her and ignoring EVERYTHING else in his life---Lex Luthor, Chloe, Kara, the farm. That's not Clark. He takes responsibility very seriously.
Lana is either the dumbest human being alive for not realizing her boyfriend wasn't her boyfriend or she simply DID NOT CARE as long as she got what she wanted. Her conversation with Chloe and her refusal to believe something might have mindwhammied Clark indicate the latter.
And yes, Clark has shown over and over again that he loves her. He gave her the romantic picnic, she tried to KILL HIM WITH HIS POWERS and he forgave her and let her continue to live on HIS FARM, she tortured his father's emissary and it was all hunky dory. He let her in on Kara's secret and told her about his mom's crystal when he didn't tell anyone else. He's given all he has to give and if it's not enough for her, then she needs to find a new boyfriend.
People keep saying Chloe didn't know either. Well, yeah, Clark stopped visiting her at the DP. If "Clark" had been, he'd have known about Lex's plot much earlier and wouldn't have been confused by the DP chaos when he arrived. Simple as that. She also had one conversation with him that revealed he forgot all about the Miss Sweet Corn Debacle. That's a big deal. Not because of the shield but because the pageant itself was such a dramafest for him and Kara. He fought with her about it, she got thrown into jail because of it, the weather girls and convenient green K almost killed him. He'd have remembered that. An SOS from yet another Kryptonian, likewise, would not have been forgotten.
However, the point here is that he and Lana were living and working together. If they weren't having sex, they were at Isis looking for Brainiac. They were together all day every day and he's missing about seven months of Clark's memories. If you were with someone who quite clearly didn't remember anything from MAY on, there should be massive gaps in your conversation. It's not just about the big things like Lex or Brainiac or Kara. I'm talking little things like current events of the last month or so, things that he and Lana had been through regarding her actions in Wrath, substantive daily conversations, inside jokes a couple has. Bizarro wouldn't know them and it should be obvious that he didn't.
Second, follow me here, Clark is a FARMER. I know it's winter and he doesn't have to go out to the fields. But he has cows and horses to take care of. He has fences and equipment to maintain. He has work to do OUTSIDE where the direct sunlight is. To make his charade work, Bizarro quite clearly had to avoid direct sunlight. How oblivious are you when your boyfriend, the FARMER, stops going out in sunlight?
Third, the big things matter. Clark wasn't in character at all. Since when would Clark, who's always felt terribly alone and awful about being the only one, give up on the search for his blood family? Why would he shake off being unable to find Kara and just go back to having some sex with his girlfriend. This is the same guy who was desperate enough a few weeks prior to clone his dead mother so he could have a family and now he's just fine with Kara being gone?
Fourth, he loves his farm. He's scary devoted to it (probably from a sense of guilt over his father's death). His mother has been prodding him to leave it and to see the world/get an education and he still won't leave it behind. He's been working it for almost two years instead of finishing college. Suddenly after getting back from the Fortress, he's excited about leaving Smallville completely behind and going to Paris? Clark Kent is going to Paris? Where would he even get the money? Dude, the Kents find new plaid an expense. There's no way the son of permanently in-debt farms with a barely solvent farm is going to just throw all caution to the wind and leave for Paris.
There are so many more examples, but the point is that most of the behavior changes aren't even about Clark-as-Superman. They're about changes in his attitude that don't match how he was raised as a Kent or that, frankly, would indicate some severe amnesia on his part that should have been noticeable.
Lana didn't notice any of that. As long as Biz kept her from "remembering what the sun looked like" she was perfectly happy. Like BadToad said, he wasn't even trying to go after Lex, unless the key to stopping 33.1 was under their sheets. He was just having sex and being lovey-dovey with her and ignoring EVERYTHING else in his life---Lex Luthor, Chloe, Kara, the farm. That's not Clark. He takes responsibility very seriously.
Lana is either the dumbest human being alive for not realizing her boyfriend wasn't her boyfriend or she simply DID NOT CARE as long as she got what she wanted. Her conversation with Chloe and her refusal to believe something might have mindwhammied Clark indicate the latter.
And yes, Clark has shown over and over again that he loves her. He gave her the romantic picnic, she tried to KILL HIM WITH HIS POWERS and he forgave her and let her continue to live on HIS FARM, she tortured his father's emissary and it was all hunky dory. He let her in on Kara's secret and told her about his mom's crystal when he didn't tell anyone else. He's given all he has to give and if it's not enough for her, then she needs to find a new boyfriend.
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